If the real powers that be are invisible, i.e. so powerful you'll never hear of them, they don't need to pretend to die.
Sure they would. If some random nobody was living forever without aging, they would still get noticed, as Joseph Curwen discovered.
It's funny to me that you can't recognize the sardonic quality of the post (e.g. reference to becoming a "sequoiah farmer." Being rational does not mean you must exhibit Spock-like literalism!
Sure they would. If some random nobody was living forever without aging, they would still get noticed, as Joseph Curwen discovered.
The PTB are not random nobodies, and Curwen is fictional.
It's funny to me that you can't recognize the sardonic quality of the post (e.g. reference to becoming a "sequoiah farmer."
I can recognise many things in the post. I can imagine he's not serious, and recognise non-seriousness in the post. I can imagine he's lost it and means every word, and recognise that in the post. I can imagine it's an idiot test to j...
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