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[–] formlessoedon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago
[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 7 points 3 days ago

Cartel McCartelface

[–] test_@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"The Firm," if you want a corporate sound, or to emphasize their illegitimacy with an ironically legitimate-sounding and euphemistic name.

"The Home Owner's Association," for glib sarcasm and irreverence. Like, "did you pay your HOA dues" but it's a protection racket.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

I like i like

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Or Big Bad Cartel?

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Works for me lol

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The Naughty Boys.

Cos they are naughty and need spanking.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago
[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Lol I like it

[–] Cypher45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago
[–] jcr@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Use the name of (or part of) a building based on religion and go with it (The Chapel, Ziggurath, Transept, Ancestor Shrine, etc)

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you !!

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 2 points 3 days ago
[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lol interesting name why that

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Car vs. Truck. Tell vs. Yell

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A cartel of what? What are they a cartel of?

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Pick a geographic location, then name the cartel after it then. Make up a location if you have to.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I guess it depends on the cartel's focus. Are they a drug cartel?

  • The Black Orchard β€” growers, & brewers.

  • The Phantom Crucible β€” they use experimental chemistry to make their product.

A price cartel (where they fix prices)? They would be focused on money.

  • The Thorned Veil β€” a cartel that hides behind beauty, elegance, and deception.

  • The Broken Halo Network β€” fallen idealists turned organized criminals.

A territorial cartel (where they have regions)? If you do "business" in another region, it might be your last "transaction".

  • The Crimson Ledger β€” every wrong and debt is written in blood.

  • The Ashen Wolves β€” enforcers who leave nothing but ashes of trespassers (or their buildings if they set up shop in the wrong place).

[–] Cypher45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bro you really used ChatGPT to post this reply? 😭

[–] helix@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can use em dashes yourself β€” just find out how, use a few big words, and bedazzle your readers!

[–] jim_v@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I used em dashes when SMS messages had 160 character limits to β€”reallyβ€” put emphasis on words.

I also use them in place of semicolons β€” I find it easier to read and doesn't remind people of English class.

It helps that I have been writing this way for a while. My MySpace had em dashes back when the smartest AI we had was IBM's Watson.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm thinking something like the cjng , its a call of duty short story. Fan fiction

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cartel of the Large Adult Sons

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago
[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To be fair both Democrats and Republicans are both shit

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

USA is shit, so truth to that.

Either something completely unassuming like Pizza Party, or paramilitary sounding like Carbon Mesa

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Miller@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also Herod's first wife was called Doris, maybe work that in too if you can.

[–] Jangofango@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Gotcha gotcha