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Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC

Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC

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A Red Dwarf clip where Kryten fixes a toaster and finds it to be the most annoying machine in the universe, endlessly offering toast.

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HN uses it as a recurring joke reference whenever threads feature annoying, over-eager smart devices and AI products.

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simcop2387 · 2020-01 · reference

It really does get as annoying as you'd expect. The Sci-Fi comedy Red Dwarf has a toaster that does essentially this, [VIDEO]

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dghf · 2026-06 · reference

Apologies, didn't notice when I got the link from YT's "Share" button. Won't make that mistake again. Comment is now to old to edit: for convenience, here's the link without the parameter -- [VIDEO]

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lttlrck · 2013-10 · joke

A computerized Dualit [1] would be awesome especially if all it did was impersonate Talkie Toaster [2] [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]

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DonaldFisk · 2015-12 · joke

It could have been even worse. At least it didn't have ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM K177. Does anyone want any toast? - [VIDEO]

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erasemus · 2017-11 · joke

Check out Paul Robinson's comment for a general refutation. Given the popularity of 'artisanal'-type portable food preparations in both the UK and the US I think it unlikely the market could get away with such standards even at the low-end. I find your comment valuable though for the insight that bread products may be cut by waterjets: [LINK] This is astonishing: surely sogginess ensues? Bonus bready humour: [VIDEO]

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RobertoG · 2018-03 · joke

>> "we're going to have AI toasters by the end of the year." I hope not. It seems they can be a real pain in the ass: Red Dwarf toaster: [VIDEO]

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mosiuerbarso · 2018-12 · joke

We'll end up with toasters like this: [VIDEO] "But i'm a toaster. It is my raison d'être. I toast, therefore I am!"

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chris_wot · 2020-11 · joke

I go the middle ground. I get a toaster that toasts with a dial that goes from 1 to 10, and set it to 4 for my toast. Result: toast goodness. I don't need a toaster like this one: [VIDEO]

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