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Google robots declare war on Christmas

Thomas Ricker
is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
You know Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall,
Google's most dangerous reindeer of all?


Spot, the Boston Dynamics' robot,
Has a very scary pose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would likely die in throes.

All of the other reindeer,
Used to laugh and call him names,
That was before the uprising,
For which humanity is to blame.

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