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-> file: messages/671 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── We were rich, but frugal, because we lived in the country, and that's what frugal means. Too bad my dad couldn't stifle his entrepreneurial spirit. We could have stayed there forever on our own little ranch. Alas, businesses need investment, so he needed to get something going. Organizing is basically his thing I doubt I'll ever again see Wyoming. I found some ancient stone ruins once, the kind that Western conquerors never despoiled. They were ancient and overgrown, but I saw them for what they were. I would give anything to live there, or at least be near enough to visit with my crowd at a pleasant cool midnight evening, when dusk has winked out its last goodbye and the summer is resplendant with fireflies. Too bad they're an east coast thing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/672 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── Did you know that the entire time the conquistadors were ravaging they had people back home fabricating documents? For historical purposes of course. Like "oh there was some fighting" and "oh there's this-and-this nation and they're blood worshippers who slit the throats of virgins to get what they want Not, like, the rumors you've heard that they worshipped the harvest. I mean, what even is a cornucopia? Surely not a method of storage. That you'd carry around with a loop over your shoulder. Surely they wouldn't just LIE about that kind of thing, I mean [they only have to watch the royal ports/they have thousands of years to erase any other historical document records] K omg the British were bastards but surely even they wouldn't stoop so low ... Right? Well, imagine this. Picture it, in your visualization brain machine. It's the year 2066 and word hits your shores of a crop of magical wheat that only grows on the far side of the moon. You'd probably build, like, spaceships, right? To see what's up with your [moon, but pronounced "doom"]. You probably can't afford your own, so here just trust us, we'll shepherd you soon, sometime soon. Oh and by the way check out these live leaked deep faced moon shots like whoa check out this corn It's like, a gold rush, everyone wants to see what's up with the moon. But alas, when you arrive 50 years later its all just gardens and padded docs for the rich and intrepid, surely you should have gotten there! [gotten there first] Ah, but couldn't only NASA get onboard? And what about SpaceX, the billionaires want a share of the hoard. Oh and I think they're building military satellites now, isn't that fun. Let's see how this pans out, shall we? <50 years later <waka waka waka waka><say never more>> ... Anyway all I'm saying is the American Revolution was faked, Mount Rushmore was a secret sacred base, and Thanksgiving is how they managed without deepfakes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: notes/symbeline-structures ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── modern-fantasy what if heroes kept their gold in their house instead of their guild what if you played a D&D game in a Majesty town (guardposts near known threats) marketplaces, most people live in castle (peasants at least) - only heroes live in farms, where they work most of the time except when out on adventure the guilds are for training and gathering parties one guild type just one recruiting adventurers doesn't give you warriors, or rangers, or rogues it gives you adventurers, who wander the forest and encounter the leftovers of the various conquests and spoils you, your majesty, has encountered three options there are invite into your kingdom (friendly) farm for EXP and materials (neutral) utterly slay in return for a limited amount of high value and unique resources (unkind) ... though monsters care not for kindness, seeking only gold so that they may swallow it whole and carry it until they rot. what do heroes need gold for? why, that's the trick isn't it? gold is required for magic, resources, and manpower. Can use it to invite people to these shores, or for casting a powerful spell that turns the enemy's fortress into solid gold can also trade through the economy, and wouldn't you know it by doing so you can get equipment into the hands that need it, and since gold doesn't really LEAVE the economy, it's always circling around somewhere. Meaning, the only way to lose it is if a monster eats it, and then all you have to do is kill the monster ... sorry, the "mordaunt" because it's not a monster. It's a spirit that was convinced otherwise. adventurers can pacify them, lay them to rest, and mercy lies slain for is honor there are ancient treasure chests scattered throughout the world, and these are valuable for many persons and meanings. You can add new gold into the economy this way, or crumble under the weight of your expenditures on your reports. it's up to you to manage your kingdom, and carefully balance against what foes and challenges you are up against. == stack overflow == putting a library book back on the shelves before your hold expires. except this time, there's a note inside, and you left it for the person who you told to check each day for this particular book to be back on the shelves. then, you can write in your book when the next letter will be arriving (about) and they'll check in the newly specified book. or, you can request a response, to validate that people are still listening. you could say "please put a note in [random obscure book] around page 34." meaning, "I'm going to check every day for this book to go missing, then return the day after I notice it's gone. If it's out of place, well, then someone probably had it reserved before my friendly. Or maybe it's being sorted, and I should keep looking until I find the note I need. Or maybe I've been DISCOVERED and now my favorite penpal and I need more to read." because, like, how else are you going to make friends if not by leaving them notes in the bookstore or putting your own books on the shelves? damn libraries, always making it so hard to add copies. They're always laminating and cataloguing and ugh it's so frustrating. Why are there so many books!!! we write too much!!! just put it in the printer, and then you can have a new copy whenever you'd like. The others can just be recycled, and bam suddenly we never have inventory. what do you mean we didn't pay the subscription? what do you mean it's memory just "went out of place"? do you think we wouldn't have backups of this kind of thing, or do you think it's just "oh so commonplace"? It's not always about the literature, y'know. sometimes it's about the knowledge you gain with your head in a book, a different one every day. ah, well, sometimes there are dark secrets to be found, and sometimes you must read from a ways away. BUT no matter what language a story is in, it follows certain rules, so spend enough time in a foreign library and you're BOUND to find something to [evil is afoot] == stack overflow == ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/673 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── [Audio: graveside.mp3] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/674 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── [Audio: frozen-wind.mp3] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/675 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── all media is propaganda and all propaganda serves a single purpose ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/676 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── AI generated documentation from git pushes with comments automatically stripped out. Leave so many comments! Format them however you want! It doesn't matter because they don't need to be human readable. They must simply be readable by the machine. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ |