• kemsat@lemmy.world
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    Never thought about it, but modes of transport are usually referred to as she/her, so this totally checks out.

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      Machinery of any kind is often gendered in the feminine. Particularly when you are either mad at the machine for not working or you are begging it to work.

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        The machine spirit cares not for our trifling concepts of gender and binaries. It demands only loyalty to the omnissiah and purity of mind.

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          The machine spirit cares not for your loyalty. It only wants to grind YOUR spirit into dust while destroying your mind. Cthulhu trembles in fear.

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        Always cracked me up when my uncle would yell at whatever he was working on, “come on, you whore!”

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          Well, that seems pretty mild. Having been a toolmaker, I have often threatened machines with being reduced to tiny little chips or slag and I will create something better from scratch.