• Dadifer@lemmy.world
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    You know, when I was a kid, I felt sorry for the robot in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. How miserable he was. No one appreciated his genius. Then I grew some and realized: this motherfucker lived multiple ages of the universe and knew the answers to solving every social and ethical problem, but never spent a single second helping anyone else. Fuck him.

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      Yeah. It reads different second time through. Lol. Marvin could have solved all kinds of problems, but usually couldn’t be bothered.

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      I’m not sure he could solve them. Part of his depression might be knowing the solution to the world’s problems, and also knowing he can’t bring them about.

      But also he’s a robot. No moral compass, no reason to care about humans. For him such things are an intellectual curiosity at best

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      Dude was in his own way, constantly. I mean, I get it. Depression can be a bitch sometimes. Could also have just been his programming ¯_(ツ)_/¯ he was amusing during my read at least.