Maybe the world is fine...

[notyourutopian]

Eleanor Lamb shared a photo. 6/6 near Recollé

So I've been thinking about this a lot, and I don't think blue and green are actually gone. I mean, we can't see them anymore, but I'm wondering if it's more like colorblindness than them actually changing the whole world. Because, think about it. If blue were actually gone, they sky wouldn't be gray. The sky would be red. That's how light and our atmosphere work. We see it as blue because of refracted red light. I remember reading about it forever ago in a science textbook. And if green were gone, we'd already be seeing the smaller plants starting to die, and they aren't, right? So they clearly still are...photosynthesizing. So. I'm not sure the world changed. I think this time it was us. And I can't decide if that's better or worse.

Comments

[wordcarvings]

If they change in the first place it means that they should be possible to change back somehow.
It could be Retrospec, shouldn’t it? Who caused it in some way.

[notyourutopian]

Theoretically.
It would depend on what was actually done, of course but...

In theory, if we can begin to understand how, then.
How to reverse it should be answered too.

[wordcarvings]

It’s a bit hard to know at the moment.
If it went one way it should be possibly to make it go the other way.

[notyourutopian]

Right.
Well, maybe.

I'm not quite willing to abandon the idea of cause and effect yet but
I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

[wordcarvings]

Maybe. Hopefully.

That’s the only thing we can do with just about everything in regards to Retrospec.

[notyourutopian]

It's not the most reassuring path to take, I know.
But every time they say something we learn a little more so.

[wordcarvings]

That we do, at least, even if it’s not very much, maybe we’ll be able to put together some pieces at a point.

[notyourutopian]

Yeah...
Anyway I hope talking about this helped a little at least
I was hoping to be reassuring but now I'm rather sure it was the opposite for some people

[wordcarvings]

A little bit, yes. Thank you.
That’s not really surprising. People do react differently to things after all.

[notyourutopian]

Yeah..
And rationally I know that shouldn't bother me but
Hey
Here I am being bothered

[wordcarvings]

You can’t really help what bothers you though, right?

[notyourutopian]

I'm an engineer.
I should be able to fix anything.
Even being bothered. :P

[wordcarvings]

I don’t think being bothered works like an engine or machine...

[notyourutopian]

The body is just a really complicated machine right?
So the brain is just really fancy bits and bobs.
Which means I should obviously be able to fix it.




Oh who am I kidding you're right

[wordcarvings]

It would be convenient if it were that simple.

[notyourutopian]

It would certainly make psychology less complicated, at least.

[wordcarvings]

It certainly would. But on the other hand, controlling ones emotions like an on and off switch wouldn't be very nice.

[notyourutopian]

I can think of a few times it would've been really handy.

[wordcarvings]

Is that so?

[notyourutopian]

What, can't you?
A few times where it would've been really nice for things to not be so emotionally exhausting?
Or terrifying?
Or heartbreaking?

[wordcarvings]

Sometimes but I think I still would like to be able to feel. Just being able to shut off of it off seems scary. What if it gets impossible to turn it back on again?

[notyourutopian]

Then I suppose it would be awful.
But the point of what you asked would be that you could turn it off and on again!
Maybe some things can just just not have an awful downside.

[wordcarvings]

Yeah, I suppose so. Only awful sides to something would be bad.

[notyourutopian]

Right.
But everyone feels so negative about everything lately.
Hell even I do I guess.

It would be nice if things could be more upside sometime.
Hahah

[wordcarvings]

Yes...

They will be eventually, probably.