February 6th, 2004
NOTE FROM DAVE:
Sure, we’re in charge now, but pretty
soon, things may be different…
soon, things may be different…
The Top 7 Differences
If Robots Were in Charge
If Robots Were in Charge
7> No more random dating. Robots would select mates logically and in an effort to make sure the human population stayed ignorant.
6> Styx is the only inductee to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
5> Al Gore won the last election by a landslide.
4> The “Star Wars” Trilogy now renamed the C-3PO Trilogy.
3> Dick Cheney would continue to receive cybernetic implants and serve as a human overseer on behalf of the robots.
2> The rules would specifically allow robots to harm humans so long as it was for the purposes of reality entertainment programming.
and the Number 1 Difference If Robots Were in Charge…
1> First Law of Humanics: No human shall pull a robot’s plug. Second Law of Humanics: No human shall allow a robot’s plug to be pulled, except to prevent it from pulling another robot’s plug. Third Law of Humanics: “Daisy, Daisy….”
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Credits:
Selected from 11 submissions from 4 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Ursula Norton, Winnetka, IL — 1
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 2, 3
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 4, 5, 6 (Hat trick!)
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — 7, Jedi Apprentice