Just shared the “No Brais Rally” meme on x with Seattle’s commie representative Pramilla Jayapal, who wants taxpayers to pay reparations to illegal aliens…
Broke vampires? Seriously? Is that even a question? You have mental powers to beguile your victims. You can literally kill them, rob them, and turn into mist to get away. He’s right, if a vampire is broke, they’re too stupid to continue to be undead.
Schrodinger’s Douchebag. Oh, they have a term for me now.
D&D Groups? Unfortunately, that’s mostly true.
Now a Dolly and Elvira movie would be funny as heck.
Democrat changes a man? Hold it, hold it, hold it, made to the toilet on time. bleagh!
Vikings? Don’t forget the Normans! Well, don’t forget the damn English too. Friggin’ invaded Wales and Ireland too!
Hmmm. Let me see if I can get my state rep to propose a bill banning immigrants from California, with an exception for those applying for asylum from globalist marxism.
Your costs of living are low (hopefully not violent), and you can easily acquire desirable properties and assets at low prices, as well as being able to invest in interesting businesses. You also can collect interest.
It is hypothetically plausible for vampires to trend too savage, or too insane to diligently review and manage their investments, or to consistently not throw it away on stupid stuff.
There are a couple of conflicting arguments. There are often owners of large buildings, and/or associated with managing real estate in fiction. They are often owners of decaying large building and other real estate.
The “uncontrollable savage immortals” is where external control via the Buffy phenomenon, but I also recall reading vampire fiction at some point where vamp society itself sets up enforcement mechanisms, so any vamps that go off-reservation are sanctioned or imprisoned, and any that go mad enough to endanger all of them getting judicially staked.
I suppose such a culture would pay pretty close attention to signs of detachment or neglect of properties as early warning for “vampire going nuts” incidents.
So would they specifically turn a human detective to get investigative expertise in house to work those beats?
Most immortal fiction has enforcement mechanisms, regardless of the type of immortal.
What is interesting with current fiction is the impact of hardening of identity and inheritance. In some ways inheritance made easier in that non-revocable trusts, which by definition, if properly managed, are immortal. Identity OTOH, can’t just move somewhere else, and show up with a new identity as easily.
Re the political spectrum: Heinlein said it first, and better:
“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”
On the policies supported by Democrats: remember they did many of these things long before the nazis ever thought of them. The KKK precedes the SA by 70 years or so, for examples, as do their laws disarming “unfavored races”.
The business with “Manos, the Hands of Fate,” must be a really common pun. I’m pretty sure the Legion of Superheroes had a villain named Manos (and yes, he had a hand that could destroy almost anything) before 1993.
Given the utter ineptitude of every aspect of the film, I object to calling it a pun. Did (fertilizer salesman) Hal Warren know that “manos” meant “hands”? Yes, undoubtedly. But to credit him with wit is to speculate in the face of a mountain of evidence to the contrary.
Buckeye by birth, so you get a like. The Nega-Ohio portal, by the way, is about halfway between the Serpent Mound and Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson AFB. I’m not saying it means anything, but I’m not saying it doesn’t, either.
Oh gads, “environmental racism.” Better known as “poor people live close to the factories and stuff, and employees on a budget try to live close to work because commuting costs, so they are closer to the soot/steam/sounds/flares/what have you.” Toss in lack of skills, as well in some cases as de facto if not always de jure segregation (blacks, Irish, Italians, Chinese) and voila. “The racist industrialists made minorities live in the polluted places!”
Granted, there were a few really bad apples who deliberately dumped waste and such in places where they knew the residents couldn’t afford to complain (or to hire lawyers).
On another public TV channel, there was a documentary about turning the Adirondacks into a big NY State park in the 1970’s. It gradually became clear that the POV was that of people basically ruining prosperity in big swaths of upstate NY, so that they could ‘save’ nature.
So we changed the channel to power company testimony.
C-17 call sign MONARCH ZERO ONE seen departing RAF Fairford for the Middle East.
[Aside: There are some killer YT vids from the lineup of YouTubers video-ing from just outside the airfield fence at RAF Fairford, for example picked at random, and apologies for the ad at opening but these guys deserve to get paid, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSvHXpS-Xc
Airplane geeks should turn up the stereo for the B-1 takeoffs.]
”Nevermind that, Zahir. The Japanese tanker is almost in range.”
”Japanese! That’s it! That is what that soun…Oh, no, no, no, oh no. We need to hide.”
”What? Another American weapon? There it is again, and it’s getting louder.”
”No, oh no. Dario, we really need to hide. Just shoot the missile now so those IRGC idiots see we did our thing and then we need to find someplace very deep.”
”Something is moving. In the water. It looks big. Very big.”
Ah Sarah. you have made a most excellent weekend for me! Your memes, March Madness and a gallon of Neapolitan ice cream. It doesn’t get better than this!
According To Hoyt 
If the Hobbits had stayed in their holes, the evil ones would not have known about them and enslaved (or killed) them. [Very Big Sarcastic Grin]
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Just shared the “No Brais Rally” meme on x with Seattle’s commie representative Pramilla Jayapal, who wants taxpayers to pay reparations to illegal aliens…
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You sure that’s not the ‘No Brains Rally’? 😁
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Broke vampires? Seriously? Is that even a question? You have mental powers to beguile your victims. You can literally kill them, rob them, and turn into mist to get away. He’s right, if a vampire is broke, they’re too stupid to continue to be undead.
Schrodinger’s Douchebag. Oh, they have a term for me now.
D&D Groups? Unfortunately, that’s mostly true.
Now a Dolly and Elvira movie would be funny as heck.
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Democrat changes a man? Hold it, hold it, hold it, made to the toilet on time. bleagh!
Vikings? Don’t forget the Normans! Well, don’t forget the damn English too. Friggin’ invaded Wales and Ireland too!
Hmmm. Let me see if I can get my state rep to propose a bill banning immigrants from California, with an exception for those applying for asylum from globalist marxism.
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Your costs of living are low (hopefully not violent), and you can easily acquire desirable properties and assets at low prices, as well as being able to invest in interesting businesses. You also can collect interest.
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A longer time frame is the financial planning basis for higher financial risk tolerance, so immortals can tolerate effectively infinite risk.
Plus, if their broker effs them over they can suck out all their blood.
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A caveat is that they have to care.
It is hypothetically plausible for vampires to trend too savage, or too insane to diligently review and manage their investments, or to consistently not throw it away on stupid stuff.
There are a couple of conflicting arguments. There are often owners of large buildings, and/or associated with managing real estate in fiction. They are often owners of decaying large building and other real estate.
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The “uncontrollable savage immortals” is where external control via the Buffy phenomenon, but I also recall reading vampire fiction at some point where vamp society itself sets up enforcement mechanisms, so any vamps that go off-reservation are sanctioned or imprisoned, and any that go mad enough to endanger all of them getting judicially staked.
I suppose such a culture would pay pretty close attention to signs of detachment or neglect of properties as early warning for “vampire going nuts” incidents.
So would they specifically turn a human detective to get investigative expertise in house to work those beats?
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Most immortal fiction has enforcement mechanisms, regardless of the type of immortal.
What is interesting with current fiction is the impact of hardening of identity and inheritance. In some ways inheritance made easier in that non-revocable trusts, which by definition, if properly managed, are immortal. Identity OTOH, can’t just move somewhere else, and show up with a new identity as easily.
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It would be -huge-, really stand out….
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Another fine collection!
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Re the political spectrum: Heinlein said it first, and better:
“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.”
On the policies supported by Democrats: remember they did many of these things long before the nazis ever thought of them. The KKK precedes the SA by 70 years or so, for examples, as do their laws disarming “unfavored races”.
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My beloved looked at the judgemental cat and said, “That’s the way Sydney looks.” Then we saw her meme and, yep, the cat has the same expression.
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LOL
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Florida woman trying to outdo Florida man. But why the pineapple costume?
(Many years ago, I was licked by a giraffe at the Jacksonville Zoo. I wonder how it’s changed).
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I put that meme up mostly because I DON’T GET it. :D
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“Because Florida” (and probably also “because meth”) would seem to cover it.
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Also possibly, “because cocaine.” Jacksonville is a port city and you probably get just about any controlled substance your heart desires there.
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I mean, “bath salts” are another option, because Florida.
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No. She didn’t eat the gator’s face off.
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yet
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Regarding the guy foaming and pretending to be possessed at his baptism:
“You! Out of the pool!”
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It all comes out in the wash.
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The business with “Manos, the Hands of Fate,” must be a really common pun. I’m pretty sure the Legion of Superheroes had a villain named Manos (and yes, he had a hand that could destroy almost anything) before 1993.
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Given the utter ineptitude of every aspect of the film, I object to calling it a pun. Did (fertilizer salesman) Hal Warren know that “manos” meant “hands”? Yes, undoubtedly. But to credit him with wit is to speculate in the face of a mountain of evidence to the contrary.
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At least they brought us the Haunting Torgo Theme.
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…and I am shocked to discover the music was actually composed for the film, rather than being library music. Huh.
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most common causes Map was originally by Moe Lane
moe lane dot com
He writes horror and post apoc, and has done a bunch of map stuff.
There are a few fans of him here.
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He’s sent books for promo before.
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I’ve enjoyed his work. Somewhat off-the-wall post-apocalyptic fantasy, but it works.
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the feds banned me for using AI to report every student organization to ICE and now I have started mowing my lawn in another world
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(Singing) “Lucy in the Sky, with Diamonds!”
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Somehow, I identify with the opossum, but I don’t know why.
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Well, this is notable. There’s an Ayn Rand meme, and I was not the one who sent it. :D
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Some Internet Rando?
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No. I found it on my own.
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…..
(sad trombone)
….
…internet….. Rand…..O…
………..
(back to detailing my new lightsaber)
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Currently watching 3/18/26 testimony to the Ohio legislature’s House Energy Committee. About power transmission lines.
Hokey smokes, this stuff is fascinating. They can tell what is happening where on the “advanced conductor” power line, by what sound it makes.
I don’t know if we should have it, but it is cool stuff.
The Ohio Channel is the statehouse and state govt channel.
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Buckeye by birth, so you get a like. The Nega-Ohio portal, by the way, is about halfway between the Serpent Mound and Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson AFB. I’m not saying it means anything, but I’m not saying it doesn’t, either.
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LOL. Suburban. I read that as “madhouse and state govt channel.”
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Oh gads, “environmental racism.” Better known as “poor people live close to the factories and stuff, and employees on a budget try to live close to work because commuting costs, so they are closer to the soot/steam/sounds/flares/what have you.” Toss in lack of skills, as well in some cases as de facto if not always de jure segregation (blacks, Irish, Italians, Chinese) and voila. “The racist industrialists made minorities live in the polluted places!”
Granted, there were a few really bad apples who deliberately dumped waste and such in places where they knew the residents couldn’t afford to complain (or to hire lawyers).
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On another public TV channel, there was a documentary about turning the Adirondacks into a big NY State park in the 1970’s. It gradually became clear that the POV was that of people basically ruining prosperity in big swaths of upstate NY, so that they could ‘save’ nature.
So we changed the channel to power company testimony.
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Which land is cheapest, and who buys the cheapest land?
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More “factories and stuff lower the rent you can get for housing, to the advantage of poor people.”
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But isn’t carpe memes essentially seizing the memes of production, and hence Marxist?
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Fairly certain looking at memes is the opposite of “productivity”, so we’re good…
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First, wash your mouth with soap. Second no. Memes, the more distributed the more they grow.
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Let’s see if WP(DE) allows this:
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Dah duh duh.
Dah duh duh.
Dah duh dah duh dah duh duh.
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(Singing) Here he comes! Here comes Gojira!
(Gojira Go!Go!Go!)
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C-17 call sign MONARCH ZERO ONE seen departing RAF Fairford for the Middle East.
[Aside: There are some killer YT vids from the lineup of YouTubers video-ing from just outside the airfield fence at RAF Fairford, for example picked at random, and apologies for the ad at opening but these guys deserve to get paid, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRSvHXpS-Xc
Airplane geeks should turn up the stereo for the B-1 takeoffs.]
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”What is that sound? I’ve heard that somewhere…”
”Nevermind that, Zahir. The Japanese tanker is almost in range.”
”Japanese! That’s it! That is what that soun…Oh, no, no, no, oh no. We need to hide.”
”What? Another American weapon? There it is again, and it’s getting louder.”
”No, oh no. Dario, we really need to hide. Just shoot the missile now so those IRGC idiots see we did our thing and then we need to find someplace very deep.”
”Something is moving. In the water. It looks big. Very big.”
”Okay, I’m out. See you later, Dario. Maybe.”
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SFBS!
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Ah Sarah. you have made a most excellent weekend for me! Your memes, March Madness and a gallon of Neapolitan ice cream. It doesn’t get better than this!
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