devdoggy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoHow did Luke Skywalker learn to communicate with Astromech droids? How did he learn the language whilst living on Tatooine?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down15
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareHow did Luke Skywalker learn to communicate with Astromech droids? How did he learn the language whilst living on Tatooine?devdoggy@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarememfree@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 hours agoYou were right the first time. It dispenses meds, stimulants, intoxicants and so on from reservoirs within it. Edit: I misremembered. It doesn’t dispense intoxicants. It merely orders them and has them delivered to you.
minus-squarestelelor@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoIt says a lot about the culture of the 60s and/or Pohl himself, that the first conceivable use for “instant ordering” would be for drugs.
You were right the first time. It dispenses meds, stimulants,
intoxicantsand so on from reservoirs within it.Edit: I misremembered. It doesn’t dispense intoxicants. It merely orders them and has them delivered to you.
It says a lot about the culture of the 60s and/or Pohl himself, that the first conceivable use for “instant ordering” would be for drugs.