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Originally Posted by wewhoare

Some more questions from me.^^
Wishes of good vacation times too.

1. What about tourist industry worldwide would
you improve if were omnipotent? A world ruler?
2. What thing would you miss the most - if you
are on an uninhabitable island: with only "good
to last few days till a resque" emergency kit, a?
3. What is the most dangerous situation you've
ever been (maybe realizing just after), if okay?
4. If a demon suggested a deal: all your future
happiness's gone, but the world becomes quite
noticeably a better place, would you agree, m?
5. The same as 4 - but you never feel any bad
emotions (even of memories) no matter what?
6. Clarifying on an example: imagine a 'strong'
superintelligent AI is created... beyond genius
to human standards. It rules Earth - & with an
iron fist, where it deems it needed. Humans're
without elections - it's immortal and it decides
all the human administrators ... without rights
to decide future jobs, to be allowed activities -
that it doesn't consider suiting a person, etc...
But it figured humans well and its decisions're
actually beneficial. No poverty, safety is great
(not absolute) & almost everyone gets plenty
of opportunities in life - still... The number of
discontented is minimal in all human history;
there are respressed and discontented, cause
the AI isn't omnipotent/all-knowing still. So-o
is this a good thing? Good over Freedom? Or?
7. Would it be awkward to discover simply on
accident someone in the midst of a solo-dare?
8. Would you call dolphins sentient like some?
9. What's your personal definition for "slutty"?
...
10. Who is scarier, not from a functional POV,
you in anger or spiders? What if that ghost
answered "Boo. Can't we talk like adults?"

*sends a - virtual, alas - smile*

Thanks for another batch of intriguing and sometimes difficult questions, wewhoare

1. I get that tourism is important, needed and also creating jobs, but I dislike it when tourism starts to destroy the culture of a country or negatively affects the local residents. It's a shame how some cities turned out after tourism hit them hard. But it's tricky to balance out I guess and I have to less knowledge about all the specifics, so I'd rather shush instead of ruling with half-knowledge.

2. I would miss having friends and family around me in such a tricky / sad situation the most. Any situation is easier with familiar people around either supporting you or facing a similar fate.

3. I've been in a fairly dangerous situation in the very past which could have ended up with me being no longer on this planet, but it ended up well luckily for me. I won't discuss this in public though as it's a very private and intimate matter which would also expose my GD identity to real friends, so I'll pass on this one.

4. It's a freaking demon, they're demonic, why would I ever do business with them? No way I'd agree to anything as I wouldn't trust a word a demon says.

5. Same reply as (4) - I wouldn't get into devilish deals with devilish creatures.

6. Honestly, a good mixture of good and freedom. I don't think having either of those on their own works, but combining these two ways of leading a city seem like the perfect choice for me. If I really had to pick, I'd probably go for good, although it's a very hard choice and I never really made up my mind in detail about that.

7. Uhh, I guess this depends on what the solo-dare is? Some dares on GD are pretty tame, but I guess in most cases it would be really awkward discovering someone by accident in a middle of a dare.

8. I don't have a doctor in... delphinology? but as far as I can tell from seeing and reading about dolphins they do seem sentient, so I would say they are. After all there are also things like dolphin therapies and such.

9. A person which acts slutty. To also give an answer which doesn't seem like abusing a loophole, it's just anything unordinary or things which are seen as naughty/perverted in public. E.g. dressing skimpy, sleeping with random strangers, ... - but also simpler things, e.g. letting someone else control your orgasms. So it's a really wide range for me and not specifically pinned down to a single property.

10a. Unless I'm talking to an arachnophobic, probably me when I'm angry. It takes ages to get me there and I'm a really friendly and patient person, but if you annoy me over and over a trillion times I might turn out as your next nightmare.

10b. "Sure. Where did you buy that fancy white robe?" - by that point the ghost would no longer be spooky, so I'm fine with smalltalking about whatever ghosts like to talk about.