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I mean, it’s kind of always/only as deep as we choose to make it, right?

That could be the meaning of life to me, but in truth I just don’t see the world in a way that allows such a definite and easy framing. Meaning changes depending on context. What means to me today may mean nothing much tomorrow and, whether every individual realizes it or not, this is universally true. The question is a mess of a philosophical endeavor, and the more you take it apart and break its pieces down, the more ineffable and illusory the concept becomes. An often useful and positive illusion tbc, but not necessarily so as it can easily swing the other way, too.

So my point in not answering your question was to sort of nudge others to challenge their own relationship with the idea of meaning because…well because I think that is simply a meaningful endeavor.

In the spirit of being slightly less difficult than my mind often would like; I will say that I find a lot of meaningful purpose in getting others to see things from different perspectives. Reminding the world that, while boxes and labels do exist and do broadly serve their purpose, they also do not necessarily always do the job we often hope of them. I can’t honestly say I believe there is a definite and true meaning to my life or any other, but there is still much we can do that is meaningful and worth doing. So, there. Seems to be as close as I can manage to giving you a straight answer today lol

Why does everyone insist life has to have meaning? We can just be here because here is where we happen to be. It’s allowed.

Erm…this is a space for cat content, not perfectly nice, even quite cozy and cute table content. Please be more thoughtful in the future.

They’re making another one? And here I was thinking we were in the worst timeline. Second worst not so bad :3

In a better world it would

Anyone know the source?

I am slain. You have slaint me.

It’s just Naruto lore but with the Japanese flairs swapped for Americana. I did very little work outside of swapping some words around just tbf lol. And I’ve heard of these titles but have never looked into them. Thinking I may change that if this is the sort of flavor they’re offering tho

As someone who really enjoyed Naruto as a child; gotcha fam.

Hammy McBurgers is a young bounty-hunter-to-be training in the capital city of his homeland; Hidden Pine Valley. His parents died long ago while protecting their city from one of the nine fierce wild west spirits; the great and terrible Thunder Bird. This spirit was trapped and now resides within the boy, as this was the only way that total catastrophe could be averted. While not a great student all around, Hammy’s connection to Thunder Bird lends itself to a certain devastating “rain of bullets” type technique that splinters his ammunition like lightning branching through the skies. This innate edge along with his hard-headed affect and unstoppable will to survive will carry him a long way through the troubles of his changing world.

There are other great spirits residing in 8 other people including the Jackalope, a cunning and world-wise spirit, the Sasquatch, an unstoppable engine of raw physical strength, the Oofoh, a strange conglomerate of small grey-green blokes with magical knowledge unrivaled, and the Chupa, a deviously wicked and constantly starving entity who keeps its host perpetually exhausted and in a state of agitated desperation.

Among Hammy’s classmates, the two he gets to know best early on are Blossom, his one-sided crush who is a dedicated worker with a bit of a sweet-and-sour disposition, and Davey C, who is exactly as snobby, lame and one-dimensional as Sasuke. Him and Hammy end up holding hands at the very end and it’s kind of what the whole plot revolves around in a really, very long-winded way.

A mysterious organization of elite and horrifyingly powerful outlaws known only as El Amanecer (that’s supposed to be the “the dawn” but my Spanish is far from perfect, so I could be mistaken) seem to be quietly collecting and manipulating the nine great spirits, and nobody is certain why. Our young hero trains in the arts of brawling, marksmanship, and magic alike, but will his training be enough when Thunder Bird’s name is next on their list?

Edit: one more of the spirits is a giant blue cow who accompanies a 7ft tall 14 yo who wields only his dining table-sized axe in battle. The boys name is Paul.

If that was all there is to it, I wouldn’t mind much personally. I dont think it’s right to push someone’s boundaries like that, but this specific example of it doesn’t bother me all that much (as long as I am the subject, at least).

If that was only one step in the process though, I may be a bit annoyed or concerned, depending on what else is going on.

Truly the hero we need

…commence the jigglin?

Can’t forget the book he wrote that explains exactly how he would have killed his wife called (and I can not state hard enough that this is not in any way a joke) “If I did it”.

We live in a society :|

I would not be at all surprised if Fujimoto dropped a copy of Hammy McBurgers vol 1 into the background of Chainsaw Man. Hell, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if that was his next project once csm wraps. The boy’s wild, I tell ya

The only path left is combat. Tonight, her iron shall be re-seasoned…in blood.

Very few people are hopelessly and entirely stupid and many folks who don’t seem too bright can be quite cunning in specific fields and through certain lenses. A person might not be able to multiply double digits and yet still have an innate understandings of stuff like leveraging social currency, speaking in a way that makes others want to listen, or even more mundane things like intuitively taking to carpentry or specific artforms.

I see her as an odd combination of generally dull, socially clever, and desperately self-centered (which appears to be a boon to her abrasive but surprisingly effective social skills, because ofc it does and we are living in 🤡🌎). Regardless of whatever tf goes on in her haunted head, she is a very weird and frustrating lady. That much is crystal clear.

Sometimes we only learn better by first playing out our stupidest ideas. It’s not common, but I personally know a couple people that were raised to be hard-headed racists who later grew into self-reflecting, socially-concerned types. Minds can be changed if you encourage the right behaviors in the right ways.

I don’t see any reason to think this change will fully follow through in her, but she has been one of the loudest advocates for all this insanity, so hearing her change tune is kind of an uncomfortable w. Lots of women living the gop life know exactly how hard it is to be in that culture while not also being a man, and she’s starting to speak up on that bullshit. People are going to be reconsidering things about their lives because of her recent choice in words, and that is a good thing.

She should not be trusted or welcomed into the fold or anything like that, but this recent strain of behavior should definitely be welcomed. Encouraged, even. Even if not for the good it could do for individuals in this cult, then it would still be worth encouraging for the simple fact that accelerating the splintering of their base helps to clear the path toward moving past all this nonsense. Disillusioned gonna disillusion, as has always been the game.

Tldr; she can’t be trusted, but it seems likely to be a net positive to encourage this behavior, and only this behavior.

I look forward to this kid’s next piece

Gebius

I do not disagree. Still, it is nice when some of it breaks through, and even nicer when it has to do with such an otherwise cold and unforgiving topic like this. Very good point tho!