New Rule: Replace the Word "Lynch" in Games
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Just wanna pop in and say this is a good change and I look forward to a wide variety of comedy death flavors such as
-clowned on
-dunked mercilessly
-flattened with an anvil
-absorbed into the void
-Chummed
-Detonated
-Slimed
-Gored
-Ghosted (literally)
-Eaten by and/or became an Ouroboros
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clowned on is good. McLo (Misclown & Lose) & CoLo (Clown on or lose)we're all made of stories | remember to take your b12 | sign up for a GTKAS thread! (request access here)
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Whoa whoa whoa.In post 471, Zulfy wrote:So considering the soviet origins of this lil party game I suggest purge?
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You had the chance to say "I'm down with the 'clowned'." and you blew it.In post 480, notscience wrote:I’m for clowned.-
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Ftr: after having conversations with some humans in my vicinity I realize that this is probably overall a good idea despite my feelings of annoyance about it.
I still hate standardizing on 'eliminate' but I'll get used to it if that's what's happening (though purge is so, so much better).“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who say, ‘There are two kinds of people in this world: those who say there are two kinds of people in this world,and the other kind,’ and those whodon’tsay. Well, then there’s me.” — J.R. “Bob” Dobbs-
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Untrod Tripod Fat and Sassy
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Here are the ones I suggested backstage but because mods are fascists none of my suggestions were used
asked politely to leave
escorted out by a gaggle of sweaty, pink-faced mall cops
removed during the night by the Lord due to not having marked their door with ewe's blood
carried off by a swarm of genetically modified locust/George Costanza hybrids
burninate
and of course the best one
raptured
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also those of you who are bitching about us not wanting the site administration to condone using a word that means, best-case scenario, extra-judicial killing by a mob and in popular parlance in the united states a word that means the murder of a person of color by a mob of white people for the crime of not being white: get dunked on, nerds.
ah, but you're saying, I have a nuanced view related to free speech and this is silencing my-
let me just stop you there by saying I don't care. no one on the mod team cares. you will not find a friendly ear on the mod team by demanding that you should get to use racist language.-
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I still submit BURNINATE for your pleasure.-
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Extra-judicial killing by a mob is exactly the flavor I am looking for a way to hold onto without the racially charged connotations.In post 484, Untrod Tripod wrote:also those of you who are bitching about us not wanting the site administration to condone using a word that, best-case scenario, extra-judicial killing by a mob and in popular parlance in the united states a word that means the murder of a person of color by a mob of white people for the crime of not being white: get dunked on, nerds.“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who say, ‘There are two kinds of people in this world: those who say there are two kinds of people in this world,and the other kind,’ and those whodon’tsay. Well, then there’s me.” — J.R. “Bob” Dobbs-
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I think this is a bit of a weird spot, having not read the entire thread, nor intending to. Lynching just makes sense intuitively, it's a mob of people performing an execution outside the bounds of the law without any real concern for the guilt or innocence of the victim.
However, it does absolutely have racial connotations to it, and anyone arguing it doesn't is a fool to do so. Especially given recent events, I am completely sympathetic to people wanting to shift terminology, and I'll do my best to avoid it going forward.
As for alternatives, perhaps burning, cooking, etc. could be the default flavor, shifting the imagery from hanging black folks to burning witches.Last edited by Radical Rat on Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.-
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Yeah, burnination works-
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fascistIn post 484, Untrod Tripod wrote:ah, but you're saying, I have a nuanced view related to free speech and this is silencing my-
let me just stop you there by saying I don't care. no one on the mod team cares.Show"You are the Joker of mafia players" - Oversoul
"last time I was scum with Firebringer
his first post in the scum PT was "yes I rolled scum!"
I decided to post "haha just don't post that in the main thread", but to get up to date on the main thread first.
His first post in the main thread was "yes I rolled scum!" -popsofctown-
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"2008 Buffalo Bills running back" is quite possibly the most obscure but still-accurate way anyone has ever referred to Marshawn LynchIn post 478, vonflare wrote:guaging interest in a mini theme set in a post-apocalyptic society where only american football stars are left alive. Each day, someone must be chosen by majority vote and will be brutally murdered by a 2008 Buffalo Bills running back.“The assumption of good faith is dead”
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Your posting quality has taken a sharp dip are you drinking?In post 493, Firebringer wrote:
fascistIn post 484, Untrod Tripod wrote:ah, but you're saying, I have a nuanced view related to free speech and this is silencing my-
let me just stop you there by saying I don't care. no one on the mod team cares.-
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I'm actually partial to "burning" as a flavorful term for elimination (making it basically witch hunt-flavor), but elimination is flavorless and flavorless terms work better in Normals and Opens.
"purging" doesn't strike it with me for some reason.
Also elimination plays into other terms better, NE, PE, E-x, MiLo, and LiLo sound better than NB, PB, B-x, MuLo, and BuLo.time will end-
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only the shoe polishIn post 495, Ythan wrote:
Your posting quality has taken a sharp dip are you drinking?In post 493, Firebringer wrote:
fascistIn post 484, Untrod Tripod wrote:ah, but you're saying, I have a nuanced view related to free speech and this is silencing my-
let me just stop you there by saying I don't care. no one on the mod team cares.Show"You are the Joker of mafia players" - Oversoul
"last time I was scum with Firebringer
his first post in the scum PT was "yes I rolled scum!"
I decided to post "haha just don't post that in the main thread", but to get up to date on the main thread first.
His first post in the main thread was "yes I rolled scum!" -popsofctown-
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that's me baby. I'm full fash now.In post 493, Firebringer wrote:
fascistIn post 484, Untrod Tripod wrote:ah, but you're saying, I have a nuanced view related to free speech and this is silencing my-
let me just stop you there by saying I don't care. no one on the mod team cares.-
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Eliminate just doesn't have the same spirit behind it. Feels less like an execution and more like being sent home from a game show. Hard disagree that Normals should be "flavorless." The flavor should be standardized and unambiguous, but not absent.
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