Kefla

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[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

They display emotions repeatedly to each other in private, in their internal monologues, and when there is clearly no further gambit because they are about to die and what they are saying clearly won't save them.

Because that's what they do, they mimic emotions. They don't turn it off when in private because they aren't scheming people, they are monsters that mindlessly mimic human behaviors. They act like people when they're in private and when surrounded by others of their kind because all they know how to do is act like people. The same way a mimic acts like a treasure chest when there are no people around. It's not a person who decided to act like a treasure chest, it evolved to act like a treasure chest because that's what allowed it to eat people.

Part of the issue is that it makes a lot more sense with slimes or plants, organisms that clearly substantially lack mental faculties that humans have that mean there is apparently a hard mechanistic limit on how they could potentially be "rehabilitated."

But you can't believe that it would be possible for a creature to exist which similarly lacks those mental faculties but appears to have them?

This is all addressed in the story. There are monsters everywhere on the spectrum from something like a slime that doesn't appear to have any complex thought to a demon that could convince you it has just as complex an inner world as a human. There are monsters out there which aren't convincingly human but have mastered speech to lure people into their clutches. There are more primitive forms of those who can make noises that kind of sound like speech, or form only a few words. Demons are just the most evolved form of an ecological niche whereby human empathy is exploited to hunt them. They are literally no more internally complex than slimes, they're just good at convincing you otherwise.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

"kill children if they're from the Bad Group."

The point is, though, it's not a child. It's not a "bad group." It doesn't have emotions. It is a predator which exploits your empathy in order to kill you. You don't think twice when the group kills bloodthirsty wolf monsters or slimes or giant carnivorous plants, but when the monster can talk and pretend to have emotions now it's a problem. That's exactly what it's betting on.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Here in the states we have those same jackasses setting off fireworks not just at new years (for the entire week) but also Christmas, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, and also whenever they feel like it.

It's even illegal where I am but no one cares

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 24 points 3 weeks ago

How will I eat my slop now? ooooooooooooooh

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago

I feel crazy for even saying it, but yeah, that is exactly what it looks like to me. Like Twitch staff specifically wanted this to happen, as some sort of revenge against her for mistreating their fellow predators.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

There's an appeal to me for sure. I think I'd need to be in a certain kind of mood for his face not to turn me off but, I mean, I would. Is that good enough?

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

I've met so many communists even at my local lib protests in the deep south. If you wanna build networks, get out there and chat with a combination of libs and comrades (and the occasional single issue chud who is there because Trump said something that violated his single issue)

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Counterpoint: purple staining liquid is sick, more stuff should be purple

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is something I've always liked about Dragon Ball tbh. Toriyama clearly likes playing dress up with his characters, and because of that he doesn't have the same mental block about designing new outfits that most artists have. When people blast each other with bombs or pure energy, their clothes get destroyed. So now they need new clothes. So they go get new clothes. When they aren't planning to fight, they don't need to be in their fighting clothes, so they go get new clothes. And so on.

I actually think Bulma probably has the most outfits because she's been wearing a new outfit at every possible opportunity for decades before Gohan existed.

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Last time I heard, Pirate Bay was full of malware and garbage and shouldn't be used. Is that outdated info?

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