this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The only danger here is the danger of crawling so far up your own asshole that you just pop entirely out of existence.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Meh. This whole thing is just one assumption after the other, like variable after variable have to line up for this. More silly than anything.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Requisite Thought Slime video about why you shouldn't worry about this: https://youtu.be/wUkHSPdudn4

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ouch They really ripped the guy a new one. Good watch though. Thanks for linking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Shhh! We don't talk about the basilisk. Also, you have just lost the game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I swear I went years without losing the game but this year it's been like once a month.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Im taking everyone down with me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This thing feel like a SCP article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just the techbro's version of the Pascal wager

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is a perfect summary because they both seem to prove a really interesting point as long as you assume there's no downside to dedicating your entire life to something only to find out that thing never existed.