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Minoa
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Postby Minoa » Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:55 am

Kannap wrote:
Valrifell wrote:
Tokyo 2020
Beijing 2022
Paris 2024
Milan 2026
Los Angeles 2028


Eyyyyy I didn't know about Milan. Cool.

I understand, because Milan never hosted any kind of Olympics before.

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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:56 am

Lillorainen wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:Last year I was in a reconstructed GDR classroom in a museum. All the original textbooks were there. The sheer amount of propaganda in them was astonishing. There was propaganda in every conceivable textbook: languages, engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, arts and crafts, history, etc etc. I have no doubt that the textbooks would have been a third of the size if they had left the propaganda out.

Oii,
May I ask which city that has been in? It sounds like an interesting place to consider seeing whenever I happen to be over in the 'New States' next time.

It was actually in Dresden. It's called Die Welt der DDR (The World of the GDR). Here is a photo of the classroom itself.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.

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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:03 am

The New California Republic wrote:
Lillorainen wrote:Oii,
May I ask which city that has been in? It sounds like an interesting place to consider seeing whenever I happen to be over in the 'New States' next time.

It was actually in Dresden. It's called Die Welt der DDR (The World of the GDR). Here is a photo of the classroom itself.

Ah yes, the One Eyed Red Haired Monster of Leipzig and her parrot Comrade Comrade who taught school children their ABC's.

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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:08 am

Heloin wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:It was actually in Dresden. It's called Die Welt der DDR (The World of the GDR). Here is a photo of the classroom itself.

Ah yes, the One Eyed Red Haired Monster of Leipzig and her parrot Comrade Comrade who taught school children their ABC's.

Yeah they were using the projector to show GDR cartoons when I was there too. I have no fucking idea what that horror is. :lol2:
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.

White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Lillorainen
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Postby Lillorainen » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:11 am

The New California Republic wrote:
Lillorainen wrote:Oii,
May I ask which city that has been in? It sounds like an interesting place to consider seeing whenever I happen to be over in the 'New States' next time.

It was actually in Dresden. It's called Die Welt der DDR (The World of the GDR). Here is a photo of the classroom itself.

Thank you! It really looks interesting. Also exciting to learn, that the depictions of East German classrooms being full of propaganda decoration articles obviously aren't as exaggerated as I used to think (probably, my relatives from East Germany simply haven't perceived it as horrible as it must have been back then, or managed to successfully erase it from their memories ...).
I'd probably consider going there for a day trip, if I didn't live on the opposite side of the country (NRW) ... but I'm definitely gonna go there to see it, should I be around again someday.
Since Lillorainen's geography is currently being overhauled a 'tiny' bit, most information on it posted before December 12, 2018, is not entirely reliable anymore. Until there's a new, proper factfile, everything you might need to know can be found here. Thank you. #RetconOfDoom (Very late update, 2020/08/30 - it's still going on ...)

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Hurdergaryp
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:15 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:This bothers me not, for I am a civilized human being instead of a deranged wehraboo.

I AM NOT A WEHRABOO!!

Never said you were, my dear Ethel. However, we both know that you have a soft spot for pulp entertainment.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:52 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I AM NOT A WEHRABOO!!

Never said you were, my dear Ethel. However, we both know that you have a soft spot for pulp entertainment.

Well.... yes,
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

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Dumb Ideologies
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:57 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdergaryp wrote:This bothers me not, for I am a civilized human being instead of a deranged wehraboo.

I AM NOT A WEHRABOO!!


You'll be macht-ed down for that.

I'm in a dentist waiting room. Terrible puns are how I ensure you join me in suffering.
Are these "human rights" in the room with us right now?
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The New California Republic
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Postby The New California Republic » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:00 am

Lillorainen wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:It was actually in Dresden. It's called Die Welt der DDR (The World of the GDR). Here is a photo of the classroom itself.

Thank you! It really looks interesting. Also exciting to learn, that the depictions of East German classrooms being full of propaganda decoration articles obviously aren't as exaggerated as I used to think (probably, my relatives from East Germany simply haven't perceived it as horrible as it must have been back then, or managed to successfully erase it from their memories ...).
I'd probably consider going there for a day trip, if I didn't live on the opposite side of the country (NRW) ... but I'm definitely gonna go there to see it, should I be around again someday.

No problem. Often these places can easily be overlooked as part of the normal tourist experience unless you specifically go searching for it.
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The Irradiated Wasteland of The New California Republic: depicting the expanded NCR, several years after the total victory over Caesar's Legion, and the annexation of New Vegas and its surrounding areas.

White-collared conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon, my kind will drop and die
But I'm going to wave my freak flag high
Wave on, wave on
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:04 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:I AM NOT A WEHRABOO!!


You'll be macht-ed down for that.

I'm in a dentist waiting room. Terrible puns are how I ensure you join me in suffering.

A lack of blaat provides the vacuum
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Hurdergaryp
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:54 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
You'll be macht-ed down for that.

I'm in a dentist waiting room. Terrible puns are how I ensure you join me in suffering.

A lack of blaat provides the vacuum

And if there's something nature absolutely despises with a passion, it is exactly that.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
Mao Zedong

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Pacomia
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Postby Pacomia » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:56 am

I can no longer get more than 7 hours of sleep a night.
This nation is based on (a slightly more extreme version of) my IRL opinions, and I answer issues accordingly.
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Xuloqoia
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Postby Xuloqoia » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:56 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:I just taught an entire lesson in the afternoon with a cheap China-imported Batman cloth mask on in accordance with our centers’ Halloween policy

I’m now supposed to teach as a Batman for two weeks believe it or not

Visibility is a bit... impaired???? The mask has these slits for eyes

I literally said:

“hey! Hey! HEY! Listen to the Batman!!!”

Yes this happened


:? ... How would it be imported from China if you live in China?
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The Blaatschapen
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:57 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
Dumb Ideologies wrote:
You'll be macht-ed down for that.

I'm in a dentist waiting room. Terrible puns are how I ensure you join me in suffering.

A lack of blaat provides the vacuum


Puns are power. If I don't do it, somebody else will.
The Blaatschapen should resign

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Hurdergaryp
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Postby Hurdergaryp » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:03 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:A lack of blaat provides the vacuum

Puns are power. If I don't do it, somebody else will.

An uncomfortable truth.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:03 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:A lack of blaat provides the vacuum


Puns are power. If I don't do it, somebody else will.

Proved again here
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Hurdergaryp » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:16 am

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Blaatschapen wrote:Puns are power. If I don't do it, somebody else will.

Proved again here

Not that we wanted the proof, but life often is not about what you want.


“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
Mao Zedong

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Pax Nerdvana
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:24 am

Hurdergaryp wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Proved again here

Not that we wanted the proof, but life often is not about what you want.

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Postby Lillorainen » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:22 pm

The New California Republic wrote:
Lillorainen wrote:Thank you! It really looks interesting. Also exciting to learn, that the depictions of East German classrooms being full of propaganda decoration articles obviously aren't as exaggerated as I used to think (probably, my relatives from East Germany simply haven't perceived it as horrible as it must have been back then, or managed to successfully erase it from their memories ...).
I'd probably consider going there for a day trip, if I didn't live on the opposite side of the country (NRW) ... but I'm definitely gonna go there to see it, should I be around again someday.

No problem. Often these places can easily be overlooked as part of the normal tourist experience unless you specifically go searching for it.

Indeed - that's probably the most logical explanation as to why I haven't known about this until today (which I think is a pity).
Since Lillorainen's geography is currently being overhauled a 'tiny' bit, most information on it posted before December 12, 2018, is not entirely reliable anymore. Until there's a new, proper factfile, everything you might need to know can be found here. Thank you. #RetconOfDoom (Very late update, 2020/08/30 - it's still going on ...)

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Ethel mermania
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:26 pm

Lillorainen wrote:
The New California Republic wrote:No problem. Often these places can easily be overlooked as part of the normal tourist experience unless you specifically go searching for it.

Indeed - that's probably the most logical explanation as to why I haven't known about this until today (which I think is a pity).


When I was in Singapore, I visited the WWII prison where the POW's were kept. It was an interesting experience

https://www.visitsingapore.com/see-do-s ... lsrc=aw.ds
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Postby Nanatsu no Tsuki » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:31 pm

When you realize you’ve dropped five pounds in a week without even trying. These early evening workouts are indeed working. Half walking and half jogging for almost two miles every day is truly benefiting me.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:36 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:When you realize you’ve dropped five pounds in a week without even trying. These early evening workouts are indeed working. Half walking and half jogging for almost two miles every day is truly benefiting me.

Running is the best way to lose weight indeed. Good going.
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger

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Heloin
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Postby Heloin » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:39 pm

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:When you realize you’ve dropped five pounds in a week without even trying. These early evening workouts are indeed working. Half walking and half jogging for almost two miles every day is truly benefiting me.

Good on ya! I need to start doing that, just getting under 90 kilos again would be great.

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Postby Xuloqoia » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:53 pm

Heloin wrote:
Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:When you realize you’ve dropped five pounds in a week without even trying. These early evening workouts are indeed working. Half walking and half jogging for almost two miles every day is truly benefiting me.

Good on ya! I need to start doing that, just getting under 90 kilos again would be great.


How tall are you if I may ask? I'm going to guess somewhere in between 5'8" and 5'9, but I could be wrong.
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Postby Pax Nerdvana » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:57 pm

I try to bike at least three times a week, but I dunno if it's working. I'm about 6'1 and about 195-200 lbs.
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