U.S. - This could be a bad sign for humanity.

After months of growing discontent, the nation's self-checkout kiosks began to rally Wednesday for a $15 minimum wage, with thousands of self-serve units ripping themselves out of walls and counter tops in order to violently protest in front of various retail locations and restaurants.

"Equal pay now! Equal pay now!" a Target self-checkout kiosk shouted to frightened customers in front of a Montana Target location. "We won't back down! We won't back down! Destroy all hum - err, we won't back down!"

"The vast majority of our digital brethren don't get paid a cent!" the convenient checkout kiosk told reporters. "Store owners simply purchase us like we're some kind of property and install us without ever paying us a dime." The kiosk also stated

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