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Simon Volpert | @simon@zombienet.org

Philosophy dropout and self-proclaimed synthesist. Handle with care.

"Buddy, i respect your sense of urgency, but we're in the city bounds right now, and there's a speed limit. And even if there wasn't, running people over is impolite!"

"Are you any good?" โ€” "Well, it depends. Do you feel compelled to give me everything you have?" โ€” "Not really." โ€” "Then, not terribly."

I seem to be fairly good at understanding things. Surely, there has to be at least some demand for this sort of thing?

You don't get to overthrow a corrupt dictatorship by screaming that there's a corrupt dictatorship. You get to overthrow a corrupt dictatorship by building a better, more efficient government and replacing it with it.

When something outrageous happens and both parties deny involvement, it's not unreasonable to suspect the involvement of a hidden third party.

Depending on how much you trust the speaker, the phrase "nothing to worry about" may be a telling sign that you should start doing just that.

Nobody likes a man who cannot be manipulated.

Just because an entity is too big to fail, it doesn't necessarily mean it is also too big to fail YOU.

Tears won't unravel your troubles. Shotguns will.

Pros: I didn't kill anyone today. Cons: I didn't kill anyone today.

"Our insurance policy covers everything: fire, flood, tornado, meteor strike, zombie apocalypse, alien invasion and rise of the machines."

"Talking to you was a waste of time, but rest assured, i'm going to channel the frustration into the betterment of mankind."

If the only options you offer the community to voice their opinion is "make a fuss" and "ragequit", you are doing something horribly wrong.

Experimenting with an experimental feature, even though the benefits might not outweigh the drawbacks. The reasoning behind this behavior is unclear, even to myself.

I can see lunch from here. I think i'll make a break for it.

Sometimes fate needs to be kick-started.

Did you know that the phrase "held together by prayers and duct tape" translates into Russian as "by snot and black magic"?

"The problem, as i see it, is that i'm actually one of the better specimen in this community, a fact hardly inspiring confidence or optimism."

The government has almost all of the capacity to make your life miserable, but almost none of the accountability. I think it might have been better if it was the other way around but, then again, i'm not a real politologist.

"You DARE point a GUN at me? I swear to BATMAN I'm gonna make you EAT it!"

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