@hafid.alghul

[batricide]

Do you want to make a difference in this world?

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[batricide]

They're my family. I already know where they stand.

[impede]

And yet, no one else knows where you stand.

It sounds as if you're asking a philosophical question. One person was already confused.

What's the point of this, if not to recruit?

[batricide]

It's an interest check.
There's nothing to recruit to yet.
You'll know when I'm looking.

[impede]

Does it truly sound like an interest check?

Making a "difference" is rather broad, after all. It's something that can be defined as both good and bad.

[batricide]

[ don't take the bait, damian, don't pick the fight. ]

That's cute.
I bet teachers called you "gifted" in school for all your insightful little essays.

[impede]

Ah, two lines would be a rather poor essay!

But then, so is a question without any discernible point behind it.

[batricide]

If you can't discern the point then you're just as big a disappointment as every other highschool genius that encounters the real world.

[impede]

You're right. I've never seen the real world. Tell me, how would this go over on Cooltalk if you were to ask? Or would it become a meme of sorts?

Care to try it?

[batricide]

Do you sincerely consider social media the real world?

[impede]

Does your pedantry mean you fail to see the parallel in mediums?

Surely you're far more clever than that!

[batricide]

By 'real world' I mean the actual physical real world and all its hardships.
Not someone saying your hair looks like a mop in the comments of your latest insipid selfie.

Social media isn't reality, it's propaganda.

[impede]

Were you not just accused of doing propaganda here, or does it not matter because it's family?

"Family" itself being a rather interesting notion, by the way. Especially when it comes to the two of us.

[batricide]

No. He just enjoys shooting his mouth off almost as much as you do.

It really isn't.

[impede]

And yet, you accepted his definition of what you're doing here.

And tried to discount my salient point and parallel because you didn't want to be wrong.

I hope you aren't terribly eager to lead anyone anytime soon. Admitting your failings is the first step to success.

[batricide]

You don't have a point.

Not once have you come into this discussion with a shred of an argument in good faith. You mock my values and beliefs, and you act as though you're superior for it. Have you ever stood for a damn thing in your life?

Your philosophies are not enlightenment. They're a weakness of your character.

[impede]

Hmm, an interesting approach, but you've made one mistake: my philosophies haven't come anywhere near this discussion.

Criticism is only taken in bad faith if someone assumes that I'm doing this without cause.

I have my reasons. But—as you've noticed, albeit in a very shallow way—I've been rather elusive about them.

Here, at least. Is it possible that I've said my intentions elsewhere?

[batricide]

You don't need to state your intentions for them to be obvious. Or your beliefs.

[impede]

My "beliefs." Let's quote what you already said:

Not once have you come into this discussion with a shred of an argument in good faith. You mock my values and beliefs, and you act as though you're superior for it. Have you ever stood for a damn thing in your life?

Your philosophies are not enlightenment. They're a weakness of your character.

Based on that, my beliefs revolve around you. I assure you that they don't.

Or do you mean that my beliefs simply revolve around not believing in vigilantism as a means to an end?

Or is there something else?

Trust that I am curious to know the answer about my so-called beliefs.

[batricide]

Your attitude. Your word choice. What you've zeroed in on about what I've said.
You either put a lot of blind faith into the judicial system or you just don't like the idea of people circumventing control and taking matters into their own hands.

[impede]

Not obvious at all, then.

Why does it sound like I'm putting blind faith into the judicial system? Before you say that's an interesting thing to cast a light on, bear in mind that I'm truly curious as to how that came off that way.

But I suppose questioning your conclusions about me means that I loathe vigilantism.

[batricide]

You were advocating for a career in politics and encouraging change from the inside not too long ago, weren't you? As if that's something that is even remotely feasible when the world's this far gone.

I'm going off by what you've said to me, how you've said it, if I'm wrong then go ahead dand correct me. I'm not in the mood to keep playing this stupid game with you.

[impede]

You've decided my end goal. Fascinating.

That's to say that you're absolutely wrong, and quite unimaginative.

Wouldn't it be rather egotistical to think that entering politics now would change things tomorrow? Unless, of course, we deployed our abilities in the process. I do believe I mentioned that.

Though I suppose it's all one way or another for someone like you.

[He debates his next bit.]

I'll give you a clue: it's rather idealistic to think you can change anything from the inside, especially if that same person is criticizing someone for thinking he can do it from the outside.

What difference is made in a world if you fail to see the system for what it is?

Or is that too much of a game?

[batricide]

You don't know a damn thing about me or how I think.

[impede]

A rather bold declaration, given your certainty about my own thoughts and actions.