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"We're going to play Operation!"
"OHSH--"
"Board games, Theo."
"...but..."
"Promise."
"OHSH--"
"Board games, Theo."
"...but..."
"Promise."
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Mike very carefully did not bring along Operation,"We're going to play Operation!"
"OHSH--"
"Board games, Theo."
"...but..."
"Promise."
Mike very carefully did not bring along Operation,
He brought along Pandemic (or an analogue thereof) Formula De, Jenga and Scrabble.
Hookwolf always wanted to play Risk but Kaiser only let them play Monopoly.He's probably played board games with notorious supervillains before ...
HAHAHAHAHAHA love it.Hookwolf always wanted to play Risk but Kaiser only let them play Monopoly.
Yup.... I can't for the life of me remember who Allen means by notorious supervillain.
Actually, wait. Riley?
Nor was Bitch. She was out and about with Alec.It's perfectly Okay for him to behave stupidly, but you should have someone point that out. Because here it kinda seemed like he wanted to be there personally to announce the stranger power and have people marvel at his knowledge. His only advantage except Amy is that he knew about it and it's information he really should have passed on immediately. Aisha could have died while they fetched him. Tattletale... Wait! Tattletale isn't all that smart either. Taylor would have noticed at once, of course, but absent Taylor BITCH should have called him on it. He could easily defend himself with "Sorry, but I did hit my head in that car crash..." Other people who are smarter than him should be Piggot and Armsmaster, both of whom weren't there...
Also, he had no real reason to suspect that she had triggered until the revelation about the pool of blood, and emotions were running pretty high by then. (Hell, I kinda didn't buy her triggering when she did, so it'd be unrealistic to expect Mike to predict it based on what little he knew.)Oh, OK then. Brian was probably too emotionally high and Amy too Hero-worship.
Welcome to QQ? Or rather, happy de-lurking!If he told them that she did trigger with a Stranger power and it turned out that Aisha in fact did not trigger, it could have screwed her out of her power. Which would totally suck, so.... All planned.
Then what about the people who were manipulated by cults,like Manson's family are they blameless for their actons?The utility of retribution is game-theoretic — it serves as a deterrent to future offenders. There is not really a deterrent which could have kept Riley from becoming Bonesaw, once Jack came across her. Thus, retribution's utility is mostly removed, and the chance to turn her abilities to something that isn't body-horror far outweighs it.
Which, conveniently enough, matches up well enough with most people's moral senses. Bonesaw was a weapon in Jack's hand; removed from Jack and his influence, if this is possible, there's no point in punishing her.
"Blame" is a fuzzy metaphysical concept in which I don't really trade. The question is as to the course of action with the greatest utility. In many cases, this will nonetheless be punishment, in order to preserve order in the public mind, and the appearance of an unshakable law; in Worm, this is already shot all to hell, and the utility gain from using Riley is enormously greater than that from most any mundane criminal.Then what about the people who were manipulated by cults,like Manson's family are they blameless for their actons?
Also, Riley has already shown herself to be immensely useful, in helping Dragon perform the operation to save Mike's life."Blame" is a fuzzy metaphysical concept in which I don't really trade. The question is as to the course of action with the greatest utility. In many cases, this will nonetheless be punishment, in order to preserve order in the public mind, and the appearance of an unshakable law; in Worm, this is already shot all to hell, and the utility gain from using Riley is enormously greater than that from most any mundane criminal.
OK, I originally was just going to point out the spot I found in chapter 41, but when doing a ctrl-f for "on side" to locate it (since I was reading it on ff.net) I found you've done this dozens of times. I just picked one at random to quote...think it was from chapter 30..."Basically, yes," I agreed. "I'd be stupid not to try to get you on side."
It's a phrase I use. The word "our" or "my" is understood.OK, I originally was just going to point out the spot I found in chapter 41, but when doing a ctrl-f for "on side" to locate it (since I was reading it on ff.net) I found you've done this dozens of times. I just picked one at random to quote...think it was from chapter 30...
Should be something like "on our side;" just "on side" creates a sentence fragment, rather than a complete sentence. You need something to identify which side you're taking about, outside of reader knowledge.
And seriously, ctrl-f and search for "on side" and you'll find dozens of times you've done this.
I... okay, I think that this is possibly an issue of conflicting understanding of colloquial forms. In some places, including the one I'm located, "on side", like "on board", can be used as written, with the context supplying the implied completion. It's not necessarily formally grammatically correct, but in informal speech, it's commonplace, and understandable to most from that linguistic background, much like "How many police were there?" should properly be "How many police constables/officers/-men/-women/etc... were there?" but when enough people do it sounds better to be grammatically incorrect. Note, this doesn't stop me from speaking the way I learned was correct and wincing internally when others don't, but it's still a realistic way for Mike to speak, I think, unless it happens that "on side" isn't used that way in that part of the States and/or Australia.Should be something like "on our side;" just "on side" creates a sentence fragment, rather than a complete sentence. You need something to identify which side you're taking about, outside of reader knowledge.
Ah, I'm American myself, but I do have a decent grasp of the dialects from England, Ireland, Scotland, and a few other English speaking countries; but alas, my knowledge of the Australian dialect and associated idioms comes almost entirely from Crocodile Dundee... *hangs head in shame*
That actually is grammatically correct. In that example 'police' is used as a plural pronoun (such as 'they' or 'them,' used to collectively refer to a group). Used as such, it refers to anyone connected to law enforcement, regardless of their rank in the police forces.
One of the funniest things in the world (to me) is listening to an American try to pronounce "mate" correctly.Ah, I'm American myself, but I do have a decent grasp of the dialects from England, Ireland, Scotland, and a few other English speaking countries; but alas, my knowledge of the Australian dialect and associated idioms comes almost entirely from Crocodile Dundee... *hangs head in shame*
Though I have been told my Australian accent is spot on...
You know... that is kinda funny.One of the funniest things in the world (to me) is listening to an American try to pronounce "mate" correctly.