DagwoodIII

I can’t remember the exact name, but there’s a common process with ongoing characters where the writers find themselves making their toughest characters nicer over time.

Both Wolverine and Jack Reacher were presented as unapproachable loners at first, and both mellowed considerably over time.

Rorschach was ‘lucky’ because he got to die a noble death before being forced to become civilized.

Well, that was a dive down a rabbithole.

Thanks for the explanation.

I thought it was some kind of computer code or a type of puzzle.

Explain, please.

Alan Moore talks about how he created Rorschach to be the most disgusting character imaginable. A total loser with no friends and a twisted view of the world.

He says he’s tired of all the fan boys who come up to him and tell him how Rorschach is them!

Look at OnlyFans.

A quick look shows that a few folks there are making a lot of money. $200,000 a year. Others make a good deal less.

That’s always been the case with creative folks. A few will rise to the top, and the rest are going to be amateurs.

Fine dining didn’t die when fast food was invented, and live music held its own even after recordings became a thing.

What do you think the ‘collapse’ will look like?

There’s a whole lot of nuclear and conventional weapons out there.

The Soviet Empire went down in the calmest way possible, and there were genocidal wars all over the former SSRs.

The idea that the 0.01% don’t have plans is place is naïve.

Basically, what you’re saying is the philosophical equivalent of saying music is dead because people aren’t interested in opera any more.

Try looking around a bit. A few years ago, Marvel Comics did a story line called “Civil War.” The government asked all the heroes to register. Iron Man and Spider-Man said yet, Captain America and his allies said no.

Plenty of discussions of the rights and responsibilities of the heroes.

Or watch a show called ‘Pluribus.’ Or any oldie but goody called "The Prisoner.’ Or ‘The Good Place.’

Heck, the trolley problem is on the front page here every day.

According to the macro, the ear is actually producing sounds. Sounds are vibrations. Apparently, the ear continues to vibrate without stimulation, the same way my thumb kept moving even if there was no game.

How is it ‘the opposite?’

edit = nontechnical article. https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2024/06/09/recording-tinnitus-as-it-happens-for-art-and-science/

Ayn Rand was one of the best selling authors of the 20th Century, and she’s probably the best known philosophers in US history.

She died broke.

Sorry to bust your bubble, but most people don’t have a college education. In the USA, the average reading level is below middle school.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/

In the UK, about 20% of the population is considered functionally illiterate.

And even of those who do, how many actually took a philosophy class? And of those who passed, how many have read a philosophy book in the past year?

Someone suggested I get a book called “Discover what You Are Best At.”

I always thought I just hated working; the book showed me that there were a lot of jobs I’d never considered trying for. I picked out one course and got a good career out of it.

I can’t remember who it was who told me, so I’m sure they never thought of me again

What makes you think people ever paid attention to thinkers?

Most people can’t explain what philosophy is, much less name five philosophers.

Why would you want to be a police officer?

Most of the job is dealing with distraught people and finding a way to get them to cooperate with you.

Pretty sure this isn’t the first time in history someone had this problem.

I got rid of my handheld game after I noticed my thumb was starting to twitch while I was at rest.

Apparently, the same thing can happen with ears.

Other people already pointed out that she never received a credible threat from Antifa or the LGBTQ+ community. The second she made a move against Trump she saw her life was in danger.

She’s probably smarter than Palin and look how far that one got.

MTG is smarter than we’ve been giving her credit for.

She bailed out of Congress just after her pension kicked in, and before the midterms.

She’ll be a talking head/pundit, sitting on the sidelines as the GOP goes down in flames, and then run in 2028 as the MAGats new hero.

New York City writer Fran Leibowitz said it best.

“You’ve never met anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just haven’t.”

I can’t add anything to my previous comment, but here are a few things you might enjoy.

“A Game In Yellow.” Hailey Piper. Queer horror story set in Queens, NY. In my opinion, this is the best thing she’s done so far.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-game-in-yellow-hailey-piper/567aec11eab5b2e5

Joanna Russ. Came out in the 1970s, one of the first science fiction writers to do so.

I personally like “Picnic On Paradise.”

https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=joanna+russ

“A Walk To the End Of The World” Suzy McKee Charnas. So, so under rated.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/walk-to-the-end-of-the-world-suzy-mckee-charnas/bac36f80418cc887