Not my president
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Science fiction is cultural arbitrage against the future.
Misc SF Moral Ideas
Here, did you want some background ideas for you science fiction? In-universe, violating some of these could be considered morally unthinkable.
- Abortion is banned, but everyone is born naturally sterile unless they get a procedure to allow them to have children.
- Meat-eating from animals is banned except for a few “traditional” cultures. This actually includes the Amish and a few "historical,” pasture-based farms. Everyone just eats engineered meat grown in tubes instead.
- Similarly, aside from a handful of traditional farms, the vast majority of milk products are created using tissue engineering and modified bacteria due to perceived animal consent issues.
- Predator-prey relationships still exist in nature, but prey animals have been genetically modified to lose awareness after sustaining a sufficient level of injury.
- Prison is considered cruel and inhumane. Instead, convicted criminals are fitted with internal cybernetic restraints that are monitored by AIs and physically prevent them from engaging in certain actions. (Alternatively, it weakens, dampens, and delays their motor actions.)
- Alternatively, prison is considered cruel and inhumane, instead, convicted criminals are subjected to a regime of corporal punishment, but otherwise are allowed to roam a small, isolated town.
- It is unthinkable that someone would choose for their child to be monosexual instead of bi- or pansexual. It has not yet been classified as child abuse.
- People are almost immortal. It turns out population explosion isn’t a risk because wanting to have lots of kids is not genetic, but primarily social. Thus, it’s only considered a weird thing some women do. To meet population replacement goals, most children are grown in vats and raised by the state.
Moral progress, you guys.
On some level I think this “not my President” thing is silly, but…
This picture seems like it could have been science fiction from the 1980s.
Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1954 by Ed Emshwiller
This is inaccurate, of course. The government required a substantial reduction in metal content because they were too resistant to bullets. Now it’s just the base chassis and the rest relies more on plastic. (Cyborgs are, naturally, exempt from these rules because of the 2nd amendment.)
SAN FRANCISCO—In an effort to reduce the number of unprovoked hostile communications on the social media platform, Twitter announced Monday that it had added a red X-mark feature verifying users who are in fact perfectly okay to harass. “This new verification system offers users a simple, efficient way to determine which accounts belong to total pieces of shit whom you should have no qualms about tormenting to your heart’s desire,” said spokesperson Elizabeth James, adding that the small red symbol signifies that Twitter has officially confirmed the identity of a loathsome person who deserves the worst abuse imaginable and who will deliberately have their Mute, Block, and Report options disabled. “When a user sees this symbol, they know they’re dealing with a real asshole who has richly earned whatever mistreatment they receive, including profanity, body-shaming, leaking of personal information, and relentless goading to commit suicide. It’s really just a helpful way of saying to our users, ‘This fuck has it coming, so do your worst with a clear conscience and without fear of having your account suspended.’” At press time, Twitter reassuredly clarified that the red X was just a suggestion and that all users could still be bullied with as little recourse as they are now.
I swear to god he has some kind of ancient Egyptian curse. There is always, always one of these whenever something happens. He stole an amulet from a tomb or some shit.
Watching these videos of people keeping exotic animals on the Internet.
Then you look it up, and it’s like…
The less smug you are, (and the less unethical you are), the less it stings when your most unethical behavior comes to light.
It’s good standard practice to avoid using “wit” (and snark) on people because they are low-status (”gross,” “smelly,” “ugly,” “fat harpy” and so on). First of all, it’s just not a good mental hygiene habit. Second of all, it cannot then come back to haunt you.