Stupid Humans . . .
Last Updated on Monday, 14 December 2009 11:42 Written by Scott Wegna Monday, 14 December 2009 09:57
Am I the only one who, every now and then, thinks a little nuclear war might not be a bad thing?
In the past 24hrs I have watched a documentary about girls dying because of our society’s fucked-up narrow notions of “beauty”, have dealt with an Internet Troll, watched movie trailers for not one, but two post-apocalyptic movies, watched another documentary about how in the last 50 years mankind has altered the face of the Earth radically and (usually) in horrific ways, learned that a huge amount of the makeup that women wear contains chemicals proven to cause all sorts of cancer, but since the FDA is an under-funded joke that stuff’s not regulated at all, and at 7am this morning got to interact with a racist jackass.
Much like my opinion regarding the taste of Coke Zero -vs- Regular Coke, I just can’t ever make up my mind about whether or not our species deserves to survive.
Anyway, lets see . . . .Um, this is funny.
Also, like, a thousand years ago, I posted two colored covers from Atomic Robo Vol.4 on Twitter. You should totally follow Brian and me on Twitter. We Twat a lot, and it’s usually stuff that we want to save for the Blog, but we’re too lazy to actually bookmark or right-click save-as whatever it is. And thus you miss out on tons of internet hilarity.
My friend Twitters all the time. Except he uses email and fills my Inbox with so much stuff that it makes my head spin. Opening Gmail to find sixty new emails waiting for you is demoralizing in the extreme. Turning on Twitter and finding sixty new Twits waiting for you is like Christmas. I don’t know why. But that’s how it is.
For you kids not yet down with the Twiting I’ll repost those cover. but this is the last time. I swear.
PS: Christmas is right around the corner, and you should totally buy someone you love (i.e. yourself) a lovely Atomic Robo Statue.
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I feel that way about humanity every time I have to drive, but then I see Robo riding a dinosaur, and things seem a little less bleak.
now the only question is this: Did you take the time to ask someone how to write “Atomic Robo” in Japanese or is that just a bunch of inappropriate juvenile curse word-humor on the toy box?
That Robo riding a dinosaur reminds me of that picture of Jesus riding a dinosaur…except a ton more awesome. I suppose putting to bed once and for all the ages old debate as to which fictional character is better, Robo or Jesus.
Also, last night, I made the mistake of going to WalMart in search of a specific Christmas present for my niece. While there, I came across a child; couldn't have been much older than a year old, and wearing a t-shirt that simply said “I'd rather be naked”. I openly admit that I left the store scarred and also wondering when the blessed apocalypse will come, like cosmic toilet paper, and wipe away the shit-stain that is the human race from the earth; which to carry the metaphor, is clearly the ass-hole of the universe..
I just saw that “Terror in Mumbai” docco and it made me want to cleanse a good portion of the Earth with nuclear fire. Preferably the most religious bits (of any type.)
Hopefully I'll feel better in a bit.
I totally found a horrible online translator AND I got help so the box says all sorts of Atomic Science Action Robo stuff.
“Atomic Mecha Super Wow” is what it probably says. And there's nothin' wrong with that.
Yes, I think that pan-genocide of humanity is probably the only answer. However, since that's very cynical, depressing, and mostly a sign of me being too pissed off by morons to interact with polite company… I just keep it to myself most of the time.
On further reflection I have decided that the human species should continue . . .for now.
Maybe just a good pandemic to thin us out, followed by some aggressive population control. I realize that here in the 1st World we are figuring out that having multiple kids is stupid, but have you seen Asia? What a fucking mess!
My wife describes the mood all that crap put me in as the Mean Reds. I like that. You're not “Blue”, you're just sort of fed up with everything. I can't wait to visit NYC in a few weeks and get into a better head space.
Oh and I *think* Robo's box says “Action Science” across the top, and maybe “Mecha” at the bottom. I wrote it down, but I can't find the paper anymore.
Are the robot guy, that Robo's kinda hugging, and the bear pre-existing guys or did you just make them up, 'cause I swear I've seen those owl-like eyes on a teddy bear somewhere before…
I love it when people talk about a much overdue nuclear thinning of the human race occurring, or an epidemic to rival the Black Plague coming around to “set things right again”. I find it humorous, because most of the time, they feel that “it's those other people I want to be gone” not thinking that a nuclear blast or epidemic doesn't pick and choose who stays and who goes. I also find it funny because it ignores the responsibility of actually doing something to make the world a better place.
I'm not hating on your post, mind you. I just think everyone feels like they would or should be spared, when in reality, we're all humans (at least those of us not fortunate enough to be Dinosaur PHD's or Walking Talking Automatons of the Atomic Sort). I've fell victim to the same whims. I just hope you're putting your anger and frustrations into something constructive (like more Robo goodness – I love the pictures, and will have to look into this “Twat” stuff that you speak of
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Ben -Fucking Disqus ate my 40 minute reply, because it hates me. Personally.
Long story short -I doubt I would make the list for Noah's Arc.
The world is primarily populated by idiots and assholes.
Yes I am just blowing off steam. The sad fact is that no one reads/responds to the blog unless I am being a super-jackass. So despite what Tetsubo will tell you, my Internet persona is basically a condensed version off all the negative traits that are part of my generally more moderate real life personality.
Twitter -its like post-it notes for the Internet.
Hey Scott – don't worry about explaining yourself, that's why we have the interweb – so we don't have to explain ourselves. I love your rants, as well as all the platitudes and even the niceties too. Please don't take my remark as hating. I didn't mean to incense.
In fact, this post deserves to go down in history as the first time I've seen “twat” used to describe an act of Twittering. Finally, I can say that word and it can actually be something other than a vulgarity.
And I totally agree about the “future mode of all communication” that is Twitter. Great analogy.
that Dinosaur Island postcard kicks ass! Robo riding Dr. Dino is the sketch you did for me at the Hartford Con, how cool is that.
Dave
that Dinosaur Island postcard kicks ass! Robo riding Dr. Dino is the sketch you did for me at the Hartford Con, how cool is that.
Dave