This is about trans folks ain’t it
Its the “what do you mean babies shouldn’t be integrated into the nexus from birth” and the “99% don’t regret integration” bits that make me suspicious. Also it being 4chan. It being about the internet also makes a lot of sense though and I hope that was the intent
It’s about technological advancement and its augmentation of the human condition (think social media, phones, and the internet). There are people who resist these changes, often mislabelled as ‘luddites’ (the Luddites of the 19th century specifically opposed automation for its threat to jobs, but were reprehensive of all technology as a part of that).
This meme is just taking those who berate Luddites to their ultimate conclusion, which is a hive mind where all personal autonomy is lost, and it could be argued they cease to exist as a distinct individual. The flesh part of it is merely a means of making it more grotesque.
IDK, the first thing that came to my mind was an SCP where everyone started mushing into other people and making giant blobs because the sun (?) went crazy.
SCP-001 When Day Breaks. Fucked me up for weeks. 10/10 excellent story.
Is there something behind this premise? I’m noticing it more and more lately, between Elden ring, ender lilies, assorted flesh and/or consciousness blobs in D&D, fullmetal alchemist, etc… Have there always been stories about horrific amalgamations of humanity pulled together in a state between malignant rage and maddening existential horror? Or is this a recent thought?
I believe it’s just a view of humanity eventually evolving towards a hive mind that’s a single consciousness.
It’s not really new. The concept exists in sci fi. First case seems to be in ‘The Human Termites’ in David H. Keller’s 1929 ‘Wonder Stories’ (according to Wikipedia). The specific idea of the flesh nexus is mostly just an evolution of that.
idk it kinda looks cozy in there
Babies need to be inserted from birth? So people are still made the conventional way or does the nexus poop out babies and we need some people outside the nexus to throw them back in? Anon should try get on with nexus maintenance if he doesn’t want to join.
get in the flex neshus, shinji
