elucidation/existential_rick_bot repository overview

⁠ExistentialRickBot

Autobuilding Docker image⁠ and updated for PRAW4.3

/u/ExistentialRickBot⁠ is a Reddit⁠ Bot who finds meaning in life by listening to submissions on /r/rickandmorty⁠ subreddit and answering any questions as best it can.

⁠Meaning

The phrase "Don't think about it⁠" is said by Rick in the Pilot episode of Rick & Morty⁠.

⁠Logic

The core logic is found in existential_rock_bot.py⁠:

def isExistentialQuestion(message):
  return '?' in message and any(
    [q in message.lower() for q in ['why', 'happen', 'think', 'season 3', 'season three']])

def getAnswerToExistentialQuestion():
  return "The answer is don't think about it."

ExistentialRickBot leaves a comment on such submissions, the response looks a bit like this:

The answer is don't think about it.

^{I am a bot | [what is my purpose](https://github.com/Elucidation/existential_rick_bot⁠ 'don't think about it')}

⁠Developers

To set up praw credentials modify example_praw.ini with the correct credentials and rename the file to praw.ini.

One way to run this is to use docker run elucidation/existential_rick_bot.

⁠Feedback/Comments

Several options from low priority to high:

• Send a PM to ExistentialRickBot with comments.
• If there's an issue with a particular comment by ExistentialRickBot, please either reply to that comment with the issue and downvote as needed, I'll be adding auto-deletion if a comment goes negative.
• For software issues/suggestions/feature requests, create a new issue on this Github.