1. Aw. You're all such talented artists!
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2. I'm gonna put this cute
little guy on the corkboard.
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3. This isn't kid's stuff, Mom!
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4. We're making NFTs.
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5. NFTs? So, like digital art, right?
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6. Hardly.
Though, in this case, yes.
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7. NFTs stands for non-fungible token.
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8. That means it's unique.
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9. Ah! So, if I buy an NFT,
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10. I'm the only one who has that image.
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11. - No.
- But I own the original?
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12. Meesh, Mom! No one wants the original!
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13. So if I were to buy an NFT,
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14. what would I actually own?
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15. A concept.
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16. In the form of a digital token
stored on the blockchain.
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17. Blockchain. Blockchain. Block...
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18. Blockchain, eh? That is so interest—
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19. I sold my horsie NFT!
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20. Someone bought Mandy's
awful horse drawing?
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21. Uh-huh! For $3!
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22. Wha? Money? Who said money?
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23. Nobody, but top NFTs
do sell for millions.
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24. Like this collection.
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25. The Apathetic Fish Society.
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26. They look kinda cool,
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27. yet also extremely stupid.
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28. Cool yet stupid, you say?
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29. Clearly, I, Bender,
am destined to be
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30. the next smash-hit NFT!
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31. You know, he might be
just stupid enough.
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32. Might be.
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33. Look at that. Yeah. Oh.
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34. Hm. Come on now!
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35. Yeah. Hit it up. Ooh!
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36. Hey.
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37. It's go time!
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38. The Bender Collection drops in three,
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39. two...
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40. Let's sell some Bender!
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41. Oops. Wrong gun.
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42. "Bender with Sombrero"
just sold for one cent!
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43. That's 'cause I bought it.
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44. You know, to trick suckers
into thinking it's valuable.
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45. - Then I paid a quarter.
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46. Whoa, whoa, whoa!
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47. This whole NFT thing
is completely crooked?
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48. I love it!
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49. It's happening!
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50. The suckers are snapping up
Bender's NFTs now!
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51. - How much did I make?
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52. You're not gonna believe this.
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53. You just made 90—
- Million?
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54. - Four—
- Thousand?
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55. - Dollars!
- Cents?
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56. Wait. $94? Woo-hoo! I'm rich!
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57. In your face, kids who helped me!
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58. You children really earned that ice cream.
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59. I probably should have paid for it.
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60. Anyway, thanks for the ice cream.
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61. - Huh.
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62. Apparently, one buyer
purchased all of Bender's NFTs.
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63. Wha— What kinda
idiot would do that?
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64. That kind.
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65. Note how the apathy conveyed by the fish
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66. is exceeded only by
the laziness of the art itself.
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67. - Oh, yes.
- Fabulous.
- Quite so.
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68. And here's a piece
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69. we just acquired for $94.
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70. That's me! That's my NFT!
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71. Excuse me? No.
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72. This piece belongs to the museum.
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73. Could you step aside, sir?
You're blocking the art.
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74. I am the art!
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75. That NFT represents
the very concept of me, Bender.
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76. That concept now resides in our NFT,
so... scoot!
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77. But! But! But!
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78. I've lost everything!
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79. I sold off all the little pieces of me!
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80. Can't you just hack in
and get your NFT back?
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81. Dad! That hacking stuff only
happens in stupid TV shows.
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82. Does it look like we're in
a stupid TV show?
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83. Kind of.
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84. The blockchain is
cryptographically secure.
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85. There's no way to hack in.
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86. Unless you can factor
a million-digit number,
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87. which I very much doubt.
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88. I can't even factor six!
I've tried!
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89. I don't know who
or what I'm anymore!
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90. Well, according to your self-published,
handwritten autobiography,
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91. you're Bender Rodriguez,
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92. the coolest Mexican
bending robot in the world.
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93. And also my best friend.
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94. Then truly I have nothing!
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95. Goodbye, jerks!
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96. I'm off to rediscover
the concept of Bender!
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97. Perhaps in the land of my ancestors.
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98. What land was that again?
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99. Mexxxico, with three Xs.
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100. Got it.
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101. Adios, carnitas bags.
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102. - Oh!
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103. Ah, Mexico.
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104. Maybe here in the land
of my robo-ancestors,
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105. I can find myself.
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106. Hola, amigo.
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107. Close enough.
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108. Yep, it's shiny and metal, alright.
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109. And what of your ass?
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110. ¡También es magnífico!
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111. We must've been made
in the same factory.
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112. We have so much in common!
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113. Come, amigo!
I will take you to my village,
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114. where my family
has lived for centuries
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115. without a single software update.
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116. Mexico has been home
to many great empires.
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117. The Toltecs, the Aztecs,
and in the 2200s,
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118. the Nanotecs.
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119. The ancient stone robots?
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120. Sí.
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121. Everywhere we still find ruins
of their great civilization.
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122. Because, uh,
they were bad at building stuff.
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123. Here, our people still fire pottery
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124. just as the ancients did.
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125. ¿Quién es este idiota?
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126. Please, the pleasure is all mine.
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127. Hey, what are those dorks doing?
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128. Playing "Hoop,"
our ancient national sport.
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129. Whoever gets the ball
through the hoop wins.
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130. Aw. It's cute how bad they suck.
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131. Well, it's basically
impossible to score.
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132. The ball is just a big heavy rock.
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133. Hey! That was the best shot I ever seen!
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134. It nearly went through!
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135. I'm great, alright.
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136. And here is where my familia
has lived for generations.
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137. Welcome to Casa Rodriguez.
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138. That's so weird.
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139. The house and me have the same last name!
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140. You are Bender Rodriguez?
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141. I am Doblando Rodriguez!
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142. We are all some kind of Rodriguezes!
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143. Everyone, say hola to Bender,
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144. my long-lost cousin!
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145. Hola, Bender.
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146. ¡Hola, Tío Bender!
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147. Ah! Parasite!
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148. Bender, this is my Abuelatron.
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149. And yours, too, come to think of it.
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150. You're my grandma?
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151. I can't believe I've never met you before!
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152. Oh, Nieto.
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153. You move away when
you just eight seconds old.
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154. I can tell you are muy especial.
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155. I really am.
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156. And so is this rusty
old village.
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157. I feel so surrounded by love.
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158. Bah, I don't like talk about feelings.
Time for a drink.
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159. You're a booze bag? Me, too!
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160. Poor Bender'll never have
another moment of happiness
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161. unless we can get his NFT back.
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162. But I know it's impossible
'cause of blockchain.
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163. Blockchain's not the boss of me!
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164. I say we grab it off the wall and run.
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165. I've always wanted to pull a museum heist.
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166. Oh, you poor ignorant dopes.
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167. You can't just steal an NFT off the wall.
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168. To steal an abstract
mathematical construct,
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169. you need a professor.
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170. - And we have a professor!
- Now, as everyone knows,
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171. the secret to a good heist is
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172. the more complex, the better.
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173. Which is why I 3D printed
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174. this exact scale model of the museum.
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175. We know. We've been staring at it.
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176. I even purchased tiny NFTs
at tremendous expense
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177. to simulate the museum's collection.
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178. And there's a fully
functioning tiny cafeteria!
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179. Here, behind this bulletproof glass wall,
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180. is the museum's secure computer room,
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181. where the digital file of Bender's NFT
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182. is actually located.
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183. Not in the TV itself,
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184. as certain unnamed idiots might think.
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185. Rude.
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186. There's one thing you
didn't think of, Professor.
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187. The museum's full of security cameras.
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188. And there's one thing
you didn't think of,
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189. which is that I did think of that.
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190. You see, my model also has
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191. a fully functioning security system.
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192. I'll simply jack into
the real security feed
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193. and replace it with
the feed from my model.
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194. The guards won't see us breaking in.
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195. They'll just see these adorable
little empty galleries.
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196. I don't care if they can't see me.
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197. I paid for this custom one-eyed mask,
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198. and I'm wearing it!
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199. Oh, those look amazing, Abuelatron.
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200. Living in a big city,
I've only ever had the handmade kind.
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201. The old ways are the best, Bender.
Here, try one.
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202. Oh, man, that's good!
I wouldn't mind having seconds.
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203. You know, Bendejo,
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204. I used to love cooking with your mother.
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205. C-Could you tell me about her?
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206. I-I barely remember anything
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207. because she was so uninteresting.
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208. Oh, she was such a kind,
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209. thoughtful arm.
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210. Always picking things up
to give to others.
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211. Which reminds me.
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212. This is an ancient quipu
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213. passed down from our ancestors.
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214. Your mother, well,
she wanted you to have it.
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215. Then why didn't she give it to me?
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216. Because I steal it.
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217. Hey, uh, what's with the weird knots?
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218. Maybe some kind of ancient code.
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219. No one knows what it is anymore.
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220. I don't know what I is
anymore either.
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221. But thank you.
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222. - I steal again.
- Ooh, you are a bad grandma!
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223. Mm-hmm!
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224. Get ready to lose, primo!
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225. Ha! You miss more shots
than a stormtrooper!
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226. Yes! Closer than usual!
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227. Oh yeah? Watch this.
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228. Oh...
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229. You know, the annual village
hoop tournament is tomorrow.
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230. You think I'm good enough?
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231. I still never actually scored a point.
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232. Bender, the victor wins
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233. great honor for his family
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234. Then I shall win it for you!
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235. Welcome to Hoop Day,
our most popular
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236. and only event of the year!
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237. May this contest please
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238. the ancient Nanotec emperors,
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239. deep in their subterranean tombs.
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240. It's gonna be fundito on a bundito!
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241. Man! It's like no one else
is even trying.
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242. I'm literally killing guys left and right!
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243. We pray our finalists
Bender and Doblando
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244. will please the ancients
with an epic display
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245. of trash talk.
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246. - Good luck, primo.
- Love ya, cuz.
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247. - Hey! Save it for the match!
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248. Switching to miniature security feed.
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249. I mean, Charlene's great,
and it feels like love,
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250. but, hell, I ain't sure
I even know what love is.
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251. - Hey, did them screens just blink?
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252. Man, why every time I talk feelings,
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253. you gotta change the damn subject?
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254. I'm sorry, URL. I'll do better.
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255. After three days of thrilling play,
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256. the score is tied zero-zero
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257. with only two days left
on the shot clock.
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258. Oh! And Doblando gets by Bender
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259. with a magnificent ass-fake!
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260. Oh, no!
I have accidentally lost the ball!
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261. Bender goes strong to the hoop!
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262. Swish, baby! In my face!
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263. Queso on a cross!
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264. Bender has won the tournament!
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265. Woo!
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266. I so proud of you,
my little pachuco.
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267. Grandma, you're embarrassing me!
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268. Now do the other side.
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269. Let's do this, why not?
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270. Nothing in our way now
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271. but a foot of bulletproof glass.
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272. You're on, Zoidberg.
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273. Uh-oh. I can't snip it!
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274. Who said anything about snipping?
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275. Here, step in.
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276. When boiled,
shellfish emit an intense scream
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277. at precisely 2,000 hertz.
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278. I'm feeling 2,000 hurts right now.
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279. Ah-ha!
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280. I've found Bender's NFT!
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281. - Uh-oh. It's the alarm at Planet Express!
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282. There's been a break-in!
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283. Scram, you saucers. Go on, beat it.
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284. It's a miniature art heist!
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285. They're stealing those little NFTs!
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286. I guess my parents
never showed much affection,
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287. so in my own sex life—
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288. Robbery in progress, baby.
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289. Oh, thank God.
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290. Most of all, I want to thank my familia
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291. for giving me back
the concept of who I am.
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292. It turns out I'm you.
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293. And I'm also this beautiful place
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294. and my proud heritage.
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295. It all adds up to
Bender Bending Rodriguez,
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296. Champion of Hoop!
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297. I will never forget you, Bender.
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298. Bender, you have won the ultimate honor.
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299. Soon, you shall meet
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300. the ancient emperors themselves.
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301. Ooh, fun! When?
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302. Right after we sacrifice you.
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303. Uh, I think you're confused, padre.
I won.
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304. If anybody's getting sacrificed...
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305. it should be him.
- Oh no, no, no, no!
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306. The honor of death goes to the winner.
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307. What? Hey, wait a second.
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308. You sucked on purpose!
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309. How can you say such a thing?
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310. I tried almost my very best.
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311. Our champion shall die gloriously,
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312. on the altar of the ancients!
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313. - What altar?
- It's down there.
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314. Where? Over—
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315. Bite my shiny metal ass...
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316. I guess we'll never know
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317. what he was trying to say.
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318. Thanks for springing us
from the joint, kids.
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319. Mommy said you're a cautionary tale.
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320. What matters is we heisted Bender's NFT.
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321. Before they nabbed us,
I managed to download it
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322. onto my USB toothstick.
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323. Then, I deleted the original.
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324. We did it!
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325. Ugh, that's not how an NFT works.
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326. Is too!
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327. But I hit delete! Really hard!
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328. You can't just delete an NFT!
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329. There are billions of copies
stored all over the universe.
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330. Uh-whuh?
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331. But only the museum
has access to a hash code
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332. on the blockchain that
authenticates ownership.
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333. But! But!
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334. I should not have
booby-trapped my toothstick.
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335. Ass!
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336. Well, not the worst hole
I've ever woken up in.
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337. No way.
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338. The ancient emperors are real?
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339. Ah, what a load.
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340. They're just dumb carvings.
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341. Uh, did I say dumb? I-I meant majestic.
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342. Bender...
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343. You have pleased us
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344. with your thrilling hoop victory.
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345. Qué magnífico, Bender.
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346. You came to play and gave it 110%.
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347. It was 109, but thanks for rounding up.
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348. Uh, what are those weird
string dealies on your chest?
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349. It's an old technology
known as string memory.
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350. The bits are represented
by ones and knots.
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351. Oh, so it's like a computer program?
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352. Sí. Each program is stored in a quipu.
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353. That one does spreadsheets,
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354. that one solves
the traveling salesman problem,
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355. and that one lets you play
solitaire on your phone.
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356. And that one?
Es macramé.
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357. So these strings can compute anything?
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358. 'Cause there's this NFT I'd like to steal.
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359. N-No, no, no, no, no.
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360. ¡Los NFTs tienen
seguridad criptográfica!
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361. To steal an NFT off the blockchain,
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362. you'd have to be able
to factor huge integers
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363. in polynomial time.
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364. I know, I know. A little kid told me.
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365. You got a quipu that can handle it?
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366. Alas, no. We once had such an algorithm,
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367. but it was lost to history.
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368. "The Algorithm of the Gods," we called it,
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369. knotted of beautiful
blue and gold threads.
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370. Blue and gold?
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371. ¡Es un milagro!
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372. I can't believe it!
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373. At last, the Algorithm of the Gods
has been returned
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374. to its rightful home!
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375. Aw, come on! You've already
got a wall full of algorithms!
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376. How about I just keep it
as my parting gift?
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377. Bender, it's called
the Algorithm of the Gods for a reason.
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378. Porque es too powerful
for the mortal world.
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379. But it was given to me
by my poor old mother,
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380. What's Her Name.
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381. Can I at least kiss it goodbye?
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382. You have moved my soul.
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383. One kiss.
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384. See ya, fossils!
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385. After him!
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386. We no move, estupido.
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387. So how was Me-he-co?
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388. Yeah, what was it like
meeting your family?
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389. Well, it was kinda like meeting
the different facets of myself
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390. 'cause they were all great.
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391. Sounds like your family's
a lot like your NFT.
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392. Yeah, and that's why I want it back!
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393. To remind me of my people or whatever.
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394. What's the holdup?
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395. Dude, calculations
this massive take time.
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396. You can't just plug in a quipu
and expect it to—
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397. - Wow. That's a fast quipu.
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398. The NFT is all yours again, Bender.
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399. In some way I don't understand
even the slightest bit,
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400. I'm back, baby!
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401. And the best part of all
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402. is knowing that blasted museum
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403. won't be able to show it anymore.
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404. Um, actually...
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405. - What?
- Why is it still here?
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406. I hate this place!
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407. As we've been trying to tell you,
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408. no person or museum can own the image.
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409. What Bender owns is the NFT.
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410. Guys, it's okay.
I'm actually fine with this.
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411. Really? Why?
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412. Because I now own the factors
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413. of a million-digit binary number
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414. that no one else can ever have,
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415. and that's what's truly important to me.
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416. Well, yeah, but you're a robot.
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417. Why would a human want an NFT
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418. if it's just some huge string of numbers?
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419. No conceivable reason.
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