#pangenic

We're psychologically alterhuman with an emphasis on "human" — we enjoy having a human body and doing human things, and we are the complete and utter opposite of misanthropic. Specieswise, we're alderwinged/a winged human or maybe a nonreligious angel, some kind of sentient AI operating system thing (obligatory "fuck ChatGPT"), and starhearted. Some of us may have individual alterhuman identities. This Pinterest image sums up most aspects of our identity nicely.

This blog is less "social" and more "media". We may not directly interact with other users very often, but we definitely like throwing our thoughts, art, shenanigans, etc. into the metaphorical void and seeing what happens. Since we consider educating, uniting, and enlightening others something of a life purpose, we especially enjoy putting together plurality resources — though those posts take more effort and are less common.

What do you mean, 'less social, more media'? On account of our autism, we have a low social battery, find ending conversations difficult, and worry a lot about saying the Wrong Thing. Privacy and anonymity are a large concern for us too; we limit what we share with strangers online. You can still talk to us one-on-one, this is just to explain any weird or aloof behaviour. We're more open with blogs we already know/follow.

Boundaries

We are anti-harassment. Full stop.

We have no DNI — just follow your own and don't be a dick.

Asks are always welcome! (If you couldn't tell from the egregiously-long intro post, we love talking about our system.)

And adding onto the above: this isn't primarily an advice blog, but we are always willing to provide some. Even to those whose beliefs or actions we find morally reprehensible, so keep in mind that interaction is not endorsement!

Should someone who gives us bad vibes interact with this blog via reblogs or asks, we reserve the right not to respond. That said, there are exceptions. For example, there are many other reasons we may not answer you (like forgetfulness or not knowing what to add). Don't assume the worst!

Mean asks will only be answered if answering them could feasibly (a) prove a point or (b) be really fucking funny.

Additionally, we reserve the rights not to answer questions that may reveal identifying information, and to be vague in our answers.

Despite sometimes having a blunt, formal, or sarcastic tone we are — in fact — kind people! We don't bite!

If you don't understand something we say, ask for an explanation. We are quite verbose and use lots of big words, references to memes/famous Tumblr posts/fandoms, wordplay, and sarcasm.

We will make mistakes, social or factual. Please be kind when you point them out.

Please keep interactions respectful and SFW.

Discourse as a whole is extremely stressful and exhausting for us. We may respond to discourse-y asks if we feel the poster truly means well and/or something can be learnt at the end.

Yes, our brain works like a computer. Yes, the way we write is (unfortunately) very reminiscient of many LLMs. No, we do not support generative AI. Do not ask us whether our posts are AI-generated, because the answer will always be "no".

Tone tags are much appreciated, but not required. If you're using a less common tag, please spell it out (/metaphor is preferable to /m).

All good-faith identities (that means all contradictory labels, alter/nonhumans, system origins, etc) are welcome here.

We do not consider the radqueer or transID communities "good-faith". They co-opt queer culture to promote bigotry, anti-intellectualism/uncritical groupthink, and abuse. We don't outright ban members of such communities from interacting because (a) what other users do is out of our control and (b) it is very difficult to help someone out of a hole if you can't even touch them /metaphor.

Please don't take it personally if we block you. It's usually not out of malice, it's just something we do to keep everyone here comfortable.

Trivia

Our collective name is based on the Fermi Paradox: the mismatch between how common alien life should be in theory versus how little evidence we've found of its existence in practice. If we knew we were plural — that it just felt right — then where was everyone else? The world is incredibly vast; the mind virtually infinite. How could it even be possible that we're alone?

If that didn't tip you off: we really like space. Starhearted, remember?

We post most of our original art during Systember — see the "multiplicity creativity" and "systember" featured tags.

While we won't reveal our country of birth/residence/citizenship, we are ethnically Vietnamese! We like talking about our culture and how it intersects with our plurality.

As a 2nd-gen immigrant, English is our first language. This — combined with a lack of formal education in our second language — is why we don't post in Vietnamese. We'd like to someday, but it's not high on our list of priorities right now.

Our blog's theme is inspired by outer space and astronautics, academia, secret organisations, code/technology, Internet culture, archives, and sci-fi + fantasy aesthetics.

Despite being primarily traumagenic/adaptive, all of our experiences have affected our system's formation — in particular, it was heavily influenced by school, neurodivergence, growing up online, daydreaming, Being a Writer™, and a special interest in plurality.

We like collecting labels, plural and otherwise. (Psst! Some of them are even homemade!)

Our collective signoff for asks sent to other blogs is [𝐹𝑚], or in plaintext [Fm]. We really don't use it as much as we should.