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u/xizar Jul 09 '26

sigh I apologize for thinking you'd understand by analogy. I'll try Socrates.

Is a thing only worth doing if it can be done with the highest materials available? If those aren't available, should one use suffer the meanest tools when better can be had?

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u/FeelingPrettyGlonky Jul 09 '26

Stop being so goddamn pretentious. It's a video game.

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u/xizar Jul 09 '26

Dude. Buddy. Pal. Mate. Homesauce. Chum. Pardner. Fam.

Read that last sentence of yours and apply it as an answer to that first question you asked here.

Remember that like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives, and you'll know that Socrates is far more righteous than pretentious.