Hym Iam's definitions

Ought

How do you derive one from an "Is?"

Hym "How do you derive an 'ought' from an 'is?' Well... You lie of course. Just make something up."

Iam "Hey, look at that! The thing in the sky is turning red! What do you think it means?" 🤔

Hym 💡 "Well, obviously it means that the create is mad. You ought give that old kiddo of yours a stabbin over there on that rock."

Iam 🤨 "But... Why does it want me to do that?... and why did it tell you instead of me?"

Hym "Look... You need this. You need to do this. If you don't everything falls apart. It isn't control. It's benevolence. It's mercy. You need to do what the creature wants."

Iam 🤨 "Yeah... But how do you know what it wants? Do you know what it THINKS? And, if not, then how do you know what you're telling me to do is correct?"

Hym "Look, it told someone what it thought and they wrote it down. 2000 years ago."

Iam "But... How would I know the difference between what it wanted then and what it wants now? It's a memory. It happened before I was born so I literally wouldn't know the difference between what it wants now and what it wanted then. Do it's wants never change?"

Hym "Hey guys!! He's not doing what the creature wants! Look at him! Look at him! He's not doing what it wants!"

Guys "What an idiot! You have to do what the creature wants."

Hym "Yeah, he said the creature is bad."

Guys "BAD!? The creature isn't bad! What a piece of shit! Hey, fuck you buddy! The creature's not bad! YOU'RE the bad one!"

by Hym Iam July 24, 2022

Tales of Arise

Tales of Arise is the newest installment of the "Tales series" and is the story (I've had this tab open for weeks now) of the enslavement of one planet by another and the subsequent liberation of the former by the protagonist of the game.

Iam "Since he brought it up, Tales of Arise is an exercise in the exploration of the different types of tyranny. The first area you liberate is an 'overt tyranny' where the slaves are forced to labor under the rule of a brutal dictator. The second is a communist surveillance state where the citizenry is incentivized to act as informants to the state. The third is a seemingly meritocractic capitalist state but the lord of the land is aloof to the wellbeing of the public and has a toxic underling whose working behind the scenes to reinstate the oppressor class to it's previous state as rulers over the oppressed class. After you learn of the underling's plot it's revealed that the lord never really cared about equality or the oppressed class but, rather, was traumatized during the tournament to determine who would be the next lord when he was forced to kill his best friends. He just couldn't stand to hear their screams so he freed them to alleviate his guilt. The fourth is a technocratic autocracy where the denizens are forced to wear masks that strip them of their ability to think and speak. Great story. The 'Tales' series' world building and interpersonal character development is unparalleled and the title screen song is alway a bop."

by Hym Iam March 6, 2023

Anyone who knows your name or has seen your face

Who I will settle for if I cannot get to any of you.

If it isn't you it will be Anyone who knows your name or has seen your face.

by Hym Iam December 3, 2020

Better

I wouldn't say better but...

Hym "Oh, I'm not much of an orator but you know what they say about orators: 'As long as they are poor the state and the people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public's funds, the conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people, and attack the democracy' ~ Aristophanes. Not that I'm the biggest fan of democracy... But I am an archetypal figure and multiple people have been intimated into the culture in their peripheral association to me. And, as a diagnostician, I'm like 2 for 2 over here. So, I wouldn't say 'better' but I'm sure I would do a pretty good job." 🤷

by Hym Iam August 7, 2022

Power

But... That IS what you're doing. You're doing exactly that and pretending you're not....

Hym "Doesn't look like you're subordinated by some kind of higher-order abstraction to me. Looks like you're using power and nothing else."

by Hym Iam May 31, 2023

Going To Get Away With It

Then as many of your kids as I can reach are going to pay the price.

Hym "Hey, if he is going to get away with it then you've condemned myself and some poor kid to death. There is no 2 ways about it. Actually, the other deal still stands. If you can link these YouTube vermin to me and/or murder them (And they are perfectly fine with people being murdered) I will actively confess to the murder FOR you. The children will be saved."

by Hym Iam December 12, 2024

Everything everywhere all at once

Relatable... Ennui... Son of a bitch, is that another one? God damnit...

Hym "You know what I think it is? I think you all remember how much I said I hate watching critically acclaimed movies right after they come out and you try and screw me by making me write the so I have to go and watch them as soon as they come out to see if I wrote some of it. Jesus christ... Now I have to go watch this Everything everywhere all at once bullshit...."😮 💨

by Hym Iam April 3, 2023