Who better to inform you of the reality of the world than Skeletor?
Sep 122021
Sep 112021
A cop dares to state the basic facts. On today of all days.
Note that the AR pistol is repeatedly erroneously referred to as an “assault rifle.” Note as well that the guy wielding it is a convicted felon out on bond, thus ineligible to wield a firearm of any kind, a failure of the gun control movement the news reader seems to have forgotten to mention.
This incident would have been instructive twenty years ago. “How do we respond to an attack upon our civilization?”
“MAG DUMP.”
Aug 312021
The Taliban got this stuff for free, courtesy Joe Biden. but a lot of these things would get an American *arrested* and his life ruined if he was found to own one.
A mind-blowing graphic in today's Times on what $85bn worth of lost equipment means in practice for the Taliban: pic.twitter.com/GDcuNQbb6P
— Will Brown (@_Will_Brown) August 29, 2021
Sixty-four *thousand* machine guns. More than a third of a *million* assault rifles (real ones, not the semi-auto sporters Americans are occasionally allowed to buy). Artillery. Armored vehicles. Hummers. Fricken Herkybirds.
If the US government is giving machine guns to our enemies, their moral high ground for preventing *me* from owning one has evaporated. I have high hopes that this will be used in the Supreme Court to demonstrate that the government *really* doesn’t think that fully automatic weapons are a problem, and thus the NFA should be repealed.
Aug 262021
So how long is it between the call to 911 and the police actually showing up? This recording of one such incident gives a sense of the relative *eternity* that passes.
Aug 162021
I’ve seen a lot of people the last day or so express views along the lines of “I’m ashamed to be an American” or some such over the shockingly poor pullout from Afghanistan. Me? Nope. This isn’t an “America” problem. It’s a “Biden” problem. And if you want to be a bit more expansive, it’s a “Biden voter” problem.” I didn’t vote for him. I voted *against* him. I warned all y’all that he was a senile dimwit. But here we are, Biden voters. No refunds. This is on you. Hang your heads in shame. For good measure, if you voted for Biden, perhaps you should sit out the next five or six elections.
So… now what? Now that Biden and his ilk have shown the world how amazingly bad he and they are at basic planning, what can we expect from our other adversaries? If I was Ukrainian or Taiwanese… I’d be a bit nervous.
Razorfist explains it with his usual calm demeanor.
Aug 142021
Well… huh.
It’s amazing how clearly each of these phrases come through when you read the words while listening to the chant.
The most important lesson here: the next time you watch one of these “supernatural” shows, with dimwits looking for ghosts in abandoned buildings in the dark and they catch something that sounds vaguely like a distant human voice… make sure to *not* look at the screen when they play it. Because if it’s a little vague, chances are you will “hear” what the screen tells you to hear.
I’m *pretty* sure, by listening to it without watching it, that this is a bunch of Englandlanders chanting “that is embarrassing.” Whether they are commenting on the performance of some local sportsball players, or on their own government, I can’t say. Either works.
Aug 092021
A bit NSFW in the language, so HERE’S THE LINK.
Aug 012021
Two people debating: forget what they are arguing about, what their views are. Which one would you actually listen to? The calm, rational one, or the one losing his damn mind? If you are going into a debate, watch this video and DON’T BE THAT GUY.
Jul 292021
So today I was in a hospital room listening to the beeps and examining the decor when I saw the “pain chart.” It’s a fairly standard bit of simple art that’s supposed to help the patient tell the doctor just how bad they feel. But as should be *blisteringly* obvious, it’s really… lame.
Only the last one looks like pain, and it doesn’t reflect just how painful pain can be. Fortunately, eleven years ago, a FAR more accurate version was released to the world by Allie Brosch:
You’ve probably seen some version of that chart before. You may also have noticed how inadequate it is at helping you. Based on the faces, this is my interpretation of the chart:
0: Haha! I’m not wearing any pants!
2: Awesome! Someone just offered me a free hot dog!
4: Huh. I never knew that about giraffes.
6: I’m sorry about your cat, but can we talk about something else now? I’m bored.
8: The ice cream I bought barely has any cookie dough chunks in it. This is not what I expected and I am disappointed.
10:You hurt my feelings and now I’m crying!
None of that is medically useful and it doesn’t even have all the numbers, so I made a better one with all the numbers:
0: Hi. I am not experiencing any pain at all. I don’t know why I’m even here.
1: I am completely unsure whether I am experiencing pain or itching or maybe I just have a bad taste in my mouth.
2: I probably just need a Band Aid.
3: This is distressing. I don’t want this to be happening to me at all.
4: My pain is not ᚠᚪᛣᚳᛁᚾᚷ around.
5: Why is this happening to me??
6: Ow. Okay, my pain is super legit now.
7: I see Jesus coming for me and I’m scared.
8: I am experiencing a disturbing amount of pain. I might actually be dying. Please help.
9: I am almost definitely dying.
10: I am actively being mauled by a bear.
11: Blood is going to explode out of my face at any moment.
Too Serious For Numbers: You probably have ebola. It appears that you may also be suffering from Stigmata and/or pinkeye.
Jul 222021
Nice to see Scandinavians advertising to Scandinavians without denigrating Scandinavians.