Posted by alexandra_k on November 12, 2018, at 10:46:38
In reply to Re: one of my favorite FDOTM, posted by sigismund on November 12, 2018, at 5:45:11
yes, fracking. that must be it. or something to do with mining, perhaps. earthquake doesn't sound at all plausible to me, but goes down as 'act of god / natural disaster' rather than industry caused with respect to the redistribution of funds via insurance.
the sewers flood in south dunedin every winter. predictably. it was an act of god up until recently. the insurance companies / lawyers have decided that, actually, it's the Dunedin City Council failing to provide adequate infrastructure for it's citizens / international students. that means that any of the people in south dunedin that had home and contents insurance (not likely given what the premiums would have been) will no longer get insurance assistance.
after the series of canturbury earthquakes in Christchurch quite a few new homes were built. the wealthiest people got payouts first / most substantive payouts and there are architectural homes further afield. the series of earthquakes over a few years gave people a good reason to distribute themselves further afield around the country. then a bunch of laws were passed under urgency (not via normal consulation process) in order to get a bunch of bad for the people but good for the firms decisions through... there was supposed to be some large convention centre that would be fairly self contained.
like a...
i don't know what it is called... futuristic building.
there was this book i read as a kid. teen fiction. this really really really huge building with multiple levels. most of the people lived in slum apartments. i suppose that is in our future. the people rich enough to buy into these apartments in the first place (so most are locked out to be subjected to all the fallout cancers). and then of course the slums within...
i mourn the loss of human potential.
what's really interesting with kismet is how you can train kismet to train someone to in fact back off when kismet wants them to. i... don't really have it in my nature to be sufficiently... obnoxious. venemous. vile. repulsive. repugnant. such that people will decide to avoid me, for a change.
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