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Unfallious wrote:rip Thailand's king

From what I've heard, the Crown Prince (and new King) isn't very popular, and considering Thailand has had a lot of instability in its parliament and prime ministers, I'm wondering if the new King's ascension will go without incident.

Nuremgard wrote:Nah, I'll stick with virtuously scorning them.

I think you're just jealous.

New Romnesia wrote:I think you're just jealous.

Ah, the oft refrained "you criticise them therefore you are jealous" argument. Tired and overused, foreluck tugger.

Jaslandia wrote:From what I've heard, the Crown Prince (and new King) isn't very popular, and considering Thailand has had a lot of instability in its parliament and prime ministers, I'm wondering if the new King's ascension will go without incident.

According to the Guardian, many of the elite hoped that the late King would appoint his much respected daughter as his successor. But Thailand's strict succession laws demand a male heir so that option was never really viable.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, the oft refrained "you criticise them therefore you are jealous" argument. Tired and overused, foreluck tugger.

Not an argument. Just speculation.

All envious persons are:

With care and culture all may find

Some pretty flower in their own mind,

Some talent that is rare.

New Romnesia wrote:Not an argument. Just speculation.

All envious persons are:

With care and culture all may find

Some pretty flower in their own mind,

Some talent that is rare.

Rhyming doesn't make you correct or clever.

Nuremgard wrote:Rhyming doesn't make you correct or clever.

Take it easy, champ.

Nuremgard wrote:My point is valid.

Really? Because it seems sometimes that you're on a near-constant mission to be butthurt about all things related to royalty.

I myself am an anti-monarchist and you still manage to elicit a reaction of me shaking my head sometimes.

New Romnesia wrote:Take it easy, champ.

I always do, sweetie.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Really? Because it seems sometimes that you're on a near-constant mission to be butthurt about all things related to royalty.

I myself am an anti-monarchist and you still manage to elicit a reaction of me shaking my head sometimes.

It's my prerogative to moan about the royals and it's your prerogative to shake your head. Le monde tourne.

Nuremgard wrote:I always do, sweetie.

Nah, you're pretty choleric. It's okay, though. You do you, kiddo.

New Romnesia wrote:Nah, you're pretty choleric. It's okay, though. You do you, kiddo.

Thanks for your blessing, honey.

New Romnesia

Nuremgard wrote:Thanks for your blessing, honey.

See what I mean?

New Romnesia wrote:See what I mean?

I'm responding in the same vein that you are.

New Romnesia

Nuremgard wrote:I'm responding in the same vein that you are.

Nah. I'm cheeky and fun. You're just an egotist.

New Romnesia wrote:Nah. I'm cheeky and fun. You're just an egotist.

Thanks for that sterling analysis, Dr Freud. How much do I owe you?

New Romnesia

New Romnesia wrote:Nah. I'm cheeky and fun. You're just an egotist.

Nuremgard wrote:Thanks for that sterling analysis, Dr Freud. How much do I owe you?

Exhibit A. You bruise way too easy.

New Romnesia wrote:Exhibit A. You bruise way too easy.

Must be my delicate Celtic skin.

New Romnesia

Nuremgard wrote:Must be my delicate Celtic skin.

My, you're tightly-wound. Just relax.

My goodness, the amount of times almost this exact exchange has taken place.

New Romnesia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:My goodness, the amount of times almost this exact exchange has taken place.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

New Romnesia wrote:My, you're tightly-wound. Just relax.

I am. Lying in bed, listening to some tunes.

New Romnesia

Nuremgard wrote:I am. Lying in bed, listening to some tunes.

Is that a zinger, in your mind? Or do you just respond to everything no matter what?

Heyo!

We moved again?

New Romnesia wrote:My, you're tightly-wound. Just relax.

Nah, he's just sarky, you'll learn to like it.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:Heyo!

We moved again?

Nah, he's just sarky, you'll learn to like it.

Ja. Ruclax went all autocratic on us so we shifted here.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Ja. Ruclax went all autocratic on us so we shifted here.

Fun times, so whats the plan this time?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:Fun times, so whats the plan this time?

Chill out here and hope for the best.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:

Nah, he's just sarky, you'll learn to like it.

Nah, snarky people use sarcasm or irony for comedic effect. There's no sarcasm in his comments. Mr. Nurem's just kind of trollish and sad.

Nuremgard wrote:Chill out here and hope for the best.

Just like life lol.

New Romnesia wrote:Nah, snarky people use sarcasm or irony for comedic effect. There's no sarcasm in his comments. Mr. Nurem's just kind of trollish and sad.

No no no, Sarky with a K not Sarcasm with a C.

New Romnesia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:Just like life lol.No no no, Sarky with a K not Sarcasm with a C.

Mmmk

Aetosia wrote:Just like life lol.

Pretty much aye. So it's been a wee while since we last conversed. How you doing?

Nuremgard wrote:Pretty much aye. So it's been a wee while since we last conversed. How you doing?

I'm ok, sorted alot of stuff out and feeling a whole lot better.

You?

Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:I'm ok, sorted alot of stuff out and feeling a whole lot better.

You?

That's good to hear. I'm just working away at college. Looking forward to my October Week break but I have stuff to do. I have two essays due and I need to work on my personal statement for uni.

Nuremgard wrote:That's good to hear. I'm just working away at college. Looking forward to my October Week break but I have stuff to do. I have two essays due and I need to work on my personal statement for uni.

Thats good, you got a Uni picked out?

I'm still on the fence, i went for a few weeks last October but dropped out, i dont know if it was the course, Uni or what but something just wasn't right.

Aetosia wrote:Thats good, you got a Uni picked out?

I'm still on the fence, i went for a few weeks last October but dropped out, i dont know if it was the course, Uni or what but something just wasn't right.

I have two chosen so far. I can pick a maximum of five.

University isn't for everyone but there is no harm in trying it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. You don't need a uni degree to get on in life.

Aetosia wrote:Thats good, you got a Uni picked out?

I'm still on the fence, i went for a few weeks last October but dropped out, i dont know if it was the course, Uni or what but something just wasn't right.

You are talking about Uni and I am still in High School :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Flynnvakia wrote:You are talking about Uni and I am still in High School :P

The time will fly by, trust me.

Nuremgard wrote:The time will fly by, trust me.

I am gonna reach college and want to come back here is what I have been told

Nuremgard wrote:I have two chosen so far. I can pick a maximum of five.

University isn't for everyone but there is no harm in trying it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. You don't need a uni degree to get on in life.

Sure helps though, it bugs me how some jobs require degrees for no reason and there should also be an option to study on the job but not like one of these con apprenticeships.

Flynnvakia wrote:I am gonna reach college and want to come back here is what I have been told

Eh. It depends on who you ask. I didn't mind high school but college is much better. The atmosphere and teacher-student dynamic is totally different.

Aetosia wrote:Sure helps though, it bugs me how some jobs require degrees for no reason and there should also be an option to study on the job but not like one of these con apprenticeships.

Oh, don't get me started on apprenticeships. I did one in retail just so I could get a job. I'd worked in retail before so I knew what to expect. The apprenticeship consisted of me working full time hours, getting paid half the minimum wage and doing "homework." All this just so I could get a part time job that I could have got at another place with just an interview.

My advice is: unless it's a trade you really want to get into, don't do an apprenticeship.

Nuremgard wrote:Oh, don't get me started on apprenticeships. I did one in retail just so I could get a job. I'd worked in retail before so I knew what to expect. The apprenticeship consisted of me working full time hours, getting paid half the minimum wage and doing "homework." All this just so I could get a part time job that I could have got at another place with just an interview.

My advice is: unless it's a trade you really want to get into, don't do an apprenticeship.

ditto, i did one for my local council as it would look alright on my CV but they fird me after 6 months, apparently the job i was doing was in place of a member of staff who was away but came back early and thanks to the terms of an apprenticeship they could get rid of me when they didnt need me. its just cheap labour that exploits the young population who have a hard time finding work.

Aetosia wrote:ditto, i did one for my local council as it would look alright on my CV but they fird me after 6 months, apparently the job i was doing was in place of a member of staff who was away but came back early and thanks to the terms of an apprenticeship they could get rid of me when they didnt need me. its just cheap labour that exploits the young population who have a hard time finding work.

They know that in these tough economic times, people are desperate for work and will take anything. Especially young people who are adversely affected by high rates of unemployment. I've never had a full time job. I've had three, one was part time, one was a zero hours contract and the third was the apprenticeship.

Nuremgard wrote:Oh, don't get me started on apprenticeships. I did one in retail just so I could get a job. I'd worked in retail before so I knew what to expect. The apprenticeship consisted of me working full time hours, getting paid half the minimum wage and doing "homework." All this just so I could get a part time job that I could have got at another place with just an interview.

My advice is: unless it's a trade you really want to get into, don't do an apprenticeship.

A retail apprenticeship sounds like a racket and your experience seems to affirm this.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:A retail apprenticeship sounds like a racket and your experience seems to affirm this.

It was. And the staff were absolute Catch You Next Tuesdays, particularly my bitch of a manager. I reported them to health and safety after I left because of their bad work practices.

Nuremgard wrote:It was. And the staff were absolute Catch You Next Tuesdays, particularly my bitch of a manager. I reported them to health and safety after I left because of their bad work practices.

Just realised I wrote that wrongly. Damn my grammar Nazism.

Nuremgard wrote:Just realised I wrote that wrongly. Damn my grammar Nazism.

Lol, im the opposite, i dont care at all, so long as i can get the jist of it.

Aetosia wrote:Lol, im the opposite, i dont care at all, so long as i can get the jist of it.

I'm a writer so I feel compelled to write formally lol even in text messages.

Nuremgard wrote:I'm a writer so I feel compelled to write formally lol even in text messages.

thats cool, whats your genre? What ever you do, dont become a journalist, they are literally the worst.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:thats cool, whats your genre? What ever you do, dont become a journalist, they are literally the worst.

That made me smile. I applied for a journalism course once. Didn't get in. Then I did a writing course and did journalism as part of it. Hated it. Made me glad they knocked me back for the journo course.

I agree. Journos are the worst. And my genres are fantasy and poetry.

Nuremgard wrote:That made me smile. I applied for a journalism course once. Didn't get in. Then I did a writing course and did journalism as part of it. Hated it. Made me glad they knocked me back for the journo course.

I agree. Journos are the worst. And my genres are fantasy and poetry.

Lol, i Like fantasy to an extent and i do have a soft spot for poetry. do you have any sample works?

Aetosia wrote:Lol, i Like fantasy to an extent and i do have a soft spot for poetry. do you have any sample works?

I have some poems saved onto my Google drive. I did make a big file of poems years ago and put them into a plastic cover but I don't know where it is now.

Killdash

Nuremgard wrote:I have some poems saved onto my Google drive. I did make a big file of poems years ago and put them into a plastic cover but I don't know where it is now.

River Bridge:

Suspended above waters iced and muddied

With cords twisted in net

Land spread like pageant

On all surrounds, lying like tawny down

The river eddies below, it's current soft and enticing

Black sky above, stars glimmer inviting

There's a sway on this bridge, as I sit down to write

Fear for what lurks in the blackness of night

Yet afraid is not the emotion I feel

There is a serenity, it bounds on surreal

Of a symphony of croaks and groans in sequence

Cackles of hyena, far in the distance

Splash in the river, and creak in the timber

While a half moon rises, it's beams strung out

Their force non apparent on this ropine dugout

A tinkle from a distant stream, snuffle snuffle in the gloom

Yet with all this sound, my mind feels sound

The noise can't ever drown it out

There's a peace here for which I ever search

But only find when least expected

As now, in a chill night in the bush

I can breathe but once, and still the rush

And stay a while in the moment fleeting

Afore spell is broke, and thought stops sleeping.

Killdash write poem to satisfy Master.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Killdash wrote:River Bridge:

Suspended above waters iced and muddied

With cords twisted in net

Land spread like pageant

On all surrounds, lying like tawny down

The river eddies below, it's current soft and enticing

Black sky above, stars glimmer inviting

There's a sway on this bridge, as I sit down to write

Fear for what lurks in the blackness of night

Yet afraid is not the emotion I feel

There is a serenity, it bounds on surreal

Of a symphony of croaks and groans in sequence

Cackles of hyena, far in the distance

Splash in the river, and creak in the timber

While a half moon rises, it's beams strung out

Their force non apparent on this ropine dugout

A tinkle from a distant stream, snuffle snuffle in the gloom

Yet with all this sound, my mind feels sound

The noise can't ever drown it out

There's a peace here for which I ever search

But only find when least expected

As now, in a chill night in the bush

I can breathe but once, and still the rush

And stay a while in the moment fleeting

Afore spell is broke, and thought stops sleeping.

Killdash write poem to satisfy Master.

You wrote that off the top of your head? Well done.

Killdash, Penguania And Antarctica

In my country Tangshan, thanks to some more funding to the police force, crime has been reduced from "all-pervasive" to "a major problem." Progress!

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:You wrote that off the top of your head? Well done.

Honestly, say what you want about golf as a sport, but golf courses are really good at getting the poetical juices flowing.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I have some poems saved onto my Google drive. I did make a big file of poems years ago and put them into a plastic cover but I don't know where it is now.

Nuremgard wrote:Rhyming doesn't make you correct or clever.
Does it make you a poet, though?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:According to the Guardian, many of the elite hoped that the late King would appoint his much respected daughter as his successor. But Thailand's strict succession laws demand a male heir so that option was never really viable.

Interesting. If the daughter is ambitious, and she gets some support from the army, she could depose her brother and take the throne for herself. I don't think that is likely (I don't see why the military would be particularly interested in placing the daughter on the throne), but who knows?

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Interesting. If the daughter is ambitious, and she gets some support from the army, she could depose her brother and take the throne for herself. I don't think that is likely (I don't see why the military would be particularly interested in placing the daughter on the throne), but who knows?

You never know what might happen. Political instability is expected but I personally cant see a conservative country like Thailand putting a woman on the throne. She'd be the first ever female monarch in the nation's history.

New Romnesia wrote:Does it make you a poet, though?

I don't know. I just write what I'm inspired to.

Jaslandia

Just saw Air Force One :D

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:You never know what might happen. Political instability is expected but I personally cant see a conservative country like Thailand putting a woman on the throne. She'd be the first ever female monarch in the nation's history.

I don't know. I just write what I'm inspired to.

Follow your bliss, kiddo

New Romnesia wrote:Does it make you a poet, though?

Really it depends on the style. If you want to be pedantic, you can distinguish between prose and poetry, but to me, it's how the writing makes you feel, and whether it triggers dormant emotions, until you connect with its authour, and are yourself transported into the framework of the item.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Just saw Air Force One :D

"Get off my plane!" Classic film. Harrison Ford at his best.

Continental Commonwealths, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

New Romnesia wrote:"Get off my plane!" Classic film. Harrison Ford at his best.

I saw the plane, the President is in my hometown today

I'm a plane nut :P

Penguania And Antarctica

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I saw the plane, the President is in my hometown today

I'm a plane nut :P

Air Force One is the President's official aerial transport, right?

Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I saw the plane, the President is in my hometown today

I'm a plane nut :P

As opposed to just a plain nut...

*faint snickering*.

New Romnesia, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nuremgard wrote:Air Force One is the President's official aerial transport, right?

Yeah. Huge waste of money but a pretty airplane.

Penguania And Antarctica

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Yeah. Huge waste of money but a pretty airplane.

From what I hear it's a flying office. Could be used by the President to run affairs of state in the air during a national emergency.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nuremgard wrote:From what I hear it's a flying office. Could be used by the President to run affairs of state in the air during a national emergency.

You've watched Independence Day, is what you're saying.

Continental Commonwealths

Killdash wrote:You've watched Independence Day, is what you're saying.

I watched a documentary about the presidency and that's what they said apparently.

Nuremgard wrote:From what I hear it's a flying office. Could be used by the President to run affairs of state in the air during a national emergency.

Yeah, that's how it was used on 9/11.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Presidential Election Poll is now open! Lodge your votes for Humph, Vista or Synargle!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Yeah, that's how it was used on 9/11.

I think that may have been where I heard it. They said Bush was using the plane during the attacks. A bit counterproductive given the terrorists were flying planes into buildings but hey ho.

Jaslandia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nuremgard wrote:I watched a documentary about the presidency and that's what they said apparently.

Are you saying Independence is not a documentary?

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

#Humph4Pres

Tested. Experienced. Fair.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Killdash wrote:Are you saying Independence is not a documentary?

Americans did. They think their president would care about them in a catastrophe like an alien invasion. *snicker*

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I think that may have been where I heard it. They said Bush was using the plane during the attacks. A bit counterproductive given the terrorists were flying planes into buildings but hey ho.

It's counterproductive to have the president airborne and safely away from the obvious next target (the White House)?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nuremgard wrote:I think that may have been where I heard it. They said Bush was using the plane during the attacks. A bit counterproductive given the terrorists were flying planes into buildings but hey ho.

That's where he was safest. Airplanes can outrun airplanes. Buildings can't.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:That's where he was safest. Airplanes can outrun airplanes. Buildings can't.

I suppose so.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nuremgard wrote:Americans did. They think their president would care about them in a catastrophe like an alien invasion. *snicker*

Hey, Bush would've tried his very best, even if it meant pushing on a pull door :P

Ol' Bill....

Well....

Kinda hard to get your sax blown when there isn't a person left in the nation, no?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Vote for our future! Vote for success! Vote for Humpheria!

#Humph4Pres

Jaslandia, Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Kalaron wrote:Hey, Bush would've tried his very best, even if it meant pushing on a pull door :P

Ol' Bill....

Well....

Kinda hard to get your sax blown when there isn't a person left in the nation, no?

Clinton has Monica for that.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

I've had the pleasure of knowing Humph since his days as President of Libertatem in both a personal and professional capacity. He's proven himself a fair and experienced leader and I trust him wholeheartedly to lead the region in these initial early days.

Jaslandia, Latrovia, Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Humpheria Major

16.5 hours and counting ...

Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nominations slated under a possible Humpherian Administration:

Interior- Latrovia

Foreign- Sulania

Justice- Jaslandia

Defense- Kalaron

CJ- Tserra

AJ- Unfalliois, Bearlong

Note: These are not final and not all proposed nominees have accepted.

Jaslandia, Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Just gotta note: Who should be the frist president of the Confederacy of Free Nations?

Humpheria Major wrote:Nominations slated under a possible Humpherian Administration:

Interior- Latrovia

Foreign- Sulania

Justice- Jaslandia

Defense- Kalaron

CJ- Tserra

AJ- Unfalliois, Bearlong

Note: These are not final and not all proposed nominees have accepted.

I'll have to discuss this with some others before I accept or decline.

Jaslandia, Humpheria Major

Aetosia wrote:I'm ok, sorted alot of stuff out and feeling a whole lot better.

You?

I'm pretty sure you want Greece on the map; am I correct about that? (PS You'd be getting Constantinople with this claim. Maybe you could even take all of Anatolia)

Kalaron wrote:Just gotta note: Who should be the frist president of the Confederacy of Free Nations?

I'll have to discuss this with some others before I accept or decline.

As I said, not all nominees are final as not all have accepted.

Kalaron wrote:Just gotta note: Who should be the frist president of the Confederacy of Free Nations?

I know, Kal. Sue me.

I'm bummed that I was kicked from the MSRM (despite the fact that I hadn't been on in over a week).

There was really an opportunity missed with not being able to make a protest post about pouring the region's supply of hot chocolate mix into the harbour...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Baxten wrote:I'm pretty sure you want Greece on the map; am I correct about that? (PS You'd be getting Constantinople with this claim. Maybe you could even take all of Anatolia)

Oooh, now thats an offer i cant refuse, yes please :D

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I'm bummed that I was kicked from the MSRM (despite the fact that I hadn't been on in over a week).

There was really an opportunity missed with not being able to make a protest post about pouring the region's supply of hot chocolate mix into the harbour...

Thats not even funny to joke about, thats a serious event that lead to the deaths of many brave british men, you should be ashamed!

Aetosia wrote:Thats not even funny to joke about, thats a serious event that lead to the deaths of many brave british men, you should be ashamed!

The hot chocolate lobby is at it again...

Jaslandia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Continental Commonwealths wrote:The hot chocolate lobby is at it again...

Free the Oompa-Loompas!

Jaslandia

New Romnesia wrote:Free the Oompa-Loompas!

And here come the unions...

Aetosia wrote:Oooh, now thats an offer i cant refuse, yes please :D

Technically my Empire has Constantinople so if you want it, you'll need to declare war. ;)

Continental Commonwealths wrote:And here come the unions...

Pffft, Snozberries!

Nuremgard wrote:Technically my Empire has Constantinople so if you want it, you'll need to declare war. ;)

Oh we'll war, we'll war so hard you'll need to build a wall to stop us and you're gonna pay for it.

Jaslandia, New Estaris

Aetosia wrote:Pffft, Snozberries!Oh we'll war, we'll war so hard you'll need to build a wall to stop us and you're gonna pay for it.

Actually please don't. I just compared my defence to yours. You'd decimate us.

Parlay?

Nuremgard wrote:Actually please don't. I just compared my defence to yours. You'd decimate us.

Parlay?

May we share the city? Jerusalem style... but like in a nice way?

Aetosia wrote:May we share the city? Jerusalem style... but like in a nice way?

Good idea. As long as you don't mind sharing the city with a secular Zoroastrian absolute monarchy.

Nuremgard wrote:Good idea. As long as you don't mind sharing the city with a secular Zoroastrian absolute monarchy.

You should at least claim Persia with that nation. All these claims are going fast. Also, do you want Anatolia or does Aet want it?

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