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by the_af 113 days ago
> It's hard to tell any more.

Wait, I think I have the answer!

"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?"

3 comments

What do you mean I'm not helping?
I mean you're not helping. Why is that?
What's a tortoise? What desert? How come I'd be there?
Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows?
Hm... Why? Ah! Because you are also a tortoise
Tortoise have been observed righting other tortoise that have become stuck. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DZ57D608fiM (two tortoises helping a third) this has a terrible voiceover but you get the idea
They're just questions