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Y’all this is a great video to study to observe the body language of a very happy but also very excited cat. Lots of people see videos of excited cats doing things like climb rock climbing walls or get on small boats and think they are angry or scared, when they aren’t. Here’s a good example of happy excitement and tension in a cat where the cat’s pleasure is easy to see. The cat’s tail is lashing and its ears are going backward and forward like crazy, but the cat is not angry, it is merely off its shits because snow is just incredible. This is a wildly playful cat which might play-attack a hand or other animal because it is so excited, but not out of anger. Note the zoomies at the end to burn off some of that energy!
Think about it. When we humans do something fun and very physical, our bodies are often tense, at the ready, and a lot of our body language does look kind of aggressive or even scared. Cats are the same! Animals at play or investigating new things often show some tension, but tension is not the same as anger or fear!
Iron Lung Details: The Race for the SM-8 Scene (Pt.1)
I'm gonna title this one too cus it's such an important scene. Image heavy, read more!
I will not be focusing so much on taking apart the audio, despite it being such a major part of the scene, simply because 1. my earphones are busted, 2 my pc audio is ass and 3. my auditory processing is also ass.
I will keep myself to what the official subtitles give, and the more obvious sound effects. If you'd like another source for the audio stuff, you can reference @ctrl-shift-alt-9 's transcript!
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Kind of dig for the arrow is obscuring Simon's face in the reflection. We can also already see several blisters on the pipes and walls, it's no longer a slow build up of what is coming. It's been happening way before Simon had the presence of mind to actively notice it, or care to notice.
This is not the first time the camera has gone off without Simon's input, but it's notable that it clearly points out the distance between them. In the previous scene this happened, it seems like a trick of his mind, his perception beind eschewed by exhaustion and boredom. Now? Now it's really calling attention to the sub's coming alive.
On my previous post I mentioned how the the photos seem way more visceral and detailed than before, and these prove my point. Compare these to the first few photos he's taken of the ocean, it's a stark change! It's like the ocean is coming alive as much as the sub.
Simon avoids stepping on the blood puke from before, even as he sways from the sub's movements and the delirium.
When Simon turns the control, you hear someone plead and then the crunch of bone. See, snapping a neck is a very visceral and common death in movies, but actually doing it is incredibly difficult! It's very likely we are running with Hollywood tropes and Simon did snap someone's neck.
But if we want to have some fun with it, the way he holds the control switch here could imply something more grotesque. A literal twist of the knife, or some sort of automation or machine to deliver the killing blow. It could also imply he did it as easily and thoughtlessly as a turn of a dial. Just one more task.
During this whole scene, we are either looking at Simon from above, usually with his face obscured, or we have the camera locked to his face, his gaze distant and dazed but face well illuminated. Any moment of darkness is very momentary.
Except here.
"You're gonna have to kill your own brothers to stop this."
"You're not my brother."
This is the first time we hear him speak in this scene. We hear him before in his memories, saying he "didn't want them to die", but this is him responding to the GWTYCW in his head.
While yes, we could argue that means they knew each other and this is Simon disavowing GWTYCW because of how betrayed he feels about Eden abandoning him, I sincerely think they never knew each other. Christians call each other brothers and sisters regardless of personal closeness or relationships, it's just a signifier of shared community.
In my view, there are two possibilities. One, this is Simon separating this specific guy from the brothers who were there in the attack on Filament Station. Who's he to tell him what to do, they don't know each other, he's no one to Simon.
Two, this is Simon trying to shake off the accusation in his own mind. Mentions of Filament Station always stir a reaction from him, and now the hallucinated GWTYCW has touched on that particular nerve by parroting his own thoughts (maybe even words) back to Simon. Thus, Simon finally speaks up against the flashbacks haunting him.
"I'm just the guy who told you to cross the wires."
The way said wires are framed by the camera screen, which is also depciting the weird stringy-vein-nervous-system things in the ocean is masterful. It connects the visual of the sub's wiring to an organ system, further emphasizing the new life of the sub, while also further implying that the ocean is not just alive but haunted. The last message left behind by GWTYCW is as much of an eulogy as the hivemind in the blood.
Also, we're back to the usual X-Ray quality from before. Notice how the grain is way more stark here than in the other, fleshier ones! It's almost like the reply snapped Simon out of whatever mentality he was before.
This is such a phenomenal sequence. Notice the snap cuts of the background, and how the lightining matches the changes too. Really sells just how out of it Simon is, not keeping track of where he is in the sub, the coming and going melting together into a blurr.
It's all framed by the intense preachings of the Father, something that I can see SImon associate with an endless slog he has to push through, just as much as he has to push through whatever discomfort and hardship. It's both something he denounces but also something he's internalized.
Peak religious trauma representation if you ask me.
This is such a quick bit, but so bittersweet.
It's been well-established that the button for the camera makes a very specific, mechanical ka-chunk noise when pressed, followed by the sudden snap-buzz-click of the camera screen going off. We hear it a few times without the ka-chunk, but overall whenever the button is on focus, it's there. But not here.
Here, we hear Simon's Mother talking about their move to Eden, and Ava talk about the confiscated tree pendants. Both very vulnerable memories for him, given the associations. Here, he hesitates on the button, and his touch is so gentle. We don't hear a click at all.
Now, we barely hear the screen buzz either, so it's likely the sound was muted in his perception. But there's also something so sad about the possibility of him pressing it so carefully, it doesn't even make a sound.
Again, compare this to the previous, fleshy ones. Very different.
Once more, the audience receives information before Simon does. Notice that these sores are rather small as is, but nothing compared to what will come after.
Okay let's lock in for a second for this next shot.
"When the last Son of Eden joins the Grove, there will be a thousand trees!"
We hear the Father say this before the scene settles into the composition, but what a composition it is! Everything frames the pendnt which is in the very center of the screen.
The camera shifts focus while Simon and the Father echo each other.
Simon: You may think that there is no soil, but we know.
Father: We will die.
Simon: We know that when we die...
Father: When we die...
Together: Our bodies will become the soil.
I do find it interesting that the center focus shifts from the bloodied, broken pendant, soon after Simon admits the Last Tree is dead, to Simon's bloodied arm. While it's showing his right arm, the blood patterns reach out towards the pendant, which reach back in return with its leaf.
It's a striking foreshadowing of what part of Simon's body will be soil for the seedling. This scene is bascilly a recipe book for the Blood Tree!
It's also a weird blood pattern on his bandages. I've mentioned before that scrapes like he got wouldn't bleed as much, and not only that but not in this pattern. This is more like bleeding from perforations rather than abrasion of the skin. Even if we consider the mutations just under it, those are blisters rather than perforations. I do wonder what the makeup team had in mind when they did these like that.
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US based but it’s similar reasons in other countries. and of course many companies have international locations. idk if that’s why it’s happening with sour patch kids but this is a thing
My nephew is very allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. Last year my sister discovered all hot dogs and hamburger buns now contain sesame. Not "may contain", but listed in the ingredients. This year basically every brand of sliced bread also now contains sesame, making it very difficult to find bread items he can eat.
They're just adding it to their products, so they can just list it as an ingredient and not bother with worrying about cross contamination. And they aren't even bothering with telling anyone. Capitalism is going to kill us all.
"Which brings us back to Kellogg’s. Back in 2016, the company found a way around the added burden and expense of complying with the FSMA: they simply began adding trace amounts of peanut flour to their cracker products. Doing so allowed them to list peanuts as an ingredient of the product, freeing them from having to prevent cross-contact.
At the time, Kellogg’s notified Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) about the impending change and left it to them to warn the allergic community. In this case, Pearson’s didn’t even bother as near as we can tell."
I wonder if that’s part of the reason behind my seeing an upswing in products adding corn starch or corn flour to things that didn’t have those before? <- rhetorical question, because I’m certain that’s what’s going on.
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Do you live in our nation’s fair capital of Washington DC? If not, were you planning on traveling there this weekend to watch the annual Fourth of July festivities and fireworks on the National Mall? Great! Have fun! Take the usual precautions. Stay hydrated — the District’s heat and humidity in the summer are no joke! Don’t drink and drive. The crowds might be overwhelming, so be kind and patient with others. Particularly the public servants trying to keep things moving — they are giving up their holiday so you can enjoy yours!
Finally, wear a respirator at all times, as if you were spraying your house for termites or mining minerals on an asteroid. Wait, what?
Yes, wear a respirator. Because according to the Washington Post, the massive fireworks display is expected to produce so much air pollution that the National Park Service itself suggests — in internal documents because why actually warn the public of the danger — people “remain indoors as much as possible during and after the show.”
Apparently the levels of the type of particulate that’s the biggest concern are projected to be between about 60-120 TIMES the acceptable level, and those particulates could persist for three to six hours post finale. The National Park Service is recommending N95 masks while outdoors and the use of HEPA filters indoors.
(I’ll throw a recommendation here for the good ol’ inexpensive Corsi-Rosenthal box.)
Sorry if this has already been answered, but do we know Simon's life timeline? I've seen many different interpretations for how old he is, how old he was at Filiment, how long he spent in prison, etc. I know he lived on Mars and was alive for the Quiet Rapture, but do we get any ages or amounts of time? If not, what's your interpretation for your writing?
The Big Timeline Post
SPOILER WARNING. This is as accurate as I could possibly get, interpreting from clues derived from the movie, the game, and some behind the scenes resources. This is my personal Iron Lung timeline fully backed with evidence.
We can infer some things based off of the game lore, movie script, and then by stealing Markiplier's age at the time of filming (Simon is Markiplier's evil bizzaro world self-insert, so it's not a huge leap to make.)
So, let's assume Simon is 33, as this is the closest "canon" approximation we have. We can then do a bunch of math, and...
Whoops! This fell out of my back pocket and into the master reference! Oh nooooo~
Okay, I've got you. Here's the whole graphic in text format, with explanations and sources.
0 EIC | 0 IMC | 1992 AD
Epoch of Interplanetary Colonization Begins
The first off-world colony is established on Mars. This officially launches the EIC calendar system based on Earth's rotation.
[...] establishment of the first off-earth colony on mars in 1992 ad (0 eic). - Game Terminal Entry
143 EIC | 76 IMC | 2135 AD
Mars Surpasses Earth Population
Mars becomes the most populated planet in the solar system. The Interstellar Martial Calendar, based on Mars' rotation, is commonplace.
[...] mars was most populated planet in the solar system before 'the quiet rapture' , surpassing earth in 143 eic. - Game Terminal Entry
345 EIC | 184 IMC | 2337 AD
Simon's Birth
Simon is born 214 years after Mars' population boom. Martian society has existed independently for 345 Earth years. From ages 0 to an unverified age, Simon lives on Mars before moving to Eden.
2370 - 33 = 2337
357 EIC | 190 IMC | 2349 AD
The Quiet Rapture
All known habitable planets and stars vanish without warning. Only uninhabitable moons and asteroids remain in the galaxy. The human population is cut to around 787 living individuals. I pulled this number by adding back the population of Filament Station to the total number of living humans stated across all terminal entries.
At age 12, the Quiet Rapture occurs, and Simon joins the Brotherhood of Eden.
[…] in 357 eic, without any prior warning, radio contact with our respective planets was suddenly cut. - Game Terminal Entry
the consolidation of iron, or c.o.i, is a brotherhood of three space stations and two spacecrafts, found on the principle of collectivism and ruled by popular vote of all citizens (numbering 257 at the time of this entry). - Game Terminal Entry
[Eden] has a current population of 468 and has the only known remaining trees in its interior garden. - Game Terminal Entry
(257 + 468) = (725 + 62) = 787
362 EIC | 193 IMC | 2354 AD
Battle of Filament Station
A 9-day conflict erupts between the C.O.I. and Eden over ideological differences. The station's reactor is intentionally breached, destroying it. More than 62 lives are lost, and the population is now 725 individuals.
At age 17, Simon is deployed to Filament Station as an Eden Soldier.
(They could only make Markiplier look so young. I'm doing the best I can here LOL - I'm also a personal subscriber to child soldier Simon, and this timeline makes him just young enough for this to be extra tragic.)
Simon surrenders to the C.O.I. and begins 16 years of indentured labor.
I made this inference from both the game timeline, and the official costume guide, which states that Simon was originally going to be in C.O.I. standard issue uniform:
2370 - 2354 = 16 years between Filament Station and the events of Iron Lung. The last we've heard of Simon was that he had surrendered and was in C.O.I. custody.
Simon was not in prison. They threatened him with prison if he didn't take the AT-5 deal:
Simon was doing labor for the C.O.I. This is one of the reasons why he's so dirty and so beefed up during the events of Iron Lung; he was not rotting away in a cell. This isn't Filament Station soot; this is doing bullshit for the C.O.I. for years:
[...] tensions between the c.o.i. and eden erupted in a 9 day battle on the station. - Game Terminal Entry
the conflict battle ended unresolved when eden troops resorted to sabotaging the station's reactor, resulting in a critical breach. - Game Terminal Entry
At least 62 Filament Station victims confirmed by the movie.
5/378 EIC | 201 IMC | 2370 AD
Deployment of the SM-13 Hemorover
In May, an Eden Brother is sent to Moon AT-5 to investigate its blood ocean. After dying, Simon is sent in his stead, leading to the deaths of almost the entire crew and SM-8 black box recovery. Simon retrieves the SM-8 black box, but Simon dies.
The population is now roughly 721 individuals. I came to this number by removing Ava, Simon, Jack, and the deceased Eden Brother from the population total.
The terminal was last updated on the fifth month of 378 EIC, implying that Iron Lung occurs in May.
381 EIC | 203 IMC | 2373 AD
End of Conviction Realization
Prisoners taken during the Filament Station conflict are expected to finally repay their debts. The C.O.I. expects to integrate them back into society at this time.
[...] prisoners taken during the conflict have been undergoing conviction realization in the years since, with the final ones expected to repay their debts and integrate into c.o.i. society by 381 eic. - Game Terminal Entry
This is my absolute best shot at interpreting and forming a timeline. There's inherent wiggle room on exact numbers regarding the population due to the vague nature of everything, but this is probably the best we're gonna get regarding compiled clues. This is my personal timeline that I subscribe to; feel free to use it!
*doom music starts to play*
I actually kindof like scheduling these kinds of appointments now...
but seriously Fellas, don't forget to schedule a pap smear every couple of years just in case. If you still have a cervix you can still get cervical cancer. ilu
so one of the largest open source data communities on the internet, data.world, got bought out by a company called ServiceNow, who has decided to fucking delete all of it by July 11th. they've given users barely any notice, no emails, just a fucking banner at the top and a blog post from June that gives barely a month to download your data before they fucking delete it all.
a bunch of archives of incredibly important government datasets like maternal mortality statistics are about to be deleted forever. in a regime where they're known to fudge numbers, we can't trust a lot of the data coming from them to not be altered. open source backups like those found on data.world are vital to being able to verify that the data coming from our government is still intact and not altered. and they're about to delete all of it.
i don't know if we need to start a petition or what. nobody seems to fucking care. there are millions of users on data.world and yet nobody is raising the alarm bells and it makes me feel like I'm going insane. somebody needs to do something. i don't know what to do. it feels like more and more of this world is being destroyed and dismantled. it's not only US centric data, either! it's all sorts of countries from around the world! and they're about to fucking delete everything.
the only things that won't be deleted are private companies who happen to use the paid version of their platform (which isn't accessible data to the open source community; some people have just been using their service to host their own data on privately)
and the kicker? this announcement was made... via an AI generated blog post. so not even any sort of human touch. just a generic, soulless announcement made by a soulless human about to take a wrecking ball to one of the more important websites that exists on the internet.
an example of some of the things that will be deleted on July 11th:
I haven't, I don't really have a reddit anymore. if somebody else would be willing to do that, that would be great. I'm pretty sure it only lets you post with a certain amount of karma now which is annoying
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it does say something about the state of the queer community that no one really talks about or cares that since 1991 T has been a class III controlled substance in the united states. for decades now trans men and mascs have had our names tracked and traced if we were legally prescribed T. since before some of you were even born, the american govt has had a list of us.
you need to care about the trans men and mascs who have been on these lists for almost 30 years now. you need to care about more than the threat or concept of trans women and femmes being put on a list, because your brothers are already there.
This has been my main argument against "AI" from the very beginning.
OpenAI scraped the entire web. All of which had been a labor of love from humans. Wikipedia is the backbone of a lot of LLMs, and that was volunteer human labor. They stole it and now they're selling it back to us.
And worse, they're trying to destroy the free sources that they stole from. It's destruction of human knowledge on an unprecedented scale. The burning of the library of Alexandria has nothing on this.
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