The OOG World

[zenderael_mods]

Below the cut is the setting of 2050 America, and some helpful geopolitical ideas to follow.

AVAST! Enjoy, and please comment with additions to the FAQ.

Comments

[starchildorion]

How is the Middle East doing?

[zenderael_mods]

The Arab Spring created a rennaisance in governance but not in religion. They've started to come out of some of their suppressive tendencies in exchange for more democratic ideals, but it's still a man's world. Women can now drive and can choose to wear the headdress in all nations but Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. They still control oil, except now they control it through family members owning a good deal of the energy efficient plants in America.

Egypt is not the happiest place. The military got ahold of Egypt fully and created a regime for thirty years. They're just now seeing the daylight.

I'M SORRY (no I'm not)

[chibalerasui]

In what way is Canada closed off? And what do Americans think of Canadians, outside of 'rather nice'? Playing a Brit-Canadian char with a Canadian father, I'm curious how this will affect my cast.

Also, is it possible to get a general idea of what Americans think of the British? 8)

Re: I'M SORRY (no I'm not)

[zenderael_mods]

Canada is just not really accepting a tonne of American immigrants. They are fucking SICK of the "let's go to Canada" bullshit. Also, America is kind of sad that Canada is better than them now, so sometimes they are a little snarky.

The Americans mourn the fact that they became their "parents," and so they have a deep resentment for the now prosperous Britain. They make backhanded comments about Britain's economy and television, and only nerds give the BBC any bit of a chance.

[chibalerasui]

OH ANOTHER QUESTION for technology

Lighting:

I assume the phasing out of incandescent bulbs was finalized.

But have people become more aware that fluorescent can cause headaches in anyone with one of many medical conditions? Have they switched to LED lighting in public spaces? They're currently making LED bulbs easier to massproduce to offer them as an alternative.

[zenderael_mods]

LED bulbs and florescent bulbs are about equally represented on store shelves, but most public places use LED lighting for just that reason.

do i ask here or on the faq i do not know

[energyof]

So how's dat overuse of antibiotics and the arms race against bacterial pathogens going? 8D

(i fully expect the human race to eventually lose this race btw, how dare they use their horizontal gene transfer against us!11)

Re: do i ask here or on the faq i do not know

[zenderael_mods]

oh my god you'll kill me Mini.

Antibiotics were phased out (thankfully) by accident; when WalMart took over for a bit, they became OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE, and the result was home-remedy city. People started realizing that to kill things like the less-than-harmful, UTI causing ecoli, cranberry juice and rest! However, there are now some seriously dangerous bacterial diseases that are really, really untreatable; there are a few deaths due to them a year.

Re: do i ask here or on the faq i do not know

[minitsu]

hm :|a ok can i assume that advances in medical tech....nology i guess has also helped bc there really aren't some things that can be handled without antibiotics, and there would otherwise be more than 'a few' deaths per year. there would be...a lot, actually.

Re: do i ask here or on the faq i do not know

[zenderael_mods]

See below!

QUESTION QUESTION

[dontbepanic]

How's the development of prosthetics in the FUTURE~~?

Re: QUESTION QUESTION

[zenderael_mods]

Prosthetic limbs are pretty cool in the future! They are almost indistinguishable from the real thing in terms of functionality, although there is still something of an uncanny valley unrealness to their appearance. They are way expensive, though.

[raptor41887]

Australia as the new World Superpower Y/Y?

[zenderael_mods]

Sure! :D