The poachers just taught gorillas how to make traps. Now the gorillas are gonna go full Rambo on them.

My favorite part is the snake with the skin like a human, in the garden of Eden. That always freaked me out as a kid.

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy.

There’s horror in his head already, mom’s spaghetti

ICP - The Loons

That’s an excellent point. Hundreds of years ago, if you wanted to recomment the product of a particularly skilled soapmaker or farmer, you’d say “Jo made that”, and maybe you could point to Jo’s logo on the product so your friends knew how to recognize it. So the signifier of quality (the brand) pointed to the signified of a quality product. But now the signifier has become disentangled from the signified: the advertisements and marketing campaigns promote brand loyalty even if the product becomes worse through inferior ingredients or shrinkflation. Because of this, the signifier is presented to us when we do not want to see it.

Businesses get on board and start the horrible ad infestation

There were a couple years where businesses were “entering cyberspace” and still trying to figure it out. Mostly this involved static webpages, since they saw the web as a kind of yellow pages. i.e. a business’ web page was their ad.

people are apparently fine with ads

It amazes me how accepting most people are of ads. I suspect Google’s going to win, and their ultimate contribution to humanity will be forcing ads into everything.

I was guessing the woman’s wearing a clip-on? But apparently this is from TikTok so you never know.

Relevant Key & Peele: That One Friend Who Makes Everything Awkward.

Hmmm… “A Passage to India” takes place during the Raj (which is when the Crown took over from the East India Company) but a lot of the attitudes and issues are the same

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087892/
• the novel on Gutenberg: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/61221

Similarly, “Conduct Unbecoming” takes place right after the Crown takeover. But hey, it’s free on youtube:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gzE8HkRrz0
• description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conduct_Unbecoming_(1975_film)

Finally, you could look here:

• https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=east-india-company

Words to live by! /sincere

I was just extending the bait, didn’t realize people would take it seriously. I’ve added an “/s”.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaundromatLiaisons

In reality, the Amazon driver’s pay has been cut, so they ask for a tip. You don’t tip enough so they beat you up. If you could afford to order from Amazon, why didn’t you tip enough? Obviously you’re not supporting essential workers in these trying times. They’re just working hard, feeding you, keeping you clothed, protecting you. But they have families of their own to take care of too. You’re not even ordering enough so they can afford to take a bathroom break.

Partying EVERY day gets kind of boring… You appreciate it more if you spend time just hanging out, like the guy in the meme.

Line dance during take-off: “now sliiiiide to the back!”

This is my first time seeing any of this, but the party arc starts here: https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5404

This is a great time for European labs to advertise any open positions.

Mother Nature is a prankster. She was just having a little fun.