Quotes of People in Your Nation Mk. V

[Xekliv]

"Öll erum við gestir hér á grund.
Aldrei að gista á einum stað.
Göfugt nafn gleymist aldrei.
Mín verður minnst."

-- Sung at the funeral of Emperor Ligif Rahkreniik following the defeat of the Dark Witch, on the first day of the first era

[Las Palmeras]

"Illegal immigrants are called Fichas Blancas...White Slips. They're bought easily. They sell easily. And they're cheap. If a few in the batch are deficient and the whole batch is expendable. It's a public secret too. Deregulated hiring bases that have people working very cheaply who spend things on themselves or send transactions overseas to Mexico or Central America or Easter Europe and Asia, making direct investment by their part...but the majority of their wealth stays in the system here.

20% of immigrants here are illegal, and about 45% overstay a temporary visa. Most of them are in their best work age, and create a surplus of national gains. Of the illegal kind that obsesses middle-aged Americans whom get their pensions paid partly by this cheap workforce; they're easy-hire-easy-fire ambulant people who compete very little with local workers, even the dropouts, because they accept whatever they can get...and no National citizen would want to work overtime with little in return in assembly lines for 6 out of 7 days. It'd be idiotic to not know where these hubs are, even if some people just pay direct taxes as consumers; the inspections by agencies who visit immigrant neighborhoods utter 'Papers please' and that will generally end their stay when the reactionary need to be sated after their due process is through. It's a calculated risk. Some have stolen identities and the real Popular Security taxpayers get into problems, but these individuals are small compared to the people with fake identities that put money into the System that'll never get withdrawn, and because our Welfare system regards illegal immigrants in the same manner as in the US, they're only applicable for emergencies when the numbers don't add up. You can take things in with a fake number, but you can't take things out, the system will always win. And statistically, the surplus is bigger than the frauds.

Enforcing borders, in the USA style...is to put it simply, a charade. They can ask their leaders who opened the gates for cheap labor in the 1980s. Their census bureau will tell them that 1 out of 4 foreigners are illegal, and that their institutions don't want to deport all illegal immigrants. If they truly did want to do so; they'll need a bigger budget to take away a surplus from their country. We do the same thing but it's accepted in some form or another. We're hosts, and they're temporary labor. Their gratitude is expressed in their labor. And we say 'Thanks and bye, recommend us to a brother or cousin'. It'd be silly to affirm that there's no calculated quota and that we can't enforce it."
-The Office Lady

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"Immigrant marriages are something special here. Our birth rates are problematic; and the fact that there are 84 men for every 100 women doesn't help. Hence; male immigrants are favored and put ahead of women in lists. If they marry a national, they'll have to do so for 5 solid years. Spanish speakers are favored; Mexicans, South Americans, desperate Spanish postgraduates...but there are also East Europeans and some Asians.
...
Now, on the other hand if a foreign woman comes over here...they'll have to stay married for 10 years, or 5 if they have a child to the national. I hear Russian and Vietnamese brides are the latest hit."
-The Office Lady

[Bereia]

"A penny means you are a fellow soldier paying respect to the dead. A nickel means you were in the same training unit. A dime means you were posted together. A quarter means you were with him when he was killed. It is a tradition which, according to some, dates back to the Romans and their glory days."

-- Col. Annabelle Sizemore, U.S.A., explaining the custom among U.S. military personnel of placing coins on the graves of fallen comrades.

[Las Palmeras]

"Wanna know what's scary, like truly frightening...Rainbow Brite and those ponies!"
-Tomoko Zorilla, breaking the 4th Wall

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Explanation:

I've mentioned time after time in the previous thread that my imagined universe is one of shoddy-drawn cartoons where everything is deliberately monochrome. Because darkness hides faults, brightness is seen as something scary. Save for the occasional magical realism, the Las Palmeras universe is pretty much this one. So banality is seen as the ultimate offence by many multiversal neighbors in the fantastic parallel dimensions near it; be them medieval-esque fantasy lands, superhero settings and hammy Mordors, more wacky "toontowns" or saccharine black-and-white places. In comparison Las Palmeras can be comparable to constant aimlessness and soul-crushing normality in a world of "Maya and Shunyata" (illusion and de-realization roughly speaking). And this comment from TV Tropes on Rainbow Brite:

It's mentioned on the Humans Are Cthulhu page that colorizing the setting is Hostile Terraforming for no other reason than the group of kids don't like the way it looks; similar to an alien species gassing a city of earth with, say, chlorine because they like the scent.

[Wisconsin9]

"Wanna know what's scary, like truly frightening...Rainbow Brite and those ponies!"
-Tomoko Zorilla, breaking the 4th Wall

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Explanation:

I've mentioned time after time in the previous thread that my imagined universe is one of shoddy-drawn cartoons where everything is deliberately monochrome. Because darkness hides faults, brightness is seen as something scary. Save for the occasional magical realism, the Las Palmeras universe is pretty much this one. So banality is seen as the ultimate offence by many multiversal neighbors in the fantastic parallel dimensions near it; be them medieval-esque fantasy lands, superhero settings and hammy Mordors, more wacky "toontowns" or saccharine black-and-white places. In comparison Las Palmeras can be comparable to constant aimlessness and soul-crushing normality in a world of "Maya and Shunyata" (illusion and de-realization roughly speaking). And this comment from TV Tropes on Rainbow Brite:

It's mentioned on the Humans Are Cthulhu page that colorizing the setting is Hostile Terraforming for no other reason than the group of kids don't like the way it looks; similar to an alien species gassing a city of earth with, say, chlorine because they like the scent.

Good God, that's horrifying, now that I think about it. Reminds me of SCP-8900-EX.

[Allancia]

OOC: @Wisconsin: Seems like we have a fellow SCP fan.

"One day, a peacekeeper inside of Battenburg was doing his rounds. He saw a man walking down the road, and told him to stop. The man started to run, and the peacekeeper shot him. A bystander said 'Hey, why the hell did you shoot him?' The peacekeeper replied with 'because of curfew.' The bystander said 'Curfew doesn't start for another 30 minutes!' The peacekeeper said 'He was my best friend in the whole world. I know where he lives, and he never could have made it home in time.'"

-Allancian joke

[Senyosu]

"Wanna know what's scary, like truly frightening...Rainbow Brite and those ponies!"
-Tomoko Zorilla, breaking the 4th Wall

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Explanation:

I've mentioned time after time in the previous thread that my imagined universe is one of shoddy-drawn cartoons where everything is deliberately monochrome. Because darkness hides faults, brightness is seen as something scary. Save for the occasional magical realism, the Las Palmeras universe is pretty much this one. So banality is seen as the ultimate offence by many multiversal neighbors in the fantastic parallel dimensions near it; be them medieval-esque fantasy lands, superhero settings and hammy Mordors, more wacky "toontowns" or saccharine black-and-white places. In comparison Las Palmeras can be comparable to constant aimlessness and soul-crushing normality in a world of "Maya and Shunyata" (illusion and de-realization roughly speaking). And this comment from TV Tropes on Rainbow Brite:

It's mentioned on the Humans Are Cthulhu page that colorizing the setting is Hostile Terraforming for no other reason than the group of kids don't like the way it looks; similar to an alien species gassing a city of earth with, say, chlorine because they like the scent.

I already watched some teen's react videos to scary video games, read the nightmare fuel page on tv tropes, but this....

FUCK SLEEP AMIRITE

"Wanna know what's scary, like truly frightening...Rainbow Brite and those ponies!"
-Tomoko Zorilla, breaking the 4th Wall

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Explanation:

I've mentioned time after time in the previous thread that my imagined universe is one of shoddy-drawn cartoons where everything is deliberately monochrome. Because darkness hides faults, brightness is seen as something scary. Save for the occasional magical realism, the Las Palmeras universe is pretty much this one. So banality is seen as the ultimate offence by many multiversal neighbors in the fantastic parallel dimensions near it; be them medieval-esque fantasy lands, superhero settings and hammy Mordors, more wacky "toontowns" or saccharine black-and-white places. In comparison Las Palmeras can be comparable to constant aimlessness and soul-crushing normality in a world of "Maya and Shunyata" (illusion and de-realization roughly speaking). And this comment from TV Tropes on Rainbow Brite:

Good God, that's horrifying, now that I think about it. Reminds me of SCP-8900-EX.

oh god no pls ;-;

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Risk and fear, if I were a human, that would certainly keep me alive.

-H-

[Xekliv]

"There is no bad weather, only bad clothing."

-- Xeklivian proverb

[Wisconsin9]

"What's the temperature?"

"Thirty below."

"Fahrenheit or Celsius?"

"Kelvin."

—Common winter joke.

[Phisych University]

... I'm the only one in the room who chuckled at the idea of aliens gassing us all with their air-fresheners, aren't I?

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Day in, day out. I wake up, eat some nutrient blocks, go to work hammering robots together, maybe talk with friends afterwards, go home, eat more nutrient blocks and sleep. Seven days a week, seventy two weeks a year, ten years a decade... I'm a cog in a machine, a machine with lots of extra cogs and parts and pulleys. The important little microchips at the centre operating the machine wouldn't miss me. The machine wouldn't miss me. The world wouldn't miss me... I don't want to die, death just... It scares me, but I don't know why I get out of bed besides avoiding death. Life can't just be avoiding death, I mean, this doesn't feel like living too much, but I can't see anything else to it... Ugh, sorry, I'm just rambling again aren't I?

I had a good sleep last night. It rained today while I was heading to work. Work was okay. I met Quinn afterwards, we talked about last night's boat race, he lost twenty points in a bet. Same old Quinn. Didn't bet myself, never had good luck. Still raining when I got back home. Going to bed early tonight.

- Journal of Tim Henderson, Average Phisychian.

[Allancia]

"Wanna know what's scary, like truly frightening...Rainbow Brite and those ponies!"
-Tomoko Zorilla, breaking the 4th Wall

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Explanation:

I've mentioned time after time in the previous thread that my imagined universe is one of shoddy-drawn cartoons where everything is deliberately monochrome. Because darkness hides faults, brightness is seen as something scary. Save for the occasional magical realism, the Las Palmeras universe is pretty much this one. So banality is seen as the ultimate offence by many multiversal neighbors in the fantastic parallel dimensions near it; be them medieval-esque fantasy lands, superhero settings and hammy Mordors, more wacky "toontowns" or saccharine black-and-white places. In comparison Las Palmeras can be comparable to constant aimlessness and soul-crushing normality in a world of "Maya and Shunyata" (illusion and de-realization roughly speaking). And this comment from TV Tropes on Rainbow Brite:

It's mentioned on the Humans Are Cthulhu page that colorizing the setting is Hostile Terraforming for no other reason than the group of kids don't like the way it looks; similar to an alien species gassing a city of earth with, say, chlorine because they like the scent.

OOC: Las Palmeras is an all around ridiculous country, but every now and again, an intellectual thesis like that will pop up.

"The colors black and white are popular in Allancian cinema for any number of reasons. But the most dominant is that it is a sign of grimness. The color white is stark, glaring and sterile. The color black is murky, dark and terrifying. Which is worse? You can't tell."

-James Madison
Film producer
Talking to some students from Verneer University.

[Interstellar America]

"I never find my enemies amusing, however... I do find it funny that they express surprise, almost disbelief at the fact that even though ours is a fractured and divided world, our tendency to come together in the face of great adversity regardless of what our ideologies are." - Captain George Winchester, 2109

[-the Ukrainian SSR-]

"We are the definition of Indomitable Will." - General Mark Valshannar, speaking of Ruthenians.

[Xekliv]

"Don't fuck with me, bro; I've killed more cunts than cervical cancer."

-- Canton Ripfist

[New Frenco Empire]

"Star Command, this is Cheeseburger one-one..."

-Henry "Bobby" Duggart

[The Nexus of Man]

goddamn it al

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"Next thing that you'll be hearing is the support of child killing 'for women's rights'.

How about fun for the whole family? Father, mother, and children castrations! Free if you buy 2 abortions!"

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The Politician

[Grangeco]

Space and Drones.Yay! ~ General

[Luziyca]

"What's the temperature?"

"Thirty below."

"Fahrenheit or Celsius?"

"Kelvin."

—Common winter joke.

"Did somebody say Calvin? We should organize a game of Calvinball."
-Ron Obvious, drunk

[Fatatatutti]

"You're better off taking a taxi than a bus. The buses all go to the beach. Taxi drivers know how to get around the traffic. I know. I worked my way through Clown College driving a taxi."
-- Defense Minister Harmony Chang, giving directions to a tourist

[Auroya]

"Next thing that you'll be hearing is the support of child killing 'for women's rights'.

How about fun for the whole family? Father, mother, and children castrations! Free if you buy 2 abortions!"

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The Politician

"You are most apt at creating strawmen. Can I buy a scarecrow from you for my garden?"

--- Lady Evelyn v. Crimsonstein

[Transyl]

" I am almost 50 years old, I must start writing my will today before I am taken away to be 'put down' like some unwanted animal, that or i must hide the best I can from our leader (Kat) and the S.W.A.T team.."

[Las Palmeras]

Good God, that's horrifying, now that I think about it. Reminds me of SCP-8900-EX.

Wisconsin, Lel.
Oh and Allancia, don't worry. There's reason for my madness...I think?

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"Drinking Liquid Oxygen results in a painful but sure revival later on, while your body regenerates itself. That is, if your body is made up of neutrinos in a self-stabilizing or external field. If not then you're dead. And if you're out of your place, I'm not sure if a weak burst of photons will occur and poof...or if...you know...gamma rays occur."
-No Name

[-the Ukrainian SSR-]

"If anyone talks about the war who isn't a civilian, they're lying. No one wants to talk about what they're trying very hard to forget." - General Matthias Laberenz

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"It's moving, what tragedy can do to mobilize distant peoples, before a year ago I had never seen or heard of San Cristobel, one of the poorest, most destitute nations on the planet, and they've poured hundreds of millions of units of currency into aiding our shattered nation. The Eslovakians occupy the north, the Cristobellans send bandages, clean water and whatever else we beg the rest of the world for for weeks and months... Yet the former is a symbol of humanitarianism?" - Pvt. Nazar Chownyk

[Bereia]

"For the modern Libertarian, as with the Classical Liberal, abortion is a divisive hot-button issue. Why? Because it is a conflict between two perceived rights, that of the woman to do as she prefers in regards to her own body, and that of the unborn infant to live free of harm and coercion. Both of these are vitally important to such people, and in this instance they are in conflict."

-- Julissa Hickman, Citizen.

[The Yorkshire Commonwealth]

"The abortion issue is a debate inexplicably prevalent in some parts of the modern world, which basically boils down to a choice between upholding a human being's integral rights to the most basic modicum of body-sovereignty, and upholding the rights for mechano-shepherds to graze their cybernetic-sheep on the mystical cloud-pastures of Nebari Prime.

It is a debate of reality vs. fantasy. Blatant fact vs. willful ignorance. Primary school levels of medical knowledge vs. shutting your eyes and feeling weally, weally hard so that faiwies become real.

It's never really been an issue here... I mean... We've only existed for 90 years."

-The Great Long-Conk