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OldBaldy1701E

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6. "The scientists proceeded with appropriate caution."

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:07 AM

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GODS, how many times are we going to read this and say, "Yeah, that will work out just fine."

Let's show the machines how to kill us and hope they don't decide that we deserve to be killed.

Nice.

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