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― TOMBOT, Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)
isn't this what used to be called "the freedom ship"? IIRC, there was some piece abt it in the guardian earlier this year, some dodgy shenanigan or other, I forget the details. The concept makes me think of J G Ballard's "High Rise".
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)
yeah, how would that work wrt taxes and stuff?
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)
And when you've bought an apartment and taken residency on the vessel, are all the amenities - the massages, the food & drinks, the etc - complimentary at that point? I would hope so.
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)
It'll be invaded by killer slugs that take over bodies and turn them into sex vampires, just you wait.
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)
Didn't Grant Morrison do an issue about this? It ended in a bloodbath.
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)
then zooming out to reveal the ship was just a toy boat in an enormous space baby's cosmic bath
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Thursday, 4 November 2004 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)
*sigh* Contrary to popular belief, I do not pinch asses everywhere I go.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)
dude George W. Bush would totally bomb the shit out of some floating nation, wtf.
― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)
xpost Jordan -- yeah the revolution of the libertania. yay teh filth.
― andrew l. r. (allocryptic), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)
It'll be invaded by killer slugs that take over bodies and turn them into sex vampires, just you wait.
-- Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (
jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj...), November 4th, 2004.
::shivers::
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)
Wasn't the original plan for this thing to be quite a bit bigger than it is?
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 November 2004 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)