{"body":"11:55 AM <~barredowl> how about we start with our first impressions?\r\n11:55 AM <+cybersqyd> i liked this a bunch\r\n11:56 AM <~barredowl> this really fleshes out what was set down in 4688\r\n11:56 AM <~barredowl> i liked it a lot too\r\n11:56 AM <+cybersqyd> yeah\r\n11:56 AM Just wow... was not expecting ERIC (yes I'm spelling it like this) to be very down about the whole deal this much. I feel sorry for the kid\r\n11:56 AM <+cybersqyd> mmm yeah\r\n11:56 AM I liked the two articles a lot and I feel the same way than Jones. I really feel sad for the kid.\r\n11:56 AM <~barredowl> yeah, eric is like... a pretty minor goi (poi?) and it's interesting to see it put in this format\r\n11:57 AM <+cybersqyd> poi i believe cos he's just one kid\r\n11:57 AM <~barredowl> yeah but now they're like\r\n11:57 AM <~barredowl> in their 30's it was implied?\r\n11:57 AM All this kid wanted was friends and got tricked by the internet worshipper and just seeing it written out like this is very sad\r\n11:57 AM <+cybersqyd> oh right yeah they are\r\n11:58 AM (and I want to say that I've never read Eric-related things before, so yeah, first time)\r\n11:58 AM <+cybersqyd> i always forget they're old\r\n11:58 AM <~barredowl> > the helmets, and her son. He was around 40, never left home.\r\n11:58 AM <~barredowl> yeap\r\n11:58 AM <~barredowl> 40\r\n11:58 AM barredowl: I thought that was the Maxwellist?\r\n11:58 AM <~barredowl> ope\r\n11:58 AM <~barredowl> wait hmm\r\n11:59 AM <~barredowl> i'm not sure myself lol\r\n11:59 AM <~barredowl> but yeah, i definitely liked this; had a lot of character to it\r\n11:59 AM I love journal entries as article, allows for more personal prose into the writing\r\n11:59 AM <+cybersqyd> yeah\r\n12:00 PM <~barredowl> i very much do\r\n12:00 PM <~barredowl> nice little insight\r\n12:00 PM Plus, the journal helps me to know more about the 4688 events, even if it's just small things. 4688, I had not understand everything.\r\n12:00 PM <+cybersqyd> yeah it's a nice companion piece\r\n12:00 PM <+cybersqyd> it perhaps feels...too much like it's just a retelling of the ending to 4688 but it has a lot of charm so i can't be too mad about it\r\n12:00 PM I also like how he refers to the Foundation as \"the police\", adds more to his character\r\n12:00 PM <+cybersqyd> yeah\r\n12:02 PM <~barredowl> oh huh right\r\n12:02 PM <~barredowl> thought they were just regular police; kinda skipped over it lol\r\n12:03 PM I mean, I assume that was implied with the events of 4688\r\n12:03 PM Yeah, that is a perfect way to let the reader know that he's a child and don't really know what's going on about the anomalous world.\r\n12:05 PM (and I say that, but I thought it was the regular police, too)\r\n12:05 PM <~barredowl> so yeah, overall, very charming piece, and gave a lot of insight into what exactly was going on in 4688. confident upvote\r\n12:05 PM Heavy handed updoot from me\r\n12:05 PM :D\r\n12:05 PM I feel like a strong to a... strong upvote for these two things.\r\n12:06 PM And no, I will not say the things Fantano says at the end of each of his videos.","name":"Eric's Journal","extension":"txt","url":"https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/ZFEAmalR/Eric%27s+Journal","modified":1592680808,"id":"ZFEAmalR","size":3174,"lines":43,"own_paste":false,"theme":"","date":1592680808}