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- 05 Nov 2018 01:50
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
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Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
The Riverworld books by Philip José Farmer have a similar sort-of premise to the worldbuilding, though it apparently goes in a different direction. I agree that it's an intriguing idea for a setting. Do people re-name? Do they go by their previous name? How do they prove they are who they say they a...
- 04 Nov 2018 22:00
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 664127
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Do souls bop back and forth between two worlds only, or is this a more linear arrangement like 1 > 2 > 3 > 4? Linear arrangement, though in Second Earth there's a lot of debate over whether it stops there or just keeps going to e.g. Third Earth and so on. There's probably even some people who, down...
- 04 Nov 2018 04:24
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 664127
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
A random idea for a story/novel/whatever I've had is that after you die in this life, you're then born in the Next Earth, which is exactly like this Earth, except everyone is born with the memories of their previous life in the First Earth. Mind, you might not be born in the same place and most cert...
- 31 Oct 2018 02:47
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Mto
- Replies: 90
- Views: 79815
Re: Mto
I've been working—on-again-off-again—on actually doing Mto's world map. Ultimately my goal with this is to: - End up with a reasonably topographic map of the world - Figure out a climate map - Figure out the various nations and map their current political borders Which leads to a bunch of other thin...
- 21 Sep 2018 19:53
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here [2010-2019]
- Replies: 7086
- Views: 1321849
Re: (L&N) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
It's some American comedian's routine that is parroted as a meme by internet people, mostly by Americans, as gospel despite having forgotten its origin. When was this comedy routine you're referring to (that I've never heard of) done? Because I heard people (primarily women) expressing distaste wit...
- 14 Sep 2018 04:57
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Terngatta or dragon's earth
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11855
Re: Terngatta or dragon's earth
High concept: dragon riders in a post post-apocalyptic setting. Sounds interesting! Rogga Randomly, this word is used as a slur in N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy. Depending on how much your audience overlaps with people who read Hugo-winning novels, this might cause weird associations for som...
- 30 Aug 2018 15:34
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 751
- Views: 461440
Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
It's worth noting that the original formulation of generational theory was explicitly to describe American generations.
- 21 Aug 2018 15:57
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 751
- Views: 461440
Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Yes, but I think the general use of the term has shifted over time. I mean, the number of people (generally Boomers) who basically just use it to mean "kids these days"... (But I'm going with the definition that all the polling firms use, which is early-80's-to-mid-90's) Whereas I've foun...
- 21 Aug 2018 02:50
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 751
- Views: 461440
Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Personally, I think that, sociologically, it makes more sense to divide between 'Generation Y' or, say, 'X 2.0' or whatever and 'Millennials' proper. There are some people who are calling the early wave of the Millennials the Xennials, or Oregon Trail generation. That is, the people who had an anal...
- 20 Aug 2018 20:46
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 751
- Views: 461440
Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
My 1979-born peers ... We were called Generation Y... By the end of the decade, even the oldest American Millennials were too young to legally purchase at a bar. ... in the 2007-2008 school year, when the oldest Millennials were 28-29, and the youngest were still preschoolers Based on Wikipedia : A...
- 20 Aug 2018 02:40
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 751
- Views: 461440
Re: (EE) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
where can American teens go to get some artisanal alcohol that won't police/enforce America's 21 drinking age? I'm not actually sure if the "artisanal alcohol" scene was a thing in 2007, but that could also be my corner of America, and the fact that I don't really drink. I certainly didn'...
- 18 Aug 2018 02:41
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Mto
- Replies: 90
- Views: 79815
Re: Mto
Next question: Inaccessible or hard-to-reach places in your conworld? There's an island in the middle of the Eastern Ocean (for which I still need a better name) that's a perfect square, with sheer stone sides that go straight up a good hundred or two hundred feet. The stone itself is enchanted eno...
- 18 Aug 2018 02:40
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: The Conculture/Conpeople Opinions Thread
- Replies: 501
- Views: 181996
Re: The Conculture/Conpeople Opinions Thread
Next question: Inaccessible or hard-to-reach places in your conworld? There's an island in the middle of the Eastern Ocean (for which I still need a better name) that's a perfect square, with sheer stone sides that go straight up a good hundred or two hundred feet. The stone itself is enchanted eno...
- 15 Aug 2018 23:07
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 664127
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
My personal experience is that ideas are a dime a dozen; what really matters is execution. And two people will often take the same core idea and run in two very different ways with it. I'd say posting your ideas for critique—especially of world aspects or magic systems—you have very little to worry ...
- 31 Jul 2018 18:50
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: Random Conworld idea thread
- Replies: 490
- Views: 184612
Re: Random Conworld idea thread
The "character" of Magic in El Goonish Shive does that sort of thing, changing how magic works every so often for reasons. (And, the people affected get the chance to influence how it changes). Also, the immortals are (at the time I'm writing this) potentially debating changing the rules t...
- 20 Jul 2018 05:03
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Orthography Reform
- Replies: 402
- Views: 197917
Re: English Orthography Reform
I don't see that as an accurate description of the conversation. As well, not everyone on this forum is male; please don't assume that I am or that anyone else is.
That all said, I've no real interest in discussing the topic further. Have fun! ♀️
That all said, I've no real interest in discussing the topic further. Have fun! ♀️
- 19 Jul 2018 22:34
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Orthography Reform
- Replies: 402
- Views: 197917
Re: English Orthography Reform
Or something. Fair, I could have just ignored it. But I also find the technique of "quote someone who clearly disagrees with me to argue with them and then say 'Let's just agree to disagree' when they continue to articulate their position" to also be annoying. If you want to engage someon...
- 18 Jul 2018 05:11
- Forum: Linguistics & Natlangs
- Topic: English Orthography Reform
- Replies: 402
- Views: 197917
Re: English Orthography Reform
Then don't randomly quote me to drag me into a conversation to faun over your spelling/grammar reform.Zé do Rock wrote: ↑18 Jul 2018 00:08 i dont see that we'r reech an agreement on this. Lets agree that we dont agree.
- 17 Jul 2018 19:10
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 664127
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
They're tidally locked, I'm talking about the time it takes for them to rotate around the earth, which really is dependent on mass. Yes, the (theoretical) orbital period is a function of the masses of the two bodies and the distance between them. The general nomenclature is still to refer to a body...
- 17 Jul 2018 17:54
- Forum: Conworlds & Concultures
- Topic: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
- Replies: 1944
- Views: 664127
Re: (C&C) Q&A Thread - Quick questions go here
Well maybe they are not all moon-sized exactly; the innermost could be about 15-20 arcminutes (Luna is about 30), the second could be 20-25, and the outermost could be 25-30. By "size", are you referring to the angular diameter from the planet's surface, then? I thought you were talking a...