Or, “The Most Random Content”
“The Unwatched” is not the title of a specific piece of entertainment, at least in the context of these articles. It is a category of videos consisting of those DVDs and BluRays from my own collection that I’ve accumulated over the years yet never watched. I suppose I should start by addressing the question of why I would have so many unwatched videos in my collection. There are a handful of main means that something has ended up on my shelves without being viewed.
Type 1 – The Blockbuster Bargain Bin.
In years past, before they closed my local stores, I would go in to the local Blockbuster and without fail I ended up perusing the bargain bin of pre-rented movies that were being removed from stock. These had three or so prices among them, but the bargain came from the perpetual sale. You could buy X marked at price $Y for $Z, and $Z was always less than $Y * (X-1). So if I found one less than the sale threshold of videos I wanted, literally anything else marked at the same price would save me money from what I was already planning to spend. So the criteria for that last video was significantly more lax than the first few. If it was one I wanted to see, great, if not, I was still saving money by taking it off their hands.
Type 2 – The Blind Box.
Before they got bought out by Crunchyroll/Sony and got shut down, I did my shopping for Japanese media at Rightstuf. One thing they offered was a Blind Box item. Basically you paid one of a set series of prices and they would send a random item from within a price band above the dollar value of the Blind Box. I didn’t kid myself and knew it was just as much an unsold inventory disposal route as the Blockbuster Bargain Bin, but the randomness was kind of fun. Sometimes I got disks 12 and 13 of a 90s slice of life anime or volume 3 of a romcom manga, but other times I got the BluRay box of half of a giant robot anime, or the whole special edition box of a title I’d never heard of. It was basically gambling, but I walked away with Something.
Type 3 – I Meant to Watch It, Honest.
The easiest category to explain – I bought something with every intention of watching it, but didn’t get around to.
Type 4 – I Have No Idea.
These can range to “I forget whether I bought it intentionally, or as a Type 1 or 2” all the way to “Wait, this is part of my collection?”
Some of these works are either whole series, or large parts of series. Rather than put out a review of each episode individually, because while it might provide ages of content for this site, you really don’t need I’d rather not write forty-nine articles reviewing Gundam AGE one episode at a time (or the other series/fragments thereof I’ve accumulated). So some ground rules regarding what and how I’m going about this are in order.
A: If I have watched it from this media, even if it was years ago, it will not be reviewed. This is about the Unwatched, not a casual stroll through my collection.
B: If I have watched it using borrowed media (ie, rentals), it will not be reviewed. Even if I haven’t watched This set of DVDs/BluRays, I bought my own copy because I did watch it.
C: If I have some vague memories of having seen it as a child or on original broadcast, it is still eligible for review. “That show where Q and MacGyver are in the old west” or “That live action Disney movie with the robots” is not enough of an understanding to say I have watched it.
D: If I choose to acquire the missing pieces to get the complete picture, the additional content is eligible alongside the original unwatched.
E: I am not required to buy missing pieces and am free to review just those parts I do have.
F: I am allowed to break a collection into meaningful chunks to make it manageable for review. For example, I mentioned the forty-nine episodes of Gundam AGE, that is way too much for a single article just as much as forty-nine articles are way too many for a single work. It does, however, have four discrete, time-separated story arcs that can be each reviewed separately.
G: I will make a good faith effort to watch at least that portion of a work already in my collection. If for whatever reason a work defeats me and I simply cannot bring myself to finish it, I will explain why.
H: If I Have watched it and forgot until re-watching for this series, I may choose to review it at my sole discretion. You wouldn’t know if I’d lied and claimed to haven’t had anyway.
I: I will make a good faith effort to adhere to these rules, but it’s my series, I can violate them if it would make for better content – or adhere to them if it works to my advantage. It is all in fun rather than Serious Business™.
J: The order in which I review them will be controlled by a semi random process of creating an internet spinner and having its pseudorandom generator pick the next one, except where the results conflict with the following –
K: Black Hole will not be reviewed before Assassination Classroom. The two have nothing to do with each other, but I have decreed it thus.
L: Idiocracy will not be reviewed in the first half of the series. I want you guys to forget its on the list before I get to it.
M: I will not do two TV series back to back. I need a breather in between binge watches.
N: Except if I do. I already started before writing this up and Reviews 1 and 2 are both series.
So what does this mean? “Legend” with John De Lancie and Richard Dean Anderson is in (Rule C), “Jack of All Trades” with Bruce Campbell is out (Rule B). I am including the second half of Gundam AGE, despite the blind box only having the first half (Rule D). I am not hunting down 44 episodes of “You’re Under Arrest” because I have the last seven (Rule E). “Nanbaka” is out (Rule A), despite being one of the more entertaining blind box items.
Over a thousand words, and I haven’t even started the first review yet. Lets grab one at Random. Oh, wait, I’d started watching one before I chose how to choose the rest. Lets review that instead.
Those Who Hunt Elves
Genre – Anime Fantasy Comedy
Series – 24 Episodes
Total Runtime – 9 Hours 33 Minutes
Spoilers – Not Really
I am starting this off with a Type 4 BluRay, I can’t recall if I saw this listed and thought it random enough to order, or if it was a blind box item from Rightstuf. We have a BluRay boxed set of the entire series – 24 Episodes of 22 minutes each. It ran for two seasons in the late 90s. It is a comedy series whose basic premise is that three people and a Type 74 tank were pulled from then-current day Japan to a fantasy world by mistake. While the spell to send them back was being cast, the caster was distracted, the grimoire was destroyed and the spell fragmented, flying off to attach to the skin of random elves (all female) in the wider world. Rather than take a sane and systematic approach of, you know, asking if people developed sudden additional tattoos the main characters drive around in their tank and attempt to forcibly disrobe those elves they come upon.
To get the question out of the way, this aired on television and aside from all the common censorship tricks, the characters have barbie doll anatomy, so don’t expect nudity. The art is typical 90s anime style, though it doesn’t show as many hallmarks of excessive cost-cutting measures. There are still some, but I’ve seen worse.
The main characters consist of a blockhead martial artist who doesn’t bother to stop and think, Ever; an actress who somehow is the only sensible member of the party but an inveterate liar and manipulator; a miltech obsessed schoolgirl who is somehow able to produce an infinite supply of small arms from nowhere as needed; and the sorceress who is needed to cast the spell who, for whatever reason, is the victim of all the cruelty not inflicted upon the blockhead. Not too many episodes in, their tank gets possessed by a cat spirit. Needless to say, having a cat spirit in control of a tank is a terrible idea, especially as it seems to provide infinite ammunition and fuel.
The series lives on absurdity, overdoing much in the name of comedy. At times this will produce cringe instead of humor. The characters are generally crass and selfish (with the gun girl being the least bad offender while the blockhead and sorceress the worst), but usually end up begrudgingly doing the right thing, more often if they gave their word to begin with.
The biggest shortcoming of the show is that it is unremarkable. It’s neither great or awful. It is intentionally episodic, and the characters change little over the show. You could probably watch it out of order and not have much of an issue, despite some slow changes to the status quo that accumulate. I rate it ‘Watchable’.
The English voice cast for the dub is fine, so both sub and dub are viable viewing options. Once upon a time that debate was Serious Business™, but I’ve been agnostic, some works are better one way, some better the other.
Pilot Episode.
Production Code S01E01
Is that code for the anime or for your review?
The Review.
To clarify, the rest of the articles are named as “Episodes”, and since the next one is “Episode 1” this must be the pilot.
If you can get to 100 episodes, the series can go into syndication.
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I don’t have that many unwatched DVDs/BlueRays
You will if you start buying some more. 🤑
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Wouldn’t that be against the spirit?
That’s show biz, kid!
Just loosen the rules to include unwatched on Crunchyroll. I’d advise writing the review immediately after finishing a series, although it may be a me problem that if I have been binging anime I often find I can’t easily separate out the individual shows due to all characters fitting in the standard array of archetypes.
No.
I hate Crunchyroll for the stupid name and what they did to Rightstuf.
So you *don’t* have the Rightstuf?
Lousy tablet. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIEwIwYz-c&pp=ygUkbmV3IGtpZHMgb24gdGggYmxvY2sgdGhlIHJpZ2h0IHN0dWZm
Bryan Ferry – The Right Stuff (Official HD Video)
Bob Calvert – The Right Stuff
https://youtu.be/VkMMUOp3Y4k?si=5kub1zNA8JYmSqIB
I love that you wrote yourself a bunch of rules.
Sounds like a fun series
Zere must be order.
The Anime or the Reviews?
Both.
Agreed, with ditto-itude.
I want to see Gun Girl blast the bejabbers out of something. Preferably my neighbors. Why would you shout and clap your hands at your own dog? For minutes at a time.?
What you want is the state brainwashing young women making them cybernetic assassins and forced to love their handlers unconditionally. Bonus each has different real life firearm that they specialize in. That said the first season was actually rather good and incredibly depressing.
Gunslinger Girl
I would be happy to have two Gun Girls. That’s four guns, right?
I watched it! So long ago I remember very little of it. I also can’t remember if I watched it subbed or dubbed. It was long before I studied the Japanese language.
Mostly the only thing I remember is the tank they road around in.
I’m not sure if I’m going to have anything nobody’s heard of.
Probably not. How big is the glibertarian community, anyways? Or is that a secret?
I’m certain that any you have are something I haven’t heard of. I don’t have time to watch anything for enjoyment, unless it’s a fishing video.
/Slow Reader
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It is a comedy series whose basic premise is that three people and a Type 74 tank were pulled from then-current day Japan to a fantasy world by mistake.
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Ah, isekai…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRxeJXpNOE
Isn’t Isekai “got hit by a truck now I’m elsewhere”?
..and most of the time, “send me back” is never part of the plot?
Better than the nerd hit by a truck who now is overpowered in the new world.
That trope refuses to go away and seems to be getting worse.
I think the more interesting variation would be where they would still need to put in the hard work, and learned the value of doing so – then gets back at around the time they left (brief coma?) and applies the lessons learned to their real world life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushoku_Tensei
This hasn’t finished so it’s possible. In this case the protagonist truly regrets his past life and wants to do better and remain there. He is powerful, but not overpowered.
It’s considered one of the series that started the abused genre. However, it has lots of sexual innuendo which divides people.
It’s one of the few I like.
I mean the whole concept of isekai begs for Mary Sue treatment. If I end up in a fantasy world I damn skippy want to be the OP protagonist, not fat old guy with absolutely no skills useful in the magical realm begging for coppers in the street.
That trope refuses to go away and seems to be getting worse.
Kono Suba, anyone? My niece got me the first two seasons during a short period of bonding over anime.
The male lead is a callous dick and the incessant boob jokes got old fast.
Kono Suba is perfect. It was written to satirize the genre.
The reason I don’t recommend it more is if you don’t know the genre tropes it you won’t understand the satire.
All of my too-many unwatched fall under “Type 3 – I Meant to Watch It, Honest.”
That live action Disney movie with the robots
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again is underrated.
It’s not all anime, I hope, or I shall have to cancel my subscription.
Not all. I didn’t buy any anime from Blockbuster, and that bargain bin contributed to this list significantly.
Blockbuster. Wow. My little brother worked there in the early 90’s and had access to so much stuff pre-internet. I remember I watched the movie “Reds” and there was a song I could never see in the credits. He pulled out a phone book size book, and looked up the movie, found the song, and maybe sold me the album- I can’t remember if they also sold records. Or maybe he worked at Sound Warehouse. Either way, the song was “Stigmata”, by Ministry.
Either way, the song was “Stigmata”, by Ministry.
Holy shit, I saw that music video on MTV2 or MuchMusic or something (remember music channels??) and was amazed by it for some reason. I bought the “Greatest Fits” CD on the next Best Buy trip (remember buying CDs at physical stores??) and it was one of the big albums of my teenage years. “Lay Lady Lay” was my favorite Ministry track.
Thanks, Akira, I had never heard that before, googled it. I really enjoyed “Jesus Built My Hotrod”, but that was decades ago. My taste has mellowed since then. I now enjoy the dulcet tunes of Jack White, lol. But seriously, I still like an occasional bit of that music, but lean more Black Keys than anything else nowadays.
“Just like a car crash
Just like a knife, my favorite weapon
Is the look in your eyes” Oh the old days when that music made me want to turn it up, instead of off.
I still turn it up.
I really enjoyed “Jesus Built My Hotrod”
Haha oh man, my friend and I used to crack up about the “ding-a-dang my dang-a-long-ling-long” in that song. It appealed to our 8th/9th grade sense of humor, but we were also just jamming out. I consider it quite a lucky break that I ever found out about Ministry since they were “before my time” as they say (I was born in ’87).
I also like the White Stripes during that same era, so I liked some Jack (and Meg) White as well. I was particularly fascinated by the “Fell In Love With a Girl” music video.
I wasn’t going to say it.
For me, it’s not what I haven’t seen, it’s what I was unable to finish. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) is on that list. I made it through Plan 9 From Outer Space and Space Chief, but not that cinematic atrocity.
Zardoz was more fun to watch and also has Sean Connery.
I had no trouble finishing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Its worst sin was being mindless.
Didn’t it also have Sean Connery?
Yes. If I recall correctly, it was the last role he filmed. I could be wrong.
Yes, but he wore pants
Zardoz was not fun to watch and you lying dirtbags who said it was fun owe me for my pain and suffering. It also has far too much Sean Connery visible!
Imagine the impact it had on Sean Connery. He became so skittish about fantasy roles, he turned down the chance to play Gandalf.
re: Seans link from the ded thred:
I’ve been wondering if this gray haired dude is the same tribal elder activist is the same tribal elder activist that drummed in the face of Nick Sandman.
They look sorta kinda alike. It would be… ironic if they actually were the same dude.
I loved Black Hole when seen in the theaters upon release. I am… not sure how it will hold up.
Wikipedia lists five films with that name. I wonder which one is being discussed.
I’m guessing with Slim Pickens.
99.9% sure mine is This one.
Unciv has the same one in mind that I did.
I did see it in the theater and never since. I would probably watch it on cable but I don’t think they have ever showed it.
That is the one.
I think…
So it will prolapse?
I’ve watched it from time to time. Staple of VHS Disney era. It’s not…terrible. Feels unfinished and hurried to me. The ending is 2001.
I’m almost-wholly in the ‘I meant to watch that’ camp. I see maybe a movie in theaters every 2-3 years, and I haven’t sat and watched a flick, specifically using that time as *the* purpose of those ~2hrs, for several more years.
This isn’t a thrilling thing, but rather a semi-regret. There’s far too much going on to *sit still.* When I do, I’m rather good at it, but it’s an investment. It generally takes something rather special to dive on in, and I can’t think of a recent example.
I’m rather envious of people who can simply sit and ‘enjoy’ things, the beach being a great example. There’s tremendous wisdom in such.
Ah. Youth is wasted on the young.
By which I mean, don’t waste time watching screens, go out and enjoy life! Movies are for days when it is too cold to go outside, although ironically movie theaters first advertised for people to attend because the theater had air conditioning.
When I look back on the best memories of childhood, they’re never “that time I played SNES the whole day” or “that time I stayed up until 3 AM watching MTV”. They’re rather:
– That time we built an epic city in the sandbox and then blasted it away with the garden hose pretending it was a tsunami
– When we rode our bikes all the way to the end of our neighborhood and went across that one street into a whole ‘nother neighborhood and found all those new streets to ride on
– When we built that gigantic snow fort with a roof that was so big that three of us could kinda fit in there
I don’t even remember much about the times I spent on screens. It’s scary to think what will happen to kids who have been glued to a tablet or smartphone since they’ve had the motor skills to operate them (I see it sometimes).
Sometimes I want to go join the Amish. Humans do not and never will flourish when technology is doing everything for you.
I was a more extreme introvert then than I am now. So… few of my childhood memories involve anything with other children *shudder*.
Sometimes I want to go join the Amish. Humans do not and never will flourish when technology is doing everything for you.
This. We’re built to work and build things. Watching flickering lights all day and pushing buttons doesn’t scratch that itch for me.
My mantra has been “do, don’t consume”. I want my life to be focused on doing things. If I’m primarily consuming content all day, I’m failing, and my emotions will suffer for it.
Oh I was the SUPER introverted kid in school as well; all those memories involve my brother and/or the one or two friends I had at any given time.
Some school counselor lady wanted to put me in speech therapy at one point, but my Mom (being ferociously protective of me, as she still is today) nixed the idea on the grounds that “they’re trying to change who you are”.
I have a ton of memories too of having a blast doing solitary things; poring through weird old books I found on the shelf, spending a whole day playing with magnets, and constructing strange metropolises (metropoli?) out of Legos.
I haven’t seen a theater movie in 15 years or so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The last one I saw was 1917, a few months before the goddamn lockdowns. Before that was Florence Foster Jenkins in 2016.
There was such *fun* to it, though, back in the day. And I’m not talking about the film experience, which is certainly better than anything one can get at home, even today.
When speaking of the yutes’ spawners, I openly lament the absolute *lack* of ‘unsupervised peer time.’ The American Harry Potter gen, with no sense of Orwellian irony or otherwise, picks and chooses every activity for their brood, down to the hour. *Koreans nod in approval* Kids have no time to explore what being a real human (with some agency) is like.
The movies were a great excuse for everything if you needed to get out. (Had to ‘spain your way out.) Even if you didn’t see whatever flick.The parents who won’t say “Voldemort!” are so proud of themselves and the little world they’ve created.
They were a night’s escape into irreality and fun. Now kids connect to MetaVerse and ‘climb’ mountains in the comfort of their living room. Fucking. Pikers.
/rant off
I don’t disagree.
The reason is I am old, I have no immediate family, and little contact with friends who have moved all over the place since then.
I’m with you in that. The last movie I saw in a theater was The Doors.
I saw Iron Man on a TV last summer, but only because my sister tricked me into watching it with her. I just don’t have the patience to sit through a movie any more.
Come to think about I’m not much for watching videos of any length. Except for scientific and historical stuff. I can’t do Podcasts or livestreams, I’d much rather read than listen to people jabbering. Less distracting when I’m doing other things. Podcasts and their relatives demand your full attention, and I am not willing to provide it. Posting is much more my style of conversation.
I see movies in the theater when one catches my eye- saw the reboot Top Gun just because I wanted flying and CGI.
I plan to see the new Naked Gun just to see Seth Macfalanes take on it opposed to the Zuckers. And I read that they’re being all pissy.
My reason is movies are shit and I don’t have a cohort to attend ’em with, if they’re modern and worth viewing, or if oldplays of days yore.
Ya still need to make it social, unless one is kinda into weeping in the dark, or laughing solo, and /or many other examples.
COVID was the last nail in going-outness. And people were proud to give it up, and modern tech gives them illusions otherwise. (I guess their House was already set, yes. But what about the non-urban-camper ‘unhoused,’ when it comes to non-regimented interaction?
China’s got their population crisis, and we, perhaps our own flavor of the social primate madness, esp with ‘interconnectivity.’
My wife has to drag me out to the regular theater. Ive been twice in the two years we have been here, and that was an increase over usual.
OTOH, we have been going to the drive-in 3 or 4 times each summer. We went and saw How to Train your Dragon on Friday. Every time they do a halfway decent double feature with a good kids movie, I seriously think about going. Completely different experience than the regular theater.
#dittoes
It’s too demanding.
I haven’t seen a theater movie in 15 years or so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Last time I was in a theater was seeing “My Super Ex Girlfriend” with my at-the-time girlfriend… Would have been worth it if I got with her, but we broke up shortly after. Oh well.
Haven’t ever been back to a theater due to 1) Disinterest in movies that have been produced since then, and 2) Paranoia about getting bedbugs off the theater seats.
Eew that never occurred to me.
Until now.
I openly lament the absolute *lack* of ‘unsupervised peer time.’ The American Harry Potter gen, with no sense of Orwellian irony or otherwise, picks and chooses every activity for their brood, down to the hour.
I see both sides of it. The great enshittification and atomization of society has made it hard to justify letting the kids just run off and disappear for a few hours. We have only lived two places where we would’ve trusted any of our neighbors to watch out for our kids, and we’ve never lived anywhere that had more than one neighbor like that. We’ve lived many places where we actively avoided some neighbors because our kids didn’t need that crap in their lives.
OTOH, we lived the hustle and bustle of suburban big city parenting, and it sucks. Really sucks. Really really sucks. It’s a huge part of the reason we live in the country now. Kids aren’t able to be kids if they’re constantly being shuttled to the next activity.
I grew up in “the city” and it was largely unsupervised after age 10 or so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I would have hated the country. Nature is not my thing.
It’s less of a city mouse, country mouse thing and more of a cultural issue with the upper middle class suburbs. The soccer mom of a generation ago would be seen as a slacker these days. “Oh, you only have your kid in 3 sports, and only one is travel? I’m so sorry.”
The current pulls everybody in the direction of 12+ hour days and fully committed weekends, all planned, all organized activities. Part of it is glorified daycare. Part of it is the desperate attempt to keep up with the joneses. Part of it is vicarious living.
lol I grew up distinctly lower class so there is that.
The world you describe sounds like hell to me. I have no idea how you people stand it.
It is hell. The kid usually doesn’t realize it at the time. They’re resilient and high energy. However, it eventually catches up with them in the form of mental illness. The parents always have a simmering pot of stress and busyness that never quite goes away. They’re longing for the next vacation just so that they don’t have to do 50 different things every day.
Much of the harm of the situation is in what is silently lost. Creativity. Initiative. The ability to be alone with your thoughts. Deep relationships. The ability to be bored. Exploration.
They turn into good little white collar drones, but drones is all they are. The spark of humanity is dim in their eyes.
Its more generational, imo, than social class. I saw it my own family from having siblings that were 10+ year younger. And later from coworkers with even younger children. Completely different from my childhood experience.
I can’t respect an article that stops halfway through the alphabet.
😭
You want MORE rules?? That’s not very libertarian of you!
My last name begins with M.
Throughout elem school, ordered alphabetically! And maybe a day or two of the year, Ya’d SWITCH THE ORDER!! *GASP heavens beckon!*
I’m.. uh. Right where I was before. This. Well this right here sucks!
Well, ya can be a ‘fun’ racist for a day and Piss ON MLK, I s’pose. What else are they teaching?
Yeah, I’m a “k”, so pretty much the same thing.
I had to look up how far Sue Grafton got.
-1 Z 😢
Y? Cruel World.
I got about 10 books in. Enjoyable enough but I moved on for no particular reason.
My unwatched list is huge. We collect cheap DVDs to scan into Plex, and I’ve seen maybe a third of them. Most are ones my wife has seen, and there are a few neither of us have seen.
We tried watching Uncle Buck the other day for the first time, but fell asleep halfway through. I don’t have as much patience to sit through a mediocre movie as I used to. I’d rather just fart around on my phone.
The last two movies I put into the player were favorites… “The Lathe of Heaven” and “THX 1138”. Fell asleep to both.
The key seems to be start earlier and less drunk. Which pretty much leaves the occasional Thursday evening.
How fucking dare you besmirch Uncle Buck. How fucking dare you.
I stopped The Accountant 2.
Meanwhile, watching Red Scorpion in all its hamminess.
I remember when my then GF and I had a planned date night, and we went to see “Wolf” with Jack Nicholson (yeah long time ago I’m old). We both fell asleep, and ended up leaving early. We were very tired from our work week, but I wonder if that movie really was that boring.
Peace upon those who awaken sans struggle.
Happy Father’s Day to those that are.
Take care, my little Glibblets, this sapien sink into sleep. One day before my break.
I’ve an easy article to publish. I want that and more, and feel I need an Editor to guide my wayward existence.
Happy Father’s Day to all that have earned it. We thank you. Blessed rest, upon you.
Good morning!
*waves*
Good morning, Ted’S., Sean, homey, and Teh Hype!
Morning.
Good morning, U! How are you today?
Tired, and sleepy.
😴
I hope you have enough Dew to get through the day.
By the way – well done “pilot.” I bet you get picked up for a full season! 😁
Happy Monday Glibs!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_7oUvpMV8
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https://nypost.com/2025/06/15/us-news/minnesota-suspected-assassin-vance-luther-boelter-captured-by-police-after-allegedly-killing-rep-hortman-and-injuring-sen-hoffman/
Mid-westerners suck at hide and seek.
https://www.fox29.com/news/armed-man-arrested-west-chester-during-no-kings-day-protest-police
Bright yellow, reflective overcoat. 😂🤣
suh’ fam
whats goody
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Why the fuck was NASCAR in fucking Mexico?
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2025/06/15/kyle-busch-ignites-multi-car-wreck-early-at-mexico-city/
Because the people running the company thought that they could make some money?
I’ve met a few Mexicans or at least Mexican background who were quasi rednecks. Probably not a bad move on their part.
¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!
Oh, Canada. Thank you, author, for telling me how much stuff should cost in your mind. Extra points for telling me to use social media to shame businesses into compliance.
CHARLEBOIS: Summer is here, strawberries are, too … but so are the scams
Is eleven dollars per pound Canadian really excessive if you’re willing to pay it? This isn’t heating oil in the dead of winter they’re talking about here.
Anything sold at a price above what I am willing to pay should result in government intervention.
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I don’t see how taxing it more helps.
“Look, we’re just asking the rich to pay their fair share. If you can afford $11 for strawberries, you can afford $13 for strawberries.”
Prices should be based on income and wealth. Why should everyone pay the same price when some can afford to contribute more?
I guarantee there’s an element of “Buy Canadian because Trump! Elbows up!” driving this, and affluent Boomers will pay it.
It’s so tiresome. I now avoid stores with any sort of advertising to this effect.
Heres an idea, if you don’t like the price, plant your own strawberries.
It’s not like they have a monopoly on plants.
Gretchen Whitmer would like a word…
She can’t have it.
Good morning!
I watch very little passive entertainment these days, but if I’m sleep deprived I will watch while petting Lily. Most recent: “Blind Spot” on Netflix. The first episode was intriguing, second episode makes me think it’s going to turn into the worst patrs of “Person of Interest” and “The Blacklist.”
Somebody did a remake of Ruroni Kenshin, the first two seasons of which (the remake)are on Netflix that is actually quite good. It’s like they remade it for the original audience thinking that they had grown up a bit.
UnCiv: I apologize, but I could not find the grips this morning. I checked in my CZ grip box and there were just cosmetic ones. Now I need to track down the $300 worth of grips I’ve misplaced.
It’s alright.
Aside from the technical difficulties (I have not reattached the optic for lack of proper screws) I’m not doing so well today, so firearm handling is not going to be safe anyway.
Mornin’, reprobates. Protests were mostly peaceful, it seems. Now that summer is here it should be safe to go to the city; trust fund babies will be stirring up trouble in the Hamptons no doubt. I need to ride the subways one more time before the next mayor turns them into homeless shelters.
Good morning, each and every one of you, excluding government workers that are being paid to insure that I don’t have an unpermitted keyboard.
“Seems you have an unlicensed ESC key”
No piano for you!