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by Nachtswalbe
Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:43 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Venting thread
Replies: 2012
Views: 15061763

Re: Venting thread

I am basically a dead man walking . My relation with my assigned coworker is screwed because I can’t find the components from the bins/rack myself sometimes and I am often confused. Also my brother went out for a Bible retreat and may have gotten covid. The test was contaminated with food. He also ...
by Nachtswalbe
Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Caste Systems in Conworlds
Replies: 44
Views: 27580

Re: Caste Systems in Conworlds

alice wrote: Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:08 pm Has anyone tried to combine a caste system with a case system?
As in terms of grammar for honorifics?
by Nachtswalbe
Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Caste Systems in Conworlds
Replies: 44
Views: 27580

Re: Caste Systems in Conworlds

How would a modern state deal with non-religiously-sanctioned caste systems like shinōshoko?
by Nachtswalbe
Thu Oct 14, 2021 9:21 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Pronunciations you had to unlearn
Replies: 805
Views: 553352

Re: Pronunciations you had to unlearn

Beethoven
from /bi.DoU.vIn/ to /beDovIn
by Nachtswalbe
Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:16 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: A Sociopathic Consociety
Replies: 13
Views: 3531

Re: A Sociopathic Consociety

Sociopaths do not exist for any reason, they're a byproduct of biology and statistics. The world would be much better without them. Polish eagle on AH.com has argued that every psychological type has a place in society-so sociopaths or neurtypicals ruthless enough have certain roles to fill, especi...
by Nachtswalbe
Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:53 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3850
Views: 513283

Re: Random Thread

Sir Sadruddin Aga Khan's work for the UNHCR Prince Sadruddin's determination not to discriminate between European and Third World refugees helped prepare the UNHCR for a change in the landscape of internationally displaced persons. During the 1950s, between 200,000 and 300,000 refugees of European o...
by Nachtswalbe
Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:47 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3850
Views: 513283

Re: Random Thread

Queen Isabelle of Italy Isabelle Hélène Sursock fell in love with Prince Marcantonio VII Colonna [it], who brought her to Italy, where she was able to integrate successfully into Roman high society at a time when it had to deal with Mussolini. After the end of the monarchy in 1946 Isabelle effective...
by Nachtswalbe
Wed Oct 13, 2021 5:32 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Nationalism and Culture
Replies: 76
Views: 29910

Re: Nationalism and Culture

I tend to lean towards a more hard-core secularism partly due to growing up evangelical and my leaning towards technocracy. That being said, recognition of all major religions' holidays does defuse tensions. On another front, what can historically imperial or genocidal nations do to make up for thei...
by Nachtswalbe
Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:53 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: A Sociopathic Consociety
Replies: 13
Views: 3531

A Sociopathic Consociety

Realistically how would a con world where the majority of inhabitants are violently sociopathic but willing to submit to authority function? How would the basic trust that undergirds even a relatively-less-community-centered like American society even appear here? Inspired by Green Antarctica and th...
by Nachtswalbe
Wed Oct 13, 2021 7:51 am
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Nationalism and Culture
Replies: 76
Views: 29910

Re: Nationalism and Culture

I don’t know all that much about either Chinese or American history (most history, in fact), so I can’t really comment about this. But I’m not sure that Alexander would describe China’s political system as anything close to that of Universal Culture: for one thing, it’s not democratic. I think the ...
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:01 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Nationalism and Culture
Replies: 76
Views: 29910

Re: Nationalism and Culture

Religion is also a part of the culture wars.
I argue that for Christian hegemony in the US to be minimized,
Christmas must be removed from the list of public holidays along with all other religious holidays, for starters.
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:49 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 674
Views: 771962

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

I am physically unharmed rn
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:48 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 674
Views: 771962

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

One of my mom’s favorite lines to say when confronted with her behavior is:”There are worse people/families than me/ours” Nachtswalbe, I am asking this in 100% seriousness based on this and the other thread: Are you in any imminent danger to your person? No, and the worst incidents occured when a)I...
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:56 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 674
Views: 771962

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

One of my mom’s favorite lines to say when confronted with her behavior is:”There are worse people/families than me/ours”
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:48 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 674
Views: 771962

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

Is it possible to ask to be detained in an asylum as being mentally incompetent
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 674
Views: 771962

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

I hate that all opportunities in my adult life were dependent on my parents pushing me to take them
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:13 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Replies: 674
Views: 771962

Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread

Good luck!
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:24 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Venting thread
Replies: 2012
Views: 15061763

Re: Venting thread

On the first Friday of college, Mom demanded I either attend the local Bible study or be sent home earlier — every weekend was mandatorily spent at home (Mom blamed Dad, Dad blamed Mom)
by Nachtswalbe
Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:16 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Venting thread
Replies: 2012
Views: 15061763

Re: Venting thread

I’m well and truly screwed because 1) dad will need to buy a car 2) I don’t have my own car because mom delayed getting my license until I was 20 because she concluded I was too unfit to drive a car