Nah, I am into it. Just abracadabra fuck you everyone lives happy ever after. As a tanky this appeals to me. Mandatory vibrating robot dicks and cyber cat ears for everyone
The "mandatory" part, especially because the actual reason is presumed inevitable conflict where no one can opt out from the magic green explosion, is what gets me.
Would you be fine with a weird retro sci-fi game where the 60s race riots were resolved with a magic explosion that made everyone :lmayo: under the presumption that that would end all conflict?
How about the Stonewall riots, resolved with a magic explosion that made everyone cis-het straight?
No. But being a transhuman robot that never has to suffer or die is slightly more cool than being straight. The metaphor breaks down because there are no drawbacks. It wouldn't fundamentally chance or worsen any experience. Nothing could be missed
"I want thing therefore everyone should and must have the same thing" is kind of a :sus-deep: take. I myself would be fine with sci-fantasy superpowers and escapism, but denying choice to people just seems selfish and not very leftist to me.
The Cybermen on Doctor Who were all about mandatory upgrades, after all. Sure, it's also sci-fantasy, but it makes the same point. I'm sure some Cybermen felt it was very cool and really wanted everyone to have the same mandatory upgrades.
"It's not like forcing people to be white, because being cybernetic would have cool powers" is like some eugenics argument with extra steps and borderline :reddit-logo: to me.
If it's all the same to you, though, I'd rather just agree to disagree before I run the risk of this getting ugly.
Fair enough. We aren't gonna convince the other. And I think we see each other's point as immoral to the point of obscenity so we aren't likely to be civil. If it helps it is dumb scifi bullshit that we'll never really have to worry about.
I'll agree there; it is dumb scifi bullshit as presented in the game, as the same explosion with a different color depending on which deus ex machina button is pressed.
Nah, I am into it. Just abracadabra fuck you everyone lives happy ever after. As a tanky this appeals to me. Mandatory vibrating robot dicks and cyber cat ears for everyone
The "mandatory" part, especially because the actual reason is presumed inevitable conflict where no one can opt out from the magic green explosion, is what gets me.
Would you be fine with a weird retro sci-fi game where the 60s race riots were resolved with a magic explosion that made everyone :lmayo: under the presumption that that would end all conflict?
How about the Stonewall riots, resolved with a magic explosion that made everyone cis-het straight?
No. But being a transhuman robot that never has to suffer or die is slightly more cool than being straight. The metaphor breaks down because there are no drawbacks. It wouldn't fundamentally chance or worsen any experience. Nothing could be missed
"I want thing therefore everyone should and must have the same thing" is kind of a :sus-deep: take. I myself would be fine with sci-fantasy superpowers and escapism, but denying choice to people just seems selfish and not very leftist to me.
The Cybermen on Doctor Who were all about mandatory upgrades, after all. Sure, it's also sci-fantasy, but it makes the same point. I'm sure some Cybermen felt it was very cool and really wanted everyone to have the same mandatory upgrades.
"It's not like forcing people to be white, because being cybernetic would have cool powers" is like some eugenics argument with extra steps and borderline :reddit-logo: to me.
If it's all the same to you, though, I'd rather just agree to disagree before I run the risk of this getting ugly.
Fair enough. We aren't gonna convince the other. And I think we see each other's point as immoral to the point of obscenity so we aren't likely to be civil. If it helps it is dumb scifi bullshit that we'll never really have to worry about.
I'll agree there; it is dumb scifi bullshit as presented in the game, as the same explosion with a different color depending on which deus ex machina button is pressed.