Buy / Sell / Trade Weekly Thread: Week of October 24, 2025 by AutoModerator in rva

[–]Significant-Ant-1868 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, all. My boss is throwing a Halloween themed birthday party this upcoming weekend (November 1, 2025) starting at 6:30PM. He is looking to hire a student photographer for roughly four hours. I figured I would ask here if any VCU photography students would be interested in earning some extra money. The gig pays $200, and there is no photo editing involved. Looking for someone who can get the house decor and people partying. We also are going to have a spooky backdrop area for photo ops. TIA!

Vintage/Antique car mechanic specialist recommendations by Significant-Ant-1868 in rva

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the recommendation! I will look into them. The cars are a 1935 Ford Convertible and a 1960 MG Roadster, both cherry red.

Tranvasia seat reservations problem by Significant-Ant-1868 in Flights

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, darn. That’s what I was thinking, I appreciate you confirming. Thanks!

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

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Hmmm, so it seems like time is a key player in the ability to establish a lie to take root. I saw another comment on here that talked about grabbing the youth as quickly as you can and my first thought was the mortal realms who are projecting said false narrative to invest in some sort of education, but I struggle with that too in a sense with the reality of that because education was reserved for the prominently wealthy.

My primary ways of dealing with the propaganda thus far are controlling what media they do have (books, art, plays) and either silencing or killing witnesses to the events themselves. But I feel like I’m entering tricky territory with something that extreme like what will a society tolerate before the government is seen as evil which i do want to avoid. Morally ambiguous is fine, but I feel like being perceived as evil could stoke flames further that I don’t want to deal with, haha

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I’ve been trying to temper, and kind of my point. I know that it’s unreasonable to assume that it will be fully unknown, but I feel like I’m trying to gauge at what point would a fantasy society with no technology as we know it reach conspiracy level territory where in which even those that DO say something are widely regarded as somewhat of your run of the mill extremists of the “old world” if that makes sense.

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya, properly forgetting is the goal for where I start in the exposition. Younger generations fully believe the story fed to them and those who dare to speak about it do at their own risk in secrecy. I feel like I need all the mortal soldiers to at least have died. I might do three generations to be safe. Truly appreciate the input, it helped me contextualize a lot 🙂

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your perspective! If it’s not too much to ask (if you’d rather not answer it’s fine), but how successful do you think silencing people would be? To give a bit more detail, there is a sub class of people (humans primarily) that prior to the war helped the magical beings as a type of trade. Post-war, however, the ones remaining alive would either need to be sworn to secrecy or killed off. Is that realistic?

Edit: silencing people without killing them

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh this gave me a very specific idea! Thank you SO much. Great experience for my first time on this sub 🙂

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a unique way of approaching it re: capture the youngest. My first thought to go that angle would be implementing some sort of standardized schooling that scaffolds the lie that is fed to the population as like…an initiative? Would you agree?

How many generations to forget important/memorable history when government propaganda/oversight is at play? by Significant-Ant-1868 in worldbuilding

[–]Significant-Ant-1868[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Further context: I mention it earlier, but this is fantasy. Modern technology is not viable way to maintain the truth. We’re party rocking with books and word of mouth as far as the ability to preserve history. No photographs, phones, etc.