A reporter named Sarah O’Connor for the Financial Times wants you to read a story about the death of a factory worker at a VW plant in Germany at the hands of a robot. Sound familiar?
A robot has killed a worker in a VW plant in Germany http://t.co/RRdCnNmbsj
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
Sarah O’Connor, of course, is not to be confused with the fictional Sarah Connor who battled an evil robot from the future in the “Terminator” films:
The similar sounding names didn’t go unnoticed:
Sarah O'connor telling us that a robot killed a worker in an industrial plant..
was his name kylie Reese? https://t.co/rHPn9HNi1j— Aidan Worth (@AidanWorthHFX) July 2, 2015
A robot kills a worker at a VW plant in Germany. Reporter who tweets it is Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_ ) It's begun…
— Alex Eliseev (@alexeliseev) July 2, 2015
Is it strange that we're on the brink of terminator playing out, and a woman named Sarah O'Connor tweeted that? https://t.co/tshAPvfXBh
— Fidds' Edibles (@CrepeWalkr) July 2, 2015
Twitter people please protect Sarah (O')Connor, her survival is crucial for us. #teamsarah https://t.co/rUVvhkjTiv
— Torsten Beeck (@TorstenBeeck) July 2, 2015
Between the Guac and peas n Sarah O'Connor stuff I am in bliss twitter lol!
— Katie "Red Pickle" Jerkovich (@redsoutrage) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/616310542387539968
The real O’Connor quickly saw the humor in the situation:
@sarahoconnor_ Ok. I should have thought about my name & its associations before tweeting this!
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
@sarahoconnor_ Sigh. I've never even watched the films. Now my feed is full of people tweeting me about skynet.
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
But not entirely:
@JamesBusher Ugh, this is a bit uncomfortable. A person has actually died.
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
Feeling really uncomfortable about this inadvertent Twitter thing I seem to have kicked off. Somebody died. Let's not forget.
— Sarah O'Connor (@sarahoconnor_) July 1, 2015
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