Out of Pod Experience

Not in British English it isn't.
But let's not end a tradition of US bastardising the English language.

As for the OP... Eve is a game, Captain Philips is a film, you would be wise not to attribute characteristics of either of them to a nationality of people who exist in the real world.

The notions that various governments have about Somalia and the notions that Eve players have about nullsec are comparable.

Somalia is said to be "living under anarchy" as if to imply that it's a constant free for all of violence and mayhem when in fact, outside of Mog, the tribes get along most of the time and their cattle production has had positive GDP at times. Most of the land is owned by the tribes and that being private property is well cared for.

But the comparison is such, we in the west are supposed to go "ooooh! Anarchy! They eat babies!" and then hug our own tyrannical governments so much more.


The "governments" of Eve perpetuate the myth that nullsec is the zone of instant gank and failure - unless you join their alliance of course.

So if you want a comparison, the ONLY thing that compares is the propaganda and the perception of people who believe only what they are told by other people with an agenda.

The rest... meh.

And those Somali "Pirates", uh..... once again it's part of the narrative. Yeah "Somalia has anarchy and therefore... PIRRRAAATESSS!". Yeah, in America, the Coast Guard boards you saying they are looking for drugs and weapons and then asks you about your personal life trying to get anything you say so they can use it against you.

These "pirates" in Somalia are called thus by.. governments... and what were some of these governments doing off the coast of Somalia before these "pirates"?

They were dumping toxic waste. Somali fishermen, having their livelihood destroyed, and no real navy to speak of, had to take matters into their own hands.


So, less than an hour of searching the internet will reveal the truth about Somalia (but hey, that's Africa and they are black and have no oil so screw it, right? It's not trendy enough - hey look over there, someone said something politically incorrect! CHARGE!!!) and less than a week of searching New Eden will reveal the truth about the game too.

Woah, easy there Ramona. I apologize for almost hurting your feelings. We can talk about if you want. Get those feelings and burdens off your chest.

It doesn't bother me even a little bit that people have opinions on ill-informed and quite frankly ridiculously reactionary statements, actually, and I wanted to make sure my 'hunch that Americans couldn't point to Somalia on a map' didn't bother you, either. You're clearly very sensitive. I wanted to make a sincere effort to let you know I mean no ill will.

That said, you seem to make quite the leap in your thought process. I don't think most average Americans could point to Somalia on a map. That's quite a far cry from me thinking they're all hopelessly stupid morons. Knowing the location of Somalia has extremely little impact on, I would say, a vast majority of anyone's (American or otherwise) day to day life. Why should I think you're stupid for not knowing where Somalia is?

I pointed out your spelling mistake because you got on your moral high horse. You can't ride the moral high horse unless your saddle is fastened securely (some John Wayne douchebaggery reference for you, Unsuccessful At Everything). In this case, your saddle is correct grammar used to convey 'a recognisable or coherent thought.' (are you non-American English speaking because of S instead of Z?)

I am American. I hope you don't think that I think most of us are stupid. I don't let myself get so easily and childishly offended over something so trivial and petty as OP's asking if Americans hate Somalis and EVE pirates or whatever it was. Hopefully we can be the bestest of pals. Sorry if I almost hurt your feelings. Thanks for the gold star.

Just a note. I don't think most americans "hate" the somalian people, I think we're ignorant about them. The US government's policies (for better or worse) are focused strongly on international trade, and somali pirates being in the news doesn't exactly get them good press.

The present objective is to declare that "terrists" are in control of Somalia and use that as an excuse to expand military involvement there in the long term.

You see there is oil under Somalia, but the oil companies don't want to confront the land owners (the tribes) that own it.

We can't have Somalis benefiting from their own oil. It's bad enough that the Norwegians and Venezuelans got to profit from their own oil and we can't have this happen you see. Oil execs need to keep those huge incomes up because the American government is not bought out cheaply.

So the long term goal is to further extremism in Africa (I was told about Libya and Egypt by an "insider" 2 years before it happened) and then in the chaos, install governments more friendly to oil companies so all that great oil rich land can be robbed from the owners.

The owners will probably be equated with "plantation owners of the American South" or something or be called "landlords" or some other word that has a negative connotation so Boobus Americanus, only partially paying attention (those semi-AFK people) will automatically side with the narrative of the state.

I've got a website for you to read. I think you'll find it especially enlightening.

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Why is this thread in the EVE Online forums? Near as I can tell, it doesn't have anything to do with this game.

Also, I'm an American who lives in a Somali neighborhood in the US. Somali food is good, Somali women are hot, oh yeah, and Blackhawk Down was an awesome movie, and it in no way made me dislike Somalis or gave me the impression that Americans dislike Somalis.

Just to stay in line with the sweeping statement control, I know for a fact that there are US citizens that do in fact hate all the above mentioned sub populations of the planet earth