by keen » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:42 pm
"I love you unconditionally!"
"Really? No matter how I look? No matter how I act?"
"Yes."
"Really? Even if I became an entirely different person?"
"Yes."
"What if I spontaneously duplicated? Would you love me, both of me, even the me who's not the original?"
"Oh. Well, yes I would."
"What if I duplicated, then my duplicate became a different person? Would you love both of me, even if you didn't know?"
"Um--"
"And THEN, what if I duplicated billions of times, then all my duplicates went and replaced everyone else in the world, changing into perfect copies, just as the other people vanished? It all happened in an instant. You couldn't see it, and you could never know. If you love me unconditionally, you'd have to love me, even then, even if you didn't know."
"..."
"Well? Would you love everyone in the world, just because they might be me?"
"Never mind. Turns out I hate sappy people who can't shut up and take compliments, and I hate them even more unconditionally."
"I love you unconditionally!"
"Really? No matter how I look? No matter how I act?"
"Yes."
"Really? Even if I became an entirely different person?"
"Yes."
"What if I spontaneously duplicated? Would you love me, both of me, even the me who's not the original?"
"Oh. Well, yes I would."
"What if I duplicated, then my duplicate became a different person? Would you love both of me, even if you didn't know?"
"Um--"
"And THEN, what if I duplicated billions of times, then all my duplicates went and replaced everyone else in the world, changing into perfect copies, just as the other people vanished? It all happened in an instant. You couldn't see it, and you could never know. If you love me unconditionally, you'd have to love me, even then, even if you didn't know."
"..."
"Well? Would you love everyone in the world, just because they might be me?"
"Never mind. Turns out I hate sappy people who can't shut up and take compliments, and I hate them even more unconditionally."