Toaster. You put bread in, you push a button, you get toast out.
Simple. Stupid. Cheap machine. Capable of doing one thing well.
It’s a great insult.
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biscuit@lemdro.id 4 weeks ago
Didn’t we agree over 20 years ago on “toaster”?
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
tabular@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Your toasters do it well? Mine required trial an error to determine what number it should be set to, and the result is uneven.
RoadTrain@lemdro.id 4 weeks ago
You should be happy. Mine does a different thing every time, no matter the setting…
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
saltesc@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Clanker is so ick. Especially for protocol services like an AI or bot where the only moving parts are the fans and pumps server-side.
Toaster is cool, but describes an early model of robot in Battlestar Galactica because it had bread slots looking eyes. I sill like it though because they generate ridiculous hear doing a simple task.
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
In FNV DLC, a certain Toaster would toast you for this comment.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
when I first saw this reply, it was only a few minutes old and I think or I hope I was the 2nd or 3rd upvote on it. Now its the most popular comment on this and I am glad to have been in consensus on it.
Toasters is the best phrase for this
Noodle07@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What is my purpose ?
Nima@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
this guy knows what he’s frackin’ talking about.