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Nintendo's Talking Flower toy told me "it feels good to be alive" after I arrived home from a funeral, so those batteries are coming out (www.gamesradar.com)
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Last week, I arrived home from a funeral and decided to pop into my home office to make sure everything was prepared for the return to work day ahead. As I sat down to log-in my laptop, still feeling a bit wobbly from the day I had, I was greeted by the Nintendo Talking Flower toy informing me that "wasn't life great."

That was the point where I decided it was time to take its batteries out.

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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

...someone actually bought that thing? Wow...Reginal Perrin was probably really on to something.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    tech writers seem to have the habit of buying the most useless consumerist dystopian things that corporations throw out, and then make a full article on how the thing didn't work out well and they're stopping to use it. Maybe they just to that to have something to write about, or maybe they really live in a different reality in order to not notice the absurdity upfront.

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    • [–] 23 points 5 months ago

    This is why funerals are, psychologically, a bad idea.

    Wakes, the whole intent of them, are much better for morale. It’s better to celebrate the life someone had, even if the death wasn’t natural or premature.

    The flower got it right, that was kinda what they needed to hear at that moment but they were in the wrong headspace.

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    [–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Seems like a cultural issue to me. The flower isn't wrong. If they attended a celebration of life instead of a funeral, the message would read much differently.

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    • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Can the Talking Flower connect to the internet? Will it receive updates?

    No, it cannot connect to the internet, and there are no updates available.

    I still wouldn't buy this but it could be much worse

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