crowdsourced thesaurus | community board, 17th november

[lightlessfuture]

[ Neat, orderly writing is chalked down on the board. It appears to be...a list of words, though there is some explanation given to their context. ]

hello
sibling was confused about these words
would be helpful if others could explain:

movie
tv series
comic book
hot topic
goth
season
scurvy
dude

being honest would help most
thank you very much for assisting us :)

- Knight

Comments

CW race mention, conspiracy theories

[cacoethes_mori]

[Foster's handwriting is EXCEEDINGLY bad, which is due in part to prior motor skill loss and in part to the fact that he is struggling to hold a very small piece of green chalk with very large claws in the way. Some of it is smudged both because of his fur and the size of his (literal) paws.]

Movie - A form of escapism used to occupy the attention, frequently a form of fiction. Popular for their ability to distract the viewer from reality or uncomfortable truth while purporting to reflect some essential part of the human experience. A means of mass deception and self-soothing in a state of denial. Uncritically accepted and in fact celebrated by society at large.
TV Series - The same as a movie, but produced episodically, so as to keep the attention occupied over longer periods of time.
Comic Book - A compilation of pictures and text, broken into panels and meant to communicate a story. Almost invariably fiction, and used (again) to distract from reality.
Hot Topic - The latest buzz, proverbially speaking. What people are talking about the most, generally a form of distraction from bigger and more important subjects or realities. Recent movies and TV series can be hot topics, for example.
Goth - A religion founded in the 1950's by literary great Flannery O'Connor. It involves wearing a lot of black and sometimes very heavy makeup.
Season - Something you do to food to impart flavour. Generally involves small pieces of plant matter. Ask Muffet?
Scurvy - A disease you get on boats. It causes all your old wounds to reopen and bleed anew, even those that scarred over years ago.
Dude - How white people address you when they want to sound younger or cooler or more socially adept than they actually are. Don't waste your time on people who use this word.

[lightlessfuture]

[ They're used to reading things that aren't so legible, so it doesn't take them very long to decipher Foster's answers.

But, uh... ]

do you not like most of these things

reads like you do not

[ It's an entirely nonjudgemental observation but like

are you like

okay, Foster, ]

[cacoethes_mori]

[Foster takes his sweet time about coming back to check on the rock, but eventually the Knight will receive a cryptic two-word answer, which may best be left unanswered.

It translates approximately to "presumptuous of you to assume that Foster has ever been okay in his god dang life."]

Would you?

[lightlessfuture]

[ Unfortunately or fortunately, the Knight is the type of bug that is very simple in their logic: if there is a message left, clearly it's to be responded to. Why would you write something if you didn't want it responded to. ]

yes
many are new
want to experience new things

[cacoethes_mori]

[That is actually not the worst logic Foster's ever heard. In fact, he kind of appreciates it.

Which is why the Knight gets a question that is absolutely not ominous at all.]

Good AND Bad?

[lightlessfuture]

cannot control what a new experience is
if good enjoy it
if bad learn from it

cannot predict for sure ahead of time
what it will be
must accept it as it comes

[ Trying to discern it too much ahead of time falls into predicting the future, and down that road madness lies.

It's a very short road and a slippery slope that leads to no cost too great. No, they're not bitter. ]

[cacoethes_mori]

[Bad news: No Cost Too Great is Foster's bread and butter.

He writes two sentences, one nested against the other in a strangely disconnected fashion. ]

The means of control is in chaos.

You can control only your self.

[lightlessfuture]

yes
?

[ They.....have no idea how to answer this. ]

self is not chaos though

[cacoethes_mori]

Not yours.

You don't need it.

[Foster can't remember how this conversation started. But here they are. Somehow.]

[yourattention]

who pissed on your rumspringa

[lightlessfuture]

rumspringa?

[ ANOTHER NEW WORD. Connor just keeps teaching them new words, it's great!! ]

[yourattention]

its when they let amish children have fun for a year to teach them that fun is the root of all evil and if you dont agree then you get kicked out forever

[He's . . . vaguely correct. Very vaguely.]

[lightlessfuture]

[ NOW THEY HAVE EVEN MORE QUESTIONS ]

that sounds strange

why do 'amish' do this to children

is fun illegal in their society

[cacoethes_mori]

It's a religion. Like being goth.

[He writes that part under the Knight's text, and under Connor's (now that he definitely knows it's Connor)--]

That definition would imply mine went as intended.

Except I'm not [this was probably a swear word before it got smudged, maybe on purpose?] Amish.

[yourattention]

sure ok beartaur you keep telling yourself that while you sit around and pretend like all work and no play doesn't make you an asshole

ps: goth isnt a religion youre looking for satanism or wicca

[cacoethes_mori]

Wrong. Goth is a religion.

[Connor, did you somehow get the impression Foster thought people liked him? How.

Anyway, there is a whole BUNCH of nonsensical smearing after that. Some of the words are probably still visible if Connor really wants to read what Foster thinks of his own personality, but all that's left are a few words like 'inhuman' and 'trash' and 'truth' and 'vile' and so on, and you really have to squint for them because he realised it's not really related to the conversation and did his (reluctant, hurried) best to erase it.

Score one (1) point for actual contextual awareness, minus one point for belated contextual awareness. Hold at zero because he kinda sucks at erasing.]

[fortunefavored]

wow are you here to just be the downer brigade or what???

[cacoethes_mori]

I might be wrong about the scurvy.

[fortunefavored]

so that's a yes. whats ur damage dude???

[cacoethes_mori]

[Newt is extremely lucky he asked this via writing on a rock, where Foster has to write things out and doesn't answer on reflex.

It's still a trap, though.]

Literal or otherwise?

[fortunefavored]

yes

[cacoethes_mori]

My brain's rotting rotted. It's putrescent and poisoned now. ^It's_I'm diseased.

That's all!

[fortunefavored]

i am honestly trying to figure out whether ur telling me the truth or this is some internet edgelord trolling thing tbh

[cacoethes_mori]

[Holy shit, this one actually knows what the internet is.]

LOL

No. It's all true!

You don't have to believe it. I don't mind!

Creation doesn't care.

[demonpuppy]

SHUT UP

[This is scribbled literally right over Foster's answers. Sorry, future passers by!]