Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/10/01/creeeeeak.html
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Really? We’re not going to address the fact that he used Comic Sans on the lid of the coffin?!
No, we are not.
The skeleton presumably died for that sin.
Let a veteran comic stripper show you how it’s done.
Unfortunately, I’m finding it difficult to enjoy useless machines now that Marvin Minsky has been implicated in the Epstein scandal. I just can’t dissociate them from him—maybe I can in the future? For now, they remind me of him, which makes me think of Epstein’s crimes, which makes me really bummed out.
is it truly a useless machine if the skeleton doesn’t press the button?
it just kind of falls flat without the actual visceral joy of seeing the thing turn itself off imo
We already have a perfectly good useless machine:
Somehow, I always feel bad for these Halloween skeletons. I want to stick placards on them saying, “I deserve dignity”, “I have living descendants”, or “Couldn’t you have used me for medical research instead? #consent #metoo”.
It truly is a useless machine.
It only exists to obstruct itself.
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