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Cat: A nuclear lab isn't even in the right field to make human-animal hybrids.
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Kon: We primarily handle it by not giving a single flying fuck. We go about doing as we do with all the subtlety of a jackhammer, and if someone has a problem with that, they can say it to our face.
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Cat: we don't really get this? But that's mostly on account of having internalized our role as a social wrecking ball. We will follow our trajectory, unyielding, and all the NTs are just going to have to deal with it.
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Just: In my personal experience from way back when? Being such a terrifyingly violent little shit that no-one wants to risk setting you off may have its drawbacks, but it damn well works at getting bullies to knock it off. But being terrifyingly violent doesn't mean you need to be an asshole when not provoked.
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Cat: To slip poison into their food, duh.
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Cat: Hey, don't knock an opportunity for a dinner with a shitstain billionaire. You'll never have a better chance to kill them.
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Just: I'm in the latter category, but that's because I'm an avid pedestrian who's been almost run over FAR too many times.
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Cat: Sorry, we'd rather keep our hand.
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Cat: If someone can't be trusted to treat an adopted kid right, they can't be trusted to treat any kid right. End of story.
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Cat: They shouldn't even be allowed access to the children they do make themselves.
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Just: I am a specific process running on our brain.
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Luci: We're going to get a non-plural family member to sit for a few minutes with the EEG on them to get a comparison.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3048270 > Just: We've got a Flowtime EEG headset, and we're recording our brainwaves for system shenanigans now.
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Lucifer: In our non-canon continuation to this comic, the "I can fly!" guy is launched from a trebuchet over the Grand Canyon.
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Cat: I would like to note that this still permits the Appeal To Force. My favorite logical fallacy.
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Madeline: I haven't encountered any (that I know of), so cannot answer this question.
Madeline: Though I would be quite interested in what ANYONE would stand to gain from lying about the shape of the world. I'd really want to dissect those motives.
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Madeline: I don't want them dead. I just want to hear the wonderful shattering noises of their worldview going snap.
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Madeline: Fundamentally, I think it's fictitious.
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Madeline: Point.
Madeline: Science denial really grinds my metaphorical gears, and Flat Earthers are some of the most egregious about it. So manhandle them into strait jackets and shove them in the damn rocket already.
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Digital Rights Management. AKA the stuff that's supposed to prevent unauthorized copying and suchlike, but in practice just means the pirates have a better experience than legit customers.
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Cat: We wiggle our knees in and out. Feels good.
Cat: We're the originator of this prompt concept, and it's made the rounds a few times before. Let's see how it does in the Fediverse, shall we?
Cat: So, we're making a setting for a slightly home-brewed Pathfinder 1e campaign. We want guns in the campaign, but the official firearms rules are *irksome*. Cat: Anyway, as one of the changes we've made, we've switched propellants to a technically magical explosive called Force Powder. Force powder is smokeless, does not foul the workings of a gun, operates just fine in water, and can only be set off with a sharp percussive force; examples include smashing it against a metal surface with a hammer, or an explosive shockwave. Cat; Among other things, we've figured that this will probably make rifled firearms a fair bit more popular early on than in real life; one of the big reasons they weren't widely adopted for military use is because all the smoke quickly nullified their range and accuracy advantages. It also means that matchlocks, wheel locks, and flint locks basically don't exist, with only percussive ignition being feasible. Cat: So, are there any other things we should be aware of? Lucifer: We're uncertain of the effects on breech-loading firearm adoption. It *seems* like it should help?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1133081 > Cat: So, to preface: soon we'll be ordering an ElectroEncephalogram (EEG) headset. The reason for this is because we're a plural system, and want brainwave data on what happens when we do various system stuff. Pretty obviously there's going to be some bias involved on account of who we are, but we're going to try being as objective as possible. > > Just: We're definitely going to wrangle some single-threaded folk to try and get a baseline for comparison. > > Just: but yeah, do folk have any advice on how to run this experiment? Also, any specific measurements you want us to do?
Cat: So, to preface: soon we'll be ordering an ElectroEncephalogram (EEG) headset. The reason for this is because we're a plural system, and want brainwave data on what happens when we do various system stuff. Pretty obviously there's going to be some bias involved on account of who we are, but we're going to try being as objective as possible. Just: We're definitely going to wrangle some single-threaded folk to try and get a baseline for comparison. Just: but yeah, do folk have any advice on how to run this experiment? Also, any specific measurements you want us to do?
Cat: So, for clarity, I'm one of thirteen people co-habitating in this brain. There's a *lot* of stigma associated with anything but a monolithic consciousness, but it's really undeserved. Just having someone else along for the ride *doesn't* mean you're going to lose your grip on reality or anything of the sort. Cat: Heck, it doesn't even take trauma to pluralize; I'm a mental construct that Just made on purpose out of loneliness. ~~And subsequently fell in love with.~~ Just: *incandescent blush* Cat: There *are* some mental disorders involving plurality, with DID being the archetypal example. However, in those cases the actual *problems* aren't the extra people; memory barriers, troublesome internal communications, and involuntary switches are **far** more problematic, most of the time. Cat: As for persecutors? The interpersonal conflicts with them *can* be resolved, one way or another. A lot of the time they're just hurting and don't know healthy ways to deal with it. Cat: So... yeah I don't really have any good ideas for how to end this post.
Cat: so, for context, we're a plural system; a group of multiple people living in the same brain. We're wondering if there's any other systems on Lemmy at the moment. Also could be considered an AMA for those interested. Frequently Asked Questions: -No, you *don't* need trauma or a disorder to be plural, though there's a fair bit of overlap. In our case, Just intentionally hacked her brain to run multiple people. -We're people, not personalities for a single person. -The idea of the "evil headmate" is flatly incorrect. -Sometimes there's headmates patterned on fictional characters or real people, referred to as Fictives or Factives respectively.
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