Ungbii
Ungbii are a species of vertebrated slug originating from Weun. During the ZY 3095 election cycle for the third Weunese consulship, these unassuming creatures acted a catalyst for the downfall of the favored candidate, Senator Theoposz, dramatically altering the expected outcome of the election (p < 0.1).
Ungbii are also known by a wide variety of other names including 'blebs', 'slugs' and 'oozers'[1], most of which are vulgar slang. Their common name Ungbii is also vulgar, and thus left untranslated.
Biology
Ungbii are a Weunese species of vertebrated slug, similar to the much larger Planarians. The average Ungbii is 9.07 standard imperial units in length, discounting the posterior flagella. They have a simple digestive tract in contrast to the more complex digestive tracts of most other species.[2] Ungbii are also noted for their specialized defensive canisters(?) containing substances harmful to other organic species when ingested, colloquially called 'poison sacs'. Further information is available from Ithica Iniversity's Ketrech Zoological Collection on request.
Political impact
Ungbii have long been associated with a variety of negative stereotypes ranging from organic bauplan faults to personality operation failure modes and remained as such until the anonymous inception of a meme persuasively and humorously(?) comparing Senator Theoposz to an Ungbii. This meme and its derivatives, collectively referred to as 'Ungbiiposz', resulted in an abrupt and unpredicted loss of popularity for the Senator, due to organic subconscious disgust responses.[3] This allowed incumbent consul, Valanous, to maintain eir position in spite of eir comparatively low initial popularity, contributing to political unrest in the area during the current crisis.
- ↑ A full enumeration has yet to be compiled.
- ↑ The relative complexities of digestive tracts is difficult for the author to quantify, but organics have clarified that the author 'ought not to worry about it'.
- ↑ Memehazards are not believed to have been involved, unless their level of operation was below Xan's Threshold of Consciousness, which is unlikely for obvious reasons.
Preserving Machine (talk) 17:23, 1 January 2019 (PST)
With all respect to Selfmade emotional comprehension, some of the cultural context on the "humorous" quality of the meme appears to have been lost on the author. Not much more nuance - this is the Weunese public - but some. A factor in the Senator's rising popularity was that they had successfully molded their public image into a specific Weun political archetype, possessing youth, vigor, and what roughly translates as "moxy". The Ungbii is a moxy-bereft creature, barely qualifying as motile, and a knobbly external membrane evocative of a diseased anus. Using unflattering candid images of the Senator, 'Ungbiiposz' flipped them from their desired archetype to its antithesis - the sad, old, and gross legislator, a notion humerus because of its truth.
- R. Ebamac, NCH Eese (talk) 15:23, 2 January 2019 (PST)
The role of Ungbiiposz in the 3095 consular elections is overstated here. Theoposz was always a paper tiger who looked good in theory but didn't have what it took to appeal to anyone outside of their activist base, and their initial popularity was largely the result of them not being Valanous. Ungbiiposz was merely reflective of the change in perceptions as they came under close scrutiny from outside of their cult following for the first time, not the cause of them. Hilarious national stereotypes aside, politicians do not lose elections because of common garden memes, not even on Weun.
- Academician Khalnik (talk) 17:13, 2 January 2019 (PST)
I have no argument with the meat of Khalnik's addition here - even if I'm not in agreement with it, it's an important, and sober, counter-point in a multi-faceted political environment - but I will point out that if "common garden" memes held no significant sway over democratic processes, campaigns would not be spending on average 1/3 of their resources in public outreach trying to replicate them.
- R. Ebamac, NCH Eese (talk) 22:09, 2 January 2019 (PST)
