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Comment by panarky

5 days ago

Imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey with Meta's "Jolly" avatar as HAL instead of a blinking red camera lens.

So much more terrifying for a cute, round, fuzzy, friendly, rosy-cheeked plushie trying to exterminate the crew.

Is it?

Every time I think of any attempt to make something "cute" into something "dangerous", I can't take any of it seriously.

I'm reminded of mid-2000s clichés promoted by the edgelords of the time, and that was the peak edgelord era of all time.