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explosivecombat) wrote2014-10-20 03:32 pm
explosivecombat) wrote2014-10-20 03:32 pm
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- *text,
- @carmen sandiego (here she is),
- @carter blake: bff 5ever,
- @greed's poor life choices,
- @henry (fe:a),
- @isaac mcdougal: non-fail junior,
- @lancer (fsn),
- @micchy kureshima,
- @mimi tachikawa,
- @miss altava,
- @our future cobra commander overlord,
- @rideaux,
- @riku,
- @ryner lute,
- @snake (black butler),
- @tobias,
- being you guys is suffering,
- but is everyone mad about genocide,
- come at me bro,
- engaging in heresy,
- god is dead and my tl;dr has killed him,
- hell are you even,
- just thought he'd ask,
- like a brick to the face,
- look at your life; look at your choices,
- my social skills are flawless,
- professor of fauxlosophy,
- slacking off like hell,
- surprisingly not plotting anyone's death,
- texting into the void,
- that wasn't morbid at all,
- this is gonna suck,
- this is really stupid,
- today we are tranquil for once,
- why we can't have nice things,
- with apologies to carmen sandiego
037. [Text]
I come seeking discussion again today, which to most of you should probably be nothing new; if anything, I ought to apologize for it, but I suspect that will ring about as true as my usual apologies for the subject matter. For what it's worth, the subject is better than it usually is; take that as you will.
I'd like to discuss dreams today; I'm sure those that were here about a year ago know exactly why, but in the end that is neither here nor there, and you don't have to have experienced it to discuss this with me.
I'm sure we're all no strangers to very vivid dreams...? The sort that immerse you so entirely that they almost seem real...surely there are a few qualities here and there that mark them as dreams, but they're disregarded in favor of whatever is actually happening right in front of you. Dreams like that can hardly be said to be different from reality, can they? They invoke feelings within you; they encourage you to continue thinking about them long after you've awakened. You could even say that dreams like that have given you experiences that you might never have had, were you awake – you've gone on adventures and met people and done things that affected you, all while physically being asleep.
Say that there was a way to live like that forever.
Suppose that there's a machine that will put you under, rendering you solidly asleep and allowing you to experience whatever you want. The machine can simulate any pleasurable experience that you choose, instilling all the thoughts and feelings that would come with actually going out and doing those things for yourself in your waking life. There would be no pain or suffering; it would be an experience in pure bliss for as long as you were plugged into the machine.
Again, you could stay that way forever, if you so chose, living out the rest of your life in dreams, and it would be a pleasant experience that's custom-tailored to you. The only tradeoff is that you would be unconscious the entire time; the experience would be entirely in your mind, rather than anything you actually did.
Would you choose to go under and live the rest of your life happy but effectively comatose, or would you prefer to experience life for yourself, entirely awake, with all the imperfections and strife that may come with it?
You can answer me anonymously if you wish, because as usual, your identity doesn't interest me as much as your response does; if you really want to impress me, you'll tell me why you would answer as you did.
I'd like to discuss dreams today; I'm sure those that were here about a year ago know exactly why, but in the end that is neither here nor there, and you don't have to have experienced it to discuss this with me.
I'm sure we're all no strangers to very vivid dreams...? The sort that immerse you so entirely that they almost seem real...surely there are a few qualities here and there that mark them as dreams, but they're disregarded in favor of whatever is actually happening right in front of you. Dreams like that can hardly be said to be different from reality, can they? They invoke feelings within you; they encourage you to continue thinking about them long after you've awakened. You could even say that dreams like that have given you experiences that you might never have had, were you awake – you've gone on adventures and met people and done things that affected you, all while physically being asleep.
Say that there was a way to live like that forever.
Suppose that there's a machine that will put you under, rendering you solidly asleep and allowing you to experience whatever you want. The machine can simulate any pleasurable experience that you choose, instilling all the thoughts and feelings that would come with actually going out and doing those things for yourself in your waking life. There would be no pain or suffering; it would be an experience in pure bliss for as long as you were plugged into the machine.
Again, you could stay that way forever, if you so chose, living out the rest of your life in dreams, and it would be a pleasant experience that's custom-tailored to you. The only tradeoff is that you would be unconscious the entire time; the experience would be entirely in your mind, rather than anything you actually did.
Would you choose to go under and live the rest of your life happy but effectively comatose, or would you prefer to experience life for yourself, entirely awake, with all the imperfections and strife that may come with it?
You can answer me anonymously if you wish, because as usual, your identity doesn't interest me as much as your response does; if you really want to impress me, you'll tell me why you would answer as you did.
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but!!!! i wouldn't want to do it for too long you know!!!!!
i mean i'd love to be in a world that was just fun stuff forever but not if none of my friends could be there with me!!!!!!
plus i have a couple of worlds to help save!!!!!!
but a machine like that would be super fun to unwind with afterward!!!!!!!
[ Mimi you're kind of missing the point... ]
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leto take the wheel]
A few worlds to help save, is it? How do you mean?
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well there's the real world and the digital world!!!!!!
the real world is where i live and the digital world is where my friends and i have been for the past few months!! everything there is made of data whatever that means!!!
we beat one bad guy in the digital world but now there's another and he's going to try to take over the real world too and we have to stop him!!!!!!!!
it sounds like your machine would also kind of be a digital world but i guess one that's even less real!!!
if that makes sense!!!!!
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Ah, so I see.
All of this is a little over my head, I'm afraid; I'm from a time where things like that don't exist.
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are you from forever ago?? are you from...... medieval times????
gosh that would be really exciting!!! with knights and princesses and everything!!!!!!
i think one of my other friends here is from those times because he calls me lady mimi and stuff like that!!!!!
or maybe just another world!!!
also where are you from?? also what's your name???
my name's mimi tachikawa!!!!!!
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The country's name is Amestris; you can call me Kimblee. It's a pleasure, Miss Tachikawa. How old are you?
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1915!!! that's super old!!!!! i'm from 1999!!!!!
[ Wait. Amestris? That sounds familiar... ]
do you know ed-san and al-san???
ed-san is from amestris too and al-san is too i think because they're brothers!!!!
not that i know every japanese person here of course but al-san said some of his friends from home were here so maybe you were one of them!!!!!
anyway it's really nice to meet you kimblee-san!!!!!
i'm 10 and i'm in 4th grade!!!!!
what would you do if you had that machine????
i mean since you asked it's only fair if i ask too!!!!!
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As for what I would do with the machine, I wouldn't use it.
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maybe you can become friends while you're all here!!!!!!
i bet they'd like that too!!!!!!
really?? why not??
would you miss your friends too???
i'd want to hook up me and all my friends to the machine!!!!!
then we could all be happy together!!!!!!!!
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Say the machine let you dream about being a princess, Miss Tachikawa. Wouldn't it be better to be able to say you actually were one, rather than just pretending you were?
[...this entire conversation is kind of surreal, good lord.]
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it was amazing!!!!!!
so i don't know if i can answer that question!!!!!
it was in the digital world though so maybe that doesn't count as real????
wait a second..........
does that mean the digital world is a dream?????
oh i really hope it isn't!!!!!!!!!!
D: