Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Marriage by Proxy Server
After an online petition that would allow people to legally be married over the internet reached over one million signatures last night, you awake to find your inbox inundated with emails and a crowd of petitioners waiting inside your office, all demanding you take action.
I’ve encountered with 4 choices
1. “The internet is the only social life some of us have!” insists petitioner Ali Zoidberg, whose MyFace profile says he is 6 feet tall, good-looking, and a popular country singer. “If I meet the love of my life online, we should be able to get married. It’s not fair that I have to be single my entire life just because my soulmate lives on the other side of the country and my mother won’t give me the money for a bus ticket.”
2. “Oh, that’s a terrible idea!” chides your nettling aunt. “You have to be careful on the internet. You never know if the people you’re talking to really are who they say they are. Why just the other day, I was being courted by this youthful hunk of a gentleman on MatchMakers. But, when we finally met in person, the scoundrel was as old and flabby as me! It just goes to show that some things like dating and marriage should only be done offline and in person.”
3. “Preposterous, who wants a human husband or wife anyway? All they do is nag, lounge about, and lie all the time,” rebuffs IT specialist Trinity Tron from under your desk, as she upgrades your Wi-Fi router. “What we really need are artificial mates who truly understand us and can fulfill our every want and desire. You should just transfer funds from all those worthless welfare programs and into the tech industry so we can finally have the perfectly programmed partners we deserve.”
4. “Well, pin my tail and call me a donkey. Y’all need to get out more,” cracks redneck plumber Larry Kableman from your private bathroom as he snakes a drain. “It ain’t healthy to be spendin’ all that time on the ‘puter. You oughta just disconnect the whole gosh-darn internet so all these idjits can get a real job like plumbin’.”
5. Dismiss the issue
Option 2. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 1.2%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 0.12%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 0.12%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 0.12%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 0.12%
Public Healthcare
Theresa-Nightingale Rating 0.12%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 0.12%
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 0.12%
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 0.12%
And decline in this qualities
Average Income
CURRENCY 0.12%
Economic Output
CURRENCY 0.12%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.17%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 0.31%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 0.71%
Scientific Advancement
Kurzweil Singularity Index 0.99%
Industry: Information Technology
Fann-Boi Productivity Index 2.7%
This choice is OK.
