An alethiometer is a fictional device which appears in Philip Pullman’s fantasy series, His Dark Materials. The device bears a superficial resemblance to a compass, and is used to answer questions asked of it, albeit in a rather cryptic manner.
My favorite YA fiction about deicide!
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I used to dislike emoji reactions , but I realized they’re a nice way to signal “I read your message but have nothing more to add”
“Going to lunch. Back by 1” gets 4 thumbs up emojis and a sandwich. Uses far less space than 5 lines of “okay”
“I read your message but have nothing more to add”
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i have read your confirmation of my confirmation of your confirmation of my confirmation of reading your message
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bread 👍
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Translation: may your teeth be well, friend.
It furthers my theory that a frighteningly small amount of communication actually accurately conveys one mind to another and something like 99% of received communication ends up being the recipient’s projection of whatever they wanted it to mean.
