When ya put it like that, it makes capitalism sound kinda like Roko’s Basilisk.

Funny, they always have these weird recordings from a deranged Australian.

It’s like Roko’s Basilisk playing out in real time, except instead of building a malignant computer out of fear it’s accelerating a fascist takeover.

Evidently, yes.

What a horrid perversion of the very human experience of art. Miyazaki would want nothing of this.

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Ah yes, the titpuddle scene.

Considering how many people I’ve heard here in the states say without a lick of irony that we should nuke China/Russia/insert middle eastern nation here for insert reasons here, as if the world’s biggest hammer will fix any situation, I think Americans are just obsessed with death to an unhealthy degree. Hell, growing up in the heyday of the Bush years, I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard kids in my class say that themselves.

Aight, drug use experts, thoughts on fly amanita for someone who’s never used shrooms, but is aware of the importance of set and setting?

That is, indeed, the joke here.

YOU SAY THAT - and are totally right - but that does bring back that memory I’ve got of seeing an utterly disgusting beer brewing kit being sold in the box for $10. The entire store smelled like decay.

British English term for wrenches.

“Knew 'em? He was delicious!”

Heck, any chance you’ve got the full comic that panel is from? I’ve been looking for it for a while now, actually.

Not always. I’ve been to a couple pumps where none of the buttons did anything. At that point I’m tempted to get a squirt gun to spray into the speakers, hope it does something useful to the speakers.

It was a pain in the ass but me and a buddy got it working once. I was a young teen and this was long before weed helped me see more beauty in music, so I didn’t get much out of it, but as an adult it’d probably be different.

Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, by The Olivia Tremor Control. This album is so good it almost hurts.