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“Well, since alcohol is anti-microbial, that is to say, deadly to germs, humans who drank that instead of water would die at a much lower rate from waterborne pathogens – which, prior to industrial water treatment and purification, were ubiquitous. And so the booze hounds would proliferate, out-surviving and out-reproducing the water-drinkers. Alcoholism may actually be an adaptation. Yes, that would mean the bugs on this planet have bred an entire race of booze hounds. Ain’t evolution a bitch?”
― Death of Empires
― Death of Empires

“The patron saint of altered states, maybe, or of edges, of missing guardrails and falling off cliffs.”
― The End is Now
― The End is Now

“Join the Army, see the world. Meet new and exciting people, and kill them.”
― Assault Troopers
― Assault Troopers

“Do you have any idea how much dumber our species has gotten since we invented the computer? Well neither do I- I'd have to look it up with a computer.”
― Nexus
― Nexus

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