disclaimer this is from circa 2020 but feels relevant to the people dancing to mariachi getting tear gassed today
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True, but I've made it a point to get out of the mindset, ease up on that programming. I started realising that being hyper-entwined with the current mess reduces my creativity's field of view and limits what I can picture beyond the system itself.
By getting out of that mindspace, I hope to clear up some creative bandwidth, so that I may start dreaming of better alternatives. Because all I have right now is "gestures vaguely at Star Trek," and I need more.
Try reading 'walkaway' and 'the dispossessed'.
Thank you! The more the merrier, throw'em at me!
Okay where are you and can you like hold up something so i know its you? I don't want to get the wrong person.
I'm currently at the ass-end of Despairville, I'm the bloke in black who's huddled in a corner, crying:)))
'Bloke'; don't think we're on the same continent.
Ill need a bigger trebuchet lots more math abd books that wont burn up on re-entry
Well, I think I'm still somewhere in Europe, so maybe something low atmo will suffice, avoid some of that friction:-? Dunno, maybe tin foil?:-?
I dunno. I'm kind of shit at orbital dynamics.
Eh, we'll figure it out somehow!:)) If not, at least I doubt anyone around here would mind if I were to... procure the books through other means:"
Im more concerned with how to throw them.
Hmm, fair point:-? I think you had it the first time, a trebuchet would cover the distance if the payload weighs as much as a book:-? Just have to make it aerodynamic!
Now this is an elevator pitch I'd turn into a two-parter! Y'know? Add lotsa' drama, the premise is thus, yes, but imagine the people who would do that, how much there'd be to dig and explore there!
Oh, and it's all played cheerful and upbeat! Heartbreaking moments, juuust heartbreaking! But leaves you with a warm smile and love for humanity at the end!
Oh. So I'm cut out of my own story.
...what? No! How... why... what?!=)))))
C'moon, you were supposed to be the main character! Like, obviously!=))) The public doesn't want to see someone unboxing the gift, they wanna know who sent it, why, and how it got there!
Dammit, I'm having flashbacks to the first time someone asked me if I'd still love them were they a worm, the deer in the headlights is strong with me=)))
Oh if somebody answered this without showing their work, it would be over. It's like the 'what even is reincarnation' question.
Clearly not.
But... but... the story makes no sense that way! The plot... the character drama, the arcs, none of it works without you!
I need a Xanax... I need to talk to the Producer... I need the Producer to bring me a Xanax and a body bag, because you've MURDERED my vision!
If I'm the main character, nobody's gonna leave the theatre loving humanity.
HA! Demonstrably untrue if the interaction is of any indication, there's at least one person who'd enjoy themselves: me!😈
Sorry i can't do earnest positive engagement.
Dunno, seemed to be handling the banter just fine! Even made me want to join in and keep it going, I'm generally not that participative:))
Only enabled by multiple layers of total irony poisoning.
No comment.
Edit: cant do earnest positive engagement, sorry!