What if life had a save feature? Imagine the possibilities of reviewing past checkpoints and starting over from a specific moment. Didn't like the outcome of a specific event? BAM! fuck you consequence, this shit works for ME! Really really liked the outcome of a particular decision? Booyah! Let's do it again!!
Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves, I'm not talking about unlimited saves. That would just be silly. I'm thinking like, maybe ten slots. Ten is a good round number. That would keep one involved in some sort of decision making process where new events would have to overwrite previous entries. I mean, c'mon, where's the challenge when you can just recall a thousand different awesome moments at will?
Better yet, what about changing difficulty levels? Impossible odds not working in your favor? SOI SOI SOI! Ride your ROFLcoptor clear over it to easy street. On the flipside, if you're stuck in a rut or not being challenged enough, ramp up that difficulty and take it to the MAXXX! dragons hiding in your tennis shoes and fire ants that literally breathe fire... that sort of thing. wow, now isn't life interesting?
Truth be told, we're pretty far off from a life like that; Matrix-style and what-not. But a man can dream, right?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
da ecomonee
ah the economy, the end all be all of our vacuous void of a country... in God we trust right? everyone is shitting their little pants because no one knows what to do, and the people in the position to do something are just trying to throw money at the problem. does this work? no, because the whole economy relies on the illusion of trust. trust in one's money, trust in one's investments, trust in the products that you mindless consumers throw your paper and plastic at every day...
but the problem is, no one trusts anyone or anything anymore. hence the pointless "tea party" protests. based on what the television tells us, the country is in an uproar about who gets what, who is getting theirs and who is getting fucked. the bottom line is that everyone is getting fucked. even the super rich, because shortly, their billions of dollars won't be worth the paper they are printed on. you can't just print money and fix the problem of not enough money flowing through businesses. that money, or trust, has to come from somewhere.
so loans are taken out, money is printed. inflation goes up, debts accrue. the populous gets more and more afraid, so they stop consuming. the money that got printed sits and stagnates in bank accounts... and eventually the weell just dries up. (i know, this writing is full of euphemisms and cliches, but that is what most people understand these days. kind of sad.)
but for the sake of argument let's just say that everyone stops buying, oh.... paper towels. too expensive. think of how many businesses rely on paper towels to operate. the lumber company that cuts down the trees. the company that makes the machinery that the lumber company needs to cut down the trees. the fuel company the lumber company uses to power those machines that cut down the trees, also to power the other machines used to transport the wood built by a completely different company. then you have the manufacturing plant that takes the wood and turns it into raw pulp. then there's the company that manufactures the chemicals that bleach the pulp. the utility companies that provide the electricity and water to the manufacturing plant....
(breathe)
...then, after you've got the paper, don't forget about the company who will emboss their name on it. there is the company, we'll say Scott Paper Company, also the design firm who takes care of branding, also the plastics company who manufactures the wrapping, the other paper company that manufactures the paper rolls, the factory that spools and wraps the paper towels, the packaging company that provides the bulk packaging, the second transportation company taht takes the finished bulk freight to the storage warehouse, the distributor, the final transport, to the retail location.
don't get me started on after the end user is finished with said paper towels.
the point is, just a little thing that everyone takes for granted like paper towels can have an impact on thousands of people. one product that could cut into the profits of every contributing business, who will then lay off their workforce to keep stock prices steady in an already exponentially shifting market.
it's all so fragile to begin with. and then the old ecomonee has to come in and muk things up even worse. when are we all going to realize that it's time to do something radically different? that the status quo is no longer relevant and our complacency is the cancer eating us alive?
sadly, i have no optimistic answer for how to fix things. the breakdown and collapse of industrialized society is a real possibility unless the course of events is drastically altered. to think, how humbling would it be if the great and powerful United States of America had to ask one of those "third-world" countries how to survive.
well, my musings for the day are over. happy Easter everyone. enjoy your colored eggs and candy.
but the problem is, no one trusts anyone or anything anymore. hence the pointless "tea party" protests. based on what the television tells us, the country is in an uproar about who gets what, who is getting theirs and who is getting fucked. the bottom line is that everyone is getting fucked. even the super rich, because shortly, their billions of dollars won't be worth the paper they are printed on. you can't just print money and fix the problem of not enough money flowing through businesses. that money, or trust, has to come from somewhere.
so loans are taken out, money is printed. inflation goes up, debts accrue. the populous gets more and more afraid, so they stop consuming. the money that got printed sits and stagnates in bank accounts... and eventually the weell just dries up. (i know, this writing is full of euphemisms and cliches, but that is what most people understand these days. kind of sad.)
but for the sake of argument let's just say that everyone stops buying, oh.... paper towels. too expensive. think of how many businesses rely on paper towels to operate. the lumber company that cuts down the trees. the company that makes the machinery that the lumber company needs to cut down the trees. the fuel company the lumber company uses to power those machines that cut down the trees, also to power the other machines used to transport the wood built by a completely different company. then you have the manufacturing plant that takes the wood and turns it into raw pulp. then there's the company that manufactures the chemicals that bleach the pulp. the utility companies that provide the electricity and water to the manufacturing plant....
(breathe)
...then, after you've got the paper, don't forget about the company who will emboss their name on it. there is the company, we'll say Scott Paper Company, also the design firm who takes care of branding, also the plastics company who manufactures the wrapping, the other paper company that manufactures the paper rolls, the factory that spools and wraps the paper towels, the packaging company that provides the bulk packaging, the second transportation company taht takes the finished bulk freight to the storage warehouse, the distributor, the final transport, to the retail location.
don't get me started on after the end user is finished with said paper towels.
the point is, just a little thing that everyone takes for granted like paper towels can have an impact on thousands of people. one product that could cut into the profits of every contributing business, who will then lay off their workforce to keep stock prices steady in an already exponentially shifting market.
it's all so fragile to begin with. and then the old ecomonee has to come in and muk things up even worse. when are we all going to realize that it's time to do something radically different? that the status quo is no longer relevant and our complacency is the cancer eating us alive?
sadly, i have no optimistic answer for how to fix things. the breakdown and collapse of industrialized society is a real possibility unless the course of events is drastically altered. to think, how humbling would it be if the great and powerful United States of America had to ask one of those "third-world" countries how to survive.
well, my musings for the day are over. happy Easter everyone. enjoy your colored eggs and candy.
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