Hyperreality

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh, sorry. You're right to clarify, the lack of a comma does make it ambiguous. I've added one. Obviously that's actual Nilsen not Tennant. Just mentioned the show because I remember it being good.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

There are potentials. Eg. Gavin Newsom. He did well on Hannity.

It's too late for him to become the candidate, but perhaps he'll do as vice president.

Statistically there's something like a 50% chance that Biden dies within the next few years. No one lives forever. There needs to be a good backup.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I think you posted your comment on the wrong story.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Almost certainly.

You missed I. That's a picture of Dennis Nilsen, as portrayed by David Tenant in the tv adaption Des. It's quite good.

B is Dahmer.

Don't know who G is but he seems familiar.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Here's their wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro-Mediterranean_Human_Rights_Monitor

Founder and chairman is Ramy Abdu:

Ramy Abdu (Arabic: رامي عبده) (or Ramy Abdo) is a Palestinian financial expert, assistant professor of Law and Finance, and human rights advocate who was born in the Gaza Strip. He is the founder and chairman of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor ... Abdu was the assistant director and Palestine Office Manager for Council for European Palestinian Relations, an organisation described by The Independent as "a Belgian non-profit organisation that lobbies on behalf of the Hamas-led Gaza Government

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramy_Abdu

Not that this means the story isn't true obviously, but the source isn't exactly unbiased.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 41 points 2 years ago

Goes to show that making a good game is still more art than science.

Hell, make a broken or buggy game, if it has the special something it'll still likely become a classic.

Eg. Fallout New Vegas or Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

It's worse than shit, it's mediocre.

At least people talk about shit games, which means some people buy a copy just because they're curious.

Mediocre stuff? No one's interested.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Given this is nostupidquestions, I'm going to treat this like it's a serious question.

This being said and not that I believe in it, but you might as well do it right and start by reading something like this:

https://archive.org/details/three-books-of-occult-philosophy-henry-cornelius-agrippa-donald-tyson-edition/page/n1/mode/2up

Or this:

https://archive.org/details/the-book-of-abramelin-german-to-english-translation/page/32/mode/2up

(For the Fallout fans, this is almost certainly where the name of the Parson's State Asylum Abremalin Field Generator in Fallout 4 comes from.)

Or this:

https://ia902505.us.archive.org/13/items/stephen-skinner-the-goetia-of-dr.-rudd/Stephen%20Skinner%20-%20The%20Goetia%20of%20Dr.%20Rudd%20%282010%29.pdf

Or read up on Crowley, who was also inspired by lots of this kind of stuff.

It's all super interesting, because this kind of thing has been bubbling under the mainstream for centuries, often vestiges of pre-christian pagan religion basically, even if a lot of it is quite modern. Movies and fictional works which do their research and incorporate elements of this are also quite interesting:

Examples: Antichrist (2009), The Witch(2015) and Annihilation(2018).

Obviously, be careful with this kind of thing. Take it too seriously, spend hours reading up on it, and you start thinking "hmm, maybe there's something to this." at which point you're literally engaging in delusional thinking. It's a rabbit hole basically. And obviously you know it's all nonsense, but humans are inherently superstitious animals.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've hurt my hip. Leave me alone.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No, you're retro! runs away sobbing

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mr. Blobby.

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