in which the jaunt was failed because sera spent the wholetime stealing an entire populations pants

[unagreeable]

Ugh, I hate using this head talking magic!

Hey, so, acording to that guy in all of our heads-there's a bunch of people over in the Caliphate that think they can tell people what to do. Think they can tell people what to wear, and stop girls from kissing girls, and I think that's fucked up.

So I'm going to go steal their pants. As many as I can. Who else is in?

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[oftoomuchfaith]

If it's any consolation, I would've been like this anyway.

I would've recognized them for Muslim pretty quick. Plenty of 'em round where I grew up.

[loyalrebel]

It isn't.

It just shows how little I fit in amongst the rest of you that you think acting like... this will do anything other than cause more backlash and difficulty for those who only want to live in peace despite their differences in belief.

[oftoomuchfaith]

I have no reason to think any of this is real, so I guess that's part of my issue.

I have issues with a lot of religious beliefs I've run into but... Real world? I'm not gonna go around stealing hijabs or anything. That's bullshit. But this?

I have yet to find a reason to believe any of this is any more than the Trumps fucking with us. I personally don't give a damn about probably-fictional people. Maybe that makes me a bad person.

[loyalrebel]

It is real, for those here life goes on after we leave.

While the others went off to wherever they were, others of us re-visited a world where a Jaunt had already occurred. They recognized people and attacked us over it.

[oftoomuchfaith]

Yeah, because that's not something that could be planned or programmed.

Other than that, do you have any proof? Because they can do that in video games, so.... it's not really a compelling argument.

[loyalrebel]

...what is a 'video game'?

[oftoomuchfaith]

They're... games. Simulations. Like this, but just on a... a screen. And you control a character, or multiple characters, and you achieve objectives, and you win or you lose. And some games you can play with or against other people.

The Trumps are playing a game. This place is their simulation, and we're their playing pieces.

[loyalrebel]

They do not tell us what to do, they just throw us here and we have to figure it out or not.

[oftoomuchfaith]

And they punish us if we don't find and complete the objective. Maybe it's more like animal experimentation, then, put us in a controlled environment with certain variables and condition us to do certain things by punishing or rewarding us afterwards.

Either way, it doesn't lead me to believe that we're in anything other than a really elaborate simulation.

[unagreeable]

What else should I do? You're telling me they throw rocks at people, until they die, just for, just for

just for being different. For being like me! You want me to just ignore that, after you've told me that?

[loyalrebel]

This is not your fight, not here or now. You cannot change what people believe their god says is right any more than you can yell at rain to stop being wet.

People who are different will always be a target by those who want to fit in with the rest of society, hurting those who hurt them out of fear and spite will only make it worse. Help those who are different by being their friend, by being kind and listening to what they want and need.

Anger only begets more anger, which turns to hate which ends in people being killed as an example.