What's up, Kainers?!

[Kain Nobel]

Introduction


Hello and good day Save-Point friends! I feel I've been away too long and I'm hoping some of the people I've known are still around, lurking somewhere in the shadows. Yeah, I know Lani and DerVVulfman are still here, good to see Korekame around, Justin_, netz, tohsaka and the usual IRC gang, plus anybody else I haven't mentioned, I've missed you all.

Nothing against "What's Up RMers?" or the "What's On Your Mind?" threads but... just consider this thread our own little private patio. I've got a lot of things on my mind and I don't want to take over the more casual threads. :)

"If you want to have your own personal page then get a facebook you weirdo."

No thanks, I'm staunchly anti-facebook, I don't subscribe to "social media" but I won't judge others who do, to each their own ;)

Anyways, this is what's been up with me...

My Propaganda Campaign

About the Campaign


I'm caught up in a propaganda campaign to wake bi-partisan retards and social justice warriors up from their delusional and extremist views. What I do is visit strictly partisan forums, congregations of hardcore Republicans or hardcore Democrats, whom are distracted by nonsense and point out more serious things going on in the world which hopefully makes their viewpoint look silly in comparison. I'm still in the early stages of this adventure but, before the election is over, hopefully I can win over some hearts and minds and bring a little intelligence back to the lost and the damned. I call the campaign...

Make America Intelligent Again

I admit, that's a bit much to ask, make people intelligent again, but... what the heck?

Would you like to join my campaign? Currently it has been a one man adventure within a handful of small forums but it would be nice to have a little back up. Hopefully we can seed and expand this operation throughout the interwebs and pwn some f00king n00bs.

Facts VS Opinions - Wedgies VS... Issues?

First off, I don't think my "opinion" is greater than others. I do have opinions but this is a more fact-based mission.

Such as the fact that the "migrant crisis" is causing a clash of civilizations in Europe, or the fact that we've got environmental disasters that the media makes a tiny little mention about before sweeping it under the rug. Remember the BP oil spill that happened in the Gulf of Mexico a few years back? Of course you do! Media made a big ol' deal about that (it was a youuuuuuge deal) but Shell recently had an oil spill too. Am I the only one that heard about it? Hardly anybody was talking about it last time I checked. Why? Are people talking about it now? I don't know, I've turned off my TV because I was tired of hearing about bathrooms.

Anyways... wedge issues. Huh? What oil spill? I'm worried about BATHROOMS!


So many people are stuck on "wedge" issues these days, worried about trans-gender bathrooms and whatnot, when there are more serious issues going on in society. I believe the reason they call these things "wedge" issues is because it causes normally rational people to wedge their head so far up their ass that they may never see daylight or reality again. That's not to say they debate itself is completely without merit, some people do have legitimate concerns (which make sense in my mind), but it gets so blown out of proportion that it becomes ridiculous and divisive. The media spins it into a big ol' tornado of opposing viewpoints and forgets to cover serious issues sometimes. On the other hand, the media will talk about it but people are more interested in bathrooms again. Or the NFL score board. Or... whatever.

It's kinda like "How do you feel about gay marriage?" Um... don't ask me, ask a gay person. Ask a religious person. Better yet, ask yourself and leave me out of the debate! I'll watch the debate from the sidelines and enjoy my pop corn, thank you very much. :)

Clearing the Air


Anyways, before you go bashing me and my "propaganda" campaign, you must realize that propaganda is neither "good" or "evil" - it just is. "You can save 15% or more by switching to Gieko" is a form of propaganda called advertising. Can you save 15% or more? Is that little lizard a pathological liar? Not a clue but I know you can because a little gecko that mysteriously got stuck inside my car radio told me so.

I don't hate these people, these wedge issue people, these so-called Democrats and Republicans, I happen to be one of them sometimes. I used to find it funny, hilarious even, but we've been on the path of absolute absurdity for awhile and I don't know how much more I can take. So many people get on about stereotyping but, little do they know, some folks are starting to fit very rigid stereotypes that... it is what it is. I suppose it's the new normal (or it always has been "normal"?) Then again, it could be a massive media brainwashing campaign to make intelligent people stupid all conducted by the lizard people and Illuminati. Yeah, it's probably a mixture of all of that, plus a bag of salty GMO chips (a nutritional part of a broke man's breakfast.)

No, I don't particularly enjoy this kind of thing either; I'd rather be doing something more fun and entertaining than peddling "propaganda" and attempting to steer public opinion and attention on other issues. I guess it is a little fun and entertaining but... yeah. Working on projects or playing with my kids is fun and entertaining.

Sorry, I'm ranting. Please forgive me :P

I do question one thing though...

Will I Be Returning to Echoside and/or ReGaL?

I'd certainly like to but... hm?

I originally planned to return to one (or both) of the projects as soon as the new presidential puppet takes office but I'm really debating on writing a book. Do people still read those things?

It's completely up in the air at this point. Quite possibly, at the very least, I might contribute some things to ReGaL and assist from the shadows. DerVVulfman has taken over the project and I believe he's doing a great job with it and, quite frankly, I'll be switching Echoside over to RGL standards when I eventually do get to it.

Echoside is definitely not off the table, I absolutely will be working on it again one day. I did work on it from 2005 to 2015 before I eventually got sick of being on a computer all day, every day, toiling away at something that felt like a job. A non-paying job at that. It still exists, I'm keeping it backed up and locked in a safe for that day when I do return to it. Unless I die an unexpected death and don't return, I will be getting back to it!

About My Book Idea

Well... this silly "I'ma write a book" idea came about roughly a year or so ago, when I unexpectedly dropped away from game-making due to work and health issues.

There are various inspirations for me wanting to write a book, such as politics, conspiracies, histories, civilizations, mysteries, trends and modern day culture in general. All of that is such a vast subject matter, each deserving of it's own library, so I've hesitated to start writing anything as of yet. However, after reading Edward Bernay's Propaganda, I think I know what I'm going to write about: Propaganda! Yes. It's kind of hard to ignore it but taking a step back and looking at it all it is indeed interesting, it's the invisible force that holds all this insanity together.

Considering Bernay's book came out in 1928, while it still has much relevance today, you can sort of guess it's age while reading it. Literature itself is timeless, but it's usually good to bring things up to date and put a fresh new spin on old concepts and ideas which remain relevant. You can call it a gritty reboot if you'd like but, for some silly reason, I'm just fascinated with the subject matter of how public opinions are seeded and influenced. Alternatively, George Orwell's 1984 is another interesting read as that semi-fictional universe is starting to more and more resemble our modern day society in America and elsewhere. What I find interesting in it is certain key concepts such as the Two Minutes Hate; our 2016 election fits that as everybody seems to unanimously hate either Hillary or Trump; everybody is voting to keep the other person out. I believe there are people that legitimately love Hillary or Trump, but I believe this is a more hate and fear based election than anything else and rightfully so.

I know who would buy this book if I was to write it; intelligent Americans (and possibly other international Earthlings) who already know what the heck is going on and aren't completely dumbed down and hypnotized by stupid bullshit. However, they're not my target audience, oddly enough. I'd welcome them to purchase and read it (if it ever became a thing) as they might learn something from it too, but that's besides the point.

No, my target audience would be the so called "low information voter" that is out to vote for or against certain parties and personalities and not for or against policy issues. The type of voters that think enforcing immigration is racist. The type of voters that complain about media bias but don't realize and accept the fact that this is the way the universe works and everything is biased. Of course the biggest trick would be to get the sleeping and uncaring public to read anything longer than a hash tag twitter message.



My pet rock is unbiased but that's because it doesn't actually have a brain. My dogs, however, are very biased; they absolutely hate cats. Is that racist? Is there a proper dictionary term for animals that hate other animals that are different from them? Animalist? I digress...

Closing Statements of the Day

*Whew*

Hopefully my ramblings weren't too incoherent, but yes, I've had a lot on my mind and, as I stated earlier, didn't want to take over the other threads with it all. Certainly this isn't the general What's Up threads but you're welcome to visit me here if you'd like, we can talk about various things and have a good time. You guys are all awesome, I'll catch ya on the flip side! Now that I've silenced the voices in my head, I'm off to bed :)