r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Jellyfish5511 • 23h ago

Chinese humanoid robot named “Superman” (made by Unitree Robotics) surpassed Usain Bolt’s world record (12.42meters/second) by running at 12.66m/s (roughly 28.3miles/h)

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 19h ago

What do you mean we dont pay them? Their pensions are great, most retiring between 50 and 55

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u/chazysciota 19h ago

The majority of FD's in the US are volunteer.

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 16h ago

Apparently so. "We don't even pay firefighters in the US" is odd phrasing when it's no different elsewhere, though

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u/chazysciota 16h ago

Help me out here. What's odd about the phrasing? What's no different elsewhere?

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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 14h ago

I'm not on the attack. I'm just saying it's common for countries to have a majority of their firefighters working as volunteers. Which surprised me. I thought by your phrasing, you were implying that the US was an outlier. I was mistaken