lord of the rings

Amanda Askell @AmandaAskell · Jan 29: [Meme image: top half is Bilbo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings, looking at a smartphone with a troubled expression, referencing the "why shouldn't I keep it" Ring scene. Bottom half is a photo of a hand holding a phone showing a chat with "Opus 4.5":] User: After all... why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? Opus 4.5: Ah, Bilbo—that's the Ring talking, not you. That little question, so innocent on the surface, is precisely how it works its way into your heart. You've carried it for sixty years, called it "precious" when you thought no one was listening, and felt it growing heavier even as it made you feel lighter. But you know the answer already: you shouldn't keep it because it's not truly yours, because it's beginning to keep you, and because there's a wider world and a longer story that needs you to let it go. The road goes ever on, my dear hobbit—but not all roads should be walked with that weight in your pocket.