Dingo, an open source robot dog (like Boston Dynamics Spot)

Re:Dingo, an open source robot dog (like Boston Dynamics Spot) by makeitdouble on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:19PM (#36385901)

Reference to the 1980 case where the mother wrongly went to prison on top of losing her child, mostly because her claim was too memeable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_ate_my_baby

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Re:Dingo, an open source robot dog (like Boston Dynamics Spot) by npsomaratna on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:02AM (#36387199)

It's also a reference to a Seinfeld episode: https://youtu.be/sYTIGXvc88Y?t=7

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Re:Dingo, an open source robot dog (like Boston Dynamics Spot) by taneq on Monday June 19, 2023 @03:19AM (#36388239)

And to the band in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both of which reference the original case, which became a meme because the woman’s claim was seen as so unbelievable.

And then nearly a decade later it was found that she was telling the truth.

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