nephatrine

nephatrine, 7 months ago

@ZachWeinersmith As others have posted any organic/machine hybrid technically counts, but since you asked for the implication/connotation of the word, I think it most definitely does refer almost exclusively to human/machines. If you just tell someone you saw a cyborg, they're going to think robocop or whatever. If you mean a cybernetic dog, you'll probably have to specify exactly that whereas if you did mean a cybernetic human(oid) then you probably don't need to add any other descriptors to get the point the point across.

nephatrine, 7 months ago

@kaia When I search it, I get lots of English results but it does seem to mostly come from German or Germany-adjacent sources. I think most people would just say "grooming" and not feel the need to be more specific since most grooming is online anyways. But it's descriptive and the meaning is self-evident so cybergrooming seems like a perfectly fine word to use regardless of origin.

nephatrine, 8 months ago

@eniko I'm allergic to the good kitties. 😭

nephatrine, 10 months ago

@nixCraft This is intensely relatable.

nephatrine, 10 months ago

@cs I worked as a host as a sushi restaurant in the distant past. I did make more than the servers, so it wasn't as needed but it still felt great when people tipped picking up their orders and helped out a lot. So I try to tip when I pick things up nowadays if I'm at all able to.