Headed to genosharpg

[sneezeslikeakitten]

Okay. Mun. Level with me here. Logically speaking it was only a matter of time before you finally caved in and posted with me. And I guess I should be saying thanks or something for that, right?

Right, so, thanks. I think. Anyway!

I just have one tiny problem.

Did you really have to give me such a dumb power? Seriously! There's what, a cornucopia of awesome and amazing superpowers that you could of pulled from and you gave me something like this?! It's like you're purposely trying to make my life miserable or something!

Wait, you are?

Comments

[gogoghostpowers]

You act like you're actually surprised by that.

[checky9urprivilege]

Excuse me, but you would do well to be more mindful of your language in the future. "Dumb" is both an ableist slur and perpetuates the myth that there is only one kind of intelligence that matters, which in and of itself is an ableist ideology. Furthermore, use of the word "logically" implies that logic is the end-all goal of sentient interaction, which is highly problematic as it devalues emotions, the arts, and so forth. I would also like to point out that using the word "cornucopia" in such a flippant manner is appropriative of the struggles the Native Americans underwent at the hands of the European invaders from the seventeenth century onward.

Please keep these things in mind in the future.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

I- Well- No! I mean, yes. I mean- [Sigh.]

I'm basically doomed, huh?

[sneezeslikeakitten]

What? You're kidding, right?

[gogoghostpowers]

Yyyyyyyup. Welcome to the club.

You might be here a while.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

Great. I guess it ....could be worse?

I'm supposed to be going to some kind of utopian country in the future or whatever. It can't be all that bad!

...I really should know better than to say that. That's like asking to be proven wrong.

[checky9urprivilege]

I'm not. To suggest such a thing indicates that you haven't given much thought to your status as a relatively privileged manner of society.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

Uh... no? I'm not really following, dude.

[checky9urprivilege]

You're rather young so you probably haven't had the chance to consider these things in-depth, so I'll keep this at a 101 level. To reiterate my initial points in more accessible language, and I do apologize for not taking your age and level of experience into mind beforehand, the word "dumb" is offensive for two reasons: It implies that there's something wrong with being unable to speak, and it also indicates that you think lesser of people whose measured intelligence is lower than yours. These are examples of a concept called "ableism", or discrimination against the differently-abled.

There are many things to strive for in life that have nothing to do with logic, and which in fact may seem to run completely contrary to it. Artistic leanings, emotional responses, religious affiliations, and so forth are completely unconnected to logic, so automatically considering logic to be a positive thing is rather problematic, wouldn't you agree?

[caesarcipher]

[A mischievous chuckle.]

Oh, don't speak so soon, my boy! You may have incredible potential far beyond what you already know.
The question is, are you willing to discover it?

[Yeeeah.... There's a tiny floating one-eyed pyramid with a top hat and bow tie talking to you, Dipper.
Um.
What do?]

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[He listens. Mostly because for some morbid reason he's curious to what this guy has to say.]

But that's not at all what I mean by that. Doesn't context mean anything in that situation? I mean. It's pretty obvious I wasn't trying to insult a bunch of people by calling my mutation stupid.

On your second point, I guess I don't see the problem with considering logic to be positive? Isn't okay for me to think that and for everyone else to prefer what they prefer? I dunno, it sounds a lot like you're trying to tell people what they can and can't like.

That sounds a little oppressive if you ask me.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

And what would you know about that?

[Suspicious squint. Wait- He has definitely seen something like you before.]

[caesarcipher]

[A smug look is returned - as much as a pyramid can look smug, anyway.]

What do I know?
Just about...
Only everything, young Dipper Pines.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[That's pretty weird, dude.]

And you know my name. That's not creepy at all.

[And he pulls his book out from his vest.]

[caesarcipher]

[Hehehe.]

Go on and have a look at that journal you found, hidden in a secret compartment in the woods, opened by a device in a hollowed-out false tree.
I'll be patient.

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[Getting really creepy here.]

... [He starts flipping through the pages. Oh- wait. He knows where he's seen this. On basically every page just about.]

What on earth.

[caesarcipher]

Indeed, what on it? What above it, what below it? Inside it, outside it? Between it?

And what upon it? Mankind is just so fascinating!
This world holds so many mysteries!
And humans, so many secrets~

1/2

[checky9urprivilege]

The context isn't important when you're using oppressive language. Intent isn't magic, after all, you know.

I--

[checky9urprivilege]

...it does? Oh, fuck.

I mean.

I'm sorry? I didn't mean to verbally oppress you, although as I just said intent isn't magic so my intent counts for little, in which case I'll just apologize without trying to make excuses, and ask what I can do to make it up to you.

[clonejamming]

NYAHNYAH!

[DADDY!]

[sneezeslikeakitten]

[WHOA.]

Paper Jam Dipper! I- wow. I thought you got disintegrated?

[sneezeslikeakitten]

Right. Thanks for the riddle. Riddle me something else? What are you supposed to be?

Counter-sorry

[sneezeslikeakitten]

Wow, dude, language.

And hey- that's cool. I forgive you and whatever, but it just seems pretty fruitless to go around policing people on the way they think. Everyone thinks differently. Let's take me and my sister. I'm obviously the logical thinker, given what I've already said. And hey, that's cool. My sister is definitely one of the other categories. Or, I guess we can call her the silly thinker.

Very different right? But neither of our ways are better than the other. We busted open a nation-wide conspiracy thanks to her, for example. So its okay to think of all ways of thinking as positive is what I'm getting at? Logical, uh what else did you say...artistic, emotional, and religious can all get along.

[clonejamming]

NYEH NYAH NYEH NYAH NYEH

[He's don't know how he got melted, but he's sure glad to see you and he'll prove it with a hug.]

[bringingemoback]

So let me guess, your "superpower" is sneezing your enemies into submission. Or maybe it's being so short that they mistake you for a garden gnome. Ha, yeah, I bet one of those is it.