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Region: Lands End
Exactly! Some people just don't get it.
These conversations are why I love this region.
Unike, Nosotalio
There's too many things I love about this region to list them all off.
Hydruis, Isollis
Some time ago, Q attempted to create a roleplay-friendly alternative to NS-stats, though little came of it at the time.
We at Isollis, however, would like to announce to the people of the Augustin Alliance, and of Land's End specifically, that a new version has finally been created by Tulov and Vernic, and reviewed by Q and myself.
We are pleased to announce that the Power Point Ranking Chart is now finished and open for all to use here https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=838420, courtesy of Tulov.
Hydruis, Nosotalio, Capitalist Piggys, Hippieland The Glorious
take it ez on me tonight im a little messed up lol and might make meaningless posts that contain meaningless knowledge
I want to announce that I'm joining LE, referred by Isollis
Isollis
Like "the average human sees 200,000 other people in his life, one in every 10,000 people is a murderer so you see 20 murderers in your life."?
Bonnie Blue Republic, Metal Cybersnake
Welcome to Lands End! I hope you have a wonderful time here.
Welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay here!
Nice to see the RMB is more active. I hope it stays this way.
As do I, especially since we've lost a lot of nations recently.
Just to let everyone know I will be unreachable until June 24. Due to real life stuff.
wow i did not know that
Unike, Isollis, Khijriyah
Now you know. It's about as useful as maths.
If you're implying math is useless, I'll let you know it isn't.
Yeah, you need to know how to math to count all the money.
Isollis, Khijriyah
Maths itself not, but not to the extent you have to learn it in school; who needs a²+b²=c² or sinus in everyday life? Only very few people. And you have to learn too many things that you'll propably never need again. I'm not speaking that it's not useful to be able to count your money when you buy something, but it's pretty useless to know mathematics to an infinite extent.
Isollis
the world in mathematics seeing things from a physics perspective now that is far more interesting
Hydruis, Xentai, Capitalist Piggys
although many things are important and i will say that many things seem to become innate after you learned them and perhaps have forgotten where have learned them thereby dismissing the the means that you have acquired them
however I am not very supportive of the school system and perhaps not even colleges (I have more respect for them) but I am very much and increasingly more supportive of autodidacticism (not false learning where you just do whatever and pretend youre learning lol) but im also not a big fan the people who say "you could learn a trade who needs to learn that other stuff" as i am intellectually curious
what i am supportive however is youtubers like crash course etc. googling stuff . mitx and others, as well as thinking things in depth only to find out that nobody has likely thought about the same things i have and having to go on a weird rabbit chase to indirectly find the info lol
also ive thought a little bit about the structure of school and find a lot of it to be silly and inefficient but based on the current structure i dont think thats going to change
btw im sorry if this post seemed a little long but i believe the info is good (although youve prob heard of these online resources as i only listed common ones though)
but hey its good info so peruse at your leisure
also im big on stem so mb we have some mutual interests
Khijriyah
Just to remind everyone there is a resolution at vote in the GA. Repeal of Reproductive Freedoms (GAR#286).
voted against repeal as soon as i saw it dont worry godzilla 100 has been detained and retrained he will soon attack these petty usurpers who dared to threaten our right to abortion muhuhaha
the mushroom kingdom is angry too yoshis attack!!!
Voted for, because the resolution contained information which I didn't know until then and so credited it towards them.
as im for neurodiversity i have a big prob with the discrimination part though being able to terminate just cause theyre black and such sounds a little too gattaca
There are nations which would do exactly that. We voted for, but mostly because motherhood is considered a sacred duty and honor in the primary religion of Dragonslund. So much so one of the aspects of god is called "the mother".
The Seven are:
The Father
The Mother
The Warrior
The Maiden
The Smith
The Crone
The Stranger
Metal Cybersnake, Isollis
The moment when someone talks about college, you don't know what this is exactly and you realize again how different the school systems are. Maybe it's better than the one where I live, maybe it's worse, but at least I know I'm not the only one who doesn't support the national school system.
I don't know how it is where you live, but something must be wrong when even teachers tell you that you probably will forget this and will never have a need to know it (if you don't need to teach it to your own children one day).
Tell me one example (besides Wer wird Millionär or teacher) where you need to know how to solve x²124³+(78-8)³=y or something like that?
To answer your question, I do that kind of thing so often it would be difficult to provide just one example--kind of like if you asked why I need to know how to drive. Really, that equation is an overcomplicated way of saying "f(x) = 1906624x^2 + 343000," which (other than the large coefficients) is a very simple problem that I would expect a twelve-year-old to be able to graph.
Isollis
I would have to agree with August, while learning it right now may seem pointless, you never know if you will need it in the future. So its always nice to know something for future reference.
Hydruis, Isollis
of course there are some things that may seem pointless at first that are worth learning but what if it comes at the expense of something else there is only so much time to learn so you need a game plan and choose what to learn as there are hypothetically infinite things you can learn (do you learn how to learn by learning what somebody else has deemed important for you or by learning about what you should learn
contrary to popular belief school does not teach you theory and well everybody talks about real life experience when they criticize the school system
but if you can learn theory and real life exp faster on your own then what the heck are schools teaching us
btw here are some references on homeschooling
http://www.home-school.com/news/homeschool-vs-public-school.php
one fact thats funny about this is parents that are not certified as teachers did one percentage point better lol
what about the fact that people dont educate themselves outside of school because they expect somebody else to do it so they dont take the initiative--yes this can also be used as an argument for school cause mb they wont educate themselves anyway but why not make a holistic learning system with libraries laboraties and teachers encourage students to engage in the community, start their own businesses and realize that learning doesnt happen overnight and yes i am a lifelong learner that whole thing
what about people that are judged because they dont believe in the school system and rather education its being a statistical anomaly or an outcast unless you do it yourself (building a business is way easier than its made out to be btw lol)
now im not going to give a one sided argument about how school is so bad but rather state my opinion clearly and factually
kids tend to say how school is so boring --- but why? gasp could it be because they actually arent learning as much as they could on their own?
one thing however school has is supplies and equipment never mind the fact it its because its simply funded by the government even though its a backwards and archaic institution
however are better scientifically proven ways of engagement and learning (yeah you may have heard this one before but I have even done some research on my own- even doing a little more schooling to test it (and also suffering the consequences on account of mental health but that should only be temporary hopefully only a few months))
you state what you have learned in school (and if college compute the costs while taking into consideration the interest rate, decreased difficulty of getting a loan, ease of materials,etc.
we state what we have learned outside of it judge our expenditures and possible future expenses (one of mine might be to make a diy laboratory) for example
some of these schools dont even allow wikipedia use even though its been proven to be about as accurate as that reputable but obsolete encyclopedia britannica
so theres my weird hybrid, unpopular and seemingly oxymoronic viewpoint lol
Isollis
i took on both viewpoints while stating my own so i actually argued for some in your favor too though
attention the ghost of the infamous pirate "blackturd" have teamed up with a notorious red plumber and landed on the shores of our most plunderous and beautiful nation
immediately requesting a team of chimpanzees to fling bananas to them to defend our most glorious nation
I think Nosotalio is our only monkey. He can fling a nice .15.5 bananas per second.
Nosotalio, Isollis
He's an ape, not a monkey! Get your facts right.
Its potatoe, patatoe! He eats plenty of bananas either way.
And now you're a Pokémon.
Yes, Indeed I am.
we should invent a new pokemen game and call it pokemon go to the bathroom
That would never sell very well at all.
Hello Lands End!
Welcome! How lovely to see that you have officially arrived to Lands End!
United Alliance Of Alexandria
Welcome feel free to enjoy all we have to give (for a fee of course we're not filthy commies)
Also, I joined the discord as Emperor Rasool15
Atkemri
Welcome to LE! I hope you have a wonderful time here.
United Alliance Of Alexandria
Hello Lands End, I have just arrived here. I hope to be of great help to this region
United Alliance Of Alexandria
I was part of this region, but didnt log in for a time and my country was archived. When I logged back I was part of another region, and came back to Lands End. I lost all of my influence, is it true that I cant keep gaining regional influence since I didnt log in for more than a week?
No, you gain influence continually throughout your time in a region.
thank you!
What else can I do to my nation besides issues?
As Helaw says, make issues. You could also join the AA's military organization, called the Joint Task Force (JTF), you could make a factbook for you country, and etc. NS is a sandbox type of game you can do many things.
Hydruis, Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
You can RP and use the forms it's what I do when their is no issues
Isollis
I've published my factbook about my country, but I don't see it on my nation tab.
Did you click the little icon that says factbook?
United Alliance Of Alexandria
Oh ok. I think I figured it out. I'm using the app version on my phone, but when I go on the website it is able to show my factbook.
Ah, NationStates is weird like that sometimes.
United Alliance Of Alexandria
Isollis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
Ah, my apologies.
United Alliance Of Alexandria
So i cant keep increasing my regional influence now, since I didnt log in for more than a week?
Yes you still can it just dropped a few levels.
2. If a nation has not logged in at least once during the previous seven days, it is not gaining influence, regardless of anything in the past.
Here is your graph: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_united_banking_associaton/detail=trend/censusid=65
Between May 6th and May 14th you were active. For the week after May 14th, you did not log in, but continued to gain influence. After that, you stopped gaining. On June 11th, after four weeks without a login, your nation died. For the next eight days, you lost influence, until you resurrected the nation on the 19th and brought it back here. Since then, you have been gaining.
Does that clarify things?
Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, The United Banking Associaton, United Alliance Of Alexandria
On our current pole I see two people voted for "Other(Explain on RMB)", but no one has actually responded to it on RMB. I would love to see your thoughts on it, so if you voted on this, please explain.
Thank you for clearing it up for me. Im sorry, for my ignorance
Yes I would like to hear their thoughts on it as well. I would also be interested in hearing why those who voted No, voted that way.
Nosotalio
Could someone explain to myself what this Regional Economy System will do?
Mercantana
I voted yes for it, but I want to know what it will do.
Please do not double post.
Hydruis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
Havent commented in a while, nice to see Nosotalio is still the double post police
Nosotalio is a bad policeman, I heard he carries a banana around instead of a gun.
Hydruis
those banana cannons are lethal thats how the planet of the apes won
Did we even give him a gun? I can't remember anymore.
Oh, maybe that's why he carries around the banana.
The regional economy is a pretty exciting feature of the region (in my opinion) that is meant to boost activity and involvement. This region is set up like a business, so with this system in place, employees will be paid for their work. Freeloaders, of course, do not get paid, but the real workhorses of the Company will get filthy rich. Shareholders will get boatloads of bonus cash if their stock performs well, which happens when Land's End grows in size and activity. All the more reason to become a shareholder, post, and recruit! At the same time, if the whole team decides to go on vacation at once, the region will shrink and everyone loses money. The power of capitalism will make this Company great!
Isollis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
I'm excited for the regional economy as well. From what I've heard about it sounds interesting, and I think it'll be a very nice addition to the region.
Mercantana
Mercantana, Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, Atkemri
Out with the old and in with the new, everyone welcome your new Chief Operating Officer Capitalist Piggys!
Mercantana, Nosotalio, Capitalist Piggys, New Slovakastan, Isollis, The United Banking Associaton
Ah yes, I am very happy to have been chosen to finish out the term. It was kind of shocked when August/Mercantana had messaged me about it about it on discord, I thought maybe I had threw a big enough fit in the discord about a pink name that I would be getting some insignificant role that made my name pink. Boy was I wrong. I would like all shareholders, future shareholders, and employees of LE to know while most of you may know me as the silly shareholder that posts the most random things on the RMB (and occasionally a semi-serious post) or for those on discord that know me as the person that's always in #casual going on about things that make no sense, I will be taking this role very seriously to help make LE a truly wonderful region for you all and I hope to get along with those on the BoD wonderfully.
Mercantana, Hydruis, Nosotalio, Isollis, Atkemri, The United Banking Associaton, United Alliance Of Alexandria
Hydruis, Nosotalio, Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
I'm very excited about this new change in our government. I'm sure that she will be able to fill the role perfectly! On the current poll I voted this region as a "good region", and I still think it is, but this is definitely a step in the right direction in making this region the best. She will be a huge help making this government better.
Hydruis, Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, Atkemri, United Alliance Of Alexandria
I'm very excited as well! Also you can post that thing now.
Atkemri
Certainly better then Dimension of Light. But that is in the past now, let us look forward to our glorious future.
Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, Atkemri, United Alliance Of Alexandria
I forgot to mention one other thing on that Mass TG I sent out. There's going to be a new L3 job titled "Treasurer" (this could possibly change). If you are interested in the new job, telegram [nation=short]Capitalist_piggys[/nation]. Your job would be to keep track of Shareholder's money to see how much they gain/lose. However, the job won't be in affect until we get the economy system in affect.
Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, Atkemri, The United Banking Associaton, United Alliance Of Alexandria
Well, would you look at the these Senior positions that are open,
Building Manager (BM) - Maintains the company's floor plan and distributes office space.
Vice President for Public Relations (VP-PR) - Publishes news articles.
Vice President for Accounting (VP-A) - Publishes statistics and quarterly reports.
I will now be accepting applications for any of these positions all you have to do is telegram me with a few reasons of why I should choose you!
Hydruis, Nosotalio, Isollis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
One last thing everyone(We promise this is the last thing for now),
Please send all new shareholder applications to [nation=shortnoflag]Capitalist piggys[/nation], and not [nation=shortnoflag]The Dimension of Light[/nation]. If you have sent The Dimension of Light a shareholder application in the past two days, please resend it to Capitalist piggys so that you may be accepted as a shareholder.
Thank you!
Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, Atkemri, The United Banking Associaton, United Alliance Of Alexandria
"Listen up! Y'all hearing this? You're in the new Land's End now, baby! This ain't politics, this is ROCK 'N' ROLL!"
Hydruis, Bonnie Blue Republic, Nosotalio, Capitalist Piggys, Isollis, Atkemri
we need an ancient undead pirate ghost army with ghost ships led by godzilla 100
lets keel haul those scurvy dogs that dare oppose the pirate haven and make them walk the planks
Isollis
August, my other nation, the Silver-Sky Raiders would very much approve. Piracy and rock&roll are two of their favourite things. Along with frontier justice, building settlements in the middle of nowhere, and scavenging ruins from when the last group in the area failed. (Also making and selling high-grade military equipment and illegal drugs.)
Ugh, seriously? Do you know how much that's going to cost? Never mind, don't answer that question.
Embassy posting needs to also include using the like functionality. Because I really wanted to click "like" on this. Consider this your well earned like.
Also, yarr-har-har.
Hydruis, Bonnie Blue Republic, Capitalist Piggys, Isollis
If you're thinking about becoming part of the Senior management, I would highly suggest going on discord. This allows you to receive orders easier, and it allows communication to be clearer. Even if you're not applying for a senior management position, I would still highly suggest joining discord.
Hydruis, Isollis, United Alliance Of Alexandria
I was recruited here. Heard you all like capitalism.
United Alliance Of Alexandria
No, we're all commies here.
Unike, Apacifica, United Alliance Of Alexandria
(For some reason, whenever someone changes their flag, I completely forget the old one. No idea why.)
Unike
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.