Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Spongbob reference? I'm being blind I think - what reference is that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8f6pE69k0
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by Sapnu puas » Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:54 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Spongbob reference? I'm being blind I think - what reference is that?
by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:53 am
by Jutsa » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:13 pm
by Flanderlion » Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:03 am
by Jutsa » Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:06 am
by Flanderlion » Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:16 am
by Jutsa » Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:25 am
by Ransium » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:36 am
Flanderlion wrote:Wait, so the rejected issues can be picked up again?
Also, the time represented by issue numbers mean less than they did, as I remember https://www.nationstates.net/page=news/ ... index.html (500 issues). Now we're at #1104 (realised I didn't include that just before). I was expecting the guy to be back in 2014 type territory, not founded just over a year ago and CTEd just over a month back.
by Jutsa » Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:35 pm
by Australian rePublic » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:21 pm
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Ah man, I was thinking that was a really funny bit of writing on Aussie's part. Turns out it was just copied, eh?
by Trotterdam » Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:46 am
#1104 Balancing the Books
The Issue
After selling just 187 copies, How to Repair Your Cat for Dummies was shockingly still the national #1 best-seller this year. In response, a small group of effete, sweater-vest-clad bookworms have used copies of War and Peas to barricade themselves in your office.
The Debate
1. "That's truly shameful," sighs local librarian @@RANDOMNAME@@, pulling a copy of The Visible Hand from within the deep pockets of @@HIS/HER@@ overcoat. "The solution is subsidizing books. The reduced prices will encourage @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ to buy a good ol' book again. Infinite knowledge is waiting just behind those pages, @@LEADER@@. Folks just need a little nudge."
2. "It's not their choice anymore," declares your Minister of Education, while reluctantly putting down a copy of The Complete Works of Shakespeare. "People don't realize what they are losing by not reading. If @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ stopped watching 'The Brash and the Backstabbing' and actually read something, we'd have a more interesting, enlightened, and productive populace. For everyone's sake, make it mandatory to read a book every month."
3. "What about us?" asks the best-selling author Bax Marry, already signing a copy of his feline mending manual without you asking. "We are the ones that need help. It took five years of hard work and painful scratches to figure out how to properly cauterize a cat's cataract. You know what we need? A little incentive to keep us inspired to make great masterpieces. Establish a government-sponsored workshop to help up-and-coming writers. I could teach them a few lessons I learned while writing my smash hit."
4. "Uggh, if you can't write in three sentences or less you're being overly wordy," mutters one of your secretaries, while briefly scanning a summary of the erudite malcontents' requests. "If people don't want to read a lot, why force them?"
Issue by Braskia
Edited by Ransium
by Jutsa » Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:04 am
by Aramanchovia » Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:45 am
by Jutsa » Tue Nov 13, 2018 9:28 am
by Chan Island » Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:34 am
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
by Techolandia » Wed Nov 14, 2018 5:16 pm
by Furry Things » Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:50 pm
En Bloc
The Issue
Upon allowing @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ to vote, it has come to light that elements in society are training large teams of them to vote for specific candidates and causes. With hordes of @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ forming an orderly line outside a nearby polling station, you decide to listen to a group of fervent bystanders.
The Debate
- “Take a good, hard look at what we have become,” declares Genghis Horner, who, along with his friends and family, have supported the same political party for decades. “Are you telling me it’s a coincidence that their voting patterns are virtually identical? That they all willingly would vote against their own interest, like supporting candidates deep in the pockets of the agricultural-industrial complex? I’m telling you, animal-whispering yahoos are allowed to vote tens, even hundreds, of times through their ‘associates’. It’s unfair, and it’s voter fraud. Clearly, we need to forbid @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ from voting.”
- “Don’t say that around Mr. Puffles,” lectures Mama Perry, covering her pet’s ears with a crochet scarf. “If @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ are being manipulated to vote a certain way, we need to find and crack down on those trying to abuse the system. In addition, you should install an unbiased program to teach @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ how to resist this kind of conditioning, allowing them to vote freely, of their own mind.”
- “With @@ANIMALPLURAL@@ this was bound to happen,” whispers Milo Cesar in a Wezeltonian accent, while asserting his dominance over Mr. Puffles. “They are intelligent, yes, but crave leadership. It is only natural that they seek guidance. The real question is, who is best fitted to guide them? Perhaps it is you? My rates are very reasonable, and with discipline and affection - in that order - I will make you the leader of the greatest pack @@NAME@@ has ever seen.”
Trotterdam wrote:Look out for #1096 being something about weapon ownership, possibly with an an emphasis on underage people.
by Jutsa » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:43 am
by Furry Things » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:53 am
Jutsa wrote:...
I gotta say, it was very fun keeping this one secret after already giving away another one and making this one look like I had nothing to do with it.
I'd like to thank Gnejs so much; it was a very happy surprise to find this one added to the game,
to see another Gnejs edit, and to see Gnejs edit one of my drafts, all so soon after Baggie added 1094.
Can confirm the macros. I submitted it totally random, though Mama @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@ was originally male (still a mama though).
(not actually sure if it's a firstname or a lastname but I'm pretty sure it's a lastname)
Fun fact, though: Milo Cesar is, in fact, fixed, and I do not recognize the reference because... please don't judge me.
Also, the fact that Wezeltonia finally appears again, that's another yes. >:3
Thank you for finding this, Furry Things.
edit: also I'm up at 5:45 AM... something about not being able to sleep after using the john at 4 in the mornin'.
by Jutsa » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:56 am
So that was actually issue 1098. Don't you worry, you're correct that this is a 502 followup. Trot eventually even suspected it.Though now I'm confused about how this conclusion was made:
by Jutsa » Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:58 am
by Jutsa » Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:01 am
En Bloc [Jutsa; ed: Gnejs]
by Trotterdam » Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:42 am
I got the number wrong, that was #1098. Since my post about #502 was later, I think I didn't know about this one yet at the time, so I assigned that one to the next unfilled number.
It's because it's currently only available from an issue chain, which no nation can get more than once.
What does it mean, anyway? What does an "en" have to do with animals?Jutsa wrote:sorry for all the posts but I'm just admiring this:That has got to be the smallest listing to date.En Bloc [Jutsa; ed: Gnejs]
by Jutsa » Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:47 am
by Techolandia » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:43 pm
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