Amateur Filmmaker, Author, Cartoonist, Musician and defictionalizer (Finding truth in fiction), mostly here to promote my music to indie developers that need it.
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.
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.
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:
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:
Whomever you pick represents your respective country. For example if USA was going against Russia. Their best fighters, would represent USA and Russia Respectfully.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The referee must come from an unbiased source. So that they can enforce the rules fairly.
Long range weapons are allowed at a far distance but at close range, only hands and melee weapons are allowed.
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:
Something that's been bugging me all my life. Everywhere I go, whenever someone talks about their dreams and goals, they often have a moment where they feel that they should taunt others that didn't make it where they have. I myself have been guilty of this attitude in the past and all it does is risk alienating me from others, be it friends, family or even potential fans. Humans in a sense, deep down are competitive in nature, mainly because each one of us either thinks the world revolves around us or barring that we vow to make it so. Rich people buy up more land, so no one else can have any. Governments enforce laws every second, to make sure the next generation doesn't have it as easy as the previous. The classes below are no exception either. Because of envy and greed, the middle to lower classes are willing to do anything just to be noticed by those higher, let alone be one of them. Including killing those that stand in their way. No fucking joke.
Now I got nothing against competition. When it's friendly. When the insults are just all in good fun. I don't knock on those that see and enjoy the world that way. My main problem is that why is Life the most unfriendly competition in the history of everything?
Turns out I wasn't the only one that felt that way. There was a scene in John Carpenter's They Live where Nada and Frank argue about America's ideals in the 1980s. This was during the time when some people got sick of Reaganomics.
To put it lightly Nada before finding out the truth, was idealistic, believing that hard work would give him the chance to get on top and retire in peace. While Frank talks about life being a competition. He specifically mentions they put you at the starting line and the name of the game is "Make it through life." Only everyone is out for themselves and looking to do you in at the same time. That's what bothers me. People have this notion that to get ahead you have to hurt others simply because they are in your way.
When I started CIEIR, one of my main goals was to eliminate that bullshit. Kill it for good. I believe that every human being should have an easy life. How they get there is up to them, but at the same time I don't plan on leaving people behind or stepping on others in front of me to get here. If it takes to my fucking death, I will keep on going until I either get lucky or some snot nosed punks with that bullshit mentality decides I'm too big of a threat and tries to take me out.
Life shouldn't be about hurting each other, it should be about helping each other along the way, but that's just me.
One thing I was fond of growin up, was what I like to call Swear Bait songs. For those who don't know what I mean, they are songs that are a rhyme scheme, that makes the listener think the singer is swearing. The most famous being, Miss Susie. However my faves out of them are Old English Folk Song, which the late great Bob Saget covered in his Standup "That Ain't Right." As well as South Park's Mrs. Landers, sung by Stan's on again off again girlfriend Wendy Testaburger. I like them because they seem more risque than the first song. The best thing about them is that regardless of how you do it, the song is easy to make lyrics out of. Allow me to Demonstrate:
A long time ago in a far away Dock.
The sailors were sitting there stroking their...
Cats and their Dogs while they wait at the shore.
Along came their wives whom they think they are....
Nice and reliable, they know what to say.
You think with how close they are they might be....
Friends and good neighbours who have all their backs.
A sailor is under the docks smoking....
Pipes and cigars after a long day with fish.
The first mate is starboard and taking a.....
Break from swabbing the deck down on his luck.
Would do anything for a really good.....
Time with his wife and his kids without lie.
If you do not like it then fuck off and die.
I encourage each and every one of you to come up with your own.
What's the name of the Ursine that ratted out a president? Bernstein Bear.
What do you call Black Friday in Dallas? The Texas Wal-Mart Massacre.
What do you call a cop out camping? Pig in a blanket.
To the owners of the 2021 Whirlpool WRS321SDHZ Refridgerator. If you can confirm to me that fridge is running, then DON'T JUST STAND THERE READING THIS!! CATCH IT!!
What do you call spending a few minutes, reading and trying to get the first 4 jokes? A massive waste of time.
I just saw Ghostbusters Afterlife. One of the running gags is Phoebe Spengler pumping out lame jokes, so I thought I'd see if I could top her off, by telling lame jokes of my own.
I was originally gonna try to sell digital copies of all my cavas art on Ko-Fi, but found that at least one may be too disturbing to sell. So I looked around for places that would allow more artistic freedom. In other words, ones that let me go as disturbing as humanly possible and still profit off them. I found this site:
While I'm mostly advertising my own artwork on this I reccomend any artiists out there to look into this. Maybe you could be able to profit off your own stuff there.
Much like my other canvas painting based albums, this one comes with a free digital copy of the original art. However unlike the other canvases, I won't sell this one on Ko-Fi, because it may qualify as too disturbing for their site. So needless to say until I find a more adult themed site to sell them, you'll only get a copy through this.
There are character actors, working actors, action actors, money actors, art actors, Nicolas Cage, but nothing like Jeffery Combs. This was a guy who would literally do anything you tell him in terms of acting. Want an over the top performance? You got it? Want something more subdued and grounded? He's your man. This guy could play anything. Heroes, Villains, Anti-Heroes, Bystanders, Minions, even a Cameo by him would take one of the most Z rated movies and make it worth watching.
Born in 1954, Combs has been acting since his Highschool days. While he's been in movies before, he didn't achieve his first major break until met by Stuart Gordon and Bryan Yuzna. Who wanted to adapt the H.P. Lovecraft Comedic Horror "Herbert West: Re-Animator"
The story itself written in 1922, but the movie itself made in 1985. It tells the tale of Herbert West, an obsessed mad scientist, who wanted to find the secret to life and death. Using a formula that brings the dead back to life, but with disasterous results. Ever since the success of that role, he's had 2 sequels and even went so far as narrating the original story on an audio book version. Not to mention him typecast in other Lovecraft and horror genre roles. However, unlike most actors who'd be stuck in one role, in his case the hammy, creepy, scientist obsessed with his work. Combs with barely any effort whatsoever has fought and won against it, by playing other types of roles to expand his range.
In terms of the Lovecraft films, he's played the innocent, but traumatized Crawford Tillinghast in From Beyond. With fellow Re-Animator Co-Star Barbara Crampton playing the role one of the mad scientists.
Playing H.P. Lovecraft himself in Necronomicon.
To playing an atoning father mourning the loss of his child in Castle Freak. And that's just the Lovecraft stuff.
The man has played everything you can imagine, from Aliens on Star Trek, to Superheroes like The Question. If here was a bingo card of the roles he'd play, he'd be neck and neck with Morgan Freeman. The only reason Combs comes short, is that unless he plans to play one, he hasn't played a God yet. Brainiac from Injustice doesn't count.
What makes him stand out amongst most actors, is whether he's hammy or serious, he is very good at convincing the audience that what he sees and what he experiences is real.
As a bit of a joke I often wonder how Herbert West would handle the modern world today.
Jeffery, you brought decades of entertainment to us all and if we're lucky you'll continue to do so. I salute you.
Over the years, we've often got our own perspectives of the world. Whether it's what god/gods to worship if not at all. Which Political Party represents our needs the most. Whether or not the Earth is, round, flat, oblong whatever. Things that seem to make sense to some, but are considered at best ridiculous or at worst down right crazy. Yet when you think about it, really hard, despite our differences and disagreements, there are a lot of things we all have in common.
For example, whether you're a religious person or not, with the exception of a select few, we all agree that this planet is more than just the land we stand on. It's a living breathing organism and in all honesty, myself included we are very guilty for exploiting what used to be a plentiful area. I myself am a Carnivore, I smoke, I love cars and motorcycles and just recently according to some people, I'm contributing to worse crimes against the Earth by making, selling and advertising NFTs. However at the same time, I've also thought of ways that could potentially help reverse the damage. For example, do not trust any government funded scientists. Regardless if they happen to be right on some things, it's a known fact that the worst of them, are paid to downplay or exaggerate the effects of their respective field.
Now I don't mean, don't trust all environmental scientists, medical doctors or anything like that, as even within the government, there are trustworthy people whom have earned their credentials. But the ones that appear more on TV, than actually actively working on solving the problem, no matter what country they are from or what political party is in control at the time, are not to be trusted. Period. The ones that actually want to do their job, get less of a voice and don't deny it. While this was from a fictional version of a real life authority figure, I quote James Malone regarding how the Untouchables. He said "If you're worried about getting a rotten apple. Don't go to the barrel. Get it from the tree." Granted at the time, he was talking about finding police officers that are incorruptible, with the solution being to pluck them out straight from the academy, but I think it applies to everything. The scientists I suggest one trusts are the ones not only fresh out of College or University, but at least had a year of field work. Why? Because the respective governments, have not seen enough potential to recruit them, bribe them and use them to further their own careers. Meaning these people are scientists first and Capitalists and Opportunists next to never. Meaning they are less likely to bullshit if say for example they say we are all gonna die from this or that. Not only that, but when not distracted by things tempt them into selling out, they actually focus more on the work and would even find viable solutions.
The next thing is also science related, but it's mundane, yet effective. Over the years, I've stumbled upon a lot of alternatives, to the foods we eat. I'm not talking about things like Beyond or Impossible Meat. This actually predates it.
Meet Mark Post. This man was a hell of a genius because before Beyond and Impossible came about, he was the main go-to guy for an alternative to the slaughter house. Yet despite that, he was still able to create something that qualifies as a meat product. Not a plant based product that happens to be meat. An actual meat product you can eat without feeling guilty about how many animals were killed. Why? Because none at all. Using beef as his first foray, what he did was, using the same tech to create stem cells, replicating the muscle fibre and fat cells that are used in the average burger. Dubbed the FrankenBurger by the media. however there is one slight fault. The tech used to make it, is very expensive. Which in turn makes at least one of those burgers, also very fucking expensive. I believe however that if enough people funded his work, that he may find a way to mass produce the meat, making it not only cheaper, but an even better alternative than what we're used to fresh from the slaughterhouse. I know if I had the capital for it, I'd pay whatever I could to make that a reality. I once corresponded with the man himself through email. More or less suggesting other things to use that tech for. Such as replicating skin cells to make an alternative way to make leather. He not only responded, but he was already way ahead of me on that department. Even directing me the site dedicated to that https://www.qorium.earth/en/
I suggest you check that one out, even for curiosity sake.
This site above is the brain child of one Rob Rhinehart. A computer engineer, who believed the body can be hacked as well as computer. To test this theory out, the man went and made his own formula in which it covered every basic nutrition humans were required to survive and stay healthy. He called it Soylent. Named after a fictional company from the 1970s classic Soylent Green. Though despite the namesake, this one is not made out of human remains.....that I know of. Whether he knew it or not, there is potential beyond simply keeping us full and healthy. For those that don't know what I'm talking about. Ever since the show Star Trek The Next Generation came out, many people from fans of the show, to legit scientists have fought tooth and nail to create a gadget that could satisfy the world if done right. The Matter Replicator. In the show, the replicator uses energy from the ship's power source to recreate and reassemble matter to just about anything you want. Especially food and beverages. Now we all know that Matter cannot simply be created out of thin air as the show demonstrates, but all matter can be repurposed and rebuilt with the right technology. A big example being 3D printers, that started out as re-assembling plastic into various things from toys to key components to gadgets. However some genius figured out a way to re-purpose and re-assemble food ingredients to make various dishes. Even custom making fine details such as decorations on the sides. They started with desserts, but tried to move on to other products, the goal being to find a way to make solid foods while in space. Without Zero Gravity effecting it. One food in particular they are succeeded in, is making Pizza.
What does this have to do with Soylent? Whether Rhinehart knew it or not, he basically reduced food matter to it's most basic form with his patented formula. If one were to find away to use the printer to re-purpose and reassemble food, using the soylent formula as their raw ingredients, then you've pretty much covered all food related issues. If he had the money and resources available for it, they'd not only be able to make a crude version of said replicator, but also be one step closer to solving world hunger.
Part of why these figures don't get the respect they deserve is because the very people that fund their own "Experts." try their hardest to scare you away from them. They hike up the prices for the resources needed while at the same time advertise their cheap, unhealthy fast foot shit. Pretty much using basic psychology on the human race's collective greed and stinginess to their advantage. Even the impossible whopper or beyond meat, is guilty of this too, because when you get right down to it, you're still eating cheap, greasy, salty, unhealthy shit in a box. The only difference being the source of said grease. While at the same time put it in our own heads that we need them, more than they need us. When in fact, they need us to survive. Bare in mind, regardless of which party was in charge, these same people decades ago tried to convince us that Global Warming was bullshit and now they're saying it's not bullshit. And it's not just one government one country. It's all governments all countries. Whether you're democrat, republican, libertarian, centrist, communist, socialist or god forbid a fucking Nazi, it doesn't matter. Mainly because you'll get fucked either way.
In conclusion, when you get right down to it, regardless of how fucked up the world is, we are much better than we give ourselves credit for. If we just stopped paying attention to the bullshit being spewed on respective news stations and actively worked hard, no problem is an obstacle. No matter how big of a mess gets made, it can always get cleaned up. We just have to fight and fund for the tools to do it.
So let me know what you think and even go so far as express your own ideas on how to reverse the known damages to the world.
