You can’t “experience” nothingness. Even if you could, you can fear things you’ve experienced before…

We grant you the rank of EU member, but you are not in Europe.

Edit: For those of you taking this seriously, it’s just a play on a stupid star wars meme

I’m not sure how to spoiler tag so I’ll be vague, but I think it was necessary to have her opt into that romance even though she knew there was a tragic ending to it.

Oh and the short story is very good, as is Ted Chiang’s entire collection. I would definitely recommend reading them to any scifi fan.

It happens in the short story too.

Also who says “anyone can become president”? Liars and the gullible, I guess

What’s wrong with whacking it to sports illustrated? Who is being harmed?

Agreed. I saw this and thought it looked beautifully passive aggressive

Omg I was just complaining about this in another thread. I wish it hadn’t taken them so long, but I’m stoked it’s happening!

I really wanted to love rain world since it seemed right up my alley. I bounced off it not because of the difficulty, but I think because the character’s movement feels bad. You’re slow, can’t jump high, a lot of maneuvering is fiddly.

Maybe I’ll try it again at some point though, because the world they made is brilliant and has interesting emergent behaviors.

It’s understandable to be confused by it, I’m not sure why it makes you angry.

Even if you’re familiar with the idea that some portion of the population is hierarchy/authoritarian prone, it makes you ask why. Then the answer just takes you one step deeper - that they like to see others suffer. Why? Because it makes them feel like they have it better than someone else, and that feels good. Well why does that make them feel good? Etc.

When you drill down enough you always get to “that’s just the way it is”, which isn’t satisfying.

I suppose that’s possible, but the thing you say OP is not saying is literally a quote. So at best it’s worded poorly.

Whose authority says it’s not sufficient? If they say they are nonbinary, they are nonbinary.

You can’t gatekeep being nonbinary. Not unless you’re prepared to define it explicitly, which will exclude many people - and not everyone will agree with your definition either.

It looks cool, but I can’t even sign up for it (infinite spinning loading icon). I did a search and it’s been a problem for more than a year at this point, yikes.