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The waste from my gray matter ends up here, in one of two forms, each of which reflects the two main personalities inhabiting this bag of flesh and bone.

• One is the Astral: easygoing, youthful, philosophical, humorous, naive, and kind.
• The other is the Oracle: cynical, aloof, logical, bitter, dogmatic, and shrewd.

An excess of either of these brings misfortune and failure. A balance brings prosperity and inner peace.

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I provide examples of the following tropes:

• Celibate Hero
• Deadpan Snarker
• Four Temperament Ensemble: Mostly phlegmatic.
• Lawful Neutral
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: With myself (as so helpfully pointed out by Stolenby Faeries).
• Seinfeldian Conversation: My friends and I regularly engage in these.
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: From time to time.
• Slasher Smile: Just look at my driver's license.
• World Half Empty: Well, I'm a born pessimist.