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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

so if we were the player characters right now, who the heck picked me, why would they play me this way? what kind of person would want to play this out - someone very like me or very different? couldn't they have rolled again for better hair? i dunno, interesting thought experiment. ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think we're just the auto-generated NPCs, friendo

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yup, and the system has a limited number of face combinations when generating NPCs, which is why doppelgangers exist

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

You should try out Rimworld. Find out why someone would play you this way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Check to see if there is an item chest underneath you.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a funny name for a toilet.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Have you never been full of hope while opening an item chest in-game, only to realise it was full of shit?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I suspect that human will doesn't enter into it. It's a natural kind of Matrix. Came about by forces similar to friction and gravity.