I'm talking, of course, about transit routes and radio stations.

The idea came to me when I thought about how, when I go for a walk, it is much easier to move forward when I have the sun behind me lighting the path on the way out, as opposed to when I come back, because I have it in front of me and it blinds me.

I thought that many of us have ideals that are very ambitious and "brilliant," perhaps so much so that they blind us like the sun when we look at it head-on. So, I think it's best to have these ideals as a way to "light" our path and guide us to our true goals.

I was rewatching firefly for the Lasseter hoist episode and they described the buildings floating above the ocean as ocean views. It looks like they see nothing but ocean though.

It's the same with Kamino, I think ocean views come from the land and see but maybe I'm wrong

I think a big problem we face in humanity is how we settle our disputes and it's a large function of a government. But, after enough time people figure out the "rules" and get their own refs or figure out loopholes.

Fight to the death? Well not my death, i have a guy to fight for me.
Courtrooms? Got my friend to be the judge. Arbitration? I have the money and you have the issue so let me hire a guy to hear you out and ignore it.

It seems that we need to change how we solve disputes like every 120 years before it gets overwhelming and the old system stops working entirely.

Video games have always cost the same, even back in the 90s big budget games cost $60. But $60 in 1990 is $148.73 today. So video games have in fact only gotten cheaper over the years.

It's a terrible disorganised mess, it's inconsistent, it makes very little objective sense, but for some reason we seem to have settled on it as the default.

It's only a matter of time before they require a subscription, have a privacy and cookie policy, and are loaded with ads and ai filth.

Please god no

All this. All the replies, all the posts. Just bots arguing with one another, triggering you 'juuust enough' to engage and reinforce your bias with a dopamine shot, so you continue to read and get enraged some more. At this point you can't even tell which is a person and which is not any more. All for the amusement of a few powerful elites in control of the algorithm.

Are we really so placated, hopeless and in need for edification that we continue to participate, with no real translation to real world personal development and action?

"This is What The Fox Sounds Like"

I know not every superhero story is the same, but I feel like recent superhero media has moved away from showing heroes actually saving people. Even vigilantes like Batman and Daredevil rescue civilians—they’re not just crime fighters. Superheroes may not be realistic, but they’ve always prioritized saving lives.

That’s one reason I like The Flash on the CW—it balanced both saving people and crime fighting, even if the crime-fighting usually came first. Superman & Lois does this even better. Almost every episode shows Superman stopping disasters or accidents, not just punching villains.

Superheroes aren’t just super-powered cops, soldiers, or secret agents. They should also be part-time super-firefighters. Shows like 9-1-1 and Chicago Fire make me wish we had more of those rescue scenes—but with superheroes. Not every episode has to be about saving the whole city.

I'm talking about how pockets and islands of cultures pop up everywhere within these settings, how Cyberpunk as a whole does away with national borders and lets everyone from everywhere and anywhere suffer equally.

And we've kinda' missed the mark on that, as now culture is instead becoming eclectic. We don't have pockets of cultures, we are steadily pushing toward having a single culture, a mass of haphazard associations and little comprehension of meaning.

It's that same the other way round, dogs to an extent can understand, but a whale doesn't know we call it a whale.

Is it really reasonable to think that everything we see on the news around the world is just the result of few deranged political leaders who follow just short-term agendas.

This happen because Putin is just a megalomaniac who wants to conquer new territories.

This happen because Netanyahu is just an extremist who wants to destroy all Palestinian.

This happen because Trump is just a glorified con man who want power and money.

What about the powers behind those people?

What about the long-term interest?

Are they really just ignoring the future global crisis?

For example: Trump wants to control the US narrative and turn the global warming into a fluke, a scam.

But what are really thinking the powers behind him? Could they just be so naive of their own long termn interests?? Or they actually want the things to change.

I mean, it is quite expensive to keep the power in a democracy. All those "free things" to control: the market, the news, the education, that damn free speech... the human rights.

And let me be clear:

We are ' NOT ' immune to propaganda.

You ' WANT' to think they are just idiots. A bunch of greedy pigs with no plans. It's easy to think that way. It's... comfortable.

Street racers aren’t criminals. To me, being a criminal means intentionally hurting people, scamming, stealing, or exploiting others. Street racing is illegal, sure, but most people do it as a hobby because they love cars and racing and just becuase you break the law doesn't make you a "criminal". I hate how games like Need For Speed always paint racers as villains when the reality is way less black-and-white.

People use the word "antihero" so loosely it has really lost its meaning. Before, an "antihero" was just a "bad guy" who did good things, like Dexter Morgan. He's a serial killer; he's a high-functioning sociopath who does feel emotions and love and knows right from wrong, but he kills bad people, so he's an "antihero". Punisher is a mass murderer. Yes, he kills criminals, but unlike other heroes who kill in self-defence when there is no other option, he kills every criminal he sees, even street criminals. He does this because he likes being in war and likes killing people, so he decides to only target those who he thinks deserve it, and those who he deems "deserve" it are criminals, and sure, on occasion, he will help a hero or two. Deadpool is a mercenary; he does what he does for money. He kills bad people and goes on missions, but mainly for money does he do good things? Sure, but he does it for morally questionable reasons.

I'm going to focus the term "antihero" mainly for comic book and superhero characters. A lot of people think an "antihero", when it comes to superheroes, is just an "edgy" or "R-rated" superhero or a superhero who curses a lot or just has negative flaws. Mainly a lot of people use the term "antihero" for characters who aren't Superman- or Spider-Man-level goody-two-shoes boy scout characters. Like, people will call Spider-Man 2099 an "antihero" just because he isn’t a Boy Scout. No, Miguel is a hero. through and through; just because he's a bit of a dick doesn't mean he's an "antihero".

I see people calling the characters in Invincible "antiheroes" just because they are not "boy scouts". People call Immortal, Duplikate, and Rex Splode "antiheroes" just because they are human with human flaws and realistic personalities; that doesn't make them "antiheroes".

Rex isn't an "antihero" just because he cheated on Atom Eve. Yes, he did a bad thing. Yes, he was an arrogant arsehole, but guess what? He still put his life on the line for his team, did the right thing and was still a good person. Despite having some annoying personality traits, he was a hero through and through.

Immortal and Duplicate aren't "antiheroes" either. Yes, they are hypocritical, a bit whiny and self-righteous, but they still save people's lives for no other reason than that they want to help and help their team.

I like Invincible because every character is just a flawed human being who just so happens to have superpowers, and they go out saving people.

Are they antiheroes? No, they are just superheroes.