Man kills himself with a suicide robot

[Simon_Cowbell]

Christ... I hope I'm not in d_b-ville here....


http://www.switched.com/2008/03/20/suicide-robot-kills-man-in-driveway/

 

[slappy4428]

There's no way you could be,,,

 

[PHINJ]

That's so D'Anna Biers (who was a journalist!).

 

[Ace]

Thi is a real catch-22.

If an 81-year-old dude can download plans to build a suicide robot and build it successfully so that it actually kills him, he probably didn't need to be hounded by his family to move into a rest home.

 

[Batman]

Did the robot look like this? Might just be a prototype...

 

[Magnum]

They should charge the robot with murder ...

I bet the family feels awful right now - or relieved that he didn't turn the machine on them.

 

[Double Down]

I bet the robot had a really difficult upbringing. He really shouldn't be blamed here. Society is at fault for not giving this robot a chance to go to school and have a family of his own.

 

[Ace]

You send suicide robot to prison and he just comes out a bigger, stronger suicide robot with tats.

 

[Magnum]

You send suicide robot to prison and he just comes out a bigger, stronger suicide robot with tats.

Maybe he'll get his GED.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

At least the man spent a lot of time researching it. Other people just jump off bridges or buildings.

 

[Magnum]

With a little encouragement, he could get out on good behavior and maybe get a job as a washing machine.

 

[Ace]

At least the man spent a lot of time researching it. Other people just jump off bridges or buildings.

I'd have sent the tin can after my ungrateful kids. Just sayin.

 

[Ace]

With a little encouragement, he could get out on good behavior and maybe get a job as a washing machine.

Good point -- as long as you don't overload it.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

At least the man spent a lot of time researching it. Other people just jump off bridges or buildings.

I'd have sent the tin can after my ungrateful kids. Just sayin.

Now that would be something spooky. You hear a knock at your door and you look through the peep hole to see a robot standing there with knives in "hand".

 

[outofplace]

Check out some of the comments, particularly about the last line of the story.

I didn't think it needed to be there, but was it that bad?

 

[ralph wiggum]

I hope he had insurance

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1435090770451224720

 

[OnTheRiver]

I hope he had insurance

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1435090770451224720

Awesome.

 

[ralph wiggum]

I hope he had insurance

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1435090770451224720

Awesome.

I'm just surprised nobody beat me to posting that video

 

[kokane_muthashed]

 

[vonnegutnaked2]

Really, no Styx references?

Too obvious?