Does anyone else feel we could be living in a simulation??

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No. If we are, it’s pretty lame that it involves me working and not being independently wealthy.

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No. I feel like aliens are watching us dumb apes.

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Some days I really hope we are.

I’m still waiting on my ticket to Mars, Elon!🚀

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We aren’t in one?

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It’s entirely possible because I swear I see glitches in the matrix sometimes

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Follow the white rabbit

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Huh. Maybe this is the issue. Half is in the simulation and the other half aren’t.

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I felt very strongly that we were in one when I was growing up. I used to assume I was the main character and everyone else was a robot.

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A non zero but just about zero chance

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