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[stridercentric]

[Ever since Bro arrived in Vatheon, he's been impressed by the amount of skilled techies. People are going around building robot dogs like it's no big deal and his younger alternate self was seen beating the shit out of a pretty goddamn amazing strifebot. This is the sort of thing that had always caught his interest when he was younger, even if he never made a real hobby out of it. It still catches his interest now.

So he decides to take the plunge and rekindle that old passion. It's never too late to gain more skills, especially when you know this is kinda your last chance to do so. He's got the perfect project in mind to get him started, too.]

so we got a lotta techies here right? the folks with the l33t skills and way too much free time on their hands. put down your screwdrivers and start reading.

in my world theres legend of a kickass device. born in the dark recesses of a hollywood directors mind and shaped by cheap special effects. it doesnt exist for real but boy howdy do fanboys cream their pants at the prospect of it being a thing. santa still gets like five hundred requests a year for these rad toys and he has to disappoint every single hopeful sap who asks. people have been trying to build this thing for decades but gravitys keeping them down. literally.

its called a hoverboard. not a rocketboard. not a skateboard. definitely not a surfboard. doesnt work over water anyway. its gotta hover like 10 inches above the ground.

but were not on my world anymore and i think the brilliant minds here can make a legit hoverboard. and show me how the fuck youre making the hovering work because ive got nothing.

so what say you?

[...]

p.s. if you use magic to make it hover youre disqualified. were defying laws of nature with science here so wizards need not apply.

Comments

[stridercentric]

yeah well. what if i stick little booster rockets in the soles of my feet and link them to my brain so theyre activated by thought alone? just like an actual body function.

what then genius.

[pranksterheir]

that doesn't count because you would still have to build something and attach it to you to make it work.

[stridercentric]

so what. youre trying to say magics superior because its genetic? or. idk. inside your heart or some bullshit.

that means its only available to a select few. because im pretty damn sure not everybody can use magic.

science is there for everybody to use. even us muggles.

[pranksterheir]

that's what makes it more special!
not everyone has it. it's more unique.

[stridercentric]

yeah and its a real fucking hassle that way.

say some guy loses his limbs and needs magic to get around. except he wasnt born with magic so boohooh. fuck his life.

science could get him arms and legs again. or at least give him a decent wheelchair and a little crane to dump food in his mouth.

[pranksterheir]

he could grow new arms and legs with magic too! someone else could use magic to help him out.

[stridercentric]

oh really. so whats the spell that makes limbs regrow?

appendages returnius. accio limbs. bibbidi bobbidi bullshit. it all sounds retarded.

and anyway. youre missing the point. magic means relying on someone who can actually use that shit.

what if all wizards go extinct. no magic ever.

[pranksterheir]

i don't know, i control the wind, not make limbs grow back.
what if someone is born with magic later on after the wizards go extinct?

[stridercentric]

then we got one wizard with magic. and a billion people who can solve the same problems with science.

see what im getting at here?

[pranksterheir]

i still think magic is more awesome than science.

[stridercentric]

that makes you just like that one wizard.

all alone in a world of science lovers.

[pranksterheir]

i am pretty sure there are other people who like magic here.

[stridercentric]

still more techies around here man.

heres some advice. dont try and turn this into a goddamn wager. youll lose.

[pranksterheir]

bluh bluh bluh.

[stridercentric]

watch it egbert.

i know where you live.