# Robot Camel Jockeys

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-camel-jockeys/708373>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 28, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-camel-jockeys/708373 "2014-12-28T19:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-camel-jockeys/708373/1 "2014-12-28T19:09:04Z")

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For those who tuned in to see some kind of racist squawk, consider yourself disappointed. (Or heartened, as the case may be.) I really do want to inform you about\*\* robot camel jockeys\*\* - without a euphemism or slur in the word choice.  
[This.](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/sports/camel-racing-in-the-united-arab-emirates-is-a-blend-of-centuries-old-traditions-and-modern-technology.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A18%22%7D)

…is probably the most wonderfully bizarre and head-asploding article I’ve read in a long time. Enjoy, then let’s pick it apart.

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**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-camel-jockeys/708373/2 "2014-12-28T21:37:29Z")

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Well,it’s done away with a tiny bit of child slavery.