These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget… inside their bodies.

  • @El_guapazo
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    1881 year ago

    This was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.

    • @Why9
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      951 year ago

      A more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.

      • bitwolf
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        161 year ago

        I always bring up that movie and “Otherlife” when I rant about the importance of open source.

          • @[email protected]
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            81 year ago

            I mean it’s the same plot as repo: the genetic opera, genetic opera is just set to music. They grow artificial organs, sell em, and If you can’t afford to pay, they repo them. Paris Hilton gets her face ripped off. It’s great.

          • @lando55
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            31 year ago

            Ordinary fuckin’ people

        • Sagrotan
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          51 year ago

          Repo Men: The Concept Album by Andrew Lloyd Ripper

            • @LrdThndr
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              61 year ago

              I love how this was somehow both the next line of the song AND snarkily correcting their spelling.

    • BigFig
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      71 year ago

      Fuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch