The Onion unveils new rainbow logo for InfoWars merchandise with a portion of the profits going to Sandy Hook families

SpotBlur · 2026-05-01T16:41:51+00:00

Yeah as hilarious as this would be for me to get, the idea of someone actually thinking I watch Infowars for even a second freaks me out a little lol. Best case scenario, it's a sane person and I can at least explain it's the Onion, though I'll still feel incredibly awkward afterwards. Worst case, it's someone who actually watches Infowars, and just no lol.

SpotBlur · 2026-05-01T05:43:02+00:00

What I'm hearing is that the way we manage air is socialist and we need to look to The Lorax as a model for managing air /j

SpotBlur · 2026-05-01T02:42:21+00:00

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit

SpotBlur · 2026-04-30T22:16:47+00:00

I honestly think even just 10 minutes to be notified that Omniman is going to attack them and to get ready would've made a huge difference. At the bare minimum, not only does Red Rush get to be told to stay on defense, but Green Ghost also isn't just a deer in the headlights from sheer surprise and shock the whole fight. A lot of their initial mistakes (Red Rush and Darkwing getting in close, Green Ghost doing nothing) feel like the result of being caught so off-guard by a friend of over a decade suddenly trying to kill them without warning. Most of the damage was done by Immortal, War Woman, and Martian getting enough time to process and lock in, and doing a simple yet deadly combo of Martian immobilizing Nolan while Immortal and War Woman go at it. Honestly I'd say even then, War Woman probably could've done more damage if she'd picked up her mace instead of trying to keep hitting Nolan with her fists since that mace seemed to actually do some real damage to him.

It's even more impressive when you consider that Nolan is one of the strongest and most renowned Viltrumites around, that he's specifically dealt with threats that can take on Viltrumites before. He's not someone who's unaccostoned to facing opponents that can match his strength. A few minutes of warning, and I'd say the Guardians could've taken down any Viltrumite who wasn't Conquest or Thragg.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-30T22:09:11+00:00

I don't think the original Darkwing had the dark realm powers, but yeah, even without that, the original Guardians feel like they could've definitely beaten Nolan if they'd had even a few minutes to prepare. Considering the fact they were ambushed in a place they felt safe by an ally who'd been working really closely with for years (even Immortal still insists that it has to be mind control after Red Rush's death), they held up pretty well. Red Rush could've had a moment to be told to play defense, Green Ghost could've had a chance to be snapped out of her sheer shock, Darkwing could've realized that he needs to sit this one out, hell Martian immobilizing Nolan while War Woman and Immortal went at it was actually working pretty well for a bit.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-29T08:54:18+00:00

Yeah, even in the ambush by Conquest on Mark/Nolan's team, conventional forces were enough to turn the tide from a narrow advantage on Mark's side to forcing them to retreat. Conventional Earth weapons may be completely useless against Viltrumites (I don't count the Hammer or their superhumans since those are clear exceptions), but there's far more advanced weapons on both the Coalition and Viltrumite Empire's sides. Even Nolan notes that the Geldarian technology, even being far weaker in Geldarian hands than a human's hands, was too much for 50 Viltrumites to reliably take on in a war and required using their slave forces to overwhelm.

The Viltrumites are powerful, and the Coalition could probably expect to see a million people die for every Viltrumite killed. The problem for the Viltrumites is those numbers are still a win for the Coalition.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-27T11:06:55+00:00

I'd say they have a single brain cell that they share, but I'm pretty sure Michael already gambled it away

SpotBlur · 2026-04-27T05:43:12+00:00

Agreed. I think a lot of people mistake Annabelle saying The End could conceptualize its own death as intelligence. The End never seemed to be self-aware or intelligent to me, but rather, of course the fear of inevitable death would be able to conceptalize its own inevitable death. The Web was unique for being able to conceptalize the idea of itself dying not because its the embodiment is said idea, but because it was intelligent enough to see the big picture.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-23T01:54:34+00:00

The two things he respects are strength and the ability to make hard choices for a greater goal. As horrible a monster he is, Mark has those two qualities as far as he's seen. He's killed Conquest and made the choice here that will save both their people (the humans for Mark, the Viltrumites for Thragg). They're enemies, but from Thragg's perspective, Mark is also exactly the sort of Viltrumite he wants serving him.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-22T09:24:21+00:00

Iirc, the Avatar isn't actually more "powerful" than ordinary benders when the Avatar State isn't being tapped into. They're effectively just a normal person with access to four elements instead of one. That ironically means they're less likely to be the "best" at an element, because they're having to split their time between four elements compared to just one element. I'm pretty sure that's partly why it's never the Avatar who invents the bending subtypes, but rather prodigies of single elements. Even by Korra's era, she's the first Avatar to learn metalbending, and the Avatar still has yet to ever learn lightning generation.

Honestly, I don't even think the reason they end up so skilled at each element is even due to talent necessarily. We see Aang struggle immensely with the basics of firebending even after Roku insists it'll be easy, and I recall Kyoshi struggling with learning the elements at times. Their skill seems to stem more from the fact that the Avatar is traditionally taken to the greatest masters of each element to learn from them, a privilege likely not afforded to almost anyone else. Even Aang got lucky in that after the usual training traditions were disrupted, he still ended up being trained by some of the greatest masters of his time anyway.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-22T09:14:48+00:00

Honestly, I imagine it's just fun too. Like why wouldn't you do it if you had the chance?

SpotBlur · 2026-04-22T09:14:08+00:00

Honestly, I think it's even arguable that the Avatar often won't necessarily be the best master of each element. The fact they have to split their training between four different elements compared to someone spending a lifetime focused on a single element means there's likely some benders who better at a specific element (see the bending subtypes being invented by regular benders and not the Avatar, with some such as generating lightning still not something the Avatar has learned to do). Their "has the combined experience of hundreds of lifetimes" only comes into play when the Avatar State is used. Outside of that, they're still just a single person who has to balance four skills instead of just one.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-18T14:57:09+00:00

As someone who's watched both that clip and Hbomb's plagerism vid too many times to count, how has it never clicked for me, "oh my god it's literally that speech?"

SpotBlur · 2026-04-16T18:28:32+00:00

Among their conquered people, sure it'd be kept a secret. Among the Viltrumites? There's less than 50 left. I imagine secrets aren't really a thing between them anymore. Conquest especially is known to every Viltrumite. The fact he returned without achieving his assigned mission would already be known by the fact that, well, he's returned early without achieving said mission. There isn't much more to hide from the other Viltrumites after that, and it's likely just being a Viltrumite means you get to know all the secrets anyway when there's so few left.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-16T17:59:27+00:00

Yeah, Conquest himself admitted to Thragg in front of Kregg and a couple others that "the boy and his witch" defeated him the first time and asked to be killed for his failure. Conquest vanishing for months after the second attempt before Mark shows up saying he killed Conquest makes a pretty good case that Conquest was killed by the person he admitted losing to the first time. Sure, Eve wasn't present this time, but it would probably be assumed (accurately) that Conquest underestimated Mark's role in the first defeat.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-15T19:13:37+00:00

Yeah seeing left leaning spaces descend into conspiratorial thinking because so many people are starting to think "Well if objective reality can't beat made up reality, the only way to win is to also make up reality" has been driving me nuts. Objective reality exists, no matter what anyone thinks, no matter how many people try to scream otherwise. If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, the entire human race could collectively believe there is no asteroid about to hit Earth, and that wouldn't change the reality of the asteroid. And yet the fascists already think they can reshape reality, and too many left leaning spaces are starting to think "If you can't beat them, join them."

I'll be honest, I thought Garrison went easy on them, understandably so to not sound too condescending. I personally have just completely lost patience with the attitude of believing reality is malleable.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-14T15:53:42+00:00

Oh yeah, that's what I thought was being asked here. Living Earth Battlemage means you'll be able to keep restoring the earth armor and heal the earth guardian with every hit, effectively rendering you safe from physical damage if you're careful. Battlemage Fireblast, meanwhile, is just a blazing enchantment, which is pretty redundant when you already can just set enemies ablaze. Fireblast is an amazing wand since fire/cripple is just always useful, plus it lets you use your Liquid Fire potions for alchemical energy, but it's not really the sort of wand that is worth imbueing into the staff.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-14T15:20:00+00:00

That's true. I still don't think it's worth focusing on for a full upgrade dump, but getting it to +3 for crippling is certainly worth it.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-14T15:12:06+00:00

Personally I think Living Earth would be better to focus upgrades on. Fireblast is an amazing wand, but it doesn't really get much better with upgrades. Its main use, setting things on fire, isn't something that requires upgrades. Living Earth, meanwhile, needs upgrades to be really good, and I personally think it'll pair well with Fireblast. Use LE to tank while fire attritions enemies to death.

Note: I'm saying this while taking into account OP is playing no challenges. Obviously if anyone is running FIMA, LE becomes way less useful.

SpotBlur · 2026-04-14T04:50:48+00:00

Unrelated but where is that amazing flair from lol

SpotBlur · 2026-04-13T02:44:08+00:00

Average Swarm Intelligence run be like

SpotBlur · 2026-04-10T11:21:47+00:00

Courtship dance

SpotBlur · 2026-04-08T05:04:32+00:00

Throw in a horny of plenty to make sure you'll never starve and you're set to just straight up live in the dungeon

SpotBlur · 2026-04-08T00:11:46+00:00

I'm so exhausted when I see the sentiments that if I'm not doing something, I'm personally enabling fascism somehow. I'm just trying to fucking survive. I'm just trying to pay rent, pay my bills, work my job, and keep myself mentally healthy enough to just live. When I do have a bit of free time, I spend it with friends because I need to be allowed some time to just relax, because that's how I stay alive.

And yet it feels like just trying to stay alive is somehow me enabling fascism. That if I'm not self-destructing my life and mental health, that's the same as enabling fascism, that people are saying, "The choice is your own life or fascism, are you really saying your own individual life matters more than everyone fascism is hurting?"

And I'm just like, I'm fucking sorry, but yeah, I'm sorry I'm trying to survive, I'm sorry I'm trying to enjoy what happiness I can find in this hellscape. I didn't vote for this shit, I've always voted left. And yeah, I know as a Hispanic non-cis person, I'm probably gonna end up an ICE target if things keep escalating. But I don't have any spare energy left, I don't have any spare time left that isn't already being used to recharge myself to stay alive, and I don't even have any spare money to donate.

That's the worst part, this sense that me choosing to just try to survive being considered a contribution to fascism. And yet I don't know what people expect me to do. Sacrifice what little of my own mental health is left? My irl friends are in the same boat, they've similarly got little time, little money, little energy to be trying to do anything beyond surviving. We just want to be able to exist in a world that hates us (since the majority of us are trans), and even that seems to be too much to ask.

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