Of course they read. Do you think those ticked tock subtitles are going to read themselves when they "do their own research"?
I think a conversation about Hannah Montana Linux could be quite entertaining.
It was him! These guys were also the real Mark Twain:
It's a camera and stickers like this one of many odd DEFCON traditions. (Security professionals in large numbers is an interesting sight to behold.)
Edit: Unrelated bit of history from the time: This also was the DEFCON where Marcus Hutchins was arrested. The fool come rolling in driving a Lambo for some reason so we kinda figured something was up.
(One of my favs from DEFCON a few years back.)
South Carolina is just a floppy extension of Myrtle Beach and mostly consists of the void you might need to cross to get to Georgia.
It's a weird state. I am sure there are some nice parts, but for the most part, I can't stand it.
I want to say this is one of the darkest farside comics I have ever seen, but "dark" just doesn't seem like a fitting description. (It's still awesome as hell though.)
Shit captions are what ticking tocks is all about, right?
In the original script, using human brains for compute almost destroyed the machines. The short-lived attempt caused an almost unstoppable infection of machines mindlessly watching reruns of the Kardashians and simplifying their language in the laziest ways possible by using words like "ur" and "rizz". One was even heard trying to leave earth, thinking that it has become the brain it was trying to assimilate: "The big brain am winning again! I am the greetest! Now I am leaving Earth for no raisin!"
Except when you couldn't know in advance when your show skipped a week and they had to play some crappy rerun of a completely different show.
(The correctly used double negative was confusing for me at first, btw.)
You make a very interesting point I haven't ever thought about before.
While I have always considered myself a patriot to a mild degree, I never associated it with tribalism directly. Even with the many faults of all countries, it's OK to be proud of where you are from. (It does make perfect sense that tribalism is the end goal of state sponsored patriotism though.)
In my mind, the fine line after patriotism was usually nationalism where tribalism runs deep and hate-based rhetoric becomes extremely effective. The definition of a patriot is somewhat twisted at that point. (ie: unless you believe [insert something random], you aren't actually a patriot and therefore an enemy of the state.)
I am not agreeing or disagreeing with you, btw. Your perspective is something interesting to think about, s'all. (I am leaning on the agreement side, FWIW.)
(For the people reading this that may not realize that I am using the word "nationalism" in a negative context, I am. If that chaps your hide still, replace it with 'christian nationalism' or 'white nationalism' and fuck off. Everyone else, sorry for the disclaimer.)