Things vs. Humans: the spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects

<p>If you can never connect to a printer, if furniture jumps out to stub your toe, if when you do the dishes the water jumps out the sink to soak you - then you are victim of the inanimate malice of things.</p><br><p>The belief that all things are essentially out to get us us has a name - Resistentialism. This is a theory created by columnist Paul Jennings. On one level it's clearly a joke, on another level though he was convinced of its truth. Dallas, a man who has spent a lifetime celebrating tech, agrees.</p><br><p>Paul's daughter joined Dallas to help explain her father's theory about the spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects. <em>Les choses sont contre nous.</em></p><br><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long</p><br><p>Get 50% off your first 3 months with code<a href="access.historyhit.com/checkout?code=patented&a…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> PATENTED</u></a>. Download the app on your smart TV or in the app store or sign up at <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a></p>

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