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*scoff* Where am I?
Then, I heard this scoff.
Maybe it doesn't, but that's one of the many possibilities in my mind. And before you scoff, I wonder, how could you know it isn't possible? It certainly works out in theoretical exercises. Christians, Muslims, etc. all pretty much believe the same thing about the afterlife, actually. You die, you're judged, and you go live in paradise or hell or somewhere in between. I was raised to believe death only leads to living another life, a reincarnation. Others believe nothing happens when you die. Your consciousness simply stops. But what if the process of your brain powering down for the last time brings with it the slowing of time? This means you could theoretically experience an eternity of thought. You see what I mean?
And before you scoff, I wonder, how could you know it isn't possible?
If you're sitting comfortably in a cushy democracy, you may scoff at this,
If you're sitting comfortably in a cushy democracy you may scoff at this, …
And though some may scoff at the thought, believing that karma is too abstract, too mythical to have any real bearing on back pain or blood pressure.
Some might scoff at the idea that something so small could hold such power.
Some may scoff at the idea, that something so small could hold so much power.
Like any magic show, there are bound to be cynics who scoff at how preposterous this all is.
Nothing to scoff at for a Sebring.
Nothing to scoff at for a Sebring.
So you might scoff at the size and budget of its military, but economic power is the ultimate power.
So you might scoff at the size and budget of its military,