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KamaAina

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23. I'd rather have the Death Cat

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 02:30 PM

Jun 2012

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2007/07/26/cat-death.html

Oscar makes his daily rounds, waiting patiently outside rooms if the doors are closed, wrote Dosa. Once inside, the grey-and-white cat jumps onto beds and appears to inspect patients by sniffing the air.

If Oscar leaves the room, the patient isn't likely to die that day, said Dosa.

But when the cat curls up on the bed, staff notice. They start phoning family members because the patient usually dies within four hours.

Usually indifferent and sometimes unfriendly to staff and visitors, Oscar purrs and nuzzles the patients during their final hours, Dosa said.

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'Last Moments Robot' Comforts You To Death [View all] n2doc Jun 2012 OP

that is in the uncanny valley....nt Evasporque Jun 2012 #1

hard to imagine the mentality of the person who thought that up. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #2

The sick fuck who invented this! longship Jun 2012 #3

Actually I can't agree Xyzse Jun 2012 #7

It's like some sort of dystopic Issac Asimov story. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2012 #4

DU hardly ever makes me cry. annabanana Jun 2012 #5

Yeah, reading that scripted message pretty much killed the rest of my day Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #20

My goodness, what a convenient way to obfuscate guilt! "RIP, __________ and a good time patrice Jun 2012 #6

We're all born to die alone, so you'd better see to it that you enjoy every moment you have Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #8

Robot? I don't want Romney comforting me at the end stage Ezlivin Jun 2012 #9

Last Moments Robot is insulted by your insinuation that he is anything like Romney, lol. siligut Jun 2012 #13

I dunno, a last moment handjob doesn't sound too bad. FSogol Jun 2012 #10

I'm a Jungian introvert. I'd rather deal with the robot TrogL Jun 2012 #11

I'd opt for the affordable, low-tech option: a puppy n/t B2G Jun 2012 #12

I hear they use it in the Netherlands. You know, when they euthanize people louis-t Jun 2012 #14

Does the robot double as a bong with a bowl full of "White Widow"? geardaddy Jun 2012 #34

Don't be sad. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Liberal Veteran Jun 2012 #15

Some of the other quotes the robot says during your last moments: Capt. Obvious Jun 2012 #16

This was the robot I was born to smash with an axe. Because I'm human. nt Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #17

BTW, for anyone who's seen Soylen Green: Remember the death of Edward G Robinson's char? Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #18

That solution was actually a million times more humane, by comparison... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #21

While horrific in its own way, it was. nt Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #22

I can hardly wait to see what the hospital charges for this "service" LiberalEsto Jun 2012 #19

The person's survivors *deserve* huge debt B2G Jun 2012 #24

I'd rather have the Death Cat KamaAina Jun 2012 #23

This thread is now officially creeping the shit out of me. Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #25

Yes, but Death Cat at least is warm and cuddly. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2012 #29

Nah, I hear ya. Death Cat has street cred in my book. I think it was the robot that... Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #30

Has humanity really deteriorated to this level? revolution breeze Jun 2012 #26

This is art muriel_volestrangler Jun 2012 #27

I say it's prophesy. Poll_Blind Jun 2012 #32

If that comes to the U.S., they can call it Self-Checkout nt LiberalEsto Jun 2012 #28

Hah! Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #33

A DUZY!! Nay Jun 2012 #37

Give it time and the robots will look like your favorite actor lunatica Jun 2012 #31

Of Gawd! Now the Freepers will be demanding a Sarah Palin Version n/t n2doc Jun 2012 #35

And I think they should get it lunatica Jun 2012 #36

Wow, something even creepier than those Siri commercials. n/t gkhouston Jun 2012 #38

oh, geez... CTyankee Jun 2012 #39