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Hypothetically, you could propose whatever you like,
However, with something like that conditions could spike.
Maybe that's what you should do this night,
If you want to see that idea come to light.
 
Ooh, what if you could put a lie detector on everyone but it would only buzz at the very end of the day phase so all the buzzes would happen at once. :o
 
Eifie said:
"The answer to this question is no" isn't even a question, though... (but if it was a question it would have no truth value anyway.) Remind me, what was the point of giving the lie detector a paradox instead of a straight-up lie? Just to see if it would choke?
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I just wanted to see, perhaps
If said detector would collapse
In pain as the paradox
Would make the thing lose its socks.

To those forcing me to rhyme,

Hope you are having a swell time.
Oh, that last line had eight beats.
Well, this isn't my best feat.

I was indeed assured
My proposal was affirmed
Inspection was what I sought
My results were all for naught

See, in place of a result
Instead I got an insult.
Bananas, it said today.
Though I love fruit, I daresay.
 
Didn't someone attest to receiving that result before?
Yes, so before people propose inspecting more,
Maybe put a clause in your suggestion?
One that assures you no fruit-based misdirection.

(Well, now, that makes it easy enough for the mafia to change its tune:
Say, just to make all results return loon.
But still, maybe be a bit more precise next night,
You could even try to demand that your results be right.)
 
Mm, I guess blazhy didn't include a clause about the lie detector wearing off or anything. Either way it was on Phantom, who said, basically:
-/she wanted/ to see if the detector would choke bc paradox (note: not "the detector choked bc paradox")
-the poem is not her best because of metrical issues
-her proposal was to inspect last night
-she got the result "bananas" like I did

And according to the lie detector she told two lies. I'm fairly sure the last two statements are lies, considering that the first two are pretty much entirely subjective. Prior to that, she apparently told one lie after posting the following:
-"The answer to this question is no." = no truth value = ???
-someone's proposal made her have to rhyme

Phantom, could you post another statement with no truth value to see what the lie detector will do? Also, do you have a reason for lying about your proposal last night (which I'm fairly sure you are)?
 
Alligates said:
Phantom, could you post another statement with no truth value to see what the lie detector will do? Also, do you have a reason for lying about your proposal last night (which I'm fairly sure you are)?
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My word, you think that I lie?
I beg you, I know not why,
Light keeps buzzing in my ear,
When what I say is very clear.

You really wish for false lines?
Well then, let me drop this vine;
Kangaroos are native to Maine.
Hopefully, you think me sane.

My proposal was granted.
Though I think it quite slanted,
That this is the price I pay,
To live for another day.
 
You have to post in rhyme to keep from dying?

Is it just free rhyme or any particular scheme?
 
Wargle said:
You have to post in rhyme to keep from dying?

Is it just free rhyme or any particular scheme?
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I rhyme any way I wish.
Though I have skills of a fish.
I may have to rhyme to live
Someone stab me with a shiv.

I could not find a rhyming for
The word 'live', so I deplore
You to please, please not kill me.
I love life a lot, you see.
 
If I'm interpreting your couplets right...
-Phantom doesn't know why Light is bzzting (subjective)
-Kangaroos are native to Maine (obv. untrue)
-Her proposal was granted
-It's unreasonable that she must rhyme to live (subjective)
and
-She can rhyme any way she wants
-She must rhyme to live
-She isn't good at rhyming (subjective)
-She likes life (subjective)

And that was three bzzts, so... one of "any rhyming is ok", "must rhyme to live", "proposal was granted" is true. (Also you rhyme way better than I can or ever could; rhyming is not a thing I can do.) I'm suspicious but also confused, so I'll not vote for now (plus if she is mafia and is lynched today her buddies could always just revive her in a few nights anyway). I'll do something to check you with a proposal tonight, I guess.
 
There should have probably been two BZZT's on that last one.

Anyone else want me to end the day phase?
 
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