Opeth - Master's Apprentices

Abraxas · 2017-11-05T06:25:11+00:00

Anybody else see demons in the Rorschachs? Maybe I'm crazy...

Abraxas · 2017-11-02T08:24:57+00:00

The passengers change while the bus remains the same, much like society and the systems that rule it. Great video.

Abraxas · 2017-11-02T08:10:37+00:00

I couldn't agree more

Abraxas · 2017-10-27T01:50:12+00:00

Adult Swim is the modern example in that regard, but cartoons instead of music videos. Of course there is always some semi-hidden sociopolitical agenda despite allowing experimental programming at behest of corporate agenda.

Abraxas · 2017-10-24T03:01:15+00:00

Haha this is great. I browsed the MTV history on wikipedia and apparently this song was written at the same time MTV began its video music awards spectacle. To my ears it pokes fun at mass media entertainment and consumerism, but MTV went on to air the music video of this song anyway - to be ironic I suppose. I imagine that's part of the joke, that the lyrics go right over the listener's head despite the message.

Abraxas · 2017-10-23T04:30:45+00:00

Grab yourself a can of pork soda - you'll be feeling just fine. Ain't nothin' quite like sittin' 'round the house swillin' down them cans of swine.

Abraxas · 2017-10-22T23:32:22+00:00

See the Ontario Human Rights Commission and bill C-16; incarceration via contempt of court for refusal to comply with the apology, the re-education, or the fines. All for calling someone a him or a her.

Abraxas · 2017-10-22T23:28:03+00:00

If everyone has their own gender pronoun, it implies that ones gender is unique to oneself. If this were true, gender would no longer be a reliable source of social identity. And that's the game. Piece by piece, everything that contributes to ones identity will be stripped away from society. On the surface it seems justified: nobody wants to be defined by their race, gender, or class. But when you remove these concepts from a society we can no longer celebrate our differences nor be united by our commonalities. A society of people that have no differences is a society of people that are all the same. Where does the individual fit into such a society? Can we even be individual if we are all the same? This dissolution of the self is the hidden motivation behind the postmodernist SJW movement within our already egalitarian society. It is an attack on individualism and a step toward our enslavement.

Abraxas · 2017-10-22T09:37:27+00:00

One future visitor to this desolate place will be the International Space Station.

Current plans are for it to be decommissioned in the next decade and it will have to be carefully brought down in the oceanic pole of inaccessibility. With a mass of 450 tonnes - four times that of the Mir space station - it will make a spectacular sight.

Tiangong-1's orbit is decaying as it heads towards re-entry. But Chinese engineers have lost control of it and cannot fire its thrusters to bring it down in the South Pacific.

Instead it will come down somewhere between 42.8 degrees north and south. That's between the latitude of northern Spain and southern Australia, and we won't be able to be more precise than that until just a few hours before it burns up.

Abraxas · 2017-10-22T09:11:06+00:00

Great artwork. On closer inspection, the other worldly spheres above correspond with the heavenly bodies below. The twelve spoke wheel represents the stars, the sphere without rays represents the moon, and the six rayed sphere represents the sun. There's so much going on I nearly missed the tree at the center of it all blooming with life.

Abraxas · 2017-10-22T05:04:13+00:00

And like looking upon the blinding sun with unadjusted eyes, initially some truths can be painful. It is this uneasiness that persuades many to remain in a state of blissful ignorance within the cave. Fortunately, I find people are beginning to lift the veil more and more so to see beyond the curtain. With the internet, those who are capable now have a more accessible means toward illumination.

Abraxas · 2017-10-21T21:38:55+00:00

I get the same issue in firefox 56.0.1

Abraxas · 2017-10-20T21:22:40+00:00

It also features one of the first known uses of a wah-wah pedal in a recording. Clapton had heard Jimi Hendrix experimenting with one and he liked the sound.

Abraxas · 2017-10-20T00:14:13+00:00

Interesting imagery. The devil is allah?

Abraxas · 2017-10-19T23:49:54+00:00

Okay I knew it was bad, but that was way worse than I was expecting. It's no wonder everything is going to shit.

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