Out of all my music. All my skits. This one gets front paged.

I just woke up a few minutes ago. I look on the site and see that my fanfic audio ends up on their featured list. I look and see this:

Holy shit. Don't know who's in charge of that, but THAAAAAAAAAAANK YOOOOOOU!!

After posting my vent:

https://cieirmusic.newgrounds.com/news/post/1250715

One of my true fans PM'd me. I won't say their name because last I want is for that person to get harassed. What they said on top of their vow to support me, made me realize something. Up until now, i've been so used to handling things through Paypal, that it didn't occur to me that at least some of you probably don't have a paypal account or said account doesn't get along with banks. So for those that truly wish to help support me financially, I dusted off this old account:

https://buy.stripe.com/bIY9AP8bN7WqfyE000

This does not require you to use Paypal to give tips or pay me for a requested product and I have put it on my profile recently. Simple Credit or Debit card would do.

An Experiment in Tuning Mk. 2: Chakra Stimulation

The album comes with both seperate tones for each chakra and the full song you listened to on newgrounds. Enjoy.

I've been doing music for over 4 years. 2 on Newgrounds. I've gotten into my fair share of drama on this site alone and while there have been a few straggling arguments, I've managed to push myself past it and move on. My main goal on this site, was to promote my work in hopes I would either get paying customers or collabs. And while I have succeeded in the latter for some and waited for others, I find that enough is enough. At first I thought that maybe, it was my fault that I didn't promote myself. Maybe because I pissed off a veteran or two on the site for standing up for what I've believed in or even made myself somewhat a pariah for fighting for someone I believe is innocent. Maybe because I started promoting things, you all just happen to conveniently hate. Or maybe just simply that my music is good enough. Well guess what I have come to the conclusion, that all that is wrong. I know exactly what is the reason why I haven't been able to move forward. 2. in Fact.

1. I am cursed. This has happened to me my whole life and I don't give a fuck how many of you downplayed my stuff, because you have no fucking clue the shit I've been through. I'm sure some of you do, but the rest of this site, has no fucking idea the life I lead. My whole life, I've had nothing but bad luck, from minor things like not even being able to enter a contest, let alone win to major things watching my loved ones die in front of me. While others keep trying to use, control or destroy me. I am well aware I am not the only one who has gone through this, the world does not revolve around me, but I am sick to death of this fucking pin point accurate bad luck happening to me and I have always believed someone or something is responsible for it. You may find me crazy for what I'm about to say, but whoever and whatever is out there, I only have one thing to say "FUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOU!!!!" If you really see me as a fucking threat, then you're just gonna have to fucking kill me, because I will not stop working hard until I die of exhaustion. Then you'll have lost one of many of your cosmic playthings. You thought I was a threat before and I never even did anything to antagonize a being such as yourself, well you have a threat now. So either stop or get the fuck out of my way.
2. Barring that, save for a select few, who I will not name, because I will not turn any against each other. It's your fault. You, my fans. You follow my work, you download it and with some few exceptions, not a single one of you helped me move forward and I'm not just talking money. My music isn't perfect, but it's not bad either. No need to be modest anymore, I'm probably one of the greatest composers of the modern world. Good enough to at least be in the Tank Tribune. However it's also very cheap. Literally a dollar or two for a single track. I've heard a variety of reasons why no one wants to pay, many of them have nothing to do with hating my work and while I believe some, I have come to the conclusion, that a huge bulk of it is bullshit. I know for a fact it's because you don't want to spend your hard earned money on something you've been listening for free. I'm sorry, but unless you can prove me otherwise, I don't believe a single word of it. And I'm also calling out the mods of this site too. How the hell am I supposed to know who downloads my work? For all I know, they could be pirates posting it on Youtube and passing it off as their own. Maybe even making money off my work without my fucking permission. It wouldn't kill you guys to at least have an alert or notification that let's me know who download it so that on the off chance it turns out to be someone who happens to like my work I could thank them. But no. Same with the faves. I shouldn't have to check my songs every so often to know someone's faving my work. But I ramble on. As I said before it's not just money. Even if you all were legit in what you've said, you could have found other ways to help me out. Link my work, talk about it amongst your friends. Simple stuff that doesn't even cost you a fucking thing, but save for a select few, not a single one of you motherfuckers, save for a select few, has ever gone out of their way to do that. No matter how much I asked nicely and I have been asking nicely. No more.

If you're only here to leech off my work and see me make an ass of myself should the next drama spell hit me, then you unfollow me right fucking now. Because I'm sick of lip service fans and I'm sick of not being able to move forward. I don't make this music to please fans. I make this music for me and if people happen to like it, more power to them. This isn't a hobby, this is fucking work. This is art and I am not gonna let anyone or anything keep me from moving forward in this or my life. I'm sick of waiting, I'm sick of asking. As of now, I'm demanding and fighting.

If you truly are my fans, if you truly wish for me to get ahead in this, then you help me. You fight alongside me and you make sure I get ahead while I do the same for you. That is my word. If not, then you can all go fuck yourselves.

Vent over.

Oh my God, just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. First of all major apologies, I would have done this as soon as the shot was done, but I was just so fucking tired after it all that I went to sleep as soon as I got home, but I'll log on the events here. As you know I've done the shot twice before:

https://cieirmusic.newgrounds.com/news/post/1169319

https://cieirmusic.newgrounds.com/news/post/1205497

And this one I've dreaded for a while, but I had to bite the bullet one day and do this. Like before this will get updated as time goes on. The entire point of this is that if you all can see what I go through, it might scare you less. So here's what happened.

Thursday February 17 2:20 AM:

I arrive at Rexall 10 minutes before my early appointment. Needless to say I'm fucking terrified. I've done this twice. Endured the side effects twice. I had no expectations,this would be different. I go in, check in and they make me wait. Which is astonishing, because I was the only one so far that had shown up for the booster. Let alone any of the doses. Still because I was the only one that showed up I managed to come in early. The doctor in charge, not gonna lie, probably one of the nicest people I've ever come across in my town. Helps that she's kinda gorgeous. Lol. She asks me if I experienced any side effects of the first two and I was honest I told her what happened the first two times:

Severe Dehydration.

Nausea

Inhuman Craving for Sugar

The Dehydration and Sugar part surprised her, because she never heard anyone go through it, but she logged it down. I could kinda sense the inner scientist in her, when she does so, because she wrote it down so fast that I get the feeling she may tell fellow doctors and other people in charge of the shot this. I reassured her it was nothing I couldn't handle as I knew the remedies for these symptoms:

Plenty of Fluids.

Plenty of Sweets to handle the craving.

Ginger Ale for the Nausea.

We get it over with and like before I had it done on my right arm:

Then the same song and dance goes. I get back in the waiting room and wait 15 minutes for initial reactions and it took a little longer, because they were printing my certificate:

I get myself a slice of Pizza before I go home, because I didn't eat anything prior, worried it may jump start the nausea. I then had a speghetti dinner before I went to bed.

February 18 2022 6:30 AM:

I was asleep for 15 hours, due to how long of a day it felt. When I woke up, I was already very dehydrated so I had water first chance I got and had a cookie to quell any potential cravings. I made the mistake of not waiting soon enough for the nausea to kick in to drink the ginger ale last time I did this, so I'm waiting until it hurts like hell. So far nothing, but I don't think that's gonna last.

8:33 AM:

My arm is severly sore, my head kinda hurts and my stomach is beginning to cramp. Whoopity do. Usually it takes a few days, but I guess this is why they call it a booster.

10:04 AM: Had some toast to settle the stomach. Arm still hurts and there's a rash on my elbow that feels like it's rugburned.

12:10 PM Pinprick headaches starting. Feels like something is crawling and scratching around in my head. Bulk of the pain is around my forehead and crown. May take tylenol if it feels worse.

3:04 PM Took tylenol a few hours ago and my headache is gone. So far so good.

5:53 PM Started getting bad sweat. Stomach acting up a little. Had soft pasta dinner to not trigger nausea prematurely.

Update: 3 doses and only once has some douchebag Anti-Vaxxer showed up. Seriously Vaxpire? Just fucking admit you hate autism already.

February 19 2022 1:23 AM Went to have some ginger ale after I had a familiar feeling. I managed to get a 2L Bottle this time, so even if it crops up more after, I have plenty to use. I look in the mirror and I find what looks like a rash on my neck. This never happened in the first two shots, so it can't be simply an allergic reaction. Other than that so far things have been stable. Just strange.

February 19 2022 11:08 AM woke up with bad case of nausea a couple hours ago. Drank Ginger Ale. Feel fine after.

3:33 PM So far things are good enough that I can wait another day or two for anything big. Seems I managed to nip my feared nausea in the bud, but I'll wait. I will log in for anything new, but as far as I am concerned this is concluded for now.

I thank everyone who took the time to read this. To the Anti-Vaxxer who decided to blast me. Fuck you. I'm still alive and rather than spout off bullshit you clearly got from others who never took the shot, yetknow so much about them. Maybe listen to people that actually had it.

For the rest stay tuned for more music, art and whatever the fuck I can think of.

Ladies, Gentlemen, that technicolor rainbow in between....fuck it, the whole human race, even those I dislike need to hear about this. In the past 2 years, we've been dealing with a pandemic that while not as long lasting, has really did a number on the world. Changing the way we usually do things regardless of where we come from. However, one thing we always differed from, regarding it, at least those who know it's real and not those that think it's fake; is the origin of where it comes from. Some people insist on China. Myself included. With some thinking it was a lab accident gone haywire, others thinking it was some kind of bioweapon gone loose. I myself thought some idiot janitor at Wuhan labs sold the tainted animals at the wet market for extra cash. Others think the US did it to sabotage China and it spread all over. Some even just dismiss it all and say it just happened, that it's an evolved form of it's predecessors like SARS.

However, what I am about to tell you is not only the craziest idea, but one that does come across as a conspiracy theory when you first read it. Just not a government one. Now I don't use the term in admittance, ever. Because I always try to rationalize the situations that are often accused of the conspiracy part. For example, many who claim say Marvel sabotaged DC and Vice Versa are dismissed as such, when I simply say something along the lines of "It's not even a conspiracy let alone a theory. Conspiracies are hidden, this was out in the open and very typical corporate bullshit." This was a revelation that came to me not too long ago and I really hope to God I am wrong about this, because if I'm right, I get the feeling that even if the pandemic ends, we may be in for something worse.

Before I explain. A little context. As many know, I've done an article about movies that predicted the future. With my personal belief that through The Thing and They Live, John Carpenter helped predict Covid-19 exactly. Specifically, the Thing being the first outbreak and They Live on how we as a species dealt with it. I may list other movies in the future as I found more, but that's another article for another time.

I was watching this clip:

It's the opening scene of the 1978 version of Invasion of The Body Snatchers. When I first saw this movie, I caught it halfway through on TV, so up until a few years ago, I never seen this opening before. Yet I couldn't stop watching it for one specific reason. For context, in the 1956 version the titular pod people that invade and duplicate the human race, came from plant spores from another planet and somehow managed to get to Earth to start their invasion. In this version however, rather than simply spores, they are transparent, amorphous, gelatinous beings that resemble single cell organisms rather than merely plant life and it wasn't until they landed on Earth's trees that they became Seedpods. Turning into small flowers to lure in victims to take them home so they could kill and duplicate them. While at the same time, living off the leaves they spread to for nourishment. Like a parasitic symbiotic virus. Sound familiar?

We've been so focused on where on EARTH this thing came from, looking down in a way, when we should have looked up. Beyond the sky, beyond the atmosphere and into the vastness of Space.

Now before anyone says it yes, a movie like Invasion of The Body Snatchers is less likely to happen. As those pods, be it seed spores or flying sentient shape-shifting germs would no doubt burn on re-entry. However there is one vital clue that shows how these things may have come to earth. At a certain angle when the Body Snatchers are flying about empty space, some of them at a far distance seemed to twinkle resembling stars. I couldn't tell them from the actual stars. I propose two theories regarding them. 1. They could duplicate inorganic life as well as organic life, which would explain how they survived re-entry. 2. The more plausible, being they hitched a ride on a large meteor which slowly disintegrated and didn't hop out until it was close enough to earth to fall and blend in with the rain.

But that's just explaining the movie. How does this have anything to do with Covid?

Simple. First and Foremost, I would like for you to look up the name Robert Bakker. He's a famous paleontologist and his theory was that after the Asteroid destroyed most of the dinosaurs, the rest got finished off by a multitude of diseases caused by the change in environment. However I offer an extension to this theory. Since the asteroid was big enough to land on earth to wipe it out, what if there were diseases within it too. Ones that cross-bred with the native diseases on what used to be Pangaea? There have been many articles recently saying that the asteroid is still affecting Earth to this day. One of which being millions of microorganisms, growing and evolving right underneath our crust. So I theorize in that case, maybe one of them simply got out and intermingled with the Corona virus as a whole, be it by itself or through the disease carrying animals like Bats.

However so far, with every disease we've been hit over the millennia, as well as our efforts to adapt, immunize and fight them off over the course of the same era, we've managed to make it through Ok, regardless of the casualties. This pandemic being no exception even if it's taking longer. However, part of why it's taking so long is that people regardless of what they theorize have no fucking clue where it came from.

I realized that maybe, in small doses compared to the Dinosaur Asteroid, that these meteors, even if they don't hit the Earth, would probably accumulate over time into one big thing. And I think I know where it came from. Like I said. I think. As in I'm not 100% certain, but I do believe it's possible. Much like I've mentioned before I think like the Asteroid, this disease among many others in space, may have hitched a ride on many meteors big and small and either landed directly on earth or landed close enough to spread to it.

The most common way to witness a meteor or a group of meteors falling to earth is through Meteor Showers. Meteor Showers have often been considered harmless physically because the meteors burn up in re-entry before they hit the earth. That is unless they are big enough to survive the fall. Even then they contain radioactive material in them, which while seemingly harmless to us, could make a brilliant hotbed for things smaller than us. So I offer two theories regarding this one.

1. The first being that during a meteor shower one of the bigger ones hit the Earth and was either left unchecked or someone took it home with them. However I debunk this one a little, because you'd need to know if it landed somewhere in Wuhan for that one to even be plausible. That being said, best bet would be to check anywhere in the area and see if there are new meteors displayed in their museums.
2. The second, being that even the one's that disintegrated were closer to earth long enough for this particular organism to fall just about anywhere on Earth. Meaning even if the Meteor is destroyed, there are still odds the virus may have made it down. Either staying airborne or landing in the closest living population to intermingle with the local bacteria. This one I find more believable.

That being said, on this site: https://www.imo.net/resources/calendar/, I was looking into the previous calenders that predict and log when the next meteor shower would hit. One specifically popped into mind. It was known as the Leonid Meteor Shower. An event that happens once a year in November. Said shower let's 10 - 15 meteors per hour loose in our atmosphere. So I looked up the dates to see if it coincided with the first outbreak. This particular shower was predicted to happen on 15th in 2019 and was expected to peak on the 16th - 17th of that same month and year. that is over 48 hours of meteors falling. At that rate it'd be 480 - 720 meteors falling to the sky, disintegrating into dust and smoke if they got close enough. Which in turn spreads out in the atmosphere and through the local weather falls down to the Earth. And that's just the peak days. I do not want to know how many there actually was during the actual period of it.

What does this have to do with covid? That period of time was 2 - 3 days before November 19, 2019. The first official outbreak in Wuhan. Then I looked into the ones in 2020, there was a different type of meteor shower known as ε-Perseids. Which happen every September once per year. 5 Meteors per hour with it lasting from September 5 to September 21. That's 5 Meteors per hour for 16 days. 384 hours. 1920 Meteors fall during that time. September 2020 was when the first variants were estimated to start from. Then I looked into 2021, the Leonids strike again, this time the period was between november 6 - 30 with it's peak on the 17th once again. 24 days of 10 meteors. That's 576 hour, giving it a total of 5760 Meteors. So if 2019's period is the same, that makes that times 2 for both. It also happens to be around the time the Omicron Variant was discovered and reported. Kind of odd that our most recent variant 2 months ago, was discovered about 1 year and 5 days after the first outbreak occurred, isn't it?

Now I'm not saying this is right. For all I know, it could be a massive coincidence at best or complete and total bullshit at worst. I really hope to God it's the latter, because if it's not then we got bigger things to worry about.

Meteors have often been associated with many end of the world scenarios, mostly associated with warnings of it. Such as Revelation's prediction that the Stars will fall to the Earth, signifying judgment day. What if instead of a warning, it's what may be the cause, but not in the way we think? But rather than a natural cause, what if these ones are deliberately aimed at us?

By all intents and purposes if Meteors were enough to hurt us in this way, then we'd all be at risk every time there's a meteor shower and there have been shitloads between the dates I've mentioned. So naturally we'd be fucked every time. However aside from them accumulating as I mentioned here's what I believe is happening. Probably the craziest thing anyone has ever thought of.

Imagine you're a race of aliens and for some reason or another you're pissed off at Earth. Whether it's because we're destructive, are a potential threat, or the humans just happen to be in the way of a new place you want to live in. Now a full scale invasion would seem the logical way to go. An armada of ships, but even if your power is capable enough to wipe the humans off the face of the Earth, you don't want to risk harming the planet. Nor a potential revolution. So you come up with a plan. A way to kill everyone, but without damaging any natural resources, assuming you don't have the tech to fix what they broke. So you take advantage of an event that happens once a year and you smuggle the virus onto earth using the meteors as cover. Thinking it'd be a piece of cake. However you find to your shock that the humans found a way to fight it back. Through Vaccines and other things. So you send a stronger virus. They fight back again. You send another one. They fight back once more. The baffling part is, they don't even know they're fighting you to begin with. Yet they keep winning.

I think the next major variant will come in the next meteor shower, possibly on September or November this year, but odds are it will happen during any other date as well. I really hope to God I'm wrong.

Now this isn't set in stone, I could be very, very wrong, however if I'm right, this stopped being a pandemic and started becoming a war of the worlds.

Years ago, I did a youtube channel specifically based on promoting CIEIR Music. More or less promoting stuff I worked on before joining Newgrounds. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything I hadn't done anywhere else, so I decided mostly for fun, to do a compilation of some of my favourite work that I did last year. Go check it out.

I just found out a few hours ago Ivan Reitman passed away two days ago.

For those that don't know who he is. Ivan Reitman, was a legend. This guy not only directed some of the greatest comedies from the late 70s to the mid 2000s, but he also helped further the career of such greats as John Hughes and David Cronenberg, while serving as producer and executive producers.

As director, he was responsible for such greats as Meatballs, Animal House and of course Ghostbusters. The latter of which he also provided the Demonic voice for Zuul among most things. As his final role, he not only was the executive producer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by his son, Jason Reitman; SPOILERS He also served as the stand in for the Body and Ghost of Egon Spengler. His last role literally trying to do something special for an old late friend. Now that is dedication. The irony of him playing a ghost, then in a sense becoming one, is not lost on me.

The fact that he was able to see through this movie until the end, which is a rarity among filmmakers, is just ONE of the reasons why this director is well regarded.

Ivan, wherever you are, I really hope you are in a better place....the containement unit of the old firehouse, but I'm sure wherever you are is just as good. Rest in Peace You Comedy Legend.

Over the years I've often had a strange fascination with War. Unlike some people who prefer one side or another, I've often been stuck in the middle. On one hand, I like so many people all over the world at least had one or two family members serve. In my case two great grandfathers of mine fought in World War II. It often made me proud that when the chips were down they would go after the Nazis. However, on the other hand. I also know the consequences of War. Whether it's major battles like the ones going on right now or petty disputes between people during opposing views, which often escalate. People have died either way.

Now the solution seems simple, to stop all war. However it's not as simple as you think. We as a species despite our need for peace, will never achieve it that way because it doesn't feel earned. Much of the reasons why some wars even continue, is because one side, the other or both feel unsatisfied with winning without rubbing it in their faces. Even if said rubbing happens after they killed. Some of which feel unsatisfied because they killed less people than they hoped, despite the whole point being to solve your grievances with less loss of life Soldier and Civilian. That's when it struck me.

https://cieirmusic.newgrounds.com/news/post/1248362

As I once mentioned it has occurred to me, that like other aspects of life, war is just an unfriendly competition to the world leaders. Some care about the win. Some care about killing as many people as they can to prove whatever point they were trying to make. So it got me thinking. There has to be an alternative way the countries can settle their disputes. A way that would let us divulge in our bloodlust, but at the same time minimize casualties at the very least at a level sustainable for both sides. That's right I said both.

Before I say how, I want to point something out. Regardless of our views, the world is not black and white. Despite many people believing in grey areas, we can't help but view the world that way, because there are things that are clearly good and clearly bad, but the problem is we only see the surface. Case in point, I hate Nazis. I hate White Supremecists. I hate dictators. I hate Terrorists. I hate anyone that uses bullshit excuses to justify systematically killing other human beings. However at the same time I also know, that no matter how much I hate these people, like us, they are set in their ways. When you take away all the bullshit, the isms and the phobes that drive them to do what they do, what do you see? People. Ordinary people with families of their own, be it blood or surrogate that are set in their ways and doing what they think is right. Their families would be just as grief stricken of their deaths, as we would be of ours even if they are the ones that killed them. They are so set in their ways, that in their twisted POV, we are the bad guys. It doesn't help, that we both have a sense of fulfillment and joy regarding killing each other. Not only that, but let's just say hypothetically someone from their ways decide to convert to our ways or find a balance between both. We wouldn't accept them, because of where they came from. A former Nazi for example could attempt to make up for the atrocities his or her fellow bretheren made in the past, by doing something signifigant to help the Jewish, but while some individuals would be thankful the rest are so pissed off at what he and his friends did in the past, that they rather see him or her get executed. Making them no different than the people that hunted their friends and families down. So needless to say, everyone in the world still needs a way to vent that anger and frustration albeit in a more healthy way.

Funny enough the way I found, was from a very unlikely source:

This is Robot Jox. Filmed in 1987 and released in 1990. Directed by Stuart Gordon of Re-Animator and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, this was the west's first attempt to cash in on the Mecha Craze that was going on in the 1970s - 1980s. Trying to become as great as Voltron or the Gundam franchise and for a low-budget film with little to no CGI it did a great job. I suggest you all watch it. I myself haven't seen this movie since I was a little kid.

The movie itself takes place in a future where all war is abolished, yet to settle the greivence between countries, they replaced it with a gladiator style match between two robot warriors piloted by humans known as Jox. Because all this was being filmed during the tail end of the Cold War, it does have somewhat of a black and white viewpoint of the world. With the Market taking the place of USA and their allies and The Confederation taking the place of the Soviet Union at the time. The rules are simple, each Jox is contracted to participate in 10 straight competitions. Whether they choose to continue after that is their choice, but that's the main thing. However there's a catch, the judges can declare an exception if certain circumstances, like say the fight ending in a draw. Then they invoke their oldest rule. "It isn't over until one wins." Meaning even if you fought 10 straight matches, if one didn't have a clear winner, unless you decide to breach the contract and retire, you have no choice but to fight until one wins. Once you two are within punching distance of each other, the referee can choose to prohibit the use of long range weapons, in favour of a straight up fist fight. That's right, you can shoot at each other or beat the shit out of each other in giant mechs and whoever wins, their respective team gets to take over the land they fight for. In the case of this movie, there are two champions. One for the Confederation named Alexander, presumably named after Alexander the Great. Who's mech would make Darth Vader so intimidated, he'd want to make his own. As well as Achilles, who's obviously named after Ligryon whom you know as the Greek Hero Achilles. Also while it's not encouraged, the winner decides whether or not the loser is allowed to live. So naturally Alexander gets to kill his fallen opponent, which is how he earned his reputation as one of the most deadliest champions of the sport.

While the matches are meant to replace war, they are treated as a somewhat friendly competition between the two. No different than any sport on TV. At least for the most part. One thing I noticed was regarding Alexander, the Confederation's champion, is that he cares not for the rules or even the team he represents. He just wants to kick his opponent while he's down and kill them when he's finished with them. No different than any gung ho soldier that wants to go in the front lines to kill their enemy. However, while the movie itself, spoilers, is meant to end on an Aesop that you don't have to kill each other to be victorious, the one thing that impressed me about this movie, rewatching it now, was that with the exception of an event that was deemed as tragic as any real life civilian casualities, this was the perfect example of how disputes should be settled. Two people. Each one representing their side, their politics, their belief system, their everything, beating each other until one gives up or one dies. Granted we all want to live in a world where we don't have to kill everyone. Two people is a hell of a lot better than the following statistics below:

World War I: 40 million.

World War II:

The actual fight: 70 - 85 million.

The Holocaust: 6 Million Jewish. 5.7 Million Soviets Civilians. 2 - 3 million Soviet POWs. 1 - 3 Million. 300 - 600 thousand Serbians. 270 disabled people. (and people wonder why I think Anti-Autsitic Anti-Vaxxers are scum.). 130 - 300 thousand Romani. 80 - 200 thousand Freemasons. 20 - 25 Thousand Slovenians. 5000 - 15 thousand Homosexuals. 3,500 Spanish Republicans. 1500 Jehovas witnesses. At least one known black person while the rest were put in camps. Since people are still counting the bodies to this day, who knows how many others are really there? And that's not even counting mixed races. The sum total of that number though is roughly 16.6 million people. All dead.

Hiroshima: 66 Thousand dead. 69 thousand wish they were. Out of a population of 255 thousand.

Nagasaki: 39 Thousand. 69 thousand wish they were. Out of a population of 195 thousand.

Soldier and Civilian alike.

And that's just World War Fucking II.

Korean War: 5 Million

The Cold War: 50 - 56 Million direct military casualties. Civilain and Soldier.

Vietnam: 58.2 Thousand U.S. Soldiers. 250 Thousand South Vietnamese Soldiers. 1.1 Million Vietcong. 2 Million Civilians on both sides.

I could go on. The point being that despite or best efforts on either side, we as a species has killed over millions of people. With the major bulk of them not even soldiers. Civilians. People whom like us just want to live their lives no matter what politics disagree with us. They never done anything wrong except parrot the bullshit their governments and soldiers spew. Nobody like to think about these things because it eliminates all justification regardless of whose side you're on. It's easier for us to think of them less like people and more like numbers on paper or screen. It's even easier for Goverments regardless of which party to sweep this under the rug, because they themselves are not the ones fighting. They don't have to look a fellow human in the eye when they are taking their lives. It's not easy for soldiers to do it, unless they are really bloodthirsty. Of course save for some who did start out as soldiers, telling them to go out and do the fighting for us, would be a major waste of time. While it is true in the olden times, wars have gotten to the point where even the kings and queens would be in the front lines fighting alongside their fellow country men and women. Somewhere along the line, said rulers and their political successors have grown soft, cowardly, would do almost everything not to get killed. Truth be told, when they stopped fighting for us, I think we lost what it means to be a human being. Instead they spend bill

Now I'm not saying we should just go around making giant mechs and beating the shit out of each other. That technology hasn't been improved on yet but there are close things such as this:

No word of a lie this exists. But these can only do so much in a fight.

What I am saying is that I there are alternatives that could very well do more good than harm. And while we as a whole are blood thirsty, some of us are well open to these ideas.

There was a study I found:

https://www.historynet.com/men-against-fire-how-many-soldiers-actually-fired-their-weapons-at-the-enemy-during-the-vietnam-war.htm

That out of 10 men in a squad of fresh recruits, only as few as three would directly fire at a living person regardless if they are Vietcong. The rest would either fire over them or preoccupy themselves other tasks. It was one of the things that inspired the likes of Jim Channon to try to utilize that inherent flaw and turn it into the strength.

His idea was to create what was known as the First Earth Battalion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Earth_Battalion

Which was made famous by the hit movie, The Men Who Stare at Goats:

Now the movie takes certain liberties, while Channon did work on the notion of creating psychic soldiers, his main goal for the first Earth Battalion was finding non-lethal solutions to resolving conflict. Ironically he was also the person who invented the U.S. Army Slogan: "Be all you can be."

While these are noble, it only solves one problem. No matter how much we try to repress it, we can't contain that dark side of ourself. It's like caging a wild animal. Sooner or later that animal will get angry, will get free and cause 10x more damage than you think would do.

So here is what I propose. Rather than fight wars, we should settle a dispute with a modern twist of the old fashioned way: Duels.

Here's how it should go:

All soldiers of all countries lay down their arms. Then pick someone who is you believe is your best fighter. With some time, train them in every way of combat. Hand to hand, melee weapons, firearms and portable explosives. After you're both good and ready you both drum up a contract. While some rules are subject to change, these are the most simple of them:

1. Whomever you pick represents your respective country. For example if USA was going against Russia. Their best fighters, would represent USA and Russia Respectfully.
2. The dispute is the title prize of the match. So say for example, Russia wants Ukrane, but Ukrane doesn't want them there. They settle it with their best fighters.
3. Once the terms are set, the match regardless of who's allied with whom, will take place in a neutral territory. Switzerland being the best one because they take no sides, but other countries are welcome to lend their land should they take interest.
4. Now because people are more likely to get injured or die in it than mech fights. Each fighter is allowed 5 runner ups to replace them. No more no less. Whom are not allowed to even set foot on the battle ground unless their team mate is in no condition to fight or dead. If all 6 soldiers on one side are eliminated or their rep surrenders, they lose.
5. Death is allowed, since this isn't child's play. However, if the losing opponent yields, they are bound by Geneva convention to arrest them and treat them fairly until at the very least the match is over. Controversial I know, but let's face it this is supposed to be an alternative to war.
6. Obstacles such as land mines, booby traps and other man made hindrances are prohibited. The only explosives you're allowed to have are grenades. This is meant to be a fair fight between two people.
7. The referee must come from an unbiased source. So that they can enforce the rules fairly.
8. Long range weapons are allowed at a far distance but at close range, only hands and melee weapons are allowed.
9. If one fighter has the upper-hand, but the opposer still lives,the opposing fighter has a choice to surrender or die. I put this one in because some would rather die than lose and I'd say let them. While others would rather live and see their loved ones again even if they did their best to win. So I say let them too.

That's just a rough few. I may come up with more, but I want to save some space for the other things. You are welcome to suggest rules and even offer changes in hopes to think of something better.

Much like a Gladiator match, each conflict takes place in an arena. Said arena is mostly open land, but with more natural obstacles, rocks, buidlings, things like that. The idea being that it allows each fighter to utilize all their skills to get to the other. The arena would be Olympic sized, with two gates for each fighter. No spectators though as people could get seriously injured. You wanna watch it, then cameras will be placed all over the bleachers behind bomb proof glass. Civilian lives should NEVER be taken. EVER!!

Now initially just seeing two people try to injure or kill each other would seem bleak. So taking cues from Robot Jox WWE and Death Race 2000, I believe each fighter should have their own gimmick. Since they're gonna die or get hurt anyway they may as well go out having fun and entertaining the world. This would include promos, pre-fight taunts things like that. However it can't be too fun and I'll tell you why. I believe that once someone vents out their frustrations through this, they would feel a lot more better and hell, maybe even just end the fight peacefully eventually. But we'd have a long way to go before we get there. Until then, this is the best shot we got.

Of course if I can't appeal to the hearts of the people and the government, I could always appeal to their wallets.

It costs over $17 Thousand Dollars for one U.S. Infantry soldier to go fully equipped and there is an average 1000 soldiers in one platoon. That's over $17 Million Dollars for just one squad alone and if all don't make it, it'll be another $17 Million more to replace them. And that's just the US government. Because so many soldiers die all over, that means if a war continued forever, eventually one side or the other or both would go bankrupt.

So if you don't care about the lives of human beings, maybe you would care how much it would save you in money alone just to allow one to six people to go against one to six others. Money that could be used to restore your respective countries and make lives better for the people you claim to be protecting. But hey that's just me.

Names have a lot of power. They can mean everything and nothing. Some names mean you're either like God or God's Gift. Others make you sound like a warrior or a noble even if you have no such titles in real life. And sometimes others strike fear into the hearts of all, due to the atrocities that name has wrought upon. However there have often been many names that through accident or incident, that have been offensive simply because they happen to be spelt the same way as other offensive things. Like Racial and Sexual Slurs.

In this post in a bit of cringe humour I'm gonna list some of the most well known names that most would wonder how the hell they missed those.

First off people with the first or last name that sounds or is spelled like racial slurs:

Now these names could apply to first names, last names and god forbid even middle names. I only have one example, but it stands to reason. Carrie Coon. For those who don't know Carrie Coon is a famous actress who's most recent role is Callie Spengler in Ghostbusters Afterlife. She's also white. Why is that important? Well because her last name is spelled and sounded similar to the racial slur of the same name. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Even names like Black and White have teetered over to that corner based on how they been used. Especially out of context and it's often more awkwardly funny when it happens to be someone who's race is opposite of what those names are after. Prominent examples include MIB where each time K and J go to investigate, K give the name Special Agent Black and Dr. White Respectively. Of course who can also forget that awkward dubbing moment in Dragon Ball Super where Goku was mistaken by the future resistance for his evil counterpart. Goku Black:

They knew what they were doing.

The next category is names after sexual slurs:

There have been many names that either inadvertently are named after one's private parts or end up becoming a homophobic slur in the future. In this case I got a twofer for you. Dick Van Dyke. For those that don't know, Dick Van Dyke is a legendary actor who has been doing entertainment since he was a kid growing up in the 1930s. He's 96 right now. You may know him as Bert the Chimney Sweep on Merry Poppins. No need to tell you what his first and last name share the same spelling with. Even Family Guy caught on when they did their satire on the FCC:

Then there's names that happen to be similar to those that committed crimes: For example Al Bundy of Married With Children has often been mistaken IRL for being or being related to infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. Then you have the ultimate. Adolf Hitler. The name Adolf was a very common name in Germany and Austria. One of which being Adolf Dassler who founded the popular shoe company Adidas. The irony was not lost on Dassler so he shortened his name to Adi. Shhh. No one tell his estate owner that was Eva Braun's nickname for Hitler. Of course none compares to the ultimate bombshell. While I normally wouldn't say this, but this is almost as big of a bomb dropped since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For those about to pull their keyboards out, trust me, you'll know why. There is another Adolf Hitler out there. That's right and this one ironically is a civil rights activist.

Meet Adolf Uuona or should I say Adolf Hitler Uuona. Now unlike his white austrian counterpart, this man was born in Nambia an African country that cpmmonly uses Germanic names, still his parents must have really hated him considering it's one thing to name him Adolf. It's another to name him Hitler as that family line is still around to this day and not all of them are Nazis. But to call him Adolf Hitler even if that's his middle name? That's just begging for trouble. On the plus side, many comedians from the 1970s to now can rest easy as their many jokes about "Black Hitler" have become the truth. John Goodman was right:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzEVRappRC0

Let me know what offensive names you have found. Good luck.