Political Science: HOW SCANDALOUS!
Who: Eggman and his students
What: Jeff gets off his lazy ass and writes a class log Eggman teaches his class about scandals and how to destroy your opposition.
Where: Eggman's classroom
When: February 9
Warnings: DEPENDS
When students walked into the room, they might have noticed a mysterious box sitting on Eggman's desk. In front of the box was a stack of cards. And standing at the head of the room, as always, was the fat bastard himself.
"Now then, today I'm going to teach you a VERY IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL! And that's HOW TO RUIN YOUR ENEMIES! You see, people are in general quite a STUPID lot, willing to believe anything as long as some higher authority says it. In fact, government today couldn't EXIST without this fact! People get paid MILLIONS to skew public opinion in one way or another, to get them to support some new public policy or to destroy the chances of a rival to do the same! Start a rumor about them in some illicit affair, or engaging in some underhanded deal, or simply some unsavory part of their character!"
"So how does it work? Quite simply! LIES! Lies, half truths, slander, you name it! And that's the beauty. It doesn't MATTER if it's true! Say a thing enough times, and people will start to believe it ANYWAY! And now I'm going to prove it to you!"
He gestured to the desk. "On the desk are cue cards. You will each take one, and write down something SCANDALOUS about another person! I don't care if it's true or not, just WRITE SOMETHING! And then we'll conduct a little... EXPERIMENT."
He sat down at his desk. Then he shot up again and pointed an accusing finger at everyone. "AND NOBODY WRITE ANYTHING ABOUT ME THIS TIME!!!" Then he sat down again.
((OOC: If you're participating in this log, go here and leave your scandalous rumor as a comment. Comments are screened to avoid ruining the surprise. Go nuts!))
What: Jeff gets off his lazy ass and writes a class log Eggman teaches his class about scandals and how to destroy your opposition.
Where: Eggman's classroom
When: February 9
Warnings: DEPENDS
When students walked into the room, they might have noticed a mysterious box sitting on Eggman's desk. In front of the box was a stack of cards. And standing at the head of the room, as always, was the fat bastard himself.
"Now then, today I'm going to teach you a VERY IMPORTANT LIFE SKILL! And that's HOW TO RUIN YOUR ENEMIES! You see, people are in general quite a STUPID lot, willing to believe anything as long as some higher authority says it. In fact, government today couldn't EXIST without this fact! People get paid MILLIONS to skew public opinion in one way or another, to get them to support some new public policy or to destroy the chances of a rival to do the same! Start a rumor about them in some illicit affair, or engaging in some underhanded deal, or simply some unsavory part of their character!"
"So how does it work? Quite simply! LIES! Lies, half truths, slander, you name it! And that's the beauty. It doesn't MATTER if it's true! Say a thing enough times, and people will start to believe it ANYWAY! And now I'm going to prove it to you!"
He gestured to the desk. "On the desk are cue cards. You will each take one, and write down something SCANDALOUS about another person! I don't care if it's true or not, just WRITE SOMETHING! And then we'll conduct a little... EXPERIMENT."
He sat down at his desk. Then he shot up again and pointed an accusing finger at everyone. "AND NOBODY WRITE ANYTHING ABOUT ME THIS TIME!!!" Then he sat down again.
((OOC: If you're participating in this log, go here and leave your scandalous rumor as a comment. Comments are screened to avoid ruining the surprise. Go nuts!))