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@emanate I WANT TO SMOOCH OVERLORD HOLOGRAM EM.

@emanate @Aradia@mastodon.social @mawr @Soreth yeah it's kind of beautiful actually

@Aradia@mastodon.social @mawr @Soreth @emanate gosh this is fun

That reminds me, it's totally possible to build a pulsed laser using some aluminum rails, foil, a thin sheet of plastic, and an HV power supply.
http://technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/lasers/LasersTEA.htm

TEA.

@vahnj HRNK HRNK

Ah, yes, the two genders, Scylla and Charybdis.

@mxsparks @mawr @literorrery @green Hm though. There really isn't a solution to circumvent the amount of damage a clueless therapist could still do, save for a whole lot of training.

@asonix@asonix.dog i mean you're not wrong.

@mxsparks @mawr @literorrery @green So I've been thinking about this a lot more, and I think the takeaway is that what we need isn't an assessment scale, it's a list of question prompts?

@howlingalice Heh. How do you experience being a deity? Do you mean as an avatar, or something else?

@howlingalice I certainly don't mind that perspective but absolutely have the obvious followup questions.

@blackle@dev.glitch.social as an electrician I find this upsetting.

mumble mumble were new gods formed or did they pre-exist only quietly.

This is a big part of how gods (hopefully) adapt to changing cultural contexts. As time changes, a god can adapt their nature while still retaining their identity.

Also I *think* structured belief can accrete new gods out of unformed god-stuff but that's something I'm less sure about, and would probably irritate some hard polytheists.

So it's a common trope that beliefs give gods power, but I don't actually think that's how it works. In significant part, "power" doesn't seem like a useful way to phrase what gods do in the first place.

What I do think is that belief helps give gods *form*. How a particular god manifests and expresses themself is due in part to what folks expect of them. It's bidirectional, since a god does tell followers some about who they are. The manifestation is negotiated.