Are You Kidding Me?

This shit is so fantastic, i can't believe it exists: The People's Republic of Yellow Jack. Here's the explanation. It's a game of sorts, an online community based game, and you create a country. I created this one, obviously. Then, you're faced with issues and choices for handling them, and depending on the choice you make, it changes the way your country progresses. I am not making up the issues OR the choices, the COMP-uter does. I thought I'd post the choices here, and y'all could vote in the comments. Then I'd pick that one, and it could be funny. Or maybe not. If no one pays attention or votes in a week from the post, then I'll pick the most ludicrous of all choices. So.... Issue No. 1: Should elections be compulsory? (a)Obviously we cant force dummies to vote. (b)We should force everyone to vote so there's a true representation of everybody. (c)Why have elections at all? Just do away with the damn things. (d)Ignore this issue altogether. Voting on this issue closes on 10/16. Or whenever everybody says their piece.

Recidivism

re·cid·i·vism (r-sd-vzm) n. 1. A tendency to lapse into a previous pattern of behavior, especially a pattern of criminal habits. This should be considered as the semi-annual attempt to reconstitute the Ministry. In considering the nature of this congress, this member has reflected upon the words, discounting the clearly schizo-affective reference in Yellow Jack's; instead, thinking on reactionary: n. An opponent of progress or liberalism; an extreme conservative. It would be almost ludicrous to suggest that any member is an extreme conservative, or even an enemy of liberalism. Still, if by progress we must speak of the neo-con revolution, the islamic revolution, the evangelical revolution, the UN-revolution #412, oil revolution, eco-lution, bannana revolution, and so on and so forth (remembering that a giant pile of sugar is too much for one man), well, frankly, opposition to progress as such would seem compulsory for anyone with a shred of decency. That, gentlemen, is one thing this posse has in spades. We may not have dignity, prospects, or even a basic grasp on time management, but dammit if y'all ain't the most decent sons-a-bitches a guy could know. As far as the dialogue part of this experiment is concerned, there's another mix in the mail, plus the summer mix-up for those of you still waiting on it. And oh yeah, who's coming to visit?

The Three Most Important Things In Life

Sex, violence, and....labor relations? Thought you guys might get a kick out of Harlan Ellison's wisdom.