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[arachnesweb]

Greeting to you all, New Moore!

I've 8een taking some time l8tely to read a lot of the 8ooks availa8le on human history, and I must say that I am delightfully intrigued 8y it all! 8ut I have also heard that for many, the things I have read in these 8ooks do not exactly apply, even if they lived on a planet also called 'Earth'. So I pose a question to you all today; what was your world like? Was it alike to the world that we've 8een 8rought to life in? Was it completely different and is this entire culture alien to you? I have no real purpose for gathering this inform8tion, I'm just rather curious and I must admit I do enjoy accumul8ting knowledge in general. If you'd 8e willing to reply I'd 8e quite gr8teful!

Thank you all. ::::) ~AS

[She figured a while ago she ought to start marking her posts so people would know it was her and not Vriska, so... let's see if initials will prevent confusion!]

Comments

[interlhoper]

Well its certainly a lot different here.
Sort of easy to get used to though.

[arachnesweb]

It's different from your Earth as well, Jake? Do you have any examples of why, 8atterwitch and S8ur8 shenanigans excluded?

I'm glad you're having an easy adjustment, though! ::::)

[interlhoper]

Well theres people if we are just gonna go with the tip if the iceberg here.
But thats specific to where i grew up and not earth as a whole.

[notjohnsmith]

While it's not a completely foreign culture, New Moore is different than home in any number of ways. The really obvious ones, like forcefields, people vanishing and reappearing, and twice-monthly ventures into insanity, should probably not be considered cultural by nature. Culture is a story a group of people tell about themselves, and this island is too incoherent to satisfy any audience who might be viewing it, even living in the age of nonsensical reality television.

Beyond that, though, New Moore has a strong resemblance to American culture, much more than to Japanese. In the age of globalization and telecommunications, where American broadcasts, music, and novels reach every corner of the world, it's impossible to say that it seems foreign and unfamiliar to anyone except residents of places like Tuva, where technology seems to be crawling about a century behind. But even if it isn't alien, that doesn't make it the same sort of attitudes and outlooks we're all used to.

You might be able to call American pop culture the "lowest common denominator," something that would be most familiar to the highest number of people, wherever and whenever they're from.

[arachnesweb]

[Kyon you are so great *A*]

8eautiful description, thank you! Luckily enough for me I suppose, American culture is something I'm rather familiar with inform8tion wise. I would wager to assume that the 8eta S8ur8 players are rather good indic8tions of the many aspects of American culture, considering each of them are loc8ted in different areas of that country, Jade excluded of course. I've talked to many different incarn8tions of them a8out their worlds, so I'd assume my inform8tion is relatively accur8. Not to mention the 8ooks I've found in the li8rary during my searches, which also seem to primarily focus around America compared to other countries loc8ted on Earth... on a slightly unrel8ted tangent, I was actually rather surprised to find that some aspects of culture between Earth and 8eforus/Alternia are also rel8ted! For example, your 'Japan' and the language associated with them follow quite closely to East 8eforus and the accent those from the area are known for.

So what you're saying is, essentially, American culture is a general constant 8etween worlds, even those that aren't necessarily loc8ted on Earth or the like? It just happens to 8e a sort of cultural anomaly that many people 8etween several different worlds and universes understand the societal standards expected of them from this culture? That is incredibly interesting!

[notjohnsmith]

It might just be an indicator of a culture that's so banal and simplistic that it's possible for anyone to understand...

[maiditoutalive]

you should ask kyon
we had a very interesting discussion about xenoanthropology once

[maiditoutalive]

oh look he beat me to it
you should ask him why hes such a party pooper while hes here

[arachnesweb]

Oh dear, may I ask what has occurred to deem him the title of 'party pooper'?

[ohmycod]

serk of all the things you could be fishin for and youre luring for history lessons

[arachnesweb]

It's an interesting topic! What do you suggest I should 8e asking atrout?

[ohmycod]

38D
hee hee hee
atrout

[arachnesweb]

Er, a8out.

[ohmycod]

atrout atrout atrout atrout
hehehe

[hawkingbird]

Well, if you can believe it, we had a lot more superheroes. Then again, there was also a lot more crime. I lived in New York City, if that came up in your readings anywhere.

[arachnesweb]

Really? Powers were quite normal where I came from, but I noticed that in the Earth in my group of worlds there were no natural powers at all, and also that in most of my readings there were also no mentions of superhuman a8ilities outside works of fiction. New York City is one of the more popular areas in America, correct? I know of someone who lived outside of New York, and it also appears to be a rather popular loc8tion to place novels in, or atleast that's what I've managed to o8serve so far.

[totesadorbz]

tehre was about as little tod o where i was from, BOOOOOOORIIIIIING

and like there was no magic or anything THAT'S WHATS RELALY WEIRD HERE i mean its kewl i liked being a dragon but WEIRD

its kinda nice seeing a superhero tho hehehe

[arachnesweb]

So you're much more accustomed to the Earth that we're loc8ted on, then? Disregarding this particular island where powers and magic are indeed possi8le due to our influences.

[duckface]

It was pretty much the same, minus all the weird stuff.

[arachnesweb]

So the Earth you know follows quite closely to the Earth that we are loc8ted on? Disregarding the interesting things that have 8een occuring on this island, of course.

[highlyinformed]

You're overlooking the gaps in time. Some of us are from a more premature Earth.

[arachnesweb]

My apologies! You'd think I'd know 8etter than to disregard spacetime irregularities 8y now, I've certainly dealt with it all for long enough 8ack where I come from.

If you don't mind me asking, what was your time like compared to the time we are local to now? Is it drastically different?

[fuckincakewake]

yah jake pretty much covered it w
theres ppl here
no carapace too which is weird
less cats but that was less a natural earth thing and more a me thing :3

[arachnesweb]

Was it shell shock for you coming from a world where you only had your carapace community for company to one where humans were a8undant? I'd imagine it would 8e rather uncomforta8le at first, especially in regards to social interaction. Not to mention the sorts of food you'd have access to...

Well, at least that's easy enough to fix as time goes on! ::::)

[thneed]

You know what's weird? Nobody here is rhyming.