For the purpose of this debate, Artificial Friends are highly advanced physical human-like android companions designed to provide companionship to children. Artificial Friends are capable of learning, observing and replicating human behaviour and forming attachments.

For the purposes of this debate, Tardis technology is used to make spacecraft capable of time travel (able to move freely between past, present, future) as well as advanced energy manipulation (e.g. harnessing energy from surrounding atoms).

For the purposes of the debate, a commune refers to a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities. They have their own governance structures and do not report to any authority outside of their commune. 

An empire is a political unit made up of many territories and peoples, usually through conquest. It has a central supreme authority or central government, usually an emperor or empress, exercising political control over its subjects.

"UNC is a slang term actively used by Gen Z meaning “uncool” or “uncle”. The word is used to describe other individuals as out of touch with modern times, not acting in accordance with current times/keeping up with current trends, norms or social scripts.

"NPC" is a slang term actively used by Gen Z meaning “Non-Playable Character”. The term is used to suggest that another individual is perceived as generic, predictable, and lacking originality, unable to form thoughts or opinions of their own. This is sometimes illustrated with a grey-faced, expressionless version of the Wojak meme.