Robot (r9k)


[[File:Robot-normie.png|thumb|Classification between robots, cyborgs, normies, and failed normies]]
[[File:Ree.jpg|thumb|right|an image of [[pepe]] 'Ree'ing often found on r9k]]
'''Robot''' is the term users of [[4chan]]'s [[r9k]] board created and self-identify with. It is a near-synonym of [[hikikomori]], the only difference being an emphasis on [[autistcel|autistic behaviour]] and chan culture, although often it's mockery of robots by non-robots who are [[astroturfing]]. 
==Origin of term==
The word, 'robot', was born from the bot that runs on [[r9k]] called robot9000 that rejects unoriginal content, and the adoption of the word is also connected to the robotic state many [[autists]] feel they live as due to an inability to emotionally connect with others.
==R9K culture==
Robot's engage in a kind of performance art where they exaggerate and mock their own circumstance through a subculture. One example is posting "REEEEEE" as an expression of anger, a form of self-insult making fun of obnoxious screaming those with severe [[autism]] often do. 

Many people on other chan boards jokingly refer to the sometimes toxic atmosphere on [[r9k]] (probably as a result of [[astroturfing]] rumored to occur on r9k to make resident autists angry) as "weaponized autism".
==See also==
*[[R9k]]
* [[4chan]]
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