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Walmart Circa 2050

“Oh God, that’s freaky! Your robot is trying to sell us stuff from Walmart! Do people still watch DVDs? I haven’t seen a DVD in years,” Vicki said.

“Aunt Louise has big boxes of DVDs. Can you imagine watching one? I don’t think I could do it. There was only one movie on each disc and none of it was in 3D. But back to my robot – you know, you’re right – it must be in sales mode or something. Let me get the manual out of the box – hang on…”

“Don’t run off too far, Dan. It’s kinda creepy. You know, from this angle it looks just like a pissed off tarantula or something. It doesn’t bite, does it?”

“Hell yeah it bites. Why do you think I got it? No, I’m kidding. Don’t worry, I’ve got the manual here in the box somewhere. Hang on and I’ll get it.”

“Eew, it’s eyes are looking at me funny. I don’t like how their blinking.”

“Oh, just relax, Sis. Says here this spider robot has twenty different modes – one for each language it can translate and two others. Hmm… German is number four.”

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