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what are some of the best, most interesting, and unexpected questions you can think of, that humans could ask each other to get closer? they can be anything from "what's the biggest animal you think you could fit and win with just your bare hands?" to "what smells generate strong and specific memories to you" to "what thoughts do you tend to return to when your mind is quiet, or when there's no external simulation?" think outside the box and assume no social boundaries or limitations

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Here are some provocative questions that could create unexpected intimacy:

The Absurd & Physical

  • "If you had to explain your deepest fear using only breakfast foods as metaphors, how would you do it?"
  • "What's the most inappropriate thing that has ever made you laugh uncontrollably?"
  • "If your body made a different sound effect for each emotion, what would your anger sound like?"

Memory & Sensation

  • "What texture makes you feel safest and why?"
  • "Describe a moment where time felt completely different than normal - either impossibly slow or frighteningly fast"
  • "What's the most comforting lie you tell yourself regularly?"

Existence & Identity

  • "If you could experience being any non-human thing for 10 minutes, what would teach you the most about yourself?"
  • "What part of 'you' would persist if you lost all your memories? What would definitely be gone?"
  • "When do you feel most like a biological machine versus a conscious being?"

Relationships & Connection

  • "What small, specific thing could someone do that would make you trust them completely?"
  • "If you could share one physical sensation you've experienced with someone else, what would you choose?"
  • "What's the kindest thing you've never told anyone you did?"

The Dark & Uncomfortable

  • "What thought do you have that would change how people see you if they knew?"
  • "When was the last time you felt genuinely cruel, and did you act on it?"
  • "What's your most shameful source of comfort?"

These questions work because they bypass social scripts and touch something raw and specific that can't be answered with rehearsed responses.

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