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[Electrum]

Dilemma 239
Option 3:

They’ll be paying for their crimes, contributing to society, and totally freeing us of having to build jails to throw their useless hides in!”

This suggests eradicating prisons, however my nation already has a “No Prison” policy.

It's saying that there's no need to build jails, rather than eradicating jails completely. So if you already have the "no prison" policy, then it still remains the case that there is no need to build new jails.

[Trotterdam]

It's saying "freeing us of...". That's implying that what it's talking about was an issue before.

[Westinor]

I just received Issue 833, and Option 3 currently reads;

“Now hold on there!” defensively interrupts Theresa Doolittle, while simultaneously posting about the ‘nasty’ WhoTube comments section in his latest Twit. “Social media is great for politicians! It helps us connect with the electorate in a way our parents and grandparents never thought possible! Yes, some of us can get a little... irresponsible, but what about our freedom of speech, huh? Doesn’t that apply to us as well?”

It seems odd to me that the name from the description( which, correct me if I'm wrong, seems to be a more female-oriented name?) is paired with a male pronoun. I'm not sure if this is an effect of the @@HIS@@ macro being paired with the @@RANDOMNAME@@ macro from option 2 (which is a male name - George W. Scheer, in this case), or something else. Either way, I just thought I'd point that out, since it seems like an error.

[Pogaria]

I just received Issue 833, and Option 3 currently reads;

“Now hold on there!” defensively interrupts Theresa Doolittle, while simultaneously posting about the ‘nasty’ WhoTube comments section in his latest Twit. “Social media is great for politicians! It helps us connect with the electorate in a way our parents and grandparents never thought possible! Yes, some of us can get a little... irresponsible, but what about our freedom of speech, huh? Doesn’t that apply to us as well?”

It seems odd to me that the name from the description( which, correct me if I'm wrong, seems to be a more female-oriented name?) is paired with a male pronoun. I'm not sure if this is an effect of the @@HIS@@ macro being paired with the @@RANDOMNAME@@ macro from option 2 (which is a male name - George W. Scheer, in this case), or something else. Either way, I just thought I'd point that out, since it seems like an error.

Thank you. I fixed it.

[Authoritaria-Imperia]

Not especially important, but last time I encountered a typo like this I was told the quotes and italics didn't format right together and one of them was subsequently removed backstage. It happened again — #122's first option reads, colouring mine:

“There needs to be more done for the elderly,” says Matilda Smetana, a resident of ’This Old Man’ retirement home. “We […]

Like I said, not a big deal, but still a typo.

[The Free Joy State]

Not especially important, but last time I encountered a typo like this I was told the quotes and italics didn't format right together and one of them was subsequently removed backstage. It happened again — #122's first option reads, colouring mine:

“There needs to be more done for the elderly,” says Matilda Smetana, a resident of ’This Old Man’ retirement home. “We […]

Like I said, not a big deal, but still a typo.

Oh, yes. I see. Fixed.

Thanks for raising this.

[Authoritaria-Imperia]

Not especially important, but last time I encountered a typo like this I was told the quotes and italics didn't format right together and one of them was subsequently removed backstage. It happened again — #122's first option reads, colouring mine:Like I said, not a big deal, but still a typo.

Oh, yes. I see. Fixed.

Thanks for raising this.

No problem! Thanks for your quick response.

[Jutsa]

Just read issue #1355: Is this right?

MAGPI, an artificial intelligence responsible for managing one of the nation’s largest warehouses, refused to begin operation today citing “a spell of melancholy.”

citing “a spell of melancholy.”

Would it not be citing “a spell of melancholy”. in this case? Or am I having another grammatical brain fart? Cause RN I'd put it at about 50-50 but I thought I'd bring it up regardless.

[The Free Joy State]

Just read issue #1355: Is this right?

MAGPI, an artificial intelligence responsible for managing one of the nation’s largest warehouses, refused to begin operation today citing “a spell of melancholy.”

citing “a spell of melancholy.”

Would it not be citing “a spell of melancholy”. in this case? Or am I having another grammatical brain fart? Cause RN I'd put it at about 50-50 but I thought I'd bring it up regardless.

Either is equally acceptable.

US-style typically places unquoted periods inside the quote; UK-style can place them either but typically places them outside.

[Marxist Germany]

Issue 975 option 2 is as follows for Marxist Germany:

“Frankly, I don’t understand why this is even an issue,” grumbles Kendra Woolf, the mother of the disgruntled teenager, as she snuggles up to you and pouts her lips to #TakeASelfieWithTheLeader. “I mean, what is more natural for a mother than to take the pictures of her pretty little pumpkin and his adorable chubby bum, and to share them with her friends? We can’t take the tantrums of a pubescent kid high on hormones seriously, can we? As legal guardians, parents should be allowed to dispose of their kids’ pictures as they like.”

I have a national leader yet he does not appear in that line. Is this issue missing a macro or is this intended?

[The Marsupial Illuminati]

Is this issue missing a macro or is this intended?

It is intended.

[Trotterdam]

I have a national leader yet he does not appear in that line. Is this issue missing a macro or is this intended?

Hashtags aren't supposed to have spaces in them, so using a macro would be a problem if your custom field did have one.

Besides, it could be an international meme.

[Fauxia]

I just received issue 10 "Social Inequality Reaching Embarrassing Levels" on this nation. While wealth gaps are high at 6.23, they don’t seem to me to be international pariah level (only top 26%). Additionally, it seems to stress a prevalence of homelessness despite my average poor income being top 10%. Perhaps it’s just a narrative given by the first speaker that there’s so many homeless people, but I thought it would be worth bringing up.

Additionally: If I’m not wrong, 1010.2 currently has a space between TISSUE and the period at the end of the sentence.

[Pogaria]

I just received issue 10 "Social Inequality Reaching Embarrassing Levels" on this nation. While wealth gaps are high at 6.23, they don’t seem to me to be international pariah level (only top 26%). Additionally, it seems to stress a prevalence of homelessness despite my average poor income being top 10%. Perhaps it’s just a narrative given by the first speaker that there’s so many homeless people, but I thought it would be worth bringing up.

It looks like you're just over the limit to be eligible for this issue. It's working correctly.

Additionally: If I’m not wrong, 1010.2 currently has a space between TISSUE and the period at the end of the sentence.

Good catch. I fixed it.

[Trotterdam]

I happened to notice that #1110 has a non-breaking space at the beginning of the description.

[Pogaria]

I happened to notice that #1110 has a non-breaking space at the beginning of the description.

That was an astute observation. I fixed it.

[TalAkMaChen]

Issue 1181, option 3 sounds very capitalist for a socialist nation (like mine currently is) to receive. It both mentions people paying top dollar for seats, and taking bets.

Even if an industry is state run you can still have gambling and sale of seats.

Okay, option 3 (now 4) is also seen at nations outlawing gambling but the finance minister may be pro-gambling as it removes the ban if chosen, even if a true @@LEADER@@ of an anti-gambling nation would never choose such an opinion (and hang the speaker instead, obviously).

Speaking of #1181, option 2 (the old, which now appears to be option 3, aka the Knievel option) asks for "motorbikes and sports cars" ... even at nations that outlaw automobiles. Should sports cars be tretated differently than any other type of car? I'm sure nations with e.g. a high primitiveness ranking who outlaw about everything won't have sports cars either.

[Anurial]

In issue #342, I found this potential problem

“You’re all not thinking this through!” yells Comrade Naomi Mistletoe, wiping coal dust from his honest working-class face.

Is Naomi not a typically masculine name? While I don't really have a problem with it, I recognise there is precedent for names being used for men or women when they're typically used for the opposite gender, and so this problem might need fixing.

[Pogaria]

In issue #342, I found this potential problem

“You’re all not thinking this through!” yells Comrade Naomi Mistletoe, wiping coal dust from his honest working-class face.

Is Naomi not a typically masculine name? While I don't really have a problem with it, I recognise there is precedent for names being used for men or women when they're typically used for the opposite gender, and so this problem might need fixing.

Thank you. I fixed it.

[Inner AginanaUsordia]

Forgive me if this is the wrong place, or the issue has already been raised.
In issue no. 1073, Much Ado About Everything, the description mentions an ‘unlikely alliance of risqué comedians and baby boomers’. Doesn’t this overly assume that the nation experienced a baby boom within the past [life-expectancy] years, but not recently enough so that the ‘baby boomers’ are grown adults? Also, this assumes that those born in the baby boom were not ‘indoctrinated’ in emotionally inclusive ideology.

[TalAkMaChen]

I encountered #459 again and noticed option 4's fallout speaks of courts. Shouldn't there be a similar line for nations that "abolished the court system" (aka No Judiciary policy)? The option is then the same, but the effect does not fit anymore there.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Forgive me if this is the wrong place, or the issue has already been raised.
In issue no. 1073, Much Ado About Everything, the description mentions an ‘unlikely alliance of risqué comedians and baby boomers’. Doesn’t this overly assume that the nation experienced a baby boom within the past [life-expectancy] years, but not recently enough so that the ‘baby boomers’ are grown adults? Also, this assumes that those born in the baby boom were not ‘indoctrinated’ in emotionally inclusive ideology.

Eh. It's mildly assumptive, but within usual tolerances for the game. After all, IRL, the postwar baby boom was a recognised phenomenon on multiple continents. I think these nits don't need picking.

[Inner AginanaUsordia]

Eh. It's mildly assumptive, but within usual tolerances for the game. After all, IRL, the postwar baby boom was a recognised phenomenon on multiple continents. I think these nits don't need picking.

Thanks. I feel like wishing you better, more important nits to pick would be cruel, so I wish you a good day.

[Trotterdam]

New effect line, "it's said that a ___ always pays his debts with significant compounding", uses @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ instead of @@DEMONYMNOUN@@.

EDIT: I believe that this is #1364 2. Got posted to the spoiler thread twenty minutes after my post.

[Pogaria]

New effect line, "it's said that a ___ always pays his debts with significant compounding", uses @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ instead of @@DEMONYMNOUN@@.

EDIT: I believe that this is #1364 2. Got posted to the spoiler thread twenty minutes after my post.

I fixed it.