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[Anon Text] You can't handle the truth...can you?

Have you ever had a situation that was exacerbated by ignorance, and that more information might've helped? If you went through with revealing the truth or enlightening people, did it work, or backfire? What would you have done differently if you could?

[Ted's been taught by experience that his usual attempts to wake up others to matters of importance seldom work. Whether he should make the attempt, and whether such an attempt is likely to help or harm, is rapidly approaching relevance.]

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If this is Mr Thesaurus, then the Anonymous Dragon wants to remind you about his warning.

I know neither of those highly interesting characters. What was the content of this (off-topic) warning?

That someone should keep their mouth shut about a theory, unless they want void lessons.

[Void lessons could be useful, if uncomfortable...]

This theory being?

[He has a few...]

If I say it over a public network then I’ll have to punish myself.

How about this. If your name starts with a T and ends in a D, then there is. 90% chance you are the person I am threatening.

[Phew! His ends with an "e".]

With such mystery it's more confusing than threatening.

Fine.

My suggestion is to tell a few people, see if they have a breakdown, then decide from there. Use the scientific method, so repeat the process a few times to be sure what you know isn’t going to start a riot.

You're saying what the theory is is entirely contingent on the hysteria it causes? That's insane.

[ Big words! BIIIIIG words! Sora thinks he's following though... but: ]

Hello! I think truth is best!

[Nice to see that Sora's on the same wavelength. Kind of.]
No doubt, but it's the issue of sharing it and what unintended consequences there might be that concerns.

The only thing in your control is the ability to tell the truth! Consequences are going to come with and .. um... or... without it!

True, but if the consequences would be worse than silence, and reasonably predictable, couldn't one assume some responsibility for that?

So, what you're saying is that we should all be responsible for how everyone takes the truth!? No way, even if it's hard to deliver and difficult to here we should still give the truth! It's the best we have to give one another! It's the strongest even!! Soooooo much arder to tell the truth than to lie or not say anything!

Yes, and no. If, for example, one gave a present of food that the other person were allergic to, they wouldn't be responsible for the allergy. They would, however, be responsible if they knew about it beforehand and went ahead anyway. Suffering can be avoided depending on what can be reasonably known.

Isn't doing nothing usually easier than saying anything, fact or fiction?Not that I disagree with truth's general goodness, of course.

What? Wait.. that's totally different! GIVING someone food they're allergic to is jerking it up! That's not the same as knowing the truth and telling them!

It'd be similar, wouldn't it? Telling a truth one knows or reasonably expects would go over poorly, or be mishandled.

I don't get it. So here: someone is wearing their favorite shirt and they didn't realize there's a big hole in the armpit! So you gotta tell them! You have a hole in the armpit! They might be sad, but it's the truth? Or if you cheat on your maths test! Then you're not being honest... but if someone ASKS you if you cheated, you better fess it up!

The latter example isn't quite analogous; there a second party is asking for the truth.

For the first, yes, that would be the right thing to do if you thought it would lead to a change of shirt or mending. But if that person with the shirt would lose their minds and go ballistic upon hearing anything even slightly critical, then it'd be better not to tell. It depends on their reaction, doesn't it?

[ He has no idea what analogous means. So he's going to just ignore that bit. ]

Then it's about whether or not the person is ready or WANTING to here the truth. Right? You can't help their behavour after they find the truth!

[Ted needs to buy more dictionaries and hand them out like tracts.]

Exactly. Which is why I'm asking if anyone's had experiences with things like that, good or bad, and to share their wisdom when it came to potentially volatile truths.

I once told Riku I broke his skate board. He was mad. He was so mad. But I had to tell him. I feel like I owe him that honesty.

Maybe it's becuase I owe him that honesty is why I told him! If I didn't feel like I need to be honest with someone I wont?

I don't know whether I've more sympathy for Riku or you in that; his wrath must be terrible. Well, yes, that's a good principle: one should confess their sins and seek absolution when possible.

But if it's a different kind of truth where no wrongdoing has occurred on your part, that'd require a different breed of wisdom.

Do you know Riku!!!

I mean, it wasn't a sin. I didn't sin! I just.. you know, broke it.

What do you mean? Different bread of wisdom?

[~~How does he know what "thesaurus" means~~ Ted can definitely tell who that is, with the writing so poor he'd swear he does it on purpose. That or a good imitator.]

I'll keep that in mind.

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Screw mobile coding

how absolutely dare you

Mobil restrictions are all that keep Madoka from replying

Oh well then

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/spelling errors intentional, my apologies :'c he's 15

It's ok you're forgive. Sora, on the other hand, must be punished.

ohhhh nuuuuus ;;;;;

Oh /yes/

;^; buh hims jus a bb

bb's don't bludgeon demyx to death, Sora. He knows what you did.

THAT WAS LAST SUMMER THO ;;

THEN HE'D BE OLDER AND LESS BB

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looooooolll xD yaaassssssssss

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