• Onii-Chan
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    It fucking astounds me as an Australian that Americans can just… buy shit like this. Anything fun gets immediately banned here.

    • Tywele
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      717 days ago

      It might be fun but I also wouldn’t want this in the hands of stupid people.

      • BruceTwarzen
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        417 days ago

        Americans can’t even tell people what gender their kid will be without setting a forrest on fire, now they want flamethrower dogs?

      • @IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world
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        -417 days ago

        I couldn’t give a shit nor be bothered to worry any some imaginary scenario that’s going to happen less often than a lightning strike.

        • BruceTwarzen
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          117 days ago

          People dumb enough to buy flamethrower dogs setting a whole state on fire is an imaginary scenario?

          • @IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world
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            117 days ago

            Roofing flame throwers have been a thing for 40 years. We not suddenly going to see a bunch of new accesses to these tools. They said the same exact shit about the not a flamethrower and here we are not burning alive from fires started by them.

    • slazer2au
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      117 days ago

      Just pop over to Bunnings and make your own. Don’t forget the snag going in and out. Gotta support those local charities and sport teams.

  • @9point6@lemmy.world
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    417 days ago

    That seems surprisingly cheap

    for remote control through a smartphone.

    Whilst this was probably an inevitable feature, it inadvertently allows the pilot to appear relatively innocuous

    I feel like this is going to result in something bad

  • Blackout
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    17 days ago

    I wonder what is the interest rate on flamethrowing robot dog loans?

  • @mydude@lemmy.world
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    217 days ago

    Will the owner-class use these to kill desperate people on their property, or will the poor suddenly have capital to buy these for fun? What will our future be? Stay tuned.

  • king_link1
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    217 days ago

    This is the technology i hoped the future had in store for me

    • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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      317 days ago

      Eh. It’s the kind of thing I’d play with for an afternoon and then it’d live in the shed because it’s too much effort lol

      I have a few of those things in the shed… None quite $10K and flame throwing, though.

  • HubertManne
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    117 days ago

    would rather something like spot that could help my wife get in and out of bed or assist her while moving around.