• cRazi_man@europe.pub
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    4 days ago

    A greentext story is like a dream. You’re following the narrative, while simultaneously thinking that this makes no sense and how did things get here.

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      You reflect on the weird nature of your dreams as you have them? I just go with the flow, accepting things as real, even though in reality they make no sense. Which then raises the question: how do I know I am not dreaming? Sure, things appear to make sense here, as opposed to dream nonsense. But if dreams don’t seem weird in context, how do I know there isn’t a level above, where what we take as logical makes no sense?

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          What if you only feel that way because you’re experiencing it? Like, maybe you’ll wake up at some point, and just be like “wtf. You walk into a tiny room. The door closes by itself, sideways, sci-fi style. When it opens again, the exterior, the room you just came from, just… changed. Completely different”