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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 hours ago

This is too dystopian for even Black Mirror. I propose we refer to this as, Brown Mirror.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 9 hours ago

We, as a civilisation, have finally made the FlushMe app real. Well done.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The expanded form of this sentence:

Toilet won't give you loo roll unless you visit an arbitrary web page on your personal device and allow people to possibly extract personal information about you, along with implicit knowledge of when and where you might have used a toilet.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 48 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

I'd shit on the floor and break the screen.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Fable's morality system was actually realistic if you assume it's depicting what it's like to be rich and privileged.

The -1 score made me think of how it wouldn't matter if you could just donate money to get it back.

[–] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

better idea, bring a small pry bar in your purse

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Never go anywhere without the means to disassemble and break things.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

Get Schwifty is back! Too good for a Grammy!

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Just the screen? I'd have that entire thing in pieces before I left.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

But someone, totally not me, shat on the floor. You'd have to smell that for a while.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

It's extreme but so is the situation

I'll allow it

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently it's unwise to forget your handy 12" pry bar when shitting in China? Those TP dispensers aren't exactly Fort Knox to begin with, just try withholding it from me after I take a massive dump.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Pocket Dremel.

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Time to get creative

[–] markz@suppo.fi 4 points 14 hours ago
[–] nialv7@lemmy.world -3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

How's this news? Are paid toilets a novel concept to people?

[–] GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip 1 points 51 minutes ago

That sounds awfully capitalistic

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 hours ago

They're illegal in the US.