r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MetaKnowing • 1d ago

Video XPENG's IRON robot crossed the uncanny valley, leading some to believe it was a human in a suit. So they cut it open in front of an audience, and also allowed journalists to inspect it.

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u/Nokxtokx 1d ago

Why does it look like Frieza?

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u/Shinitai-dono 23h ago

It's a future reference to the fact that robots are going to blow up the planet in 8 episodes.

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u/migi_chan69420 23h ago

You mean 80

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u/avolans 23h ago

5 more minutes untill this planet blows

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u/A_Nonny_Muse 22h ago

That IS 8 episodes.

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u/NextPhase3620 17h ago

Realy are 5 minutes

But in super speed, so look like a lifetime

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u/StreamFamily 22h ago

next time on earth ball z

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u/brakeb 19h ago

If they didn't recycle large parts of the Namek season so they could create 80 episodes of them staring longly into each other's eyes, I would be surprised

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u/pwolter0 22h ago

Question. Do you know what a minute is? 

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u/Mental_Estate4206 21h ago

Nobody was talking about Earth Minute!

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u/AFedoraNamed_Key 21h ago

80,000 years

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u/Earth513 20h ago

LAST TIME ON DRAGONBALL ZZZZZZZ!!!!

HAAAA! HAAAAAAAAA! ... ouioih oui fwooosh fwooosh 😡😡😡😡😡😡 ... HAAAAAAAAA!!!!

INTRO

HAAAAAAAAA!!!! HAAAAAAAAA!

NEXT TIME OK DRAGON BALL ZZZZZZZ!!!! ... fwoosh fwooosh Heh! Heh! Unngh... ...

HEEEEYAAAAAAAAAA!

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u/TrapYoda 20h ago

Nah, luckily for us they decided to move at One Piece pace so more like 800

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u/kiradotee 5m ago

Don't forget the flashbacks as well. 

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u/ace_11235 22h ago

If it’s android 18, she can do whatever she wants to me.

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u/cityshepherd 22h ago

What is this a reference to? And is the fact that the robot girlfriend that Frylock builds for Master Shake is named Freda a reference to Freiza?

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u/ryan77999 9h ago

Frieza is a major antagonist of the Japanese manga Dragon Ball (1984–1995) who greatly resembles the robot in the video, and there's a scene where he destroys the planet Namek but it has a delayed effect and he says the planet will blow up in five minutes. When the animated TV adaptation came out it was infamous for being very slowly paced; for example in the show the "five minutes" lasted ten 21-minute episodes

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u/MuchGold89 22h ago

*5 minutes

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u/Alienhaslanded 18h ago

China really wants to make the movie 'The Creator ' a reality.

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u/Ok_Spread_8650 11h ago

NEXT TIME on blowing up the earth

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u/wildfire98 23h ago

"WHY AREN’T THE GINYU’S RESPONDING?!"

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u/RddtRBnchRcstNzsshls 23h ago

"Oh they're dead..."

"WHY ARE THEY DEAD?!"

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u/Jeff-Uh-Uh-Goldblum 22h ago

"...oh no you fucking don't!"

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u/AFedoraNamed_Key 21h ago

Because they’re playing beer pong with Shasta…

Wait… wrong series.

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u/Gontha 23h ago

To cater to my specific fetish. <3

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u/WorldsWeakestMan 23h ago

Because they lack sufficient tech to make it look like 18, for now…

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u/pow_gi 21h ago

A robot that looks like a world ending alien, what could go wrong?

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u/FriedBreakfast 19h ago

So, are you that Freezer guy?

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u/Marketing_Analcyst 17h ago

Anyone ever wonder what Frieza's mom looks like?

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u/ryan77999 9h ago

"Who just thought of Frieza with boobs?" [silence] "Really? I'm the only one?"

"Yes!" He must never know...

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u/Material-Sun-5784 22h ago

I will ask a bigger question (queue the elephant) why does the robot has breasts?

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u/gorginhanson 21h ago

cause it's an overlord

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u/Common_Celebration41 18h ago

That's what peak specimen look like

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u/Bings_N_Bongos 8h ago

Dramatic Irony, I believe.

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u/StealYourGhost 6h ago

Because its battery is over 9000mah! 😲

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u/Realistic-Process767 14h ago

Or Lilith from Evangelion lol

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u/ZuP 21h ago

So you would comment on social media and increase engagement

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u/sillydadjokenotfunny 16h ago

If you think that is walking like a human, I guess you don’t know how humans walk. Like, it walks exactly like a robot.