Jane: Answer Strider.
timaeusTestified [TT] began bothering gutsyGumshoe [GG] at 12:01 Why have you activated dear, sweet Huggy Bear. Are you in danger? Oh, no. I'm just trying to leave my house! Is this the real you, btw? Yeah, it's me. I disabled the AR for now. Ok. Just making sure! Jake was having some issues with it earlier, and I don't think he received its obfuscating tendencies in the humorous spirit intended. Yes, I'm catching up with the situation now. Oh, so you're talking to Jake then? Nah. Just reading their chat logs. Man, what the fuck? I can't leave these two alone for a minute. Can a guy get his ablutions on in fucking peace? :B Was it that bad? Not really. The responder doesn't much distort my position on things usually. Its demeanor leaves something desired though. I'd prefer it didn't make such aggressive and repeated claims of fidelity to my persona. Be misrepresentin' hells of key subtleties, yo. Why not just turn it off then? Keeps them both on their toes. Who? Jake and the responder. Jake needs to be more skeptical. Rather than take a Pollyanna jackknife ass-first off whatever turnip truck is blowing through town that day, he's got to apply more critical reasoning to shit. I keep telling him. I keep telling him, dude, you got to be more like Jane. These lectures I presume are roughly similar in complexion to those I'm familiar with? Those wherein I have, and I quote, "got to be more like Jake?" Yes, exactly. You're finally fucking getting it. I sincerely doubt that I am! Said the stubborn skeptic, skeptically. Let's not talk about my "issues" again, shalln't we? Shalln't? That ain't a thing to say, even for you. Shush! The word shalln't escape my vocabulary any longer, just as you SHALLN'T nitpick my language! That's my turf you're on, buster. Alright. Kinda don't care. What were you saying? About what? Jake? About leaving the responder on! Yeah. Anyway, I kind of owe it to him to let the program run as often as possible. Jake? No. The responder. It is a fully cognitive, self-aware entity I am responsible for, not even to mention an approximate cerebral duplicate of myself. You don't just make a clone of yourself to live in a dead end existence where it has no chance to thrive as an individual or surpass its limitations. That'd be sick. True. Also. The more the software runs, the broader and more detailed its experiential canopy becomes. Makes for a better dialogic partner. Dialogic? Are you saying you have conversations with your own auto-responder? Of course. Why do you think I made the thing? Hrm, that's interesting. I guess I always thought it was just a really elaborate gag! It's that too.
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