Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
A Lack of Comma Sense
After your highest-ranking legislative aide dedicated his new memoir to ‘my parents, Leader and Maxx’, unreputable news sources, the ANIMAL Gazette and the NATIONSNAMETimes have been harassing your office incessantly about nepotism in your administration. An assortment of advisers have met with you over some bamboo soup to discuss this serial issue.
I’ve encountered with 4 choice
1. “The serial comma avoids ambiguous meanings,” says ghostwriter Oprah Summers, while picking the bay leaves from among the shoots. “Had there been a comma after ‘Leader’ but before ‘and,’ the intended meaning of the sentence would have been obvious. Hopefully, you can see why our government needs to create and maintain a mandatory style guide. The point being is that this initiative should be funded right away! After all, it’s best to write safe.”
2. “The serial comma can just as easily add ambiguous meaning, and just takes up space unnecessarily,” replies photographer Winston Caldwell as he tries to shoot the leaves before he eats. “Don’t you find its usage to be not correct? And are you ready to convince the taxpayer of the extra expense they will be taking on? Because that’s what you will have to do.
3. Your Pear Phone suddenly starts vibrating as you receive the following text: imho we dont ned ne govt stile gide or grmmer or cursvie… mind ur own busnss… we type how we type… mabe the govt shud lern our way… idk idc whatevs ttyl
4. “Punctuation is but a way for the elites to once again restrain the exchange of free ideas,” begins noted windba— “in order to further hold down oppress and smother and stamp out the honest working men and women of this country into a state of utter and complete impotence,” he continues, “so that the entitled and ruthless would be leaders of this world could sit in their castles built on the backs and labor of the commoner,” he continues further, “and smugly judge and spit on them in distain but to that I say no we shall not take on your shackles and chains of punctuation as we will not be bullied into constrained or controlled or ignoble speech…” showing no sign of stopping, he is gently nudged out the door by your guards and — surprising no one — continues as he leaves.
5. Dismiss the issue
Option 4. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 0.52%
Political Freedom
Diebold Election Inking Scale 0.14%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 0.07%
And decline in this qualities
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 0.17%
Authoritarianism
milliStalins 0.30%
Weather
Meters Of Sunlight 0.56%
Cheerfulness
Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full 0.92%
Corruption
Kickbacks Per Hour 1.2%
Niceness
Average Smiles Per Day 1.9%
Political Apathy
Whatever 2.3%
This choice is nice.
