Vylar Kaftan ([info]vylar_kaftan) wrote,
@ 2008-07-16 10:34:00
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My million dollar idea

Originally published at Vylar Kaftan. You can comment here or there.

I want apology-lights for cars — wired directly into a driver’s brain. The lights would only flash when you wanted to make a sincere apology, like “Sorry I cut you off,” and “Oh crap, I know I just pulled a crazy driving stunt and I’m sorry for all you people who were nearby.”

That way, you’d know when someone was having a bad driving day, and when they were just an asshole.


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[info]nojojojo
2008-07-16 06:44 pm UTC (link)
I'd invest in it!

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[info]vylar_kaftan
2008-07-16 06:46 pm UTC (link)
I hope I can have these really awesome nanomachines to dig into people's brains.

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[info]beth_bernobich
2008-07-16 06:50 pm UTC (link)
So would I!

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Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]dawn_pillsbury
2008-07-16 06:55 pm UTC (link)
Auto vaporizers. They should only be activated for real offenses like tailgaters, people who change two lanes without signalling or Hummers.

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Re: Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]vylar_kaftan
2008-07-16 06:59 pm UTC (link)
Oh yeah. Well, I don't need nanomachines in people's brains for that idea, so I'm less excited about that. Really, this is just an excuse for me to put things in people's brains.

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Re: Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]voidmonster
2008-07-16 07:13 pm UTC (link)
You know about Toxoplasmosis gondii, right? You really could put things in people's brains.

They're not nanomachines precisely, unless you count things built out of proteins as machines (which isn't really unreasonable), but they certainly do tug the chemical strings tied to human behavior!

Also, I too would invest in your million dollar idea. There've been any number of times I wanted to apologize for a particularly heinous maneuver. Most commonly the 'mistimed right hand turn on red light'. Ugh!

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Re: Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]vylar_kaftan
2008-07-16 07:17 pm UTC (link)
I like things that chew into skulls when possible.

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Re: Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]voidmonster
2008-07-16 07:32 pm UTC (link)
Toxo is more of a 'hitch a ride on the macrophage express' sort. Not so much with the skull chewing. But then, dura mater is kind of an acquired taste.

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Re: Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]wordweaverlynn
2008-07-16 10:08 pm UTC (link)
Did you see the New Yorker article about the woman who scratched right through her skull? It's online, I think.

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Re: Auto massacres, ahoy!
[info]vylar_kaftan
2008-07-17 12:30 am UTC (link)
Ohhh, yes.

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[info]comrade_cat
2008-07-16 07:07 pm UTC (link)
That would be wonderful!

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[info]pgdudda
2008-07-16 07:23 pm UTC (link)
I'd get some for myself, I know I'm a bad driver!

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[info]vylar_kaftan
2008-07-16 08:09 pm UTC (link)
There's got to be a daily limit to using it though. So people can't just excuse their bad habits. ;)

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[info]pgdudda
2008-07-16 09:53 pm UTC (link)
well, yah, I mean, I wouldn't apologize for every little mistake. Just the big ones like, "whoops, that was a stop sign!"

But I still want one of those big neon signs that say, "Merge, already! They warned you 3 miles back that your lane is ending!"

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[info]vylar_kaftan
2008-07-17 12:30 am UTC (link)
Yipe! Don't blow through stop signs; that's very bad.

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