Leonard Bernstein once owned this amazing cigarette-lighting Rube Goldberg machine

It’s funny y’all are debating its Rube Goldberg-esque-ness, because I initially put that in the submission description, then looked at it again, and deleted because it was too efficient and practical for that label.

What I do find above and beyond a merely efficient robot (besides playing music) is the way it extends the long arm and rotates to hand you the cigarette after its lit. It’s that extra personal touch, like when someone lights a cigarette for you and hands it to you instead of just flicking a bic in front of your face.

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