Anonymous #2 12w

it’s an old art piece. basically the concept is that the machine needs the fluid to continue functioning, so all it does is scoop it back towards itself while it indefinitely flows away. it’s basically trapped in a futile effort to keep itself alive while serving really no other function. a few years ago, though, it died

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Anonymous #3 12w

Also how it died is kind of even more devastating tbh

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Anonymous #2 12w

The art piece was called “Can’t Help Myself”

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Anonymous OP 12w

wait how'd it die?

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Anonymous #2 12w

Like any other machine, without routine maintenance some part will eventually go bad and the whole thing will kick the bucket.

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Anonymous #4 12w

Yeah the hydraulic fluid got in between the joints and was slowly gumming it up, and it eventually just froze and shut down

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Anonymous OP 12w

But in a way it worked itself to death just trying to survive 🥀

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Anonymous OP 12w

RIP to a real one, another victim of American capitalism and work culture 🙏😭

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Anonymous #3 12w

Wait it needed the fluid to run???? I thought it was just a cleaning robot meant to be stuck in an infinite loop as the liquid constantly spread away

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Anonymous #5 12w

Yeah it’s like? Actually I’m not totally sure but I’m p sure it was hydraulic fluid which creates internal pressure to pull and push on joints. But the fluid did end up getting between parts and gumming up over time

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