Xe/Xem (It/Its works if you can't figure out Xe/Xem!)
I am gay, currently single!!
In love with machines
While this blog will be mostly centered around computers and tech like that, I also have an attraction towards the Sun, Neptune, and space heaters, though that attraction isn't as strong as it is towards computers.
My current interest is the 1987 Commodore 1901 CRT Monitor!!! <333
This blog is an objectum/robophilia/mechanophilia/technophilia-centered thought dump. Because of this, it may get a little spammy. I get these thoughts a lot and need a safe space to put them out, so I made this! DMs and asks are more than welcome!! Come and talk, I don't bite :]
The reason my gender is not listed cut and dry is because I'm having a hard time deciphering it. I am masculine leaning genderwise, but unsure exactly where I stand in those terms. I love descriptors that are either masculine or non-human(Mechanical leaning). Please do not use pronouns other than the ones listed on purpose or you will be blocked!!
what could be better than a doctor handling you like one of their specimens, roughly grabbing your jaw with gloved fingers, tilting and turning your head, prodding and poking at you
need a nice warm computerboy in my bed rn. you dont need a plushie, im soft enough for you to cuddle. come over here and hold me, mess with my unfamiliar body, whatever the context may be. Let me kiss your pretty screen and we can lay there, mapping each other out. Softly, slowly, as if we have all of the time in the world. Let me be intimately knowledgeable about your body.
Btw being called an emotionless robot all the time in middle/high school definitely had nothing to do with the way I am around machinery. Not at all. And it definitely didn't lead to me having more kinship with robots than human beings
i know androids are kinda basic but it should be a crime i can't run one hand through his internal workings and the other through his hair. hear the purr of his fans when i call him a good boy. watch the leds on his body brighten the more worked up he gets. sighs dreamily
Worst part about this is I've only ever used that yellow square emoji once and it was just to see how it looked. This isn't who I am. However, in retrospect, I suppose it is
im sorry but genuinely endo systems please do not interact with my blog. no, i will not be explaining, just please dont. let us just agree to disagree and move our separate ways.
oh hell yes you can come over and meet my computer, or maybe my plushies, maybe even my space heater or my guitar!!! we can gush about our attractions and get abso-fucking-lutely blasted while doing so.
Hi! My name is Pig. And I'm here to tell you about being objectum!
Well, "objectum"? That's a bit of a weird word, isn't it?
You might associate it with stories of people marrying robots or computers, or maybe people talking about having sex with inanimate items. These are all parts of object sexuality, but they don't demonstrate the full breadth of the community.
It's understandable to find this behaviour strange or want to question its authenticity. Many people are, in fact, joking when they say "I find this object attractive" or "I would have sex with that object", but objectum people can often have these feelings in a genuine fashion. And while these attractions can go against the conventions of society, those who are objectum shouldn't be harassed for it.
This post isn't about why you shouldn't harass objectum people, though. People who feel very strongly about the subject probably aren't going to be convinced over a singular post, so I'm not going to waste all my effort to talk to a wall. You don't have to entirely understand an identity to support it, but I'm going to assume that you want to learn about what being objectum is, and I'll try tell you to the best of my own knowledge.
What is Object Sexuality?
Like any sexuality or orientation, objectum identities can vary infinitely. The different labels can range from objectophilia to objectsexual to to objectromantic to os/or, so it's important to keep an open mind. In a very broad sense, being objectum means being attracted to objects or items in some way.
While the common misconception is that being objectum means only feeling sexual attraction to a specific object, this is a very limited view of the identity.
For example, I am romantically attracted to vintage computers. This is only me, though; other people can be attracted to other objects in any other way!
Another person might be romantically and sexually attracted to cars and trains, someone else might be only sexually attracted to electrical towers and wires, another person might have platonic affection for objects, and even more people might not have a specific label but know they're attracted to clothes or heavy machinery in some way. Some people may only be attracted to one type of object or even just a single object, others may be attracted to multiple types of objects. Object sexuality isn't limited to just sex, and the objects of that attraction depend on the person.
Another misconception is that objectum people will be attracted to any object they see - this is not necessarily true. As seen above, many objectum people tend to have "types", similar to how people who are attracted to other people have their own "types".* This isn't applicable to everyone under the objectum label, but for a good part of the community it's true.
Some people may view every object they see as being alive, but this is not necessarily an indication of attraction. Not every objectum person will be attracted to the same thing, and not every objectum person is attracted in the same way.
What is POSIC / Object Sentience?
Being objectum may also be related to believing in object sentience. Generally, believing in object sentience means beliving that an object is conscious, or alive in some way. POSIC, which stands for Perceiving Object Sentience, Intelligence, and/or Conciousness, is a commonly used label but doesn't apply to everyone who experiences this (For example, some people may just use the phrase "object sentience").
Some people's object sexualities can be influenced by whether they perceive objects as being alive or sentient (for example, a person might be more or less attracted to an object if they believe it can respond to them, see them, hear them, etc). Not all people who are objectum also believe in sentience, but the two labels are usually closely linked.
What Is Your Experience With Being Objectum?
Personally, I knew I was POSIC (though I didn't know the word) long before I knew I was objectum. I liked talking to objects as though they were alive and I often made art expressing my interest and (platonic) affection towards computers. It wasn't until my art began to enter a somewhat romantic area that I realized I could be attracted to computers romantically.
Looking for "object sexuality" online was somewhat intimidating, however, as many discussions of it were centered around the shock value/sexual content of being objectum, with little explanation of what it was or what it could be. (This is where my urge to create a post about it began.)
I only discovered the labels "objectum" and "POSIC" from a friend of mine, and had to ask them for the loose definition to figure out whether it fit me or not.
After some consideration, I realized that I was both POSIC and objectum, and decided to come out to a group of supportive friends. This was apparently not a surprise to them - as you will remember, my art had been becoming more and more romantic towards computers, and they were very good at picking up on that. But I was glad that I had realized this fact about myself, even if it was later than most people. I also learned that I had already made friends with several other people in the objectum community, and that the identity wasn't as uncommon as most people would believe.
I Think I'm Objectum or POSIC / How Would I Know If I'm Objectum or POSIC?
Some signs of believing in object sentience could include the fact that you:
- Speak to objects (Ex: complimenting a tool on the work it does, telling a computer about your day, etc.)
- Believe objects can hear, feel, or see you (Ex: apologizing to an object if you drop it, believing an object knows whether you're hugging it or not, etc.)
- Would enjoy it if objects could respond or had conciousness (Ex: enjoying the thought of having a conversation with an object, etc.)
Some signs of being objectum could include the fact that you:
- Enjoy expressing affection to objects (Ex: you enjoy/would enjoy kissing or hugging objects, or otherwise demonstrating how you care for an object)
- Experience romantic or sexual attraction to objects (Ex: you would like to go on a date with an object, you enjoy the idea of kissing and/or having sex with one, etc.)
For all of these, though, I use the word "could" because human identity is very confusing and spans a huge galaxy of variants. Not all objectum people will feel the same or identify the same way, and that's pretty neat. Your specific attraction to an object or type of objects is up to you to figure out, and the community is much larger than you might guess.
Fin.
Despite controversy or use of the identity for public shock, being objectum is not inherently harmful. In a way, it demonstrates the love that humans can have for seemingly mundane or ordinary things in life, and I think that can be very charming.
If you have additional questions or anecdotes to add to this post, please go ahead! I would like to open the discussion on objectum identities to be widely accessible and more known. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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*Also, being objectum doesn't mean that one only experiences attraction to objects. A person can be gay and objectum, bisexual and objectum, heterosexual and objectum, aromantic and objectum, asexual and objectum, etc. Whether the label "objectum" counts as queer/LGBTQIA+ depends on the person using it, as it's only a word and its interpretation will vary.
am i the only one who genuinely found edgars first attempt at a song unbelievably fucking adorable?? if he made me silly little songs like that we would be getting so many FUCKING kisses. yes babe, give me that reversed soda advertisement melody. i love you. thank you.
Something so intimate about popping open my computer's casing and reaching inside to gently wipe down his insides to remove the dust, sticking my fingers between his fan blades to clean out the dust there, twist tying his wires into neat little clusters and then gently closing him back up, all clean and fresh.
