**Micro SF/F stories by O Westin** @MicroSFF@mastodon.social · Nov 01, 2021, 15:09

**Micro SF/F stories by O Westin** @MicroSFF@mastodon.social · Nov 01, 2021, 15:09

Micro SF/F stories by O Westin @MicroSFF@mastodon.social

Nov 01, 2021, 15:09

Micro SF/F stories by O Westin @MicroSFF@mastodon.social

"This headset lets you see what the world would be like if you had never existed."
"I assume it will be pretty much the same, in the grand scheme of things. Can I see what it would be like if other people didn't exist?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"What would you do with that knowledge?"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

**Trinsec @Qoto** @trinsec@qoto.org · 2021-11-01T15:18:12Z

Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@qoto.org

@MicroSFF Well, the same can apply to what would you do with knowing how the world was without you? It is equally as useless?

Nov 01, 2021, 15:18 · · · ·

**Greyshley :agummyhug:** @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip · Nov 01, 2021, 15:20

**Greyshley :agummyhug:** @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip · Nov 01, 2021, 15:20

Nov 01, 2021, 15:20

Greyshley :agummyhug: @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip

@trinsec @MicroSFF one road leads to murdering people because utilitarianism.
The other does not.

**Trinsec @Qoto** @trinsec@qoto.org · Nov 01, 2021, 16:10

**Trinsec @Qoto** @trinsec@qoto.org · Nov 01, 2021, 16:10

Nov 01, 2021, 16:10

Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@qoto.org

@dhfir But 'has never existed' does not equal 'murder', because thety already existed at that point.

@MicroSFF

**Greyshley :agummyhug:** @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip · Nov 01, 2021, 16:18

**Greyshley :agummyhug:** @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip · Nov 01, 2021, 16:18

Nov 01, 2021, 16:18

Greyshley :agummyhug: @dhfir@expired.mentality.rip

@trinsec @MicroSFF yes, but if one person having never existed makes the world a better place, if not for everyone, at least for oneself, it's not that big of a leap from "the world would've been a better place if they'd never existed" to "the world will be a better place if they cease existing"