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Comment Re:Required reading (Score 1) 628

That got me to thinking. If crabs experience pain, it's presumable that the pain response could be used for behavior modification, which ultimately could lead to domestication.

Who's that? Oh, that's Crabby the Crab, our latest pet. We're still house breaking him. That shock collar around his neck, that's for when he tries to escape or when he tries to "make crab juice" on the living room rug. We love Crabby, and we are not looking forward to the day when he gets too old, has to be put down, and eaten. He is, by the way, available for stud services.

Comment Re:That's it... we're dead (Score 5, Funny) 521

You forgot the third option: Maybe the machines will keep us as pets. Which, really, wouldn't be all that bad. They'd feed us, play with us, clean up after us. Once domesticated to the machine's standards, we may end up becoming a lonely machine's best friend, one who sheds tears when we have to be "put down" for having excessive joint pain in our hips.

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