YES. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO DO ANYTHING, EXCEPT WHEN I STRIKE IT TOO MANY TIMES THE LAPTOP MAKES NOISE AND ASKS ME IF I WANT TO ACTIVATE STICKY KEYS. WHAT WOULD THAT ACCOMPLISH/ IT SOUNDS UNPLEASANT.
Don't worry about Sticky Keys, you probably won't need that. The trick to the Shift key is that you're supposed to hold it while you press another key. That will allow you to type the symbols on the number keys.
^^^^^^^^^^^&**((() I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. <<>>>>?????::""" THIS ALSO LETS ME MAKE THE OTHER SYMBOLS PRINTED ON THE UPPER HALVES OF SOME KEYS. I SEE. LIKE SHIFTING STANCES.
Oh, that's a smiley face, or "emoticon". The colon is the eyes, and the parenthesis is the mouth. It may be easier to see if you tilt your head.
As for my tip, Typing in all caps can be seen as impolite, because people have a tendency to read it as if you're shouting. If you press the caps lock key, you can write in lowercase.
OH. I UNDERSTAND. so that's the purpose of these smaller letters. conveying tone of voice? they were not in use last time i was on earth. your languages develop so rapidly, it's difficult for even us to keep up sometimes.
centuries are a very small amount of time for much of anything to happen. and yet you all seem to have been speeding up significantly as time goes on. or maybe that's just what it feels like from my perspective, after millennia of watching fish learn to walk.
most likely not. the bible is an incomplete account of history, written by humans with an imperfect understanding of what was going on around them. certain elements may have been left out or misinterpreted.
[ Is he... allowed to admit to this? He can't really check with a superior officer right now. Normally he'd err on the side of caution but he's mostly sure denying it would only make things harder on Marco. ]
[No, no, that checks out. Even to someone who was raised Catholic and internalized too many things he shouldn't have. Frankly, he's more worried he might be the one saying too much.]
you can find knowledge of such things buried in other historical records from around the world, but sometimes telling fact from fiction without the help of someone who was present can be difficult. it is the nature of these things.
We are defined by our roles and duties in a way that humans generally aren't, yes. It might be useful to think of us like you'd think of social insects, whose bodies and minds are shaped for the tasks they are born to fulfill.
[ Unfortunately for Marco, tone does not convey well across text! ]
well, not exactly. obviously i am more complex in my thinking than an ant. but i was made to serve a very specific purpose, and everything about me is for it. my capacity for thought is a tool to be used in fulfilling my duties, whereas yours is in large part what makes you, you.
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<marco>
Oh!
Okay.
Do you see the key that says "Shift"?
The one with an arrow pointing upwards?
<CASTIEL>
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO DO ANYTHING, EXCEPT WHEN I STRIKE IT TOO MANY TIMES THE LAPTOP MAKES NOISE AND ASKS ME IF I WANT TO ACTIVATE STICKY KEYS.
WHAT WOULD THAT ACCOMPLISH/
IT SOUNDS UNPLEASANT.
<marco>
The trick to the Shift key is that you're supposed to hold it while you press another key.
That will allow you to type the symbols on the number keys.
<CASTIEL>
I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.
<<>>>>?????::"""
THIS ALSO LETS ME MAKE THE OTHER SYMBOLS PRINTED ON THE UPPER HALVES OF SOME KEYS. I SEE.
LIKE SHIFTING STANCES.
<marco>
Would you like another tip?
<CASTIEL>
WHAT IS IT?
AND WHAT DOES :) MEAN?
<marco>
The colon is the eyes, and the parenthesis is the mouth.
It may be easier to see if you tilt your head.
As for my tip,
Typing in all caps can be seen as impolite, because people have a tendency to read it as if you're shouting.
If you press the caps lock key, you can write in lowercase.
<CASTIEL>
so that's the purpose of these smaller letters. conveying tone of voice?
they were not in use last time i was on earth.
your languages develop so rapidly, it's difficult for even us to keep up sometimes.
<marco>
Cool. Cool. Just give Marco a moment to stop screaming internally at the sudden reminder of what he's talking to.]
I
imagine even a few centuries go by fast when you're
not human.
<CASTIEL>
and yet you all seem to have been speeding up significantly as time goes on.
or maybe that's just what it feels like from my perspective, after millennia of watching fish learn to walk.
<marco>
I'm a merman
[Thanks, Brain Internet.]
<CASTIEL>
i don't think merpeople are an interstitial step in that process though.
they were created, like all monsters.
<marco>
:)
[WAIT HOLD UP]
I'm sorry,
God created monsters?
<CASTIEL>
well, sort of. God created the mother of monsters, who warped some of the first humans into other forms in an attempt to spite His creation.
<marco>
Is that in the Bible?
I feel like this needs a canon-typical blasphemy warning or something
the bible is an incomplete account of history, written by humans with an imperfect understanding of what was going on around them.
certain elements may have been left out or misinterpreted.
[ Is he... allowed to admit to this? He can't really check with a superior officer right now. Normally he'd err on the side of caution but he's mostly sure denying it would only make things harder on Marco. ]
no subject
Of course.
So you'd only really know if you were
in the
in the know?
<CASTIEL>
no subject
As you can probably tell.
no subject
few angels truly are. we have some dedicated historians, but most of us are warriors.
no subject
angel jobs before.
er they're not really jobs but
no subject
no subject
doesn't like that.]
Is that right?
[oh lord what does this mean in relation to the concept of free will]
no subject
well, not exactly. obviously i am more complex in my thinking than an ant.
but i was made to serve a very specific purpose, and everything about me is for it. my capacity for thought is a tool to be used in fulfilling my duties, whereas yours is in large part what makes you, you.