Long
long ago, before the dawn of time and space, a being of unfathomable
scale and power took its last breath, its limp body sinking through
the surrounding void, veins bleeding time and body rotting into
universes, but some universes were made of flesh that wasn't so
decayed, that was fresh enough that it still had some of that
infinite power that every primordial scavenger sought to harness, and
harness they did, creating vast inter-universal empires headed by
warlords wielding god-like power, who hoarded their territories like
raccoons, if raccoons were so inclined to hold territory, but some
raccoons are more ambitious than others, and warlords were no
different, as one of them, Ygadle, had a scheme, by using their
near-infinite power, they could repurpose one of their universes into
a device known as the Eternity Engine, a hyperspherical construct,
quadrillions of light years in diameter, with the capability of
pumping the temporal blood back into the corpse from which all
reality grew, and in doing so, reversing the flow of time itself,
allowing the warlord to revitalize the putrid remains and harness
even more of the god-being's energy to conquer reality, but there was
just one issue: every other warlord knew about the Eternity Engine,
and so every faction came down on Ygadle in a war lasting billions of
years, where soldiers died by the trillions for only an inch of
progress, but even after Ygadle and their forces were long gone, the
other warlords fought over control of the device, extending the war
into uncountable epochs, until finally, the last warlord, Glthmir,
stood triumphant as the sole, all-powerful dictator of existence, but
as the Eternity Engine was built to provide an advantage in the turf
war, and Glthmir was already the most powerful being alive, any
additional power granted by the Eternity Engine would be superfluous,
but an unquenchable lust for ever more power drove Glthmir to
activate it anyway, as everyone in existence watched with awe that
swiftly turned to horror as the Eternity Engine worked too well, the
flesh of the corpse became too revitalized, and shook the foundation
of reality as the god-being, whose death facilitated the continued
existence of all this new life, arose once more and carried on its
way, completely oblivious to all the history, civilization, and lives
that were lost by its reawakening.
(The title is a reference, if you don't understand, don't worry about it.) These two articles are a bit more linked than normal, as one is a direct response to the other. Though aside from the fact that they both talk about phones and are written in English, there aren't many comparisons I can make, they differ from each other quite severely. First, and most obviously, their stances on cellphones are direct opposites. The one titled "Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation?" Is, shockingly (not really,) thinks that the impact smartphones have on the youths is negative overall, whereas the response, "No, Smartphones are Not Destroying a Generation" thinks that this is not the case (another shocking revelation, I know) There are also some more minor differences in format, for example, the response is much shorter than the paper it's responding to, which I appreciate greatly because my attention span is garbage. The source...
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