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by wpollock 21 days ago
Car: You look tired. There's a motel in 3 miles.

Car: You appear to be suffering from acne. Try Zit-away, available at the convenience store in 2.4 kilometers.

Car: Facial recognition failed. Car is now disabled. Contact your car dealer to reenable vehicle.

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Car: You are politically active for the wrong party. Doors locked. Battery will now catch fire.
The last one sounds eerily similar to what a for-profit company would do in case of a terminated subscription, that would be perfectly fine in the US, but would get purged by fire in the EU by proper laws that meant to protect the public.

I guess it's just hard to imagine that the government may work FOR the people?

That third one sounds like it would be fun trying to explain to your boss.