Post-Self Induced Skunk Syndrome accounts for at least some of them

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Agender aromantic (not ace).
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A faceless robot-polymorph on the internet. The brainspace equivalent of a fork in the river. Artist, occasional writer, and perpetual oddity. Turtles all the way down.
Post-Self Induced Skunk Syndrome accounts for at least some of them
This. What is the appeal I don't get it. I get anxiety looking at them. They're going to snap if something touches them too hard.
Blame post-self and the Ode clade. They're memetic hazards in much the same way as Neptunians.
There are just a lot of skunks in the books, and people picked up on the skunk vibes, I guess~