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    1. We think faith means shutting off our brains and hoping for the best. We act like NPCs (Non-Player Characters) walking into walls, expecting the wall to move because we "believed hard enough." This isn't faith; it's negligence.

      ⚠️ Glitch Detected: This is the "Brute Force" error. Status Check: Where are you currently "banging your head against the wall" expecting a breakthrough, when you should be stopping to analyse the lock? Compassion Note: If you are tired, you are likely using force, not Sakal.

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    1. The exploit triggers conversation and has the potential to open up a space for discussions about code and software, but this is only one way of understanding the rhetoric of the exploit.

      Street Fighter is a video game that is known specifically for its glitches. For regular players of the game, glitch is normalized as a regular part of play. For example, the Street Fighter wiki returns 30 results for the search term "glitch." The difference, however, is introduced through ways in which individuals discuss the activity of exploiting such glitches. This Street Fighter discussion thread reveals some contention among users as to whether or not exploiting glitches in the game constitutes "cheating." Significantly, in this paragraph, Brown models a method for talking about glitch in a way that diffuses assumptions of dishonesty. See Boyle "Glitch"