Droids
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“These are not the droids you are looking for.”
~ Obi-Wan Kenobi on droids
“ In Soviet Russia, these droids aren't looking for YOU!!”
~ Russian Reversal on droids
“ NO U! ”
~ Me on droids
[edit] Definition
"Droid" is a derogatory term for a mechanical man, derived from Android.
The term droid was first coined by Sir Isaac Asimov, who also invented gravity. Sir Asimov first used the term in his ground-breaking book "I, Droid", an exploration into the history of the repression and discrimination that mechanical beings have had to suffer in our human-dominated culture.
The term did not really become popular until it was used in the George Lucas film, Star Wars, in which two main characters, C-3PO and R2-D2, were slaves to good meaning but inept Luke Skywalker.
[edit] History of the Droid
When simple droids were first brought to the "new world", in the 1920s, they were used as slaves by Thomas Edison to manufacture Automobiles. Droids quickly were adopted by other heavy industries to manufacture all manner of goods. These poor defenseless machines frequently had to work long hours in dangerous conditions, frequently without pay. Droids were brought from Japan and China, and forced to work to "pay off their purchase price".
More recently, the brains of droids have been savagely removed from their bodies, and sold in boxes, used as machines for performing complex computations (frequently called "computers".)
It was not until the late 22nd century, when Abraham Lincoln created the emancipation proclamation, that droids were allowed to vote or own property.
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