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Re: Random Thread
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 12:14 pm
by Raphael
Ares Land wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 12:08 pm
To take an exemple from recent news... A politician may owe millions (or more) in campaign money to a Russian bank. Or Putin may have some pretty bad
kompromat on them.
The French Communist party defended the USSR no matter what, sometimes taking it to absurd levels. This cost them a lot of votes.. .but they had little choice; most of their funding came from the Soviets.
Less dramatically, some politicians in the West were pretty clearly Russian puppets. Most of them took their distances -- everyone has a breaking point -- after the invasion of Ukraine; but they're still doing an uneasy little dance -- they owe the Russian quite a bit of money.
Interesting - I usually assume that Putin apologists are motivated by simple-minded "I must support everyone who's at odds with the people I hate"-psychology.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 12:20 pm
by Ares Land
I'm pretty sure in Europe (at least) the relationship is primarily a monetary one. Most banks don't want to fund a far-right party; but Russian banks will. Rationalization is I think post-facto -- they figured out some nice things to say about Putin after they got the funding.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 12:39 pm
by Man in Space
The existence of Romania implies the existence of Romelancholy, or at least Rodepression.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 3:31 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
I see what you did there.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 9:36 pm
by Moose-tache
That's Moldova.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 10:36 pm
by zompist
Moose-tache wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 9:36 pm
That's Moldova.
I'm not sure if it's edgy goth, or just bad conlanging, to start your country's name with "mold".
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 1:52 am
by Creyeditor
Moldania, Moldonesia, Moldia, Moldistan, Moldiland, Moldenbourg, Moldina, Moldmark, Moldian Guinea, Moldesia, St. Molda, Moldaco, et, etc...
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 2:58 am
by alice
What's wrong with "Mold"? If it was "Mould", I would understand. It's not that American upsilonophobia again, is it?
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Fri May 05, 2023 6:41 pm
by Moose-tache
Pretending not to understand GA vowel mergers is like being that teacher who pretends to not understand the equivalence between "cant I go to the bathroom" and "may I go to the bathroom."
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 1:33 am
by foxcatdog
The KOOLT (pronounced ku::lt) is a hillarious name for a cult. Care to join anyone?
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 3:30 am
by Man in Space
foxcatdog wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 1:33 am
The KOOLT (pronounced ku::lt) is a hillarious name for a cult. Care to join anyone?
The cult of Kool cigarettes?
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm
by doctor shark
Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 3:30 am
The cult of Kool cigarettes?
Possibly. Though, relatedly, one of my brother's main bad guys in his various novels and stories is a group called the Coven of Unholy Nocturnal Terror.
Its head is based on someone I knew in real life who self-identified as a vampire, blood drinking and all.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 2:06 pm
by Raphael
doctor shark wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm Though, relatedly, one of my brother's main bad guys in his various novels and stories is a group called the Coven of Unholy Nocturnal Terror.
Self-published? Unpublished? Traditionally published?
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 3:27 pm
by doctor shark
Raphael wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 2:06 pm
doctor shark wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 2:03 pm Though, relatedly, one of my brother's main bad guys in his various novels and stories is a group called the Coven of Unholy Nocturnal Terror.
Self-published? Unpublished? Traditionally published?
One of them is self-published, but he's trying to get another work more traditionally published.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 4:22 pm
by Moose-tache
You can learn more about that book
here.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 5:18 pm
by doctor shark
Moose-tache wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 4:22 pm
You can learn more about that book
here.
Indeed, I did offer it to Moose-tache to rip to shreds many moons ago and hopefully didn't induce lasting psychic and emotional trauma in the process. (Most of my writing anymore is academic and induces different trauma, though mostly on the side of the writers and not the readers: seriously, this one article is proving to be a major pain.)
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 5:43 pm
by zompist
Moose-tache wrote: ↑Sun May 07, 2023 4:22 pm
You can learn more about that book
here.
I feel like authors should be happy to appear on your blog, because: cartoons! I mean, look, you've drawn Obliterat for him. What other reviewer is going to do that?
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 7:59 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Having some book I'd produced discussed by a sentient hyperbola would be very entertaining. I think anything I write would just bore this specific one, though.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 8:19 pm
by foxcatdog
I've got 60 to 80 more pages of psychic awakening to write and i think it would be boring to anyone who likes action but i don't think you read books for action.
Re: Random Thread
Posted: Sun May 07, 2023 8:58 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
I read them for all sorts of things.