Karma, just like the fuckfield, doesn't exist in some tangible sense, but it's there. If you think about what you do really hard, you'll be able to discern the consequences of it. I skipped a day of co-op three weeks ago and didn't get a job because of it. If I'd gone to work, it's possible that my actions there would have affected X, who affected Y, who ended up doing something to make Z give me a job.
I don't mean in the sense of them saying "OH HEY THIS GUY WHO SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS IS PRETTY COOL AND ALSO HE APPLIED HERE."
One of the reasons I stopped shoplifting was because something was going to happen to Milo if I didn't. Just this little buzzing in my head one night; "Keep it up and you'll leave the gate open by accident and he'll be run over."
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