# Aussie commits suicide by robot! No, really!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-commits-suicide-by-robot-no-really/442104 "2008-03-20T18:05:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-commits-suicide-by-robot-no-really/442104/41 "2008-03-24T21:17:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]  
His friends described him a as a real pain in the neck, I’ve heard.  
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Yeah, he was always trying to get a-head.

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-commits-suicide-by-robot-no-really/442104/42 "2008-03-24T21:27:16Z")

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Well, if you’re going to do it, might as well do it with some style.

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-commits-suicide-by-robot-no-really/442104/43 "2008-03-24T22:44:12Z")

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[QUOTE=UncleBeer]  
How 'bout this guy?  
[http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/14099445/detail.html](http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/14099445/detail.html)

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> The body of a 41-year-old man was found in a wooded area next to a guillotine he built and used to kill himself, police said.

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But where was his head found?

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**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-commits-suicide-by-robot-no-really/442104/44 "2008-03-24T22:52:16Z")

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Pfft, whatever. If he really wanted to be cool he would have rigged up a robot to chase him into the woods and stab him to death when he was caught. Plus he would have given it the ability to laugh maniacally afterwards, even if it was just robot maniacally.

“ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. ha. _bzzt_ processing… ha. ha. ha…”

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