Solid writing, the idea of a midas penny does nothing for me.
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Ah, but the in-depth exploration and testing more than makes up for it.
Plus I had a sharp inhalation of "oh shit" when I read the line about "a certain number of the pennies produced by 1015 have 1015's properties". Well done, Lasergoose.
I am very glad to replaced the MC&D stuff with this, Goosey. Upvoted no problem.
… God, it’s so much worse than you’d think. Because your body … it’s not all one piece. There are lots of parts. So many little pieces…
yeah, upvoted.
But, I'm not a fan of Billy becoming a D-Class. That sort of thing is reserved for murderers, rapists, pedophiles, etc.
Not homeless men who get caught up in a penny-forging scheme.
I'd rather see him get Amnisiac'd instead.
EDIT: I mean, I upvote it either way, but still.
But there's never enough rapists to go around…
Or the Foundation makes random hobos commit rape through mind control and turns them into D-class.
I never have liked the idea of the Foundation being heartless, but the whole "D-classes don't grow on trees, at least until we get O5 approval for that project" principle influenced me here. You've got a drifter with presumably no ties, who might as well have died in that fire, and he knows about an item you're trying to contain, and he's gullible. Solid D-class material there. If you're heartless.
Most (if not all) of those pieces are contiguous, though. As parts of the whole, one would think them exempt.
Melting them down? Seriously?
Have they never seen a Coinstar machine?
Pennies from 1974 were almost completely copper, and worth about 2 cents a piece. If they used Coinstar, they'd only get 1 cent per penny, and then the Coinstar fee would subtracted from the profit. Melting the pennies down to sell as copper would make double the cash.
More than that. Copper's a valuable commodity lately. So much so that in a lot of places burglars are breaking into homes specifically to steal the wiring.
Smelting enough copper down to make it worth while is not a minor operation. These are guys getting drunk on '40. Seriously - change a few rocks and you've got the coin to get drunk again. Something like a gallon of pennies = $30 by value (not copper).
But, to be honest, they don't seem like the brightest bulbs in the drawer….
Key phrase at the end there.
The first draft had MC&D trying this, which may have been feasible for them, if not quite as profitable as their usual fare. But after talking to some folks in chat, it seems more likely, to me at least (and more fun to write) that a couple of ne'er-do-wells would try this scheme. Had they lived long enough, I'm sure they'd have realized it'd be better to just save enough to rent a plow, then go transmute a couple parking lots.
Why is this always referred to as 1015-1? It just seems to make it more confusing.
1015-2 is the owner of the penny. Because the penny does nothing without an owner, it seemed prudent to me to make the owner a component of the item. Maybe not. Anyone else think it's unnecessarily confusing?
Makes sense to me.
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K, Downvoted.
Closing Statement: Bill Sorkin was named D-1015-01 following this interview
Either Bill was a mass murderering serial killer on the side, or the doctor in charge was they guy who fed kids to 682. Then there's one of the logs halfway into it. It's a cariature of quite a few other articles.
Also, SCP-1015, not SCP-1015-1.
The imagry is good, but this is over the top "LOL evul foundayshun!!!" for me.
I'm just going to reiterate what LosER said:
I never have liked the idea of the Foundation being heartless, but the whole "D-classes don't grow on trees, at least until we get O5 approval for that project" principle influenced me here. You've got a drifter with presumably no ties, who might as well have died in that fire, and he knows about an item you're trying to contain, and he's gullible. Solid D-class material there. If you're heartless.
It's not so much evil as "I sincerely don't care about people, and this is rather convenient." And yes, there is a difference.
if your reading this your gay
He's a violent alcoholic drifter with no family, he knows too much, and as far as anyone else knows he's already dead.
Plus we do need to know if SCP-1015 can be deactivated by killing the owner (answer: yes).
Ethics Committee ruling: regrettable but acceptable.
Also, SCP-1015, not SCP-1015-1.
In what context?
Either Bill was a mass murderering serial killer on the side, or the doctor in charge was they guy who fed kids to 682.
I'll just say this once more, then let the topic go unless you think it's worth revisiting. I refer you to the site FAQ. Read below where it says "So, I want to write an SCP or story, what canon do I have to keep in mind?"
tl;dr: it's possible not all D-class deserve to be D-class. I can understand you not liking the foundation being evil for the sake of evil, though. Neither do I. I just don't see this in that way.
The goose speaks the truth, many of the D-class are likely just people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. People who cannot be released back into the Unsuspecting World without there being problems or death. Some people are simply victims of some other-worldly tragedy, who then become 'victims' of the Foundation in order to protect the rest of humanity. Look at SCP-231 for an example
Hey, we found out how to talk to an alchemist finally!
I admit I really had to skim the testing logs, and in fact am of the opinion that the article could've done without them.
However, the main body of the article and the first interview is a really interesting read. And since I was part of the critique group for this, I'm glad it turned out so well. And…
It’s … God, it’s so much worse than you’d think. Because your body … it’s not all one piece. There are lots of parts. So many little pieces…
Definitely my favorite part, and clinched the upvote right there.
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