2023-11-03 7:15:28 ¶ ●

> TT: Later she instated a lusidroid system to serve the same function, as she began phasing in more robotic solutions in favor of all this ill conceived biotech nonsense that always did nothing but backfire.

on reexamination, this line comes across as such a coded misogynistic slur… like Dirk has a vested interest in making it seem like Meenah had no choice but to adopt cool, logical machinery after all that messy, emotional biology inevitably failed on her. potentially paints his whole retelling of Earth’s history in a different light (read: scratch doctoring). the narrative that machines overtaking organisms is inevitable ultimately only serves those on the side of Sk(y)aianet and Lord English/the Terminator…

feel a little foolish having discussed Ozymandias as a gynophobe on more than one occasion and never for a second considered the gynophobe was Dirk!