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imperfect_lighttoday at 2:36 AM1 replyview on HN

Someone started that lawnmower and pointed it your direction. Why shouldn't they be responsible when the lawnmower runs over your foot and cuts it off?


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madroxtoday at 2:54 AM

We should, which is why anthropomorphizing the lawnmower is bad. It misdirects you away from who built the mower and aimed it.

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