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I would probably be taken by the Tremere, because of my occult fascination. And I'd probably become a pretty big Tremere booster - frankly, I do think a bunch of blood-sucking, evil creatures should have some oversight (of course, I'd eventually learn that oversight is even more evil). Over time, I'd try to learn more about and join the Inconnu, since I suspect my biggest concern would end up being the welfare of mortals.
There's one person I'd make the offer to. I don't know if she'd want it, but I think it might solve some problems for her. Though it'd break my heart to watch her become corrupt.
If the Prince says no... hm. I'd probably do my best to make it legit, because I couldn't stand to think she'd be killed. Ghoul her if I have to, keep her near me and ageless until I can get permission. Having her Blood Bound to me would be... good and bad. Everyone wants to feel loved, but no one wants it to be fake.
I'd eventually have to join the Inconnu. I'm a vegetarian - I don't believe we should even kill animals for food, much less humans. That said, it does change a bit when you have a biological need for it (it's easy to get the nutrition you need from plants today). Er, point being, I like to think I'd retain my humanity and keep some sympathy for mortals. And I think I would. It'll probably get me killed. -
I don't know. Are you a spambot? This seems like a spambot question.
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Almost always the animal. I'm a self-aware speciesist in matters like this. It's impractical to value animal life as much as human life in our current world (have anything made with plywood? It contains glue, which is made from dead animals.), so some unfortunate ethical reverse-engineering has to be done to build a coherent system.
This is the part about ethics that I hate, though. Though I guess that's also why I like to think about it so much. Why do we feel justified following our intuitions of what is right and wrong, even when our intuitions run counter to what would otherwise be a coherent system? Every system I've seen can justify an atrocity, and would condemn actions I would call harmless. But even following our intuitions isn't good enough - our ancestors just "knew" that there was nothing wrong with slavery. Intuition justifies bigotry.
So would I kill the animal because I'm a bigot? Probably. I can't come up with any sufficient rational reason to value a person's life over an animal's. But I do. -
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Well, yes, but that's not the particular etymology they're using for those words. They're using "pro" in the sense of forward movement, and the correct opposite would be "re", meaning a return to a previous position. So progress and regress.
According to some online dictionary I found:
congress Look up congress at Dictionary.com
1520s, from L. congressus "a meeting, hostile encounter," pp. of congredi "meet with, fight with," from com- "together" + gradi "to walk," from gradus "a step" (see grade). Sense of "meeting of delegates" is first recorded 1670s. Meaning "sexual union" is from 1580s. Used in ref. to the national legislative body of the American states since 1775 (though since 1765 in America as a name for proposed bodies). Congress of Vienna met Nov. 1, 1814, to June 8, 1815, and redrew the map of Europe with an eye to creating a balance of powers after the disruptions of Napoleon. Related: Congressional (1690s). -
It does certainly have some benefits, doesn't it? That exterior perspective really lets you examine people, see them for what they are. I often find that my reasoning into the motives and feeling of others is considered fairly acute.
However, if I could retain whatever supposed intelligence I possess and shed this ridiculous social anxiety? I'd do it. I have no doubt it's the primary thing holding me back from many things I would want. Would that it was just as simple as "getting over it." But it just never feels natural, does it?
But if ridding myself of this handicap meant I'd become one of the "impulse-->regret" people we see so often among the extroverted (and now paraded about on television), I would choose to remain myself. And if I always remain a recluse, then so be it. I find it's not without its own rewards. -
Oof, tough one. There's VV from the V:tM video game. Rachael Rosen from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Helen of Troy would probably be a good bet. But... I think I'll go with Nancy from Sin City (movie).
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Venus, and far enough in the future that we've successfully created oxygen-filled floating cities that hover in its dense atmosphere. It's theoretically possible!
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Committed relationship. That's just how I naturally lean. I'm an introvert - I get to know a few people very well, rather than many people passingly.
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Look, I'm still reeling from the realization that I may be creepy. I really don't need you piling on me right now.
God, my answer to that fictional character question, I actually talk about groping women. What the hell's wrong with me? When is that kind of sentence ever NOT creepy? I need to go rethink my life. -
Several reasons:
1) I am not fun. This requires no elaboration.
2) I am a poor investment of time, because my answers are long-winded and almost never anyone gets laid because of them.
3) I am the kind of pathetic individual who would send this question to himself, then list several answers, only revealing in the last that it was I who sent the question in the first place. This both belittles the audience, as if they could not tell from the tone of the question that I wrote it, and alienates them, as they feel put off by my claim that I am "pathetic" and begin to feel contempt for me.
4) I may be creepy. God, I hope not. I try to always be respectful, I don't know how it could go so far off the rails that it becomes creepy, but there's always the possibility. That would be quite a blow, though, to learn that I'm creepy. I'm usually aiming for some sort of combination of erudite, arrogant, secretly insecure, cute, sweet, eloquent, and sarcastic. Shit, putting those together does sound creepy, though. -
Salma Hayek.
From a couple years ago. Not too many. Just before the kid. I don't want kids. But I do want Salma. -
God. That omnipotence gig sounds sweet. And omniscience would save me a lot of reading. And omnipresence would mean I was having sex with (or at least feeling up) every beautiful woman on the planet, all the time. Damn. Yeah, definitely God.
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What's the saying? "I may be fat, but you're ugly and I can diet" or something like that?
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