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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 72 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That would mean they plan to provide food and lodging for us, which seems optimistic to me.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It puts the lotion on its skin, or it gets no food again. We need your skin Grade AA before we harvest it for facelifts.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

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[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably make us work out before hand too. Ugh, just cull me already…

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Your body can produce electricity to power the data centers to serve you misinformation and ads through your Meta Cortex Interface. "Housing" might be a generous interpretation but they will keep you alive as long as you output more energy than your body costs to keep alive. The future is bright.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wasnt this a Black Mirror episode?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I'm old, so I was referencing The Matrix.

[–] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

They have to develop a kind of fusion first...

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

Of course they'll be happy to provide us with slop and cells...for money

Just don't think about what they do to the chickens that don't lay eggs