Absolutely incredible...
How is this a novel? I thought novels were stories?
And have you read the sidebar (and FAQ), matey...?
Oh gosh, I'd love to do a 'colab' on that, altho it would have to be when I'm feeling better.
Still, though-- would it be okay then if I linked to your original comment as a simple "WIP" commentary about Moebius' various use of colors?
It could be something we revisit in time, for example.
If no reply, I'll just take it as: 'maybe something for the future, no harm done.'
Would your reading of Cyann have been in German or English? I don't think I've seen it translated to ENG so far.
Side note: my French-learning seems to go well for longer & longer periods, then I get pissed off or discouraged about something, then sulk for a few days. Right now I'm definitely in that psychological sulking phase. :S
Point is-- Cyann would still give me some trouble reading in French, so I would need to lamely retreat back to English for this one.
Well, matey, you're certainly a bundle of fun, yourself... with deep respect to the power of projection.
In closing, may I ask what "game" you're thinking of, and especially-- does it involve understanding what the body of worldwide science orgs have been saying for many decades now..?
Hah. Like I'm personally any kind of avatar on this stuff.
No, I'm not scolding anyone-- I'm pointing out how we could have responded effectively to the issue in the past tense, as it now appears we're ruddy-well borked, and pretty much missed ~95% of our biggest opportunities to make effective change. And in case you're wondering, these are hardly my unique thoughts, and in fact are attributable to much smarter, more aware people than I, across a range of science-based and sociological-based platforms & orgs. I'm merely a little canary who happened to be in the room, TBC.
Sure, any individual can say 'well I had my own life, job, interests, etc to pursue and couldn't be bothered with this shite,' but we're talking about the body of people across 40+ years. If they can't understand the forest is on fire or the mountain is about to landslide, then despite whoever their leadership is, in the end it's on them.
Indeed, we still have an absurdly high number of people in the States who don't even understand what ACC actually is, and of course are deeply resentful of the idea that humans had anything to do with it(!)
So blame whatever specific components you like if it makes you feel better, but in the end, it's a fundamental failing of our high-tech, freemarket-capitalism civilisation to address these crises in a reasonably prompt manner.
EDIT: I will of course say this-- if you're late to the game, and if you're late in absorbing and understanding this stuff, then yes... it's indeed a heavy pill to swallow, and I completely understand not feeling like you're personally responsible. And indeed, people in our relative class are barely responsible, compared to the reprehensible wealthy and exploitative corporations, especially those who promote real disinformation, such as the Koch Bros, right-wing extremists, bogus 'think tanks' and so forth.
I'm talking about group responsibility, not hoping for structural power to solve issues it was never designed to.
In the States, if you're a voter who waits until the last step of the process to vote, then yes-- you get that limited menu of selection. As we've seen, this is a pretty great way to fail to address the real-world problems of unsustainability.
Unfortunately that's a rather idealised view of the way American politics work. In reality, we already know from long experience that American politico-capitalism runs towards exploitation and greed when left to its own devices, as we saw with the monopolies, the robber barons, the horrific exploitation of immigrant labor as seen in the meatpacking industry and mining fields, etc, etc.
Yes, I do hear what you're saying, but reality is reality. However the system was 'supposed' to work as an ideal, in fact it left us in a horrible situation, one in which the primary difference makers were ourselves. Let's also not forget that if the system is 'rigged' the way it is, and we carelessly buy in to it ourselves as consumers, then not only are we failing to hold politicians accountable, but we're also the ones cooperating in feeding the impending catastrophe of unsustainability... across a range of issues stacked on top of CC.
There's also the fact that with America endorsing a pro-big business / wealthy scoundrel such as Nixon, leading to an even worse scoundrel in Reagan, and then failing to recognise the wheels in motion resultant from all that in the 50+yrs since, why then, there's another way the body of American people have essentially failed to make a critical difference.
How are WE the fools???
We're the fools because capitalism was never going to fix this issue on its own, therefore it came down to the voting populace to become better-educated on this stuff, spread that awareness as much as possible, vote every year for representatives that take CC seriously, and to contact our local / regional representatives as often as possible, asking them what their solutions were.
As the primary mechanism in terms of creating such vital change, we've done a fraction of that over the decades. Now here we are.
This was a super-interesting comment, and I'd love to see it turned in to its own post so that more people could see. I hadn't really thought much about Moeby's coloring before, but wow, things are a lot clearer now.
Maybe the post could be called something like "Moebius' approach to coloring." I'd certainly like to add it to the master index.
I still remember seeing them blasting a rhino with TNT and putting the book away, thinking “WTF, HERGÉ?!”
Oh, snap. Yes, that's the one. :S
This is great advice, and I don't do it as often as I should. It really is amazing how well that can work..
I love the Simpsons, and I salute your method of learning, but the fact is this-- you're not just a nice guy, but you're DAMN intelligent. Don't try this at home, kids!