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by Australian rePublic » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:26 pm
by Frieden-und Freudenland » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:38 pm
Australian rePublic wrote:No issues about diseases. What about issues about panic buying? Are they okay?
by Australian rePublic » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:43 pm
Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:Australian rePublic wrote:No issues about diseases. What about issues about panic buying? Are they okay?
I suppose you would need to justify why people are panicking, but once you can establish that, I suppose it can be OK.
I think you could perhaps focus on people buying medication (for wrong reasons) that they don't need and thereby depriving the patients who need them of essential medication? You could write this without mentioning a pandemic. Something like the following.
1. A famous health "guru" suggests that taking acetaminophene (or paracetamol, or whatever it is called where you live) regularly helps one lose weight
2. People ransack pharmacies to stock up on acetaminophene
3. People who actually NEED acetaminophene as a fever reducer or pain reliever cannot get it.
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Maybe something like that could work?
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Or another line of story could come from "perceived scarcity."
Suppose a merchant of doom says that @@NAME@@ was getting most of toilet paper supply from Blackacre and due to the recent deterioration of diplomatic relations between these two countries, Blackacre will probably no longer export toilet paper to @@NAME@@.
And people are plundering supermarkets like crazy to purchase toilet paper. I dunno.
by Purple Rats » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:54 pm
by SherpDaWerp » Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:00 pm
Purple Rats wrote:I have an idea, I am not sure is it done already, so correct me, if it is:
Issue about too old politicians. There was some issue about mentally ill politicians, so it could be too similar, but still:
There would be some old politician, who does not make any sense, so result of issue could be: a) everything is still the same like before, b) There would be age limit for politicians, c) politicians of certain age can continue, but they have to make test after certain years to be sure they are still "okay in head"
by Trotterdam » Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:16 am
We already have something similar about gluten, as well as painkillers.Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:I think you could perhaps focus on people buying medication (for wrong reasons) that they don't need and thereby depriving the patients who need them of essential medication?
by Candlewhisper Archive » Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:28 am
by Nation of Quebec » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:19 am
by The World Capitalist Confederation » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:43 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:It'd be my personal inclination to hold off satirical pandemic-inspired issues for the most part until the pandemic is over. It just seems in poor taste right now, like writing comedies about the Holocaust at the same time as the trains are running to the death camps.
I'm thinking when all this is done there's been enough pandemic-related topics come up to make a kick-ass issue chain, but that's something for the future, when all the death and suffering is done.
This isn't a blanket ban on pandemic-related issues, just a plea to all to remember that this is a real life situation that people are dying of right now, and to be tasteful.
by Purple Rats » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:47 am
by The Free Joy State » Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:58 am
The World Capitalist Confederation wrote:Candlewhisper Archive wrote:It'd be my personal inclination to hold off satirical pandemic-inspired issues for the most part until the pandemic is over. It just seems in poor taste right now, like writing comedies about the Holocaust at the same time as the trains are running to the death camps.
I'm thinking when all this is done there's been enough pandemic-related topics come up to make a kick-ass issue chain, but that's something for the future, when all the death and suffering is done.
This isn't a blanket ban on pandemic-related issues, just a plea to all to remember that this is a real life situation that people are dying of right now, and to be tasteful.
Are the ones more serious in tone still allowed? I was considering making a pandemic-related issue about the economy being affected by disease and lockdowns.
by Phydios » Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:12 am
Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. | Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’James 1:26-27, Matthew 7:21-23
by Fauxia » Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:02 am
Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
by Jutsa » Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:26 am
by Chan Island » Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:46 am
Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
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 USS Monitor » Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:00 am
Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
by Candensia » Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:02 am
Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
The Free Joy State wrote:Time spent working on writing skills -- even if the draft doesn't work -- is never wasted.
by Nazbeth » Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:43 pm
by USS Monitor » Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:32 pm
Nazbeth wrote:Wow, my first Forum post. I’m new to this, so sorry if I’m not doing this right.
Anyway, I was wondering. Is there an issue about establishing a dictator’s cult of personality? Because if so, that could be interesting to write. Thanks.
by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:14 am
Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
by Australian rePublic » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:51 pm
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Nation of Quebec wrote:For the past year and a half or so I have been struggling with a severe lack of motivation regarding NationStates, writing, editing. You may have noticed there have been hardly any issues edited by me recently. These past few months have been particularly stressful for me in real life and I did not want to continue with a voluntary job that was bringing me little joy. It's been an interesting ride, but for the sake of my mental health, leaving this job seemed necessary.
I'll be spending much less time on NationStates. I want to thank everyone for the good times.
Live long and prosper.
Good luck with wherever life takes you, mate. Seems to me that RL seems to be a more unrealistic simulation of life than NS is these days. RL could use a good edit, someone needs to have a word with real life's Admin.
Case in point, a few hours ago my GP colleague was admitted with severe respiratory problems -- a young guy with no health problems. This COVID-19 thing is pretty awful...
Y'all stay safe now, and stay happy. Mental composure and contentedness, they're the most important things in a time like this.
by Australian rePublic » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:55 pm
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