• Stamets@startrek.website
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    I’m first in line. Fixes all my problems.

    • Physical Disability? Not anymore as the nanites fix shit and build implants to compensate.

    • Limited Resources? Nope. Don’t gotta worry about whether I’d get to the food bank in time or what bills to pay now!

    • Loneliness? Literally impossible

    • Mental Health? No mental left to health.

    SIGN ME UP SIR.

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      Theres a good chance most of us wouldn’t be considered worthwhile drones, to be honest.

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      • physical disability: that might just get you euthanized.
      • limited resources: again, I see euthanasia as a possible Borg solution.
      • loneliness: ever heard of being lonely in a crowd?
      • mental health: again, a malfunctioning drone would likely just get euthanized.

      Some of these points assume the Borg we saw outside of Voyager, because Voyager really neutered the Borg in so many ways.

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        • Physical Disability: I’m okay with that
        • Limited Resources: I’m okay with that
        • Loneliness: Painfully aware
        • Mental Health: I’m okay with that

        Still a step up in all honesty.

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      Loneliness? Literally impossible

      This is my sticking point. There’s nothing better than the feeling of being alone in the house, at least for a little while.

      Now if it came with a fully customizable virtual world where I could be alone if I wanted to, then I’d be down.

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      Alternatively: You have no distinctiveness that will augment our own, so we’re going to liquefy you and feed you to the childborgs.

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      If I was accepted as a drone, it’d be fine by me. I’m so tired of worrying about everyday existence in the devolving hellscape of a world we now occupy.

      But, if you have a physical disability, they don’t bother assimilating you I thought?