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WCDT 4136-4140 (Nov 18th-22nd, 2019)
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 22 Nov 2019, 01:49 ---Sorry, I'm one of those people that will never buy into multiple terms to suit every single person's need to feel special.
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This time it wasn't the robot insisting on terminology. It was Veronica meeting her own need to be a DHB (Decent Human Being). The customer wasn't "butthurt" (entertaining term in context :-)).
rtmq0227:
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 22 Nov 2019, 01:49 ---Yeah, no. Anatomically correct is the most effective term. Human standard would imply they had human DNA.
Sorry, I'm one of those people that will never buy into multiple terms to suit every single person's need to feel special. I can understand some level of distinction, but at a certain point it is ridiculous and just seems to be adopted so people can get butthurt if you don't recognize their special unicorn status.
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I'm one of those people who celebrates new and more accurate terminology, because life is too wonderous and beautiful a spectrum to limit ourselves to 16-bit color.
My pitch (accounting for the intersex sensitivity mentioned above) would be for Human-Emulating (and not just for the computer pun). An AI can modify their chassis/body to better align with the human form, but anatomically they will still be distinct in some key ways (at least until the technology evolves sufficiently to bridge the gap), so anatomically-correct feels like a misnomer. Human-Emulating captures the intent behind the modifications/design choices without assigning a particular body-type as "standard," something that we've been fighting for a while now. It also opens the door for less aesthetic modifications. The ability to eat and enjoy food could be accomplished with some careful engineering, but has absolutely nothing to do with physical presentation or aesthetics, yet it would still fall under this umbrella.
I still don't think this is a perfect term, as it kind of sends the wrong message when taking into account all of the Trans metaphors/parallels at play in this story (it plays into the flawed, problematic, and bigoted notion that no matter what you do to your body, you can never truly change your assigned gender). There's got to be a better term, but I don't consider myself a particularly skilled wordsmith.
(Edited for clarity and punctuation mistakes)
SmilingCat:
I'm a bit late to it, but I couldn't help but think of this scene when it came to Sam and Butts.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote ---I'm one of those people who celebrates new and more accurate terminology
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I'm with you there. I love precision. "Anatomically correct" has a widely understood meaning but it's not terribly clear if taken literally.
Case:
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 22 Nov 2019, 01:49 ---Yeah, no. Anatomically correct is the most effective term. Human standard would imply they had human DNA.
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Errrrhno, it would not?
--- Quote from: Mordhaus on 22 Nov 2019, 01:49 ---Sorry, I'm one of those people that will never buy into multiple terms to suit every single person's need to feel special
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Hello 'generic, unremarkable hominid', I'm Case!
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