▲ 1560 ▼ We're monsters (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] anewbeginning@lemmy.world 54 points 3 years ago* (2 children) This is a useful technology....for tyrants. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 42 points 3 years ago (3 children) Potential PTSD treatment. I think this is the plot to a movie or book though, where soldiers are taken advantage of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 24 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There was definitely a Black Mirror about it. Sidenote: It's weird to me that more people don't talk about the inevitability of that one with the soldiers with cybernetic HUD implants that, shocking twist later, can make civilians look like monsters to be purged. On the other hand, why bother when the Boston Dynamics murderbots are probably cheaper? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Markofthedead@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] loie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago Universal Soldier? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago I think I read the book you mention! I thought about it recently but could not remember the name permalink fedilink source parent [–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 20 points 3 years ago I agree. But I also wouldn't mind forgetting one or two things. However, I've also watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, so I know it ends with me having perpetual dementia-like fever dreams. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 42 points 3 years ago (3 children) Potential PTSD treatment. I think this is the plot to a movie or book though, where soldiers are taken advantage of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 24 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There was definitely a Black Mirror about it. Sidenote: It's weird to me that more people don't talk about the inevitability of that one with the soldiers with cybernetic HUD implants that, shocking twist later, can make civilians look like monsters to be purged. On the other hand, why bother when the Boston Dynamics murderbots are probably cheaper? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Markofthedead@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] loie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago Universal Soldier? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago I think I read the book you mention! I thought about it recently but could not remember the name permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 24 points 3 years ago* (1 child) There was definitely a Black Mirror about it. Sidenote: It's weird to me that more people don't talk about the inevitability of that one with the soldiers with cybernetic HUD implants that, shocking twist later, can make civilians look like monsters to be purged. On the other hand, why bother when the Boston Dynamics murderbots are probably cheaper? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Markofthedead@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago I think I read the book you mention! I thought about it recently but could not remember the name permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 20 points 3 years ago I agree. But I also wouldn't mind forgetting one or two things. However, I've also watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, so I know it ends with me having perpetual dementia-like fever dreams. permalink fedilink source parent
