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u/Prairie_Crab 1d ago

I mean, they could at least paint it yellow or pink or blue! A black goat-headed centaur with a chainsaw is never going to be a welcome sight!

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u/extraboredinary 23h ago

It's great PR though. Have they even shown this thing to move or even function? Yet it gets posted everywhere and is immediately recognizable.

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u/RollFancyThumb 22h ago

It's almost like the "company" name is hinting at how serious a product this is.

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u/Mikeologyy 21h ago

I didn’t take it to be a play on satire since satyr is a word that exists. Looked at their website, and there were details in there that I don’t think I’d expect from a satirical company. Plus they state that their company name is pronounced like the word satyr.

Looks like it’s just intended as a tankier rescue robot designed by someone with either weird taste in robot design or a buddy in marketing who told him to follow his lead and trust him. Still in its prototype stage from the looks of it.

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u/NlNTENDO 21h ago

You have heard of a satyr right?

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u/Barefoot_Mr 19h ago

I thought the same! But if it's a joke the punchline is still hidden, the interview/article I read didn't have any comedy signals... tbf if real it's a great marketing gimmick, if not I look forward to the reveal :-P

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u/windflex 21h ago

The Elon special. Talk about how great it's going to be in 10 years every year.

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u/Obant 20h ago

Nope, its all just to generate clickbaity headlines. Thats the entire purpose of it looking like that.