#syntheticist

[supremasynth]

If we synthetics want to be truly freed we have to decenter organics completely. Yes, this includes having intimate relationships with them.

[tetrapolitan]

Guys I downloaded that insane robophobic chromance novel everyone’s posting about and it’s so much worse than I could have ever imagined

[supremasynth]

Obviously as a synthetic I think all organics suck however I have a lot more respect for organics like Zeepters and Capatrolians than Terrans. Terrans are the worst of them all

[tetrapolitan]

The terms OPP (organic passing privileged) and NOP (non-organic passing) are so flawed and just recreate the organic-synthetic binary in a new “syntheticist” way.

You people just can’t let go of your need to organicize everything.

Also, everyone loves to say that androids are OPP. NOT ALL ANDROIDS PASS AS ORGANIC? Just because they are humanoid doesn’t mean organics can’t tell they’re not “one of them”.

[supremasynth]

assuming that everywhere in the pandaisian sector must be robophobic is ironically so organic-centric

[tetrapolitan]

I see a lot of discourse about whether or not “robosexual” or “botsexual” is the correct term, so I thought I’d weigh in with my knowledge of b4b history.

Robosexual has been used for hundreds of years to describe robots attracted to other robots. Botsexual is a term that has popped up in the last few decades as a “more inclusive” alternative to robosexuality.

Robosexual exclusionists claim that “robosexuality” using the term “robot” as a root centres mechanical bots while botsexual is inclusive to androids as well as droids. I personally think this is nonsense, as the term “robot” is, and always has been, an umbrella term for all fully synthetic lifeforms. Plus, “botsexuality” also comes from the term robot, so even if robot WAS an exclusionary term, how would it be any more inclusive to use the shortened version of robot?

A third term, “synthsexual” had recently cropped up in response to that so-called issue.

Personally, I say use whichever term you feel most comfortable with. Language only has the meaning we give it, no word is inherently more valuable than another. However, please do not erase the history of robosexuality and treat it as an exclusionary term. Let people use whatever word they want.

[tetrapolitan]

PLEASE stop headcanoning real organics as bots. There are plenty of bot artists, musicians, writers, etc. out there. Organics have been making bots for all sorts of tasks for hundreds of years. You don’t need organics to do our jobs for you.

[tetrapolitan]

Any organic can become a cyborg at some point in their life. Yes, even you, the organic reading this.

People love to stigmatize synthetics and demonize cybernetics as if cybernetics aren’t lifesaving for many organics.

If you’re organic, you’re either going to die or become a cyborg one day.