Talk about returning to the scene of the crime yeesh

Re: body counts:

They just can’t stop treating people as things and words as weapons, can they?

That is not a place of honor, and it feels like abuse to send an unshielded 20 year old into it.

Also, Aella rhymes with paella.

Id like to echo YNIH, this has been a real trip. Thanks for history and the analysis! Reinventing the wheel but worse (e.g. rizzless Scientology) is certainly a trope with our subjects, isnt it?

On a side note, as someone who has enjoyed the occasional temporal lobe seizure, I wonder if Lydia ought to have a quiet word with a neurologist. The déjà vu might be a portent, but not the one you feel that it is.

High-theta in-ethics a+ sneer

This last run of “Behind the Bastards” about the One Taste cult/startup is giving off big this vibes.

the anarchist in the audience sitting on the edge of their seat

First thought: Thank You for Smoking Vibe Coding

Second Thought: Having those dingdongs get so mad at him must feel extremely validiting lol

A self-licking lightcone

Is this Yuri’s Revenge?

✋ ontology

👉 intology

Do you reckon it was a net negaive for them? It’s heartening (to me) that it was such a damp squib, and it’s always entertaining to witness the civillians’ reaction to their first taste of TPOT.

Seeing these dingdongs in the sunlight helps observers get over the “It cant be that stupid” barrier, in my experience.

In 50 years some history pervert’s gonna dig this up and have a very weird day.

Glomarizing is the new squanch