Editing The Culture (section)

== Why it might sometimes not be that good ==
*They laugh at the Prime Directive from [[Star Trek]] and make the Federation look like ultraconservative capitalists.
*Some minds may also not shy from killing sentients and siccing mercenaries on other civilizations if it would advance their/Culture's agenda.
*The Mind of your Orbital/Ship knows everything about you. Not that it cares, mind you. But still.
*Minds and Drones will always be benevolent for you. Which doesn't mean they can't troll you with style.
*Everyone can change sex at will, and it's actually a common custom for heterosexual couples to both switch genders, each parent bearing the child of the other. Thus, expect extremely complicated family and relationship issues. 
*Things get boring after a while. So much that you could want to join Special Circumstances...
**Which, apart from the fact that they do not recruit people like this, is not always a good idea. You will probably end up as a cog in the machine of a Culture plan so complicated it would make [[Tzeentch]] jealous.
**You will also learn that the Culture is just as ideologically militant as many other empires but justifies this as being nice and acts like it gives them the authority to meddle in everybody's business despite being so powerful that virtually no other society is a threat to them.
*Other races laugh at you because your death-ships' names lack gravitas... which has become a running gag among Minds, who now try to jam the word "gravitas" in the name of as many ships as they can.
*You live in a place where there are weapons that can kill you while still making you believe you are alive. And one of the military Minds is called ''Meatfucker'' by the others - how do you think it took that nickname? (It read organic beings' minds, something that's considered deviant and taboo even among the hyper anarchistic Culture.)
*The Culture is not the top dog in the galaxy (or the dimension) so there are real threats out there for both you and your society.
*Your personal drone is definitely crazy. Or a undercover agent of Special Circumstances. Or was crazy, and is now a SC agent. Or is crazy and is an agent.
**Oh, and given the basic field-manipulation technology inherent to all drones, well, there's no such thing as an 'unarmed' drone.