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[westcoasts]

so is pass and fail just a judgment on our performance, or do we reckon it's gonna come back and bite us in the ass in the future?

aurora said she missed us, by the way. ( those are not the words she used. ) she also said that she and eos are free to run their cities in whatever way works for the people under her care, as long as we're well-taken care of.

but, thing is, she gets to define that. says she gets to learn from her actions and inactions in relation to us.

which is something to keep in mind when we're acting as a group or not acting as a group and trying to get answers, or choosing which rules are okay to break and which rules are okay to stretch.

because between here and moorecroft, right now i'd say we've got the better end of the deal.

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[westcoasts]

one person's jerk is another person's prince charming.

( and isn't what he was saying. )

all i was saying is learning's generally considered a good thing and speaking from personal experience, it tends to have an impact. doesn't mean you have to to cook the books, just means a modicum of awareness tends to be a good thing.

is "modding" your behavior what the kids call growth these days?

[mostdangerousbird]

Yeah, I don't know if there's THAT much latitude on jerk v. prince charming.

I'm not saying learning is bad? I'm not even saying that rewarding growth is wrong. If anything, I'm guilty of avoiding the questions.

Don't confuse it with growth. That's an insult to anyone who actually experiences growth. If I - because it was my hypothetical - changed how I act because of this competition instead of because I actually learned something, it would be a de-evolution.

[westcoasts]

you'd be very surprised.

i was just asking, man. most people i know call it being manipulative.
didn't know if there'd been a semantic change between earths or generations or whatever differences we've got going on between us.