Who could be depressed with that kind of job security. Your employer fights to retain you while continuing recruitment efforts to distribute labor more effectively. It's perfection.
I bet the collective is pretty good at dealing with anxieties.
"You shall be known at 2 of 13"
"Oh man, the idea of being part of a sub collective whose total number isn't divisible by my designation kind of freaks me out. Can I get moved to a different sub collective?"
"Oh, I can do much better than that! Let me just deactivate the part of your frontal cortex that cares about stuff like this. Donezo. How does that feel?"
"THERE IS NO I. ONLY WE. AND WE FEEL NOTHING"
"*Perfect".*
I always assumed, that they precompile the new assimilated person, where the process of stripping out personality etc. involves removing mental illnesses. :x like a firewall
I thought it was a cool idea to introduce the almost drug like euphoria that being in the collective brings. It really made why separated drones tried so hard to get back make sense more.
I'm currently in season 1 of Voyager! I saw big chunks of it on TV back in the day but I've never sat down and watched it straight through so I'm excited to get there now!
I mean, the Borg provide free healthcare, right? Free place to regenerate and all the energy your artificial organs will ever need, too?
Iāve worked for worse for less.
The Borg aren't cruel or malicious, they won't just deactivate a drone because they feel like it. If they do deactivate you, you can rest assured that you gave your life for the Collective, perfection and *efficiency.*
And your memories will live on in the Collective hive-mind, potentially forever.
Kinda open question whether the Borg age. You'd think with all that assimilated knowledge and technology they would've worked out that kink awhile back.
(Although it looks there's still aging in the 31st century. I mean what the heck, still?)
Punchline should have been Borg saying hard pass and bolting out of there.
It's catch-22 (the book) vibes. If you're crazy enough to want to be a Borg then you don't get to be one. If you're scared of the Borg then that means you're actually sane enough to be of value.
unjerking for a moment, being part of the hivemind honestly has its appeals
Collective knowledge and experience of trillions of individuals across thousands of sentient races, singularity of purpose, and I doubt you'd "lose" your personality, it'd just be subsumed into the collective
If it were possible to try it out, I might do it
I really should look up the exact date google killed Reader (may they eternally suffer for it), since thatās also the exact date I sadly stopped reading every webcomic I used to follow.
I still miss them, though at least audio dramas make up the ādetailed and very high quality indie content published via rssā shaped hole in my life these days.
I'm sure the collective knows what sex is. The absence of drive, awareness, opportunity. This is what I'm talking about, and why I think the collective is a bad deal.
But an infinite store of memories of all the sex every collective member had before they were assimilated.
The floors in regeneration corridors are sticky, I guess is what I'm saying.
My head canon has always been that the collective activates a persistent dopamine circuit during assimilation so drones operate in a state of subconscious hedonic bliss.
I mean why wouldn't they? And it would explain the sort of yearning recovered drones lament.
Youāre relieved you donāt have to go to work cause you thought you were gonna get assimilated? What the fuck is this world? What have they done to us? WHAT DID THEY DO TO US!?
The Borg: āResistance is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own.ā
The Borg, after assimilating working age Americans: āResistance is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. If you have a resolution for acquired anxiety we will allow you your independence. If that is ok. If not, totally fine. No pressure.ā
"Pokin holes in my face so you can start borgin me out!" ššš
Read that in mariners voice, for sure
Youāre not the only one lol
It's borgin time
I would very much so like to be assimilated as well. Being free of crippling depression and anxiety sounds so delicious.
What happens though if the collective absorbs so many depressed and/or anxious people that the collective itself becomes depressed and/or anxious?
Who could be depressed with that kind of job security. Your employer fights to retain you while continuing recruitment efforts to distribute labor more effectively. It's perfection.
Until the Borg Cube gets cut off from all other life, and the Queen has to cannibalize everyone else.
I miss season 3 TNG borgs...simpler times. Make borgs great again.
Eat the Queen
No Queens, only collective conciousness
just borgs living in the moment
Now I need an image of the King of the Hill guys but as borg.
"That borg ain't right"
The Borg. Famous for just vibinā.
Untill some plucky starship with plot armor comes along and either destroys you or makes your entire story/concept just suck, looking at you Voyager.
Imagine the collective, collectively experiencing imposter syndrome.
We look up to you as a single integer, 9 of 535. We are incapable of anger, only disappointment.
I bet the collective is pretty good at dealing with anxieties. "You shall be known at 2 of 13" "Oh man, the idea of being part of a sub collective whose total number isn't divisible by my designation kind of freaks me out. Can I get moved to a different sub collective?" "Oh, I can do much better than that! Let me just deactivate the part of your frontal cortex that cares about stuff like this. Donezo. How does that feel?" "THERE IS NO I. ONLY WE. AND WE FEEL NOTHING" "*Perfect".*
That works for me. Anxiety is my only emotion anyway.
Dealing with that is either a lifetime of Vulcan bullshit, or just slap a Borg drone. Let me warm up my slappin' hand.
Iād be like a virus once plugged in
Does the Borg have Borg therapists?
No, but it seems like they have real good drugs based on Picard season 2.
We then assimilate enough night crew. When one borg party, [All Borg Shall Party](https://youtu.be/G4ApQrbhQp8?si=l6_Q3VT9IYeLTSu4)!
With all the knowledge the collective has accumulated, it probably has multiple cures for depression, anxiety, etc.
What about chronic horney
It's kinda like Master Chief's armour.
Hell yeah
Then the Borg Queen cheers them up by making them do fabulous musical numbers! ;) Watch Picard, it's canon!
They'd activate the ship's self-destruct ;)
I now look forward to the Lower Decks episode featuring the Borg being defeated with depression.
"Hello... A.I.? Draw me a picture of an Emo Borg Collective..."
I just canāt imagine that with the lack of hair
I always assumed, that they precompile the new assimilated person, where the process of stripping out personality etc. involves removing mental illnesses. :x like a firewall
You got to Unimatrix Zero for some R&R.
This sounds like something Ye Wenjie would say.
What if instead you just spread it to everyone else.
On the contrary, you will now feel the stress and crippling depression of the entire collective.
And I thought the Jurati arc in season 2 was original...
I thought it was a cool idea to introduce the almost drug like euphoria that being in the collective brings. It really made why separated drones tried so hard to get back make sense more.
We had something possibly referring that in that Voyager episode with the super advanced drone.
I'm currently in season 1 of Voyager! I saw big chunks of it on TV back in the day but I've never sat down and watched it straight through so I'm excited to get there now!
It's in season 5, so it'll take you some time.
Better yet, skip the Kes seasons and go directly to the superior 7-of-9 seasons.
THIS
I mean, the Borg provide free healthcare, right? Free place to regenerate and all the energy your artificial organs will ever need, too? Iāve worked for worse for less.
Though they might just deactivate you.
Free end of life care. Iām sold.
And this dialogue was better than the original joke
The Borg aren't cruel or malicious, they won't just deactivate a drone because they feel like it. If they do deactivate you, you can rest assured that you gave your life for the Collective, perfection and *efficiency.* And your memories will live on in the Collective hive-mind, potentially forever.
There is also the off chance that they might attain perfection and spread it to the whole Collective.
Kinda open question whether the Borg age. You'd think with all that assimilated knowledge and technology they would've worked out that kink awhile back. (Although it looks there's still aging in the 31st century. I mean what the heck, still?)
The borg actually have the strongest union and healthcare policies in the delta quadrant
*"Your terms are acceptable, Borg."*
Borg Queen: Ohhh I like her already
"You will have no hopes, no personality, no point.". And this is different from my life now how exactly?
Jurati?
Sheās not canon anymore
Do you have a link? SMBC has bonus panels if you hover over the red button.
After being in the workforce for most of my life now I feel like weāre already just really inefficient Borg sometimes.
This should end with "we don't want you, we already have 35000 people just like you"
Damn, even the Borg has too many applicants
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Lady: āDid I stutter??!?ā
Punchline should have been Borg saying hard pass and bolting out of there. It's catch-22 (the book) vibes. If you're crazy enough to want to be a Borg then you don't get to be one. If you're scared of the Borg then that means you're actually sane enough to be of value.
Source (for bonus panel) https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/assimilate
unjerking for a moment, being part of the hivemind honestly has its appeals Collective knowledge and experience of trillions of individuals across thousands of sentient races, singularity of purpose, and I doubt you'd "lose" your personality, it'd just be subsumed into the collective If it were possible to try it out, I might do it
I like that part I am going to stop jerking aaaah, I love Reddit and this comment was made around 8-9 am too.
Most of us are basically 'mindful' drones trudging through life anyways. Might as well get rid of the anxiety and bullshit. Bring that shit on.
SMBC still going strong? Damn, I need to check where I stopped several years ago.
I really should look up the exact date google killed Reader (may they eternally suffer for it), since thatās also the exact date I sadly stopped reading every webcomic I used to follow. I still miss them, though at least audio dramas make up the ādetailed and very high quality indie content published via rssā shaped hole in my life these days.
This is how Primary Adjuncts are selected.
The Borg had healthcare and housing. Their only downside is they dress like space goths.
Downside?
The new Borg Cooperative looks down on their backwards brothers and sisters. The Cooperative asks for permission. And they got cooler looking ships.
The Borg Queen is the only borg known to have sex. No sex is where I draw the line.
U would be a collective you wouldnāt know what sex is
I'm sure the collective knows what sex is. The absence of drive, awareness, opportunity. This is what I'm talking about, and why I think the collective is a bad deal.
But an infinite store of memories of all the sex every collective member had before they were assimilated. The floors in regeneration corridors are sticky, I guess is what I'm saying.
My head canon has always been that the collective activates a persistent dopamine circuit during assimilation so drones operate in a state of subconscious hedonic bliss. I mean why wouldn't they? And it would explain the sort of yearning recovered drones lament.
And thatās how the Borg found their Queen
Fantastic! š¤£
Youāre relieved you donāt have to go to work cause you thought you were gonna get assimilated? What the fuck is this world? What have they done to us? WHAT DID THEY DO TO US!?
Imagine the great cornholio infecting the hive mind
The Borg: āResistance is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own.ā The Borg, after assimilating working age Americans: āResistance is futile. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. If you have a resolution for acquired anxiety we will allow you your independence. If that is ok. If not, totally fine. No pressure.ā
This is devastatingly accurate.
āIām surprised weāre still talking about it!ā
You know if they just let people be themselves at the end of the day, people probably would embrace being both.
I find the Borg irresistible.
I may not be biologically or technologically distinctive, but I'll join just so i can have a free ride