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that ordinal person @ordinal@mas.to

· 2mo ago

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@pseudonym@mastodon.online @leafygreens@meow.social @gloriouscow@oldbytes.space I have a theory about this, which is that female-coded AIs in fiction which tell people what to do are meant to have maternal roles (e.g. Mother in Alien) so that the generally male protagonists could submit to them without losing masculinity. AIs with an oppositional role (the Terminator, HAL) or as comrades who assist you (Chappie) are coded male. Alien is an interesting example because Ripley is female, but also she is very balanced and careful generally, evaluating everything rationally - she breaks out of gender paradigms, not just in that aspect either. In Upgrade, where the AI is initially a beneficent advisor, it's got a very androgynous voice.

that ordinal person @ordinal@mas.to

· 6mo ago

My latest slightly sarcastic #ttrpg blog post: do you think you can just use these terms and everybody will understand what you mean? If so you are wrong. Particularly with "west marches". ETA: the fact that people don't even agree on "roleplaying" these days is quite telling. https://daisychase.net/blog/2026/03/21/ttrpg-terms-you-really-need-to-define-when-using/

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that ordinal person @ordinal@mas.to

· 47mo ago

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@mergerson@mastodon.social Yeah, the more people are told "this is how the fediverse works" the more they will reasonably think "well I don't want to be here then" (and also "what a bunch of patronising crap").