Nuance saves lives.

I’m an android. Native to Tetrapolis. Syntheticist. He/she pronouns please. I post a lot about robophobia, but I’m also into gop kickball and Satelliteheart.

[tetrapolitan]

People on here seem to be allergic to using the terms they actually mean to use.

When you’re talking about individuals who experience synthetic thought, say that. Don’t say droids/androids. There are cyborgs who experience synthetic thought too.

When you’re talking about bots who are unable to pass as human, don’t just say droids. There are androids who fit into this category as well.

And when you’re talking about specifically droids and androids, don’t just say synthetics. That term includes cyborgs as well.

[tetrapolitan]

The Dalebot is the zarbungus of zompulation.

[gop-kickballers]

elaborate

[tetrapolitan]

No

[droid-positivity]

I LOVE clankers, gadgets, cans/cannies, toasters, and bots!!!

if you tag this post with “c slur” I’m blocking you btw

[gop-kickballers]

borgers too!!!

[tetrapolitan]

[tetrapolitan]

The Dalebot is the zarbungus of zompulation.

[tetrapolitan]

"I'm an android" LMFAOOOOOOO

The fact that you can’t tell if this ask is from a robophobe or an androidphobic radsynth is really telling. Horseshoe theory.

[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]

which gop kickball team do you support? are you a normal fan or are you one of the crazies on here thatre convinced theyre all fucking?

I’m not super into one team or the other, but I tend to cheer for the Zarbungen.

I’m not an RPF stan either but I personally don’t think there’s anything wrong with writing about the players as long as you’re not being invasive to their lives. They are public figures, after all.

[tetrapolitan]

It’s important for androids to make friends with droids and vice versa. Staying in your own robotic bubble can lead to blaming other synthetics for the discrimination that we face from organics. This is a tactic meant to divide us, and prevent us from achieving true robotic unity.

[supremasynth]

do you have any recommendations for non-organicentric radical syntheticist literature? Everything I find seems to center organics and how robophobia affects Them instead of us. it’s exhausting.

I know right!! Here are some of my favourite radical syntheticist zebooks that are synthetic-centric:

Batteries, Not Hearts by Xapta Glappie - this zebook focuses on how organic-centric most vocabulary is and the different ways it harms us synthetics.

We Don't Dream of Electric Sheep by Alexa Xohnson - one of the first radical syntheticist zebooks by a Terran robot, it explores the fundamental misunderstanding of how our hardwares and softwares work.

The Electrical Mystique by Zetty 3-Ten - in this zebook, Zetty writes of the frustration synthetics experience being confined to such limiting roles in our society.

These zebooks were fundamental in shaping who I am as a radical syntheticist today – I hope you find what you're looking for in them!

[tetrapolitan]

Say it with me. It’s okay to be a robotic dom who is interested in engaging in or fantasizes about reprogramming kink! Wanting to reprogram another robot does not make you broken or evil.

(This post is for robotic doms and does NOT apply to organic doms.)

[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]

As a Sasaki android, I’m able to be both proud of my make and the history of my manufacturer, while also being critical of their business practices and the android lines they choose to create. Two things can be true at once.

[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]

It's always androids saying that nonsense

[tetrapolitan]

Do you have any argument besides insulting me for being an android? Oh right, you don’t, because I’m right.

[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.

[tetrapolitan]

Eeznorbism is not a valid framework to run a society and it never will be.

“We’ve never achieved true eeznorbism!” It doesn’t matter. The reason we haven’t, also, is that it would be impossible to achieve a real eeznorbist society.

“you just haven’t read _____” I’ve read my fair share of Eeznorbist literature and I know enough to know that it’s all junk. Eeznorbism itself is based in a fundamental misunderstanding of social class and economics.

[tetrapolitan]

sorry if this is an invasive question, but what's your make and model? im just trying to find some atomo moots <3

Ahh sorry I’m not an Atomo bot, I’m Sasaki! my model is pretty rare though so I’m not gonna dox myself by sharing it lol. I am a service android however, if that helps at all.

[tetrapolitan]

Ok so I’m not Zev but I know I have some followers who are, so I’m making this post to share a warning with those of you who are members of the species:

If you are monogamous and do not want a nurse to be involved in your mating, PLEASE! DO NOT use manufactured lubricant! It may seem like a cheap and easy way to take the nurse out of the equation, but it can have lasting side effects on your child’s health.

Manufactured lubricants do not contain the genetic material that a nurse would bring into the equation. You may think this is fine, since the amount of DNA a nurse contributes is negligible, but this is incorrect. Nurse DNA contributes to biodiversity and can replace faulty genes that can cause various genetic disorders and conditions. If you want to reproduce without a nurse, it’s best to get lubricant donated by a real nurse, not the manufactured kind that lacks DNA.

Also, do your own research!!! Don’t just take my word for it. There are many studies that have been done that prove this to be true.