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Tuesday, September 9th, 2003
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10:54 am - Autobots, Decepticons, Quintessons, and Cybertronian Sociopolitical Dynamics
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In life, I had a saying, or three, that involved references to the Transformers television show borne of the fabled toyline.
Anyone who spoke with me often heard of "Autobots", with whom I tended to identify, "Decepticons", with whom I had a antagonistic relationship, and "Quintessons", whom I held in nothing but disdain.
The "Autobots" were the "good guys"; the "Decepticons" were the "bad guys". From the way I spoke, people assumed that maybe the "Quintessons" were bad, too, but worse than "Decepticons", even if they didn't get the reference.
For the record:
The Autobots (or Cybertrons, as I sometimes called them), were indeed the "good guys". To delve deeper, the Autobots are a generally righteous, peaceful faction. They seek justice and equality as a common goal, and abhor war, generally setting the better example. If they fight, it is only to defend and protect. Usually, such battles are provoked by Decepticons. However, like any faction, the Autobots can only shine as brightly as their leader allows. For the most part, the Autobots repressent the righteous, yet oppressed: the proletariat of Cybertron, if you will.
Decepticons (or Destrons), are the "bad guys". Their goal is total domination through any means necessary. They have a history of wishing to control energy sources and natural resources, for their own capital gains. War is at least an aftherthought, rather the main means of attaining their goals. Decepticons generally don't care for the welfare of others, but when self-preservation is at hand, you can bet that a Decepticon will compromise. The Decepticons are diverse in that they harbor both proletariat and bourgeois sympathies within their camp.
Then there are the Quintessons. The Quintessons (or "Quints" as I call them) are devious, five-faced beings (their faces swivel around so that one takes the forefront) that once inhabited a planet called Quintessa. They created the Transformers (before they splintered into Autobots and Decepticons) to do their dirty work, on a giant factory planet they created called Cybertron. The Quintessons only care about their own personal benefit. The end result of their actions do not matter, just so as long as they are compensated for their actions. As the Transformers broke from slavery and splintered, the Quintessons have sworn a quiet revenge upon them in a bid to recapture Cybertron. They have new servants, the Sharkticons (a group of drones that look exactly the same and transform into shark-like creatures), to carry out their sentencings (read: execution) in their personal court. Whether the Quintessons deem one "innocent" or "guilty" is irrelevant; in the Quintesson court, everyone is guilty, even when proven innocent. In a way, the Quintessons represent a higher version of the bourgeoisie, one that aspires to become aristocracy, if they are not already there.
So, when one takes this look at three factions, plus others such as The Unsigned, Double-Agents (Autobots posing as Decepticons and vice versa), and the like, then retrofit them to the context of my speech, the people I targetted in my side commentary should be clear.
Or maybe it gets even more cryptic than originally thought...
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| Tuesday, May 13th, 2003
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1:41 pm - (For Men) Operation: RTS
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Long before M.A.D. was a thought in the mind of a young Claw,
man's pursuit of woman has become one of life's necessary evils.
Times, and social norms have changed. However, some base effects of the pursuit have plagued many males for generations. Those who get are deemed deities. Those who don't are deemed peons. In the quest to avoid being labelled a "peon", some men will drop themselves to incredibly base standards just to appeal to the opposite sex.
Some will argue that the male's purpose is to snag as many mates as humanly possible; patterns of behavior indicate such things. These same arguments also place weight on the fact that only societal norms and rules have imposed the (suggested) limiting of mates.
Many males find power in defying that limiting, and consider themselves the creme de la creme in doing so, when in reality, they are subordinates.
They leave many females by the wayside, broken in many ways, some to the point, that another will never be able to regain the earlier potential level of trust she might have had open.
This "breaking" of women does not equate to power. It equates to subordinance.
Subordinance to the reproductive process.
Modern law has been unkind to men who are not the least bit careful with their dealings, thus it creates a new generation of females who will use this fact to gain power, and thus, a new form of subordinance.
To those who wish to attain the status of false deity, and fall short, the end result is usually horrendous level of depression, and thus a saddening form of the same subordinance that plagues the more confident and careless (read: successful) pursuer.
An example of such subordinance is found here.
An undesirable effect of this particular behavior pattern is that men can become suicidal or violent if pushed too far down the hill.
The third offshoot, is the man who attempts the status of false deity, but whose subordinance to the enemy shows brightly and clearly in the obstacles/favors/other assorted acts performed to impress the would-be female candidates. An example:
This man is "cool" with his male friends, because he "pulls" a considerable number of females into his circle.
In reality, the man overcompensates by breaking his own back several times over trying to impress the woman, who could care less. This woman may call the man over the phone, give the offer of a "favor" of her own, and the man, like the Pavlovian canine he has been conditioned to be because of this game played between parties will run to the woman without a second thought.
Once again, this is subordinance.
An undesirable effect of this pattern of behavior is that a network of women who expect their men to do such things and favor such men over one who has more self-respect is created. This is counter-productive.
The loss of self-respect among the males in my generation paints a grim picture of the generation following. Those who make it worse for those who respect themselves only hinder the progress of this operation, entitled RTS.
The meaning of RTS is thus: "Remove The Shackles". Speaking metaphorically, the shackles of libido as a motivator for all things important in life.
In other words, this means to respect yourself, better yourself before you pursue. Learn that the receipt of sexual favors is NEVER anything of importance. Select a supplier who holds equal interest in you, as you do her. Without this mutual interest, one will never be satiated in life; one will live a life of constant imprudence.
The double-standard inflicted by our social norms implies that women are suggested to follow this path in life. Why can't it be the same for men? M.A.D. seeks to change this.
Do not become a slave to the game.
Respect yourself, and remember Operation: RTS.
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current music: Tef - F-U
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1:23 pm - The Piccolo Theory
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Why exactly is it so hard to connect with other people
at times?
Why is it that sometimes, the malicious acts of others seem
like a sixth sense, unconscious to the collective that commits
them?
This is best explained by The Piccolo Theory:
people at the very base are SHIT (Selfish, Hateful, Ignorant and
Tepid).
It is absent for the most part in early childhood, but neglect in upbringing and education toward actual ethical situations (i.e. right versus wrong) can cause this SHIT to fester and spread until adulthood, where it can only get worse.
It is because of this SHIT that humans play such games with each other, for whatever reason.
The degree of SHIT in someone's system and how willing one is to exorcise it (this decreases based on what, if any, exorcisations have occurred beforehand) plays a major hand in whether one can communicate through barriers erected by SHIT.
SHIT can be injected into people by the wrongful actions of others... and that kind of SHIT is the hardest to scrape from the bowl of human relations.
Think about it.
Next time you wonder why people slight you so often, remember this SHIT, and tell them (mentally) that they need to cut the SHIT, and fast.
I'll get you next time.... next time.
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| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2003
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3:27 pm - Live from MAD Headquarters...
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...it's Dr. Claw.
Yeah, you know me.
In life, I was known as Old Man Koch.
Now that I've reached The Other Side,
I present The (Dead) People with this, The Doc's Inaugural Address.
I'll get you next time, big girl...mwa ha ha ha ha ha!
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current music: MF Doom & Madlib - Madvillain Intro
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