[ExI] automation destroys job

[Ben Zaiboc]

On 29/11/2025 04:08, spike wrote:
>
> Before you get offended at the linked video, keep in mind it was made 
> back in the days when politically incorrect material of this nature 
> was not only allowed, it was encouraged.
>
> This link documents an incident involving an actual animated cat and 
> an actual animated mouse, in their struggles against an automated 
> automaton.  Recognizing that with our marvelous modern bandwidth, our 
> collective attention span has grown far shorter than when this 
> insightful documentary was created.  More specifically, our modern 
> internet-enabled attention spans are shorter than that of typical 
> preschoolers from those benighted times (I aughta know, I was there.)
>
> This is the first three minutes of that ancient documentary, 
> sufficient to give you the idea:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj2Yl9h-QJI
>


I used to watch Tom & Jerry when I was a bean sprout, it was my 
favourite cartoon. I remember that actual episode. But I don't 
understand why you're calling it politically uncorrect, or why anyone 
might get offended by it. There's not even any graphic violence in it 
(Roadrunner was/is much worse for that).

-- 
Ben

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