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"Does anyone want any toast?" (oblic. Red Dwarf ref)

• mattowen_uk 5y ago
  For those that don't get it: https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec
• dTal 5y ago
  One wonders how such a perfect satire of smart devices was written 30 years ago. Was the trend visible even then?
  • mkr-hn 5y ago
    The hazards and wonders of home automation/smart homes and artificial home assistants have been a topic of sci-fi for ages.
    • dTal 5y ago
      Indeed, but the aspect of the Red Dwarf toaster that really lands today is the unnecessarily extreme sophistication, coupled with the unrelenting effort to occupy more and more of the user's life. Douglas Adams touched upon these themes as well, generally via the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, but it wasn't quite so-on-the-nose.