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Blame Your Mistakes on Technology

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pebkac-errors dept.

Techdirt has an quick look at how it is becoming much more common for people to blame their mistakes on technology. "There are people driving off cliffs and through flooded roads and taking detours that span half of England, apparently at the behest of their navigation units. Things got so bad in one place that authorities even had to put up "ignore your sat nav" signs. Now, a woman's car got hit by a train, and for some reason, she's blaming a GPS navigation unit."

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  1. Obligatory by mdboyd · · Score: 5, Funny

    If your GPS unit told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

    1. Re:Obligatory by AsmCoder8088 · · Score: 5, Funny

      That depends. Is the voice of the GPS unit in question female?

    2. Re:Obligatory by porkThreeWays · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe...

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  2. Go right ahead and blame the technology! by Goalie_Ca · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, a woman's car got hit by a train, and for some reason, she's blaming a GPS navigation unit.
    I agree cuz these things should really include a breathalyser as well.
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  3. Re:Blame by Goalie_Ca · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least if you copy and paste flame material be sure to select "Plain Text" from the scroll down box. That way you get nice paragraphs :D

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  4. Natural Selection by EonBlueApocalypse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must be technologies way of thinning the herd.

  5. Obligatory Nick Burns... by Aerinoch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah... It's the e-mail that's stupid, not you, huh?

  6. Suggested warning label for gadgets by theReal-Hp_Sauce · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Attention: This machine has no brain, use your own!"

    -hps

    1. Re:Suggested warning label for gadgets by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

      It'd need a supplemental warning label too:

      "Warning: You might not have one either"

  7. Re:personal responsibility by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 3, Funny

    I blame slashdot for my inabilty to reply to provide a witty retort to your comment.

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  8. Well there's your problem... by sporkme · · Score: 4, Funny

    Repairman: [pointing to a Good/Evil switch on the back of the doll] Yup, here's your problem. Someone set this thing to ``Evil''.
    /simpsons

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