October 09, 2020

Monstergirl Doctor...Almost Over

Well, Monstergirl Doctor has really gone into wilds of nowhere. 



Our female protag, putting up a fierce face. 

There is a brief moment in episode 4 when one of the protagonoists literally trips over what appears to be the actual plot to the show, but that potentially interesting storyline is resolved in the same episode, mostly off camera. It then muddles along for several episodes with our male protagonist being either a predator, or autistic (or possibly both) and our female snake girl protagonist trying to drive through his thick skull the importance of communication with one's patients, or at least not intrusively examining one's female patients without discussing the matter first and getting consent. (good grief)

Dark secrets are revealed...and then thrown away and due to the lack of actual storytelling, background on the world and characters is provided occasionally by a giant exposition squid. 


This is a medical procedural set in a fantasy world and there has been some exploration of interesting ideas...and there are only three episodes left....so I may finish it...for the sake of completeness....but yeah at this point I'm taking a break and am going to have to say that the show has not lived up to its early potential

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Asking the Important Questions That Have Nagged at us for Some Time


And come to think of it, yeah, our protagonist is not in a fetal position perpetually screaming for some reason. (Well...MOST of the time he's not) 

Season 2 of Re: Zero seems to have come to an end, though the story is DEFINITELY not over. If you have not seen this show, do NOT start with season 2 go back and start with Episode 1-A of season one (which I discussed here back in....it's been four YEARS since this came out!). 

This season, while lacking the breakneck pace of the first, is nevertheless exceptionally good, maintaining the gatling gut-punch tone but interspersing a good deal of character reflection, development and revelations about the overarching plot, which give the viewer a better understanding of who the heroes aren't. 

This show is grimdark to the max but it has a thread of idealism running through it that keeps it from becoming nihilistic. 

This season does not progress as far as the first by a long shot, the time that has passed is about what it would take to watch the whole season, and the characters are not far removed in time place or situation from where they were at the beginning of the season. The season finale, doesn't really FEEL like a finale, but there is a definate sensation of having gotten over a hump of sorts as the plot is moved forward tremendously and the story keeps one on the edge of one's seat. 

This is a fantastic show, and I highly recommend it to any who have missed it. 

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Chekov, Dostoyevsky and Solzhenitsyn Look Down and Weep....

...at the chilling proof that they have, again, been unheeded. 


BLM/Antifa rioters march into the suburbs of Wauwatosa (Watch on Bitchute)

There's a lot of talk in certain circles about Civil War, most of it profoundly ignorant, on many different levels. For one thing, such a horrid event would not be cathartic, or cleansing, but rather would be a dreadful terrifying, cancerous waste of lives. Second, the U.S. has never had a real civil war, . "The Civil War" was, in reality, a failed secession, with the secessionists not trying to take over the country, but leave it. While this is hardly more than a semantic point to some, it meant that there were clearly defined geographical boundaries, and an intuitive understanding of the definitions of victory and defeat. 

What is shown in the video above is akin to a REAL civil war. The most applicable example of which might be the nightmare that befell Spain in the 1930s. I suggest you read about the Spanish Civil War....but not on a work night, for your sleep will be neither sound, nor in great quantity after you do so. 

Other actual Civil Wars had far worse outcomes than even that nightmare. 

The parallels to the seeming insanity of our own upper and upper middle classes with the the behavior of the minor nobility and upper middle class  in the last days of Tsarist Russia are sobering to say the least. They are completely unwilling to criticize even this pandemonium, lest it threaten their political purity and social standing. 

...and that was a thread I was going to expond upon until this morning, whence came news that a small group of smooth brains, allegedly opposed to the above suburban raiders had decided to play the left's game of Burn Loot and Murder....and then it became clear that...well not clear at all....'cause I have no IDEA who these numb-nuts are actually affiliated with. They certainly don't SEEM to be on team MAGA or team D. 

However, I would argue that, on balance, this ugly plot is actually not as worrying as the video above. That is because an attack on a public figure has been thwarted (something we should be able to, in a bi-partisan fashion rejoice over). But the attacks on ordinary citizens in their homes...for the crime of being middle class...was not responded to until well after the fact. 

In case your reading comprehension or my typing skills are lacking, I'm not suggesting that an assault on a public figure, even one as loathsome as Whitmer is in any way acceptable. I'm pointing out that, in a time of civil unrest, it is easier to protect a few politicians than the vast bulk of the unprotected populace from those who seek to do evil, and evil rarely attacks the most protected positions, leaving the citizenry to fend for themselves in this situation. And this situation is a very worrisome one indeed. 



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October 08, 2020

I'm FREE! But Not As Free as I'd Like.

Last Tuesday I was...ill. I had a bad cold and a splitting headache on top of an active kidney stone. Going to work in a mask with a runny nose is unpleasant in the extreme, and given the anxieties I would cause my fellow employees as a snot-rocket, I called in. Wednesday I was sicker, with severe gastrointestinal distress a headache akin to having a wayward chestburster in my head and the cold had moved into my chest, but the coughs were dry. 


Thus, I scheduled a test to see if I had indeed been visited by Coronachan. The test was on Friday and I was, therefore, under quarantine, until I got the results, which came in yesterday. 

I failed the test. 

No Wu-Flu for me. 

This means no certificate of pestilence-proofedness to get me into the fast lane on planes or allow me to go to Japan or any of the other benefits  that come with getting the Corona-coof . Dang. 

OTOH I'm feeling much better and am not, you know, dead. Since I did have a certificate of not having Coroina YET, I was allowed to return to work today, which I VERY much needed to do having missed over a week of pay. However, 10 days in bed did nothing to get me into shape for lifting boxes during our peak season, which started last Wednesday.

I'm gonna lay down for a bit. 



   CoronaChan by Alart90

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October 07, 2020

A Hurricane Season Worthy of 2020

Is this the fifth to hit the gulf this year? 




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October 05, 2020

Given the Current State of our Entertainment Industry

I have my overwhelming joy upon learning this slightly tempered....



...by a nagging curiosity regarding exactly how they will subvert our expectations. 


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October 03, 2020

Insightful Commentary

Mark Hamill gives a thoughtful overview of the recent debate. 



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The Vanishings Have Begun

CoronaChan, was a You-Tube channel that aggregate news related to the current pandemic. Its mirror still exists on Bitchute. 


Perhaps Ben referred to Taiwan as, you know, a country. 

That's what happened two two Hololive V-tubers, Kiryu Coco and Akai Haato, who, in the course of a joint You-Tube livestream looked up their analytics online (a very common thing for V-Tubers and YouTubers to do), discussed where their viewers were, and, I gather thanked the residents of each country. A lot of their viewers are in Taiwan, and they mentioned and....  

For those "inappropriate remarks", they have been suspended, by Hololive's parent company, Cover Corporation for at least three weeks. 



There is coverage of this here, here, here, here and here...though it's anyone's guess how long those links will go somewhere.

The whole affair came as something of a shock, particularly since these are not small talents, Kiryu Coco is much bigger than one would think as as she's frequently the top super-chat earner on You-Tube in any given month.  This made such waves that even American V-Tubers who avoid politics completely have taken a moment to mention it...and say "Taiwan". 

 It's telling that according to the ANN and Niche Gamer articles linked above that China's One China Policy was specifically mentioned in the Simplified Chinese version. 

There has been a bit of backlash particularly about that latter discrepancy. 

more...

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I Hear Tell There Was Big News Yesterday....

 ...so I checked and I guess this was it.


Artist unknown....nay, Anonymous even.

In all seriousness, Trump getting the Wu-Flu is hardly a black swan, there being a pandemic and all, but the timing is such that it fosters maximum chaos. 

If Trump succumbs to the virus it is too late to replace his name on the ballot, indeed people are already voting, so I'm not sure how that works. I checked...and I'm less than edified

So go ahead and rant about 2020, where the headlines over the last month have been something out of an '80s cyberpunk novel, but with forest fires. However, remember that 4-chan has been around for 17 years....so it's not entirely 2020's fault. 

But 2020 is obnoxious, so here is some gallows humor to help you face the day.

Video by Leolide

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