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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 107 points 5 months ago

Also isn't white just the natural plastic coloring before any dye?

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 69 points 5 months ago

Yeah, most plastics are either transparent or milky white-ish without colourings or additives.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 40 points 5 months ago

Wow the racist just keeps getting deeper and deeper

[-] 4thDimensionDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Just in: The reason why certain chemicals are white is because they're racist.

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[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 91 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Good ol' CNN post-purchase. Chasing racism and sensationalism over actual news...

White is an excellent color for a complicated robot. Marks aren't hidden. It's not taking light away when looking in at hardware, it doesn't shade surroundings as much, and it matches every other damn piece of scientific equipment they throw in to labs, too.

Color neutral and bright has utility purpose. CNN is too stupid and dishonest to know that.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

Also, it’s not an actual skin color.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I dunno' man, some Irish and Swedish folks are suuuuper damn pasty-white. Give 'em a little scare and some turn paper white. xD

[-] skyspydude1@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

As someone whose entire heritage is Irish and Swedish, I'm jealous of that robot's tan.

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[-] ed_cock@feddit.de 15 points 5 months ago

To be fair it wasn't CNN doing this groundbreaking "research".

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago
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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Plus if it's outside, there are fewer heat issues.

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[-] Seraph@fedia.io 79 points 5 months ago

Turns out lighter colors are perceived as cleaner and friendlier.

Or maybe hospitals are racist too? Or we need more hospitals with black walls and floors.

[-] Veraxus@lemmy.world 92 points 5 months ago

We could call them gothpitals.

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 24 points 5 months ago

Love it, I'm in

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Enter into the void of the black MRI machine

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

I dunno about friendlier, but it's certainly easier to see dirt and stains, which makes it easier to keep clean.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They should paint them red and tile them like all leisure centers used to be in the '80s.

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Imma be honest, that hospital sounds metal as fuck. I'm down.

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[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

Outrage addiction is so real.

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[-] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 45 points 5 months ago

Aren't most plastics white or yellow by default? Making them other colors requires adding dye. Clear might be an option but it might be a little uncanny valley style morbid to see their parts moving around under their "skin".

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 months ago

Clear is 1000% the best option.

Source: My GameBoy Color with the super cool clear shell.

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

"Owning a yellow robot might be a sign of chinese slavery"

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Yellow robots would be very problematic

[-] Styxia@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I read recently that white plastic was the more expensive color to produce. I wanted to cite/link a source but internet search is frustratingly bad these days.

Edit: Not quite what I read but close enough.

https://moralfibres.co.uk/the-plastics-to-avoid-next-time-youre-shopping/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1bxng7f/comment/kyehonz/

[-] uis@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

Natural ABS color is white

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago
[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago

The answer is albedo, white is easier to find of you lose it especially in space.

[-] 4thDimensionDuck@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

also reflects more light/heat, reducing the need for radiators to manage heat. This is why most spacecraft are white.

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[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

I'm so fucking sick of everything being politicized. Now we're doing it with fucking plastic....

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[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 25 points 5 months ago

Robots in actual use are painted safety yellow or orange, because they are a safety hazard. Thus we put up warnings, fences and light gates. Plus shutoff buttons everywhere and a multi step process to turn them on.

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[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 5 months ago

We need the semi transparent colorful plastics robots.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

I'm totally into the idea of a robot covered in N64 funtastic grape.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 5 months ago

I'm thinking of my special edition purple glittery Game Boy.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

Letting people see all the crappy soldering and cable bridges does not please the shareholders.

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[-] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

IMO we need to stop humanizing robots. There is no reason for a robot to be human in form. Form should match function. Furthermore, a humanoid robots elicit feelings from people that are not helpful or healthy. There are people who might ~~advise~~ abuse a robot because it isn't an actual person, it doesn't mean that their abuse is less mentally ill. They should be viewed as a machine and treated as such, no better than a car.

[-] wavebeam@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Humans are bipedal for a reason, it’s one of the most versatile and efficient forms of mobility. Plus the world is designed for humans, making an humanoid robot allows them to interact with things made for humans more easily.

And humans can grow an attachment to and anthropomorphize plenty of non-humanoid objects. So I think it’s fine that it’s human shaped.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Ugh... can we just fucking stop already?

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Ken Bone? THAT Ken Bone? Ew

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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago

actually, if we're painting them black, isn't that just blackface now?

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's not that people want to be upset, but that "news" sites get profit from clicks and attention. It's not that anyone cares about this, but saying people care about it gets hate views.

I mean, here you are talking about it...

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Robots are white for the same reason Apple computers are white: to chase that 2001 A Space Odyssey aesthetic that's become shorthand for "futuristic."

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[-] silverdraco@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Anyone remember the movie Ice Pirates? There’s a whole scene in there about the color of the robot.

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[-] Addition1291@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

Fuck it. All androids are now required to be highlighter yellow. That'll give em something to argue about.

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago

So you’re comparing robots to Asians because they work a lot in school? That’s super racist.

No, we need blue robots like Smurfs. People won’t complain.

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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago

elect me president and i will mandate that all electronics of any kind be 80's beige pre-aged to piss-stained yellow.

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[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Color: exists Newspapers: Does this color imply.. racism??

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