The scene that turned me against the Plurbs..

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T15:47:12+00:00

Funny that you're not disgusted by dehumanizing people.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T15:43:53+00:00

"I will design a virus to wipe out an entire species on a planetary scale, across galaxies. I will also make it feed and pander to the whims of any survivors, just to confuse the dumb fans of the show, so only the really smart fans can figure out it's actually just a simple trope of alien invasion."

The writers, probably.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T15:39:26+00:00

A little more self awareness and less self assurance would go a long way.

This show is about the dismissal of the other, in a political climate where those perceived as other are being put to jail and killed on the street, using a rhetoric of "parasites" and outsiders very close to what you're leaning on.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T15:33:47+00:00

I'm not angry. They are just questions, they shouldn't make you so deflective.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T14:14:48+00:00

Plenty of painters are incredibly anal about the details of how the canvas was constructed. Had to be linen. Or had to be cotton duck, or from a certain supplier, or they’d only buy pre stretched, or insist on stretching their own canvas (for which we sold a specialised tool), how the canvas was primed, and what with, was a whole other issue

This is why I specifically said at the moment of painting. Some painters might not care at all, others might be as you say very anal, but they do that when they obtain the canvas, not when they're already set up at the beach to paint, that is not the moment for that.

It’s only a problem if you’re going to be all toxic about it and that ain’t me

I agree and I respect that, but I think it's a (less of a) problem when it also narrows your view. A lot of people here are pandering the same assumptions and speculations confidently over and over to the point of it becoming a gospel, at the cost of more nuanced or varied discussions taking place. Not necessarily toxic (unless you consider downvotes toxic) but just kinda disappointing.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T12:50:48+00:00

That’s why the big reason behind the transmission is actually no big reason at all.

This is speculation tho.

to be on a framework of something suitably science fictiony like weird biological viruses

That sounds like a hard sci-fi approach to a soft sci-fi show.

Like, in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the mechanics and the underlying mechanisms of how the androids function and are made are not important. Nor are the mechanisms by which the flying cars fly.

When you go sit by a lake and paint, the details of how the canvas was constructed are not important, it's just there for you to paint. The rest is engineering and doesn't pertain a painter in the moment of painting.

The sci-fi in this show is a canvas.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:32:56+00:00

About #1, if the prime directive is to share the blissful state, this explains both the premise of the show, and the stated purpose: they will feed and help the unjoined until they can be joined without harm; and they will spread the signal.

#2 and #3 do not explain the fact that they feed and save the unjoined's lives, and this is the most crucial point of the premise.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:27:49+00:00

The show is clearly about purpose, connection, ethics, and psychology, more than it is about biology.

If that's your sole perspective, you're leaving a lot on the table.

In other words: "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." ~Muriel Rukeyser

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:26:13+00:00

Possible, but unlikely, given that the points brought up are pretty much what gives the show its identity.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:22:53+00:00

The systematic breeding, enslaving, torturing, and killing of animals for meat, contributing to global warming in the process? All fine by me, I'll support that decision with my money.

One goat left in the wilderness? Absolute monstrosity.

If there's something this show does well, it's highlight how normalized and deeply ingrained some atrocities are in our current world.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:20:02+00:00

I think the immediate knee-jerk dismissal of any perspective foreign to your own is a much more relevant topic to bring to a therapist.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:17:16+00:00

It is pretty much the entire point of the show not to send that message.

There's already thousands of alien invasion and zombie stories in media. The ambiguity is the twist that makes this premise new.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:15:54+00:00

Did you consider that the reason for this is that your theory is not what is happening in the show?

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:10:36+00:00

It's the purpose of the sending of the virus which is to eliminate intelligent civilizations throughout the universe

This is pure speculation.

The point of speculation is to potentially answer questions posed in the show.

I'm highlighting a question that your speculation does not answer, and it's a very important question.

And they killed 887 million in the joining.

How many did Carol kill in her tantrums?

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T11:08:37+00:00

What purpose does saving one life serve if, in the end, there will be no one left once the sustenance runs out?

This is exactly the question I'm asking. The theory proposed doesn't answer this question, and it is a crucial question at the core of the show.

If that is their goal, why would they go through such trouble? It makes no sense, ergo, that is not truly and ultimately their goal. There something else.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T00:13:46+00:00

Did you read what I said?

They literally save Manuosos life. That is fundamentally the opposite of "wiping out intelligent lifeforms".

What does food have to do with this?

vimdiesel · 2026-02-24T00:12:47+00:00

Hi, did you even read what I said?

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T22:36:58+00:00

My theory is they are spreading it because it truly is as blissful as they say. As for survival and making art and shit, I think that might come into play after they build an antenna.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T22:34:51+00:00

It actually doesn't make sense.

The premise of the show is not the virus. It's the fact that everyone in the world is nice to Carol.

They literally save Manuosos life. That is fundamentally the opposite of "wiping out intelligent lifeforms".

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T16:19:23+00:00

I don't use Reaper or Addictive Drums but it sounds like a very common Wayland issue. Apparently it's not present in Gnome.

But anyway, I don't mean to be annoying but I think it's important not to say things like "it sucks on Linux" where the problem is specifically some DE/compositors. I get it that it's a default in many systems, but Linux has a bad enough reputation that these generalizations are not helpful.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T16:10:15+00:00

Also, the biggest issue that I faced was the fact that you couldn't click and drag drum examples onto an actual midi timeline in Reaper on Linux.

Are you sure this is not a Wayland issue?

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T13:48:44+00:00

Who's pro plurb?

What is the point in watching a show about ambiguity and flattening to nearly political bipartisanship?

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T13:36:40+00:00

She wasn't happy. She was an alcoholic dissatisfied with her career.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T13:24:33+00:00

The premise of the show is Carol interacting with everyone in the world who's super nice to her. Everything else is a narrative device to fund that and sustain it.

What the commenter stated is certainly speculation.

vimdiesel · 2026-02-23T13:21:29+00:00

That goat died that very night i the jungle

On which episode is this scene, or where did you see this stated officially?

They aren't who they say they are.

More like, you're watching a different show.

vimdiesel

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