"= ah. i mean, it would be hard to miss it... yet. ="
"= i wouldn't say it is a misconception either. i find that the 'ship of theseus' nature of my existence is something i am ... occasionally dissatisfied with, and being my original self seems appealing - but. ="
"= i don't miss it. i know how it felt. feels. i could find it. ="
"= sidepoint: what is a little harrowing about all this is i discovered something about the godhood process that i actually didn't really want to find out. in terms of what's done to get here and what's left behind when you do ="
"= they're either painfully smart or usefully reckless and honestly it's fun to watch but it's just not functional. this world will die. i need variety but other people are very much not my business. my ghosts by default are opted in to doing this, but others? we never talked about it. i cannot simply undoom random dreamghosts just for the sake of pacifying this horde with a little bit of novel activity. it's not sustainable from a fate point of view ="
"= i wish it was so simple. i can't carry out hundreds of rolls for when it is eventually gamed and they begin completing sticker-maximising tasks purely to annoy me into no longer doing it. ="
"= not to mention, the glue on the back of the stickers? someone will discover solvents, which is only a couple inventions away from some more destructive materials. it's nice seeing things still be rather campsite-ish and simple. we can't have that. ="
"= i may just create a deep and unknowing pit and let them cult out about why i put it there. good enough distraction. anyone who goes down it can get some free time out. ="
"= it's getting really annoying trying to work out how to make this group follow even a slight amount of rules just to be coherent. i don't want to monitor this but i leave and come back and there is some kind of absurdity. that's what i know would happen too, logically. ="
"= yet, i cannot think of how to prevent this. i have tried positive reinforcement but a custodial population consisting of "many dead copies of myself who do not respect eachother" is hard to wrangle nor satisfy. i am not establishing a disciplinary or punitive system on this planet so i need a secret third option. ="
"= it's getting really annoying trying to work out how to make this group follow even a slight amount of rules just to be coherent. i don't want to monitor this but i leave and come back and there is some kind of absurdity. that's what i know would happen too, logically. ="
"= yet, i cannot think of how to prevent this. i have tried positive reinforcement but a custodial population consisting of "many dead copies of myself who do not respect eachother" is hard to wrangle nor satisfy. i am not establishing a disciplinary or punitive system on this planet so i need a secret third option. ="