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[hopefanatic]

There's something I've been thinking about for a while so I hope all of you will be patient enough to indulge me.

A good deal of fantastic and seemingly-impossible things happen in this place, ranging from all of us raising dragons to encountering killer plants like ones out of an old horror movie. I know that I don't just speak for myself when I say that a lot of the things we encounter here simply don't happen where I'm from... In fact one could even call all of it downright impossible and against the laws of nature and physics! I mean, the moons changing us into animals? Some mysterious space society that we've "mysteriously" encountered right when they need our help? It almost sounds like a video game!

Which brings me to the question I'd like to pose to all of you...

How do you know that any of this is reality?

Comments

[badluckblues]

so us this like a... our evil alien robot overlords are trapping our consciousness inside a simulated reality while using our bodies as an energy source theory

or a we never actually existed in reality and all of our memories and experiences are in fact made-up theory

[hopefanatic]

I've never really bought into that second theory, even I think that's a little far-fetched!

But as for the first one, if we're being used for energy could that really be considered strictly "evil"? Sure we'd eventually outlive our use and become lifeless husks, but if we're helping save a race wouldn't that be an honor?

[badluckblues]

depends on the race?

pretty sure i would have strong negative feelings about being abducted and used as a battery

[hopefanatic]

That's a pretty ruthless mindset. I'd be glad to die to help like that, it would be the most useful thing I could do.

[badluckblues]

well if that's the most useful skill you've got

you've come to the right place

[hopefanatic]

That's what I had hoped, but so far I'm a little disappointed by everyone's lack of initiative.

[badluckblues]

lack of initiative to... do nothing and wait to die? if that's what you're waiting for i'm way ahead of you, i do that every saturday

[hopefanatic]

No, the lack of initiative to try and figure out the truth. It's really uninspiring.

[badluckblues]

well you're right in that there's been a dearth of wacky simulated reality theories around here

can't imagine why that would be

[hopefanatic]

It really is interesting, isn't it?

[He's impervious to that sarcasm.]