Frivolous ASB thread

[Zyobot]

'All Star By Smash Mouth Plays Whenever Mike Myers Arrives Somewhere'. You know, as a reference to the first song in the Shrek movie (in which he voiced the titular character).

[Zyobot]

'This Song Plays Whenever Joseph Stalin Arrives'.

[lordroel]

Nov 19, 2019 23:37:29 GMT Zyobot said:

'This Song Plays Whenever Joseph Stalin Arrives'.

So if he goes to bed it will also play.

[Zyobot]

Nov 20, 2019 3:49:49 GMT lordroel said:

Nov 19, 2019 23:37:29 GMT Zyobot said:

'This Song Plays Whenever Joseph Stalin Arrives'.

So if he goes to bed it will also play.

Yes. I suppose it’d become “merely” disruptive and obnoxious after the shock of it playing the first few times, but especially when Stalin’s tired and heading to bed. Maybe he’ll stay in one room for a couple of hours before falling asleep to mitigate that problem when he’s tired or something.

There’s also the fact that the lyrics are in English, so Uncle Joe & Co. may not be able to understand them. And having a translator make sense of it for them is no fun, so...

[Zyobot]

‘Anarcho-Capitalist SCOTUS’.

[lordroel]

Nov 21, 2019 15:28:51 GMT Zyobot said:

‘Anarcho-Capitalist SCOTUS’.

Can you give me a little explanation as i do not know what this means.

[Zyobot]

Nov 21, 2019 15:30:22 GMT lordroel said:

Nov 21, 2019 15:28:51 GMT Zyobot said:

‘Anarcho-Capitalist SCOTUS’.

Can you give me a little explanation as i do not know what this means.

Sure thing. In short, anarcho-capitalism is a socioeconomic system in which there's no government--leaving society to a total free market and people to make decisions without a centralized state forcing them to go along with its own choices. To do so, they live by this maxim called the Non-Aggression Principle, which holds that coercion is wrong (though responding to someone else initiating aggression is still deemed acceptable).

If you want to hear an explanation from some its actual proponents, though, here's one by some self-identified anarcho-capitalist content creators active online.

Anarcho-Capitalism: The Ultimate Guide

I hope this helps,

Zyobot

[lordroel]

Nov 21, 2019 15:44:30 GMT Zyobot said:

Nov 21, 2019 15:30:22 GMT lordroel said:

Can you give me a little explanation as i do not know what this means.

Sure thing. In short, anarcho-capitalism is a socioeconomic system in which there's no government--leaving society to a total free market and people to make decisions without a centralized state forcing them to go along with its own choices. To do so, they live by this maxim called the Non-Aggression Principle, which holds that coercion is wrong (though responding to someone else initiating aggression is still deemed acceptable).

If you want to hear an explanation from some its actual proponents, though, here's one by some self-identified anarcho-capitalist content creators active online.

Anarcho-Capitalism: The Ultimate Guide

I hope this helps,

Zyobot

Thanks for the explanation.

[Zyobot]

Nov 21, 2019 15:45:08 GMT lordroel said:

Nov 21, 2019 15:44:30 GMT Zyobot said:

Sure thing. In short, anarcho-capitalism is a socioeconomic system in which there's no government--leaving society to a total free market and people to make decisions without a centralized state forcing them to go along with its own choices. To do so, they live by this maxim called the Non-Aggression Principle, which holds that coercion is wrong (though responding to someone else initiating aggression is still deemed acceptable).

If you want to hear an explanation from some its actual proponents, though, here's one by some self-identified anarcho-capitalist content creators active online.

Anarcho-Capitalism: The Ultimate Guide

I hope this helps,

Zyobot

Thanks for the explanation.

You're welcome. Having some ultra-libertarian Justices sitting on the SCOTUS--rather than the liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican dichotomy that presided over the course of recent American history--ought to cause quite a stir for the country.

[Zyobot]

'J. Edgar Hoover SI To Lavrentiy Beria'.

[lordroel]

Nov 22, 2019 19:41:51 GMT Zyobot said:

'J. Edgar Hoover SI To Lavrentiy Beria'.

Does Hoover speak Russian.

[Zyobot]

Nov 22, 2019 19:52:50 GMT lordroel said:

Nov 22, 2019 19:41:51 GMT Zyobot said:

'J. Edgar Hoover SI To Lavrentiy Beria'.

Does Hoover speak Russian.

I dunno if his OTL self did. But to ensure that he can make his way around without being even more screwed than he already is, maybe ASB bestows him fluency in Russian so that he can communicate with those around him.

He'll probably have to get used to not speaking or writing English for a while as well, considering how doing so would likely arouse suspicion and how even Beria was probably being watched by Joe Stalin and his spies (i.e. his residence being bugged by Soviet authorities, with or without his knowledge).

[stevep]

Nov 22, 2019 19:41:51 GMT Zyobot said:

'J. Edgar Hoover SI To Lavrentiy Beria'.

  He would really need enough of Beria's memories not to stick out like a sore thumb.  Given the different sexual preferences I've seen mentioned for each that could be an awkward point as well.  It would also depend on what date each is coming from and what Hoover might know of Beria and his history.  For instance if he's sent to Beria ~1952/53 and knows that Stalin dies and Beria gets purged in the resulting power struggle that would give him some problems as well. 

  Also while Hoover has a nasty side is he evil enough to both be a realistic head of the NKVD and win out in the assorted power struggles that occurred?

[Zyobot]

Nov 22, 2019 20:43:59 GMT stevep said:

Nov 22, 2019 19:41:51 GMT Zyobot said:

'J. Edgar Hoover SI To Lavrentiy Beria'.

  He would really need enough of Beria's memories not to stick out like a sore thumb.  Given the different sexual preferences I've seen mentioned for each that could be an awkward point as well.  It would also depend on what date each is coming from and what Hoover might know of Beria and his history.  For instance if he's sent to Beria ~1952/53 and knows that Stalin dies and Beria gets purged in the resulting power struggle that would give him some problems as well. 

  Also while Hoover has a nasty side is he evil enough to both be a realistic head of the NKVD and win out in the assorted power struggles that occurred?

Good points. I suppose that J. Edgar Hoover would get sent from right after he passes away in 1972 to old man Beria in 1950 or so, just to give him time before Stalin's about to have him purged like his predecessor, and hordes of other Soviet citizens who suffered under Joe Steel for all of those years.

Also, considering that Hoover's FBI probably has nothing on the NKVD for ruthless drive and authoritarianism, I think it'd take a while for him to get desensitized to carrying out atrocities that the man who originally owned his new body would've deemed just another Tuesday's list of tasks to complete (lest Stalin quirk an eyebrow at me [cough, cough]). That said, since he both a) presumably has self-preservation instincts and b) knows that even if he declines to enact tyrannical activities, he'll be purged and someone more willing will just do the same anyway, Hoover will probably have to perform his newfound duties anyway--however much even he would likely find them downright appalling.

[Zyobot]

‘Modern Thirty-Somethings Mentor 1970s Teens’. Considering that they’re the children of those same teens and were kids themselves during the 2000s and early 2010s, this ought to be rather ironic.