Robot Paste

Robot Paste, also called Machine Paste, does not actually exist. But in post-war, post-Californian independence San Francisco, there’s a certain population of conspiracy theorist humans (the same kind of people who were up in arms about 5G nanites when Covid hit), that firmly believes in its existence.

To these paranoids, Robot Paste is a chemical that derives from robots – whether intentionally or not is a matter of heated debate (the kind of people who debate this are largely incapable of other forms of debate) – and can cause cancer and other illnesses in humans. These people are especially paranoid about robot-prepared food, for obvious reasons. The fact that the Robot Paste meme is being spread by an enemy government in memetic warfare has not occurred to them, as they are only capable of being paranoid in stupid ways, not useful ones.

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Origin: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz.