The Tether

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The Tether App

During the night, everyone's phone or other network device has been updated with a new app - The Tether - intended for helping new arrivals find Tethers.

Unfortunately for those who don't want to participate, the prompt for the application will keep popping up on their screen until they fill out the mandatory fields and post their profile. If you don't want to participate, it might be best to fill in the blanks with prank answers!

Once posted, the app creates a profile that looks like this:

	The Witch
«		»
	Age: ageless Gender: female Interests: three interests About: 30 words or less
	base code by photosynthesis
	Tian
	« ✘ ✔ »

It is a simple swiping type app like many dating apps, swipe left to ignore a profile, swipe right to initiate an instant messenger conversation with the person in question on the app's proprietary chat program, complete with emojis!

NOTE: This meme is game canon.

The Code

<br><center><table style="width:300px;"><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #102651;"><td></td> <td style="padding:20px; padding-bottom:0; width:300px; font:38px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase; color:#102651; text-align:center; letter-spacing:2px; background-color:#ffffff; border-top-right-radius:50px; border-top-left-radius:50px;"><b>***CHARACTER NAME***</b></td> <td></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right; padding:0; color:#102651;">«</td> <td style="background-color:#ffffff; padding:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:0; width:308px;"><img src="IMAGE - 300 PX OR LESS" style="border-radius:20px;"><br> </td> <td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; padding:0; color:#102651;">»</td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="background-color:#ffffff; font:12px arial; text-align:left; padding:10px;"><span style="color:#102651;"><b>Age:</b> character age</span> <span style="color:#102651;"><b>Gender:</b> character gender</span> <span style="color:#102651;"><b>Interests:</b> three interests</span> <span style="color:#102651;"><b>About:</b> 30 words or less</span> </td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:10px; background-color:#ffffff;"><font color="#102651">base code by</font> <a href="http://photosynthesis.dreamwidth.org/" style="color:#102651;">photosynthesis</td></tr> <raw-code><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #102651;"><td></td> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;font:24px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; color:#102651; text-align:center;">PLANETARY ALIGNMENT</td> <td><td></tr><tr><td></td> <td style="border-bottom-right-radius:50px; border-bottom-left-radius:50px; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%; font:30px Verdana;"><tr><td style="text-align:left;"> <span style="text-decoration:none; color:#102651;">« ✘</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="text-decoration:none; color:#102651;">✔ »</span></td></tr> </table></td> <td></td></table></raw-code></center>

NAVIGATION

Comments

[tarisian_cathar]

Not just that, but imagine: A new species is contacted. Someone goes to wave. It turns out that new species interprets that gesture as not a friendly greeting, but a threat.

A facetious example, perhaps, but such things need to be carefully managed, in a big galaxy. What is normal to you or I may be...absurd, rude, or downright profane to another species.

Slang, well, that just adds to the problem.

[nutbuckets]

y'know, when you put it that way it suddenly makes sense

wouldn't want to accidentally give someone the finger when I just meant to say hello

[tarisian_cathar]

Precisely. I am certain such must be true even on your world, between different peoples.

[nutbuckets]

oh yeah, I'm sure it is
but I haven't done a whole lotta traveling, you know?
so I didn't think of it right off

[tarisian_cathar]

Understandable. I think all the time I spent around a particularly homicidal translator droid helps keep it foremost in my mind.

I am only thankful he never decided to become 'creative' in his translations.

[nutbuckets]

a homicidal translator droid
what'd he do, kill people with WORDS???

creative? like how?

[tarisian_cathar]

Mostly with very large energy rifles.

And I'm thankful he did not edit what was being said to us, in order to facilitate more combat.

[nutbuckets]

oh my god
I can't tell if that's incredibly badass or kinda terrifying

oh man I guess he coulda huh?

[tarisian_cathar]

Having seen him in action, I would err towards the latter. But thankfully he restrained himself to sarcasm.

[nutbuckets]

huh
just a bloodthirsty translating droid doing his job and murdering people for fun
sounds like a movie plot

[tarisian_cathar]

In fairness, he served my friend, Revan, and at least was in...some control, as a result.

What is a movie?

[nutbuckets]

your friend revan must be some kinda badass then

oh um
like a tv show but longer

[tarisian_cathar]

The greatest warrior and leader of a century, yes.

...And now I must ask you what a tv show is.

[nutbuckets]

oh wow

basically they record actors telling a story and broadcast it so people can watch!
it's pretty fun

[tarisian_cathar]

Oh! I understand now! We mostly call those holovids.

[nutbuckets]

oh man they do them by hologram where you're from?

[tarisian_cathar]

That is indeed what is done. The quality varies widely.

[nutbuckets]

same with tv and movies where I'm from
huh, guess our worlds have more in common than I thought

[tarisian_cathar]

It would seem that is true.

[nutbuckets]

you know I'm finding that a lot
that even though people are from different places they have a lot in common still
it's pretty wild

[tarisian_cathar]

An inspirational thought, really. That life from so many places is so similar.

[nutbuckets]

yeah, you'd think we'd be all arguing and shit, but no, we got stuff in common and we can get along
it's great