Hitchbot destroyed

[Cyros]

Hitchbot managed to hitchhike across Canada and tried to do the same through the US. He made it as far as Philadelphia before seemingly being vandalized. I guess robots aren’t included in that whole brotherly love thing.

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

Who could have imagined that it would have been destroyed in Philadelphia? Color me shocked!

/Not even a little bit surprised

[voltaire]

Maybe it’s just the asshole American in me, but after seeing the whimsical “before” picture, I couldn’t help but LOL at the tragic “after” picture.

But seriously, my guess is that someone just accidentally ran it over.

[Ranger_Jeff]

I grew up in the City of Brotherly Love. But that was many years ago. I’m surprised someone didn’t rape it too.

[Quimby]

@Ranger_Jeff

I grew up in the City of Brotherly Love. But that was many years ago. I’m surprised someone didn’t rape it too.

The investigation is still incomplete so you never know…

[Cyros]

@Ranger_Jeff

I grew up in the City of Brotherly Love. But that was many years ago. I’m surprised someone didn’t rape it too.

Is that why they call it the City of Brotherly Love?

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

@voltaire

Maybe it’s just the asshole American in me, but after seeing the whimsical “before” picture, I couldn’t help but LOL at the tragic “after” picture.

But seriously, my guess is that someone just accidentally ran it over.

No, somebody vandalized it. The head is missing.

[Cabin_Fever_1]

@Ranger_Jeff

I grew up in the City of Brotherly Love. But that was many years ago. I’m surprised someone didn’t rape it too.

They have rape kits for robots now?
Wow. Technology sure has advanced in my lifetime.

[Penfeather]

Usa! Usa!

[not_what_you_d_expect]

Sad face.

[user_hostile]

I blame ISIS.

[Colibri]

@Airman_Doors_USAF

No, somebody vandalized it. The head is missing.

Yeah, they took all the electronic parts.

This site contains more about Hitchbot’s last ride. They dropped him off at Elfreth’s Alley at 3 AM because he wouldn’t stop talking.

In the video, they quickly realized that the robot was programmed to respond to certain questions. They asked hitchBOT if it needs a seatbelt and hitchBOT says “yes.” They later said, “Please sit in the back” and hitchBOT responded: “Why, so you can insult me again?”

Throughout their car drive, hitchBOT kept talking and talking. The driver finally said that he had to pull over because he couldn’t keep driving while hitchBOT talked and talked. They eventually dropped the robot off at Elfreth’s Ally around 3 am for someone else to pick him up, like the instructions indicated. They considered hiring a taxi to take hitchBOT to DC, but decided against it out of fear that the taxi would just take the money and drop the robot in a river or something. They even tweeted a request for hitchBOT to be picked up, and many people responded wishing that they could, but it was just too late.

[cochrane]

To quote W. C. Fields:

“Ah, Philadelphia. Nice place to live, but you wouldn’t want to visit there.”

[blue_infinity]

So Skynet has a casus belli now?

[Ike_Witt]

Godd help us if aliens first land in Philly.

[silenus]

@Ike_Witt

Godd help us if aliens first land in Philly.

That might be the only thing that saves us. The aliens will eat a cheese steak, get robbed and decide that Earth just isn’t worth the trouble.

[Colibri]

@Ike_Witt

Godd help us if aliens first land in Philly.

You mean, God help the aliens.

[madmonk28]

@Cyros

Is that why they call it the City of Brotherly Love?

It has always been an ironic nickname.

[JRDelirious]

It had to be Philadelphia. Brotherly, schmotherly, it’s where they booed Santa Claus, for Og’s sake.

[Colibri]

@madmonk28

It has always been an ironic nickname.

I don’t think William Penn intended the name ironically.

What’s Greek for “City of the Robot Murderers”?