…you know if we lose earth and start sending people to another planet, we’re not ALL going, right?
Like, I want to explore the Galaxy as much as anyone, but like…. If it comes down to it, you know the multibillionaire CEOs and detached, old-money heirs and heiresses are going first, right?
It’s not gonna be a ‘bright new world’s where the average Joe can go out and farm and live in a cozy little apartment cube.
First to arrive will be the scientists, then the architects, then the rich, the popular, the influential… Politicians, dictators, royalty, billionaires and select members of their family. Then maybe the multibillionaires, and the highbrows, and the catty kardashian-esque empires.
It’ll be a status symbol, and you Know that once they get there, they’re not going to have the rest of us common folk around, bringing down the property value.
Earth will be delegated to the third-world country of the solar system; the factory that makes towels and air conditioners for five-star hotels.
Except, once the wealthy and influential are free of our clogged atmosphere and poison water, none of them will have anything at risk anymore.
Our purpose will once and for all be reduced to, most literally, cogs in a slot machine.
I dunno, that just seems fucking terrifying to me.
When you’re on a sinking boat, you want the people in command to be with you on that boat. You don’t want them on dry land, telling you you’ll be fine, cashing in the insurance money
Fun messed-up fact about the Age of Exploration: Many exploration missions were headed by the nobility and were spectacular failures. Because they were arrogant enough to believe they wouldn’t need more supplies than they brought or that the natives would simply provide them with what they needed. If they weren’t killed by disease or natives, they would end up eating each other when they ran out of supplies.
Or we could do what Europe did and send out criminals out to colonized planets to get the groundwork done. But then, when the nobility that sent them there went over to boss them around, the penal colonies would tell them to sod off. We even may wind up with pirates that troll the Earth’s orbit for ships full of rich people to rob of supplies.
So we’d either get the rich eating each other to survive or cool space pirates. I’d say we win as a society either way.
List your OCs in the tags or link your lair so that people can ask you!
1. What is one word to shut them up?
2. What is the thing they feel the most guilty about?
3. What is the worst pain they’ve ever experienced?
4. Describe their worst nightmare.
5. List 3 fears; one “surface level” fear, one “repressed” fear, and one “deep dark” fear.
6. What is something that never fails to make them feel sick?
7. What feature (physical or otherwise) do they hate most about themselves?
8. Do they have anything that triggers them?
9. What is their greatest physical weakness?
10. What is their greatest mental weakness?
11. Do they have any vices?
12. Have they ever done something illegal? What was it?
13. Which of the 7 Deadly Sins best describes them?
14. Are they prone to outbursts (of violence, extreme emotion… exc… )?
15. Who do they hate the most?
16. Is there anyone who makes them feel inferior?
17. What sound always gives them a headache?
18. Is there a certain flavor that disgusts them?
19. Do they consider themselves ugly?
20. Do they consider themselves unloveable?
21. What is something that causes them great anxiety?
22. Do they have any mental illnesses?
23. Have they ever been assaulted/abused/raped?
24. Do they fear the possibility of being assaulted/abused/raped?
25. Have they ever been betrayed by someone they thought they could trust?
26. Have they ever been seriously injured?
27. How many times have they been in the hospital?
28. Is there a certain type of person that disgusts them?
29. Does what they cannot see scare them?
30. Have they ever been bullied?
31. Do they have self-confidence or self-image issues?
32. Do they have a bad relationship with their parents?
33. Have they ever been in a relationship that didn’t work out so well?
34. Have they ever self harmed?
35. If they could change one thing about themselves, what would it be?
36. Are they in control of their emotions, or are their emotions in control of them?
37. Have they ever had their freedom taken away?
38. Have they ever been imprisoned?
39. Have they ever been accused of something they didn’t do?
40. Do they often blame themselves for other people’s problems?
41. Do they get sick often?
42. Are they comfortable with where they are in life?
43. Do they wish that they could change their pasts?
44. What’s one thing they wish they could do more often, but can’t?
45. What is the emotion they most commonly experience?
46. Have they ever contemplated suicide?
47. Have they ever gone so far as to attempt suicide?
48. Is there anyone that they would willingly kill?
49. If [name] was put into ______ situation, they’d rather die than live to see it through.
50. Create your own!
Don’t be shy
Fire away!
brown eyes have such depth and warmth and mystery
…with light eyes it kinda just feels awkwardly like you could just. touch the iris and sploosh it like a little puddle and smear up against the white bit and oh gross that’s gross why can i see the texture of your eye bits through the color that’s weird i don’t like it i don’t want to think about touching it nope nope
I see this a lot, no one has actual names, or any reference for names, that are legit Native American, varying among the tribes, for their characters.
Babynames.com and shit like that will give you names made up by white people.
However, I’ve got your solution.
Native-Languages is a good website to turn to for knowledge on a lot of native things, including native names. If you’re unsure about the names you’ve picked, they even have a list of made up names here!
Please don’t trust names like babynames.com for native names, they’re made up and often quite offensive to the cultures themselves.
Thank you!
Native Languages is a great website. I use it for my fact-checking since it always has reliable links to tribal sites.
being able to save your internet history sounds like an unthinkable luxury tbh
Okay, you need to make sure you play this game at some point. Maybe not today or anything, because you’ll need about thirty minutes and a serious willingness to understand how it works, but – it’s so worth it. It’s basically an answer to our occasional frustration – why do assholes always come out on top? – and the beautiful thing about it is that not only does it explain how that happens, but also how we can change it.
“In the short run, the game defines the players. But in the long run, it’s us players who define the game.”
This is fascinating if you’re into math or sociology or computer programming or all of the above.
Everyone, everywhere, without exception, should play this thing through.
Don’t check just this – check out all of Nicky Case’s work.
They’re a brilliant creator and I heavily recommend checking out at least one of their projects. Their website can be found here.
Parable of the Polygons – an interactive experiment that shows how tiny individual biases can collectively cause segregation on a massive scale.
To Build a Better Ballot – an interactive experiment that shows the alternatives to the voting systems we currently use and how they can be more representative and democratic, along with their faults.
Coming Out Simulator – a short interactive story/novel about coming out, based off of Case’s own experiences. Not one I’ve played myself but still one I can recommend.
Loopy – a very simple but useful tool to show how systems interact with each other and how things can self-propagate.
a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles.“ A short five-minute game about news and media. Warnings for violence, blood, death and stress.
look. i understand there are deeper, less-flawed, and better translated series out there but the ENTIRE PREMISE OF
‘hey there friend, i read that absurdly long idealistic academic paper you wrote to pass the time while unjustly in prison for YEARS (because you refused to let me help you escape??) gotta say i think you’ve got some GREAT thoughts here. Also, guess what? i’m the king now! so i can, actually, get you out of prison whether you think you’re too dangerous to be around people like it or not! here! take my other best friend eccentric bodyguard and go put all those wonderful thoughts you researched so diligently into ACTION! off you go! involuntary Magical Roadtrip Time! :D’
Site Title 