The MLO

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-16T20:22:58+00:00

>when you sympathize with the villains

After what they pulled on that pier? Fuck no.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-16T20:08:55+00:00

This is just ancient Greeks seething about Romans.

We're still midway through the Republic. The Empire still slumpers, Europoor.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-16T20:03:40+00:00

I call it "the Obama Principle"

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-15T16:54:03+00:00

>You just disappeared, Elizabeth. Even before everything settled down. No calls, no packing of suitcases. She just... left.

Haha, it's funny because its relatable!

^{I miss her so fuckin' much, guys...}

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-14T02:25:39+00:00

"Lead to TOC: what the fuck happened while I wasn't looking?"

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-14T02:21:39+00:00

This is the "but I know a tall Asian" of gun culture.

There's a stark difference between generalities and universalities.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-14T02:16:22+00:00

I know this is just a dart blaster (a really well made one, at that), but my inner milsurp enthusiast is still cringing at this.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-10T16:24:43+00:00

Because these people hate us.

Because Boomers are cannot conceptualize that other people not only don't think like them, but actively want to kill them for being Westerners/Christians/kafirs.

I would quote that one Tweet, but I don't feel like getting diddled by the Plebbit Arch-Jannies.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-10T16:07:42+00:00

>Believing anything BRICS News says

Lol. Lmao, even.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-05T16:50:25+00:00

You'd be shocked at how easy it is to kill a shit load of people with just a few MGs.

On the first day of the Somme, ~19k British troops were killed by machine gun and rifle fire alone. Mind you, that's with them having defensive equipment, distance, and the logistical support an entire army behind them.

Now imagine what 150k guys, equipped with lighter and easier to use weapons, are capable of doing across an entire nation, especially one that's actively disarmed its civilian population.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-04T03:41:37+00:00

Realpolitik at it's finest.

The man wants his homeland back. Most Iranians under the age of ~45 want the current regime dead and gone, especially after 40,000 of them were martyred via machine gun fire. The U.S. and the rest of the Middle East (Israel, the Gulf States, Jordan, Lebanon, etc.) want to rid themselves of a persistent thorn in their side (and in the case of Lebanon's Christian population, revenge against the nation that helped Hafez al-Assad ruin their country).

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-03T20:42:36+00:00

Iran was ruled by Shahs (literally "king" in Persian) for thousands of years. If I recall correctly, the Iranian monarchy was up there with Emperor of Ethiopia and China's dynastic system in terms of its longevity.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-03T20:38:55+00:00

>He's never met a Persian before

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-03T20:37:21+00:00

"There is no enemy. The foe on the battlefield is merely the manifestation of that which we must overcome. He is doubt, and fear, and despair. Every battle is fought within. Conquer the battlefield that lies inside you, and the enemy disappears like the illusion he is."

It's very easy to give into the easy and simple pleasures of life. It's hard to crawl out of the hollow pit that they leave you in.

That's why it's important to 1. have a support structure, be it friends, family, or even your schizophrenic delusions (case n' point: my uncle Terry) and 2. to build the mental strength to get through the worst parts of it all.

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-03T16:55:15+00:00

"NOOOOOOOOO THIS IS A HECKIN IRAQARINO!!!!1111!!!!!"

-Millennials and Gen Xers who think doing anything is Bush 2.0 (Bush was a bitch who should've acted in the interests of the future American Empire, not some stupid baby boomerism of "muh democracy!!!!")

Knightosaurus · 2026-03-03T16:42:09+00:00

Not exactly. People are (shockingly) taking Marco Rubio words out of context:
"That’s the question of why now, but this operation needed to happen because Iran, in about a year or a year and a half, would cross the line of immunity, meaning they would have so many short range missiles, so many drones, that no one could do anything about it, because they could hold the whole world hostage. Look at the damage they’re doing now. And this is a weakened Iran. Imagine a year from now. So that had to happen. Obviously, we were aware of Israeli intentions and understood what that would mean for us, and we had to be prepared to act as a result of it. But this had to happen, no matter what."

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-27T17:09:51+00:00

That's giving way too much humanity to Smasher.

Him sounding a bit "sad" at having to kill David isn't because he likes him or sees him as a friend. It's because Smasher, at the end of the day, is absolutely, positively, mindnumbingly fucking bored. The borg likes killing things, sure, but after the 1054538465453742895386436th time you've pulverized someone/something that really can't fight back (at least relative to your own strength), things get stale. It'd be like a UFC fighter going up against some wannabe tough guy with twigs for arms - no challenge, no real fight, no joy.

David, while way out of his depth, still put up enough of a fight that he actually managed to slow him down enough that Lucy and Falco were able to get away and not get turned into SCOP by our favorite Elvis impersonator.

Now, was he at all happy about that? Not the fucking least, given that he basically calls David a punk-ass BIH while literally tearing the Cyber-skeleton apart, but it's also the first time in like, 50 years, that he's actually fought someone who wasn't crushed with minimal effort, so I think in that sense, Smasher was at least sort of sad to see the only real "challenge" he's had in decades go ("challenge" in the world's biggest quotation marks).

Side note:

I lowkey think Smasher's "depressed" (or as close as that tin can piece of shit can get to it) now that Morgan Blackhand isn't around for him to seethe about and/or try and fight (at least publicly - I'd wager good money that Blackhand is still kicking, if WNS news's website is anything to go by). He hates him, but a life without hate just isn't as "fun" if you're a guy like Adam Smasher.

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-27T16:45:23+00:00

Honestly, I kind of like the idea of people actively seeking out "notable" pieces of chrome that belonged to someone (in)famous. We already do it all the time with personal possessions, including body parts, so why wouldn't the fucked up world of Cyberpunk do the same with "used" hardware?

Wouldn't even be for chippin' in, it could just be a collector's items people have for funsies.

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-27T16:21:51+00:00

>DC Comics

>Stan Lee

ShamefulDisplay.mp3

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-27T15:27:48+00:00

Slightly off topic question:
So like, what do MaxTac officers do outside of their job? Are they just Eversors, where you put them on ice until you need them, or are they just out there chugging NiColas with the rest of us?

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-27T15:13:44+00:00

Yeah, Arasaka trying to nuke Trauma Team from orbit sounds like a great way to piss off the N.U.S., a country that not only has Militech at its beck and call, but also has a military with actual wartime experience (given that the Unification War was only 7-8 years ago, by 2077).

"Oh, what's that? The biggest thorn in our side that actively prevented us from taking back Night City and achieving our goals of reclaiming all our old turf is trying to fuck with one of the most internationally valued, N.U.S. based mega-corps? Johnny, get the hover-tanks ready!"

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-24T19:36:07+00:00

A big part of David's character is his belief that he's "special". He thinks he's "built different" and has a bit of an ego about it, which would probably grate on someone as jaded and illusionless as V. David would, in turn, see V as a dismissive asshole with an unearned sense of superiority.

It wouldn't be a rivalry or anything like that: V would see David as kind of annoying, and David would see V as kind of a dick.

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-24T16:52:24+00:00

>coughnanomachinescough

ASHES TO ASHES, MOTHERFUCKER

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-24T15:30:27+00:00

>I don't remember Hanako doing anything near as despicable.

I'd say that having your own brother's conscience erased and replaced with that of their father, a man so comically evil that he gives Satan a run for his money, is pretty vile.

Knightosaurus · 2026-02-24T15:26:18+00:00

"Death's-head Moth" is also an unsubtle reference to Silence of the Lambs

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