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Post by Iddy on Apr 26, 2020 12:46:52 GMT
Just a thought.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Apr 26, 2020 15:29:08 GMT
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggh
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Apr 26, 2020 20:42:52 GMT
Yeah. Being contained in small areas for the protection of the entire world sucks.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Apr 26, 2020 22:25:47 GMT
Yeah. Being contained in small areas for the protection of the entire world sucks. I'm pretty sure this was sarcasm, but this is exactly the argument some make for the Circle system.
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Post by vertigomez on Apr 26, 2020 23:15:38 GMT
Except for those of us who still have to go to work. 🙃
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Apr 26, 2020 23:34:55 GMT
Except for those of us who still have to go to work. 🙃 Good luck. 
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Post by melbella on Apr 28, 2020 0:49:56 GMT
Yeah. Being contained in small areas for the protection of the entire world sucks.
Yeah, except for mageness being neither contagious nor deadly just by existing, the two situations are exactly the same! 
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Apr 28, 2020 0:59:20 GMT
Yeah. Being contained in small areas for the protection of the entire world sucks.
Yeah, except for mageness being neither contagious nor deadly just by existing, the two situations are exactly the same!  I didn't say the situations were exactly the same. I said that people try to handle both situations by locking people in small areas, and that they believe they're protecting the entire world by doing so. As for magic not being deadly just by existing, are you sure about that? Because there's a case to be made.
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Post by melbella on Apr 28, 2020 1:01:48 GMT
As for magic not being deadly just by existing Mageness =/= magic
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Apr 28, 2020 1:05:51 GMT
Except for those of us who still have to go to work. 🙃 Love the new avatar! On topic; Also, except for the chance of legal summary execution for getting sick, I guess.
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Apr 28, 2020 1:12:39 GMT
As for magic not being deadly just by existing Mageness =/= magic Then are you sure mageness isn't deadly just by existing?
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Post by melbella on Apr 28, 2020 1:18:48 GMT
Then are you sure mageness isn't deadly just by existing? Yes, otherwise there would be no mages as they would all die as soon as their power manifests.
But, if you want to be difficult about it, life is deadly just by existing, because everything dies.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Apr 28, 2020 1:31:42 GMT
Then are you sure mageness isn't deadly just by existing? Yes, otherwise there would be no mages as they would all die as soon as their power manifests.
But, if you want to be difficult about it, life is deadly just by existing, because everything dies.
Oxygen is just a poison that slowly kills us once we're exposed to it since birth, however it is also super addictive and makes it so if we don't feed that addiction we'll just die quicker. 
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Post by riverdaleswhiteflash on Apr 28, 2020 1:32:33 GMT
Then are you sure mageness isn't deadly just by existing? Yes, otherwise there would be no mages as they would all die as soon as their power manifests. Well, by that definition, the virus we're all here hiding from isn't deadly just by existing, since far more people have recovered than have died. Most of the mages we've seen have their powers under control, and don't hurt anyone they don't want to. Some don't, and lose themselves to demons. And while there's a lot of cases where you can blame the "quarantines" themselves, those quarantines are not the only reason mages have lost their minds. Some mages lose their minds to the dangers outside the quarantines, too. And we put that off with quarantines.
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Post by phoray on Apr 28, 2020 2:19:41 GMT
No we don't
I have my own bedroom with walls. I can sex up my partner as often as I like, without hiding in dark corners and forgotten passageways. If I got pregnant, no one would even consider telling me to give it up for adoption. I can have a pet. And I'm safe in my home not guarded by anyone.and can leave any time, didn't have to publish 200 papers and apply for permission.
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Post by xerrai on Apr 28, 2020 5:20:12 GMT
Except for those of us who still have to go to work. 🙃 Seems legit. Even the most isolated circles have mages that are allowed/expected to go out for some sort of function be it academic study, lighting up glowstone infrastructure, entertainment for Orlesians, etc. The only difference is that irl people are mostly doing it for the common good (grocery workers, med professionals etc.) whereas the Circle often does it for financial compensation.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Apr 28, 2020 7:15:40 GMT
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGH
Jesus christ. Shut up. Shut the fuck up.
Commonsense quarantine restrictions are not like the oppression of circle mages. It's not like being Ardat Yakshi. It's not like detention, it's not like prohibition, it's not like solitary confinement, it's not like being black or gay, it's not like genuine oppression, real or fictional, of any kind!
It's not oppression in a house,
It's not oppression with a mouse!
It's not oppression in a box!
It's not oppression with a fox!
It's not oppression here or there,
It's not oppression ANYWHERE!
So shut up!
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Post by pessimistpanda on Apr 28, 2020 7:37:54 GMT
Except for those of us who still have to go to work. 🙃 Seems legit. Even the most isolated circles have mages that are allowed/expected to go out for some sort of function be it academic study, lighting up glowstone infrastructure, entertainment for Orlesians, etc. The only difference is that irl people are mostly doing it for the common good (grocery workers, med professionals etc.) whereas the Circle often does it for financial compensation. If anything, it's the people who have to continue working in this situation that are actually suffering and at risk. People who are able to stay home, but instead choose to march on state buildings with AR-15s because human lives matter less to them than, say, ice-cream or the fucking PROM have nothing in common with the situation of Circle Mages. The mere fact that any such protest is even ALLOWED, and not immediately broken up and forced to disperse, proves any comparison between quarantine and actual oppression to be nonsense. |
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Post by Sonya on Apr 28, 2020 9:36:44 GMT
Yes, we do. I do not have my own bedroom. I live only in a room. I am locked in here. I can't go out. I am guarded (sorted of). I am being watched almost all the time. I can get pregnnt (I hope) but can't leave a child.I can sex my partnter but I am guarded and watched. I am told what to do and I do not have a choice but do that. I can't have a pet but want to. I live like a mage only w/o ability to throw fireballs or WBs. I sucks to live like that; that I can tell.
Added: forgot to mention 1) sarcasm is present; 2) I approve.
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Post by xerrai on Apr 28, 2020 20:18:02 GMT
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGH Jesus christ. Shut up. Shut the fuck up. Commonsense quarantine restrictions are not like the oppression of circle mages. It's not like being Ardat Yakshi. It's not like detention, it's not like prohibition, it's not like solitary confinement, it's not like being black or gay, it's not like genuine oppression, real or fictional, of any kind! It's not oppression in a house, It's not oppression with a mouse! It's not oppression in a box! It's not oppression with a fox! It's not oppression here or there, It's not oppression ANYWHERE! So shut up! ….You ok man? Most of this thread is filled with cheeky responses to an op that (presumably) sarcastically compared two drastically different situations without taking into account thier societal and circumstantial differences. The worst this thread offers is just a few posters cherry-picking singular aspects of quarantine and comparing it to what can be found in circles or trains of thought surrounding it. I'm pretty sure no one here genuinely believes quarantine from an irl life-threatening virus is equivalent to genuine oppression found in Dragon Age or anywhere else.
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Post by Iddy on Apr 30, 2020 16:28:05 GMT
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGH Jesus christ. Shut up. Shut the fuck up. Commonsense quarantine restrictions are not like the oppression of circle mages. It's not like being Ardat Yakshi. It's not like detention, it's not like prohibition, it's not like solitary confinement, it's not like being black or gay, it's not like genuine oppression, real or fictional, of any kind! It's not oppression in a house, It's not oppression with a mouse! It's not oppression in a box! It's not oppression with a fox! It's not oppression here or there, It's not oppression ANYWHERE! So shut up! ….You ok man? Most of this thread is filled with cheeky responses to an op that (presumably) sarcastically compared two drastically different situations without taking into account thier societal and circumstantial differences. The worst this thread offers is just a few posters cherry-picking singular aspects of quarantine and comparing it to what can be found in circles or trains of thought surrounding it. I'm pretty sure no one here genuinely believes quarantine from an irl life-threatening virus is equivalent to genuine oppression found in Dragon Age or anywhere else. I'm surprised they didn't notice it is a joke. I guess I should've added emojis.
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Post by Sokemis on Apr 30, 2020 21:39:13 GMT
On a somewhat related note - had a thought the other day that maybe the Orlesians were right about this whole mask thing after all. Then I remembered how many of them wear half-masks, and that the half-mask leave the mouth exposed. So I was right back to "Orlesians are the worst".
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Post by sjsharp2010 on May 3, 2020 17:14:38 GMT
On a somewhat related note - had a thought the other day that maybe the Orlesians were right about this whole mask thing after all. Then I remembered how many of them wear half-masks, and that the half-mask leave the mouth exposed. So I was right back to "Orlesians are the worst". "And the Hanged Man is so filthy".
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Post by cloud9 on May 31, 2020 6:52:29 GMT
Could've been a whole lot worse. They could've ended up on a circle that is like a death camp for mages. And mages getting beheaded, burned to the stake, quartered, eviscerated, and hanged for escaping the circle. It would've been far worse than the Salem Witch Trials.
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