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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#47501: Mar 2nd 2017 at 5:44:04 PM

Which would be a worse insult to Gems? "Clods" or "Rocks"?

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#47502: Mar 2nd 2017 at 5:46:15 PM

But why would a gem murder another gem in a society where all gems have a function and it seems like the first rebellion took place on Earth and there hasn't been another since?

I don't know, maybe the writers just haven't thought this through but it's weird to me that the gems are so hellbent on conquering when there seems to be no reason for them to except For the Evulz.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#47504: Mar 2nd 2017 at 5:49:19 PM

The way Peridot uses the word Clod it's clearly meant as an insult, although probably not a severe one. This is how Amethyst responded to being called a rock.

edited 2nd Mar '17 5:50:45 PM by WillKeaton

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#47505: Mar 2nd 2017 at 5:50:06 PM

but it's weird to me that the gems are so hellbent on conquering when there seems to be no reason for them to except For the Evulz.

Because if they didn't, their species would eventually go extinct.

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#47506: Mar 2nd 2017 at 5:52:26 PM

The way Peridot uses the word Clod it's clearly meant as an insult, although probably not a severe one. This is how Amethyst responded to being called a rock.
But "rock" implies severe lack of intelligence. Hence the idiom "Dumb as a rock".

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#47507: Mar 2nd 2017 at 5:56:16 PM

But why would they go extinct? They seem to be nearly immortal and presumably if they just stopped getting into wars they would never be in danger of death.

Oissu!
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#47508: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:01:40 PM

I imagine that 'Your name is Mud' is much harsher to a Gem than to a Human.

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#47509: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:02:10 PM

Didn't someone call Amethyst a pebble?

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#47510: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:03:00 PM

[up][up][up]Natural predators?

PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#47511: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:05:20 PM

What kind of predator? Surely we would have heard of a predator so powerful that they can shatter and consume gems by now.

Oissu!
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#47512: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:09:35 PM

Maybe something long extinct, from their home planet.

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#47513: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:10:20 PM

Well maybe not the whole species, but I could definitely see a line going extinct if their job was dangerous enough.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#47514: Mar 2nd 2017 at 6:23:03 PM

Lion keeps it hidden somewhere Steven wouldn't find it until it's time.
The fabled "lower mane". AKA "Southern Maine"

There has to be more to it than just that.
Not really. Do humans form expansionist empires because it's necessary to survive?

But why would they go extinct? They seem to be nearly immortal and presumably if they just stopped getting into wars they would never be in danger of death.
Key words are "nearly" and "if". Even if they don't age and are super-durable, any species that completely ceases to reproduce without being completely indestructible is a Dying Race.

I imagine that 'Your name is Mud' is much harsher to a Gem than to a Human.
Are you referencing that Primus song?

edited 2nd Mar '17 6:24:10 PM by thatother1dude

Victin Since: Dec, 2011
#47515: Mar 2nd 2017 at 7:39:30 PM

@thatother1dude:

Not really. Do humans form expansionist empires because it's necessary to survive?

Yes.

Of course, at some point the ends and the means get mixed up and it all becomes a vicious cycle of conquest. But, yes, we do it to survive.

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#47516: Mar 2nd 2017 at 7:51:08 PM

I mean, Humans are the dominant species on our planet, and there's plenty of animals still around that could effortlessly murder us.

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#47517: Mar 2nd 2017 at 9:30:16 PM

The fabled "lower mane". AKA "Southern Maine"

Few go there. It is a tainted land.

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superboy313 Since: May, 2015
#47518: Mar 2nd 2017 at 9:54:07 PM

I wonder, do the Homeworld Gems might have things they consider too extreme even for them?

edited 2nd Mar '17 9:54:22 PM by superboy313

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#47519: Mar 2nd 2017 at 11:43:51 PM

Hopefully they don't...

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HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#47520: Mar 3rd 2017 at 12:52:00 AM

[up][up]This is a race who turned a million corpses into a bomb. Just to get back at someone. So I'd say no.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#47521: Mar 3rd 2017 at 1:05:10 AM

Not really a bomb...

More like a giant Zombie...made of a bunch of smaller ones.

edited 3rd Mar '17 1:06:37 AM by randomness4

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#47522: Mar 3rd 2017 at 8:52:23 AM

I seem to remember that Peridot, pre-Heel–Face Turn used "pebble" as an insult at one point. I have to imagine that any number of dirt-related terms could be used to be an insult, although no idea as to which one would be worst. Mud, silt (those two maybe as an insult towards Lapises in general), clod, pebble, chip, clump, gley, detritus, boulder (probably for larger gems like quartzes), gravel... lots of ways to go on that.

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Disasturbator
#47523: Mar 3rd 2017 at 10:01:42 AM

"Your so sedimentary I bet you were formed last!"

Being called Mud or dirt are probably the worst insults you could call a gem..or anyone really

edited 3rd Mar '17 10:07:01 AM by Ultimatum

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#47524: Mar 3rd 2017 at 10:26:24 AM

How long ago was the title "Tiger Philanthropist" leaked?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#47525: Mar 3rd 2017 at 10:57:47 AM

Years ago.i've found mention of it as far back 2007

edited 3rd Mar '17 10:57:58 AM by Ultimatum

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