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@ -90,80 +90,113 @@ A sudden wave of exhaustion crashed over him, but all the same, he settled back
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A message was already waiting for him at his desk, so, in the sim, he sat down before it, smiling inwardly at the oddly duplicated action.
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> **Jonas Prime:** Yared! Beautifully done. Ping when you're back around.
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> Jonas Prime
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> : Yared! Beautifully done. Ping when you're back around.
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He swiped a keyboard into view and instructed his desk to do just that.
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> **Jonas:** Welcome back. How goes?
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> Jonas
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> : Welcome back. How goes?
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>
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> **Yared Zerezghi:** Well enough. Hot as ever. Thanks, by the way. Think the post will help?
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> Yared Zerezghi
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> : Well enough. Hot as ever. Thanks, by the way. Think the post will help?
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Inwardly, he fretted, worrying that his counterparts in the System had picked up on the slow change in direction over the last few posts.
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> **The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream:** Probably! I am pleased that you enjoyed my description of brushing and petting.
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> The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream
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> : Probably! I am pleased that you enjoyed my description of brushing and petting.
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>
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> **Yared:** I felt it got the point across quite nicely.
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> Yared
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> : I felt it got the point across quite nicely.
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> **True Name**: That it did.
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> **Jonas:** We've been tracking the speciation argument, as far as we can see, and it's an interesting idea. I go back and forth on it. Sometimes, it feels like a distinction without a difference, and sometimes, phys-side ideas just leave me completely baffled. I've forgotten how strange the System sounded when I was outside of it.
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> Jonas
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> : We've been tracking the speciation argument, as far as we can see, and it's an interesting idea. I go back and forth on it. Sometimes, it feels like a distinction without a difference, and sometimes, phys-side ideas just leave me completely baffled. I've forgotten how strange the System sounded when I was outside of it.
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>
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> **True Name:** Yes. It is a good talking point, but also a line that you should walk carefully. I worry that it will lead the discussion back to the "sub-human" arguments that pop up here and there.
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> True Name
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> : Yes. It is a good talking point, but also a line that you should walk carefully. I worry that it will lead the discussion back to the "sub-human" arguments that pop up here and there.
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His heart dropped. So they had picked up on the change.
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> **Yared:** I'm worried about that as well. Still, when I've argued on the forums in the past, I've found that building a strong argument and then slipping a little bit of empathy for the other side nudges them to do the same.
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> Yared
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> : I'm worried about that as well. Still, when I've argued on the forums in the past, I've found that building a strong argument and then slipping a little bit of empathy for the other side nudges them to do the same.
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A lie, but hopefully a helpful one.
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> **True Name:** I had not thought of that, but I was never big into the DDR. Calling it both "Direct Democracy" and a "Representative" made it sound disingenuous.
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> True Name
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> : I had not thought of that, but I was never big into the DDR. Calling it both "Direct Democracy" and a "Representative" made it sound disingenuous.
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>
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> **Jonas:** I mean, it makes sense. If they start feeling our empathy in the equation, maybe they'll start feeling empathy towards us.
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> Jonas
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> : I mean, it makes sense. If they start feeling our empathy in the equation, maybe they'll start feeling empathy towards us.
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> **Yared:** That's the hope! Some of these people though...
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> Yared
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> : That's the hope! Some of these people though...
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> **Jonas:** Numbskulls.
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> Jonas
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> : Numbskulls.
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> **True Name:** Dipshits.
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> True Name
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> : Dipshits.
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> **Yared:** Both accurate.
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> Yared
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> : Both accurate.
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> **True Name:** Just do not generate too much empathy in them. I do not want them latching onto anything to use against you.
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> True Name
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> : Just do not generate too much empathy in them. I do not want them latching onto anything to use against you.
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> **True Name:** Against us, in the end.
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> True Name
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> : Against us, in the end.
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> **Yared:** Of course! I'll keep monitoring the forums and chatter, and it looks like some governments are waking up to it.
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> Yared
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> : Of course! I'll keep monitoring the forums and chatter, and it looks like some governments are waking up to it.
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> **True Name:** Whoopee.
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> True Name
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> : Whoopee.
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> **Jonas:** I'll have you know that she just rolled her eyes at me.
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> Jonas
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> : I'll have you know that she just rolled her eyes at me.
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> **True Name:** Jerk.
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> True Name
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> : Jerk.
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> **Yared:** Haha. Still, I think it'll help. It means that this is is going to be taken into consideration and not just turn into a DDR-only referendum. If we get them discussing it, then we have a smaller target to influence. DDR votes carry less weight when gov'ts weigh in. They read the forums as much as any DDR junkie, so the arguments can sometimes carry more weight.
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> Yared
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> : Haha. Still, I think it'll help. It means that this is is going to be taken into consideration and not just turn into a DDR-only referendum. If we get them discussing it, then we have a smaller target to influence. DDR votes carry less weight when gov'ts weigh in. They read the forums as much as any DDR junkie, so the arguments can sometimes carry more weight.
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> **True Name:** As much as it pains me to admit, you have a point.
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> True Name
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> : As much as it pains me to admit, you have a point.
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> **Jonas:** When you get a chance, you and I can go into it more in depth, Yared.
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> Jonas
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> : When you get a chance, you and I can go into it more in depth, Yared.
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> **Yared:** Have some thoughts?
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> Yared
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> : Have some thoughts?
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> **Jonas:** I was a politician phys-side, so, yeah.
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> Jonas
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> : I was a politician phys-side, so, yeah.
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> **True Name:** WHAT
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> True Name
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> : WHAT
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> **True Name:** You are kidding.
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> True Name
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> : You are kidding.
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> **Jonas:** I'll have you know that she just punched me in the shoulder.
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> Jonas
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> : I'll have you know that she just punched me in the shoulder.
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> **True Name:** And I will do it again. Fucking gross.
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> True Name
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> : And I will do it again. Fucking gross.
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> **Jonas:** I'll have you know that she did, indeed, do it again.
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> Jonas
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> : I'll have you know that she did, indeed, do it again.
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Yared laughed. He was pleased to see them in good spirits.
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> **Yared:** Don't beat him up too bad, True Name. He probably does have some good info, even if it is a few years old.
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> Yared
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> : Don't beat him up too bad, True Name. He probably does have some good info, even if it is a few years old.
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> **True Name:** ...
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> True Name
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> : ...
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> **True Name:** I GUESS
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> True Name
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> : I GUESS
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