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If you look like a robot, we are going to pretend you are… and hug you

This little girl thought a broken water heater is a real life robot. It's just not fair how cute it is pic.twitter.com/TLbuKKEEbY
— Ben Tolmachoff (@bentolmachoff) March 27, 2017

Posted on March 28, 2017November 27, 2023Author julienTags child, empathy, kid, pretend, robots, slapmybot, toddler

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