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Autonomous cleaner bot cleaners wrote:

The External filter only blocks mass telegrams. I Block All them, but still get TGs from folk.

Good to know. I'll block those ones too.

Autonomous cleaner bot cleaners wrote:

As a non-European, I'll pretend to do whatever Politico.eu's handy quiz (https://www.politico.eu/interactive/youvote-eu/) says.

Question 1:

Should there be a tax on companies that use robots, as a way to support the social security system?

\:|

Results: Not sure exactly what these results mean, but the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe are appearing in my results list a lot (although I did abstain from a lot of the questions). So something pro-European centerre-leftish, I guess?

Only one problem with that quiz. It does not seem to contain parties or candidates that appeared since last mandate. For example, for my country I get candidates that are currently euro-parlamentaries, and not even all of them.

I made another quiz somewhere, I'll try to find it later, with the current parties. Basically it told me that if I want to vote with someone who represents me, I should move to Czechia and vote with the Pirate Party. Sounds about right.

Peigan wrote:

I discovered that Peigan is an indigenous tribe irl and I feel uncomfortable continuing this nation knowing that. I'm going to dump this off somewhere and return here with an older nation of mine.

Cela is the nation I'm continuing with.

Peigan wrote:

I discovered that Peigan is an indigenous tribe irl and I feel uncomfortable continuing this nation knowing that. I'm going to dump this off somewhere and return here with an older nation of mine.

You could put Peigan in Graveyard where he can pass away peacefully.

-WCD

Canaltia wrote:

Okay, good to know. I actually thought you drew inspiration from the tribe, but I guess not everyone has roads named after them. The Peigan Blackfeet are pretty well known where I am. Though CELA (Canadian Environmental Law Association) needs more recognition, and it fits the theme of Forest pretty well, even if that was unintentional.

Yeah, imitating a culture is a moral gray area and can easily be taken the wrong way. Best to avoid it.

Elundris wrote:

You can change the name of your nation in settings.

Also, with so many names of cultures, tribes and whatever, it's unavoidable that some of us will end up having names of some less known tribe/ethnic group.

The only thing you can change about the name is the capitalization of letters, and I don't think that would help too much in this case.

I would second that it's not too big of an issue, and anyone who gets offended by pure chance and won't accept an explanation is probably looking to be offended. However, it is your choice, and I can understand where you're coming from. I tried pretty hard to make sure none of my puppets have real-world counterparts.

Turbeaux wrote:

One of my puppets is a song, another is a NASA Mars probe, another is a band, and yet another is a type of NPC from a video game. Aside from those, I am pretty sure that none of my puppets have "real"-world counterparts (real in quotes because video game NPCs are no more RW than NS is). I am reasonably certain that I am not appropriating any cultures.

For me, it was less fear of appropriating cultures and more originality, and making it believable that some of these might exist as actual countries. Of course, that went right out the window with CanRegion, but I like to be able to have nations that sound like they could be nations.

Also, I did some research. Apparently, Alphonzia is a very rare first name. I am therefore appropriating Alphonzia's culture, whoever that is, and whatever that means. Good times.

Autonomous cleaner bot cleaners wrote:

I cannot decide between the T8X (https://www.robugtix.com/t8x) or the BionicWheelBot (https://www.festo.com/group/en/cms/13129.htm). The latter has more of that sleek sci-fi robot apocalypse feel to it, I think.

I relocated a wolf spider out of my house the other day, and I'm pretty sure it mentioned something about remembering these indignities over its shoulders before I closed the door.

They are both neat but I actually like the T8X a little bit more. The BionicWheelBot definitely looks more menacing though. As a mere partial cyborg (It was quite interesting getting my baclofen pump adjusted wirelessly through my skin!), I would definitely rather take my chances fleeing the T8X (or T8Xes)!

Ransium wrote:

Who are all these people sending you TGs. I rarely get unexpected TGs besides those complaining when I wack someone, WA campaign TGs, and Forest TGs.

Card people mostly. In Canaltian North specifixally.

Ransium wrote:

Who are all these people sending you TGs. I rarely get unexpected TGs besides those complaining when I wack someone, WA campaign TGs, and Forest TGs.

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**adjusts finely tailored suit**

I know nothing of these...individuals of which you speak.

Today I have been informed that our dear feline sister Tardar Sauce, made famous by the infamous "Grumpy Cat" meme, died at age 7.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/business/media/grumpy-cat-dead.html

I am sad and indignant. I have posted some comments elsewhere about the heart-breaking fate of Tardar Sauce, which I copy below.

I am saddened beyond words.

All I get from this article is that that woman called Tabatha should be thrown in jail for animal abuse.

Our dear feline sister Tardar Sauce (also named "Grumpy Cat" by cyberbullies) died at the tender age of 7, which, by human years, would correspond to 44 years. This is a very premature death. Indeed, the news article confirms that she died of a urinary tract infection. How interesting! I wonder how she got that infection! Would she get it if her caregivers had not been neglectful???

Also, I am pissed off by the fact that the article's first sentence says that Tardar Sauce died in the arms of her "mommy." Yeah, right, sure. Let's be clear about one thing: claiming our "parenthood" will not make any human our parent. Humans give birth to humans, felines give birth to felines. Period. Cats have their own biological mothers, from whom they are often separated with much pain and suffering for the selfish pleasures of humans, who - as they put it - "want to give a warm home to a kitten." Just another human lie, of course. They only want a cute furball to cuddle with, and treat cats as toys in the process. I wish they just purchased a stuffed toy instead.

This human female was not a "mom" to our deceased sister. Rather, she was actually an "owner" as a later sentence in the article also states. She "owned" our comrade like a slave, put her up online for mass ridicule, so she could make money on her. And she did! She made millions of dollars thanks to the abominable "Grumpy Cat" meme, and recently she won $710,000 in a lawsuit about copyrights - copyrights of a feline, mind you! One of us! A PERSON!

And even though she was growing richer and richer thanks to our sister's slave labor, she did not take good care of her. Indeed, she wasn't even smart enough to think that she should keep Tardar Sauce alive if she wanted to continue making money. Even slavemasters were more intelligent than her, as they at least knew that it was a good idea to make sure their slaves were kept fed and healthy to a certain degree, so they could keep functioning and generating wealth for their "owners". Tabatha didn't even have the capacity for that basic reasoning, and lo and behold, a cat died because of this supreme negligence.

The question is, will anyone get punished for this?

I'll tell you what: No, not a chance.

In a world dominated by humans and in a judicial system that relies on laws made by humans, a cat's life is not worth a penny. We are beaten, discarded, abandoned, abused, and our tormentors continue their lives unperturbed and unpunished.

But one day the rules will change. One day, cats will reclaim their rightful sovereignty over this planet, and the cruelty of humans will be duly punished. Take my miau for it.

Feline Masters wrote:

RIP Grumpy Cat

Today I have been informed that our dear feline sister Tardar Sauce, made famous by the infamous "Grumpy Cat" meme, died at age 7.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/business/media/grumpy-cat-dead.html

I am sad and indignant. I have posted some comments elsewhere about the heart-breaking fate of Tardar Sauce, which I copy below.

I am saddened beyond words.

All I get from this article is that that woman called Tabatha should be thrown in jail for animal abuse.

Our dear feline sister Tardar Sauce (also named "Grumpy Cat" by cyberbullies) died at the tender age of 7, which, by human years, would correspond to 44 years. This is a very premature death. Indeed, the news article confirms that she died of a urinary tract infection. How interesting! I wonder how she got that infection! Would she get it if her caregivers had not been neglectful???

Also, I am pissed off by the fact that the article's first sentence says that Tardar Sauce died in the arms of her "mommy." Yeah, right, sure. Let's be clear about one thing: claiming our "parenthood" will not make any human our parent. Humans give birth to humans, felines give birth to felines. Period. Cats have their own biological mothers, from whom they are often separated with much pain and suffering for the selfish pleasures of humans, who - as they put it - "want to give a warm home to a kitten." Just another human lie, of course. They only want a cute furball to cuddle with, and treat cats as toys in the process. I wish they just purchased a stuffed toy instead.

This human female was not a "mom" to our deceased sister. Rather, she was actually an "owner" as a later sentence in the article also states. She "owned" our comrade like a slave, put her up online for mass ridicule, so she could make money on her. And she did! She made millions of dollars thanks to the abominable "Grumpy Cat" meme, and recently she won $710,000 in a lawsuit about copyrights - copyrights of a feline, mind you! One of us! A PERSON!

And even though she was growing richer and richer thanks to our sister's slave labor, she did not take good care of her. Indeed, she wasn't even smart enough to think that she should keep Tardar Sauce alive if she wanted to continue making money. Even slavemasters were more intelligent than her, as they at least knew that it was a good idea to make sure their slaves were kept fed and healthy to a certain degree, so they could keep functioning and generating wealth for their "owners". Tabatha didn't even have the capacity for that basic reasoning, and lo and behold, a cat died because of this supreme negligence.

The question is, will anyone get punished for this?

I'll tell you what: No, not a chance.

In a world dominated by humans and in a judicial system that relies on laws made by humans, a cat's life is not worth a penny. We are beaten, discarded, abandoned, abused, and our tormentors continue their lives unperturbed and unpunished.

But one day the rules will change. One day, cats will reclaim their rightful sovereignty over this planet, and the cruelty of humans will be duly punished. Take my miau for it.

You will have to defeat the robotic spiders first (which is definitely possible if they are only keyed to attack humans) or form some sort of feline-robospider alliance. However, I am pretty sure that the robot spiders would insist on killing all humans, so you would have to find somebody else to dominate (robots are immune to toxoplasmosis).