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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I can't help but imagine a rotting body that the chip is just allowing to be remote controlled as they Weekend at Bernie's it around PR events.

"They're fine, see!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure the opposite is what's true. The neural links degrade over time and the implant loses the ability to function.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Corporate-sponsored zombie apocalypse you say?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

More like the plot to Tim Burton's Batman Forever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

An army of cybernetic penguins?