"Should you really be having that 3rd ice-cream today?" the fridge said. It sounded smug.

There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.

I tried to disable my washing machine lock. Bricked it. Bought a Speed Queen.

That is dystopian, but to be fair, this is China. They are literally rolling out facial ID tech to prevent paper thieves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj2bZCwJeVc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT2kCByOgs

> soon toilets will be photographing your butt to fingerprint your anus, while data brokers sells your poop data

Life imitates art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ

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“The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.”

“I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.”

In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.

“You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug.

From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door.

“I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out.

Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”

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