robots - 100% mechanical, no organic or living parts
androids - robots that are designed to look human-like (100% mechanical)
cyborgs - organic/living thing with added mechanical or cybernetic parts
Robot
Android
Cyborg
And just to complete the list of frequently misapplied terms:
Bionic refers to any mechanical system that deliberately imitates the functionality of a biological one, regardless of whether it visually resembles a biological system.
Cybernetics refers to a class of control mechanisms, not to the mechanical parts themselves. In the specific context of robotics, any device that provides real-time sensory feedback to a human controller can accurately be described as “cybernetic”, regardless of whether it’s implanted in (or, indeed, even physically attached to) its controller.
This is how I’ve always felt. Let a fucking neo-Nazi or KKK person or whoever speak publicly wherever they want, because if their argument is terrible and can easily be broken down with reason and evidence, their position is invalidated and that’s clear to everyone else. That’s the point of free speech, to allow bad arguments to be stated so they can be broken down and discarded. Just ignoring them and keeping them from talking near you just lets them go talk to other people and lets the ideas fester and grow. You can’t erase bad ideas and arguments and opinions by pretending they don’t exist.
And that’s even in the best case scenario where the silenced person is factually wrong. Lots of people either realize THEY’RE the wrong one or don’t want to risk being the wrong one, so anyone making an argument against theirs just silences them to prevent that, which just proves further that they’re wrong to anyone observing the incident.
Exactly, there are times I want to smack those that are idiots, just use force to shut up the idiocy, the people that blindly buy into things, hear and believe rather than think and question and then repeat it till even the sane and unbiased people start to believe.
But then I remember that solves nothing, they do more harm to themselves speaking freely and stupidly, than censored and secretive, polluting the well from shadow than do it openly.
This is one line that I think about always with topics like this, even though I have lost interest in the show, this one line is the most important given it was at a time where he was being framed for something, blamed for something, made the scapegoat to punish, and they wanted to silence him with threats of cutting out his tongue if he didn’t keep quiet, because the truth was what he could speak.
Keep in mind free speech also means if someone says something you dislike, you CAN protest. That is also freedom of speech.
You cannot suppress people, though. There’s a fine line, and it’s a little bit fuzzy. Example, if a company has a social stance you oppose, and you boycott them, it’s sorta standing with a foot on either side of the line. On the one hand, you are perfectly allowed to not support them. On the other hand, deliberately going out of your way to trash their income and livelihoods is clear suppression.
I wish this stuff were more easily defined. I really do.
Am I gonna be the only one to point out that neo Nazis and kkk do more than just talk? Freedom of speech only protects you from being legally prosecuted as long as what you say or do doesn’t cause a clear and present danger.
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While sherlock is queerbaiting (which fucking hurts because it's like teasing the LGBT community with representation wihle never actually giving it) elementary has well written characters who serve a purpose and nice mysteries. And people will still attack elementary despite it being better written
Yeah! I mean, to be perfectly fair I’ve never watched BBC Sherlock, but it never had any of my interest at all and given what I HAVE seen, I feel like Elementary is the better interpretation of the two. Also yeah queerbaiting is dumb, I’m not here for that.
It’s really funny because I remember I originally thought the idea for Elementary - mainly that they were making John Watson into JOAN Watson - was stupid! Like everyone, I thought they were just doing it so they could have Joan and Sherlock be in a relationship without the gay. But it went in an even better direction! With them becoming really close platonic friends and colleagues.
Honestly, Sherlock and Joan’s friendship gives me life… It’s so precious! I kind of wanna re-watch the series soon just so I can witness the development of it again.
Elementary also plays their representation of queer characters very casually and it’s super refreshing, even if there aren’t any MAJOR lgbt characters (yet?). I mean just off the top of my head a nice, recent example was when an episode featured polyamorous characters, including a family of four who all lived together and were raising children. They had a trans character, Ms. Hudson (played by a transwoman!), early on in the show. Plenty of gay characters here and there (I can’t remember any specifically bi/pan/ace characters? Though I’m sure if not ought-right stated, it was implied).
So yeah all around Elementary is Good and more people need to watch it tbh
My problem with sherlock is that their “representation” of the queer communinity is insulting. the way it’s written like they are gay even though they aren’t feels more like exploitation than representation. and don’t get me started on how terrible of a writer moffat is but that extends to doctor who. And the fandom. The fandom is terrible. A lot of the fans I’ve seen are super rabid adn’t don’t support the queer community, they fetishize it. Which is appalling.
various ponies being brushed by a giant toothbrush
Lyra obsessed with humans or hands
ponies in socks
trixie eating pinecones
scootaloo being a chicken, for some reason
how could you forget 20% cooler
pinkie breaking the 4th wall, also being a part of Dan Vs.
ponies drawn with extremely detailed guns which they can’t even use because they don’t have fingers
wet manes
U FORGOT MY FAVE: SHINING ARMOR THROWING CANDANCE
scootaloo being a chicken was a canon joke, like 20% cooler, and then went Too Far
subway sandwiches
shrugpony was also a thing i think
rarity is a marshmallow ponies In a box and those weird ponies that manes’ and tails’ shaped a heart
HEY HEY HEY Stay out of my shed!
Woona Sweetie Belle is a dictionary Lyra is a seapony and Octavia is an octopus Nyan Dash Applejack’s truck Pinklestia
Juice box
<Pony> finds a <vehicle>
Ponies turned into vampire bat ponies. Humanization before EQ. Banana. Buck you I can’t eat all those apples! Stoner ponies/Spike. Seaponies. Molestia. Beep Beep, I’m a cloud. TO DAH MOOOOOOOOAAAAAHN!!
Grimdark versions “Discorded” ponies Luna being a geek good at games. Nature is so Fascinating Fluttershy or another Pony looking at a mini TV and being happy or sad “But I didn’t listen” Eyebrow Waggle
So many more, and some of these might not be old enough to be ‘vintage’ but I don’t care, just remembering things as they come to me that are at least close or older than a year old. XD
why would you remind me of all these i left that part of my life behind
It’s weirds me out a little bit the number of people I follow that I see on here, but separated by people I don’t recognize. Like the post made its way into my circle, side tracked out, came back in, took a detour, and found its way over to Liz.
I want everyone to push the Ted Cruz is the zodiac killer joke relentlessly until Ted Cruz is forced to address whether or not he is the zodiac killer in a debate
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