@Frosty_SnowKing@clawz161@JadeAtrophis Oh. That's neat I guess, but it isn't exactly the groundbreaking "the true history they've been hiding from you!" type discovery that the other guy made it sound like
@clawz161@JadeAtrophis From what I've gathered it's just a Neolithic settlement? What would archeologists gain from creating and protecting an established history? Archeologists love overturning that shit, they've done it plenty in the past
@bryan_dirt@DrgnMstrAdam@iluvt1gers -giving the government total control over arts funding feels risky if a hostile gov't to certain art can just take the reins with an election. I think arts funding is great in the current system, where those not supported by it can fall back on the free market, but making it the-
@bryan_dirt@DrgnMstrAdam@iluvt1gers As someone who does occasionally engage with fanfiction: 99.5% is straight up bad. Which is fine, it's mostly kids doing it as a hobby, but it's just that: a hobby. Without being able to make a living or profit from your creations, you have less time to practice, less ability to-
@bryan_dirt@DrgnMstrAdam@iluvt1gers Maybe no books is am exaggeration, but you would certainly have a lot less books. And regardless of the form of governance, I'm skeptical we should hand the gov't that much influence over what gets written.
@cora_orca Oh that's cool. I've never actually played TG myself. I spend most of my time on CM (which I also sprite for) and play Goon or Monke if I need a hit of vanilla SS13. Maybe I'll see what TG's up to one of these days
@Purim_Politics@HoffmanBen82606@philliplede I'll give you heathen, but pagan is just another word for polytheistic religion (still used secularly today and without malice), and idol worshiper literally just describes the worship of idols
@Codaamaosett@TheFatMistake@glitchvix There's no such thing as a "first human woman". That's not how evolution works, the boundaries between ancestor and descendant species are million-year genetic gradients as opposed to a clear division