(((I Will Outlive)))

when internet people are like “i love gothic literature but i hate anything that discusses incest, sexual violence, oppression, misogyny, abuse, torture, gore, murder, or death”

no actually me and everyone else who’s ever watched crimson peak were brainwashed by guillermo del toro into believing that incest and violence are cool and awesome. sorry

Horrifying that this pearl-clutching over horror actually being dark is unironically becoming A Thing…

(tags via @waterandsilver, id in alt)

I’m not disabled because I’m not exercising enough. I’m not disabled because I’m not following that specific diet. I’m not disabled because I’m not spiritual enough. I’m not disabled because of my attitude. I’m not disabled because I’m too lazy to fix it. I’m not disabled because I don’t always make the healthiest choice. I’m disabled because real life isn’t fair and some people get unlucky.

I’m not disabled because I’m not exercising enough. I’m not disabled because I’m not following that specific diet. I’m not disabled because I’m not spiritual enough. I’m not disabled because of my attitude. I’m not disabled because I’m too lazy to fix it. I’m not disabled because I don’t always make the healthiest choice. I’m disabled because real life isn’t fair and some people get unlucky.

"I am not a robot" asserts the aroace pride post, the same kind of one that says aces can still have romance and aros can still have friends and conveniently ignores the complexities and intricacies of those things, and their absence is some corners of our community.

"I am not a robot" because I can still...

Sing? Dance? Pretend? Grow? Change?

None of those things are beyond the reach of a robot. At least not far enough out of reach that you couldn't be tricked, at least for a while.

"I am not a robot" because if I were you wouldn't have to care about my struggles. Because if I were I'd stop mattering. Because 'robot' and 'human' are somehow mutually exclusive.

Then ten minutes later we're talking about AI and would you let a truly intelligent robot vote and would it be possible for a robot to feel pain or joy or sadness. Yes you say, of course, if the robot met your criteria for being a human intelligence, of course it would have rights, of course you would care if it suffers.

Which criteria do I need to meet, to not be a robot in your eyes?

What if I was? What if I turned around tomorrow, opened up a hatch and showed you the wires. Showed you the hydraulic fluid spilling over the floor, and the cables and the tubes and the motors.

What if I opened you up and showed you those things that already live in you.

What if I spent countless hours building ever more complex simulations of a human body, getting every detail of every bone and muscle and every tube and wire.

"I am not a robot" is not for my sake, it is for yours, so you don't yet have to grapple with the idea that something that doesn't meet your definition of a human can still matter as much as one.

Did you know, 'not' is a boolean operator. It reverses whatever you feed into it.

not("I am a robot")

not(this.isRobot);

Maybe if I could talk to a person as easily as a machine I wouldn't need to justify this is much.

if("I can talk to people")

"I am not a robot"

if(this.canCommunicateWithPeople){

this.isRobot = false;

}

What if I'm not interested in your ideas of what makes someone a human? Certainly by a lot of standards I don't pass the test.

if("I give a shit what you think")

"I must be a robot"

else

"Does it matter?"

if(this.caresAboutYourOpinion"){

this.isRobot = true;

} else {

this.isRobot = null;

System.out.println("further querying of this value will result in an exception being thrown");

}

try {

if(this.isRobot) {

this.isHuman = false;

} else {

this.isHuman = true;

}

} catch (Exception e) {

this.isHuman = null;

System.out.println("Stop asking that question like it means something");

}