Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:00 AM

catsudon (777 posts)

Robot Mourners at Chiayi Funeral as Taiwan's Population Shrinks

even robots are taking jobs away from paid mourners....

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Robot Mourners at Chiayi Funeral as Taiwan's Population Shrinks (Original post)	catsudon	Sep 2022	OP
OK, this should have been in Weird News. nt	eppur_se_muova	Sep 2022	#1
This all strikes me as exceptionally odd.	dchill	Sep 2022	#2
Why? The Tibetians have used flags flapping in the wind to deliver prayers to heaven for	FSogol	Sep 2022	#3
And that's not odd?	dchill	Sep 2022	#4
I like it better than obnoxious families praying aloud in restaurants. Much of	FSogol	Sep 2022	#5
Kick	dalton99a	Sep 2022	#6

Response to catsudon (Original post)

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:08 AM

eppur_se_muova (35,165 posts)

1. OK, this should have been in Weird News. nt

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Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:08 AM

dchill (34,730 posts)

2. This all strikes me as exceptionally odd.

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Response to dchill (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:22 AM

FSogol (43,531 posts)

3. Why? The Tibetians have used flags flapping in the wind to deliver prayers to heaven for

centuries. Same with spinning wheels. In this case, the robots' movement is performing the prayer in lieu of family members.

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Response to FSogol (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:52 AM

dchill (34,730 posts)

4. And that's not odd?

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Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:55 AM

FSogol (43,531 posts)

5. I like it better than obnoxious families praying aloud in restaurants. Much of

funeral tradition is about making the survivors feel better. If a pair of robots sending prayers to heaven does that, why not?

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Thu Sep 22, 2022, 10:05 AM

dalton99a (73,695 posts)

6. Kick

A man walked by a graveyard and saw a Chinese man leaving food on the grave of his relatives, according to the custom of his family.

"When are your relatives going to come up and eat their food?" the man rudely asked.

"As soon as your relatives come up and smell their flowers," the Chinese man replied.

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