[IC] Myriad Reality

[Techspert]

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Only crazy people love that. Who in their right mind actually likes it?

@Intrepid

Isn't "being in your right mind" totally a function of what we as a collective consider normal?

[Intrepid]

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Isn't "being in your right mind" totally a function of what we as a collective consider normal?

@Techspert

You can look at it that way. I just deem it as having logical flow of thoughts and actions. As opposed to, you know, taking pleasure in actively self-harmful things and/or being an absolute loose cannon purely for the sake of it.

[Techspert]

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You can look at it that way. I just deem it as having logical flow of thoughts and actions. As opposed to, you know, taking pleasure in actively self-harmful things and/or being an absolute loose cannon purely for the sake of it.

@Intrepid

In any case, why does it matter to you how everyone labels you when it's really only your actions being judged?

[Intrepid]

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In any case, why does it matter to you how everyone labels you when it's really only your actions being judged?

@Techspert

Other people’s views of you matter a lot.

[Techspert]

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Other people’s views of you matter a lot.

@Intrepid

They don't matter at all. They just hold you back.

[Intrepid]

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They don't matter at all. They just hold you back.

@Techspert

The ways other people view you is how you influence Existence. That’s why it matters. This isn’t a self esteem thing.

[Techspert]

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The ways other people view you is how you influence Existence. That’s why it matters. This isn’t a self esteem thing.

@Intrepid

Only in polyticks.

[Intrepid]

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Only in polyticks.

@Techspert

I mean yeah, that's one of the most prominent media for influence.

[Meta]

[Techspert]

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I mean yeah, that's one of the most prominent media for influence.

@Intrepid

In dictatorships, people don't have to like you.

[Intrepid]

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In dictatorships, people don't have to like you.

@Techspert

No, they don't.

[Techspert]

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No, they don't.

@Intrepid

*Groans*
You're killing me.

[Intrepid]

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*Groans*
You're killing me.

@Techspert

It sounded like we were coming to an agreement, almost.

[Techspert]

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It sounded like we were coming to an agreement, almost.

@Intrepid

In the end, charisma can only go so far.

[Intrepid]

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In the end, charisma can only go so far.

@Techspert

It is only part of it, yes.

[Techspert]

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It is only part of it, yes.

@Intrepid

Charisma doesn't do that much in the end.

[Intrepid]

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Charisma doesn't do that much in the end.

@Techspert

I think you underestimate it.

[Techspert]

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I think you underestimate it.

@Intrepid

For an immediate group of people, yeah. But it doesn't scale.

[Intrepid]

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For an immediate group of people, yeah. But it doesn't scale.

@Techspert

*Raises my eyebrow*
It scaled to Waternaux.

[Techspert]

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*Raises my eyebrow*
It scaled to Waternaux.

@Intrepid

Which in the span of literally everything is a drop in the bucket.