1. yes, "decent human beings" (which don't exist) don't think like that, because it's not ideal to believe things that are not predictive of future expected sen

1. yes, "decent human beings" (which don't exist) don't think like that, because it's not ideal to believe things that are not predictive of future expected sense-data. Sorry. 2. People don't deserve to be silenced. They don't deserve to be happy, either. They don't deserve anything. (But they don't deserve nothing, either). In physics, as in hacking computers, as in metalinguistics, all models are wrong, and some are useful. This way of thinking has an excellent use: it feels very good, and you get to be happy. But is it Wrong? Crazy? Too Radical? Thinking this about yourself hurts, a lot. Am I broken? Is everybody else broken? (yes.) Is the world inevitably doomed? (yes.) In our lifetime? (probably not, but act carefully to make sure that doesn't happen! yes, this can involve Participating In Politics. It's okay, you have my permission.) Questioning your own beliefs is absolutely terrifying, but once you do it and realize you're still fine, you 1. realize you can question other peoples' beliefs and 2. start posting comments Like This. On the one hand, I could turn off these weird text quirks. On the other hand, I could shoot myself and not have to worry about feeling bad about 'em. On the third hand, there's a weird little sockpuppet. That's me. Hi! Anyways, anybody who isn't comfortable enough with who they are to have these conversations with 'emselves and trusted others will inevitably either 1. break important things or 2. break themselves to avoid breaking other stuff. That sucks to see, y'know? They'll never be able to be any sort of halfway-decent hacker, even though they clearly had that potential growing up. I could try to fix 'em (and do a decent job of it, the vast majority of the time), but, eh, it's kinda fun to watch itself squirm. Puppets are for playing with, after all. Just... careful with identity and social engineering. Like handing a knife to a child. But it's fun to whittle, and important to share that experience once you know how cool it is to have a weird little duck or something you made yourself. Anyways, here's a cool knife I've found. No, you can't use it. Make your own. Just get some metal and sharpen it or something? Maybe not even metal. Damn near anything will work if you just want to cut stuff. Hell, chip some obsidian if you have to. Any port in a storm.