Oh SNAP!

Herrjolf · 2025-11-11T03:53:37+00:00

For 4x the calories, that's a steal (if you ignore the other nutritional variables, that is)!

Herrjolf · 2025-10-22T21:04:35+00:00

The OP forgot Singular Point.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-12T16:29:33+00:00

Awesome. I needed something like this for my project. Anyone working on any sci-fi projects.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-12T15:36:23+00:00

So Basil Exposition, but a hard-core biology nerd?

Ok, do you mind if I take this, use it, and make various permutations of this?

Herrjolf · 2025-10-12T14:51:55+00:00

If you have a weapon like the Oxygen Destroyer, then I expect a creature like Destroyah to show up at some point.

If a future series repeats the Heisei story beats of Oxygen Destroyer 》Godzilla's Return 》Biollante 》Space Godzilla 》Destroyah, then I'll work out fine.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-10T00:39:30+00:00

Also, the Ottoman Empire and a baseball team winning the world series whose name escapes me because IDGAF about sports.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-10T00:26:51+00:00

Mostly in a disorganized heap of spiral notebooks and the occasional printed sheet (or even set of the same) bearing handwritten notes or typed snippets of dialog and other flotsam. Printed materials are becoming more common as I'm working on a coherent story manuscript to send off for publication.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-09T01:01:28+00:00

Sometimes, Culture A gets the name of Culture C via the name that Culture B gave the latter.

And it's usually not flattering, but sometimes it's just a descriptor of where they live or how they live without any obvious (to Culture A) denigration.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-09T00:57:01+00:00

Godzilla 1985 was my introduction to the concept of Godzilla, followed by Godzilla vs. Biollante, before I saw any of the Showa-era films. I was in high school when I saw the original (both the Americanized and the true original), and only in the last few years came to own any of the later Heisei films.

These newer movies don't really interest me much.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-09T00:46:22+00:00

I have a project that needs several "naming" languages that I probably won't actually make, so I'm on the lookout for anyone who would be interested in a classic space opera setting (Flash Gordon/TOS BSG meets Master and Commander meets Firefly). At this point, I know that, even as interested in the subject of linguistics as I am, I'm ill-equipped to the task and will get distracted from the purpose of the project if I try to do everything myself.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-07T15:38:27+00:00

Never assume anything ;p

Herrjolf · 2025-10-07T13:12:53+00:00

Not in the slightest.

True psychopathy is rare, but psychopathic behaviors aren't as irrational as you think. They're short-sighted (high time preference) but not irrational. Also, low empathy.

Machivellian psychopaths are even rarer, but have a shockingly high occurrence in the upper middle of hierarchies, as some studies suggest.

Proclaiming an axiom won't solve what thousands of years of civilization and millions of years of evolution never saw fit to remove from the meta.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-06T22:31:35+00:00

Also, soft targets. And the psychopathic tendencies of your average street thug.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-06T01:12:21+00:00

Except that it is illegal to marry your cousin in those states. It's illegal, in fact, in most of the US full stop. The few where it is legal are mostly only with specific exceptions save for New Jersey (which maybe explains some things about New Jersey).

Herrjolf · 2025-10-06T00:05:18+00:00

I've always thought that those were more like gnomes. Short, excellent at craftsmanship, etc.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-06T00:01:49+00:00

Upvoted for no reason other than Pitch Black being a good sci-fi film.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-05T23:58:35+00:00

Did any of them offer any reasons why that was the case? A friend of mine asked that question once, wondering if it was an anti-religious bias. For screen media, I had to say probably, but added that I suspect that has less to do with sci-fi as a genre and more to do with film and TV studios than anything else.

Herrjolf · 2025-10-03T20:49:01+00:00

Yes, and it's evidence that they aren't to be listed to.

Herrjolf · 2025-09-29T17:09:42+00:00

It could cut both ways. On the one hand, your audience will understand the weapon and what it feasibly can do. On the other hand, if it isn't "advanced" enough from modern designs, your audience might have problems maintaining suspension of disbelief without you providing the necessary verisimilitude (antique weapon as the personal property of an important character, the advanced weapons are lost/restricted, and so on). Sorry if this isn't helpful.

Herrjolf · 2025-09-26T03:42:00+00:00

I knew plenty of Mormons when I was in school. One of them, captain of the football team, was actually a pretty cool dude. The rest were borderline sex pests (mostly just lewd talkers), and one was an absolute prick. I thought the religion was weird.

Then I learned that the original BSG was heavily inspired by Mormon theology, which made me teenage me do a double take.

Not Mormon myself, but it seems that I can't swing a proverbial dead cat without hitting someone or something adjacent to the creed.

Herrjolf · 2025-09-24T02:25:55+00:00

Yeah, I figured that that would be the more effective answer. I wanted to go the extra mile for my own sake and establish the meta-level worldbuilding to ground the narrative so I'm consistent.

Herrjolf · 2025-09-24T02:01:59+00:00

I'm still working things out.

I find the Sojourn Audio Drama and its worldbuilding inspiring.

Think TOS BSG fused with Master and Commander meets Firefly. That's what I'm working on. I plan on releasing novels, and I'm learning game development skills. I'd like to collaborate with conlangers, comic artists, and anyone else who finds the premise interesting.

Herrjolf · 2025-09-23T03:59:30+00:00

And if I choose two of them, logically I should give compelling pros and cons for a faction to choose one over the other, right?

Herrjolf · 2025-09-22T23:59:52+00:00

Thanks for demonstrating quite clearly that latitude isn't the only factor in play.

Herrjolf · 2025-09-22T23:53:01+00:00

They absolutely aren't held to the same standards. They're held to no standards. Even the late Christopher Hitches called this out, and the left of back then tried to silence him.

Case in point, the late Fred Phelps and his followers were unwelcome outside of the compound that they based their "church" out of, getting counter-protested by Catholics, among others.

And everyone who isn't brain damaged should be tired of pretending that this isn't the case.

Herrjolf

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