high school martial artist yells at cloud

[momentaryspring]

You all acted like I was delusional for taking a picture of a creepy man in black, but WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY NOW?

Does the disappearance of an entire species from the public consciousness strike you as a bit odd? And I just spent a good thirty minutes stuck inside the most suspicious headquarters building imaginable!

I'm not saying I told you so, but I told you so.

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[darthvaper]

Here's a tip, kid. Picking fights with people isn't going to get you anywhere.

[momentaryspring]

Here's another tip, old man. If you don't want a fight, don't accuse someone of lying.

[darthvaper]

There's a difference between calling you a liar and simply not believing you.

[divine_braid]

[There was a bit of delay before Duo responded.]

You like smashing stuff...?

[strongestheart]

If you want extra weird I tried to throw it in a trashcan on the way home after dealing with all that string and, uh...

Pretty sure it just. Came back to me.

[momentaryspring]

Now it's clear! You didn't think I was lying, you just thought I was purposefully saying things that weren't true!

[momentaryspring]

Doesn't everyone?

[ search your feelings

you know it to be true ]

[darthvaper]

Or maybe you were saying things that you believed were true, but it was possible there was an alternative explanation and I didn't believe the conclusion you came to.

Don't get smart with me. You want people to listen to you and take you seriously? Drop the attitude.

[notyourutopian]

It didn't seem terribly picky.
It tried to eat a plastic bowl of fruit too.

Yes, the people from the parade came and rounded it up.

[momentaryspring]

You're lecturing me about attitude? HA!

I've said this before, and I'll say it again -- convincing you is not my concern. You have your warning. Meet it with disdain if you choose, but don't come crying to me later!

[momentaryspring]

...Like a boomerang? Or like in cartoons where you turn around and it's suddenly there?

[momentaryspring]

Sounds like they have more in common with goats than canaries. I wonder if they headbutt people, too.

[that would actually be preferable to using their huge velociraptor claws to disembowel you]

[divine_braid]

[...]

No...? I know some who don't.

[momentaryspring]

Really? How odd. I suppose if one were a particularly gentle sort...

[divine_braid]

lol maybe

or you just like breaking stuff more than most.

[momentaryspring]

Is that right?

Hmm... what about building sand castles and knocking them down? Or playing Jenga? Don't tell me you enjoy setting it up more than watching it fall down!

[divine_braid]

Dude... the whole point of both of those things is to keep them standing.

Sandcastles are like sculptures. You don't want to destroy something you put a lot of hard work into creating.

And the point of Jenga is to keep it up and not let it fall. You lose the game if it falls.

[momentaryspring]

Sand castles are inherently fleeting. Even if you don't destroy them, they fall apart in a day, so you might as well pretend you're Godzilla and give yours a good stomping before you go.

And the point of Jenga is to prevent it from falling on your turn. You win if you make the other player destroy the tower instead.

[darthvaper]

It should be. If something strange really is going on, you'll need help to deal with it. Pushing everyone away is the exact opposite of that. But if you want to wind up getting hurt because you do something stupid without backup, that's your choice. My soldier days and my babysitting days are over.

[threnodeity]

Maybe this is all a marketing scheme. Capitalism is a driver of neo-Dadaism.

[youraffection]

ok so then what is this suspicious hq thing?

[divine_braid]

Yeah, but you can preserve them to some extent by digging a channel to redirect the water.

Aaaand, if you do something to make the tower fall while it's your opponent's turn, that's technically cheating.

[momentaryspring]

That's only kicking the can down the road.

Also, it's not cheating if it's not against the rules. Don't tell me you've never tried to distract someone during a Jenga game.

[momentaryspring]

I found a building with a new sign. It was the same name as the company that created this program. And I even managed to get inside, though I was immediately locked in.

[divine_braid]

Well, as long as you're only doing it to your own sandcastle, I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run.

Distracting isn't cheating. Finding a way to specifically make it fall is.