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Quote from: Loud Whispers on October 06, 2013, 06:13:12 pm

Quote from: lue on October 06, 2013, 05:59:37 pm

Perhaps we can coin a new word, for a less-severe kind of terrorism. Horrorism?

The issue with this of course is that both terror and horror are base, primal emotional responses to many things. I suppose it's odder if you pick any other such base emotion, like could you imagine a world where terrorism was replaced by euphorism? People jumping at shadows that excited or made people happy? They're downright unavoidable emotions.
There are more issues with "terrorism" too. It legitimizes partisans of the corrupt and the despot; and whether it be murderers, protesters or politicians - it makes no distinction. It incites fear, it is terrorism, hold no restraint and give no mercy.

Two words exist to generalize politics: Corrupt practice.
No new words need be coined.

Personally, I would use "Extortion"

That works.

Quote from: Xantalos on October 06, 2013, 07:44:21 pm

Fantastic Four 2. I suffered from a bout of 'I couldn't give less of a shit about any of these characters'itis. I wanted Galactus to win.

I wanted to see Galactus as a giant person in silly looking armor.

They showed flashes of him that way, but yeah it would've been better to see him as that and not a space thunderstorm.

Once again, a period of productive writing is at an end. Now I'm stuck feeling listless and bored. Why do I always have peaks of creativity that are subjugated by months of boredom? I have so much still to do but I can't complete it. It's not even procrastination, as I can sit down and try to write but nothing comes. It can't be writer's block because I don't think it comes in waves. How the hell do people manage to finish books like this? I'm never going to do anything at all in my life.

Writers block actually does go like this. It's just the way the brain works, I suppose? Just go do something else if you can't do anything. What's important is that you try.

Fantastic Four 2. I suffered from a bout of 'I couldn't give less of a shit about any of these characters'itis. I wanted Galactus to win.

This is now the Galaga Trek thread. OP plz change titl.

Nah, if we need I can make a thread in FG&RP.

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(Eh, I think he's sufficient considering he's a walking strange mood artifact.)

Quote from: Xantalos on October 06, 2013, 05:43:29 pm

Quote from: Graknorke on October 06, 2013, 04:40:41 am

A world where people don't think sex is such a big deal.

Don't get me wrong it's pretty great and all, but is it really so much better than even other human bodily functions? Eating, stretching muscles, and sleeping are all also pretty fucking great. And all are definitely on a comparable level to sexytimesthings, since the first and third take priority a decent amount of the time, and the second is a similarly physically gratifying feeling. And the social bonding aspect is only significant compared to other social activities because of the importance placed upon sex by society.
And the importance society places on sex is self-reinforcing. It is propegated because it already exists strongly, so people conform to it and in doing so make it continue to exist. It's not like it's even critical for most people to have sex for reprofuction,
If people didn't think sex was such a big deal, things would be in general better. Sex crimes would decrease since it would not be so strongly associated with power; and correspondingly, victims of sex crimes would not be as affected by it because there's less connotations of shame/guilt about it, as well as the aforementioned diminished power aspect.
Overall I can't think of a reason it would not be an improvement.

This would be a good thing.

But... How could we possibly advertise dish soap without sexually explicit modeling!?

Are you implying Mr Clean is a model?