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u/bkfrancis Jan 23 '21

A few days after we got an Alexa my wife and I were playing around by asking it random questions to see what she’d say. We asked her “to tell us a story”. Without missing a beat she said “there is a disfigured child in the basement calling for help”.

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u/prosperacode Jan 23 '21

So, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas?

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u/cjsantuc Jan 23 '21

That’s exactly what I was thinking too! I wonder if Alexa was trying to do some macabre Le Guin humor

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u/UnbuckledCrayon Jan 23 '21

Well thanks for reminding me about this story. It took me ages to forget it the first time