I think the saddest part about this is the phenomenon where people who didn’t understand tech were scared of new stuff that was actually really neat and helpful…
…and nowadays they’re ridiculously trusting of shiny user-friendly corporate garbage that spies on them and manipulates them.
Excellent quote and deeply, tragically profound.
l’ve noticed the modern philosophizing kids have distilled this mentality down to the mocking phrase:
“One day I’ll get to be the one wearing the boot! :D”
I straight up told him it’s ridiculous and that he needs to get off the internet…
Which is especially crazy when I imagine I’m not the only one who was constantly told my personally developed views were influenced purely from “listening to all those liberals on the internet.”
Confirmation bias is a helluva drug, pops. :(
This mentality and reinforced culture is a big reason inhuman corporate ideals and customs have festered throughout our society like a fungal infection.
It’s so difficult to organize because plenty of fellow workers will simply be passive and complacent with whatever increasingly bad lot they’re given, or worse, will be straight up class traitors looking to be rewarded by ruthless masters.
I too, think this is a really dangerous one that hasn’t quite pinged on most peoples’ radar yet because it’s so niche, but like you said, when people with power and influence can actually act on it, they have the capacity to cause a lot of harm over what would normally just be fringe philosophies.
I’m at the point now where even if it’s “bad”, I have a great time if it felt like the people making the work were having a blast doing it. :D
That show is SO GOOD. I really love how well it depicts all these people in such a relatable way, and strips away so much dogma to show the humanity underneath. It’s beautifully done and really powerful. And…unexpectedly funny at times?
I love how it grounds us in such a relatable place, as all good historical drama does. It feels like it “wasn’t that long ago.”
I’m really not looking forward to the inevitable plot point. :(
I almost wonder if they intentionally screw that sort of thing up so they’re not “ripping off” real soldiers’ customs.
… But I’m being way too optimistic I think LOL.
There’s so much like this in media where I’m like “You could have just asked? Like so many people could have happily walked you through making this authentic!!”
Not gonna lie I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s an Eastern European knockoff version where that’s the exact plot. Lol
THIS. And the trope is always about some ultra popular game that the entire world is obsessed with, too.
I mean yeah it might even be like that if knowing the game was the only method of discovery but, pah! Hardcore fans? They do RAM dumps and decompiles and all kinds of wacky analysis to find obscure stuff, and then they post it in the “trivia” section on a wiki and the thing hasn’t even been out a year! Lol
No paper jams ever unless it is funny or plot relevant.
“PC load letter!? Agh!”
“Damn it feels good to be a gangsta…”
I swear this show invented a lot of what we now think of as “analog / internet / creepypasta vibe/aesthetic horror”
It was so unsettling. The farmhouse was unsettling, the relatively few glimpses we got of the outside world in town was unsettling.
And yet it was also hilarious. It was so satisfying when Courage would figure out the monster’s weakness or lore, and go kick the crap out of it, or Muriel would ignorantly just whack it with a rolling pin and call it a day LOL.
Something only brilliant cartooning could achieve.
That show was SO GOOD.
I also remember the intro is absolutely awesome, and only recently learned it was a Beethoven composition. There was a neat Microsoft ad that used it too, and I was like “THAT’S THE STARSHIP TROOPERS INTRO!” lol
I noticed watching the DVDs that it felt oddly toned down in some places and not others, even when the plot would get serious.
Often their rifles sound really silly-space-lasery and they’re aiming weirdly upwards instead of at their targets, for example.
I loved those early CG shows like this though. Heavy Gear, Voltron (before the excellent Netflix one), Beast Wars…I wonder if Max Steele was any good because I never watched that one for some reason…
FL*CL
That was a bizarre one. My friend was obsessed with it and I was so freaking confused…
The airsoft episode was a really fun time though hahaha.
…oh geeze didn’t his grandpa dress as a nazi for that one or something? Man this is going back like 15+ years I just remember guitars getting pulled out of foreheads and flying irons and a weird live-action moped PoV outro…
I always thought it would be so damn fun getting an entire neighborhood in on an airsoft game though.
But I only watched it when that friend was over, because I always had at least one parent home and didn’t feel like trying to answer “what the heck are you watching?” LOL
I most vividly remember the villains, of course.
Such a good show though. The things he did for love.
I loved that show’s premise and core message about confronting fear. He was always terrified and saved the day anyway.
I just wanted him to finally get a happy little dog existence lol…
What in the world LMAO.
I was like “Alright. It’s about an inanimate (magical?) object to obviously sell a toy…WHY’S IT SPROUTING LIMBS AND A HEAD?!”
EDIT: THERE’S A PLAYLIST WITH FULL EPISODES
Why?! How?! LMAO
Ah I see, yeah you’re right!
That is something that occurs to me too. It’s weird to me now, imagining couples separating to go to work or whatever, and you just gotta believe everything is gonna be fine, and if there were an emergency, someone has to be near the right landline.
Although I grew up with earlier cellphones and pagers, I got my first cell way later than a lot of highschool kids.
But yes, definitely, If me and my wife couldn’t reach each other during the day, that’d be a ton of anxiety! The world’s too insane these days to not have rapid communication on hand.
I only wish technology evolved as a tool for the user and the people, rather than primarily as content consumption and surveillance devices.
Then it would be more normal to have a setup like we do: We chat on Signal and can send our location voluntarily and it stays between us, without a dozen third parties quietly listening in, analyzing, and selling that information.
I do however, think there would also be a certain serene peace in being unreachable by undesirable contacts but not by loved ones.
For example, it’s dystopian how non-emergency jobs evolved to expect that they can just zip a message to you whenever they feel like, and you’re almost coerced to receive it and respond, and setting boundaries against that can be risky. It brings an unwanted cop or nanny into our personal lives.
Haha yay, first time I got a “username checks out”! :D hahaha.
Reject predatory techbro products, return to monke! XD