Disclaimer: if we've done this before I missed it-- please point me to the relevant thread.
Mention on another thread of doing an invasion made me wonder what a Bizarro Languish would look like, in terms of the demographics of its forum members and the forum's collective personality?
Here are a few ideas off the top of my head:
*Predominately non-white, mostly from third world countries
*Disproportionate numbers of: Doctors, Muslims, Lesbians
*Quite a few female posters, who are attracted to the forum by the warm treatment of newcomers and stay for the woman-friendly topics & decorum
*General disregard for history, though alternative history maps are pretty popular
*Nearly every topic will eventually veer towards a discussion or argument about the Angolan Civil War
*Arguments last about two pages, then end with amicable agreements to disagree
*LFSTL (Languish Fantasy Sepak Takraw League)
*When people quit the forum they never come back
Quote from: derspiess on January 17, 2012, 05:51:53 PM
Disclaimer: if we've done this before I missed it-- please point me to the relevant thread.
Mention on another thread of doing an invasion made me wonder what a Bizarro Languish would look like, in terms of the demographics of its forum members and the forum's collective personality?
Here are a few ideas off the top of my head:
*Predominately non-white, mostly from third world countries
*Disproportionate numbers of: Doctors, Muslims, Lesbians
*Quite a few female posters, who are attracted to the forum by the warm treatment of newcomers and stay for the woman-friendly topics & decorum
*General disregard for history, though alternative history maps are pretty popular
*Nearly every topic will eventually veer towards a discussion or argument about the Angolan Civil War
*Arguments last about two pages, then end with amicable agreements to disagree
*LFSTL (Languish Fantasy Sepak Takraw League)
*When people quit the forum they never come back
So pretty much like many aspects of real life in the rest of the world. ;)
In that forum, the gay Polish lawyer would have an extensive knowledge of wine, economics, and law.
Quote from: DGuller on January 17, 2012, 05:57:03 PM
In that forum, the gay Polish lawyer would have an extensive knowledge of wine, economics, and law.
And more of the posters would get the commendably humour of the exiled Ukrainian actuarial. :)
Quote from: DGuller on January 17, 2012, 05:57:03 PM
In that forum, the gay Polish lawyer would have an extensive knowledge of wine, economics, and law.
That's because their version would be straight and German.
Paradox? :huh:
What is the opposite of the Angolan Civil War?
Quote from: Razgovory on January 17, 2012, 06:48:01 PM
What is the opposite of the Angolan Civil War?
Continued Portuguese colonial rule, so presumably a master diplomat had a quiet word or two in the ears of the Russian, American, South African and Cuban ambassadors.
Quote from: Razgovory on January 17, 2012, 06:48:01 PM
What is the opposite of the Angolan Civil War?
You're no fun.
No flame wars, no straw man arguments, all discussions backed with facts.
Very boring.
That one commie board we invaded and they hacked us in retaliation was pretty anti-Languish.
Grallaeon would be a happy, well adjusted Parisian.
Martina would be a non-Russian social conservative.
Siege would be a Jewish Londonite who is a member of various social 'progressive' organizations, such as the Red Army Faction.
Cdm wouldn't really exist at all and Neil would be a pansy ass non-troll
Ideologue would be happy?
No. Some things are universal constants. A happy Idesy is like say that -2 x -2 = -4
(i2)^2. :(
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Do we really have a crazy amount of gays or are we just mouthy bitches?
Quote from: garbon on January 17, 2012, 10:34:58 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Do we really have a crazy amount of gays or are we just mouthy bitches?
There are as many gays as there are lawyers. :o
Quote from: garbon on January 17, 2012, 10:34:58 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Do we really have a crazy amount of gays or are we just mouthy bitches?
Could be either.
Could be both.
:P
Yeah, there's only like, what, two and a half regulars who are gay, right? You, Shaun, Martinus (^_^). I mean, I guess there's Faelinn, but I don't think he counts as a regular.
Out of about thirty regular male posters, so it's not really leaping out at me as a big deviation.
Quote from: Barrister on January 17, 2012, 10:38:09 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 17, 2012, 10:34:58 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Do we really have a crazy amount of gays or are we just mouthy bitches?
There are as many gays as there are lawyers. :o
More regulars who are lawyers. At least six and a half. You, Joan, Scipio, Martinus, crazy canuck, Peter, Malthus, me ( -_- ).
Quote from: Ideologue on January 17, 2012, 10:42:06 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 17, 2012, 10:34:58 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Do we really have a crazy amount of gays or are we just mouthy bitches?
Could be either. Could be both.
:P
Yeah, there's only like, what, two and a half regulars who are gay, right? You, Shaun, Martinus (^_^). I mean, I guess there's Faelinn, but I don't think he counts as a regular.
Out of about thirty regular male posters, so it's not really leaping out at me as a big deviation.
Well even if he doesn't post often, you gotta count Grallon. Besides, where's Seedster being counted?
My bad, I forgot Grallon. I shouldn't have, but I did.
And Money just dresses well.
Sheilbh and Faeelin are gonna be in both columns pretty soon.
Quote from: Ideologue on January 17, 2012, 10:45:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on January 17, 2012, 10:38:09 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 17, 2012, 10:34:58 PM
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Do we really have a crazy amount of gays or are we just mouthy bitches?
There are as many gays as there are lawyers. :o
More regulars who are lawyers. At least six and a half. You, Joan, Scipio, Martinus, crazy canuck, Peter, Malthus, me ( -_- ).
If lemonjello counts as a regular, so does faelin. That being said, he's also a lawyer. And so is TES if we were to count him.
The conclusion: we have the greatest number of gay lawyers in the world.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 18, 2012, 04:11:33 AM
Sheilbh and Faeelin are gonna be in both columns pretty soon.
I will always be the Original Gay Lawyer(tm). Still, I'm glad I inspired a trend. :bowler:
How can you count TES as a regular?
Quote from: mongers on January 17, 2012, 05:55:18 PM
So pretty much like many aspects of real life in the rest of the world. ;)
If only real life did have a disproportionate number of doctors.
Black background with white letters and orange banners?
Quote from: sbr on January 17, 2012, 10:33:23 PM
Is the opposite of gay man really a lesbian?
Kinda, in a way. But it doesn't have to be polar opposite; just different.
Quote from: Ideologue
Yeah, there's only like, what, two and a half regulars who are gay, right? You, Shaun, Martinus (). I mean, I guess there's Faelinn, but I don't think he counts as a regular.
Out of about thirty regular male posters, so it's not really leaping out at me as a big deviation.
I wasn't really specifically thinking of current "regular" posters, but more of Languish since its inception. There were certainly enough at a certain point to have the Languish Gay Mafia.
Quote from: Valmy on January 18, 2012, 09:07:09 AM
Quote from: mongers on January 17, 2012, 05:55:18 PM
So pretty much like many aspects of real life in the rest of the world. ;)
If only real life did have a disproportionate number of doctors.
Cuba does. Unfortunately being a doctor there doesn't pay for shit.
There will be just one regular male poster called Barry.
Quote from: Brazen on January 18, 2012, 12:16:43 PM
There will be just one regular male poster called Barry.
And he'll be very dull indeed, but have a job for living working for the most 'unimaginative' employer out there, probably co-operative funeral homes.