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  • The Australian government tried something similar, an automated, probably black mirror inspired orphan crushing machine called Robodebt announced to millions of Australians that they had to repay their welfare payments. There was no human arbiter in the loop to whom one could appeal. After a bunch of suicides and legal challenges, it was eventually scrapped after federal courts ruled it illegal and the government returned $1.2b of stolen money.

    This was a rightwing conservative government initiative.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+Robodebt+scheme+was+an%2Cpart+of+its+Centrelink+payment

  • My fridge just broke down tonight.

    I was doing some electrical work and when I flipped the breakers back on it started chirping from its speaker like it was trying and failing to start.

    This will be the second time I've had to fix this fridge now. The first time, it's teensy little mains power connector shorted itself out with a loud bang.

    I started fixingy own stuff out of necessity, but now I just do it out of spite. I paid good damn money for these things and I'm going to run them till they are withered skeletons, then I'll strip from for parts and recycle the rest.