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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 12:17:41)
"Now, did you bring some other tools? Your own, or somebody else's? No? Well, sorry, everyone, but it seems like everyone's time has been wasted here. There's just not going to be any dismantling tonight. Wait! I had an idea! Why don't you go try dismantling some *other* houses with the master's tools? That should work! Go home and try it on your own houses. See if that works."
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Micke@micke@camp.smolnet.org (2026-05-29 13:32:17)
@evan I think you need to think more like Tolkien here. The "master's tools" is the one ring that corrupts anyone trying to use them. Galadriel would become dark and terrible as the night, and would no longer be interested in dismantling Mordor, if she would try to use the ring against Sauron.

That sort of thing.

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Evan Prodromou@evan@cosocial.ca (2026-05-29 21:29:36)
@micke this is a very good reading! The tools change us; we don't change them.