[PM: Deathbringer]

[taking_names]

[he was going to let this go but it just kept knocking around in his head and before he knew it he was internet stalking Siegmund to find out his identity and...]

So on a scale of one to ten, how impossible is it for a very friendly and kind person who might have once temporarily blinded you in a fit of misguided anger to make amends?

Ten means super impossible.

[...Nova has kind of a player problem]

[sent from an empty account that is just a lot of letters strung together]

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[taking_names]

Should I feel bad? Are you still suffering?

[bloodonthestones]

Oh my G-d, it's like we speak a completely different language.

[taking_names]

We don't have to be friends, it was just a thought.

[bloodonthestones]

Google 'Teshuvah' and learn something.

How much costs the potions I broke?

[taking_names]

[.....he googled it]

Is this your religion?

THERE ARE FOURTEEN STEPS TO AN APOLOGY

AND I CAN'T EVEN DO THE FIRST ONE

[bloodonthestones]

Yes.

Teshuvah is not an apology. An apology is part of Teshuvah.

I'm serious about the potions.

[taking_names]

I don't really remember...

Do you have to pay me back to do your terrifying forgiveness list?

[bloodonthestones]

No one needs to do teshuvah.

I will make up for the damage I did, because it's right to.

[taking_names]

Why do you teshuvah if you don't need to?

It seems like a lot of work. Especially step seven.

[bloodonthestones]

Because it makes us better people, and makes things right after we make them wrong.


... Did you read the wikipedia page?

[taking_names]

Yes...

Do you really have to do all of the steps to have done the right thing, though?

There are so many steps.

[bloodonthestones]

...Go find a site made by Jews. It will explain better.

[taking_names]

[like 20 minutes later]

Religion is a nightmare!!

[bloodonthestones]

It isn't.

You only think so because you are a terrible person who can't even feel sorry for doing something wrong.

[taking_names]

That was true, but still hurtful!

[bloodonthestones]

Then maybe you should change it.

[taking_names]

I don't know how to make myself be sorry for things I'm not sorry for.

[bloodonthestones]

Think about how you would feel if someone did the same to you, and realize that someone feels that way because of something you did.

[taking_names]

[a few minutes later]

It didn't work.

[bloodonthestones]

You didn't actually think about it.

[taking_names]

I did think about it. I felt pity for you because it was probably a frightening experience, but I didn't feel guilty for causing it...

Guilt is very distinctive and terrible and I've only felt it a couple of times since I awakened.

[bloodonthestones]

[wow, asshole.]

[...actually, upon further consideration, it's worse than just being an asshole. Somebody who's incapable of feeling guilt is a legitimately scary thought.]

If you don't feel guilty to hurt people, what stops you to do it?

[taking_names]

Mostly, I like them and I feel sympathy for them.

[bloodonthestones]

But your sympathy is not connected to your actions.

[taking_names]

The whole world had been turned upsidedown. That wasn't a normal situation.