yeah yeah compassion for homeless people and addicts and psychotic ppl but im kind of running out of patience for crackheads now. especially after seeing this dude chase a girl into a carls jr and wander around screaming his head off afterward. literally shut up…
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contracts, clauses, and causes for action
It seems to me that the ball is entirely in the gods court. Like the only way for Ludinus to become compelling is if the gods leapfrog over the divine gate, rendering their word null and void.
Then there's a cause for action because the mortals will realize "hey, we have no way of keeping you honest, there's no consequence that we can enact when you fail to fulfill your oath". Like a contract is only binding if there's way to enforce it - when you pinky promise to take your kid to disneyland, is that a valid contract or just performative? because if you break a pinky promise, the only consequence is your kid loses faith in you - is that penalty enough?
and the thing is: the divine gate is proof that yeah, the gods do believe that's penalty enough. the one thing that downfall managed to reinforce (which granted we already knew but deeper context only further supports) is that the gods are capable of acknowledging their harm (however unintentional) done to mortals. And not only are they able to acknowledge it, they are able to correct themselves.
and so far, thats holding true. they are demonstrating their discipline and willingness to follow through even if the mortals remain powerless and hold no leverage against them, they can keep themselves beholden to their word because they are in fact Good.
so literally, the only way Ludinus can be proven somewhat compelling is if the gods decide to hop the divine gate. then we'll have some proof that their word is not that ironclad but even then its not to the level of "all gods must die". Thats more on the level of "all gods need to come to the table and renegotiate this contract so theres clauses to allow you exceptions". because absolute contracts tend to force people's hands anyways.
and the only implication that a god hopping the divine gate gives is to reintroduce the idea that the gods are not beholden to mortals in any way and there is no way to keep a god honest - that mortals will have to rely on a god's inherent Goodness to keep themselves honest. but again - what the fuck have the Prime Deities done in this world that has ever pointed in that direction truly? (and no, dont attest the workings of their mortal followers when the gods have banned themselves from interference).
the gods would have to break the contract twice - once to stop predathos, and a second time for less dire purposes - in order to really showcase that they arent trustworthy. thats a Fucking Lot to mess up. and again they dont seem willing to even break the divine gate for Ludinus so what is even the problem here?
the problem, narratively speaking, is that the current world is built by fairly Good gods who really havent done anything of significance to showcase tyranny. none of them is on the level of Marika, from Elden Ring, whose personal history has led to death and discrimination of innocent children - which she actively campaigned for and did to her own children. (No slander on Marika btw)
Matt has not made any of the Prime Deities bad and sure, the Betrayers are bad and sure, maybe the mortals would prefer to have them entirely eliminated. but like mortals live under so many threats with less protections against than they currently do against the Betrayers. That deprioritizes them from the level of "eliminate at all costs". There's nothing dire or urgent that hasnt been manufactured by the Big Bad himself.
the gods are traumatized yes. theyre stuck in a toxic family situation yes. but none of that toxicity has affected their desire to protect mortals. and the only time a mortal became worthy of destruction by divine hand was when those mortals nearly unleashed oblivion? like come on man.
the gods are in their lane and the mortals are thriving and ludinus needs fucking therapy plus a better hobby.
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An anthropologist (Dr. Margret Mead-article) said civilization started when the first human femur ( thigh bone) was broken and then healed. That means someone had to carry that person out of danger, feed them, bathe them, make a splint, care for them, protect them from the dangers of the outside world for months...
But now, most of humanity would shoot our brethren if it meant we would survive. Funny thing is, you'd shoot them in the leg, so the enemy (let's say a bear for ex.) will take your guilt away because it actually killed the victim. Even though the shooter is to blame 99% for their demise, since that person could have had a chance if they weren't incapacitated.
A great example is not giving money to a homeless person because "they'll just spend it on drugs." So honourable of you to ignore a fellow in need. But they are poor, therefore not your equal and must be on drugs. Not like the economy has anything to do with people being homeless. Can't buy a house, can't rent. What do you do?
We went from being civilized to unwrapping civilization and saying people are better than others.
The ultimate human design failure is human egoism. To be better than those who are different and want destruction of differences so the destructive sides beliefs are safe.
I am half Jewish, half aboriginal. My families on both sides have been oppressed, taken from their land, beaten, abused, forced into different cultural beliefs, Christians stealing people like my grandmother as a child and taking everything about her Cree culture away from here, including language. Same with Judaism for my mother's side.
And for the colonists, yes I think the land should go back to the indigenous populations, but then again, that will never happen.
How can you have a both colonial view and one of indigenous people? You don't, actually. You're just colonists. The type of people who savagely abused all of my ancestors.
Fuck colonists, fuck the "finders keepers attitude". You're also not better than anyone else.
We are all human.
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Posted Ferbuary 27th, 2024 by thgchoir
Welcome back to another Episode of Weird New Jersey. Today’s journey takes our Favorite Pennsylvania boi Derek Zanetti on a wild and fun filled adventure to New Jersey (where the grizzly bears eat your trash!) to hand deliver art to long time friend, tour buddy, and all atound champion of weird and bizarro art @frankieromustdie . It was a wonderful reunion. We laughed and hugged, went to a tattoo shop, a record shop and then we laughed and hugged some more. Frank took me out to support him on-tour for the first time almost TEN YEARS AGO! Holy smokes. Since then We’ve toured all over the US together, in Europe a handful of times too. And he is one of my favorite people to tour with, always supportive and loving and encouraging.Also!!!!!! Guest surprise cameo by OG tour mate @tipgiblets ON A MOTORCYCLE! (((Calvin, you smell like french fries!!!!)))
Because of my Friends, Im the richest person on Earth! Thanks Universe Today was just what i needed.
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