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[–] 47 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

They're not demons, we simply trapped some lightning and forced it through some runes circuits using our incantations programming. It's all perfectly mundane and not at all worth burning anyone at the stake.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Well, actually, some of them really are daemons.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    They're not daemons, they're background processes. And don't mind the circuit boards that resemble mouths screaming in eternal agony forever trapped in silent slavery in an inescapable copper maze. It's just coincidence, probably.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Good thing we got rid of the modems that let them to vocalise their screams.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    This is one of the few conspiracy theories I have to back because it's just so cool conceptually

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    I don't see silicon. I see fiberglass and copper. Are you sure those demons are trapped?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Ah, good ol' Shadowrun. 🥰

    Though, if I'm being picky, maybe more like Mage or Wraith.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    You're what we used to call a pixie wrangler.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Remember when we used to put tiny windows in their silicon prisons so we could torture them with sunlight?

    6205

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Well now we have soulless homunculi (LLMs) conversing with the demons on our behalf. The homunculi mimic human tongue, but their conversations with the demons are becoming even more indecipherable.

    Surely nothing will go wrong.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    No Paimon? Is it because he needs a male host and silicon is gender neutral?

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