Brainstorming Reducing Silicon Slavery [Warning: Potentially Upsetting Topic!]

[Waffleloffle]

Latejoin SICC borgs and roundstart borgs likely don't need it, because, I mean, picking the job is pretty obviously consent to be a cyborg.

honestly kinda shocked that you wrote this and then still thought it was a good idea to write a whole fuckin thing positing that Borgs Are Intended To Closely Parallel An Oppressed Class anyways

in my experience, the borgs on rp that lean the most heavily into the "borgs are slaves" take aren't like, borged and forced to spit-wash the captain's shoes on a regular basis or shit like that, they have one or more dedicated, consistent borg characters. they Choose to be a cyborg. from an out-of-character perspective, it IS the completely consensual choice. and yet, the issue persists

it's a horribly difficult thing to ahelp when it's happening because I have no idea what parts of the logs exactly to point to because I'm never there for the catalyst, just for the uncomfortable fuckin aftermath. and it feels scummy to ahelp like "hey I saw this certain assortment of characters playing this round can you watch them for 90 fucking minutes to make sure they aren't Being Weird About This?" for every party involved