savetheearth | Entry #A-4: "Ante" [February 21, Text]

Though the police and the Blood Keys obviously represent a threat to many numbered individuals, I have a question about organized religion, and what pulses might mean when framed within certain philosophical contexts. No matter how natural it might feel, if there really is another being nudging its way into an existing consciousness, changing a person's aptitudes, physical attributes and even their personality... there have to be at least a few churches that would consider that demonic possession, right? Has anyone tried to reconcile what's happening with influential religious practices, and do we have any resources for assisting anyone who might wind up the subject of an attempted exorcism? Those still happen today, they can be extremely dangerous, and I'm concerned about the possibility of frightened numbered people seeking out such assistance, or being subjected to it by their families and communities. Thinking you're crazy is one thing, but sincerely believing that the devil is wielding you as an instrument is another entirely. Probably not something that the FAQ page can successfully assuage, for the most tenaciously convinced.

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You're saying that every insult is a comparison.

I'm saying that pots don't call kettles black.

If they didn't, that saying wouldn't exist....

The saying isn't about how much sense it makes. It's ridiculing hypocrisy.

Do you have a religious conviction against making sense for more than 3 minutes?

The point is: The saying exists. Therefor, people do the shit that the saying is mocking. So FIGURATIVE pots call FIGURATIVE kettles black.

So don't be black. Or cookware. That sounds less offensive, I guess...

I'd say you'd stopped making sense but that implies you had it to begin with.

I don't dislike that implication.

Weirdo.

That was a little more than an implication.

That's because it was an insult.

And that's because you're unkind. But that's alright, because I'm ridiculously insensitive.

Or so you claim.

I am, though. Very much so. There isn't anything you can say to me that hasn't already been said.

Would have to say something complimentary for that, huh?

I've received my share of compliments, too.

For something other than your chess skills?

I was going to complete my master's degree by the age of 18. What do you think?

I think you were fed a load of shit by people who thought they could use you.

I worked hard, and earned every compliment. I hardly think they were "a load of shit."

If you worked hard to earn compliments you sure as fuck were.

No one should be complimented for nothing. Don't you agree about that?

Depends what you call "nothing"

Most the shit people get complimented on has nothing to do with anything. Nice hair, nice eyes, bullshit like that. School's even worse. Being so good at being able to follow along like a cog in the machine and show that you're willing to put aside your own life for some other bullshit that doesn't even require you to think.

If you're born smart, why the hell should you get complimented for it? It's what you do with the smarts you have that matters.

Is that what you usually get complimented on? Your appearance?

Only by people I hate.

And my aunts.

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