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Emrys

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29. So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings
Wed Nov 12, 2025, 10:38 PM
Nov 2025

to cover up in case of mishaps, but didn't plan well enough to make sure it wasn't tangled so badly that by the time they'd stretched it across the stage, what was left of Metal Mikhail had already been swept up and dragged offstage, presumably to AI Gulag.

Me, I'd have been more inventive. When Mikhail took his tumble, they should have crawled onstage and started breakdancing to keep him company.

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Vowing not to be upstaged, Mr trump announces his next failure will be even more spectular Torchlight Nov 2025 #1
Keep 'em coming torchlight! GreenWave Nov 2025 #10
I was just going to ask if they modeled it BlueKota Nov 2025 #18
Too much vodka. johnp3907 Nov 2025 #2
At least we know it wasn't a guy in a robot costume FakeNoose Nov 2025 #3
How much does it cost to make a robot that just lays on the floor? twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #4
Possible Obstacle? BlueKota Nov 2025 #19
They named it Trump. Can't go up an escalator or stairs. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #21
🤣 BlueKota Nov 2025 #22
Wow, those were just kids trying to manage all that. ananda Nov 2025 #5
Pay no attention to that robot behind the curtain... Talitha Nov 2025 #6
Hope the robot stays away from any high rise windows. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2025 #7
I see the russians are still living up to the same low standards as usual. Angleae Nov 2025 #8
The robot was obviously "provoking" Poots. That cannot be tolerated. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2025 #9
Somebody gunna' fall out that window tonight RoadRunner Nov 2025 #11
Ehhh, the whole concept of Russian AI, and logic does not compute. SWBTATTReg Nov 2025 #12
At least it wasn't a man in a robot suit like they had done previously LiberalLovinLug Nov 2025 #13
The thing was unstable even before it gobbled, and.... reACTIONary Nov 2025 #14
I walk better than that COL Mustard Nov 2025 #16
C3PO it ain't. COL Mustard Nov 2025 #15
Typical Russian. Borogove Nov 2025 #17
A lot of corners must have been cut in order for the robot company oligarchs to buy another swiss chalet. Crowman2009 Nov 2025 #20
If they declined to participate BootinUp Nov 2025 #23
Like the Russian TV Studio in SCTV ChicagoTeamster Nov 2025 #24
So funny - thanks Pinback Nov 2025 #31
*laughs in Neuro-sama* sakabatou Nov 2025 #25
And the there was a mass falling from windows of all the techs and designers Figarosmom Nov 2025 #26
The Vladiator 3000 Blue Owl Nov 2025 #27
Artificial intelligence, or in the Russkie's case, the lack thereof meow2u3 Nov 2025 #28
So the crew presenting it had the foresight to have a large black screen cloth handy in the wings Emrys Nov 2025 #29
A mindless, unstable manikin that is being manipulated by a Russian behind the curtain? LudwigPastorius Nov 2025 #30
Too much wodka can do that! 🍸 sdfernando Nov 2025 #32
Putin put polonium in its hydraulic fluid? Blumancru Nov 2025 #33
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Nov 2025 #34
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