# THIS is why mankind shouldn't build robots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407 "2011-06-30T17:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/21 "2011-07-01T07:54:20Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Here we see a perfect example of why building robots is a **very bad** idea. Bite me. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/22 "2011-07-01T08:29:46Z")
[QUOTE=[B=] Robot Arm\*\*;13976308]Bite me. [/QUOTE] Since the subject itself has spoken, this thread may now be closed. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/23 "2011-07-01T09:17:18Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Since the subject itself has spoken, this thread may now be closed. Not so fast! I wanna see **Robot Arm** throw a helicopter first! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/24 "2011-07-01T13:36:45Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Not so fast! I wanna see **Robot Arm** throw a helicopter first! Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/25 "2011-07-01T14:00:32Z")
That was the greatest thing in the history of things. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/26 "2011-07-01T20:02:08Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > The youtube clips are only part of the movie. I would hope that if you watch the whole thing you get to see a few musical numbers. I watched roughly 70% of the whole 2.5 hour movie a few months back, and there indeed were at least two musical numbers. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/27 "2011-07-01T21:02:29Z")
Pure camp - so bad, it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/28 "2011-07-01T21:10:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Bite me. Dude, youā€™re alive! Missing you at the poker table, Root. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/29 "2011-07-01T21:12:13Z")
Itā€™s like how I imagine nano-bots to configure themselves. But I think macro-bots are way cooler. I think North Korea is working on something like this with Kim Jong Il. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/30 "2011-07-01T21:15:36Z")
All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/31 "2011-07-01T22:35:55Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. The frack it will! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/32 "2011-07-01T23:13:09Z")
[Jack Benny]Oh, now thatā€™s just improbable.[/Jack Benny] ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/33 "2011-07-02T00:27:35Z")
That is awesome. Whatā€™s it called? Can we rent it in the states? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/34 "2011-07-02T00:30:25Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > That is awesome. Whatā€™s it called? Can we rent it in the states? [Enthiran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthiran). I suspect itā€™s probably possible to get it from places with Indian groceries. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/35 "2011-07-02T00:38:37Z")
Hereā€™s the official website: [http://www.endhirantherobot.com](http://www.endhirantherobot.com) Warning: it immediately starts playing loud music. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/36 "2011-07-02T00:51:45Z")
Rajinikanth is famous for his over-the-top movies/style and he has ā€œcult likeā€ star status for Indian Tamils. Hereā€™s a good example of his [work](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckKWWAj61MA&feature=related) ([so many poor windshields](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5qlIP0aRo&feature=related)). ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/37 "2011-07-02T01:01:56Z")
Iā€™m LMAO watching these videos. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/38 "2011-07-02T01:48:13Z")
Gort klaatu barada nikto ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/39 "2011-07-02T02:16:35Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > Gort klaatu barada nikto That only works for hot babes like Patricia Neal. Youā€™re screwed. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![humanafterall](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/humanafterall/32/19654_2.png) [@humanafterall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/humanafterall)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-mankind-shouldnt-build-robots/587407/40 "2011-07-02T03:08:43Z")
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