this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

How well will it hold up to thermal and nuclear radiation? Can I hold the power of the sun in the palm of my hand?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scientists have refused to answer if one could theoretically “get freaky with my girlfriend” with the device.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are they really scientists if they don't want to push the boundaries of knowledge?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

its not that they don’t want to push the boundaries, they just want to keep the knowledge of the experimental trials to themselves

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Those greedy bastards! A lot us us want to get freaky too.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Read the article and then the actual paper's abstract - this isn't like a mind controlled thing guys, it's controlled with your foot. Not quite a doc oc thing like the article makes it out to be

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Still could be pretty cool for when you stand or sit on one place anyway

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where do I sign up to become the real DocOc?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I read the headline out loud to my friend and said "I can't wait!" She replied "for what?" And I said "to become doc oc." Then I opened the comments and this is the first thing I saw. 10/10

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I'd be using it to feed me snacks while gaming. No longer shall I be limited by snacks that leave residue on your fingers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Hello there

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Practice on a hotdog first the scientists warned the doctor with a sad wisdom look in his eyes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Heavy cult Mechanicus breathing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I distinctly remember reading a short story in middle school about a kid without a third arm living in a world where everyone had a third robotic arm...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Ah, the stranger's hand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would be terrified of getting an eye itch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

apparently this one is controlled by the foot. but adding to your comment, imagine trying to scratch your butt with something like this on or swatting a fly that landed on you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

That would be handy.