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Jack comments on Optimal User-End Internet Security (Or, Rational Internet Browsing) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jack 10 September 2011 08:44:02PM *  1 point [-]

To paraphrase wedrifid: in real life, most basilisks are harmless and adorable; you can keep them as pets.

But I suppose it's a terrible idea to bring up that whole fiasco again.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 10 September 2011 10:04:15PM -1 points [-]

That gives me a great idea! We should totally make a "basilisk petting zoo" thread! :D

Or maybe not. I'll wait for responses to this comment before deciding if I should go with it.

Comment author: lessdazed 10 September 2011 10:14:28PM 0 points [-]

SL5? SL6?

Comment author: Armok_GoB 10 September 2011 10:47:01PM 0 points [-]

I don't recognize these, and google is of no help. Are they names of some specific basilisks?

Comment author: lessdazed 10 September 2011 11:06:14PM 0 points [-]

This extended.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 10 September 2011 11:20:04PM *  0 points [-]

This is shock level stuff? It's just making a petting zoo out of entities man were never meant to know possessing no physical form, selected for driving some humans mad in interesting but relatively harmless ways!

Edit: checked the numbers again... seriously you're suggesting this is higher check level than the singularity? This stuff is age old, and fairly mainstream, Lovecraft wrote about it quite specifically. The SCP foundation is full of it.