Ethnicity in humans.

[XelNigma]

This can quickly devolve int people calling each other racist. Lets try to avoid that and consider that everyone comes at this in good faith.

I have noticed in my Terran start that every character and NPC is of black ethnicity. For the people representing earth I found this lack of diversity strange.
I looked it up and it seems once upon a time it was not the case, that some update along the way not only changed the player character to black, but most of the npcs as well. Many consider it a bug.
Seeing as this was years ago. i'm surprised its not been fixed. But I assume someone has made a non-official patch. but none of the topics Iv read talk about such a thing.

Looking through the workshop i see plenty of mods for changing their cloths. but none about fixing this bug. Its also the only time iv seen white or asian character models.
So they are either using console commands to spawn in the model for the screen shot or they have the issue fixed.

[Gibbo]

I always liked you Tommy. Still do. :)

[Narn]

Personally I think it would be really funny to read a historical battle, or an after action news report with a Destroyer named McBoatFaced. I mean you could not even take it seriously. Or imagine how embarrassing it would have to be to lose a battle to a ship with a stupid name. Just imagine the pride of your Navy got sunk by something with a really pathetic name. Imagine the news article: "Today the Royal Navy lost the Audacious class ship named Iron Duke in a battle with Mr Fluffy Bunny Boat-face after a fierce battle" "The Iron Duke was suck with all hands lost". I mean that would be a big hit to morale.

[Xautos]

Tommytools původně napsal:

Gibbo původně napsal:

-snip-

Unfortunately common sense isn't all that common.

How can sense be common when everyone desires to be unique and different from each other? it's an oxymoron.

[Gibbo]

Narn původně napsal:

Personally I think it would be really funny to read a historical battle, or an after action news report with a Destroyer named McBoatFaced. I mean you could not even take it seriously. Or imagine how embarrassing it would have to be to lose a battle to a ship with a stupid name. Just imagine the pride of your Navy got sunk by something with a really pathetic name. Imagine the news article: "Today the Royal Navy lost the Audacious class ship named Iron Duke in a battle with Mr Fluffy Bunny Boat-face after a fierce battle" "The Iron Duke was suck with all hands lost". I mean that would be a big hit to morale.

Yeah and that's one of many reasons why it shouldn't be named that.

"Kids, your father has died at sea on Boaty Mcboatface."

Kids go to school

"haha boaty mcboatface killed your dad"

Just imagine your loved one dying on a clown ship. This is why we don't just listen and accept answers from morons. No offence and I'm not calling you that.

[Doom]

Gibbo původně napsal:

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Yeah and that's one of many reasons why it shouldn't be named that.

There's another possibility.

He spent plenty of time trying to understand why anyone would name what looked like a plan for the biggest gun in the history of the universe "Dandelion".

"You do not understand", said the world's best weapon designer back then. "When you're killed by a weapon named 'Armageddon', 'Hand of God', or all other powerful things, it becomes a badge of honor". The man, old and balding, smiled then, in that dreaming fashion which young children have when they imagine facing barbarian hordes in a modern battle helicopter. "But what if it is a dainty flower? Then it is an insult".

[Gibbo]

Doom původně napsal:

Gibbo původně napsal:

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Yeah and that's one of many reasons why it shouldn't be named that.

There's another possibility.

He spent plenty of time trying to understand why anyone would name what looked like a plan for the biggest gun in the history of the universe "Dandelion".

"You do not understand", said the world's best weapon designer back then. "When you're killed by a weapon named 'Armageddon', 'Hand of God', or all other powerful things, it becomes a badge of honor". The man, old and balding, smiled then, in that dreaming fashion which young children have when they imagine facing barbarian hordes in a modern battle helicopter. "But what if it is a dainty flower? Then it is an insult".

Is the Terry Pratchett? It sure sounds like him.

You know for hundreds of years now we've named things more or less seriously and part of that is when we get bad news we don't want to read Boaty Mcboatface sunk all hands lost at sea while having our morning toast and tea.

It's hard to mourn when you introduce clown words into a serious subject. It undermines the seriousness of the situation and really is not good practice.

[Doom]

Gibbo původně napsal:

Is the Terry Pratchett? It sure sounds like him.

No, that was written by me, so I guess thanks for the compliment.

Anyway, that was tongue in cheek. The way I see it, it was their ship, they decide how to name it. Populace are not children, but adults, and because new people keep growing up, lessons often do not stick. I'm not sure if there was even a lesson there. Maybe it was "do not let the internet name your ships"?

[Gibbo]

Doom původně napsal:

Gibbo původně napsal:

Is the Terry Pratchett? It sure sounds like him.

No, that was written by me, so I guess thanks for the compliment.

Anyway, that was tongue in cheek. The way I see it, it was their ship, they decide how to name it. Populace are not children, but adults, and because new people keep growing up, lessons often do not stick. I'm not sure if there was even a lesson there. Maybe it was "do not let the internet name your ships"?

If you wrote that then you have a gift my friend.

The lesson is quite simple. If you're building a ship then don't let the public vote on its name. It's not even the public who by and large are well mannered. It's the internet. Don't hold votes on the internet I guess. It won't end well.

[phylumt]

Cannibal races are severely under represented.

[Gibbo]

I think most of us have seen the frog meme. A company held a competition online about drawing a frog. In second place was a photo realistic painting of a frog. First place was won by possibly the worst frog ever drawn by mankind.

That's why you don't reach out for the internet. It's toxic.

[Doom]

Gibbo původně napsal:

I think most of us have seen the frog meme. A company held a competition online about drawing a frog. In second place was a photo realistic painting of a frog. First place was won by possibly the worst frog ever drawn by mankind.

That's why you don't reach out for the internet. It's toxic.

And in case somebody haven't seen it (i is easy to miss it):

https://ibb.co/jPGK8Shy

[Narn]

Gibbo původně napsal:

Narn původně napsal:

Personally I think it would be really funny to read a historical battle, or an after action news report with a Destroyer named McBoatFaced. I mean you could not even take it seriously. Or imagine how embarrassing it would have to be to lose a battle to a ship with a stupid name. Just imagine the pride of your Navy got sunk by something with a really pathetic name. Imagine the news article: "Today the Royal Navy lost the Audacious class ship named Iron Duke in a battle with Mr Fluffy Bunny Boat-face after a fierce battle" "The Iron Duke was suck with all hands lost". I mean that would be a big hit to morale.

Yeah and that's one of many reasons why it shouldn't be named that.

"Kids, your father has died at sea on Boaty Mcboatface."

Kids go to school

"haha boaty mcboatface killed your dad"

Just imagine your loved one dying on a clown ship. This is why we don't just listen and accept answers from morons. No offence and I'm not calling you that.

None taken. I in all seriousness would never give it a stupid name. But its a funny image to put in ones head if it were to happen.

[Narn]

Doom původně napsal:

Gibbo původně napsal:

I think most of us have seen the frog meme. A company held a competition online about drawing a frog. In second place was a photo realistic painting of a frog. First place was won by possibly the worst frog ever drawn by mankind.

That's why you don't reach out for the internet. It's toxic.

And in case somebody haven't seen it (i is easy to miss it):

https://ibb.co/jPGK8Shy

With online voting it is clear that the human population likes to mock things. Its clear its not so simple as "stupidity of the public". I would argue its more that the public shows its disdain for the competition or thing being voted on. Its a collective mockery of the whole process.

[Mowglia]

Doom původně napsal:

Gibbo původně napsal:

I think most of us have seen the frog meme. A company held a competition online about drawing a frog. In second place was a photo realistic painting of a frog. First place was won by possibly the worst frog ever drawn by mankind.

That's why you don't reach out for the internet. It's toxic.

And in case somebody haven't seen it (i is easy to miss it):

https://ibb.co/jPGK8Shy

loool.

I'm not even gonna ask.

On the upside, whoever painted that second frog has a very promising career as an artist.

Whoever drew the first frog, assuming they weren't 2 years old, or a brain in a vat: enjoy the 15 minutes (because that's all you're getting). Don't give up the day job =:)

[Mowglia]

Tommytools původně napsal:

Gibbo původně napsal:

-snip-

Unfortunately common sense isn't all that common.

Awesome.