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If you're coming here from my poll: hi! Call me Metro!

This sideblog mostly exists because I liked the URL but I have had no drive to formally curate a relevant blog. I'll throw some polls up from time to time as I like to do temperature checks on various OS topics.

While my main blog is all ages, my primary blog where I talk about OS stuff is 18+. Hence why I'm using this shell blog for my polls. Plus it gives me some anonymity.

I am an adult (30+). I am gay and trans. I have been out as OS since the early 2010's, and have multiple object partners. I also have a lovely human partner. I mention all this because there's a tendency to believe all OS people are under 21 and emotionally stunted. I have had my struggles in the past, but it gets better.

My ramblings to any young OS people who are checking out my blog:

Remember that the way you experience your attraction and relationships to objects is likely very unique to you. There is no one size fits all experience.

Don't be afraid to be "cringe" when exploring being objectum. Also if you're into humans at all, please be in a relationship with another OS person if at all possible, it makes overcoming internalized shame so much easier.

POSIC and OS are not the same. They often go hand in hand but, very candidly, if you are uncomfortable with the prospect of romantic and/or sexual relationships with objects as a whole, you may want to consider POSIC as an identifier rather than POSIC + OS.

That being said, if the label OS resonates with you, it's likely for a reason. I can't tell you how to identify, but myself, as well as many others, have noticed the term OS get watered down to "I have comfort objects I am platonically attached to." I personally think it benefits the community as a whole to be mindful of this.

Please, for the love of God, don't interact with blogs that are 18+. You're putting yourself and others at risk. And block adults who make you uncomfortable.

Lastly, there are going to be times where being OS is hard or uncomfortable. Coming out. Relationships with other humans. Grief. Dealing with people who share the same public object partner as you. Being bullied or harassed. Make sure you have safe coping mechanisms and a support group. Remember you can always step back from the screen if you need to. Don't use your discomfort to harass people who are seeking community like you are

I am not a researcher and neither are the folks who would help out. This is just for community data, and we would make all results available publicly to hopefully give everyone a better understanding of who makes up the objectum community at large.

It would (likely) be check boxes only, so no identifying information would be collected. We would also likely ask for age brackets and world regions with the option to refrain from answering.

Curious what parts of the world everyone is from. I know Tumblr is more USA centric than other sites, so I have a feeling this will still lean heavily that way, but I know there are some large OS groups online from Western Europe and Southeast Asia.

I'm completely for POSIC and OS awareness, and recognize the huge overlap (especially as someone who is both myself), but we need to draw a line somewhere as to what "counts." Simply perceiving objects as having some form of soul or sentience isn't based in object attraction of any kind.

I think attraction is a key component to objectum as an identity, because why describe yourself as objectum if you have no attraction to objects? Are you going to deny someone's relationship with their object and say it's invalid because they don't perceive the object as a full sapient being?

I don't want to speak as an authority for the entire community; however, I have been in online OS spaces longer than some of you in the tag have been alive. There were very few pockets of us back then. The term exploded in the early 2020's and it's definitely been defanged and overused in situations it should not apply to.

POSIC is "Perception of Object Sentience, Individuality, and Consciousness." Many OS people identify with the term on some level. However, many non-OS people do so, too.

I'm curious if the community is split on the idea of whether or not POSIC is inherently an OS thing or not. To me, it isn't. I think many people conflate the two, and it causes genuine issues in community spaces (such as claiming OS people who don't experience being POSIC aren't "really objectum," or how some aroace POSIC people will talk over OSOR individuals).

Similar to my poll asking if OS spaces should be tailored to minors, I feel like many OS spaces are still continuing to be sanitized. I was curious if this was something anyone has noticed or dealt with, too. By sanitized I mean complete lack of any talk of anything remotely PG-13 or implying if anything more than "fluffy" types of romance. Not every space can and should harbor 18+ conversations, but even those spaces still feel like they cater to people who are generally uncomfortable with intimacy/romance/sex.

Curious what people think about the microlabel "varietum" in the OS community. I personally feel it is redundant as the term objectum already encompasses attraction to objects/concepts as a whole. This isn't me trying to say it's wrong to use it or that it should be eliminated, but I'm curious what others think and if the distinction is important to other objectum people attracted to multiple object types (myself included).

No poll this week, but here is a reblog game for you all to spread around!

Answer the questions below in a reblog!

Name:

Gender/pronouns:

Sexuality:

Age (or minor or adult):

How long have you identified as OS?

What objects are you generally into?

Do you have an object crush or partner?

If so, tell us about them:

If you could have your object be fully, 100% alive, talking, and sentient for one day, would you accept? And if so, what would you do together?

Did you have an OS awakening? What was it?

What is your "dream" OS story/media (such as something you'd want to consume OR make)?

What is a piece of media that isn't OS but you interpret it as such anyway?

If you could own any object in the world and develop a relationship with it, what would it be?

Are you interested in humans at all? If so, would you prefer to date another OS person?

Tell us another interesting fact!

Was talking with a non-OS friend and I mentioned how I don't want OS marriage legalized and they were shocked. So I'm curious where the community stands on this issue.

Some ramblings under the cut.

This isn't me being anti-recovery (or paraphobic or whatever bullshit you guys wanna call it) but more of "hey I think those paraphilias are very triggering to many people and trying to hold space for them in a community that's already side eyed is not good for anyone"