aevaif I were a physicist I would simply not become death the destroyer of worlds
I can't believe someone replied to argue that am becoming death the destroyer of worlds was necessary, good even. "FOSS" in bio, go figure.
Being a pacifist leads to a lot of tedious conversations because I'll say something like "man I feel like we'd have fewer problems if there was less violence", and then a violent person will immediately reply with a contrived hypothetical situation that they think is a witty takedown that proves the necessity of violence, and it's just like, an example of yet another problem that was caused by violence. Or something like that. Like, cool beans man.
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I've found that a way to get them to stop is to explicitly lampshade it:
"But what if a dude leaps out at you to kick your ass?"
"Oooh, I love playing this game. Okay, what if he's only doing it because he thinks I'm my as-yet-unknown evil twin, and - after the confusion is cleared up - challenges me to a zeppelin race across the Sahara?"
"Be realistic."
"Your scenario doesn't happen much in my life either."