- July 2056, the Nim population has hit a point of stagnation.
- My name is 1, I am a proud, yet worn out. Nimizen has been known as the Nimation for now more than five centuries.
- Since our formation in Europe in 1532 our population has remained stable.
- "We remain a steady and horrifyingly tiresome sixteen individuals, stuck in what is now a seriously embarrassing hierarchical structure: the pyramid."
- "Our society used to be organised in the following structure:"
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1
1 2 3
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
My name is 1, I am
a proud, yet worn out
nimizen of what has
been known as the
Nimation for now more
than five centuries.
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Since our formation in
Europe in 1532
our population has
remained stable.
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We remain a steady
and horrifyingly tiresome
sixteen individuals,
stuck in what is now a
seriously embarrassing
hierarchical structure:
the pyramid.
- "Our society used to be organised in the following structure:"
- PLACEHOLDER - REPLACE WITH IMAGE 1 123 12345 1234567
- "We respond to a very simple set of rules:"
- (i) Only one couple is allowed at the time in Nimation.
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(i) Only one couple
is allowed at the time
in Nimation.
- (ii) Nimizens are only able to communicate with their immediate neighbour, i.e 1 and 7 can never be in touch.
- "(iii) Only Nim’s of an identical position within our pyramid structure can navigate outside of the pyramid together at once."
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(iii) Only Nim’s of an
identical position within
our pyramid structure
can navigate outside
of the pyramid together
at once.
- As you may imagine, the referral to multiple 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s and 5s was quite unsettling, arousing jealousies that could confuse outsiders.
- "The Nim Revolution of 1904 marked a turn in our history as new names were assigned to each nimizen:"
# do we need the numbers as text ? or just the img is ok ?
- img: img_nim_3_small.png
alt: "the new names after the Nim Revolution"
- Embracing each nimizen as individuals, through distinct names and physical features became the norm.
- Our diversity had finally become the trope for a fair representation of the self within a co-dependent society.
- The following year, 1905 the L-group composed of 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and myself wanted to go even further and re-considered our architectural ideologies.
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Our diversity had finally
become the trope for a
fair representation of
the self within a
co-dependent society.
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The following year, 1905
the L-group composed
of 3, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16
and myself wanted to go
even further and
re-considered our
architectural ideologies.
- img: img_nim_2_small.png
alt: "shape nims"
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- (iv) Nimizens are able to navigate outside the structure with any other nimizens not only with those of similar structural stature.
- (v) The traditional pyramid structure becomes a structure amongst others, not the default structure.
- "(vi) One's fate shouldn't be set in stone, one should have agency as to the path one chooses."
- (vii) Nimation should be open to the growth of its nimizens as well as its annihilation, retirement of its nimizens or replacement of its nimizens.
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(vii) Nimation should be
open to the growth of its
nimizens as well as its
annihilation, retirement
of its nimizens or
replacement of
its nimizens.
- Unable to convince the others of the necessity of the institution’s rewriting our structure remained the same.
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- "3: What is it?"
- "1: I'm lonely."
- "3: We already talked about this."
- "1: Well it still hasn't been solved."
- "3: I’m sorry there is nothing I can do about it at the moment, you could..."
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1: Well it still hasn't
been solved.
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3: I’m sorry there is
nothing I can do about
it at the moment,
you could...
- "1: People assume because I'm at the top of the pyramid, everything is great for me!"
- "1: Ha, sure is a great bore. Five centuries of solitude, an omnipotent perspective that has no witness."
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1: Ha, sure is a great
bore. Five centuries of
solitude, an omnipotent
perspective that has
no witness.
- "1: No one to share my point of view with."
- "1: To get any mundane experience across I need a waterfall of information, to slightly hope one will get some kind of input and they might never understand."
- "3: I understand you! Or at least try too."
- "2: Quiet you two, I'm practising."
- "1: And when I go, I go alone."
- "3: Well at least you don't have to suffer the unreasonable ones of this row."
- "1: And when I fear, I fear alone."
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3: I understand you!
Or at least try too.
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2: Quiet you two,
I'm practising.
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1: And when I go,
I go alone.
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3: Well at least you don't
have to suffer the
unreasonable ones
of this row.
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1: And when I fear,
I fear alone.
- "3: You talk to me, sometimes."
- "7: Is 1 having a moment again?"
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7: Is 1 having a
moment again?
- "3: Yes, yes, we're trying to figure it out."
- "2: Sssh."
- "6: This again?"
- "2: 1 is trying to annihilate us again."
- "6: Let them be, they will be picked on soon enough again."
