The Future is Stupid: Turtles in Time

I WISH I had thought of this one on my own but...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: A Turtles in Time released 29 years ago had a stage set in 2020. I'm writing this in January 1rst of this year.

So it's a good opportunity as any to restate The Future is Stupid's  mantra: To compare  fictional visions of the future with the actuality of that year. I've already made a lot of posts that you won't see and where I basically restate that vision and ask the future dwellers if the future they are living is anything like  the past though it would be. And they hopefully reply in the comments but I'll be fucking long dead.

For example I would ask you like "Hey are there ninjas and brain men fighting mutant  turtles hovering in discs?


But uh unless something goes real weird between now and March uh... probably not. Not that these are mundane or boring times, just that hover tech isn't there and that our villains aren't quite as brainy...but way badder.

Watch this space where hopefully I won't ommit  obvious entries like this again.

The past is stupid: Outrun 2019


Hello, futurenauts! This post was written in 2012, but is schedjuled to debut in 2019, as a reminder of what we set out  we, as a species, thought you had in store for us. After all, the future is uncertain. Here in 2012 we refer to an ancient calendar as a sign of endtimes. But if you are reading this, this means we're stupid to do so.

What did we expect from 2019, the year you are in? Well according to 1993's Outrun 2019 you are big into racing, but the kind of racing where it's more like a timed course on light traffic.

We have an inkling you enjoy painting large skull decals into your cars back windows. Is this true? That doesn't seem very futuristic.

However, the game does say you'll have super speedboosting turbines on at least the higher end models of your cars. perhaps this are so rare, you decided not to use them to race directly against other cars?

Are you impressed at our pastly prophetic capacities? Chime in!

The past is stupid: Outrun 2019


Hello, futurenauts! This post was written in 2012, but is schedjuled to debut in 2019, as a reminder of what we set out  we, as a species, thought you had in store for us. After all, the future is uncertain. Here in 2012 we refer to an ancient calendar as a sign of endtimes. But if you are reading this, this means we're stupid to do so.

What did we expect from 2019, the year you are in? Well according to 1993's Outrun 2019 you are big into racing, but the kind of racing where it's more like a timed course on light traffic.

We have an inkling you enjoy painting large skull decals into your cars back windows. Is this true? That doesn't seem very futuristic.

However, the game does say you'll have super speedboosting turbines on at least the higher end models of your cars. perhaps this are so rare, you decided not to use them to race directly against other cars?

Are you impressed at our pastly prophetic capacities? Chime in!

5 Easy and FUN Things You Can Do To Help With Climate Change




Too Big Too Fail but...ACTUALLY too big to fail.
As all of you, I am concerned about the recent reports of Climate Change Acceleration that have been going around. 12 years may sound a lot but The Bee Movie came out 12 years ago. You don't want to make it twelve year into the future and be like "Remember bees, yo?"

And you may be wondering: "What can I do? I'm just a man and/or Woman!"

Well lucky for you, there are some things you can do, personally, to help fight climate change that are easy and fun!

Working at the plant

5) Plant Trees

The ecosystem has been quite diminished by our high demand post industrial age. Simply put if you keep taking trees out of the environment and don't put them back, well, ecosystems can collapse.

So let's plant some right on The CEO of Exxon's ass!

It may take years for a tree to grow, but the positive effects will be immediate if the roots of the tree grow deep within the colon of the billionaire whose company obfuscated the truth about the environment for decades, just for his own profiteering.

Should you not have that available, former CEO's asses can work too.

Starting a beef


4) Change your eating habits

Look we all love meat. Even vegetarians. If you've ever tried to eat one you know it's true.

But as painful as it is, The meat industry is helping accelerate climate change. So reducing or eliminating farmed meat from your diet is a painful but necessary part of limiting the damage we cause.

But it doesn't have to be a boring drag. There are quite a few good eats that are plant based, meat substitutes that are quite delicious, and if you still need meat, you can always eat a Koch.

That's right! Instead of leaving a carbon footprint  every time you attack the plate, eat a delicious Billionaire who promote not only climate denialism world wide, but also The Far Right in General.  If you eat a Koch brother every day, by the third day you will have done a lot to reduce the carbon footprint!


That's hot! That's hot!

3) Harness The Sun

The suns heat may be part of the problem, but it can be part of the solution! There's many ways to use th sun to our advantage, but just to name a few.

Save energy by drying your clothes in the sun. Hook up your house with solar powered panels. Shoot the entire Republican Party into the sun.

Sure these are small changes. We're not gonna get out of this just by doing all this. But if at least half of you go solar and find a way to shoot into the sun a party that is entirely beholden to the corporate interests that don't care about condemning our future, it'd go a long way towards changing things for the better.


Funny this one show didn't get remade.


2) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

I know. It sounds corny. but it's true: we throw out billions of things into thrash heaps every day. The way we consume has a cumulative effect.

So here's some of what we can do.

Reduce:
Your support for the American military.

Reuse:
Old plastic water bottles to drink water again.

Recycle:
Anything that's recyclable, obviously.

Sure, if a single person keeps a single water bottle out of the garbage or stops readily cheering for a war machine that puts tons of carbon in the air every day it might not make much of a difference, but if millions do it we might see some change.


The Day Before the Day After Tomorrow

1) Start a conversation

Now, there are many people who do not believe in Climate Change, and approaching them with the topic may be difficult.

So bring it up in casual conversations. Try this approach:

"Hey! I brought you some food. Are those shackles too tight?

Listen I wanted to talk about climate change. imagine this basement was the Earth. You can't escape either. And that feces all over the walls was carbon. You see how it accumulates?"

See? You use metaphors to get your point across. Be patient. Sometimes people will just go away without seemingly making up their minds. But be consistent, firm and get your hounds to find them and bring them back.

And that's some of the ways you can help stave off climate change. What are some of the ways you are fighting climate change but without demanding an overhaul of the entire system upon which our lives are predicated? Comment below!

When you have to cancel your favorite celeb


Public Domain Hero Origins: Captain Wonder


Hey uh..surprise! After a long hiatus of not doing anything, especially comics which I haven't done since Obama's first term here's...here's some comics!

I've been meaning to do more stuff with Public Domain heroes and since a game is taking me a lot to make (am now learning to animate so I can take on the animation stuff myself) well I decided why not just show people my ideas for how I'd reinvent these characters?


It took me like  2 weeks to make, in part because I lost the shading layers for some reason. 

But uh...I don't want to say more I want the work to speak for itself. 

Finded Lyrics: Primal Dance

More Primal Rage! Here are the lyrics to Primal Dance.

I like this one. It's  about how you picked Vertigo and cleared the game.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ohio47GDTkg


There is  risk
To your life
But to win
You've  got  to fight

Feel the thunder
Hear them roar
Once you taste it 
You'll  be coming back for more

Feel the Thunder
You want more
You'll  be dancing a primal floor
Once the rhythm 
Meets your fists 
You'll  be adding your name to the list



There is risk
To your life
But to win
You've  got to fight


Feel the thunder
Hear them roar
Once you taste it
You'll  be coming back for more


When the continents redivide 
You'll  be ruler of the other side
Let your people 
Dance and sing
You have conquered
And you will be the queen

  Feel the Thunder
Hear them roar
You'll  be dancing on a primal floor


When the battle 
Rules the Urth
Feeling primal feel the rage


Have the rhythm a primal floor
You want more 
Feel the roar
Domination is the game
You can win 
Stake your claim

Hear them roar
You'll  be dancing  on a primal floor
It's  the rule
 So's The game
 You can win
Stake your claim

What are you guys watching?