Expiation - IC Inbox

[querulus]

Hey, losers, I'm probably out doing something amazing, so leave a message, and I'll try to get back to you. Or just think really loudly at me. I'll hear it. BEEP.

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[querulus]

eh, caring about people and being a professional hater aren't mutually exclusive. all life forms kinda suck, honestly, carbon-based or otherwise.

i mean, except me, obviously. 

never met this machine lady so i will reserve judgment

and i was eating a sandwich soooooooooo

[computation]

Maybe not in thought but I think they are in action. Which is ultimately what matters. Not saying I care about every single little bystander the Machine wants me to save, but that's what she wants, and she's the boss. 🤷‍♀️

Were you bitchily eating a sandwich?

[querulus]

au contraire, there are plenty of ways to be a professional hater without straight up murdering fools. you just have to be creative and/or a bit of a genius. that's not even me saying i'm special for figuring it out (though obvi i am). most people are just profoundly stupid.

well i was home alone so kind of a "if a tree falls in the forest" situation.

[computation]

Are you trying to say you care about all the profoundly stupid people you hate? Because that's kind of cute.

Okay. I will get us our own retro game console. So you don't have to face the scary dojo boy. 😥

[querulus]

i'm not trying to say anything. i can know that most people are objectively worthless, insipid morons and not want them to die. i know, i know, the duality of man. i'm a pretty complex guy like that.

har-dee har. did you miss the part where "scary dojo boy" kicked down my door? that's unhinged. pun intended.

[computation]

I think that's called caring, Quentin. But I get it. I'm coming around to that position myself. You save enough lives and it starts to get to be a habit.

Please, break out your tiniest violin and serenade me. I know you can give as good as you get, or better.

[ Somebody sure did take the lesson on "omega-level telepath" seriously! ]

[querulus]

is it? my mentor growing up was a feral immortal canadian with knife hands so my emotional definitions are not up to industry standards. not to mention the eight thousand other misanthropic superheroes all over the place. it's a thing.

just because i can doesn't mean i should have to. it's called decency.

[computation]

He sounds fun. I'd love to learn some things from him. 💃 In terms of caring, I have to believe what you do is more important than what you feel. Don't be discriminatory to our machine friends.

[ Or to Shaw, for that matter. ]

Oh, you care about decency? I'm going to crush you at old video games in the privacy of Charles's apartment 😜