Re: Page 165: Dalid is Dalid
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:45 pm
See at naught to be afeared about said Spiral with her eyes closed.
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I do not understand this sentence. Parsing error...boldilocks wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
I'm guessing that either this is a Spiral impersonation, or he had a stroke.Krulle wrote:I do not understand this sentence. Parsing error...boldilocks wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
It's an older meme, but it checks out.Arioch wrote:I'm guessing that either this is a Spiral impersonation, or he had a stroke.Krulle wrote:I do not understand this sentence. Parsing error...boldilocks wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
We did. You did. Yes we can. No.boldilocks wrote:Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Notwithstanding the fact that she could still be a top-notch playactor - after all, people successful in the spook business would have to be - it could be that there is no 'master plan' behind her recent actions, only that she sees the current situation, and the VIP she is responsible for in immediate danger, as a personal failure and thus feeling quite a load of shame and regret.SaintofM wrote:I can also see Temp's question, and by extension that of Beryl, is probing Alex to see how he does under pressure. A potential allied race in a war this bloody would need to be able t handle themselves in bad times. Abandoned, alone, and in the heart of an enemy assault of tremendous size, this would be a test of mettle for anyone.
If nothing else, how he handles this may get him some browny points with the space elves
I think people tend to overestimate how spooks work in real life. They're not really particularly clever, and they don't have to be, because their targets aren't particularly clever either. A good example is Epstein. All you need for a honey-pot operation to work is some honey, and the dumber bears will flock to you.after all, people successful in the spook business would have to be
"Spook" is slang for a spy, not a swindler or a serial child molester.boldilocks wrote:I think people tend to overestimate how spooks work in real life. They're not really particularly clever, and they don't have to be, because their targets aren't particularly clever either. A good example is Epstein. All you need for a honey-pot operation to work is some honey, and the dumber bears will flock to you.after all, people successful in the spook business would have to be
For spooks, humans want to trust each-other.
And the moment you've become slightly invested in the relationship the spook builds with you, you'll start defending the relationship because if it turns out to be fake, that he was taking you for a ride, that reflects badly on your own ego.
Arioch wrote:"Spook" is slang for a spy, not a swindler or a serial child molester.boldilocks wrote:I think people tend to overestimate how spooks work in real life. They're not really particularly clever, and they don't have to be, because their targets aren't particularly clever either. A good example is Epstein. All you need for a honey-pot operation to work is some honey, and the dumber bears will flock to you.after all, people successful in the spook business would have to be
For spooks, humans want to trust each-other.
And the moment you've become slightly invested in the relationship the spook builds with you, you'll start defending the relationship because if it turns out to be fake, that he was taking you for a ride, that reflects badly on your own ego.
Right, but Epstein targeted the same kind of people that spies target, people well connected in terms of wealth or power, using the same methods (not just limited to child molestation though that's a surefire way to get someone under your thumb). And he was arguably an intelligence asset rather than an operative (his handler most likely being Ghislaine Maxwell.)Arioch wrote:"Spook" is slang for a spy, not a swindler or a serial child molester.boldilocks wrote:I think people tend to overestimate how spooks work in real life. They're not really particularly clever, and they don't have to be, because their targets aren't particularly clever either. A good example is Epstein. All you need for a honey-pot operation to work is some honey, and the dumber bears will flock to you.after all, people successful in the spook business would have to be
For spooks, humans want to trust each-other.
And the moment you've become slightly invested in the relationship the spook builds with you, you'll start defending the relationship because if it turns out to be fake, that he was taking you for a ride, that reflects badly on your own ego.
Welcome to the internets!orion1836 wrote:How did we get from Outsider to the very cusp of an 'Epstein didn't kill himself' meme?
I think he will show the womenfolk how it's doneArioch wrote:I'd argue that there is an element of fear which is inherently irrational. Fear is an emotion.Dirty Yasuki wrote:I disagree. Fear is healthy. It teaches caution and respect of the unknown or that which we have no control over. It informs us when we must favor security and survival over taking unnecessary risk and reckless abandon. Foolhardiness also profits a man nothing where wise tact would have served him better. Rather, I would suggest that it is "Irrational fear that profits a man nothing".