My TV just scolded me

Be real. That’s why you bought the add-on in the first place.

Heh, me yes. My gf was embarrassed supremely.

Apparently you didn’t hear the part that it muttered under its breath.

It’s electronic, it doesn’t breathe.

I achieved the near-impossible feat yesterday of grabbing up my supermarket purchases and receipt from the automated check-out machine at Kroger before Robot Rhonda could urge me to do so. And though I was several feet away by then and headed for the exit, there was still a voice reminder to take my receipt.

Tough luck Rhonda, I’m outta here.

Wait until you call tech support and it says, “If you loved us, you’d know what was wrong.”

“Marge! Marge, look! The doll’s trying to kill me and the toaster’s been laughing at me!”

Ok, I will.

@discobot display help

I currently know how to do the following things:

@discobot start {name-of-tutorial}

Starts an interactive tutorial just for you, in a personal message. {name-of-tutorial} can be one of: tutorial, advanced tutorial.

@discobot roll 2d6

:game_die: 3, 6

@discobot quote

:left_speech_bubble: Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius

@discobot fortune

:crystal_ball: You may rely on it

Oh, ok.

:thinking:

Why is it called Discobot if it can’t even dance? Sheesh :wink:

@discobot, can you dance?
@discobot fortune

:crystal_ball: Ask again later

A few years ago I bought a FireTV and have studiously ignored every attempt it has made to get me to talk to it. Every so often something will pop up on the screen suggesting that I say something like “Alexa, please show me mystery shows.” I already have a cat who ignores me when I ask it questions. I don’t need my TV telling me what to watch, much less commenting on my language.

Sometimes when I change channels on the remote, the TV screen flashes a message, “Next time, just say XXX.” Screw you TV, you’re not the boss of me.

It’s a marketing ploy. The manufacturer already has your money… and if the thing irritates you enough to want to smash it, you’ll need to buy a replacement. Might be their brand (in which case, PROFIT$$%), or another brand, in which case they’re no worse off than they were before.

Now that I can dance?

Unless, of course, your goal is to sell more TVs.

Crazy like a fox…

Say ‘Rewind’ ONE MO’ TIME, mothafuka…!