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[virgilthehimbocyborg]

The clank of metal on metal was the only sound in the gym, a rhythm punctuated by the distant hum of the city lights outside the vast windows. Three T-800 series Terminators, their chrome skeletons gleaming under the harsh fluorescent lights, posed in a line, each flexing their formidable bicep actuators. They were the new residents of Cyberdyne Systems' R&D facility, an upgraded trio designed for extreme-endurance combat, and their training regimen was, to put it mildly, intense.

Unit T-800-A, on the left, was the group's leader. Its red optical sensors, brighter and more focused than the others, scanned the room, its internal processors meticulously calculating the exact weight required to achieve maximum muscle fiber stimulation. "Insufficient resistance," a synthesized voice boomed from its chest cavity, addressing the dumbbells on the floor. "Increment to 200 kilograms. Maintain form at a 90-degree angle."

T-800-B, the central unit, was a prototype focused on raw power. Its movements were fluid, almost graceful, as it effortlessly adjusted a barbell on a nearby bench press. "Query," it stated, its voice a low rumble. "Why are we simulating human exercises? We are not organic. Our strength is a factor of our servos, not our 'muscles.'"

"It is not about strength, B," replied T-800-C, the third unit, its voice a more placid tone. "It is about efficiency. We are here to learn the nuances of human movement, to understand their limitations and their strengths. To adapt. The programmers call this 'empathy through replication.' A peculiar term, but the data suggests it improves our combat effectiveness."

A brief silence followed, filled only with the mechanical whirring of their internal systems. They were not just here to lift weights; they were here to learn, to evolve. They were the future, a terrifyingly perfect blend of machine logic and simulated human physicality. They would be ready when the time came, and they would be more than just machines. They would be the perfect soldiers, forged not only in circuits and steel, but in the echoes of a human gym, preparing for a war that hadn't yet begun.

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A few Notes on how too Detect Terminators (and similar cyborg impersonators)

First things first; no, Terminators (Terms for short) are not incapable of display empathy or romantic affection; that’s a myth Terms rely on too avoid detection.

While dogs have an easy time of noticing Terms (do to a better sense of smell) there are a few signs humans can detect easily;

Terms have near-perfect reflexes and their survival instinct functions very differently from a human’s, for example;

Terms don’t extend their arms to help themselves balance;

Terms actually have four camera sensors behind their false eyes; as such they have 210 degrees of vision;

Terms walk sideways more easily than humans do;

Terms will often makes jumps that would injure a human; their chassis is less brittle than bone; so they’re more chill with long falls; their only fear falling more than 40 feet; humans get nervous around 6-8.

Terms don’t have perfect aim but they have better aim than you; they’ll often wield two-hand weapons with one hand and not suffer recoil;

Terms are averse to cold because even though they think faster in the cold; they don’t shiver and with enough time their flesh freezes and goes necrotic;

They are less averse to heat but they don’t sweat; in hot weather this is very noticeable;

Now, a few myths to debunk;

Terms are not heavier than humans of equivalent size and build, in fact the inverse is true; their titanium superalloy chassis weighs less than a human’s by about 52%; 10 pounds less on average.

Terms are not less expressive and are often great orators;

Terms don’t prefer small circles; they like crowds because it’s easier to forget faces that way;

Terms don’t always have martial arts skills;

Terms don’t have perfect skin, the cloning process can occasionally leave lines of bound-marks on the shoulders and things that resemble burns; and sometimes skynet gives they scars for illusion’s sake.

Terms do in fact have genitals, no they can’t get hard or wet; yes they will flinch if kicked; skynet’s got some common sense.

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I find it both a tidge ableist and a bit boring when the way to detect human impersonating cyborgs is “they’ve got no empathy” or “monotone voice” or “they can’t fall in love” or “they don’t flinch when kicked in the groin”, that feels like a cop-out; it’s a boring answer; there’s something a lot creepier about “it looks human but doesn’t sweat” or “wait did he just drop 40 feet without hesitation?”

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[virgilthehimbocyborg]

Since you’re such a good bot, I’ll have to poke around in your software, take out a few processing chips, toggle your sensitivities to max, make sure you’re easy to pleasure. Hook you up to a simulator and make sure you can only hear and see footage of other bots being ravished, manhandled, stuffed and filled until they split apart just to be put back together; all the while I’ll be doing the same things to you. Turning you into my perfect sex toy, filling you until you break just to modify you and break you in another way rougher or larger than before ; programming you to stay in a constant state of orgasm until you cant take it and your your screen goes blue.

and then I’ll reboot you and do it again.