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No One Is an NPC Non-player Character
Stop treating others as NPCs, and you will stop being an NPC.
Recently, certain unelected leaders have described the vast majority of us as . An NPC is a character in a video, role-playing, card, or live-action game that does not represent an actual person and cannot be manipulated by an actual player. An NPC is an algorithm controlled or performed by an organizer, facilitator, supporting participant, or computer. It’s someone who exists but is not really alive.
Do we exist only to fill a role so the “real players” can do what they do? Are we not important in the grand scheme of things? Do you believe you are replaceable, expendable, not to be listened to, or have any need to have things explained?
Is that who you are? Do you feel like you are just along for the ride or helping someone else get from position A to position B? Have we been made to understand that what we do doesn’t matter as long as the big dogs get to eat? If we can’t make a difference, some want us to believe we are only NPCs.
I have played or watched others play enough games to know that NPCs get squashed, swatted, laughed at, abused, killed, and manipulated just for the fun of it. NPCs may make funny noises or give funny responses to our abusive actions, which makes us…
