[UA] Risking it - Sunbjectivity or objectivity?

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

Sigh.  Good questions. But:

--- Patrick Joynt <deadairis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> What if the drink is, in fact, a cleverly disguised
> non-alcholic brew?
Psychological studies of alcoholics show that it is
possible to get buzzed off a non-alcoholic brew.  So,
either you beleive you've gotten drunk and you are a
little drunk, so it's enough for a charge or you can
just tell it doesn't have booze in it (I guess
dipsomancers would have a kind of "spirit sense." Heh
heh.)
> What if the hand you maul is your off-hand?
Still a minor charge.

> What if the 1,001 dollars you spend are someone
> elses money?
Did you think it was yours when you spent it?

> What if the site you camp on is a fake?
Hoaxes either have as much historical significance as
more legitimate points on the compass or you can sort
of tell that nothing important ever happened at this
particular movie theatre (Dillenger actually made out
with the lady in red in alley across the street.)  Is
that kind of like weak postcognition?

> What if the scene you recreate is a digital tape put
> together after the 
> Ascension - it never actually involved her?
Either the digital image required enough of her
"essence" to glean a charge or, once again, you can
instantly tell it's a fake because it just don't have
that ol' Black Magic.

> What if the memory you surrender was false to begin
> with?
Instant proof someone messed with your mind or your
beleif that you saw a red car (which actually wasn't
there) at the accident site after someone asked you
whether or not "the red car stopped at the stoplight"
is enough to get a charge.


> What if you fall in love but don't admit it to
> yourself?
The human mind is a remarkable thing.  Either
codependancy safeguards you against ever breaking a
taboo or it ruins your career as a magic slut.

> What if in letting something fall apart, you make it
> more useful?
I admit this one has me stumped.  I must have a
different definition of "decay." (which, don't get me
wrong, is okay.)

> What if you accidentally light your house on fire -
> your library is blocks 
> away, but your journal goes up in flames?
I don't know enough about bibliomancy to answer this
one or the ones that follow and my copy of PoMoMo is
on loan. Someone else want to try? This is kind of
fun.



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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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