Hey you guys wanna see something sad? Watch FMAB Episode 54!!
Here, we see Greedling shook to his core over Edward extending an invitation to join up with him and his ragtag chimeras. Why?
Ed goes right for the fucking jugular, calling him out. He knows Greedling is just gonna go piss off somewhere and bide his sweet time until the Promised Day and could really use a team. He instantly knows what Greedling needs, not what he says he wants. Hell, there’s something they both want from this Father asshole opening the Gate: it only makes sense to join forces.
It stops Greedling in his tracks. We then realize that it is not the fact that Ed sees through Greed like he’s saran wrap which bothers him so deeply (”This dickbag obviously wants friends”). Greed’s immediate reaction to Ed’s proposal, and ultimate motivator in his decision to isolate himself, is based in fear.
Fear of loss.
What does the douchebag do? He deflects, obviously, laughing it off like a jackass (although it appears he is still somewhat pained) until he resorts to his number one coping mechanism:
His identity.“This is who I am.” Look at him! He’s got goals and everything! He’s reminding himself just as much as Edward that, um, he’s Greed the Avaricious, thank you very much. Working alone for Greed obviously has nothing to do with being afraid. No one is going to disrupt his narrative – not even his memories, and certainly not the crushing sense of loss deep within him. Not the emptiness, the loneliness, or the futility of his ambitions. Nothing.
We then realize Greed’s existence itself is cruel. Father brought into consciousness a being that would always, always be searching… for something he can never find. Every time Greed has been brave enough to reach out for something, it is taken from him. Every time Greed has something, he can only anticipate having more of it or feel the fear of potential loss. No matter how much Greed has, it will always feel like nothing.
And what is greed itself other than a sin of anticipation? I need more of this now, I need to keep it for the future, I need, I need, I need… there is no power or control, only desperation and the expectation of despair. He expects that if he teams up with Ed, Ragtag, and Bobtail, that he’ll lose them.
Greed has not known and will never know contentment or peace, even though he could if he were willing to admit that his motivations are much more simple than accumulation of worldly goods – if he could let go of his identity and allow his friends to connect with him. He turns down Ed because he doesn’t want yet another group of affiliates to fall victim to the homunculi… he’s afraid of the future and he’s sad about the past.
every word out of guillermo del toro’s mouth is the most hardcore thing i’ve ever heard and he says it all so casually like he doesn’t even realize how much of a gothic visionary he is
“Since childhood, I’ve been faithful to monsters. I have been saved and absolved by them, because monsters, I believe, are patron saints of our blissful imperfection, and they allow and embody the possibility of failing”
I’m working on an audio transcript using voice recognition technology, and this gentleman has a very nice accent, but when he says “got” the word is often noted down as “God”.
We don’t know what God tested and what God registered as true or untrue.
We don’t know what God entered into the code since the last time we tested.
We don’t know what God ticketed as an issue and what just God ignored.
Now we know what God changed, but we don’t have a record of what God approved.
“We don’t know what God ticketed as an issue and what just God ignored.“
I’ve actually read the 1st one all 40 ish pages of it. And I encourage Gentiles to read it very carefully. It literally answers every question you want answers to about antisemitism.
About:
“What is antisemitism?”
“Why should we care?”
“Does it matter in the context of other oppressions in America?”
“Is it getting worse?”
“What’s the religious and ethnic aspect of it?”
And through answering these questions (and more) it touches on the ethnic/racial diversity of the Jewish people.
Nef goes on to explain the difference between her photoshoot with Velencoso, versus how transgender women are typically photographed in fashion editorials. “images of trans femmes being loved rarely exist outside of pornography,” Nef wore. “We tend to be hyper-sexualized and objectified within the cisgender gaze. Either that or we’re dehumanized as scum or (just as bad) untouchable goddesses.”
How to hack any hospital computer (L337 version for advanced security systems)
-Use the password taped to the back of the monitor
As a computer guy: This is what happens when you have too much security. It reaches a tipping point and then suddenly you have none.
Security at the cost of convenience comes at the cost of security.
This is true of so many things in healthcare. Example: our software is designed to automatically alert the doctor if a patient’s vital signs are critically out of range. If someone has a blood pressure of 200/130, the doc gets a pop-up box that they have to acknowledge before doing anything else. It makes sense, in our setting.
But then some mega-genius upstairs realized something: the system was only alerting for critical vital signs, but not for all vital signs that could possibly be bad. Like, yeah, 200/130 is potentially life-threatening, but 130/90 is above ideal and can have negative effects on health. Should the doctors be allowed to just ignore something that could negatively affect a patient’s health? Heavens no!
So now the system generates a pop-up for any vital signs that are even slightly abnormal. A pressure of 120/80 (once considered textbook normal, now considered slightly high) will create the pop-up. We have increased our vigilance!
Well, no, what we’ve actually done is train doctors to click through a constant bombardment of pop-ups without looking. We’ve destroyed their vigilance and made it much easier for them to accidentally skim past life-threatening vital signs.
But you can’t tell that to management, because you’d have to confess that you are a flawed human with limited attention resources. They’d tell you “well, all the other doctors take every abnormal vital sign seriously, it sounds like you’re being negligent.” And if you’re smart, you back down before you start telling the big boss all about your habit of ignoring critical safety alerts.
The end result is exactly the same as if we had no alerts at all, except with more annoying clicking.
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