Comcast fails me completely yet again. Go to connect to my home ssh server (as I always do) and get no response. So I check the Comcast app and see that, of course, Comcast is experiencing issues. Of course they are. Any time my shit is offline, it’s because of them, not because of me. I run commercial grade networking gear. They must be running the same bullshit they try to sell you when you sign up, because their shit is never working. Fucking assholes. Do I get any remuneration for these outages? Of course not, because I’ve been a customer for a long time. They know they’ve got my money, the greedy fucking pigs. Comcast has to be the worst internet provider I’ve ever had. The games they play with prices are worse than their customer support, too. What a shitty company. I wouldn’t even bother with these fuckers if it weren’t for the fact that they have a local monopoly where I live.

My cat is sitting on my chest. It’s not the easiest posture for blogging, having a cat on your chest, but I suppose I’m managing regardless.

I went to see the movie The Menu in theaters last night. Spoiler alert. If you want to see this movie without spoilers, don’t continue reading.

Blizzard Games Are Disappearing From China Thanks To ‘A Jerk’

Ashley Bardhan wastes our valuable time yet again with another bit of CCP propaganda, this time in the form of an appeal to every gamer in China to “not blame the communist party” for the unreasonable expectations put on tech firms by the communist party, enabled by companies such as “NetEase”, who is also involved in the debacle.

It’s ridiculous how the blame is immediately shifted onto Blizzard, despite the fact that there are serious problems with every business deal taking place in China. A number of people have pointed toward the enormous asks from NetEase as to the reason Blizzard is no longer willing to play ball with the world’s worst hermit kingdom. Fuck China, and absolutely fuck Kotaku. They’re an awful outlet for information, likely because their parent company “G/O Media” is owned by “Great Hill Partners” who also owns IGN and Ziff Davis. This private ownership is not at all transparent like a publicly traded company would be, which means it’s important to keep in mind that their positions on things is going to lean however they’re paid for it to lean. At least with publicly traded companies you can look at who has a majority stake and assume the voice of the publicly traded outfit mirrors that of the person who owns a majority of shares.

Nine times out of ten I can’t keep a single post constrained within a single subject. Nearly every post that I’ve written is just a sprawling rant across all of ridiculous randomness. It’s pretty annoying, considering I would really like to write pieces on specific subjects that I find interesting. It just doesn’t seem possible, because I can’t fucking prevent my mind from wandering all over the goddamn place while I’m writing. I also have never had great tools when it comes to keeping my thoughts organized. The tools most people use don’t really seem to do much for me. What might be an effective tool for most ends up being at best a hassle for me. It sucks, really. I can’t get past it, and I don’t think I’ll be able to get past it any time soon. It’s really fucking annoying.

I cannot espouse this absolute absurdity unless it’s to combat an equal or greater absurdity, and so, I repeat- Vote Blue No Matter Who. Do it. Vote blue regardless of primaries, midterms, presidential elections, runoffs. I don’t care. Vote blue until the right is no longer questioning the democracy we’ve built. Vote blue until Trumpism dies. Vote blue until the right develops some fucking sanity, because right now that party is off the fucking rails.

In reality, the candidates you vote for give zero fucks about your existence. For all you know, they’re blissfully unaware that you even exist. The same can almost be said in reverse- You’re barely aware of who’s in office, because the guy in office is really just your average politician. He doesn’t really stand for anything. But he doesn’t constantly bring upon your home the threat of total nuclear annihilation, either. He’s just a lukewarm former lawyer trying to retire with a few million in his back pocket. You don’t bother him and he doesn’t bother you. It seems like a decent arrangement, right?

Tomorrow is election day. Historically, the party opposite the sitting president’s party does really well in midterms. Tomorrow is not the day to continue that trend. It’s going to be incredibly important for everyone to rally behind Roe. We need to send a message to these religious nutbags that they will not be allowed to govern women’s bodies with their superstitious bullshit.

I don’t care what excuses you think you have, you really don’t have any excuses. Go vote tomorrow. Seriously. This shit is fucking important, and if you don’t vote- they win.

We’ve spent the last thousand years developing a rational view of the universe in which we investigate cause and effect. It has served us well and elevated humanity from our messy hunter/gatherer tribal origins to the technologically advanced global society we are today. This progress didn’t come from the pedophile priests who tell us lies about magic sky wizards. The progress came from observation, measurement, intelligence, and reason.

I could go on and on about these assholes pushing anti-vaxx nonsense and other anti-science trash. I really could. I could ramble on for an eternity about moronic shit in the sovereign citizen movement or miracle mineral solution. I’m highly likely to create posts based on these subjects at some point, in fact.