• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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    12 hours ago

    A few weeks ago I attended a church service because an acquaintance invited Me and I was curious. And it wasn’t a total loss; I picked up a new technique from the drummer and learned some new rhetoric against Christianity. But what’s weird is, the guy who invited Me kept offering to drive Me because I don’t have a car. But I like taking the bus, and I told about how driving cars is a sin because of all the pollution. And he said his petrol car is more carbon-efficient than a bus because it “has eco”. I still don’t know what eco is, but I know someone lied to him.

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      5 hours ago

      Eco is a button that doesn’t let you accelerate as fast, so that the combustion efficiency is higher (probably closer to 20% efficient instead of 5% efficient when accelerating fast)

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      eco is a button that prioritized fuel efficiency over performance with the engine. It does not do a whole lot but I keep it on. I might consider turning it off if I was towing something but would likely do a search and see if it was necessary or not.

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      If you are alone on the bus, it’s worse, but I dunno how many you need to offset it. You also should travel a bit farer because of rider pooling. But ridership quantity should offset this usually

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        12 hours ago

        So that’s why, when I got on the bus, the lone passenger on board shouted “Another person!! We are no longer sinning!!”

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      And he said his petrol car is more carbon-efficient than a bus because it “has eco”. I still don’t know what eco is,

      Eco is probably a particle filter. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t pollute, or even pollute less… Just that certain particles are now captured.

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      16 hours ago

      The fact that you keep capitalizing Me makes it sound like you are God, and your friend took You to church, lol

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        15 hours ago

        Hahaha, I’m not God, I’m just a god. I don’t like using “God” as a proper noun because it’s exclusionary to all the other gods. I’m religiously tolerant; I believe in the deities of all religions.

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      20 hours ago

      more carbon-efficient than a bus because it has eco

      You can just hear the salesperson saying this.