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Tweak says, "Let's live in the solution."

daddyissues_ (daddyissues_) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2018-07-13 12:12:00

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abigail hobbs, dan torrance, katherine lokadóttir, miguel o'hara, ~abigail knightly, ~earnest hemingway, ~rhysand

It is my turn to announce baby news! Guys, you have no idea how excited I am.

[Ooc: The nest is smaller and carries six eggs instead.]

Aren't they pretty? Also, does anyone know when the little ones are likely to escape their shells?

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	papahemingway 2018-07-14 01:15 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I suppose. You haven't lived in such a restrictive environment as some of us. I lived through the prohibition, what do you think? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-15 09:30 am UTC (link)
	Okay, you might think me dumb now but could you explain to the 26th century girl what the prohibition is? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

papahemingway
2018-07-15 09:48 am UTC (link)

Oh, sure, I just thought you knew from some doors.

It was a ban on the sale of alcohol in the USA from 1920 to sometime in the thirties. Your man Gatsby will be able to explain a lot more of the details than I can. I moved to Europe early in the 20s so I only saw the beginning and then the tale end of it really. But there were a lot of back alley deals in those days.

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	daddyissues_ 2018-07-15 11:18 am UTC (link)
	Oh, that's prohibition! Seems I did know it! Just wasn't sure of the term. Why did they forbid it? I'm sure I would have made a lot of shady deals in that time too. No alcohol - what kind of world is that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

papahemingway
2018-07-15 12:14 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, that’s the one.

There was a social movement at the time that blamed alcohol for all of society’s problems - poverty, crime, poor health and what have you. It was a sort of scapegoat for a lot of problems that emerged after the First World War and a lot of people bought into it.

It kind of backfired on them, it just meant no regulations so booze ended up stronger, dirtier and cheaper if you knew the right people.

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	daddyissues_ 2018-07-15 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	Outside world problems always fascinate me. Big societies are scary machines. Sometimes I wonder how civilisations are able to exist for so long. Blame is too easily dispensed and it can spread like a virus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	papahemingway 2018-07-15 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	I find the small more frightening in some ways, but I think that’s just a case of what you are more used to. But you’re right - were always blaming something or someone for our problems on a massive scale. It is frightening how easily a population can be manipulated and persuaded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 07:14 am UTC (link)
	Oh, small societies frighten me too. In hindsight, the society I grew up in was scary. And its diversity made it worse at points. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	papahemingway 2018-07-18 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	So, basically, groups of people of any size are kind of freaky? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daddyissues_ 2018-07-18 02:51 pm UTC (link)
	That describes my opinion rather well. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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