Terranisation

*"You have become the very thing you swore to destroy."*

**Terranisation** is the process of becoming more like the Terrans, otherworldly enemies from alternate, dystopian worlds. Since Denlotian times, any corrupt or unholy attitudes within are also known as "the path to Hell", "the Curse of Terra", the "Terran Curse", or "the Great Enemy", worse than the Terrans who practice such wickedness. They also cursed it as "humanity", shaming everyone who practices Terran behaviours as corrupt, backwards threats to society.

It is generally characterised as becoming more cruel, dishonest, selfish, corrupt, hateful, and domineering.

## Answer Evil with Evil

"Terranisation", the gradual corruption of people into selfish fools and tyrants, was why the Jerdiskar relied on genetic manipulation and harsh punishments to prevent themselves from becoming like the Terrans and their insanity. But simply engaging in abusive and corrupt actions already begins a dark path. A path that leads to becoming the very enemy that they are supposed to destroy.

The "Internet troll" or "keyboard warrior" is used in Jerdiskar morality classes as an example of Terranisation. Such people who spend too much time online on ideology have become too aggressive, too delusional, until their own obsessions consume their lives in the real world. Many such cases exist among the Terran armies, to the point that it was how its warriors were indoctrinated into total war.

### Terranisation campaign of the Salvation Party

The Salvation Party abolished various laws and restrictions, using Terran-style freedoms in its attempt to create a new "normal". Among the permitted activities from Salvation Party times included bullying, rudeness, not explaining, and online blocks.

It ultimately tried to convert the Zvestarids to becoming more Terran, claiming that becoming Terran was how the Zvestarids made peace with the Tyrskan minority by adopting their mannerisms and beliefs. It ultimately led to their treason against Zvesta and destruction under the hands of their "liberators", the Wannaenids and the Tyrskans.

### Bujan as an example

Many laws across Jerde, especially in countries like Bujan, prohibit various behaviours as "Terranisation", ranging from whataboutism to online trolling and cyberwarriors. One of the reasons why the Tyrskans were not exterminated was because the Bujanski refuse to allow themselves to become like their enemies. Killing the Tyrskans and framing every Terran man, woman, and child, as a war criminal, would corrupt the Bujanski into becoming as cruel and hypocritical as the Tyrskans.

Yet this already happened in the first month of Bujan's independence, when many Bujanski became more evil as they sought to exterminate all Terrans from the world. Their reasons include grief, rage, and wanting to stop the Terrans from ever becoming a serious threat to Bujan's people. Already some Bujanski were horrified by the excessive brutality of the purge, because it did not only punish criminals. As soon as they started attacking Bujanski and loyalist Terrans, more and more people in Bujan opposed the mobs.

After the mobs' defeat, their atrocities were added to the many historical evildoers listed in morality classes. Fanatical supporters of their homeland, instead ended up as warnings of what never to become from their wickedness. People who called for the right to do the trivial Terran offenses were arrested and thrown to prison, such as one online user who tried to block several annoying people, and got publicly shamed for behaving like a Terran.

## "Terranised" behaviours

For a full list of behaviours seen in the Denlotia and Jerdiskar countries as "Terran", see also: Jerdiskar society#Abominations, Denlotian Grievance Laws

For taboos that are specific to the country of Bujan, *including* various Terranised behaviours: Bujanski taboos

### Daily life

* Glorifying child abuse
* Glorifying the destruction of temples and idols
	+ Many people who did so tended to be members of Terran religions who tend to force people to convert, or be attacked.
* Hatred of homosexuals
	+ While the Denlotia did not state that it supported homosexuals, it considered overt hatred of homosexuals as a warning sign of Terranisation, due to many anti-homosexual groups leaning close to militarism. Many of them sought to overthrow the Denlotia and implement extremely traditionalist, coercive laws, rather than simply defend what they claimed to be a "traditional family".
	+ On the other hand, many Denlotians seem conservative in terms of lifestyle. They just did not like making their "conservative" attitudes to be a symbol like anti-homosexual sentiments, because they do not want to be associated with militant Terrans.
* Abuse specifically towards women or men
	+ Abusing people over their gender may be another sign of Terranisation, associated with Terran militants who cared very little about their women's well-being. Some Terran factions also abused men instead.
* Using "freedom" and "consequences" as an excuse for rude behaviour
	+ May also be used by Terrans or unruly warmongers to justify waging war on Jerdiskar.
* Bullying
	+ Terrans came from dystopian societies and apocalyptic environments, driving closer to violence and sadism as their way of life. They regarded bullying as good because they wanted merciless warriors to dominate and survive.
* Hatred towards poorer or disabled people
	+ It is a crime because it may lead to the poor turning to aggression to lash out or survive, and fools to manipulate the poor to create a dystopia. It is also because it can destroy the people for some selfish agenda.
	+ This is why anti-homeless architecture and policies are also crimes, along with advocating for measures to attack the homeless.
	+ The abusive tyrannies from the Terran Invasion were another reason why many Jerdiskar societies are more caring for poorer people, out of fear of becoming like their oppressors.
* Gratitude, expecting and forcing people to move on after a disaster or great loss
	+ Denlotians suggest that to help a person move on without hurting them, you should condemn the rejecter as someone who is wasting their time or is useless. Most importantly, encourage the sad friend to do something better.
	+ While it is very offensive to tell a person to "deal with it", "get over it", or "move on", Jerdiskar prefer to encourage people to do what they like or need to, in order to truly move on.
	+ This was because a lot of times, the Terrans who invaded Jerde misused and manipulated gratitude to cheat their subjects.
* Starting a grudge
	+ The fear of deadly vendettas made it very unacceptable to let haters go unpunished. To prevent this, many countries forced the offender and the affected to state their cases. One party, considered as the wrongdoer, may suffer any punishment decided by the other party or a judge. In some cases, even with a minor offence like spam, the affected may be allowed to choose to torture the offender.
	+ The alternative was to bring both parties to a psychologist, to allow them to apologise and let go of the grudge. It became mandatory since Denlotian times, all the way to forcing anyone in a court case to see a psychologist or counsellor if the case does not involve a serious crime.
	+ Those who refused that method, but insisted to "let go of the troublemaker and live their life", may be punished for allowing a grudge to exist.
	+ But those who started a grudge by doing a worse crime (like harrassment) may instead be punished, and punishments for starting such a grudge are more cruel and brutal. The offended may not only avoid punishment for not committing the crime, but they are even allowed to torture the offender.

### Online behaviour

Because of the stubborn attitude and unrealistic desperation seen in many online trolls during World War III, Internet trolling and cyberwarriors are considered as "terrorists" and "Terrans", traitors against society who seek to corrupt it into a tyranny. Such people are arrested by their neighbours, or even murdered as terrorists and war criminals.

Simple mischief and dissent are not considered as "trolling". Only if it matches the characteristics of a "Terran" online troll will Jerdiskar punish the troublemaker, usually by exposing their details to arrest or kill them. It also led to many nations treating suspected online troublemakers as outcasts in their societies, using them as examples of unacceptable, destructive attitudes.

One reason why Terrans resort to Internet crimes and terrorism was fear. Fear of starvation and poverty, fear of external punishment, and fear of losing out to some dreaded power, so they wanted to express themselves, do mischief, and expect society to be bent to their ramblings and threats. Many Jerdiskar learned that the Terrans' radicalism was similar to other evildoers after their defeats, seeking to undermine a society in dire times to take over and unleash more cruelty: which justified more cruelty against Terrans and anyone suspected of Terran behaviour.

The Wannaenid Empire, though a fanatical adherent of the Denlotian laws, abducts Terrans suspected of online trolling as its slaves as they are considered living weapons. They are not hired into an Internet "troll office", nor are they drafted into the Wannaenid armed forces so soon, but only to be rude wherever they are. This is to make them so infamous and hated in the colonies, that they would eventually be killed by either the locals or each other, for the amusement of their masters.

The obsessive and stubborn behaviour in many online extremists in history made Jerdiskar societies value mental healthcare and moral classes more, even though many of them still suffer from some degree of mental instability.

* Whataboutism - if you do not answer directly, but show the crimes of another enemy, you are committing whataboutism. People who did so may be reported and arrested, usually by angry neighbours and coworkers instead of police officers.
	+ It is not whataboutism if you answer first, and then bring up the other issue. If the issue is your first or only answer, then it is whataboutism, and a crime. It is also whataboutism if you rephrase a question, but do not answer the previous question first, something Terrans love to do a lot.
	+ Example: "Why do the Lightbearers want to ban all those movies?"
		- "Because they are against the Lord of Light, as we must correct society for Heaven!", *then* brings up the other issue - **NOT** whataboutism
		- "Why do you Ardeschens sin against God, and KILL thousands of repentant children? What about the 10,000 children of Sarchelons?" - **WHATABOUTISM**
		- "Why do you Palguenians want to ban our religion? Why don't you accept the Word of God?!" - **WHATABOUTISM**
* Joke answers, repeated questions as answers
	+ E.g. "Why do the Scarletists want to starve the world?"
		- "Why do you rich men deny us from a socialist world dream?" (repeated again)
		- "Cope! Seethe! Cry some more!"

* Telling people to "cry some more" or comparing them to babies
* Very aggressive, rude, and hateful attitudes online
	+ Terran people developed these mentalities due to many years of upbringing and harsh conditions. These are considered too ridiculous to a Jerdiskar, too primitive and pointless.
	+ E.g. "Heathens, softies, and libs must all die! Hail Terra! Hail the Motherland! Hail my language!"
		- Terrans who used bans or threats against their language, especially if said language was from an imperial or warlike culture, would have the same language restricted or banned in the Denlotia. Even many modern Jerdiskar countries refuse to use said languages to avoid association with said enemies.
	+ "Bomb them all, b\*\*\*\*! Bomb the heathens for my children!"
		- This can be why Jerdiskar hate Terran children, associating them with the war crimes of their parents for being the reason for their hostile attitude.
		- Children of Terrans would have to prove themselves as not threats by turning themselves over and explaining. This might allow them to be purified, especially when they sit down and have a word with some Jerdiskar, so they might avoid being scolded or attacked for being Terrans.
	+ "Are you so disabled, you foreign worm? I am better than you because I have God and my race in my side!"
* Expecting others to bow down because you made something first
	+ Jerdiskar prefer simple acknowledgement.
	+ A person who demands others to respect or bow down to them because they made something first, is seen as rude and hostile to other Jerdiskar.
	+ E.g. "We Terrans founded this town, so you better leave or die. This is our home!"
	+ E.g. "We Terrans invented this device. We will take it away if you refuse to accept us, and kill you to take it back!"
* Stubbornly insisting on banning or punishing people for a petty reason, even if the culprit is sorry
	+ In Denlotian slang, a person who does this is called a "lawbender".
	+ To avoid bad experiences like this, Jerdiskar restrict bans and blacklists so they are only used in emergencies. In many countries, bans can only last for one year in maximum before they automatically expire, due to many online users being forgetful. The only true lifetime or permanent bans can ever be issued if the accused has committed a serious crime, especially in real life.
	+ If a leader is seen as too stubborn, he and the affected will be brought up to an online judge, where they state their cases. The loser of the case will be sent to prison for up to a few weeks, and if the affected wins the case, their account will be immediately unbanned by the website authorities for their innocence.
* "Nobody owes you an explanation"
	+ The five words that led to the deaths to hundreds, where anyone who supported such views was immediately accused of supporting injustice, or coming from worse environments and being selfish to survive. They were killed in anger because their views were considered as waging war on the Denlotia.
	+ In modern times, people were also punished for stating such unacceptable statements, usually by public shaming and prison.
* Blocking people for petty reasons, especially if the person has not committed serious harm on society or the blocker
	+ In Jerdiskar society, any online blocks on other users, known as "hardmuting", can only apply if the offender has committed serious harm or a serious offense. Laws there insisted that all blocks must have a valid reason, to eliminate the cause of the block as harshly as possible to forcibly prevent a grudge from taking place.
	+ By trying to block another user, the user is reporting *both* the offender and themselves to be investigated for any offenses. The blocker-to-be and the offender must attend an online session in order to force either side to apologise and face punishment, to shame them for their wrongdoing. Punishments may range from temporary suspension from the website, public shaming, probation, and the year-long ban. Offenders who are over eighteen years of age may even risk prison for attempted Terran behaviour!
	+ If the other side has committed a great offense, or threatens harm on the blocker-to-be, it is they who will be suspended or arrested, and the block immediately applies.
	+ Terrans who practiced random blocking insisted that they did so for their mental health, resulting in Jerdiskar assuming that "blocking people over a trivial reason is a sign of mental illness". It may also lead to online sessions involving blocks to also provide psychological counselling.

### Minor annoyances

A number of insignificant behaviours and practices were banned in the Denlotia for being "annoying" or "uncomfortable", branded as "Terran behaviours". This worsened the negative attitude towards the Denlotia from the Terrans, who accused its society of "forced pampering" and "collectivism".

* Putting up "for customers only" signs at a restaurant or shop's table.
* Not putting up benches everywhere in public spaces. (For example, a hallway of a shopping mall)
* Asking customers to accept a poor Internet connection, and refusing to accept instant repairs (usually due to fear of high costs)
	+ From Denlotian times onwards, the advanced status of technology made such repairs cheaper.

### Corporate behaviour

Almost every company and business is subjected to strict laws to prevent various problems from before Denlotian times. Anyone practicing or advocating pre-Denlotian business practices may be punished for Terranisation, especially if the decision is unfair to consumers. The laws also existed to suppress anyone who develops a "corporate mindset", which abuses workers, customers, and the law for the sake of profit.

Any attitude that "prioritises money/innovation over customer happiness" is seen as an abomination in Denlotian countries, most often seen in the American fanatics who invaded Jerde. It is usually punishable with torture and mob violence, due to how hated it is in the Denlotia's peoples.

Any, and all crimes, related to corporations became collectively associated with the corporations that formerly ruled much of Jerde before the Denlotian era, and their abusive attitude to their own subjects.

* Glorifying poverty
* Opposing any help to the poor
* Expressing hatred towards poor people
* Strikebreaking
* Not conceding to strikes
* Corporate influence in politics
* "Corporate attitude/mindset":
	+ Mistreating your customers and workers
	+ Practicing unpopular or hurtful decisions to maximise profit
	+ Trying to bend laws to continue abusive practices
	+ Trying to escape to another country to continue business, and avoid punishment for any abuse towards workers and customers
	+ Prioritising profit over well being and happiness

#### Terran/Old World copyright

To ensure that artists continue to receive some credit and profit, while ensuring maximum access to consumers and fans, a new system of copyright was created in the Denlotia. Again, larger companies may start to receive restrictions on access to media.

* Restrictions on media over copyright
* Removing videos in "freer" websites, to redirect viewers to a media service (even if the videos are yours).
	+ If you initially posted a work of media for free, it stays free forever, unless it is promotional media.
	+ If viewers accuse you of removing a work to direct them to a media service, you will be punished and accused of being "Terran".
* Banning forms of a work of art (like not allowing fans to create animations of your work)

## Trivia

* "Terranisation" is not to be confused with "terraformation", which is making a planet more habitable for humans.
	+ On the other hand, Jerdiskar compare Terran attempts to evangelise and spread their ideologies to a reverse terraformation, reducing what was a beautiful world into a war-torn wasteland. This led to the demonisation of all Terran people as infernal, chaotic monsters in Jerdiskar folklore.
* Terranisation represents radicalisation and the influence of extremists and Internet trolls.
	+ Ultimately, the Terrans were inspired by various Internet trolls that the author had encountered in his teenage years, depicted as warmongers and tyrannical empires given every opportunity to use their newfound powers for anything: and they instead chose evil and destruction. Later, many of the hostile behaviours and attitudes from the Terrans were largely influenced by pro-Russia trolls during the invasion of Ukraine.
	+ It also represents the desperate, inconsiderate, self-centred, and rude behaviour of online users across the world.
* Yet for their fear and hatred of the Terrans, the Jerdiskar might even become like them. From the killings of mischievious hooligans over online posts, to torturing themselves and destroying entire cultures due to their association, they were close to Terranisation by their own insanity.
	+ Three good examples of avoiding Terranisation are these: Sevraeja, Volzeraen, and Bujan. The Sevraejans and Volzeraenir welcomed good-hearted Terrans to serve alongside them, and together their descendants defeated Terran warmongers who sought to slaughter them.
	+ Although they hated Terrans for their collective crimes, the Bujanski later refused to kill Terrans who surrendered, even though they wanted to do it as revenge, because the King of Bujan did not want his people to become as cruel as them. This was after they also defeated the death gangs who attempted to slaughter all Terrans, when they started killing other Bujanski for anything even remotely similar to Terran behaviour.
	+ The corruption caused by Terranisation is also shown in Bujanski folklore and moralism as "becoming an orc".
* In Bujanski society, "Terran behaviours" are considered as rōnzo, great crimes and abominations.
	+ According to their own rules, rōnzo crimes are supposed to be punishable by torture or death, representing the scale of harm caused by those sins, or because the offender has went to war against Bujan by committing such acts.
	+ In practice, however, people who commit Terran crimes may not be simply killed, unless they have made Bujanski people angry enough. If they apologise and try to compensate the victim, they could be forgiven after they are shamed in public. It is because some of the Terran sins are not lethal, such as using slurs, using symbols of invaders, spitting at a person, or simply being rude.
	+ Asking about rōnzo crimes and words are not considered as committing rōnzo, as it is not the actual practice. However, because Bujanski people hate such terms and acts, they tend to whisper or hide, even if others may understand the intention and want to help.

Examples of Terranised behaviour:

* Minastan - selfishness, fascism, hypocrisy, weaponised pity, using pain as an excuse for destruction
* Lightbearers - whataboutism, corruption, theocracy, internet trolling and radicalisation into war
* Northern Churches of Palguenia - whataboutism, militarism, forced conversion, distortion of traditional beliefs as an instrument of control and torture

## In other languages

### Bujanski

* Otærenestvo - Terranisation, becoming evil
* Otærentǐ, Otærrentǐ - to become a Terran, to become evil
	+ Otærāntǐ, Otærāntǐ - becoming more Terran, becoming more evil

### Eosome

* Hasotjeru - Terranisation
* -tjeruhasap, -tjeru-sap - becoming Terran, becoming evil

### Rukanian

* Tynirostavja - Terranisation
* Tynirostaty - to become Terran, to be evil
	+ Tynirostavaty - becoming Terran, becoming evil

### Wannaenid

* zatjommal - to Terranise, to degrade
* zatjorintar - degradation, Terranisation, indoctrinating a Terran into becoming nothing more than a savage murderer.

## See also

* Bujanski taboos
* July 1892 taboos
* Denlotian trigger words
* Orcs, Bloka
* Four Powers
* Terran Empire, Reorganisation War, Tyrska, Church of Q
* Curse of 400
* Sarmelonisation
* Heronoification