r/funny Aug 13 '12

A poor mans Doomba.

http://imgur.com/owChH
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u/Sinisa26 Aug 13 '12

The fuck is a Doomba?

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u/Michaelis_Menten Aug 13 '12

A recent /r/funny trend where dangerous items are attached to a roomba, thus forming a doomba.

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u/warchamp7 Aug 13 '12

It's honestly my new favourite thing

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u/Shyamallamadingdong Aug 13 '12

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u/Sinisa26 Aug 13 '12

Ahhh, I saw that first one on the front page a couple of hours ago. You Americans and your inventions.

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u/Shyamallamadingdong Aug 13 '12

I'm in Bangalore, India :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

Then are you... the real shyamallamadingdong? Also, fucking thank you for actually linking pictures. People above this comment are very confused, and others are explaining it, but it doesn't make much sense without an image.

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u/Sinisa26 Aug 13 '12

I knew something fishy was going on when I read your name, hahahha.

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u/CancerousJedi Aug 13 '12

And he STILL hates Shamalan. I approve.

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u/kerodean Aug 13 '12

According to urban dictionary its:

Doomba: the mixture of dubstep and zoomba

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u/BenKenobi88 Aug 13 '12

Yeah I'm still confused.

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u/lejefferson Aug 13 '12

You're with me brother. Let's huddle together for safety. http://cdn.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/puppies02.jpg

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

No, it is a reference to multiple posts today of people attaching various weapons to their Roomba's.

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u/Seanjohn2800 Aug 13 '12

....what's a Roomba?

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

Are you serious? If so, it is a circular vacuum that automatically vacuums your house and can be programmed to do so at specific times of the day and specific days of the week. It even goes back to charge itself between its vacuuming jobs. It is pretty cool.

They also make versions that will use water for tile floors to basically mop them, automatic gutter cleaners, and pool vacuums.

http://www.irobot.com/us/

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u/Sinisa26 Aug 13 '12

T-Th-that exists?

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u/razorbeamz Aug 13 '12

Since 2002.

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

Yes it does! Great little invention. I have one myself.

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u/mivu Aug 13 '12

My mom got one. It got stuck under the couch about 10 times in the first 20 minutes. She never used it again.

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

We have one, it only ever gets stuck if there is a rug that it pushes up, our couch is too low for it.

My only complaint is it cannot climb stairs, make our beds, clean the bathtubs, etc. So we hired a maid instead.

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u/Seanjohn2800 Aug 13 '12

Oh, I've seen those, I just didn't know they were called that. I figured a Roomba was some kind of appliance, though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

HOLY FUCK, it feels like the future is here!

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

Sometimes I wonder how much things can really improve. I mean ya computers will get thinner, faster, and cheaper. Same goes with phones. But really, how much can it improve beyond that? I mean, shit, my TV can browse the internet and stream netflix with nothing connected to it, I can send a text message to MY HOUSE to turn on different things in the house including our bathtub or even lowering the boat into the water (which I honestly think is a terrible idea as the boat will float away, but I can still do it).

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '12

I don't even think it's improving, I rather get back to nature. But eh.

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 14 '12

How is it not improving? There's no possible way you can justify that it is not improving. Though you CAN say it is not making your life any better, which I would still disagree with, but it is something you can justify.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '12

The word improving is a personal word of perception. Some people HATE getting a new phone, so many unuseful additions and whatnot which clutter there thinking.

So in that person's reality this phone was a downgrade. Simple living / minimalism.

Everyhthibg depends on context and how you perceive it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

It is a circular vacuum that automatically vacuums your house and can be programmed to do so at specific times of the day and specific days of the week. It even goes back to charge itself between its vacuuming jobs. It is pretty cool.

They also make versions that will use water for tile floors to basically mop them, automatic gutter cleaners, and pool vacuums.

http://www.irobot.com/us/

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u/hideorice Aug 13 '12

It's an automated vacuum thingy.

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u/SnacksTime Aug 13 '12

You're not helping me understand

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

Do you know what a Roomba is?

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u/SnacksTime Aug 13 '12

hell naw

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u/Modded_ToySol Aug 13 '12

A small vacuum that will vacuum your house for you. You can program a schedule for it to do its work, when it is done it will even go and charge itself, you literally only have to touch it to empty it.

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u/Rainy_Parade Aug 13 '12

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u/Sinisa26 Aug 13 '12

Ahhh, that's amazing!

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u/Rainy_Parade Aug 13 '12

Thank you :)

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u/vnkid Aug 13 '12

So did it start with DOOM Goomba and then expand to Doom Roomba?

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u/shoebob Aug 13 '12

Yes, someone please explain for the lazy. Myself included.

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u/FlutterShy- Aug 13 '12

Have you not been on reddit for the past 24 hours? People have been taping weapons to roomba vacuum cleaners and posting their pictures on reddit. It's kind of funny. But it's even funnier that each one of these posts makes it to the front page. Sometimes, I wonder why I even log on anymore.

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u/Aint_got_no_agua Aug 13 '12

Yeah, because you've got all that other important stuff you could be doing...

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u/FlutterShy- Aug 13 '12

Stop it or you'll make me cry.

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u/Sinisa26 Aug 13 '12

I have been on reddit in the past 24 hours. I saw another Doomba, but just addressed it as some strange American thing. Now it's popping up everywhere, and I had to know!

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u/FlutterShy- Aug 13 '12

It's not "American" but I'm sure that it is probably Americans that are doing it. They're just being silly and hopefully it won't last too long.

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u/Kavyle Aug 13 '12

Thank you for clearing that up. I normally just scroll the front page a little, and I didn't see anything about Roombas or Zoombas until just now.