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Originally Posted by Oblarg
If you shout "HUMAN" at the top of your lungs in response to someone shouting "ROBOT" at the top of their lungs (as people have mentioned doing earlier in the thread), you are contributing to the problem just as much as they are. It is not witty, it does not discourage bad practice, and it generates unneeded animosity. Don't do it.
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I agree completely. The appropriate response is a calm explanation of a better way to do things.
However, in a different context, it can generate amusement and appreciation. I've called out "HUMAN!" on a couple of occasions when a group of students was standing in the natural path of pedestrian traffic -- but never in the pits, and never in response to an inappropriate shout of "ROBOT!"