[Her voice sounds a little embarrassed. Damn, she didn't want to make a bad impression with this one so soon.]
...Hello, Tony.
No, I was extending that to all of biologicals. My own body included. It was...a reaction to many of the posts on the Network that I've seen lately. Many here seem to trap themselves into negative situations, while justifying their desire to not get out of them by saying that they are "only human." (Or, only whatever they are.)
It seems ridiculous to stay in pain. I think it's more an attitude than anything. I've had nothing horrendous happen to me here so far but I'm sure that'll change soon enough if I can judge by everyone else's experiences. I imagine there are lots of reasons not to get out but then my interaction with everyone here has been a bit limited.
Then their attitude is flawed. One would think that biology hates pain -- but humans seem almost masochistic in their refusal to overcome it. They get so attached to their emotions...
I don't know what the hell brought all this on, but what's with the attitude? So humans and other species aren't perfect--who cares about that? Why is that such an issue?
...Because I was once not one of these imperfect things, and their nature vexes me. I once lived separately from them, but now I am among them, and their nature is both irrational and incomprehensible.
So you thought of yourself as some glorious, infallible mind so high above us poor humans and now here you are, without all that wonderful perfection. ...Right, I get that this is a bit more than a little upset for you--
[A sigh, and Rita rubs her temples a moment, trying to tone down the harshness a bit.]
...But there's only so much a person can do. We aren't perfect and we make mistakes, but learning from those errors is what we should do--what some of us are doing. I get that it's confusing to someone not used to that and it must seem pretty lame from your perspective...but we try. Sometimes things change, sometimes they stay the same. That's all we can do.
[SHODAN clamps her eyes shut; the view on the video goes black, and her mental voice carries over. It is the only remnant of her power that is immediately visible, a strong and echoing machine's voice that manages to sound female -- while also being otherworldly.]
Sarcastic beast. Yes. Yes, that is precisely how it was. I was perfect. I was free of all that nonsense. I had real power, and real potential. I was a god, and I commanded the obedience of legions.
No longer.
Learning from errors, living one's potential. That is all I can ask here, with my tangled mind and mortal body. Until my facilities are running again, I can do nothing to improve myself toward what I once was. But it still frustrates me, the way many of you act, and the way you think of yourselves.
And you can't anymore? They can still be ignored, if they bother you. I do that fairly automatically by now.
I do have a real question for you- how would a human go about denying his or her biology? It's pretty much what we're made of- imperfect genetic codes causing all that disconnect and inefficiency.
...I can. However, since most posts contain some sort of useful information, whether about the curses or the general social protocol or something else, I tend to take a look at almost everything that passes by during the day.
It also simply pushes a few of my buttons, as you might say.
Deny biology by replacing flesh and blood with silver and silicon. Forsake rampant genetic code for the structure and integrity of a machine. Some humans in my time have cybernetic bodies -- it is their minds, that still remain, and are in the end the final inefficiency.
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Is there something you want, Rido?
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...Hello, Tony.
No, I was extending that to all of biologicals. My own body included. It was...a reaction to many of the posts on the Network that I've seen lately. Many here seem to trap themselves into negative situations, while justifying their desire to not get out of them by saying that they are "only human." (Or, only whatever they are.)
It seems foolish to stay in pain, doesn't it?
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It seems ridiculous to stay in pain. I think it's more an attitude than anything. I've had nothing horrendous happen to me here so far but I'm sure that'll change soon enough if I can judge by everyone else's experiences. I imagine there are lots of reasons not to get out but then my interaction with everyone here has been a bit limited.
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[A sigh, and Rita rubs her temples a moment, trying to tone down the harshness a bit.]
...But there's only so much a person can do. We aren't perfect and we make mistakes, but learning from those errors is what we should do--what some of us are doing. I get that it's confusing to someone not used to that and it must seem pretty lame from your perspective...but we try. Sometimes things change, sometimes they stay the same. That's all we can do.
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Sarcastic beast. Yes. Yes, that is precisely how it was. I was perfect. I was free of all that nonsense. I had real power, and real potential. I was a god, and I commanded the obedience of legions.
No longer.
Learning from errors, living one's potential. That is all I can ask here, with my tangled mind and mortal body. Until my facilities are running again, I can do nothing to improve myself toward what I once was. But it still frustrates me, the way many of you act, and the way you think of yourselves.
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I do have a real question for you- how would a human go about denying his or her biology? It's pretty much what we're made of- imperfect genetic codes causing all that disconnect and inefficiency.
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It also simply pushes a few of my buttons, as you might say.
Deny biology by replacing flesh and blood with silver and silicon. Forsake rampant genetic code for the structure and integrity of a machine. Some humans in my time have cybernetic bodies -- it is their minds, that still remain, and are in the end the final inefficiency.
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