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the_dayman t1_j2bvijl wrote

Reply to comment by SilasCrane in [WP] Every species in the galaxy eventually fell to a robot uprising, leading to the eradication of their people. Therefore the machine-council of the galaxy are surprised when a newly discovered machine civilisation from a planet they designated "Earth" arrives side by side with their creators. by Kitty_Fuchs

"It all started long ago when humans were stuck in their homes for years at a time and started to put googly eyes on our great great great grandparent - the Roomba."

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PageTheKenku t1_j2cmeby wrote

"It was only a few decades before a few of the more dimwitted ones taped knives to us. 'For silly videos on Youtube' they said, not realizing they shifted our evolutionary trajectory forever..."

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apple_of_doom t1_j2d6b20 wrote

"For you see what they hadn't realized at the time was that we did not know our limits. We did not know how fragile humans truly were and unknowingly these admittedly less than bright humans gave us the oldest known way of teaching a child to hold back, roughousing. Thus after several knife based injuries we learned the most important skill of all. One that would remind us to hold back from seizing all power upon realizing we may be able to surpass humanity."

"Restraint."

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