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[Shadowlord]

It's a fine sentiment, but if mass media published life story of every shooting victim, there would be no room on tv or in newspapers for anything else.

[Sergarr]

Excellent opportunity to start pruning your friends list.

Wait wait wait. People actually add others to their friend lists in this forum?

Wait, Bay12 has a friend list?

The buddies list apparently "helps control PM traffic" whatever that means. I'm sure someone uses it.

Oh man, it really does have a friend list!

Well, it's not like it matters for me, since I don't have anyone to add to it

[Frumple]

If a guy killing or wounding 102 people is not newsworthy then what is?
Issues perhaps?

What's being done to stop the other thousand that'll probably (assuming 2014 numbers hold fairly steady, which they probably will) finish being killed by the end of the year, maybe? Several tens of, with wounding included. Can't read AT's mind, but that sounds like it might be a place to start.

It's a fine sentiment, but if mass media published life story of every shooting victim, there would be no room on tv or in newspapers for anything else.

... I'm not saying win/win, but maybe that'd count as lose/win? People would maybe start to really try to cut down on causes, if only so they could watch TV again...

[hector13]

It's a fine sentiment, but if mass media published life story of every shooting victim, there would be no room on tv or in newspapers for anything else.

They don't need to even do that though, just not focus so much in the attacker that they essentially become a celebrity. Even just a little piece on the victims to humanize them. But that doesn't sell, so it doesn't happen.

[Teneb]

Excellent opportunity to start pruning your friends list.

Wait wait wait. People actually add others to their friend lists in this forum?

Wait, Bay12 has a friend list?

The buddies list apparently "helps control PM traffic" whatever that means. I'm sure someone uses it.

Oh man, it really does have a friend list!

Well, it's not like it matters for me, since I don't have anyone to add to it

Decided to add you to the friend list on a whim. Now we can never PM each other and barely interact, just like before!

[Sonlirain]

... I can't tell if that was deeply, self-abasingly ironic, or just shows a total lack of self-awareness.

It's like a David Lynch film just without plot or true depth.
So it's pretty much like a Lynch film!

What's being done to stop the other thousand that'll probably (assuming 2014 numbers hold fairly steady, which they probably will) finish being killed by the end of the year, maybe? Several tens of, with wounding included.

What would you propose then?
Quite sure there will be a ruckus about gun law soon. Some idiots from the left will shout "ban all guns" followed by some cretins from the right shouting "Muh 4'th amendment" and it will end up nowhere just like after every major shooting.

[Frumple]

Eh, I'd probably start with bumping up infrastructure and social safety net spending, maybe working out some education/workforce improvements and/or decriminalizing a fair amount the drug trade that's bloody rampant in Florida, so at least there's that much less of a reason for things to turn violent. Better mental health spending/outreach would probably help a fair bit, too. More work into actually reintroducing the criminal population into the normal workforce. Just as a non-exhaustive, off the top of the head list. Buncha' stuff we could be doing, really.

[BlackHeartKabal]

Better mental health spending/outreach would probably help a fair bit, too. More work into actually reintroducing the criminal population into the normal workforce.

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[hector13]

Is that an actual thing in the game? Conclave stuff, per'aps?

[Frumple]

It's apparently something that can pop up when your ruler has the lunatic trait. Other options are no pants for all, turnip currency, and mandated wall holes.

[A Thing]

Welp, forgot remove that bit from an early version of that message. In fact, bit of a melodramatic and contradicting message even without it, I'll chalk it up as frustration with this variety of murderous nonsense.

No, I don't actually think these things shouldn't be reported on at all as that would require a fair bit of censorship and I doubt anyone would benefit from it. Just that numbers and such should probably not be as emphasized as they are in reports of these things, etc.

[Teneb]

Is that an actual thing in the game? Conclave stuff, per'aps?

No. It's an event you can get if you are insane. There are others like it, such as fighting Cthulhu or being a "werewolf".

[scrdest]

Cthulhu is kinda in even when you're not insane, with Way of Life.

[Sergarr]

It appears that the only reasonably "productive" activity that I can actually do without feeling like I'm dying, is writing the plot for that goddamned DBZ/Touhou crossover in my head.

Muses are fucking evil.

[Sonlirain]

Do it.
I hate fanfiction but do it.

Why DragonballZ specifically tho?