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[selfgodded]

[Oh look it's the guy who threw that New Years' Party. What insanity are they bringing this time...?]

Things are exciting here. More and more exciting. There is even a tournament! I have never participated in one before - it is a friendly contest thing, yes? I cannot wait to see how everyone performs. The aim is to win, so everyone will be fighting to the best of their ability, to beyond their very limits, otherwise the win is tainted, yes?

Yes.

You will all try very hard.

[Er, did their voice get a bit weird then? A bit deeper? Hm, oh, no, their voice is back to normal]

I hope so in any case. It will make this dull otherwise.

There is a question to be asked.

Hatred and Love is viewed in equal measure. Humans normally say love is worth more. In recent months, I have seen media that espouses that love will always succeed over hatred. Hatred is inferior. It sustains only the self, but it is like poison also. Pure intentions become twisted, revenge distorts the mind and morals, and eventually hatred destroys the individual...

I must admit, this confuses me. I have observed no such things in humanity before. Ah, the corruption, yes, but hatred has sustained and protected humans as much as it has poisoned them. It is usually love that brings about self-destruction, as they hold another's life higher than their own.

So, I have always viewed hatred and love being of equal measure. They are different, yet powerful in their own right. It is like that saying, what, pears and lemons? Apples and peaches? Whatever.

So my question is thus: what do you think is more powerful or more important? Hatred or Love?

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[hetried]

Oh.

[Judging by that look on his face, no he didn't realize that.]

Well... It's not exactly the first time I've had a friend flip out-- or, almost flip out like that. But I'm pretty sure it's universally a bad thing.

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[greatergone]

I am not aware of the specifics other than the human died. You would have to ask the Space Marine.

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[selfgodded]

[Daichi 8I]

A bad thing? I suppose it can be viewed as such. Not to worry though, nothing harmful will come to pass from it.

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[selfgodded]

What is 'Space Marine'? There is a spacial sea?

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[greatergone]

The Space Marine. He is a very tall human clad in grey armor.

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[selfgodded]

I think I met him once. He said he killed gods. Is that him?

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[greatergone]

That sounds like something an arrogant Space Marine would say.

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[selfgodded]

Curious.

In any case, what are you? You function for the Greater Good, and refer to humans as a separate species. I am curious to know what you are.

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[greatergone]

A tau from the planet T'au.

[unohana_hat]

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[selfgodded]

i do not understand.

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why are there numbers in your words. has your comp been broken.

i do not understand.

:(((((

help. please.

((o(;△;)o))

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[selfgodded]

A tau. I have never heard of you before.

What type of planet do you have? Mine is tidal locked by a red dwarf star.

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[greatergone]

...it is a dry planet mostly covered in savannahs and mountains.

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[unohana_hat]

[sob no one appreciates him]

just a way of typing, nm. anyway point is, isn't it excess that's the problem? also the reasons for them.

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[complexdisorder]

Love. Hate will drive you to destroy others, to gain revenge.

But only love will convince someone to sacrifice him or herself.

[forceofnature]

That's practically their defining character trait. Willful blindness. No one wants to face uncomfortable truths or personal flaws, so they clamp their hands over their ears and run even faster down their path of hopeless destruction.

I think we really need to worry about stupidity more than love or hate, really.

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[primordial]

[Ah, there it was again. That change in voice he'd seen in some of the other replies, as well as the original post. What brought it out...?]

Yeah. I mean, some people understand and use love really well, but people who have a mastery over hatred could win over them. And vice versa.

...

Of course, the most powerful person in this scenario would be someone who could manipulate both...

[misery_hates_company]

Because there are far too many important things in one's day without dealing with swooning like a lovesick loon over somebody, or simultaneously destroying things simply because you despise them. People do such idiotic things in the name of both emotions that I'd rather not have anything to do with the lot of it.

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[selfgodded]

Savannah? Oh, that term is somewhat unfamiliar yet familiar...

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Oh! Yes, it is a land of low grade plants and intense heat with two seasons, wet or dry. Is that correct?

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[selfgodded]

[don't worry anant can just barely read words, let alone l337 speak sob]

oh i can understand again. thank you. i am still learning how to write and read.

:)

but yes. you are correct. excess of any emotion can cause self-destruction. love and hate are the main causes. they are the driving force of most if not all of humanitys reasons and dreams. i love this so i will do this. die. i hate this so i will do that. die.

the fact that humans live to die for something as intangible and miraculous as dreams is.

what is the word.

amazing. i have never seen another creature like them before.

as for reasons...

that is what is good for them. reasons. i love hearing their reasons. no matter how foul or how pure they are. reasons are the cause of everything. isnt it wonderful.

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[greatergone]

That would be correct.

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[selfgodded]

But by that, love and hate equally represent death. Love makes humans defy their self-preservation instincts. To say that one is better than the other, when it all ends in death, merely in different ways, hmm... it is strange.

[selfgodded]

Hahaha!

[Anant's laughs are forever stilted and flat sounding, but that was just creepy]

Yes... but I think that side of them is charming. Their ignorance and stupidity is what allows them to cause the miracles they can cause. To survive in times of great hardships, while dying of both love and hatred.

It sounds impossible. But humans are impossible creatures.

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[selfgodded]

To use both love and hate...? Don't humans do that already?

One person said to me that there was a man who hated everyone, and cared for none of them, and yet he tried to change the world to allow everyone an equal opportunity in life, signalling that he did care for them. To care for them yet to loathe their existence.

Humans exists in that paradoxical state. This is truth. In fact, you probably hate something, and love something in equal measure! Perhaps it is the same thing! Perhaps they are different things! That is the common truth I have observed!

[selfgodded]

I see. So compartmentalisation? I can see how humans cannot spend the entirety of their days mulling over the reasons for their actions, or the motivations of their dreams...