"Your Ankh-Morpork soldiers aren't in a position to protect you, however."
"Sir, you are right. You could have me killed right now," said de Worde simply. "You know that. I know that. But you won't, for three reasons. The officers of Borogravia tend towards honor. Everyone says that. That's why they don't surrender. And I bleed most distressingly. And you don't need to, because everyone's interested in you! Suddenly, it's all changed!"
"Interested in us?"
"Sir, in a sense you could help a lot right now. Apparently, people back in Ankh-Morpork were amazed when...look, have you heard about what we call 'human interest,' sir?"
"No."
De Worde tried to explain. Blouse listened with his mouth open, and at the end, said:
"Have I got this right? Although many people have been killed and wounded in this wretched war, it's not been of much 'interest' to your readers? But it is now, just because of us? Because of a little skirmish in a town they've never heard of? And because of it, we're suddenly a 'plucky little country' and people are telling your newspaper that your great city should be on our side?"
"Yes, Lieutenant. We put out a second edition last night, you see."
Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
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Dream not that men will move their little finger to serve you, unless their advantage in so doing be obvious to them. Men never did so, and never will, while human nature is made of its present materials.
Jeremy Bentham, Collected Works
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One thing I love about Freddie is that he’s incredibly good with failing? Like, he fails and in my head I go ‘NOO I WANTED THIS TO WORK OUT-‘ and Freddie just laughs and has a banger time. How the fuck is he this good at it.
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Would anyone be interested in a psych major and writer’s thoughts on the narrative and logistics of BSD 114, and why I’m honestly upset about its trajectory
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hyperspecific pole (mole poll) time!
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"Fascinatin'," said Ridcully. "Sapient pearwood, eh?" He knelt down in an effort to see underneath.
The Luggage backed away. It was used to terror, horror, fear, and panic. It had seldom encountered interest before.
Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times
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I have finally calculated it. This is the mole interest:
Pay in tags, per mole picture posted. Drawings also count. Mole interests must be paid.
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