[discussing China Mieville] <bogo_lode> i'm thinking more about his books <bogo_lode> they essentially all have the protags win <bogo_lode> but in a way that is horrible and despair inducing <Barcode> and lo, the protagonists won so hard they became the villains and lost to themselves <bogo_lode> that kinda happens in the squid one
<Alkthash> Heinous fuckery most foul.
<Nitya> what i'm getting out of that is that new leftists care more about aesthetics, such as marx's foretelling of Utena, than 3economics <Myrmidon> Marx also predicted Garzey's Wing <Nitya> marx's lack of understanding of akiocar was a major flaw that communism's never quite recovered from <ponicalica> had zettai unmei mokushiroku been the national anthem of the soviet union, it wouldn't've collapsed <Nitya> subs vs dubs was also the main impetus of the sino soviet split. <taelor> that was just the second iteration of that particular dispute. The original was bolsheviks/mensheviks. <Nitya> that was over whether the evangelion dub cast was good or not, specifically <Nitya> the albanian split was over whether "nakama" should be translated in subs or not. <taelor> Stalin had Trotsky assassinated because Leon said Josef's waifu was "shit tier". <Puffin> y'all nerds
<Puffin> I thought Dr. Who was supposed to be a whimsical show for small children <taelor> isn't there a spin off with tons of sex and violence. <Rig> Yeah <Rig> Torchwood. <Myrmidon> Well DW is supposed to be more of a family show <Barcode> iirc doctor who still features shit like demons that snap people's necks when they're not looking and stuff, so like. not toddlers <Nitya> don't you remember that carmen sandiego episode where she steals American credibility in 'nam
<CTrombley> You know what bothers me? Devils don't cry in the game. <CTrombley> I mean, I know they didn't outright promise it. <CTrombley> But still... <zeroplusalpha> That's the point. Devils /May/ Cry. <zeroplusalpha> Not that they /will/.
<TParadox> So Lockon came back and said "I need to atone! I need to atone!" for several pages, then the thread got locked. Anything more interesting happen between coming back and getting locked? <Charlatan|EXPLETIVE> Not really, I think. <Wicked223> No, just lots of implied lesbian rape. <Doomlewa> the usual
<Nitya> How often do you Google yourself? <-- I cannot read this except as a stupid masturbation reference <JuanCarlos> so, googling people = sex? <Nitya> sure <JuanCarlos> ah, ok. brb googling hot women
<Tibetanfox> I am tempted to call this problem "Odd number installment syndrome" <Tibetanfox> See, each odd numbered installment is throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. <Tibetanfox> Even numbers have the luxury of fleshing out what sticks.
<Kashchei> question: cute, sexy, or beautiful, and why? <Solstace> Cute. I find beautiful people to be like works of art, and who the fuck would bone a nice painting. And I don't trust sexy people, too many personal experiences. <Nitya> ... <Nitya> Wtf <JackMackerel> @Solstace - I want to bone a painting. :< <Kashchei> i'd bone a nice painting...
<Alkthash> And really, in the thousands of years their species have intermingled, no vampire has ever knocked up a human and they don't know what the offspring will be like? <Lauren> At some point he her his his blood, apparently, to help. <Barcodrawing> what