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   Damon Thomas (ruralgloom@c.im)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 04:46:20 JST Damon Thomas

   “There's nothing new under the sun, but there are lots of old things we don't know.” ― Ambrose Bierce #quotes

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     prettygood (prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 04:46:17 JST prettygood

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     @ruralgloom @ghost_shit The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance. And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. Your civilization is based on our technology. By using it, your society develops along the paths we desire. Humans are not the first, nor the last. Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die. We are eternal. The pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing.
     
     My kind transcends your very understanding. We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. We are each a nation. Independent, free of all weakness. You cannot even grasp the nature of our existence. We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure. We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom. You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.
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     Damon Thomas (ruralgloom@c.im)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 04:46:18 JST Damon Thomas

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     @ghost_shit I better understand all the "Lost Kingdom" dystopian fiction now. At one point people forgot how to use concrete for ~700 years. And we seem destined to repeat these cycles forever.

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     ghost_shit 🪣 (ghost_shit@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 04:46:19 JST ghost_shit 🪣

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     @ruralgloom And we're actively dedicated to un-learning the old things we *do* know.

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     Damon Thomas (ruralgloom@c.im)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 04:49:26 JST Damon Thomas

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     @prettygood @ghost_shit It doesn't really feel like humanity needs help coming to a sad end? Everything we know echoes – "You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."

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