You all know who I am. You know I make fun of comics. Achewood and Bloom County are the only things in my eyes reconciling comics with any attempt at theodicy.
Do not be alarmed by its Japanophile leanings or its seemingly archetypal protagonist. Give it ten strips, that is all I ask. It is amazing. It is funny. It is beautiful. It's the Tyler Durden of webcomics.
Are you a bad enough dude or dudette to try it out?
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Well, that about wraps up yet another shitty year of the new millennium. I don't know about you, but I personally can't wait to see what future shitty years have in store: rising water prices, a sharp growth in armed RoHoWa militias, a new Pitbull album ... everything shitty is on the table, people.
But if there was one glaring, constant theme of American life in 2011, it was this: 2011 was officially the year we became a fully realized nation of trolls.
We now live in a country where it pays to be hated far more than it pays to be loved, where pissing people off is somehow viewed as a valuable commodity. We've been building to this shit for a while now, ever since Slate Magazine was founded and Sarah Palin pulled her first shotgun out of her pussy. 2011 has represented the apex of trolling nationwide. Consider these milestones:
• Rebecca Black releases "Friday."
• The Killing winds up getting nominated for a handful of Emmys and even made one year-end Top 10 list, despite the fact that every reasonable human being fucking despised it by the end of its first season.
• Kim Kardashian makes $14 million off a marriage that the general public knew well in advance to be fraudulent.
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You get the idea. From WikiLeaks to David Stern to bank CEOs who have somehow eluded prosecution, the enduring theme of 2011 will be that it pays to be a ruinous societal shitstain. Take it from someone who has joined in the fun on more than one occasion. You're not getting anywhere in this country anymore if you're a good person who wants to make a valuable contribution to society. Do you know what happens to people in America today who do good things? They DIE. They invent the iPad, and then they get pancreatic cancer and die. Meanwhile, Rick fucking Perry still lives and breathes. That's how it works now. I remember when Sarah Palin, the original Troll Doll, first came on the scene in 2008, and some asshole commentator basically said that her main gift was her ability to piss off liberals. And I thought: "Well, that's not actually a gift. You can't do anything with that. Being able to piss people off isn't a skill." Holy shit was I wrong. That shrieking cunt is ass rich now, all because she speaks out vehemently against ideas that make perfect sense.
So if you're looking to get ahead in 2012, I strongly advise you to look to the trolls. Go out and key someone's car. Be the lone American to write an effusive obit of Kim Jong Il. Watch more 2 Broke Girls. You will soon find yourself rich and happier in a nation where everything has been fucked inside out.
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Also known as the end of the world to some Mayanphiles.
And if Ron Paul really has a chance of getting the GOP nomination, maybe they're right!
So what do you have on your list of (final) New Years' resolutions?
But seriously, the idea of our culture becoming a cynical, shitstains-will-win-in-the-end thing ... only 3 years after Obama's historic election? This is just the rocky teenage years of American culture as it shifts from a top-down media hierarchy to a bottom-up (or perhaps vertical) social media hierarchy.
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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Also known as the end of the world to some Mayanphiles.
And if Ron Paul really has a chance of getting the GOP nomination, maybe they're right!
So what do you have on your list of (final) New Years' resolutions?
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Hole.
Yours was more appropriate, Kagera, but then I looked in there and saw the earth blowing up. That's a downer.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
What if it leads to a civilization that is better than ours though?
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I bet it is shockingly high. Like way up there.
They're not rated low, but I just added a bunch of them to instant, and Netflix doesn't think I'll like them.
I don't think the older movies have held up well at all
Goldeneye is still alright, but I can't watch some of the other movies
Moonraker is a 1.5 star movie.
But yeah, what Kagera said is true
They're launching in the UK soon-ish, and I may be convinced to switch to them, but I still want TV series DVDs by post.
Everything else before that are pretty much camp, but they're alright.
Okay, you can get me a little wrong
If, you know, you like that
Why can't you be a Fencer in more games?
Why is the Fencer job in Tactics Advance 2 limited to the bunnygirls? Why is the fencer in this Fire Emblem game a girl?
Fencing is like the gentlemanlyiest thing ever and apparently Japan fucked it up?
What are some other games that you can be a fencer or kill mans with a rapier
Hah hah fencers cannot beat the samurai or ninja, American.
Demon's souls lets you start with one, but I have played that game to death (heh heh)
'xism
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
yes
wait I don't know what that means
That one guy in the Soul Calibur series? Can't remember his name.
Raphael
These are all games I have played a lot
There must be more