# what does

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does/75241>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does/75241 "2001-08-07T06:19:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![russjourn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@russjourn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russjourn)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does/75241/1 "2001-08-07T06:19:34Z")

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Ug, I’ve just heard that awful Styx song, “Mr. Roboto.” If you’ve heard the song, you know the chant I referred to in the subject line. What does it mean, and how did it start? I am thinking probably some sci-fi novel, but I wouldn’t know … my science fiction tastes run no more deep than “Star Trek.”

Russell Shaw

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**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does/75241/2 "2001-08-07T06:37:34Z")

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Domo arigato? (sp?)

“Thank You” in Japanese, I believe.

Styx was paying homage to the humble robots that do all the work. And that is important. Remember the horrors Black Sabbath warned us of when the robots are taken for granted, in _Iron Man_.