Make: a Halloween "Useless Machine" with a skeleton inside it

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?!

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No, we are not.

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The skeleton presumably died for that sin.

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Let a veteran comic stripper show you how it’s done.

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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

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We already have a perfectly good useless machine:
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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”.

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It truly is a useless machine.

It only exists to obstruct itself.

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