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Continental Commonwealths wrote:So... Who all is running for Consul?

Not I

Penguania And Antarctica

The region has been very quiet recently.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:The region has been very quiet recently.

See! @Discord users, I told you!

Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:See! @Discord users, I told you!

How are you keeping?

Penguania And Antarctica

Hallo. I wish you all a wonderful day. :)

Zakastibad, Merlinton, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How is everyone doing?

Tired as hell. Sister forced me to get up early to go to the vet with her but she couldn't get the cat into the carrier, so we didn't bother going to the vet and I got up early for nothing.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Tired as hell. Sister forced me to get up early to go to the vet with her but she couldn't get the cat into the carrier, so we didn't bother going to the vet and I got up early for nothing.

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope your day was still good besides that. :)

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:Tired as hell. Sister forced me to get up early to go to the vet with her but she couldn't get the cat into the carrier, so we didn't bother going to the vet and I got up early for nothing.
If it’s a lap cat or even somewhat social/cuddly, suggest to her that she try swaddling it in a towel first. That way her crazy paws can’t go flying every which way when trying to put it through the carrier opening.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy

Continental Commonwealths wrote:If it’s a lap cat or even somewhat social/cuddly, suggest to her that she try swaddling it in a towel first. That way her crazy paws can’t go flying every which way when trying to put it through the carrier opening.

He'd fall out with her if she did something like that lol

What a shame abortion was not legalised in Argentina. I hope the activists there keep fighting for women's right to choose.

Jaslandia, Gualimole

Nuremgard wrote:He'd fall out with her if she did something like that lol

He was on his way to the vet, so I suspected a damaged relationship was inevitable :P

Nuremgard

Continental Commonwealths wrote:If it’s a lap cat or even somewhat social/cuddly, suggest to her that she try swaddling it in a towel first. That way her crazy paws can’t go flying every which way when trying to put it through the carrier opening.

That worked for most of my cats. I had one mean son of a bitch tom who we could only ever get to the vet by stuffing him into a large, well-taped, cardboard box.

You're a Canadian, right? Do you have to de-claw your cats there?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:That worked for most of my cats. I had one mean son of a bitch tom who we could only ever get to the vet by stuffing him into a large, well-taped, cardboard box.

You're a Canadian, right? Do you have to de-claw your cats there?

I’m imagining you placing a heavily taped box that is violently thrashing from the inside onto the vet tech’s desk and saying “he’s your problem now” before running off.

Yes to being Canadian, no to needing to declaw your cats. Most were declawed when I was growing up, but now it seems to be 50/50. A lot of people are of the opinion that it’s cruel.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I’m imagining you placing a heavily taped box that is violently thrashing from the inside onto the vet tech’s desk and saying “he’s your problem now” before running off.

Yes to being Canadian, no to needing to declaw your cats. Most were declawed when I was growing up, but now it seems to be 50/50. A lot of people are of the opinion that it’s cruel.

Well that's the vets' problem. An occupational hazard. It's what they signed up for.

I would consider de-clawing to be cruel myself, rather like docking of pups.

Nuremgard

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I’m imagining you placing a heavily taped box that is violently thrashing from the inside onto the vet tech’s desk and saying “he’s your problem now” before running off.

Yes to being Canadian, no to needing to declaw your cats. Most were declawed when I was growing up, but now it seems to be 50/50. A lot of people are of the opinion that it’s cruel.

Declawing for non-medical reasons is illegal over here and is regarded as cruelty to animals punishable with prison up to 3 years or a fine of up to 25,000€.

Nuremgard, The British Islands Confederacy

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Declawing for non-medical reasons is illegal over here and is regarded as cruelty to animals punishable with prison up to 3 years or a fine of up to 25,000€.

Germany, right?

I can agree with that punishment.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:Well that's the vets' problem. An occupational hazard. It's what they signed up for.

I would consider de-clawing to be cruel myself, rather like docking of pups.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Declawing for non-medical reasons is illegal over here and is regarded as cruelty to animals punishable with prison up to 3 years or a fine of up to 25,000€.
I’d worry about mass abandonment if that were suddenly implemented here. I’d anticipate an unfortunate upswing in shelter capacities and euthanizations. It’s not at all representative, but my experience is that about 50% of cat owners have them declawed and those that do wouldn’t ever consider having otherwise (again, in my experience).

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy

iunno about you guys but my dog loves the vets, easily the highlight of his year

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:iunno about you guys but my dog loves the vets, easily the highlight of his year

A precious lucky few are able to fully suppress the memories associated with the human who took away their reproductive capabilities.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Post self-deleted by Penguania And Antarctica.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:A precious lucky few are able to fully suppress the memories associated with the human who took away their reproductive capabilities.

he still has his balls, so I think that's related

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Yukona, The British Islands Confederacy

Unfallious wrote:he still has his balls, so I think that's related

Ha!

🤷🏼‍♂️

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:Germany, right?

I can agree with that punishment.

I hate how cruelty to animals and abandonment of them is treated less seriously by the courts than if it was done to a human. I also dislike how animals are considered property by the law.

Yukona, The British Islands Confederacy

Nuremgard wrote:I hate how cruelty to animals and abandonment of them is treated less seriously by the courts than if it was done to a human. I also dislike how animals are considered property by the law.

You mean here or in the UK?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:You mean here or in the UK?

In the UK.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:In the UK.

Ah okay. Because it wasn't that clear in your post.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Ah okay. Because it wasn't that clear in your post.

My apologies.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:My apologies.

Not necessary. Nothing bad happened. :)

Nuremgard

What piece of technology is really frustrating for you all to use?

I'm curious for all your answers. :)

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What piece of technology is really frustrating for you all to use?

I'm curious for all your answers. :)

Using my phone sometimes frustrates me because I often type the wrong letter numerous times in a row when texting or using WattsApp.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Using my phone sometimes frustrates me because I often type the wrong letter numerous times in a row when texting or using WattsApp.

Auto correction??

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Auto correction??

No, I hate auto correct.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:No, I hate auto correct.

Hmm, understandable. At least we don't use T9 anymore. Unless you've got an old Nokia phone. :)

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hmm, understandable. At least we don't use T9 anymore. Unless you've got an old Nokia phone. :)

Haha, no. I have a HTC Desire.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What piece of technology is really frustrating for you all to use?

I'm curious for all your answers. :)

Most IT stuff frustrates me. It's totally arcane.

I like anything mechanical because generally I can see how it works and how to fix it if it goes kaputt.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:Most IT stuff frustrates me. It's totally arcane.

I like anything mechanical because generally I can see how it works and how to fix it if it goes kaputt.

Technology is an enemy of mine.

Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy

The British Islands Confederacy wrote:Most IT stuff frustrates me. It's totally arcane.

I like anything mechanical because generally I can see how it works and how to fix it if it goes kaputt.

I see I see. Mechanical machines are also interesting to look at.

Nuremgard wrote:Haha, no. I have a HTC Desire.

Modern man of the 21st century.

Nuremgard, The British Islands Confederacy

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I see I see. Mechanical machines are also interesting to look at.

Modern man of the 21st century.

My sister got me it a couple of years ago. My first ever modern phone. My friends used to always make fun of me beforehand because of the old type phones I had.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy

Nuremgard wrote:My sister got me it a couple of years ago. My first ever modern phone. My friends used to always make fun of me beforehand because of the old type phones I had.

I've had an old Nokia until 2.75 years ago. I know that feeling very well.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The British Islands Confederacy

Nuremgard wrote:I hate how cruelty to animals and abandonment of them is treated less seriously by the courts than if it was done to a human. I also dislike how animals are considered property by the law.

Or, put another way... Four legs good, two legs bad!

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Or, put another way... Four legs good, two legs bad!

Nuremgard has an imperial family. I have another country called Mazradia but I am unsure whether or not to make it an official Empire or a Kingdom (but have it be imperialist.)

I like Empire but I also like the idea of having a Kingdom and royal family as opposed to an imperial one. Just to make it different from Nuremgard. What do you think?

May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

Zakastibad

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

5*7 I think.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

About 6 foot, maybe a little less.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

Hey, hey! Same height buddies!

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

Same.

Zakastibad, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

I'm jealous of yalls heights

Zakastibad, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

6ft 2in.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Lex Caledonia wrote:6ft 2in.

I love a tall man. Wish I was taller.

Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Same.

Same bro

Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

Mercunova wrote:Same.

Yukona wrote:Same bro

same height club

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

SHOW ME THE CONSULS

I WANNA GO FULL ROMAN GIMME THEM CONSULS

WHERE'S THE LATIN WORDS? SHOW ME THE LATIN!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko

Unfallious wrote:SHOW ME THE CONSULS

I WANNA GO FULL ROMAN GIMME THEM CONSULS

WHERE'S THE LATIN WORDS? SHOW ME THE LATIN!

Pecunia non olet.

Jaslandia

The Talking Point

The government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects.

Reclassification

Spanelsko's Civil Rights fell from Average to Below Average.

Not sure why my civil rights fell.

Jaslandia

I almost forgot how much fun it is to answer issues. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I ask how tall you all are? Because I'm often part of the smaller people.

I'm 173cm/1,73m or 5ft 8in.

176 cm/1,76 m/1.76 m/5 ft 9 19/64 inches

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I almost forgot how much fun it is to answer issues. :)

Same here. Sometimes I'm just too bored to do so. When I do though, it's fun. Most of them, at least...

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Anglia Imperium wrote:Same here. Sometimes I'm just too bored to do so. When I do though, it's fun. Most of them, at least...

I haven't done them for a loooong time.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

I am so fickle with nations.

Jaslandia, Mercunova, Yukona

Citizens have approximately a day left to declare candidacy for the upcoming election.

Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Pecunia non olet.

Iunno dude, working in a pizza shop can expose you to some pretty stinky money

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:Iunno dude, working in a pizza shop can expose you to some pretty stinky money

Caveat emptor.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Caveat emptor.

See, I've always disagreed with this notion. Surely it's the seller's responsibility to not sell bad quality goods

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Anglia Imperium

Unfallious wrote:See, I've always disagreed with this notion. Surely it's the seller's responsibility to not sell bad quality goods

Nah, caveat emptor applies. E.g. if you're stupid enough to pay for a course at Trump University, you deserve to be fleeced.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Unfallious wrote:See, I've always disagreed with this notion. Surely it's the seller's responsibility to not sell bad quality goods

Totally agree.

Unfallious wrote:See, I've always disagreed with this notion. Surely it's the seller's responsibility to not sell bad quality goods

But to stay in line with my Latin responses:

Suum cuique

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:But to stay in line with my Latin responses:

Suum cuique

It sounds like a kind of phrase you'd hear from a commie, but if I'm correct it's a motto used quite a lot by some authorities to mean all are equal in the face of the law.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Anglia Imperium

Unfallious wrote:It sounds like a kind of phrase you'd hear from a commie, but if I'm correct it's a motto used quite a lot by some authorities to mean all are equal in the face of the law.

German military police

Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

Unfallious wrote:It sounds like a kind of phrase you'd hear from a commie, but if I'm correct it's a motto used quite a lot by some authorities to mean all are equal in the face of the law.

In dubio pro reo

Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:In dubio pro reo

I didn't know this one, but it's a solid judicial concept. You shouldn't convict someone in you still have doubts over their guilt.

Penguania And Antarctica, Anglia Imperium

Unfallious wrote:I didn't know this one, but it's a solid judicial concept. You shouldn't convict someone in you still have doubts over their guilt.

Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos. Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.

Anglia Imperium

I have reason to suspect Penguania And Antarctica's second mother tongue is Latin...

Jaslandia

Anglia Imperium wrote:I have reason to suspect Penguania And Antarctica's second mother tongue is Latin...

My father is a Catholic priest. Lol /jk

Zakastibad, Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

Regnum Unitum Penguaniarum et Antarcticarum

Anglia Imperium

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos. Tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.

that's just depressing

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:that's just depressing

Homo homini lupus.

Anglia Imperium

“Duuuuuude, we didn’t go far enough,” wheezes Heidi Claus, creeping into your office from an open window. “It was a great idea to put chems in the water, and it’d be an even greater idea to get some feel-good drugs into the cocktail. Everybody must get stoned, man; it’s like that song. Now, it is a shame and an outrage, dear leader, that users of certain socially stigmatized drugs continue to be left out in the cold. It isn’t fair that people who like to drink the tap water get it for free, while I have to spend my hard-earned Arma 3s importing rare diamondback licking-toads. The government should add more highs to the supply, man! Subsidize recreational drug use!”

The Talking Point

The state funds the recreational drug habits of every citizen.

I am quite sure that i upgraded Spanelsko from a Drug Cartel to a ´´Drugged State´´

Jaslandia

Jaslandia wrote:About 6 foot, maybe a little less.

Same.

Jaslandia

Free trade is both advantageous environmentally and financially.

https://youtu.be/Xg747U4zbls

Spanelsko

Good morning everyone. I wish you all a great Sunday of fun and relaxation. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Anglia Imperium

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Good morning everyone. I wish you all a great Sunday of fun and relaxation. :)

Same to you, Peng!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler]As you set out for Ithaka

hope the voyage is a long one,

full of adventure, full of discovery.

Laistrygonians and Cyclops,

angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:

you’ll never find things like that on your way

as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,

as long as a rare excitement

stirs your spirit and your body.

Laistrygonians and Cyclops,

wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them

unless you bring them along inside your soul,

unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope the voyage is a long one.

May there be many a summer morning when,

with what pleasure, what joy,

you come into harbors seen for the first time;

may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

to buy fine things,

mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

sensual perfume of every kind—

as many sensual perfumes as you can;

and may you visit many Egyptian cities

to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you are destined for.

But do not hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you are old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you have gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you would not have set out.

She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.

Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,

you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Anglia Imperium

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[spoiler]As you set out for Ithaka

hope the voyage is a long one,

full of adventure, full of discovery.

Laistrygonians and Cyclops,

angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:

you’ll never find things like that on your way

as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,

as long as a rare excitement

stirs your spirit and your body.

Laistrygonians and Cyclops,

wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them

unless you bring them along inside your soul,

unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope the voyage is a long one.

May there be many a summer morning when,

with what pleasure, what joy,

you come into harbors seen for the first time;

may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

to buy fine things,

mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

sensual perfume of every kind—

as many sensual perfumes as you can;

and may you visit many Egyptian cities

to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you are destined for.

But do not hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you are old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you have gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.

Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you would not have set out.

She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.

Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,

you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.[/spoiler]

Beautiful translation of Constantine P. Kavafis

Penguania And Antarctica

Anglia Imperium wrote:Beautiful translation of Constantine P. Kavafis

I like the German version more than the English. Unfortunately I'm unable to understand the original Greek.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I like the German version more than the English. Unfortunately I'm unable to understand the original Greek.

The English one you posted is quite close to the Greek text

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

I love the feeling of cancelling a policy I don't want.

Everestopia, Jaslandia, Mercunova, Anglia Imperium

Just to clarify, I'm running this election with Anglia Imperium, although the name on the ballot is of my other nation, Cesorion. Voting for Ces is voting for Anglia

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

When an issue wants you to get rid of Prisons

Mmm, no.

Everestopia, Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:I love the feeling of cancelling a policy I don't want.

Wish I could do the same... Wish I could cancel regional constitutional amendments.

Nuremgard

Constituence wrote:When an issue wants you to get rid of Prisons

Mmm, no.

Yeah.. like, definitely not.

Constituence wrote:When an issue wants you to get rid of Prisons

Mmm, no.

I got rid of mine, but law enforcement is heavily funded.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Spanelsko

Fun fact: Pipelines are less likely to leak oil or natural gas than trucks or rail. So if you're an environmentalist, then you should support pipelines because the alternative is to transport oil and natural gas by truck or rail, which are worse for the environment due to emissions and relative risk.

Nuremgard, Anglia Imperium

Gualimole wrote:Fun fact: Pipelines are less likely to leak oil or natural gas than trucks or rail. So if you're an environmentalist, then you should support pipelines because the alternative is to transport oil and natural gas by truck or rail, which are worse for the environment due to emissions and relative risk.

Or how about no oil altogether and if not that then not new pipelines which feed into big oil companies’ pockets and allow them to profit even further from the exploitation of our collective heritage we deserve

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Anglia Imperium

Yukona wrote:Or how about no oil altogether and if not that then not new pipelines which feed into big oil companies’ pockets and allow them to profit even further from the exploitation of our collective heritage we deserve

The ideal is to phase out fossil fuels altogether, but in the short-term, we have to find the most environmentally friendly ways to use fossil fuels and use natural gas as a "bridge fuel" before transitioning to renewables and clean fuels.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Anglia Imperium

That moment when you want to write a factbook about an aspect of your country's culture but draw inspiration from Nazi Germany.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Anglia Imperium

Russkov Soviet wrote:I got rid of mine, but law enforcement is heavily funded.

But the real question goes .. "Where do all the criminals get locked up?"

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard

Gualimole wrote:The ideal is to phase out fossil fuels altogether, but in the short-term, we have to find the most environmentally friendly ways to use fossil fuels and use natural gas as a "bridge fuel" before transitioning to renewables and clean fuels.

This “bridge” should be as short as possible and whilst we travel it the polluters should do us a favour and hop off the side of it. Environmental protection is a matter of national security requiring the finance that the bomb droppers get but don’t deserve.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Gualimole

Yukona wrote:This “bridge” should be as short as possible and whilst we travel it the polluters should do us a favour and hop off the side of it. Environmental protection is a matter of national security requiring the finance that the bomb droppers get but don’t deserve.

This is why I am glad and proud that the Scottish Government invests so much in renewable energy.

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