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#Orthogonality, the [vampires'] Crucifix glitch - "Want you to imagine something: Christ on the cross." #Echopraxia

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@JrGothDetective @mechanomica @276039081 Crucifix as fixed symbol of revolt against the changing nature of the game? Attempted time-freeze.

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@_100101890 I wonder how vampires conceptualize abstract orthogonality? Or are they blind to it and have to think around it somehow?

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@_100101890 e.g. how would a vampire come up with orthogonal language design? How would their metaphor landscape compensate for that taboo?

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@_100101890 Thinking about it, this is an extraordinarily fertile concept, you could spin a novel from that.

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But others segregated themselves into new communities. They would settle in cities that knew no straight lines, right angles, or lacked red.

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@_100101890 Familiar :) But the broadth of new interactions afforded by such a Babel virus! And it doesn't require nearly the same tech.