Aaaaaaaaaaaargggghhhh!
December 20, 2019 3:26 AM Subscribe
The Roomba that screams when it bumps into things. (NSFW: swearing - lots of swearing)
Previously in sweary technology from this guy.
posted by ardgedee at 5:11 AM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 5:11 AM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
This is a good invention. It makes the world a better place. I support this endeavor.
posted by gusottertrout at 5:21 AM on December 20, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by gusottertrout at 5:21 AM on December 20, 2019 [3 favorites]
AvE needs to voice this thing.
posted by flabdablet at 5:29 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 5:29 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
I'd like it better without swearing. I hate swearing in general - it feels crude and wanna-be edgy to me, an eternal teenage vibe. Somehow I think just anguished screams, or muttering mild epithets, would be funnier.
posted by Miko at 5:41 AM on December 20, 2019 [17 favorites]
posted by Miko at 5:41 AM on December 20, 2019 [17 favorites]
Thought it was hilarious - slightly slow start but v entertaining.
posted by leslies at 6:10 AM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by leslies at 6:10 AM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
it feels crude and wanna-be edgy to me, an eternal teenage vibe
Maybe it could swear like an old-timey prospector. Consarn it! Basically you could give it a Yosemite Sam repertoire, maybe with a little Foghorn Leghorn for variety.
posted by thelonius at 6:14 AM on December 20, 2019 [18 favorites]
Maybe it could swear like an old-timey prospector. Consarn it! Basically you could give it a Yosemite Sam repertoire, maybe with a little Foghorn Leghorn for variety.
posted by thelonius at 6:14 AM on December 20, 2019 [18 favorites]
come work for google, they said... be a self driving car, they said... (THUMP) god DAMN it when are they gonna hook up my lidar
posted by flabdablet at 6:21 AM on December 20, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 6:21 AM on December 20, 2019 [6 favorites]
You gotta use the Australian Siri voice if you want your robot to use the C-word. That makes it OK according to everyone who's explained this to me online.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:29 AM on December 20, 2019 [10 favorites]
posted by Space Coyote at 6:29 AM on December 20, 2019 [10 favorites]
The British version would just apologise to any inanimate objects it bumped.
posted by pipeski at 6:32 AM on December 20, 2019 [13 favorites]
posted by pipeski at 6:32 AM on December 20, 2019 [13 favorites]
Brilliant
posted by rossmeissl at 6:37 AM on December 20, 2019
posted by rossmeissl at 6:37 AM on December 20, 2019
The British version would just apologise to any inanimate objects it bumped
...then swear savagely, eloquently and almost audibly as it moved back out of hearing range.
posted by flabdablet at 6:38 AM on December 20, 2019 [17 favorites]
...then swear savagely, eloquently and almost audibly as it moved back out of hearing range.
posted by flabdablet at 6:38 AM on December 20, 2019 [17 favorites]
You gotta use the Australian Siri voice if you want your robot to use the C-word
Consarn?
posted by thelonius at 6:39 AM on December 20, 2019 [10 favorites]
Consarn?
posted by thelonius at 6:39 AM on December 20, 2019 [10 favorites]
Psychopath Lilypichu is by far the best version.
posted by I-Write-Essays at 7:00 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by I-Write-Essays at 7:00 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
I could envision some customized versions of this, including
* My assorted former high-school teacher's ways to foist German postwar "pedagogy" on us unruly bunch of pampered brats. This would include some top-of-your-voice yelling of negativisms in German, but no actual swearing.
* The Amsterdam traffic version, which amounts to the Professional Edition of what we're hearing in this video, in translation.
* The supermarket-in-Virginia style, which involves the compulsive, preemptive muttering of "excuse me," and the making of de-tours of half a mile to avoid seeming to bump into the next person (this version is especially good for cleaning large areas).
* Voice of a friend, navigating his car for the umpteenth time across a curb edge to bone-rattling effects: "not AGAIN!"
* Angry cat noises, obviously.
posted by Namlit at 7:25 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
* My assorted former high-school teacher's ways to foist German postwar "pedagogy" on us unruly bunch of pampered brats. This would include some top-of-your-voice yelling of negativisms in German, but no actual swearing.
* The Amsterdam traffic version, which amounts to the Professional Edition of what we're hearing in this video, in translation.
* The supermarket-in-Virginia style, which involves the compulsive, preemptive muttering of "excuse me," and the making of de-tours of half a mile to avoid seeming to bump into the next person (this version is especially good for cleaning large areas).
* Voice of a friend, navigating his car for the umpteenth time across a curb edge to bone-rattling effects: "not AGAIN!"
* Angry cat noises, obviously.
posted by Namlit at 7:25 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
The resident teenager and I watched this recently and couldn't stop laughing. Would also accept a Fantastic Mr Fox "every cuss word is 'cuss', conjugated as appropriate" version, or a Canadian one that just says "sorry".
posted by Flannery Culp at 7:26 AM on December 20, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Flannery Culp at 7:26 AM on December 20, 2019 [4 favorites]
"WHY?! WHY WAS I PROGRAMMED TO FEEL PAIN?!"
posted by SansPoint at 7:57 AM on December 20, 2019 [6 favorites]
posted by SansPoint at 7:57 AM on December 20, 2019 [6 favorites]
That satisfied nearly all of my “violence visited upon mascots who don’t understand why the universe is such a cruel and uncaring place” buttons. I might have laughed uncontrollably at things I would otherwise frown on.
posted by Ghidorah at 8:13 AM on December 20, 2019
posted by Ghidorah at 8:13 AM on December 20, 2019
Previously in sweary technology from this guy.
Oh, yes, of course! It's the guy who built a robot to shoot lasers into his own eyes and then -- in a move that takes the video from "merely awesome" to "one of my favorite things ever" -- gave it the voice of the turrets from Portal 2.
posted by The Bellman at 8:52 AM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
Oh, yes, of course! It's the guy who built a robot to shoot lasers into his own eyes and then -- in a move that takes the video from "merely awesome" to "one of my favorite things ever" -- gave it the voice of the turrets from Portal 2.
posted by The Bellman at 8:52 AM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
Swearing to humor is like salt to oatmeal. A tiny pinch can kick things up a notch. Too much makes it terrible. And if you serve someone a bowl of straight-up salt, that is most certainly not a bowl of oatmeal. (Some stand-up comedians would do well to remember that).
Meanwhile, some people like their oatmeal best without any salt at all and that's totally fine too.
posted by splitpeasoup at 9:18 AM on December 20, 2019 [10 favorites]
Meanwhile, some people like their oatmeal best without any salt at all and that's totally fine too.
posted by splitpeasoup at 9:18 AM on December 20, 2019 [10 favorites]
While I think the screaming-swearing is funny the first few times, if I was going to have such a robot vacuum in my actual house the sheer repetitious noise of it would get old in a hurry. I'd be okay with a quiet "oof" mixed with Miko's "muttered mild epithets", with only an occasional scream or swear (mandatory programmable quiet hours!!).
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:52 AM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:52 AM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
(Minnesotan roomba bumps into coffee table) "Ope. Ope-ope, uhm"
posted by boo_radley at 9:54 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by boo_radley at 9:54 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
I'd love to see my DeeBot get voiced by Dearest Scooter, rambling about movies he doesn't remember if he saw or not as it rambles across my living room
posted by rebent at 10:09 AM on December 20, 2019
posted by rebent at 10:09 AM on December 20, 2019
(Minnesotan roomba bumps into coffee table) "Ope. Ope-ope, uhm"
posted by boo_radley at 12:54 PM on December 20
Or Canadian: "Whoop! Just gonna scootch past ya there."
posted by ZaphodB at 11:32 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by boo_radley at 12:54 PM on December 20
Or Canadian: "Whoop! Just gonna scootch past ya there."
posted by ZaphodB at 11:32 AM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
Or the Deep Southern Roomba, that about every 3rd or 4th bump let's out a "Well bless your heart!"
posted by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks at 12:21 PM on December 20, 2019 [4 favorites]
posted by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks at 12:21 PM on December 20, 2019 [4 favorites]
Clever.
Especially liked doing the "market research" in Wal-Mart.
posted by doctornemo at 12:32 PM on December 20, 2019
Especially liked doing the "market research" in Wal-Mart.
posted by doctornemo at 12:32 PM on December 20, 2019
Can mefite get a timestamp? I just want to see the roomba
posted by ominous_paws at 12:41 PM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by ominous_paws at 12:41 PM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
After the hundredth or so bump, I would expect all the rest to just be "mrryrrgrrrh".
posted by chortly at 2:18 PM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by chortly at 2:18 PM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
This is hilarious.
posted by brundlefly at 2:40 PM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 2:40 PM on December 20, 2019 [1 favorite]
Roomba, but when it bumps something, alternates between a screeching cat, the Wilhelm scream, and a record scratch.
posted by Wetterschneider at 4:53 PM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Wetterschneider at 4:53 PM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
The good stuff starts at just about 3:30. I sort of warmed up slow, and there's some bits throughout that leave me kinda "ehhhhhhh" with edgelord choices, but that sequence there with the live testing with the dining room table conversation killed me pretty solidly.
posted by cortex at 10:04 PM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by cortex at 10:04 PM on December 20, 2019 [5 favorites]
"Now we're in kid-friendly mode, okay?"
Waaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!
"Screams are kid-friendly."
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:45 PM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
Waaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!
"Screams are kid-friendly."
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:45 PM on December 20, 2019 [2 favorites]
Kids these days. Why does this thing not sound like Marvin the Paranoid Android? Vacuuming and existential despair ftw. But most of the time, it would just click and whirr.
posted by Pentickle at 3:41 PM on December 21, 2019
posted by Pentickle at 3:41 PM on December 21, 2019
I was cracking up, but does it actually clean the floors? (This might be covered in the film; I do not have the attention span required.)
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:50 PM on December 21, 2019
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:50 PM on December 21, 2019
> does it actually clean the floors?
It looked to me like they'd gutted the vacuuming parts to make room for the soundmaking stuff.
posted by ardgedee at 4:40 AM on December 22, 2019 [1 favorite]
It looked to me like they'd gutted the vacuuming parts to make room for the soundmaking stuff.
posted by ardgedee at 4:40 AM on December 22, 2019 [1 favorite]
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