bogleech:

jellyfishjulie:

Why in the HELL are people so afraid of MIT and Boston Dynamic robots like Cheetah and Big Dog. Why??? EVERY time I see an article about them, it has a fear mongering title, and everyone in the comments is like “ROBO-APOCALYPSE WE’RE GONNA DIE SO SCURRY BOOO" 

????? 
SUCH MONSTER. SO INHUMANITY.
It’s carrying your fucking backpack, have a little courtesy. 

Hide from it? IT CAN’T FUCKING SEE YOU. What exactly are we being fooled into thinking? That is isn’t friendly?

IT IS. 

It’s pretty fucking friendly. It RUNS. It RUNS around and does literally nothing else. 

Unholy? UNHOLY? 

IT’S LIKE AS BIG AS A FURBY AND IT CAN LIKE… CRAWL OVER SOME ROCKS AND STUFF CALM THE FUCK DOWN. 

They’re PROBABLY planning to help military personal diffuse bombs, carry equipment and bring AID TO STRANDED PEOPLE JESUS CHRIST YOU GUYS. CHILL THOSE TITTIES. 

It’s not like they’re going to sic them on civilians like doggy death bots. What will they do???

Bump into you?????
Be adorable?
SAVE LIVES? 

Yes let’s please stop spinning great technology as horrifying