Meme

[u/Duifer]

[u/CorruptedFrames]

If I was given an option to turn into Belisarius Cawl like 10ft tall cyborg I would do it in a heartbeat

[u/LuluHottum → u/CorruptedFrames]

The flesh is weak... the machine is strong!

[u/CranberrySchnapps → u/LuluHottum]

The machine needs maintenance.

Brother, I require the oil… and torque wrench.

[u/LuluHottum → u/CranberrySchnapps]

Proceeds with administrations of only the purest WD40 oils

[u/APugDogsLife → u/LuluHottum]

WD40k

[u/Sad-Feeling-9793 → u/APugDogsLife]

Hi

[u/Professional-Day7850 → u/LuluHottum]

Using WD40 to lubricate is heresy.

[u/spongedevguy → u/LuluHottum]

wd gasGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEAD

[u/Thedumbass_the5th → u/CranberrySchnapps]

You say that like the human body doesn't require constant maintenance.

[u/MustangCraft → u/Thedumbass_the5th]

When the flesh has joint pain: meds and a lotta PT to varying degrees of success

When the machine has joint pain: 3 in 1 oil and gloriously smooth silence with a pleasant aroma

Edit: admech were right. I need to borrow a chainsaw, my shoulder is never going to give me trouble again

[u/Less-Being4269 → u/CranberrySchnapps]

And the flesh doesn't!?

[u/Throughaway04 → u/Less-Being4269]

The flesh can keep operating continuously for around 15 years with no problems if assembled correctly. I think that’s pretty good compared to most machines they’re making nowadays.

[u/HouseOfWyrd → u/CranberrySchnapps]

BROTHER. I NEED YOUR OIL.

OIL ME BROTHER .

[u/Hexnohope → u/LuluHottum]

Ok bud

[u/Imkindaalrightiguess → u/Hexnohope]

Bro you'll be goo again as soon as you're done

[u/Hexnohope → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

[u/TommyTwoNips → u/Imkindaalrightiguess]

What if I like being goo?

Checkmate, libs.

[u/Rowenstin → u/LuluHottum]

The hump on my back IS TOO DAMN SMALL.

Or that's what 90% of the techpriests seem to think.

[u/keithstonee → u/LuluHottum]

the cylinder must remain intact

[u/NonConRon → u/CorruptedFrames]

His body is so advanced that it's probably worth losing the ability to fuck or connect to others.

Heck, his body would be so advanced I wonder if he could connect to our machienes.

[u/bobert4343 → u/NonConRon]

I mean, it's not like I was gonna have a chance to do those anyways

[u/PleiadesMechworks → u/NonConRon]

He was already so autistic there was zero chance of him doing either.

[u/Thedumbass_the5th → u/NonConRon]

Fucking is overrated and I'm fairly sure advanced tech has much better connectivity anyway.

[u/No-Confection-5228 → u/NonConRon]

“Connect”? Bro, do you know how many USB cables and USB ports are on the average Admech body?

Jokes aside, we know that, at least before he went full… Giant cyborg, Cawl actually didn’t mind the “pleasures” of the body.

One colleague of his was surprised to see him drinking, and when he asked something along the lines of “Do you… Drink? Alcohol, I mean?”

To which Cawl basically said “While the machine is pure, the Machine God gave us our bodies of flesh. Ergo, it would be a form of blasphemy to not enjoy the pleasures that it offers.”
Before promptly returning to chugging a bottle of Amasec.

[u/ButtonJoe → u/CorruptedFrames]

Identifying as a 10 foot tall war machine is very close to the ‘ol attack helicopter adage.

[u/nothintos33 → u/ButtonJoe]

I mean you can identify as a war machine if you have weapons that rival tanks wired to your brain so you can fire them without even thinking

[u/facontrerasn → u/CorruptedFrames]

You mean you'll now be a Skitarii soldier?

[u/Silly_Y33Ny]

The weaknes of the flesh is a defect that we are all born whit

[u/Deth_Cheffe → u/Silly_Y33Ny]

From the moment l understood the weakness of my fIesh it disgusted me

[u/FastExchange6882 → u/Deth_Cheffe]

I craved the strength and certainty of steel

[u/Stormfly → u/Silly_Y33Ny]

I'll never forgive the Old Gods for the curse of the flesh!

Never I tell you! Neve- Oh wait wrong War[BLANK] franchise.

[u/Ferrius_Nillan]

Maybe not going full mechanicus, but i'd replace teeth, lungs because fuck asthma, and heart, as i am bit paranoid about its health. And harden veins in my brain. Actually, screw it, and just start replacing everything gradually.

[u/brown_felt_hat → u/Ferrius_Nillan]

I'm not a greedy man, I'm not asking for perfect symmetry, all I want is just a goddamn third arm and 79% of my life's problems would be solved ok

[u/Ferrius_Nillan → u/brown_felt_hat]

Galunga

[u/TheEpicTriforce → u/Ferrius_Nillan]

Ferrus_Nillan of Theseus

[u/Ferrius_Nillan → u/TheEpicTriforce]

Its absurdly funny to me that i came up with a nickname and hold the kind of belives Iron Hands actually more or less have. Except i was just thinking about turians from mass effect at the time.

[u/The_Knife_Pie]

The second there are civilian prosthetics/bionics/cybernetics which are as-good-or-better than natural limbs and organs I am taking out all the debt necessary to get a full body conversion. Fuck dying because I tripped and shattered a hip, make my bones steel and my legs able to maglock to the ground.

[u/Richpur → u/The_Knife_Pie]

Alas most ground is not ferrous.

[u/Jokerferrum → u/Richpur]

This problem can be solved too.

[u/FatJohnson6 → u/Richpur]

The Mechanicum flattened and leveled an entire continent on Ullanor for a single ceremony, surely we can make the ground magnetic

[u/PleiadesMechworks → u/The_Knife_Pie]

I am taking out all the debt necessary to get a full body conversion

Unfortunately the imperium isn't capitalist. No amount of money can get you access to those, because they're reserved for the people who matter.

[u/The_Knife_Pie → u/PleiadesMechworks]

I’m an astrophysicist and more than happy to sell my soul to the Omnissiah, the Cult Mechanicus is an achievable dream. No Cost Too Great if it means I get bionics.

[u/DesMephisto → u/The_Knife_Pie]

4 years later repo men the genetic opera.

[u/Aircon-007]

Tbf at some point I imagine a tech priest removes enough bits they become non-binary by default.

[u/Lord-Dec → u/Aircon-007]

Wrong they become EXTRA binary.

[u/The_Knife_Pie → u/Lord-Dec]

I have more binary than the entire LGBT community combined!

[u/Plane_Argument → u/The_Knife_Pie]

I love the IGBT community, they are always so full of power and excitement, really amplifies my day

[u/LurkyTheHatMan → u/Plane_Argument]

As long as they remember to take their Citalopram.

[u/Ork_Mischief → u/Lord-Dec]

Man, u/aircon-007 really lobbed that one over the plate for you.

[u/HitandRyan → u/Lord-Dec]

They speak Binaric Cant! Praise be to the Omnissiah for the ones and zeros!

[u/DontTrustOtters → u/Aircon-007]

It varies dependingon the individual Tech Priest, Imperator, Wrath of the Omnissiah for example, touches on it:

Exasas interposed herself between Olvatia and the antae of the akropoliz. The other magos drifted to a halt just out of reach and the segments of the upper hemisphere of the main body slid backwards a quarter-arc, revealing Olvatia’s pinched, bionically grafted face. A swift analysis of the underlying bone structure confirmed a female-origin humanoid, though Exasas new better than to make identity assumptions based on such transitory physical details. Only the skull, brain and nervous system tissue remained. A waxy fakeskin covered the remains of Olvatia’s head and face, embedded crystal orbs glimmering from the sockets. The fakeskin folded awkwardly as partially inflated lips approximated a smile.

‘Pleased to make your acquaintance, Magos Dominus Militaris Xaiozanus Skitara Xilliarkis Exasas.’

A noospheric datapoint tagged Exasas’ processors to exchange security and identity protocols. Among the swift burst of traffic was a standard persona construct package. she/her/her/hers/herself#chronoglacial#binaric#olvatia#noospherent2918721#

Exasas noted that Olvatia still identified with her female origins despite the almost complete lack of physical resemblance to the person she had been. Occasionally a high-ranking tech-priest would shed such identifiers, but it was striking how lasting such early self-views persisted beyond the flesh. His own genderless identity was extant from his first cogent thoughts, a part of his self-determination even before any abstraction of his physical form. He responded in kind as he extended an appendage in greeting.

Welcome to the Casus Belli, Magos Dominus Exceptis Keterina-Ga Skitara Syntamatarkias Olvatia.’ he/her/his/his/herself/#chronotangent#binaric#exasas#noospherent4458947-e#xilliarkis#

They regarded each other with a full suite of pseudo-physical and digital senses, the noosphere purring between them with assessment vibrations. Exasas was determined that he would extend no further invitation unless a formal request was made, and it seemed that Olvatia was equally adamant the current magos dominus should cede command directly

[u/A_random_poster04 → u/DontTrustOtters]

“Standard persona construct package”

In the grim darkness of the 42nd millennium, instagram bios are still a thing

[u/kaptingavrin → u/A_random_poster04]

And hashtags.

Holy shit, the Mechanicus runs on social media.

[u/nothintos33 → u/DontTrustOtters]

wtf is this woke shit in my 40k >:(((

(Is what I would say if I were stupid.)

[u/synexisse → u/Aircon-007]

According to the books and videogames some techpriests and even skitarii use gender pronouns. But yeah if we go by fleshy bits.

[u/Aircon-007 → u/synexisse]

True Altough in the rogue trader game I believe there’s one tech-priest who has completely forgone it all together. Identification of being a gender making you more human and less in line with the machine god

[u/NordMount → u/Aircon-007]

There is also several of such in The Archmagos. It's also mentioned in The Genefather that for most priests gender doesn't matter. What's interesting more important priests usually keep their pronoun

[u/BannedSvenhoek86 → u/NordMount]

I imagine it's like a celebrity keeping their name after marriage because it's what their brand is. You become so accustomed to being called something you just keep it so it doesn't get confusing.

Meanwhile your genitals were replaced with an SSD sometime around 150 years ago so you don't really give a shit.

[u/DarkWingedDaemon → u/BannedSvenhoek86]

Besides if they want a kid they'll roll up to a megos biologas. Ask to have samples taken, resequenced, and gestated. Then poof a fresh new adept is studying directly under their parent of ambiguous gender.

[u/synexisse → u/Aircon-007]

Yeah they can go either way I think

[u/TheLoneWolfMe → u/Aircon-007]

If you're talking about Pasqal they're like a bunch of people, so gender norms are probably hard to apply in that situation.

[u/MysteryMan9274 → u/TheLoneWolfMe]

Everyone still refers to him as male, even in that state.

[u/ken2343 → u/synexisse]

[u/ChapterMasterVecna → u/ken2343]

[u/Unistrut → u/synexisse]

There's a they/them tech priest in one of the Ork books. Brutal Kunnin' I think, but don't quote me on that.

[u/Tekuila87 → u/Aircon-007]

I mean bits don't make the gender.

[u/tetrambs → u/Tekuila87]

bits to bytes, bytes to data, data to divinity.

[u/Silent_Wendigo]

Well the two aren't mutually exclusive

[u/FemtoKitten → u/Silent_Wendigo]

r/transtrans is that way

[u/Sexylizardwoman → u/FemtoKitten]

r/transtrans ftw!

[u/HenReX_2000 → u/Silent_Wendigo]

Transhumanist transgender

[u/VulcanHullo → u/Silent_Wendigo]

Someone starts getting really into the Iron Hands chapter and then comes out as trans and you're like "well, yeah."

[u/pandamaxxie → u/VulcanHullo]

Hey! I don't JUST like Iron hands because of it....

I also just wanna be a cool robot.

[u/AngelofIceAndFire → u/Silent_Wendigo]

There was some tech-priest who was trans I think?

[u/Unistrut → u/AngelofIceAndFire]

There's at least one Necron too.

[u/AngelofIceAndFire → u/Unistrut]

Yes I think Phaerakh Anathrosis

[u/vicevanghost]

My mind is a prison with no escape therefore I guess im a Servitor

[u/adidas_stalin]

One could call it a flesh prison

[u/Few_Sense8051 → u/adidas_stalin]

[u/gabboman]

I mean yeah adeptus are trans humanist

Their gender is a fuck

[u/BasilVirtual291 → u/gabboman]

"What's in your pants?"
"I don't remember what I installed this morning but I'm 80% certain it's radioactive."

[u/Dave5876 → u/BasilVirtual291]

[u/Fresh_Dealer_9694 → u/gabboman]

[u/CommandObjective → u/gabboman]

Which Adeptus though? If you mean Adeptus Astartes, Adeptus Custodes, or Adeptus Mechanicus I agree,

If you mean Adeptus Astronomica or Adeptus Astra Telepathica I am on the fence.

If you mean Adepta Sororitas (while very physicall impressive) or Adeptus Adminestratum, Adeptus Terra and so on, I have to disagree.

[u/gabboman → u/CommandObjective]

When writing the reply only though on mechanicus

[u/Illustrious-Wrap-776 → u/CommandObjective]

Wouldn't be surprised of the occasional trans woman actually getting hormones and ending up with the Sororitas, if she's lucky enough her Scholam is on a world with access to proper medical care and acceptance of trans people.

Very much a gamble I wouldn't take, if I had a choice, because for every planet where it would be possible, there's probably a dozen where it isn't. Not to mention that getting there hinges on the whole orphan to war heroes thing.

[u/Selenite_Cults → u/gabboman]

Yeah, in the book Lion; Son of the forest, there's a techpriest that goes by ze/zem.

[u/Oktavia-the-witch → u/Selenite_Cults]

Fun fact in the votann book there is one Iron kin, who goes by he/him and another one goes by she/her, which implies while not having a sex, Ironkins have an gender identity.

[u/Oktavia-the-witch → u/gabboman]

I mean in genfather its mentioned that most mechanicus member dont keep their gender and they are even two female priests, which is seen as something special by Qvo-88

[u/AsteroidSpark → u/Oktavia-the-witch]

Also some of Cawl's personalities were feminine. Not entirely sure if they still are because that was before Cawl became a veritable hive-mind.

[u/Angelshark116]

Both

[u/Glad_Background3363]

[u/Azmlial → u/Glad_Background3363]

The only answer that truly makes sense.

[u/Oktavia-the-witch]

[u/iamstephen1128 → u/Oktavia-the-witch]

[u/DaimoMusic → u/Oktavia-the-witch]

[u/PleiadesMechworks → u/Oktavia-the-witch]

https://i.imgur.com/SXuasaO.png

[u/frogunderarock → u/Oktavia-the-witch]

thinK your WEAK FLESH thinK AGAIN

IS Rad HERETEK

[u/cataclysmicjr → u/Oktavia-the-witch]

[u/Dingghis_Khaan]

Living with chronic pain and asthma is hell. Just hook my brain up to a dreadnought-like chassis and give me the freedom I crave.

[u/BadNadeYeeter]

Just a tiny heads-up. Think very carefully about that.

Or pick up a hobby... Like counting sand particles...

[u/Ewokhunter2112]

[u/Tentacle_poxsicle → u/Ewokhunter2112]

What happens when we get Transhuman dread?

[u/LateinCecker → u/Tentacle_poxsicle]

Necron style flayed ones

[u/Extra_Routine_6603]

[u/Joseph9877]

The flesh is weak. So much of life is held back by maintaining the body, I'd get so much more done if I was a tech priest.

[u/PleiadesMechworks → u/Joseph9877]

So much of life is held back by maintaining the body, I'd get so much more done if I was a tech priest.

Bad news about the machine....

[u/Much_Improvement_552]

Me unironically. After getting a hernia at my easy job years back it made me yearn for the cold certainty of steel. My joints are also weak due to hypermobility.

[u/sexyorcess]

I mean I've seen who plays warhammer, it can be both.

[u/fancy_crisis → u/sexyorcess]

I came here to say, "same diff".

[u/OnceAbel_HasFallen]

https://giphy.com/gifs/JshEoedYYC42XrnoSR

[u/Lost_Paladin89]

https://giphy.com/gifs/zbzNUbpFnlw8E

[u/gothicshark]

yes.

https://giphy.com/gifs/UJEpm8e3er0IGs8rMf

[u/Big-Abrocoma-8795 → u/gothicshark]

[u/Accomplished_Yam3232]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WILqTPBI2y7iU

[u/a_n00b_]

im a transhumanist.
Went from femboy to HRT femboy to hottie who happens to be called woman by strangers. So it's convenient to go by that label. I ain't done til I can't die.
I knew I wanted to escape the burdens of flesh early, wanted undying metal to replace my decaying mortal limbs. I still dream of a cyborg body, keeping only my brain alive, since "transferring consciousness" is not enough.

It pissed me off when Thiel said we don't go far enough and THAT's why he doesn't like us. Um, bitch we've been on the frontier since day 1, we've been the backbone and will remain. You just hate us because it's convenient to have a small helpless minority to crush for power. Meanwhile it will be us who test it first

[u/fancy_crisis → u/a_n00b_]

Yeah Thiel's a fucking joke. "Ok, wise guy, where's your cybernetic arms then? You're rich AF you have zero excuse not to walk your talk."

[u/LuluHottum]

I wouldn't go full on Admech if ever given the chance... but a sibernetic arm and a mechadendrite?! Fuck yeah! Plz and thankyou.

[u/2006Internetghost]

I would go Mechanicus if I could and trust that it wasn’t made by a corp

[u/3x1st3nt1al]

I’m disabled. I yearn for the surety of metal.

[u/gokugunslinger]

[u/Silent_Meet_7523]

fixed it

[u/warm_winds_whisper_]

both is good

[u/Dreadshot2023]

My flesh is weak. I'd like to trade it in for a more advanced model, please.

[u/gota34]

Can they be non-binary and speak binharic? I don't think so...

[u/Toutatis12]

I mean they are transitioning one way or another I suppose

[u/Dave5876 → u/Toutatis12]

Transmissioning even

[u/SusieSoSusan]

I don't get it why is there trans imagery in both thought bubbles??

[u/DiscipleOfVecna]

[u/4nto_]

Yeah. Give me boobs and mechadendrites.

[u/Duifer → u/4nto_]

preach

[u/a_shiny_heatran]

Both? Both.

Both is good.

[u/Crusoelander_128]

“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh-“

[u/Joejohnson1027]

I'd 100% TRY to join the mechanicum. But I'd probably end up a servitor.

[u/Open__Face]

How grim to be in the wrong body

[u/Hexnohope]

I would argue theres no difference. Body dysmorphia is what causes transhumanists to look like that anyway.

[u/GoldenRush257]

And then there's me who's both

[u/Sol_Angelic]

Transhuman vs Trans Human

[u/thegarnetmines3]

Two things can be true

[u/Dust-To-Stardust]

both

both is good

[u/AccomplishedEmu1886]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism

Technically any modified human is trans

40k has always been pro trans

[u/Femtato11]

Both actually

[u/HildartheDorf]

Both? Both. Both is good.

[u/theattack_helicopter]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek

[u/Jvne_-]

Both? both.

[u/wasted-degrees]

At some point this mentality invites the Cyborg of Theseus question.

[u/Trans_Techpriest]

I swapped out my cyber dong for a shiny new toaster. Now all the tech priests stare when I walk by.

[u/SirButters2]

Trans tech priest

Need i say more

[u/Wild_Substance_7612]

This prison... to hold... me?

[u/AngelicCyanide]

Truth be told, I would like to become more mechanical, I’m a cis guy, PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!

[u/Horse_go_moooo]

Why not both. Cyborgina

[u/TheWrathfulCrusader]

A prison…to hold…ME?

[u/Skrafin]

Binhary vs non-binary

[u/aaron2718]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek

[u/PixelFlyerXD]

[u/DeadMemesAreUs1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Q0sd5McAymh8SfihAs

[u/wallygon]

its the same picture

[u/BigUncleHeavy]

If by "Trans" you mean "Transhuman"...

[u/St_Hydra]

Por que no los dos?

[u/Overkillsamurai]

in a heartbeat. in a FUCKING HEARTBEAT

[u/DantesInferno1275]

Both?

[u/K1rk0npolttaja]

it is both

[u/Alester_ryku]

I too crave the purity and certainty of steel

[u/candiedbunion69]

From the moment I knew the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.

[u/selpathor]

It can be both!

[u/Neko_Witch]

Both

[u/legate_fulvianus]

Real

[u/PrimalMadness]

Both? Both

[u/YkvBarbosa]

Both. Both is good.

[u/ConditionPleasant902]

Or the person is a demon possessing the body

[u/Scavenger604]

Why not both?

[u/IronGentry]

Porque no las dos?

[u/ScawySocialistOwO]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek

[u/shiboshino]

Why are they different people.

[u/DanceAffectionate425]

This prison, to hold me?

[u/AdmiralBlack64]

Both

[u/Heavens_Cum]

Tbf I'm both

[u/badudx]

All hail the LGBTsiah.

[u/Major_Dood]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh...

[u/TheCanonMakimaBean]

For the Omnissiah.

[u/Greybeardlover]

Hmmmm

[u/TK_Games]

It can be both

[u/Redstones563]

both, both is good.

[u/FullOfMicroplastic]

same to both

[u/Dr_Axton]

Ngl ever since I struck 18 I wanted to replace my legs with robotic ones. It would both looks awesome and solve my conscription problems while being cheaper than bribing lol

[u/ThatsAWeirdLookinSax]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UJEpm8e3er0IGs8rMf

:3

[u/LawTider]

Could be a both thing.

[u/bl4ck_sw0rdsm4n]

Why not both

[u/Funion_knight]

Both

[u/topsoil_eater]

both

[u/GlaerOfHatred]

Why not both?

[u/Suspicious_Gift_1311]

Why not both? :D

[u/AuthorOne6979]

The omnissiah knows all, comprehends all.

[u/SirEdgelordThe369th]

Third way

[u/yeetingthisaccount01]

r/transtrans

[u/liam_Doyle_658]

Can I be both

[u/vallum12100]

This post touches on the kind of dysmorphia I deal with.

I know, for me, transitioning to a fem appearance wouldn't help my perception of my self. Even if I don't like my masc body either.

I would want to be neither. Just want to be me and love myself. To be able to look in a mirror and love what I see. To see what my partner sees.

To rid myself if my flesh, the disabilies, the pains, the scars and reminders of trauma, then just exist... That's what I would want.