Thrn you realize that alien invasion stories are a (often unconscious) metaphor for colonialism from the point of view of the colonized…
lonlazarus
joined 2 years ago
Oh, darn, I guess my social cred in Lemmy has taken a real hit.
It’s time to get those parts to build an EMP.
At Harbor Freight, “Want some zip ties with that?”
I miss Jimmy :(
Same, seems like just unnecessary gendering, not all that far from “boys like cars and girls like dolls”. I am reasonably physical, never had the urge for this.
It was the late 80’s, I saw Robotech which used to play after school on a local UHF channel, and also Speed Racer. Probably the first more typical Anime was renting the Super Space Force Macross movie on VHS
C64 Basic, Yggdrasil Linux. I wanted to install Minix, in the pre-Linux times, but it was beyond my abilities
I have enjoyed Gaiman’s writing, also the Sandman show was excellent, but I am glad that in this era that I’m not the type of person to be a fan of anybody. I guess it is natural to ascribe virtue and look up to people who create thing you resonate with, but there’s no reason to think someone who wrote a book is worth praising or emulating other than in the book you liked.