Propaganda Bullshit Clarified

  
35 years ago, after restraints regarding journalistic integrity were lifted, a partisan asshole started talking shit and was well funded for it.  That asshole is Rush Limbaugh.  Eventually other people realized how well paid this guy was and wanted to do the same.  For very rich people on the Right, keeping people blinded to the truth kept them flush with numbers and actually saved them a TON of money!
 
Now their mistruths have encroached upon open ignorance.  "Pedophile Democrat Cannibals" and "philanthropists like Bill Gates and George Soros lulling us all into a false sense of security so they can spring their trap and make us part of their new world order of Socialists (*who are also somehow dictators)"  
 
What does this ludicrous misinformation serve?  Well.  Imagine me telling you that the Koch family has engaged in a fear campaign to shut down Canadian gas and oil by riling up environmentalists as their unwitting foot soldiers?  That sounds pretty silly, doesn't it?  Except that it's true.  
 
By flooding the information network with ludicrous information, the ludicrous real is actually allowed to operate invisibly.  So what can you believe!?  
 
Good question.  The first question you need to ask in order to answer that is "Who is supposedly doing this...and what is their motivation?"  Lets leave the "Pedophile Cannibal" to the fairy tales, shall we?  There are two basic motivations:  1) To serve the self.   2) To leave a legacy.   

Billionaires on the Right have one motivation: The Self.  Billionaires on the Left are all about leaving a legacy.  This is very basic stuff.  Tucker Carlson or one of those other condescending idiot talking heads have been trying to promote that the Left are the 'Fascists'... except under the name "Communists" or "Socialists".  They even tried to push the nonsense that the Nazi were "Socialists" because "It's right there in the name".  They have so many people's heads twisted around with their lies that people don't know their Right from their Left anymore.  The following are questions you didn't even know to ask that are a complete distortion of the truth: 
 
1)  Were the NAZI Socialists?  No.  Hitler took the over the party that had gained traction with the lower middle class and worker class who were suffering after WW1.  Though originally a Socialist party, by 1933 he had transformed it into a fascist party but still kept the name as he became Chancellor of Germany. Nazi according to Britannica

 
2)  Will going Left risk us of becoming a Socialist Country?  No.  The US is so far to the Right that it is more in danger of becoming fascist.  The things we think of when we think of "Socialism" and "Communism" are actually a thoroughly broken or deceptive form of govt.  The CCP for instance, is a two tiered system with very aggressive corporate interests working in conjunction with a corrupt govt. in order to value and devalue their own currency and get an edge in the global market.  The lower levels are discouraged from ambition while being forced to serve.  (So, basically, Fascism)
 
Real Communism can't exist.  All efforts to try have been so autocratic (Right Wing) in practice that they cannot even remotely be considered Left Wing.  You would stand a better chance of us all turning into unicorns than Communists.  
 
The furthest Left any country has ever gone is a "True Democracy" and very few places can pull that off.  
 
3) What is Leftist as opposed to Rightist, really?  Simply put, Left is about resources for people while the Right is about Resources for the rich and corporations.  A balance is needed.  Currently, in the US, the balance is faltering and resources have been far too lop sided to the Right.
 
4) But if the "Socialist" goons take over, they will control what we say and what we think!!!  No one gives a shit about what you think (I know that's harsh but it's the truth)...except to sell you stuff...or to pull one over on you as in the case of the Republican Billionaires.  That far Left stuff is a social impetus not a political one.  Trust me, the middle left hate their nonsense as much as you do.  
 
5)  Biden stole the vote from Trump!!!  It has been 4 years worth of Trump's smoke and mirrors.  If you don't see any of it?  Then you have been watching Right wing propaganda pretending to be news.  60/60 courts ruled in favor of the vote being legit...including the SC that Trump stacked.  Trump tried to cheat before the election.  He even tried to cheat after under the ruse of "Finding election fraud" while trying to coerce Secretaries of State as well as Governors to cheat on his behalf and employing prostitutes to testify in court.  You have to ask yourself the question:  Were all those people corrupt against Trump... or was Trump, a known cheater and grifter trying to cheat?  If you see the logic, the truth becomes quite clear.
 
6)  Aren't Right Wing Billionaires our friends?  Like Trump, the only thing they care about is themselves.  You are a means to that end.  Nothing more.  During the time of the Industrial Revolution, children as young as 6 were working in dirty, dangerous factories 16 hours a day, 7 days a week.  They were paid just enough to live.  That is literally what soulless autocrats would do if they could.  These are not nice people...and the talking heads at Fox News are their lying mouth pieces.  You would do well to believe nothing they say.  The Right wing controls at least 50 "Think Tanks" which have one goal in mind "How to control you".  They do this through image branding, spinning truth and social media.  They use social media, in fact, to study your reaction to different stimulus... all for their research.  Sounds scary?  It is.  The recent troubles are, in fact, testament to their "Success".  It isn't going to stop.  We all have to wise up.  The best way to do that is to instill restrictions on sensationalist "news", and promote education with emphasis on critical thinking.

Top 10 Things Everyone Wants to See in Far Cry 6

That's right.  I have the authority to speak for everyone because I am so narcissistic that everything I believe to be right for me should be right for everyone!  No.  But that does not stop me from mocking those who think that way.

These are 10 things that should be in Far Cry 6 because I say so and I'm perfect.  That's what my mom says (again mocking).

#10  Far Cry ... IN SPACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE
Where do we go from here?  Tropical Island...did it...twice.  Africa.  Himalayas.  10k years ago.  Where next? Underwater?  Fortunately, Far Cry is about insanity and is about the experience in one's mind.  The cool part about that is that you can be insane anywhere.  Want an Edgar Rice Burroughs Sci Fi of basically ether propelled gunships flying to mars to encounter aliens that look like Zulus?  You can do it.   Maybe a modern Sci Fi set on a distant world.  Then you can have Anti Grav belts with jets or whatever to get around.  Enemies could be space pirates or sentient robots...whatever.  Practically writes itself.  


#9  The Return of Reggie and Yogi.  I loved Reggie and Yogi.  These two stoner/squatter/drug developers.  You start off wanting to kill them for setting you up for what seems to be certain death but their quests are an absolute thrill.  Good music and psychedelic color changes.  Their quests are always challenging with limited equipment.   You're basically tripping balls and all sorts of crazy things seem to be happening.  It's an absolute joy!  Plus these two are just hilarious.    

#8  SoundTrack with Zany and Stylized Music like Bombay Twist and Hippy Shit Respectively
So many people love Far Cry 3 but #4 made serious inroads in mobility as well as music.  Far Cry 2 started the idea that you became a monster through violence.  Far Cry 3 tried very hard to convince you that you were basically insane.  Far Cry 4 said "Yes...you are basically a blood crazed killer but that doesn't have to be a drag!"  Here the most amazing music plays as you blast through the countryside at different times.  It's a treat when you get it...and it's not common enough to get boring.  'Well Done' I say.

#7  A Story that avoids using 'Game Logic'.  One of the worst things a story writer can do is to write a story highlighting the illogic of the game.  You cannot be shot in the head and be 'revived' in any version of logic so don't point at it.  Avoid the Topic.  Whatever you do, DO NOT USE IT IN A STORY!  Oh...he did?  Fucking idiot!  In FC 5 there is a scene where you have to shoot your friends so as to 'Revive' them because they all turn on you due to some mind control gas or something.  The fastest way to do this is to shoot them in the head.  In Wolfenstein: The New Order, there is a scene where you have been gutted and drugged.  You round a corner where you find escaped freedom fighters.  They are instantly concerned with you then realize the elevator is down and practically trip over you to get to it...leaving you alone to sew up and push in your own intestines and get over being drugged (I mean - Hell - It has been like 3 seconds...get over it already!)  Only idiots write game logic stories and only super idiots hire them.

#6  Hurk.  The cool part about Hurk is that he can easily represent a modern demographic of the overconfident uninformed (I think we all know who I'm talking about).  It's hard to hate Hurk because he will always find a way to harm himself or get pissed on in a cage or something.  He's great for comic relief in that regard.

#5  Dial Back the Animals.  In FC2 there were no animals to worry about.  In FC3, we found caged animals in bases or those stalking bases that could do our work for us if we managed it right.  In FC4, it was like a Short Bus trip to the zoo if anyone was wandering around.  EAGLE! BEAR! WOLF! LEOPARD! Eventually, you just shake your head with a 'Bad Design' remark and let the wild animal of the half-minute feast.  FC Primal was all about animals.  It might as well be called Dr. Doolittle 8k BC.  FC3 had the best balance.

#4  Weave Interaction Between Versions.  When Longinus tells you that he had been shot in the head losing his terrible former self and baptized by the waters of Goka falls (FC2), that was awesome!  When Willis Huntley tells you that the last guy he worked with was "Some SoCal Douchebag" (FC3)  I loved it!  Keep up the good work!

#3  More: We've "taken all your stuff now deal with it" Missions.  Having excellent equipment and laying down massive firepower is nice but, sometimes, we all want that "bare knuckle, seat of the pants, sneaking, stabbing and hide the body" Missions.  Sometimes we need a kick to be forced to think outside-the-box.  We'll love you for it afterward. 

#2  Give me an ending that doesn't include a complimentary kick to the balls.  FC3 did this best.  It asks the question: Is saving your friends all about you or all about them?  If you answer this by saying "This was all about me having power...they were only a means to that end...and I kill them in verification to that" Well that's about as evil as a person can be and you get a very bad ending for it.  If you save your friends, you say "I'm done killing and I need to find a way back to who I was before all this" - You get a much better ending.  Quite beautiful, actually.  You're probably going to be spending time in the mental hospital but you know who you want to come back to and why.  In FC4, you discover that the people you have been fighting for are as big or bigger shitheads than the guy who's forces you were fighting.  Everyone around you seems to have bought it so completely as well.  Don't even get me started on FC5.

#1  Interesting and Captivating Villains.  There have been many interesting villains in the Far Cry series.   Sometimes it's those who you least suspect that turn out to be the villains.  Sometimes the villains are clear yet they show a compassion to a fate they feel to be worse than death (Like Vaas).  Sometimes the villains are awful to everyone except for the protagonist (Like Pagan).  Whatever the case, the series prides itself on making the villain interesting from FC2 onward.  Good Job!

Christmas Mind Break

We are all home for the holidays.  

Those things that bother you.  They can wait.

Old Grudges lay festering.  They can wait.

The President or PM is a dufus.  They can wait.

Family is here.  
Make it special.  
Though you are different, 
Make this Season about what you share.

Choose love and ask forgiveness of those you have done wrong to.  Even an unfaithful spouse.  
Own what is yours.  
To let others own the rest or not is their choice.

Treat others with joy and happiness.
You make the world a little better with just a smile.

Choose because you can.

There is no wound to hold you back
Bringing joy to the world

...When you have the power to choose.

The Fowler - fiction framing

Those who worship The Devil are divided into several categories with the sole motivation of bringing the weak to a self-destructive end.  'The Fowler' is a specialty class.  They are not openly Devil worshipers but are those who are exposed to possession of the more subtle demonic classes.  The possession usually happens at a very early age.

There is no head spinning or floating around the room speaking in tongues like in a movie.  They are possessed, though, so you will notice that they will erupt in negativity often enough that it is unsettling.  

In these people, you will find the scared and lonely children.  For those who have suffered, it is hard not to be heartfelt and empathetic to them.  That is the snare.

Fowlers never do well with balanced individuals.  First they sense that something is off.  Next is exposure to an eruption of negativity.  This is usually where the balanced individual goes "OoooKayyy" and breaks things off later from a safe distance.  Either that or they just use them for sex making absolutely fricking sure they do not have a baby with them.  The sex is generally pretty bad because they are just not present while it is happening.

A Fowler will come into your life and create a co dependence and pull their weight in areas of your life where you are weak.  They will undermine your vitality, independence and self confidence.  

As they create a sense of indispensability for the relationship, they will move to demand more of the things that, to give, will be a slap in the face of your past self and life lessons leaving you a hollow shell of a human being.  Yet you feel that you have no choice.  

When you are sitting in Emergency at the hospital waiting for your partner to be done with the prostitute they are openly seeing on a regular basis so that they can come over to pick you up but they might not because all this health stuff you have going on with you is "Very hard on them" then you realize the one thing you need that they can not truly give is emotional support.  That is when it is time to make a choice: Live or Die.     

If 'Live', you have to get out into the world again.  You have to manage those things that you haven't managed well in the past.  You have to kill the co dependence.  The worst thing you could be thinking is that you don't have a choice and have to stay with them.  You will be emotionally lying to them on a regular basis.  You will be hating yourself for it.  You will be propping up the relationship as a way of lying to yourself.  Don't bother taking your troubles to a marriage counselor.  The Fowler is a skilled covert narcissist and will not deal openly and truthfully to any counselor.  They will attempt to win over any mediation with lies and bullshit.  If they don't get their way, they will shut down or storm out.  If you argue with them directly, they use their knowledge of you to manipulate the conversation to being dropped.   Despite the obvious lack of regard for the truth, the Fowler will often come into your life claiming it to be one of their highest ideals.  

 They will start treating you more and more like an object as their tendrils encroach themselves into your life.  The charm that your partner used to show you is only on display for other people.  You will be a self-made mockery of some sitcom couple around other people.  The Fowler will relish this as they know the contrast between that and who you really are only fucks with you.  The Fowler will only treat you as well as it needs to in private.  They will read material AT you that you didn't even request or show interest in.  The lock is "The relationship is essential".  The more you believe that...the more they will abuse you.  

Essentially the Fowler is an Adult-Child wrapped in evil.  They encroach themselves into every aspect of your life first undermining your independence by attacking what you feel weakest about.  When they've established a powerful co dependence, they start killing your very essence.  They will make you re-live past trauma and damn you even further by doing so with your "Blessing".  

...and she is also a Republican.  Sweet Dreams, children!



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Huniepop Game Review - It's just deep enough to be disturbing

I haven't played many Japanese anime type games.  I figured that before I kick off, I should give at least one a try.  To be clear, Huniepop is an 'Adult' game in that it shows sexy pictures of anime women comprising (at its worst) of boobs and panty shots.  There is an endless Candycrushesque game that is meant to represent sex.  There is a turn based version that is meant to represent dating.  

You get to know the women by asking them about themselves.  They also tend to ask you more questions about your opinion on certain things.  If you answer the right way, you gain points with them.  There are 10 in the regular game and 2 (an alien and a mental patient who thinks she is a cat) that you unlock by certain actions.  Each woman seems complete in several ways.  

You are introduced to this world and given the rundown of the various women by a small white anime fairy who thinks she is a black man. 

Because nothing is more sexy than a small white girl acting like a large black man.  No wonder millennials struggle so much with sexual identity; they don't come out of the closet, they just rearrange what's in there.  

Seems interactive so far, right?  Well here's where things get creepy.  

You tell every woman exactly what she wants to hear...regardless of whether you really believe it or not.  That's pretty sociopathic but wait...there's more.  There is one girl who is either a cat who looks very much like a human or a mental patient who thinks she is a cat.  My money is on the latter.  Either way, you are having sex with either a cat or an escaped mental patient who think she is a cat...That's pretty sick.  There was a controversy in online linear society that suggested that she was also under age.  She says she is one year old because 'That is 18 in cat years'.   Really?  Innocuous data gets you heated and not the fact that you are trying to screw a delusional mental patient!?
  
So, the two things we can come away from this about who your character actually is (not what he says to the women in the game) that he is a lying sack of shit with low moral character.   

After your first conquest, the fairy is so impressed with your creepy ability to scheme women into having sex with you that she wants to be a part of that as well.  Apparently, this racial appropriating pixie also has no self-esteem.  When you are done treating the original women like penis meat, The Love Goddess, Venus is "So Impressed" with "your skill" that she "Wants to give you a try".  Seriously.  How does any guy in Japan ever get laid at all if any of this is even remotely close to their logic!?

The thing is:  There really is a way to manipulating women into having sex with you.  It is a pattern of psychological manipulation and the only people who ever use it intentionally are human garbage.   

Here's the surprising thing, and what I believe is fucked up with the collective perspective in the world:

In a world where just about anyone can buy a game where you can make heads explode, set people on fire, torture and/or maim them,  we consider showing boobs and panties to be "Adult Only".  Guess what?  We all came from a pussy and sucked on tits right after.  There is nothing inherently evil about genitals and sexuality.

That being said, I would keep this game as 'Adult' as it contains the underlying idea that being deceptive and of questionable moral character is 'rewarding'.  That's a very nefarious ideal to implant on the impressionable.  

Great Stupid American Moments in History - The M4 Sherman "Tommy Cooker"

Though considered equal as a tank early in WW2,  The M4 was retained by the pig-headedness of General Patton.  He wanted to "Out Blitz" the German Blitzkrieg maneuver by keeping a tank that had WAY less armor and a WAY smaller gun than the new arrival German counterparts (The Tiger and The Panther). 

To be clear:  The M4 was okay early in the war because of the winning formula of half decent armor combined with a light and fast airplane engine (That used EXTREMELY volatile Fuel) meant that the Sherman could get around with only dead crews complaining how much that completely sucked!

As early as '42, The first Tigers rolled out and it was a bitch.  The tank crews in the dated M4 didn't enjoy cruising around the countryside in what amounted to, essentially, a rolling cremation machine.  Somewhere along the line they got the name "Ronson"("Lights up every time) and "Tommy Cookers" from the Jerries. 

Into Europe, The Allies needed a tank capable of fighting against the Tiger and Panther, which, would likely be fortified in entrenched positions.  The US had a design for such a tank but it would require a little bit of time for factories to retool as well as logistics. 

Patton, being the thick headed "Decisive" prick that he was said "Fuck it.  We use what we came with and build more to preserve impetus".  He wasn't the one cooking in a tank as the allies lost 5 tanks to one German tank. 

Meanwhile the out-of-touch war department starts asking the question "Why are we losing so many tanks?" 

Patton didn't want to report these losses because it would have undermined the tunnel vision of his strategy. 

The thing is:  The Allies wouldn't have needed any more than 1 in 5 super heavy tanks.  Enough armor for them to defeat the long 75 on the Panther at over 600 yards.  It doesn't even have to be a direct fire gun.  Maybe a mobile MASSIVE howitzer with armor using indirect fire.  Instead you relegate tank crews to die in the worst way possible.  You could still use most of the Sherman tanks to flush out enemy tanks and secure towns with infantry.  Since the air war had been dominated by the allies, there was no good reason not to use close combat support aircraft to stomp the fuck out of Panthers and Tigers since they didn't usually come equipped with even a turret mounted MG.  There is no good reason not to have tanks bristling with smoke launchers.  The best way not to be shot is not to be seen. 

Patton knew about Blitzkrieg tactics with combined arms strategy but he didn't have the versatility of mind to adapt it and use it effectively.  The meat head's only thought was "The enemy is off balance keep pushing forward"...Typical American "If giving it a little gas is good, flooring it is so much better".  So, instead of strategic consideration to an enemy hard point,  The tank crews were ordered to charge them in their tin foil coffins loaded up with fuel and explosives.  All that because "Old Blood and Guts" said if you didn't, you were a coward who deserved to be shot.  Although it wasn't Patton being shot.  It's fine to be brave it it isn't you who is doing the dying. 

It is not an easy path being a commanding officer.  You need a bundle of academic intelligence to be sure.  Logistics requires consideration of the data.  Yet, you can't just have linear thinking.  You have to have lateral thinking as well.  To this day, the latter is the less valuable skill.

Immediately after the war, Patton died in a car crash.  I'd like to think that karma is a bitch like that.  Maybe his essence will have joined those who suffered horrible deaths.  Maybe his spirit will have gained wisdom his corporeal body could not. 
 

 

I was Hating on someone...Then I Thought about the Metaphor

Two friends back in Cadets way back in the day.  We were Summer employed NCO's along with a bunch of others.  I trusted this guy with my life.  Anyway he gave me advice that pissed off an entire group of people.  They got together and told this large Reg. Force Private that I called his (one of my fellow employed NCO's) girlfriend a 'Slut'.  I'm pretty sure I didn't.  He beat me up and I was discharged and sent home on a bus. 

This... guy.  Who I thought was my friend took my trust and fucked me with it. 

Heather, the name of the 'Girlfriend', was less than 18.  She was a leadership cadet and didn't like the idea of former rifle cadets getting Summer NCO jobs even for a rifle course.  She especially took a disliking to me from the beginning.  She was making "Observations" about every little thing I was doing and ratting me out to the 'Commandant'.  The Commandant was a fat, useless piece of shit who's name I forgot.  The Canadian Forces in their infinite stupidity, gave this guy the title of "Commander of Western Canadian Cadets" Or some fucking thing.  I wouldn't have trusted him with half a sack of pissed-in bag wine.  He was clearly out to throw his fat ass of power around for kicks.  I wouldn't let this clown near a playground and the fucking idiots in charge said "Hey...you're a clown...go look after the children!"

But I digress.

He would give me shit on a daily basis for kicks.  He would tell me not to talk back to him when I tried to explain myself.  I know he was just taking the piss when he yelled at me about helping load a truck one day and yelled at me again not helping the next.

I had been a solid cadet to that point.  Always willing to "Go over the Rail" (rappel) even though I was afraid of heights.  I taught classes.  I won an award every year.  I was one of the top 10 marksmen in this country.  My uniform was excellent.  I didn't rise in rank much because I didn't go the Leadership route. 

I stopped giving a shit about cadets after that point.  I missed parade and then again the following week at my home armory.  They called me and asked me what was going on.  I told them I was done.  They said "You aren't done until you turn in your uniform".  I turned in my uniform and quietly walked away. 

The following year, I grew my hair long. 


When you see people like "Trump" at the head of the most powerful country in the world how do you grab a rifle and shoot at someone with it?  How do you justify murder on the orders of an idiot?  I've experienced a chain of command where I wanted to shove my rifle so far up my commanders ass that it comes out his mouth and roast him on a spit like the fat stupid pig he was. 

Would I listen to him to shoot someone?  There are people who, for the common good, should be killed.  I'm not talking about the poor and the weak.  I'm talking about pure shitheads like Gordon Campbell. 

Instead of giving this asshole a bullet, The Queen gives him two fucking medals. 

This is where I'm at:  My expectations have adjusted to the point where I see people as sheep and the herders are children.  The Queen is just a little girl caught in a fairy tale. 

Obedience? 

When you carry a rifle into combat, you are carrying a shovel to a shit show of the worst job in the world.  The glory is the cause.  If the cause is right, sure.  How many wars have been truly 'Right'. 
WW1 was started because someone was assassinated and every country was waving their arsenal penises in the air.  WW2 happened because of unresolved issues of WW1.  Korea was a good cause.  Communist China was being a dick.  The commander-in-chief of allied forces was an absolute inept cunt by the name of Douglas MacArthur .  It was a good cause then "Dug out Doug" Blitzkrieged his way to the Chinese border right up the middle...while on both sides he was flanked by Chinese troops and cut off.  It didn't endanger Doug though.  He fucked his troops and fucked off out of there like he did in the Philippines. 

Obedience.

I Question it.  My former friend?  He revels in it.  There are photos online of his efforts to preserve the integration of it in our youth. 

I would never have been a good soldier.  I take pride in that.

Worst Lyrics EVER! Tomorrow by Silverchair

I was in Vegas attending a few concerts.  I discovered a Silverchair song on the down time on YouTube.  I instantly loved the song.  It was extremely well made Alternative Rock.  Then I made the mistake of looking up the lyrics for this song: Tomorrow.  

Sometime lyrics can add an incredible dimension to music.  Anyone who is able to make music this good should have lyrics to match, right? 

That’s what I thought.  Just like good lyrics can add a dimension and make a good song even better, bad lyrics will undermine the song to the point of pointlessness…coupled with the betrayal of false passions regarding bathrooms and sinks…and you have this song.  This song isn’t just slightly reduced by shoddy lyrics,  it is completely castrated by it.

 “It’s 12 O’clock and it’s a wonderful day”

Yeah?  So?

“I know you hate me but I'll ask anyway 
Won't you come with me to a place in a little town 
The only way to get there's to go straight down”

Why would I hate you for asking for me to go with you to a place in a little town?  What is this place?  Denny’s?  Why is the town “Little”?   What does that have to do with anything?  Are you talking in metaphors?  Sexual innuendo?  Is this a wordy way of saying you want me to go down on you!?  Is the “Going Down” part of a lowering of one’s standards…if so, why does it have to be in a “Little Town”?  Couldn’t it be in a suburb or a big city…maybe even another planet under some dome…or maybe.  MAYBE where the “Place is located” is irrelevant to the metaphor!

“There’s no bathroom and there is no sink” 

Why not talk about the correct drywall?  Are they using PVC or Copper for the plumbing!?  So you can’t take a shit, and even if you could, you wouldn’t be able to wash your hands in the sink.  

Maybe Silverchair should have a verse advising the listener to use the facilities ahead of time…or maybe wear Depends?  The “Place” doesn’t have a bathroom or sink but does it have adult diapers?

“The water out of the tap is very hard to drink (Passionately repeated a second time)”  

Because we’re down in this “place” and I’ve gone to the bathroom but NOW I’M THIRSTY!  I’M THIRSTY!!!  Why is the water hard to drink?  Do you have to suck it out of the “Tap”?  WAIT!  Is that a sexual metaphor!?  Or is the actual drinking of it “Hard” because it tastes awful?  So far I’m not loving the idea of “Going to this place in a little town”. 

“You, wait til tomorrow” (repeated)

For what?  Going to some shitty place with no bathroom or sink that you’re asking me to come with you to?  What am I waiting for!?  This makes NO SENSE!

“You say that money isn’t everything but I’d like to see you live without it”. 

It’s not that money is nothing…it’s just not “everything”.  And “You’d like to see me live without it”!?  Well!  You can go to your shitty place with no bathroom or sink by YOURSELF!

“You Think you can keep on going living like a king.  Oohh babe, but I strongly doubt it”  

Yes!  I have a Throne AND  a sink!  Why are you calling me “Babe” since a “King” is always a guy and you are a guy singing this.   I don’t think you are gay…I am pretty damn sure I’m not. 

“Very hard to drink” (Repeated passionately) .   You tell me water isn’t everything but I’d like to see you live without it!  Stop sucking on the taps!  Your “Little Place” sucks!  Go get your deposit back!

“You gonna wait too, fat boy.  Fat boy, wait til tomorrow.” 

I originally thought this said “You’re going ‘away’ too, fat boy”.  I was like Yeah!  Can’t take it with you no matter how much you “Fat Cats” hoard at the expense of everyone else!

Nope.

“You gonna wait too, fat boy”  because, come tomorrow?  You’re going to have to wait some more!  But wait!  There’s more!  The “Tomorrow” after that?  You’re going to wait again!  Just wait for that!  Can’t you wait?  Too bad, fat boy! You just wait til tomorrow because then you're going to have to wait to wait some more!

Summary  This song confounds me because the lyrics are so terrible but the music is excellent!  Now that I know the lyrics, I can't un-ring that bell.  The members who wrote these face-palm-worthy lyrics were only like 13 at the time.  Not surprisingly,  these are exactly the type of lyrics a 13 year old would write.  I think the surprising part is that they were worthy musicians capable of creating a brilliant musical piece at that age...which I think to be the much greater talent than throwing words together that make sense. 

Is Donald Trump The Devil?

• 2.1Lust
• 2.2Gluttony
• 2.3Greed
• 2.4Sloth
• 2.5Wrath
• 2.6Envy
• 2.7Pride
  
  He has every single one. 
  
  This isn't 'Lucifer'...a re imagining of The Devil as a former angel that got tossed into Hell tasked to do the worst job in the universe.  This is about: If The Devil were to take shape in this mortal realm and do as much damage as humanly possible, what would be his perfect form?  Answer:  Donald J. Trump.  Let me elaborate.
  
  Why do the religious support this guy?  Why do his cronies in the Republican Party?  Because they are WEAK and he leads them all into Temptation.
  
  With the belief in God comes a certain Euphoria.  It's very comforting to believe that someone has your back both in this mortal realm and afterward.  Is it true?  I don't know.   When someone talks with certainty that "I Got This"...it sure is nice to believe them, isn't it?  It is so nice that it is easy to look away from what they are truly doing...while what they are saying keeps feeding you that 'Euphoria'.
  
  They call the Devil "The Lord of Lies" for a reason, you know.  It has been his business for thousands of years.  A folksy manner might be part of his deceit. 
  
  The Republican Party follow the agenda of the rich and powerful.  As long as their boy keeps pounding out the agenda, they are happy to play along.  The more shit he has been found out for doing, the more "Donny won't Play", the more these old bastards use loopholes and the power of the Republican controlled Senate to make sure Mr. Trump stays above the law.  When any leader can 'be above the law', you no longer have a proper Democracy, you have a Dictatorship.  The Dems are playing for time while Trump is in office.  They figure that once he is out of there, they can pursue charges properly.  The next step in this effective Dictatorship is to rig the Presidential election.  It seems the Republicans made a "Deal with the Devil"  Metaphorically?  At least.
  
  The Devil would thrive on world instability and Hatred.  What would be better for instability than to appear weak to your enemies and alienate your friends?  To allow Saudi Arabia to literally get away with murder "Because they are our biggest Client?"  What are they buying?  'Military Hardware'!?  To allow Putin to get away with fucking with the US election?  
   
  The Devil would thrive on tearing a nation apart.  One side would view him as a more charismatic Jimmy Stewart while the other side sees him as some kind of Batman Villain.  He would use social media to keep putting fuel on that fire (Twitter).  The Devil loves anger and hatred.
  
  The Devil would deny Climate Change forging ahead with "Clean Coal" to create jobs.  Division, Hatred, and Destruction.
  
  In 1971, police would have raided the White House and pulled everyone out of there and subjected them all to a Nuremberg Trial for corruption and gross negligence for even half of what they have so far gotten away with. 
  
  I think everyone should have a right to vote but only if they even know what "Socialism" means.  "What are the Three Branches of Government?".  Stuff like that.  If you are too stupid or lazy (Like most Trump Supporters) to even gain a basic understanding of government then you shouldn't be involved in the process to elect one someone FOR government.  The problem is "Who gets to decide" what the test will be about?  "Which fork to use with the salad" might be elementary to rich folks but not so much to the rest of us.  This just might be another avenue for Republican Gerrymandering of a sort. 
  
  We all picture The Devil to be some scary menacing creature with horns that gives everyone nightmares of what Hell would be like.  What would he really look like if he were to show up on Earth and do as much damage as possible?
  
  He would look like a folksy politician.  Just another guy.  His actions would speak volumes to the logical but those of feeling would be swayed by his human (appearing) calm certainty. 
  
  He would fuel his opponents with anger and laugh about riling them up with "His Chums". 
  
  He would divide a nation with this.  He would ruin a Democracy by creating a "Loophole" criminal presidency where he couldn't be tried and made himself above the law. 
  
  He would ruin the environment by creating jobs that continue to destroy it (for instance: Coal). 
  
  He would conspire with a corrupt foreign power to attack the foundation of Democracy.
  
  He would allow other countries to murder US citizens without repercussions.
   If The Devil were to exist on Earth, I can't imagine anyone who would be more exactly like him than Donald J. Trump.   

Game of Thrones Season 8 - Fire your Accountant: The numbers don't add up!

Jon Snow and the forces of the North along with many other kingdoms went to help fight off the Undead.  In a desperate struggle, we see a great army assembled with irregular Cavalry in the middle - exactly where they shouldn't be.  They are facing off against a larger army of the undead by what seems to be a factor of 10+.  The battle starts as a horde of Dothraki Cavalry charge steady infantry (essentially) Frontally.  

Historically, the idea behind this might be to shake the enemy morale enough to disrupt their lines and exploit a weakness that can be punched through on a follow up attack.  

There are 2 reasons why this doesn't make sense.   
1) The undead don't suffer "Morale" issues. and
2) There isn't going to be a follow up attack because the troops aren't attacking.

The best use of light cavalry would have been to attack the flanks or send the horses away and use those soldiers as ground troops.

The fight was epic and full of action.  The castle was overrun.  A few hold out heroes were fighting against overwhelming odds.  Heroes were sneaking along the crypts just to survive.  Many died in this battle and, what seemed to be only a handful of survivors lived.  

The original idea was that Cersi would take advantage of a decimated army having beaten itself up supremely against the Night King.  This would have been perfectly evil and within her character...and the numbers would have made sense.  

Maybe with Jon, he would have picked up more support as he travelled south but the 'Unsullied' were finite and Dany certainly wouldn't have "Held several thousand back" if she was fighting for her life.   

 At the funeral pyres there were A LOT more alive than was even possible and, THEN, Somehow, they managed to dig up enough soldiers to march down and take on King's Landing!

On the way sailing down, one dragon and all the Dothraki were seemingly destroyed on the water by the 'Iron Fleet' and their hot new weapon "The Scorpion".  At the battle of King's Landing, several more THOUSAND Dothraki SOMEHOW appear to fight in THAT!!!  

Maybe the Dothraki are related to Wile E Coyote and can die many times but keep showing up in the next scene.

HOW DID THEY FIGHT TO A MAN IN WINTERFELL AND PULL AN ARMY TOGETHER GREAT ENOUGH TO TAKE ON KING'S LANDING IN A FEW WEEKS!?  

During the battle for King's Landing, we discovered that the dragon's breath also has an explosive effect on stone buildings.  Seriously?  Don't get me wrong, it LOOKS pretty cool but logic is, obviously, the greatest causality of this series.  

The acting and directing are awesome but, I have to wonder.  This looks more like Fan-Fic for its lack of congruity.

Racial Stupidity

What I find really curious up here in Canada is how many Black folk I run into who are sold on this concept of 'Racial Tension' and the 'Crimes of the Old White Man'. 

I grew up in Vancouver.  There weren't a whole lot of Blacks (Mostly East Indian and Chinese) but the ones I met?  At least a third of them were total assholes.   My best friend in grade 2 was black.  His name was Ray Clark (Yeah Like the singer).  I played with him and fought with him and whatnot.  You know.  What kids do.  His dad stormed upstairs with him and I watching TV.  He brought a newspaper with him.  He ordered me to read an article in a newspaper he brought up.  I faked it because I didn't want to read a fucking newspaper article (did I mention GRADE 2).   He then kicked me out of his house.  

My first exposure to racism in regard to black folk was a black person's unreasonable racial intolerance  of me.

The last time was by a customs agent at the airport a few months back.  He didn't like me and it was emanating from his voice, his body language, everything.  He kept interrupting and correcting.  He was very demeaning.  The only time he was nice was when he was trying to get me to say something that would keep me out of the country.  Then when I was answering one of his questions, he stamps and shoves my passport back in my face, gives me his best 'Fuck You' look and tells me to 'Go'.   
   
I had a black friend attack me while I was looking at my cards while him and I were playing crib.  A flurry of fists as I was falling back in my chair.  That fucker beat me black and blue.  I finally stood up and fought back when I was able.  I told him to knock it off and he did then he kicked me out of his room.  Because I was all 'Loyalty over Integrity' in my early 20s, I didn't get him kicked out.  He told me later that he attacked me because 'He felt tension between us'.  That was it.  

As I said before; I have lived in Vancouver almost all my life.  I'm white and practically a minority here.  If I were to feel racial tension at all, don't you think it would be toward one of the other main groups of minorities!?  

Yet most of the black folk I see around here (what?  Like 1%!?) carry this massive chip on their shoulder...you know like all this history we've had with them.  You know.  Slave owners of the Alberta Oil Sands.  And what?  Who can forget The Emancipation Proclamation 2. 0 by Alexander MacKenzie (except everyone because it didn't fucking happen).   

You know?  I've gotten so much shit for being 'Racist' by way of my being 'Older and White' not just by the few black people I happen to run across but by young white people.  I've had reasons not to like certain people who have happened to be black.  If I were to categorize then I would say that a third of all black people I've met were total shit heads.  Is it because of a perceived tension?  Is it because of my history with certain individuals that make me classify them subconsciously based on a proportion of experience?

I don't know. 

But what I do know is that when I get into an elevator and there is another person who doesn't know me and is absolutely dripping with hatred toward me:  There is something really wrong.  

The New Generation Needs to Focus on Critical Thought

I was listening to the MTV music awards the other night.  I figure between the terrible music and the errant bullshit that drops out of some of these 'PC' folk's mouths, it would be like a test of stamina.  It didn't take long before I had to switch it off.  The opening statements where one of the announcers started -

Kevin Hart told the audience they were "allowed to kneel," He continued: "You can do whatever you want, there's no old white men to stop you."

So 'Which' old white men specifically?  Oh.  So you are prejudging based on age and race.  Otherwise you would have said "Old White Man" in reference to Trump.  

See...The Devil is laughing his ass off.  If I get onto a bus and I see two double seats unoccupied.  One next to a black guy (and I don't give a fuck if you think my using the term 'Black' is racist. It isn't) and the other is next to a white guy.  They both look up and see me.  The black guy recognizes that I'm an older white man and has views about that.  He gives me a look.  I give him a look back.  I sit next to the white guy and some millennial douche bag in the back calls me a 'Racist'.  

This is a microcosm of the problems today.
  
The thing you have to understand about racism is that RACISM is the problem, not RACE.

As long as you are announcing on TV that all old white men are racists then you are no better than some redneck in the deep South using the 'N' word in anger.  Worse, in fact, because you are promoting a faulty belief system on national TV.  The same "Belief System" that caused African Americans to suffer for 300 years!!!  You have, effectively, become the thing you hate.  

The Devil is ROFLHMFAO and Martin Luther King Jr. is spinning in his grave.  

It drives me crazy how black servicemen were treated in WW2.  They deserved to be treated exactly like the heroes they were instead of - what they got (scoffing in disgust).  

The truth of the matter is that we are all a little prejudice.   We are all a little racist.  The trend toward perfection is unrealistic.  I've met black people I don't like.  I don't judge them by their shade, I judge them for being idiots, assholes, drama queens and whatnot.  

Back in the day I was part of an organization.  There were a lot of different races in there.  There were 4 black fellows that I remember.  3 brothers.  The oldest was a little high on himself.  The youngest had a small man complex.  The guy in the middle was a good man.  I was proud to call him a friend.  This other guy; Edwards - man.  Him and I competed all the time trying to out do each other.  He was a good man too.  We all gave each other shit.  We never got all "sensitive douche bag victim" about it.  We were like brothers and I was happy to call them brothers.  This was back in the '70s.  

This is where we have gotten to.  We have a President (okay the US) who is a populist.  

Once again, we are trying to attack they symptom and not the disease.  Donald Trump is not an anomaly.  He is indicative of the fact that our minds are not prioritizing correctly on a national scale.  Instead of siding with the person who wins an argument, side with the person who wins the argument based on facts and logic.  Vote for the mind and not the "Winner".  

Donald Trump is very skilled at the art of the bullshit.  He is also skilled at getting people to like him (despite his character).  It is the responsibility of every American Citizen to take charge of the future.  Don't assume that he is okay "cause he says what I'm thinking".  Look this guy up.  Check what he is about.  If you think he is a nice guy, you will be unpleasantly surprised.  (And FFS!) STOP GETTING THE STORY FROM FAUX NEWS!!! 

There is a little Trump in all of us...

We complain vehemently about the US President but who is he?

He is a son of a rich man.  A man who sells half a million dollar condos for 5 million.  He is a man who will always tell you something that someone else thought up was his idea.  That something that someone else did was his doing.  He wins arguments by switching to the attack and discrediting while never actually answering the original question.  He expects the moon and stars for any contracts and won't pay if he can get away with it.  He appears to be a nice guy, a successful guy, a knowledgeable guy, because that is his stock and trade.  Lying is his business and business is good. 

The simple reason why Trump won is because people needed to buy what he was selling.  People needed hope.  People needed to have confidence in the possibility of a better future. Populism is at an all time high.  People will believe the appearance of truth over empirical reasoning.  People will choose the winner of a debate based on appearances.  Logic has no place in this populist ideal.  In any good martial art, a defense will seamlessly blend into an attack.  One of the many skills that Trump has is the ability to do this with words. 

Trump becoming President isn't an anomaly unto itself.  This phenomena is the logical conclusion of errant thinking. 

Every time you choose to 'Win' a discussion by putting the other person on the defensive... that's a TRUMP.

When two people are arguing when, out of the blue, one person declares himself the winner while everyone isn't really paying that much attention believes him.  That's a TRUMP.

Someone takes credit for something done by someone else and you don't say anything?  That's a TRUMP with a side of McConnell.  

You and someone else are up for a job.  It's a promotion.  Not so much larger with the money but much higher status.  You know that they would do a damn fine job and serve the position.  You know that not only would you suck at the job but your lack of knowledge would endanger other people.  You also know that your contacts would get you that job if you asked.  So you say "I want the status.  Fuck the other guy or the danger to other people".  That is an EL TRUMPO SUPREMO! WITH A SIDE OF CHEESE AND BACON.

It is not just the people doing this.  It is an acceptance of the people who do this that brought about the election of the supreme icon of errant thought.  

Donald Trump is going start a Trade War.

Being a Canadian, I love my US brothers and sisters.  We're not going to follow you into rash action all the time because we have our own minds and sometimes we think you are acting fucking stupid.  

Electing this guy as leader of your country?

Was Fucking Stupid.  Here's your Helmet, Brother:

Donald Trump is a wrecking ball.  He is everything a President SHOULDN'T BE.  The wealth of evidence was there before he took office and it's tenfold now of how who he is doesn't fit the role!  This isn't about "Acting".  I don't care if he "Acts" like George Washington or Gilbert Gottfried just so long as he was an effective administrator.  This is about character.  Donald Trump is wicked shy-sty.  It's there...it's ALL THERE!   You just have to open your eyes and look.  

Now Donald Trump has started a trade war with Canada, Mexico and the EU.  The thing is that no one ever "Wins" a trade war.  It damages long term relationships and imposes administratively costly fees (that is fees that require costly management to impose).  

Thanks to Donald Trump, the US is making enemies out of long term friends.  Vladimir Putin is laughing his ass off.  

That Donald Trump thinks he is entitled to a bigger share of the money made on Free Trade is natural.  He's an old rich kid.  His sense of entitlement is VERY well developed.  He figures that, like the business contracts that he screws over due to his being able to afford better lawyers and keep it in court, he can use the US economy as leverage to get what he wants internationally.  The problem is that other countries won't go for it...and they have a choice.  The only thing he is going to succeed in doing is to piss people off and make enemies.  Everyone's goods will cost more in the US as well as other countries.  This all comes from Donny's deluded thought that ALL money made on free trade should belong to the US.  To him, money made by another country benefiting from Free Trade is money HE'S not MAKING; therefore is a "Loss".  Think about it.  How can you lose money by buying your goods at the best price you can find?  Who the fuck believes this idiot!?  Helmet Time!

The arbitrary decision to take an additional 25% of OUR MONEY has been met with resistance and a counter attack.  What?  Did you think that we would just let Donald Trump take our money?  Learn some history.  Canadians are meek and mild on the surface but we are fucking fierce.  

Donny tried to steal our lunch money and Justin punched him in the nose right away.  It's the only way to treat a bully.  A Trade War has started and EVERYONE loses.  Donald Trump is the worst President you have ever had.  He will tell you that he is the best.  It's in his nature to do so.  

US and Canadian citizens are suffering enough from just daily expenses.  Now we all have to pay more and who knows how long the situation is going to take to get back to normal.   

What next?  Canadian Aluminum and Steel from "Jyna".  Most people around the world already hate the US enough.  What do you suppose this is going to do?  

In Canada we are getting up to 36000 illegal immigrants from the US a WEEK!   Maybe WE should build a WALL.  

I task every person in the US that didn't vote for Trump to grab someone who did, shake the fuck out of them and tell them to wake the fuck up!

Roseanne Barred

Back in the 90's, I was "Who is this large mean woman and who thought the stuff she said was actually funny enough to have given her a show?".  I watched several episodes at different times to see if any of it caught on...it never did.  Add to that was the fact that I really disliked Roseanne personally.  The way she threw her emotional weight around like the female versn of a Little-man complex.

Not that long ago, it was announced that they are bringing Roseanne back...and she is also a Trump supporter (both the character and the real person).  Trump supporters are idiots.  The evidence of what he said and did is public record but he will smile and call it 'Fake News' in  his charismatic folksy manner and these folk will turn from fact and continue living in fantasy.

The 'Mean Tweet' from Roseanne about Valerie Jarrett looking like what would happen if the Muslim Brotherhood and The Planet of the Apes had a baby.  My first thought was:  "Of course she would say that.  She would absolutely say that.  Not only that, given her lack of imagination, she probably would have used that joke repeatedly because you can fit in 3 of just about anything.  It's the same "Joke" kids used to use in High School...and it wasn't really funny then either...just mean...and immature.  This coming from a woman that thought singing the national anthem off key in front of millions was hilarious.  Then she grabbed her twat and flipped the crowd off for good measure.  Roseanne is the mother of the 'Shock Value' not funny Jokes that gave rise to such "Comedians" as Will Ferrell and influences culture today.  A whole generation learned that laughter was being flashed grandma's tits (as in Something about Mary) was humor.  Roseanne's entitled shameless immaturity was vaunted as 'Bold'.  Madonna defended her but she is a shameless no-class bitch herself.
 
Madonna shaped the music industry by getting away with damn near sex on camera so as to sell her  music.  She was the first to take things as far as she did.  This leading to almost every female recording artist would objectify their own looks to sell their music and videos.  A whole generation of young women would identify with this as 'The New Culture'. The Slut Culture. 

Now, in the aftermath of that, we have the #MeToo movement.  That's another story all together. 

Now Roseanne is cut from her own show because, after how many years on TV initially, and a return to it (almost unheard of) someone said "Hey!  She said something racist.  Maybe Roseanne isn't a nice person after all.  Gee what was your first clue!?
 
Now she is all apologetic.  Saying that she "made a mistake and it wasn't her intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable".    I don't doubt she's feeling sorry but 99% for herself.  She has to manage the situation or, rather, her publicist does.  Maybe call in a few favors from up high to help 'Give it a spin'.  I guarantee that if left to her own devices, '93 would have been "Roseanne who?  oh that idiot who killed the national anthem thinking it was funny.  I heard she is living in a trailor park in Tuscon."

I don't think Roseanne should be giving ANYONE grief on how they look.  Honestly, I can't seem to find anything good to say about her.  She has no acting talent.  She isn't funny.  She isn't very pretty. Her voice is like 2 crows surfing down an icy aluminum banister.  She's a mean, no talent cunt with delusions of superiority.  Actually, I can find something nice to say.  Despite all that she is, she has made a name for herself on TV.  Maybe, in those early years, her one skill was that she owned a Polaroid and knew how to use it.

Great Games - Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines

This Series of blogs titled 'Great Games' will feature reviews on games which, though may even be buggy and severely flawed, have features which elevate them to an epic level.

Today we look at 'Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines'.  I'll try to keep it clean but there may be spoilers.

In 2001, Troika Games teamed up with 'WhiteWolf''s RPG and started work on this masterpiece cult classic game.  The 3 heavy hitters of the computer RPG world; the power players from the excellent Fallout series (1&2):  Jason Anderson, Tim Cain, and Leonard Boyarski were at the heart of it.  Troika consisted of 32 people all busting their asses to make the best computer RPG ever made.  That was the goal, anyway...and it had heart.

Troika attempted to add code to Valve's unfinished source engine (the finished one was used in Half-Life 2).  That is where most of the bugs happened.

Ideas flourished while those in the trenches with blowtorches and wrenches (metaphoric) struggled to catch up.  Eventually, David Mullich was hired as a game producer and said 'I know you want the moon and the stars but the budget says you need to start trimming and get a game out or all this code and media goes the way of 'Duke Nukem Forever'...and Troika with it.  DNF had been scrapped twice(?) even by that time.

Even with the cuts, and a little sneeking a peek at Valves code improvements, in November 2004 Activision released the most bug filled RPG ever...competing against (ironically) Half-Life 2.  Doom 3 and Quake 4 came out around that time.  Gamers, who only had a limited amount of money, had to make a choice.  What VtMB had that those other games didn't was heart.  The Soundtrack and ambient sounds were amazing.  Choices and variety of characters?  Awesome!  Dialogue options and individual experience.  Superb!  Combat wasn't anything special except that you could use abilities and essentially spells to make that a unique and fun experience.

So loved was VtMB by the users that they started supporting it well after Troika went belly up (2005).  Troika went broke because they over extended themselves and the returns from sales of this game weren't enough to bring them back.  They were dropped onto the market at the same time as Valve's Half-Life 2 (Some would say this was Valve's intention in response to the 'Stolen' code) and HL2 squashed them in sales.  HL2 was big budget and ran like a well oiled machine compared to VtMB.  Having over extended themselves in this project and sales not compensating for it, the company folded.  It's a damn shame.  We could really use more of this sort of game now! Yet, with more people comes less creative control and the heart can get lost.  There are examples where, even though the business is big, the heart is still there (Far Cry 3 is one example) but it is rare. 

I originally picked it up at a sale on STEAM in 2011 for about $5.  This game has provided me with at least 20 times that in value.  Even now, the objects sometime don't work so well with the environment...or the sprites forget themselves and you find a chair where the door knob is supposed to be.  Just smile and sigh...save and do a restart of the game.

"I can't tonight, hon...Copper, Julius, E, Lilly and Rosa are having a party down by the pier"

Difficulty?  the game is hard enough made more so in the fact that hard choices need to be made early "Do I take an extra point in Strength or buff out my persuasion skill for a test that I know to be coming up?".  This game seems more like comfort food for the haggard gamer.  I was just playing Just Cause 3 before and the guy was surfing a plane while firing an RPG7 at ground targets.  I think I rolled my eyes so hard they actually made a sound!  I thought there would be a choice?  No choice... point and click...and I felt my brain die by the second of this non sense.  This game - the guy has a grappling hook mechanism in his arm.  You can launch yourself to the top of a ten story building in a second...guess what?  if a person actually had this?  Their arm would get there but that's it.  Everything is all super sized and stupid now.  It's funny how an old game about vampires seems more physically realistic than a new game about regular people.  

I enjoy a game where I have to earn being a major badass...not one where it is given to me.  VtMB does that.  The success of this game 'In the wash' has not gone unnoticed.  Paradox games acquired the rights to it in 2015 following their purchase of White Wolf.  They will work on a new project when the time is right.  Could this be a new game of the ages?  When the stupid 'Supersize' bullshit wears off and people realize that you can't fall 10 stories without going 'SPLAT!'.  A game with Troika imagination and the backing to kick it into gear.  The mind reels.  I do love the thought though.

 

Dear Millennials

Dear Millennials,

You are miserable.  The reason?  You believe that life should be easy;  That the goal is to make all things you desire within reach.  Given how you have been raised, I can see how you would believe this to be the way of things.  It’s a lie.  Life is supposed to be hard.  That’s the point of it. 

• 1.       You desire
• 2.       You work hard/smart
• 3.       You Might get what you desire
• 4.       Rinse and repeat.

The feeling of achievement has come easily for you.  Your ‘Sports Days’ come with Participation Awards.  The computer games with all their achievements, Social Media, powerful cell phones.  You get a steady stream of dopamine.   That happy brain drug is so available in such a variety of convenience. 

If something feels good then why not do it?  Why work so hard for something you only might get when a sure happy feeling is waiting for you at the press of a button?  It’s chemistry and it makes sense.

The problem is that you are tricking your own mind to release a drug that is meant to reward you for a real world accomplishment.  You are, essentially, Dopamine junkies.  In this way, it is no different than sitting around masturbating all day.

This is the real damage of computer games.  Not the sex.  Not the violence.  It’s the ease at which one can receive gratification for something that really doesn’t matter.

Millennials;  Your parents fucked you over by doing too much for you.  They felt that by doing so much for you, that you would see how much they cared.  But they were ‘Care taking’ you.  

You have to own your own life now.  Do for yourself.  Eventually they won’t be able to look after you and you will be a 50 year old douche who can’t do shit for himself.  

From their retirement home, with failing bodies and feeble minds, your parents will watch you and everything they built for you fall apart.  They busted their asses to keep you comfortable but really only enabled your addiction. 

Now go out and take charge of your life.  Don’t go out and bemoan the mountain that you haven’t climbed yet.  Feel the satisfaction of every step forward.  Revel in defeating impulses in order to move to a greater goal.  You do this and you are no longer playing the game…you’re in it

North Korea - could they be any more stupid?

Kim Jong Un can't run a proper economy.  He fills his country with outrageous propaganda and throws his willingness to use his nukes on other countries around like the insecure fat stupid fuck that he is.  

If Kim Jong Un launches anything at anyone then I'll put a bullet in his stupid fat head myself.  With the size of his noggin I could probably do it from a mile away. When I see a ten year old singing perfectly about the glory and pride of a nuclear missile ... then I know shit is going Perfectly wrong.  His army marches with steps of anger at what is perceived to be a threat.  What they don't realize is that their leader can only be useful to the country by his ability to be threatening to other countries in order to force concessions from them.  In other words; Kim Jong Un is a bully.  I have no problem with Donald Trump standing up to him (Though I sure the fuck hope he has effective anti missile systems to back himself up!).  You have to face down a bully...or he's going to keep taking your lunch money.  I care for people.  I care for all the North Koreans.  If I had my way I would go there and hug everyone I could...though I'm not American.  I would welcome a Korean family to stay in my home and treat them to my cooking.  We're all the same.  We're all essentially family on this earth.  

This isn't the first time that a leader has used propaganda to control the emotions of the people.  It has happened before and it didn't  go so well:

This is what isolation and propaganda will do to a people who have been beset by hard times.  

Who gave N.Korea nuclear technology?  The Soviets in 1956.  
  
Who gave the Soviets nuclear technology?  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...both executed for treason in '53.  It's because of these two fuck faces that the contents of Pandora's box reached every corner of the planet.  They are buried at Wellwood Cemetery in Farmingdale, NY.  If am down that way I'll go pay my respects after drinking a ton of water.

North Korea has been feeding themselves crazy for years.  This has to stop.  The very least is that The Fat Fuck will keep setting off nuclear explosions irradiating the planet.  The worst?  everyone is dead or dying; global collapse.  'Climate Change' is the soft word; it doesn't get any softer.  The proper term should be 'Fucking the planet so hard that it looks like Venus and we all have to eek out an existence in inverted ovens'.  Nuclear explosions may be fun to watch like really big fireworks but only one who is completely deluded would think of them as such.  This guy is an irrational toddler playing with yours and everyone else's future.  N. Korea; Please strap this guy to a nuclear missile and launch it into the Sun and you will see that we really are, in fact, on your side AND our own.