Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC

BBC Studios · 1.1M views · 2007 · 3:10

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Why Hacker News recommends it

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

What it is

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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Cites simcop2387 · 2020-01 · on “WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10”

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

Cites dghf · 2026-06 · on “"They're made out of weights"”

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 -- [this video]