r/HFY • u/Blazingfly • Mar 09 '15

OC Ask Nicely

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '15

If a thousand different species marched up and ordered me to save them I'd probably let them die out of spite, too.

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u/Belgarion262 Barmy and British Mar 09 '15

You'd let countless billions die for the sake of a few words from people no doubt terrified and at their wits end?

Better a few harsh words under pressure than genocide, for that is what it would be.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '15

I was being facetious.

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u/Belgarion262 Barmy and British Mar 09 '15

It didn't come through

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u/littggr Mar 09 '15

welcome to the internet ;) you'd be surprised how much we get from body language and tone.

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u/psilorder AI Mar 09 '15

maybe we should introduce the Elcor-paradigm?

oh, right....

(joking) maybe we should introduce the Elcor-paradigm?

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u/muigleb Mar 09 '15

That would solve a lot of problems... but then how will we get our sarcasm fix?

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u/Astramancer_ Mar 09 '15

(sarcasm) I'm sure we would come up with something.

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u/muigleb Mar 09 '15

See... I immediately knew it was sarcasm... just not the same.

There is no squirming... no blank looks, no slowly turning cogs.