This is a moving story about a cafe in Japan that allows house-bound people to join in with society and find a purpose, using remotely operated robotic avatars.
This "Basic" Robot Solves REAL Problems (without AI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iLcOLvNfz0
10 Comments
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 1y
Is it my dishwasher? Or does it have to shaped like a human for no reason?
drspod@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y
You made a tasteless joke because you didn't watch the video.
Watch the video.
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
I apologize. I’m an elder millennial so asking me to watch a whole video instead of read something violates the social contract that once was. I’d delete but I’d rather leave it up as a cautionary tale for other old people.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 8 pts · 1y
Ditto on both age and disinterest in watchinh videos. It takes so damn long to get to the point and you need headphones which I have to dig out
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
As an elder millennial: what?
atrielienz@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
They have a point. I'm an elder millennial and I abhor being sent a video. I prefer text based news, and usually don't intentionally click videos. But on the other hand, that's probably more because I have to be in the right setup to watch a video (where I can dedicate my attention to it without disturbing anyone or being disturbed), and so my preference is text.
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I was born in 1981 so, in the United States at least, I’m considered an “elder millennial” rather than Generation X or a Baby Boomer. It’s a silly thing but we give our generations names.
When I was growing up, Google didn’t exist (much less YouTube) so watching a video was a pain in the ass. It took whole ass minutes to download, you needed RealPlayer/codecs, and then half the time, it could have been a text article that took 30 seconds to read. So, asking someone to watch a video that could have been an article was considered rude. Now, it’s probably the opposite and video is preferred.
It’s a bit similar to “this meeting could have been an email” but I meant no disrespect. It’s just that I’m old and prefer text Internet to video.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 1y
Watching a video is still a pain, 10mins of rabbiting on to make a point that usually can be summarised in 3 sentences (ie 20secs reading tops). And THAT ignores the shenanigans YouTube are up to forcing logins and blocking VPNS.
I still consider it rude unless there is information that really does need to be visual.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I appreciate the warning
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
Noted. Won't watch.
Will play tetris and look down one of those red binoculars that you put picture disks in.