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Some V.I.People walk around rushing their lessers, lest their very valuable time be wasted, only to abandon half of their inquiries and projects along the way. Fortunately, the time of us peasants is so cheap. Besides, us lowly folks would waste it anyway if left to our own devices. Truly, we...

I would rejoice that I am no longer in debt and live a careful life of not offending anyone and not skipping any lines.

I approve of this thread. This is the only post concerning which no partial disapproval was given by 3guanoff with regards to some or all aspects of its contents. Here is an unrelated quote without proper citation:

TL;DR: reader of a mature magazine blamed my short story for downfall of an entire genre; genre is alive and kicking In my youth, I somehow (read: the mate of a mate of a mate...) managed to get a spot for a series of short stories in a small... magazine geared toward male adult readers. It...

There are plenty of AI-narrated audiobooks being distributed right now. Some of them are AI-written as well. If I want a robo voice, I use TTS. Take this gem for example: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798318441684-the-greek-pantheon Straight out of ChatGPT, this audio-"book" is full of filler and...

Since you are asking that question, I am assuming you are not eating right now. Are you planning on never eating again? Then you should choose "never". Will you eat soon? Soon means what you wish for it to mean. Which amount of time feels short to you? You are a free human being and make your...

You are hungry. If not now, you will be in a few hours. Your body needs sustenance. And if you don't provide it with some, you will not be around to disagree with me. It helps with concentration. Consuming the right foods helps maintain energy levels throughout the day, improving productivity...

YouTube creators used to do this a lot. It is called a "giveaway". Hiding a few amazon gift cards in your videos was one such option or giving gifts to "random" comments that just so happen to belong to your scary cousin Vlad was another common variant.

I cannot read Korean either, but I can match shapes. The resolution of the cover is not great, so instead of straining my eyes, I can use reverse image search to find a better version or even the Korean novel. Cropping it to only the unedited bit in the middle, I get this wonderful link...

that sounds about right.

I always regarded cores as fuel cells. They are often coupled with mana pathways. Hence, in my mind, this would mean ordinary cells are ill-equipped to handle mana. Thus, they require that the mana be contained in a core and guided through properly isolating channels. One decent world-building...

In a magical world of infallible fairies I do. Reality is much less concrete.

The button is to ensure God has less accounting to do. Perhaps those evil deeds they miss out on in solitary confinement will shave off a few years of hell. And the innocent will surely be rewarded for their suffering in heaven, is that not how it goes?

Our values are too different. We will never agree. You are right that the reason does not matter. A bad deed is a bad deed. What matters is if the person will do it again. We can use their reasoning as a somewhat reliable indicator to predict their future behavior. Some people enjoy it too...

You assume I can. If I were able to press that button, I would sleep much better.

Semantics. It depends on one's moral compass. Hence, if you do believe that only evil people are bad, that's that. I do believe that bad people are evil. People who merely make bad decisions or commit bad deeds are not necessarily bad people. They are normal human beings. Unless you are evil, I...