This is how I've been reading it too. There is no "whoever you designate,
becomes Silly Person." kind of thing.
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 6:21 PM, Alexis Hunt <aler...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My read is that "The Silly Person SHALL in that week, by announcement (1)
> designate another player, who has not been the Silly Person in the past two
> weeks, to be the next week's Silly Person;" fails because it doesn't
> specify a method. But "If there is ever no Silly Person or the Silly Person
> is not a player, then the next week's Silly Person is the first player that
> any player publicly designates to be the next week's Silly Person."
> succeeds because it explicitly provides a mechanism.
>
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 at 12:11 Cuddle Beam <cuddleb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What stops me from designating by announcement anyone at any moment,
> then?
> > The SHALL only puts restrictions as you say, but to be restricted into
> the
> > shape of that I should only do it during a certain week, I must've had
> > those powers all along. (And SHALL isn't even a full mechanical
> > restriction, its just cardbait)
> >
> > So, with the power of designation which I've had all along (would I not
> be
> > the Silly Person right now), I can declare anyone the Silly Person
> anytime.
> > No?
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 6:00 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well there's a public ("by announcement) requirement and a week's
> > > delay, but yes...
> > >
> > > (also, even if it fails to *make* me the silly person, you can
> > > still do the designation and are required to. Worst case scenario
> > > you still MUST submit a proposal and make a designation announcement,
> > > even if it doesn't take).
> > >
> > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote:
> > > > So, if I just say now "I designate G as the Silly Person", you become
> > it?
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Um, you *already* CAN submit a proposal. That's described
> elsewhere.
> > > > >
> > > > > You already CAN designate someone as something - it's a speech
> > > > > act by common definition.
> > > > >
> > > > > This just puts a SHALL on doing those things in specific ways.
> > > > >
> > > > > No CANs required. Not broken.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > It's got a SHALL, not CAN
> > > > > >
> > > > > > R1650 doesn't give you any powers to actually do what this SHALL
> is
> > > > > > commanding you to.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 5:14 PM, Kerim Aydin <
> > ke...@u.washington.edu>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How was it broken? I thought we used it successfully for a
> > > > > > > while and then just forgot.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, ATMunn wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > did the rule for get get fixed?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 2/6/2018 9:53 PM, Alexis Hunt wrote:
> > > > > > > > > I designate Cuddle Beam as next week's Silly Person.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > -Alexis
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