What's the point...

[allons_y_alonso]

 ...in having a birthday if you don't even get the day off work for it?

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[allons_y_alonso]

But in this case, I was just picking on Jack. Force of habit.

[maiditoutalive]

what is it about guns you disapprove of?

[allons_y_alonso]

Have you ever heard the saying "If all you've got is a jackhammer, all your problems look like concrete?"

[maiditoutalive]

not in those words but i am sure there is an alternian equivalent of some kind
though i dont exactly see what it has to do with this topic

[allons_y_alonso]

Well. Guns are the easy way. Guns are cheating. "I've got a fancy tool that removes people from the equation, let's just use it to remove all the problems they bring with them." Leads to shoddy thinking.

That's why my weapon of choice is a screwdriver. Keeps you on your toes, trying to win a fight with a tiny glowy stick that makes funny noises.

[maiditoutalive]

that doesnt lead to you getting shot an awful lot does it?

[allons_y_alonso]

Shot, no.

Shot at...

[maiditoutalive]

does your screwdriver have something to do with that??

[allons_y_alonso]

Nah. Probably just my winning personality!

[maiditoutalive]

im not sure thats enough to deflect bullets

[allons_y_alonso]

I'm still around, aren't I?

[maiditoutalive]

that doesnt imply causation

[allons_y_alonso]

No, but whatever I'm doing seems to be working!

[maiditoutalive]

yes i guess it must
youve made it this long

[allons_y_alonso]

And only a few slip-ups along the way!

[maiditoutalive]

how many is a few

[allons_y_alonso]

Only nine or ten fatal ones, really.

[maiditoutalive]

oh thats not so bad
out of how many years?

[allons_y_alonso]

Over the course of about seven hundred years or so?

Made it more than two centuries without a slip before that!

[maiditoutalive]

wow youre really old

[allons_y_alonso]

Only barely middle-aged!

[maiditoutalive]

does all your species live so long

[allons_y_alonso]

Longer, sometimes. Actually, for someone my age, I'm getting close to the end of my lifespan.

[maiditoutalive]

so that would make you
...old

[allons_y_alonso]

No!

Well, yes. Yes, a bit. But not really!