I met a witch in a dream and she told me this: Why do they worry about low status when you can just build a new non-physical dwelling and be king?
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Replying to @misen__
Because reality is where your off switch is, even if it's somewhat tiresome.
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Replying to @DRMacIver
Nah.....I don’t get it. I’ll try again after caffeinating.
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Replying to @misen__
Oh, it's an Iain Banks reference. It's about why the Culture's Minds don't lose themselves in endless simulated worlds: Because it would be great right up until someone in the base reality pulls the plug.
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Replying to @DRMacIver
Ah! Nice. I haven't read Iain Banks. This wiki list of ship names is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series#Naming …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
If I see the subconcious/dream witch again I'll ask her whether dwelling in a non-physical immune space allows one to remain in the base reality, perhaps with a liberatingly atypical view of the cultural topolgy. Fuck me, that's a weird sentence.
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