• Aniki@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    fun fact there’s an antique chinese/southeast asian fairytale about it

    the original human, the buddha, was lonely and thus wrote faces on rocks. the rocks became “alive”, at least they looked alive. They were automatons. That is the explanation why today, there are people who are more or less machines (very superficial, only useful for work, no deeper soul), and people who have a much deeper soul (the buddhas).

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      Guess calling people NPCs is a timeless tradition, even if the terminology has changed.

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      Well, I’m not superficial, and my crippled ass sure isn’t useful for work… so that must mean I’m a buddha! Woohoo?