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[Glaurung]

I could be; after all, all my perceptions of bodily integrity might just be a figment of my deranged imagination hiding the hideous truth from me. I might even just be a brain in a tank connected to the internet with a bunch of wires.

But before I blunder any further down this solipsistic rabbit-hole: I win!

[Tusky]

Well, at least an enigmatic brain in a tank connected to the internet with a bunch of wires.

I win too!

[Glaurung]

Quite possibly; indeed the enigma might itself be that I am just a brain in a tank. In which case I am at least as much unaware of the truth as everyone else. So, do I take the blue pill or the red pill?

On which happy note: I win!

[Tusky]

Take both at the same time. That'll show 'em

[Glaurung]

I get a weird purple effect of simultaneously leaving the Matrix and remaining within it? This might be confusing - maybe even enigmatic.

But there is something I'm not confused about: I win!

[Tusky]

I was not expecting that!

I will say this though:

Win.

[Glaurung]

"Our chief weapon is surprise!"

[Tusky]

"where we're going, we don't need roads"

[Glaurung]

Very true; roads strike me as singularly ineffective as a means of inputting forum posts.

Unlike keyboards, which I can use to say: I win!

[Tusky]

Nice. It's good to see you improving

[Glaurung]

Thank you. "Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better". I can hit nearly all of the right keys in the right order now, like this: I win!

[Tusky]

"Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever."

[Glaurung]

Um. Well. That's a pretty far-reaching rule to live by. I mean, that would mean I couldn't win, because that would mean making you lose, and that would be doing something to you. That's a pretty tough decision.

[Tusky]

Ok, We can put a pin in that one, then.

Win!

[Glaurung]

Oh good, I can continue to win then. Yay!