By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com
A recent Netflix original movie has taken America by storm. The film is called “Bird Box”, starring Sandra Bullock. The online streaming service claimed it was viewed by more than 45 million accounts during the first seven days after its release; the best week ever for a Netflix film. Although I was, initially, hesitant to write about it, it’s now become such a big deal, I’m compelled to add my proverbial two cents.
The film became available for streaming on December 21, 2018 and since that time, it has propagated as a viral topic of conversation, instantaneously, online and in three dimensions. My kids mentioned it over Christmas break and the discussion continued to expand by means of social media, internet memes, and a plethora of articles both in print and throughout the electronic interwebs.
This movie was deliberated upon at my Saturday Morning Breakfast Club, was mentioned by an announcer at an area college basketball game, and was even broached with a sardonic chuckle, by a guy with whom I was conversing in a church.
However, before I discuss the film, let me first reveal why I was hesitant to write about “Bird Box” via My Personal Disclaimer on Netflix.
For those in a hasty hurry, however, feel free to skip over the next segment and scroll down the page a ways to: “Opening a Tacky Gift from Netflix, Wrapped in a Bird Box”.
My Personal Disclaimer on Netflix:
I suppose my main concern over writing this article is that I don’t wish to advertise for Netflix or, in any way, contribute to the company’s growth of its subscription base. Honestly, as this essay demonstrates, I have a love-hate relationship with the service. It offers a convenient and affordable access to an impressive library of film and documentaries but not without its cultural bias. It’s like anything else, buyer beware.
For example, I was recently watching the “Blue Planet” series on Netflix and found it quite fascinating. Did you know scientists know more about the surface of Mars than they do the deepest of Earth’s ocean trenches? But with the new technologies available today, I am able to see, via the battery- powered remote laying on my leather sofa, stranger real-life creatures then I’ve witnessed in any science fiction film or imagined in the reading of any fantasy novel.
Even so, as spectacular as that sounds, the first episode of “Blue Planet 2” comes with the caveat of Sir David Frederick Attenborough’s narration lamenting artic walruses and their babies drowning at sea while escaping polar bears. It’s because there’s no more icebergs for the sizable flippered marine mammals to take naps. Consequently, to the sad visuals of beleaguered walruses treading water and slowly sinking, the viewer hears Attenborough in a matter-of-fact manner, saying it’s due to “the warming of the oceans” which is “most likely caused by man”.
This, in spite of proof Antarctic sea ice has not shrunk in 100 years and NASA’s relatively recent claim that mass gains of the Antarctic ice sheet are greater than any losses. Furthermore, even if all of those scientists are liars and fakes, then there are still more than a thousand international scientists who dispute man-made global warming.
Regardless, David Attenborough doesn’t mention any of this to the millions of people watching “Blue Planet” on Netflix. Why would he?
After all, Netflix is the home of the Obamas and the Obama Administration’s former National Security Advisor, Susan Rice. It’s no surprise why the masses are being programmed into accepting totalitarian Agenda 21 mandated Gaia worship and global taxation schemes.
Here’s another example:
Some time ago, my spousal unit and I reclined upon our luxurious household accouterments and selected a movie entitled “Other People” from Netflix’s cinematic buffet. The selection was rated pretty high on Rotten Tomatoes and it seemed like a film for which we were in the mood.
All systems clear, right?
Wrong.
After a short while into the film, we realized the protagonist was gayer than Richard Simmons at a Justin Bieber concert.
Fine. We’d seen worse.
But, then, after another 30 or 45 minutes or so, the main character was soon sodomizing his ex-boyfriend missionary style. Even though nothing was shown below the waist, the act played out in their faces and it was NOT pretty.
But that wasn’t all. In the afterglow, the story’s protagonist asked his vanquished lover if he recently “waxed his asshole”.
And just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, a scene unfurled where a gender-fluid, prepubescent boy performed a drag-queen striptease that seemed right out of a depraved pedophile’s fantasy pizza party.
Sadly, without all of the Cultural Marxism, “Other People” would have been pretty good; but the shameless deviants in Hollywood, and at Netflix, could care less whether or not my wife and I enjoyed the film. Instead, they ceaselessly shill this type of degeneracy to the masses to normalize perversion in the minds of mainstream movie watchers around the globe.
This is the dangerous side of Netflix: The company, by and large, programs people with Progressivism in the relative safety and comfort of their own homes.
But I digress.
Opening a Tacky Gift from Netflix, Wrapped in a Bird Box (SPOILER ALERT)
Obviously, Netflix is not without its benefits. Unlike a few years ago during this Fourth Turning, between Christmas and New Years – at the close of 2018, my bride and I cooked up some homemade popcorn and enjoyed a movie with one of our adult children; and all without spending $60 at the movie theater.
In spite of its viral buzz during the final days of the year, as we watched “Bird Box”, we were mostly underwhelmed, except for the “B-movie” satisfaction of our “Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)” commentary as the scenes unfurled.
Then, days later, given the film’s bad reviews, I found myself wondering why I kept hearing, and reading, about the movie well into 2019.
Besides the “Bird Box” memes covered by People Magazine which weren’t that funny, there were still others circulating that were pretty good:
Moreover, early in the new year, Netflix was forced to tweet out a warning against a new social phenomenon called the “Bird Box Challenge”. It began with a girl whose YouTube video quickly garnered in excess of two million views showing her blind-folded and going about her day:
For readers who aren’t aware, Bird Box takes place on post-apocalyptic earth where the remaining survivors are trying to stay alive and flee a life-threatening phenomenon. If someone sees this, the mysterious force, that person is shown their greatest fear and commits suicide. Sandra Bullock’s character, Malorie, and her children wear blindfolds throughout the film so they don’t lay eyes on it…
Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE,” Netflix’s account tweeted. “We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes.”
But, what’s even more strange is how Netflix refers to itself in the first person on its Twitter feed?
Nevertheless, “Boy and Girl” was how the two children in “Bird Box” were addressed; and this may provide the reader with some indication as to why more recent articles have been published with titles like: “Bird Box Is A Bad Movie, So Why Do So Many People Like It?”
Paradoxically, article after article, after article, appeared on this lame movie: Some comparing it to other films, like “A Quiet Place” and another review even described how “Bird Box” felt like it was written by an algorithm.
Actually, it does have that sort of feel; like when artificial intelligence is used to extrapolate its own creations in music or painting. The film appears piecemealed and not making a lot of sense but, still, having its moments.
In fact, seemingly, this is the essence of “Bird Box”: It is sloppily thrown together in familiar patterns, but yet strangely unique in not altogether repulsive ways.
I thought “Bird Box” greatly resembled a film from ten years ago called “The Happening” (2008) starring Mark Wahlberg, wherein Mother Nature encouraged folks into killing themselves.
Bird box also brought to mind a Stephen King novel called “The Mist” that later became a movie, and with the same sort of commonplace, familiar themes that people (especially those like me) find so irresistible:
Unexplainable monsters, unseen, in a literal (or allegorical) fog.
Of course, that leitmotif is nothing new. Its originations we’re first recorded upon the walls of caves by Peoplekind’s earliest traveling artists and entertainers who, today, are so aptly referred to as “The Missing Links“.
But, now, after giving it some more contemplation, I’m speculating if the viral phenomenon of “Bird Box” has occurred, in part, because of its applicable parallels to real life.
Perhaps the presented themes therein resonate, in an unconscious manner, amongst the People of the Pre-Apocalypse by means of our collective dystopian predilections.
As I’ve written of before, we’ve been conditioned to perceive aliens and demons as outside threats for centuries and, today, more than ever, we’re permeated with foreboding and dread. So much so that a Canadian teacher in a comment on my last article, said he (as “Canuck”) felt “a tremendous amount of guilt for bringing 3 kids into this terrible world”.
Let’s face it, for those with children of any age, we do worry about them; but, especially, when they’re young and vulnerable on such a cruel and dangerous planet. It is, in fact, a heavy burden. Fear for my family actually contributed to a sort of “psychological paralysis” on my part, during the last decade; and for reasons having nothing to do with fiction.
Appropriately, “Bird Box” effectively addresses the parenting of kids in the post-apocalypse. As the narrative unwinds, the viewers witness a selfish woman (Sandra Bullock) grow into the role of a mother. She was previously a self-centered artist who soon learned to appreciate creations not of her own making. She called them “Boy and Girl” and, perhaps, there’s something generic about that which appeals to people. Because if the kids aren’t given names then, maybe, they won’t be missed as much should they be lost.
In the case of Sandra Bullock’s character, it may have been a type of self-protection. She would care for the kids as if they were someone else’s children, but if she gave them names, then they’d become hers to lose.
Which is another aspect to “Bird Box”: When people viewed the “demons”, their sadness and fear drove them to kill themselves.
As the events unraveled, this viewer wondered if, perhaps, the blindfolds forced the characters to look inward; to overcome their fears and focus on their priorities instead. Because that’s what happens in the film: Even, when blindfolded, the important things come into focus.
In “Bird Box” we see how post-apocalypse priorities remain the same as in the pre-apocalypse: Children. The next generation. There’s a certain comfort in that; of people remaining true to what makes them human – even after the proverbial shit hits the fan.
In many ways, for the viewers, the fear stays in our heads. It’s because we don’t actually get to see the monsters, except as reflected in the terrified eyes of those soon to die.
It’s conceivable the coding of “Bird Box” demonstrates the courage to move forward; even when wearing blinders. There are those who believe faith is the evidence of things not seen. If so, then it takes courage to hold on to the hope of circumstances righting themselves in the end; even when they don’t. If faith is courage, then courage is action. Faith is what we do and that’s why people are known by their actions.
We are what we believe.
And just like the canaries in the coal mines, birds in the bushes, and the ones in our hands, we all know real threats are coming. At the same time, we also realize dangerous threats were always here. We know this, not because little birdies told us so, but because we understand the more things stay the same the more they change.
It may seem as if monsters are shaking the bushes to sounds of screeches in the trees, but, for those who have ears to hear: Faith means moving ahead while blindfolded. It means not being fooled by what we think we see, or even hear. It means prioritizing and making the next right move in spite of our fear. It’s doing what we can while accepting the truth of certain outcomes being beyond our control.
In the end, “Bird Box” is about prioritizing free will over circumstances; it’s about choice and moving onward while knowing we might fall. Because if we focus on what we think we see, we risk dying afraid; killing ourselves, as it were.
The river of time is ever flowing, through dark woods and raging rapids. Some of us will drown as others are wrecked on the rocks.
But that’s the way it’s always been.
It’s the same old story and, in a way, it’s comforting.
Who knows? For those who do make it through to the end, there may be birds singing to the rush of wings on the wind; and a time when we’re surrounded by the smiles of those who stumbled through hell and kept right on going.
I’m not a subscriber to Netflix now. I was a few years ago, since Obama joined the club, looks like I made the right decision to cancel it. If I want to watch a film, I’ll use Kodi.
Do you use a vpn with kodi? Spectrum throttles it and it wont run. On a dsl line its lightning with no vpn. I must run a vpn with a canadian location to get it to work on my cable line.
I watched the film after watching the Black Pilled review. Notice that the unseen entity affects people in one of two ways. One way is a person rejects the entity and commits suicide. The other way is a person embraces the entity and becomes a cult like person, forcing others to interact with the entity.
The people that reject the entity are white or non-white and portrayed as nice. The people that embrace the entity are all white, violent and most have guns. This film is propaganda about American populism/patriotism (the entity) vs cultural marxism.
Devon Stack gets it…
https://blackpilled.com/2018/12/inside-the-bird-box/
Black Pilled’s take also discussed down the ways on this thread
Wonky wording wielding worth with aplomb. I predict you will become well known in the blog world as the 7-up guy with strangely titled essays and interesting observations.
I won’t be watching Bird Box any time soon, but I appreciate your point. At least I think I do.
It may take me a few minutes to form a real opinion. If so, I’ll come back and add my thoughts after coffee.
Post coffee question: What deux ex machina saves the heroine and her boy and girl?
Lol. I watched it last week. Cant remember. So, a most non memorable film.
Unagreeable suggests it was “Persistence.” Sounds a little fishy to me.
Sandra did that weird “Gravity” movie too, didn’t she?
I know it seems strange as a plot device (even if I was being ironical), but it did save the day in contrived ways. Just sayin’
Personally, I don’t people well until post coffee.
To answer your question: Persistence.
But if you want a more detailed, breakdown, feel free to email me.
I suppose you think persistence beats hubris, too?
I won’t argue about a movie plot I never plan to see. When there are subplot points obvious to large numbers of viewers which have nothing to do with plot development and everything to do with normalization of aberrant behaviors, I’ve decided to avoid it, at least for a time and a half.
In the comment stream on your notional post, there was a reference to Mark Twain’s carefully chosen words being wise, to which I brought up a personal favorite about him wishing to kill his half of a noisy dog, were he to own half.
Another favorite is the one about word choice (my rewording to include “illuminated,” of which I believe the bard from Hannibal would approve. ):
The difference between choosing the right word and choosing almost the right word can be illuminated by the difference between a lightning bug and lightning.
The thoughtful comment about Mark Twain was along this line: That one could use his observations about life and human behavior to guide one’s life and teach one’s children solid values and principles to guide their choices.
I remember thinking exactly the same of Theodore Geisel when my son was small. His work as a war correspondent/cartoonist during WWII gives special context to many of the characters he developed as Dr. Seuss after the war ended. He understood propaganda techniques so very deeply, his children’s stories are saturated with moral messages quite clear and yet hidden to a child searching the characters he, himself, drew to impart message meaning. I have read a great deal about Seuss, having learned my ABCs and beyond from him. I taught my son the same way, adding additional board books by like-minded authors (PD Eastman comes to mind), preferring a three-year-old who could take turns reading with me, no matter how small the words. Did it make a difference? I imagine his almost memorization of several of Seuss’s works didn’t hurt during his school years. He read enormous numbers of books during english and reading classes, with his teachers briefed by me that he would be bored stiff otherwise. I doubt anyone could get away with that now.
So, my thoughts about Dr. Seuss, as compared to Mark Twain, made me think about the term “Stars upon Thars.” Do you know which collection that was/is in? I’ve included it below if you have 15 minutes to entertain a kid or yourself.
What is the difference in the old “free” videos which were approved by Dr. Seuss himself prior to his death in 1991 and the more modern versions of his works created by Hollywood in the decades since? I remember he refused to give up creative rights when even the simplest educational or cartoons were made and am sure his wishes were made clear and followed, at least until probate was over and the estate was established.
I think I am personally happy more of his works have not maintained popularity. I would hate to see what might happen to poor Horton sitting on that lazy Maizy’s nest, defying nature and physics with his persistence.
Which led to thoughts of Marshall McLuhan and the idea he proposed about The Medium being The Message in the 1960s, when televisions were selling at the rate of a hundred thousand a day, according to my old history of journalism book. One can only imagine what McLuhan and Bernays together could have incorporated into their schemes. Look at the bizarre turn our advertisements have taken, with overly close attention to stripping and/or confusing traditional gender role in ads where it adds no context. The use of television for subliminal messaging simply grew more refined after its effectiveness was clear to those in power, regulating against it only stopped
marketers, not the social reorganizers who determined they would transform this country by community organization. Some call them TPTB, others call them by other names, but by now we should all see how we have allowed ourselves to be stripped of our societal cohesion with the toxic garbage poured out of our television screens by public relations and propaganda students willing to tear down the very societal norms which allowed them success.
I assume Netflix is a very large community in which to operate. I will steer clear and keep my stars upon thars.
Off to take pictures of baby goats. Both are girls, so neither have to lose thars.
I love these free videos in the background while I “do stuff.” I can listen to them and “see” them, having pored over pages of words illustrated by the Creator of the words when I was so young I can’t remember.
Blackpilled (I think) on you tube does a great analysis of this film and the typical Hollywood messages…all of the evil characters are white men, the self sacrificing hero is a black man, the main character is a smart, strong woman, the smart guy is a black computer nerd, interracial love scene, Noble gay Asian man and the utopian “promised Land” is a diversity paradise almost devoid of white men …. Etc etc
Javelin,
Nothing out of Hollyweird in the last 20 years is pro white man and very little has been pro cracker….it is a cesspool of racism masked as diversity. Diversity is absolute racism against whites, just slightly hidden so that if anynwhites say that they can call them butthurt racists.
Niggocentric..
@ Javelin
Yep. That’s pretty much baked into the Hollywood pot-pie nowadays.
One wonders, which came first: The chicken or the egg?
Is it a brown egg?
Depends upon the species of chicken. Or is that poultrist?
Thx, Jav. Between you and Doug, your comments are enough to reassure that I’m not missing anything by completely avoiding any new garbage coming from the Agenda in Horrorwood.
…via Netfucks or in theaters. Ditto for TV, like documentaries on PBS, nature shows, with their increasing narratives on climate change.
Last big screen movie I paid for and watched was American Sniper, about 3-4 years ago.
I used to respect some of what Hanks has done in the last 10 years, but he’s off my radar, after getting a brief glimpse of his portrayal of a deplorable on SNL, another cesspool of Lib-Prog-think for idiots that I never watch.
I have one book read since 1-1-2019. That’s a goal: Read at least (1) book a month in ’19.
With good progress, maybe kick it up to 2 / month.
The most recent hardcover I just bought was ridiculously expensive. $24.95.
Since I won’t patronize Amazon, and generally don’t like buying stuff online, another goal is to
explore what the local library offers, Big Brother implications aside, if researching red flag material.
Would be curious if it’d be feasible to browse available books that other monkeys have read,
and put up for swaps or exchanges.
TBP Book Club / Swap / Exchange would be the idea, but set up might be a pain.
I’m only in contact via email with a scant few monkey friends; otherwise I’d reach out that way.
Admin, if your copy of Peterson’s 10 Rules is collecting dust, I’d swap you for The Russian Five.
LMK, if that’s an option. I’d include something else with the book in my part of the swap.
Hint, hint.
Try Thriftbooks–all kinds of stuff and cheap.
Thx 4 the tip, Robert
..I humbly recommend supporting the work of John Mosby: Forging The Hero- Who Does More Is Worth More, if you like writings that serve to ” help build resilient communities” A little pricey, but a worthwhile independent publication from Warhammer Six Press, Idaho Falls, Id that supports one mans understanding of where we are, how we arrived here, and how to get back there….the ” there” is your creation.
Lgr, if you are reluctant to pay full retail price for books, check out your local thrift store. The ones in my area have used books for 50 cents to a dollar.
I do, ‘stang.
Two gripes about that, tho.
-Mostly older, and garbage, only occasionally finding a gem or two among the junk.
-you’d think the maroons that work there, and display those (and DVDs, too), would stack those with titles to scan, reading left to right, instead of having to turn our necks 90 degrees, off normal axis.
Pet peeves, nothing more.
I have to look into audio books, too. Have 2 hrs of drive time each workday, like Admin.
Audio books would put that waste to more productive benefit.
Another Avenue for used books is the flea market, I found a guy and a gal who sell at flea markets in my area. I give them a list of what I like and if they come across them, they get them.
That’s a great idea. A used book store in Oklahoma did the same for me, but that is 500 miles away. You just don’t see used book stores much.
ABEBooks
And Alibris. .99 cent books free shipping, although I have bought a few rare ones for $40–$50 range, still have free shipping!
Javelin..
Right. Everything you listed is why I don’t like Bullock ar watch her stuff. She promotes it.
Wealthy Wigger Woman.
Sandra Bollocks? Oh yes, the Tranny with the colored key-yids that mostly don’t look like their “mom”.
Just another Hollyweird prostitute on the payroll as a “role model”. Yeah.
youtube already deleted it. it was good . blackpilled’s channel will be closed in a week.
they found him.
Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are, that’s funny.
Watching now, via minimized screen, as I work.
At the 4:50 to 5:31 mark:
Once again, regarding the Hollywood pot-pie: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
I would say “good analysis,” but like you point out, there’s no subtlety to the hatred of White people anymore. It’s as plain as the nose on your face. Every time I hear some advertisement for a scary movie or sci-fi, I think, “Hmm, that might be good.” But thanks to the Internet, my hopes are ALWAYS dashed with some quick and easy research.
That is coming from a particular point in space and not from generalized space. It appears MLK lost and Malcolm X is winning. Hate is a powerful thing and fighting fire with fire only leads to a firestorm. It’s addictive and can become an all-consuming obsession.
I watched the BlackPill video somebody posted. You should know from the Outer Limits intro that when somebody posts an oscilloscope soundwave while speaking ominously, they are pulling your leg. Hollywood hypnotism is not a new thing, it’s been going on from the beginning since the Birth of a Nation movie.
Misdirects are the stuff of Hollywood films. In a movie scene from back in the day, a Mexican pulls a gun on an unsuspecting Lee Marvin. It turns out the Mexican shoots a snake near our hero. The audience gets a new appreciation for the noble savage. It telegraphed that sometimes our suspicions are unwarranted. What other purpose did that scene serve? It is conditioning. The purpose of elevating blacks and dykes (Obviously, Bullock is a closet dyke afraid of fullfilling her female role. She is placed in this river predicament to show the lumpen lezzies in the audience that if Sandra can do it, they can too.) in movies is to get them, as subwo mentioned in the AOC article, to self-imprint the image of the noble black or birth-giving dyke.
23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
If the perennial message of liberaldom is that kids need a positive self-image, the endless repetition of the message that minorities are noble has to finally breach the brain cell wall membrane of those melanin oppressed, former slaves, or dispossessed and displaced natives.
I’m sure this has affected Hispanics on this side. Southern Sage pointed out that Hispanics in other countries act totally different despite having the same racial makeup. He posits we are inauthentic, counterfeit Hispanics. Were it not for the control groups abroad, we would never know what it’s like to be real Hispanics instead of Stepford Spics. We have been hypnotized, taught, conditioned and raised with the expectation of integration into a society that now wants us to leave to purify the gene pool.
From formatting article citations to control groups. He’s a multifaceted renaissance man. Except his Bible citations need some polishing.
Everything I know I learned in white schools in Texas. In fact, I was sitting way in the back watching the top 10% wearing white grad gowns. Those folks were really smart. However, the top school at that time was not Austin HS but Coronado. Those guys were super smart (and white).
He’s up on bitchute now…
Devon Stack gets it…
https://blackpilled.com/2018/12/inside-the-bird-box/
The white guy played by John Malkovich was shown to be the smartest of them all who died because of the stupidity and tolerance of the others. Art imitating life?
I don’t think he played a white guy, I think he was white. As an aside, Malkovich only plays one character in any movie; dumbass.
Bird Box is like Rap . People buy into whatever mass marketing tells them to, regardless the quality or content.
#MPAI
” We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. ” Bolshevik Eddy Bernays
Watched it with my wife. The movie made her angry because she couldn’t believe somebody was actually paid to write such drivel. To me is was a shitty b movie that was lacking in the qualities that make for a silly, yet entertaining b movie like Streets of Fire or Army of Darkness.
And “Re-Animator”? Although some may still consider that high art
Funny as hell ! Also see John Carpenter’s ” The Thing ” … one of the greatest unintended SiFi black comedies of all time !
I dropped Netflix after the gift suscription ran out, no loss after hearing about the scary creatures who slid into the cash cow after they lost their government jobs. I can’t wait for Obama ‘s first movie about himself, “Me, Myself and I.”
Anyway my comments are about the phenomenon and not the movie. The desire among the movie moguls for ratings has always seemed to be an accurate gauge of popularity and most importantly, the ca-Ching at the cash box, but as I see things today, becoming a buzzword seems more to be connected with conditioning and finally control than it does with profits, which is why I’m finally figuring it out why a former President decided to drop politics and move into the entertainment industry. It’s so much easier to plant messages of “do my bidding,”or “like what I like,” when sugar coated with the innocent enjoyment of entertainment.
So, rather than jumping onboard the train of what everybody is talking about, I’ll just keep my blindfold on and not watch Bird Box.
Not Sure says:
I’m getting there, too.
And, regarding this:
Lol. That was great. It made my morning, in fact. Thanks
…me, myself and I….that’s classic… LMAO
Dropped Netflix after they introduced the Dear White People series. That series main aim was to denigrate the white race. Using ridicule of white people and casting whites as oafish Forest Gump characters, they strove to push the white genocide narrative.
If a series called Dear Black People that used the same propaganda were to be aired you’d never hear the end of teeth gashing from the SJW cast of loony tunes. Netflix shot their own foot with the Dear White People series. Tens of thousands of white subscribers cancelled their accounts directly due to that series.
After I cancelled my subscription, Netflix, illegally hit my bank account for an additional 4 months of service even though officially cancelled. They did it by hitting my Paypal account. After filing a complaint with Paypal, they refunded the money and put a block on Netflix’s account.
What a bunch of criminal Marxist those bozos are!
Above, the author says after lord knows how many words “But I digress.”
Ya fucking think? That was some painful shit right there.
Uncola, no offense, but just spewing out words without a point is digressing to the nth degree. If you have something to say, say it. But just using this as mental masturbation and then posting? This is not book of the month club, nor Writing 101, nor a movie review site.
In my opinion you are trying far too damn hard, and are writing without really having a point to make. Maybe you had a point, but I abandoned ship after your digression.
Seriously, that was godawful.
I disagree Pooh. Perhaps yous should go back a read to the end. The conclusion is quite good.
Having said that, I would like to point out that Doug did make a contention that he doesn’t seem to develop.
” If faith is courage, then courage is action. Faith is what we do and that’s why people are known by their actions.”
I know it’s asking a lot, but you pull that statement out of thin air as if it were an “article of faith.” Perhaps not everyone shares your article of faith.
But I particularly liked how Doug wrapped it all together at the end.
Thanks Rob. Perhaps because we act on what we believe, that’s faith. And, on many occasions, especially in the face of evil, acting takes courage; or rather, making the choice to act on what we believe. It’s not for the faint of heart.
And there is one other caveat I neglected to mention in my previous comment to Llpoh. Although it goes without saying, I’ll type it anyway:
Very often when we have both eyes on our destination, we miss the point .
@ Llpoh,
Obviously, we are entitled to our opinions. I’m just blowing off some steam, bro. And working things out.
“Take it or leave it” is my motto, and it appears you’ve made your choice.
Just remember that he who has one eye on where he’s going only has one eye to see what he’s doing.
I just wonder why, you failed to point out that the movie you spent forever ‘digressing’ about, “other people”, was created by and from the people of Saturday Night Live.
“secret progressive programming”????? LOL
@ Anon (who I am pretty sure is [NAME REDACTED]):
I used to enjoy SNL and late night comedy. Now I won’t watch it. Can’t stand it. I didn’t know “Other People” was made by “the people” of SNL, but it doesn’t surprise me
@ Rob & Llpoh,
First of all, if you look at the time stamps on my comments, you’ll see the reply widget stacked them out of order.
That said – I’ve been mulling over what Llpoh wrote above (and in relation to what he said in the commentary of my last article in response to Dennis Roe’s derogatory assessment of that one).
I get it. Those who perceive themselves as men of action, so to speak, take offense at my wasting their time with my effusive verboseness. And, why wouldn’t they? After all, they have the world to save. Or, if not saving the world, at least have more important shit to do. I get that too.
Llpoh has written on several occasions, that it was Admin’s writing that brought him here to TBP. Me too. But, for me, it was also Stucky’s, Hardscrabble’s, and others (commenters included) that kept me coming back and, furthermore, inspired me to write my own essays.
On topics of which I’m certain, I can write 1,000 – 3,000-word rants (although not like Jim, per se).
But, on other topics, I like to ramble over various angles to see what comes back in the commentary and for my own benefit. My bad. Truly, I may not be sure on some pieces and so I’m working things out.
This article is a case in point: If I wanted easy readership and widespread distribution, I would have removed the “Netflix disclaimer” and all of my “first person” referencing. It would have been more to the point; down and dirty. For those in a hurry, they could have gleaned the information in about 850 words less and I would have received a ton more hits to my blog (well, maybe not a “ton”, but for sure “more”).
Instead, however, I wanted to read what was written so far in this commentary – especially all of the comments I personally responded to (including you two).
I have respect for you both. Nothing personal. I appreciate Llpoh’s “constructive criticism” and Rob’s challenging my perceived theological religiosity.
As Llpoh conceded in the thread of my last article, the comments are “good for TBP”. I agree. Like I said earlier, I’m just blowing off some steam and working things out. Perhaps we all are.
Damn, LLPOH beat me to the punch. I would say this: Nice intro, shitty topic. You gross me out with descriptions of gay sex and then you hit me with a review of a B movie.
My worst fear is seeing YoBo towering above me, his boot on my face, wearing a huge strap-on dildo. Should I kill myself now?
Other concerns: is your spousal unit battery powered?
There was a time you were real, Unc. You had fucking eagles landing on your front yard, you had pecker tracks on the white leather couch, your dad was a war hero. You were gonna be a star.
I liked how Dr. Suess said it in the video above: Stars Upon Thars.
I give you truth but you want logic. And the irony is I’m not sellin’ what you aint buyin’!
EC- Where the hell is Yokes, it’s too early in the year for a big National Socialists get together. Goose stepping competition doesn’t start til May.
Maybe I have been lampooning him too much. Nah, I don’t have that kind of influence. I never took him for a pussy willow. He’ll be back.
I thought if I posted a country song that would shake him loose. Guess not
Don’t worry none about Llpoh.
You know he lives in Australia now? He’s just a cranky old fart. It’s hotter than hell there. He hasn’t seen rain in over a year. He’s starting to hallucinate. Just yesterday he fucked a kangaroo to death. This morning he woke up and started yelling at clouds. Sad, so sad …
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Stuck – you lying sack. That kangaroo survived, and you know it!
Great article Un, your best one yet.
BL says “great article”?
No way.
I’m shocked. Bea’s a tough customer.
Nope.
I just can’t believe it.
It must be a dopple. That’s gotta be it.
Somebody pinch me. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home
Not a dopple UN, like I said below, never seen this flick so I may be talking out my ass. Can’t stand all these libtard celebs like Bullock with their baby niglet dog and pony show.
Saying that famous phrase works ever so much better when one is wearing ruby slippers.
Why am I getting downers for a compliment?? That don’t make no sense.
Un- the comments are good. Personally, I think the topics should more reflect what the site is about.
And as far as working things out, I again personally and respectfully suggest that is more appropriate to your own blog. This site has a purpose, again in my opinion, and I vastly prefer focused, tight essays that are geared at least generally toward that purpose. Admin graciously allows many to post articles here, including you and I. I believe that just because I am allowed to post does not mean I should if my posts do not in some way serve the general purpose of the site.
So, I respectfully suggest you consider whether the topics and style can be more tuned to the purpose of the site. Because I really believe that should be the primary objective of anyone who posts here. I do not think that this is the place that should be used for “working things out”.
You mentioned HSF above, and Stuck. HSF paints pictures of life and culture that he lives and that we on TBP wish had not been generally lost. That quite fits the purpose and narrative of the site. Stuck does a variety of things, but his big stuff tends to be historical and fact driven, which is educational and gives background to many topics. And he does not spit out one of those twice a week, and takes many, many, many hours researching and creating his major stuff.
BTW – I am surprised I did not get avalanched by down votes for being ungenerous. Maybe they are yet coming.
Loopey- This was an improvement in my book. Be positive, its getting better.
I didn’t see the movie, never heard of it so what do I know, you may be right.
Llpoh,
And I do appreciate what you’re saying. Although I tend to think what I’m working out applies to the readers here.
I could recite all the data and it’s basically this: We’re screwed. In the words of Jim Morrison, “no one here get’s out alive”. But before that, we’re all going to get hurt in varying degrees.
It’s coming. We all know that. Some, if not most, of us are prepped.
I’ve covered a lot of the information in the past 100+ articles over the past two years.
What I’m “working out” now, is for the forthcoming aftermath. Things maybe we can all hold onto.
I use movies, Bible verses, books, and anything else, to put people on the same “page” so to speak; all as universal points of reference. I think that, at least in my opinion, could be just one of the reasons why the comment threads are so awesome.
But, that all said, I was raised to respect the house I’m in. This means I will take your comments under serious consideration. No guarantees, though, and the rest I’ll leave to Admin.
Thanks, Llpoh. Seriously. I appreciate your honesty. As always.
Un- The “No one here gets out alive” is ridicules. TPTB need us to buy their products, services etc. They may cull out 25% max, relax. You’re going to feel damned stupid at eighty when all the doom never materialized, you just don’t kill off all your customer base. Now if you are part of the 25% that get the axe….well.
Good point, Beavis. The problem for business is not that there are too many consumers but that the number of buyers is shrinking. One of the arguments for increased immigration is that America is aging and she needs younger consumers. While the normies complain about the hungry mouths coming, that is exactly what America needs. Hungry mouths is the exact meaning of consumers. The fat fucks here are trying to cut back, that is not going to help businesses. Lampert needs buyers, people!
“The business of America is business” – Rita Coolidge
Name one person still alive born before 1900. No one here gets out alive. Break on through to the other side. This is the end my only friend. The end. It hurts to set you free. But you’ll never follow me. The end of laughter and soft lies. The end of nights we tried to die. This is the end.
Look Jimmy, croaking from extreme old age does not count in the doom porn game. Even you did not die as they say.
Old age will not count in the doom.
There. Fixed for ya.
Time matters not except when it’s all that matters.
That’s all me and Jimmy were sayin’.
Ruth Bader Ginsberg is older than dirt.
“TPTB need us to buy their products, services etc.”
Walmart is replacing nearly all of their cashiers with self check-out. They want all of us gone except just a fraction that they need for slaves. The divide and conquer strategy is working out quite well. They will let us kill each other and use what is left. We are just in the beginning stages of this strategy.
MC- The program started in 2000 and will be done by 2040, a forty year plan to rid the planet of unproductives. Those types are not big on banking and borrowing money from the banksters.
Back when I was babysitting a database at a large government facility in 2009/10, I saw the beginning stages of automation of processes leading to reduction in human labor, but increasing costs enormously, at least up front. Efficiency at enormous cost doesn’t seem very efficient.
But, then again, it was government work so it was all just monopoly money.
Mags- Please provide data as to ANY TIME the government was efficient or spent money wisely. TIA
That makes them even more expendable, B. Useless eaters, ya know?
Wal-Mart isn’t the only retailer that is going the self check out route. McDonalds, Kroger, Pizza Hut, Little Caesars, Lowes, Home Depot all do it too.
When unskilled labor becomes to expensive to maintain, business looks for a way to cut cost. Self check out is the result of 15 buck per hour minimum wage laws pressed by SJW loony tunes.
Even so, bro, a 25% culling would hurt. Even for those who lived. And I don’t believe many people will survive to 80 in the post-apocalypse, or FEMA Camp, or without Social Security and Medicaid; unless they take the DNA upgrade?
It remains risky business no matter how you slice it or dice it. So let’s just all put on our blindfolds and head on down the river.
Maybe that’s what this piece was about.
Or not.
UN- If you listen to the Nazis, useless eaters can be removed with NO adverse effect on the remaining population. At least that is what they said/still say. We have LOTS of those types here in Merica.
EDIT: I have many relatives that lived to 90’s and went to the doctor with a 10 dollar bill in hand to pay for the visit before MediCare drove the cost sky high. Also there were Catholic charity hospitals and other free clinics for them.
Having never even heard of the movie prior to reading your thoughts here, I find myself forming an opinion based on nothing more than your description, the comments and one blackpilled video discussion of the story and plot points.
So, an expert opinion.
The movie is about free will and evil. You either choose to see it or you choose to ignore it.
Plus, I wanted to elevate the discussion beyond political correctness, perhaps, to shore up what Netflix tears down. Hence, the disclaimer.
Some people in my circle read this blog. Some believe in climate change and another just read Michelle Obama’s biography and thought it was good. They said they thought she was smart.
So, selfish reasons, as opposed to wide distribution.
Another thing: When things go viral, it’s because it appeals to a large percentage of the populace.
Perhaps Red-Pilled Preppers need the blind-folds against what’s coming (my article), the Blue-Pilled need the blindfolds against Trump and evil Caucasion Deplorables (Blackpill’s video), and the Establishment Deep State-Loving Neo-cons need to blind themselves against their diminishing dreams of global hegemony.
Just typing out loud. Still workin’ it out…
If you are trying to sell blindfolds, I suppose it makes good marketing sense to have multiple uses for them.
Doug,
I think you are absolutely correct to focus on coping techniques with the coming pain we are all going to suffer in the US over the next 10 years, give or take, until about 2030 or thereabouts.
It is certain to get worse before it gets better.
Smarter to be the short blade of grass in the lawn and survive for the future, rather than to be the tall blade of grass that gets whacked by the oncoming “lawnmower” of future destruction in our current society.
Resiliency training is something everyone should look into for their own well being and future survival. Why do some people seem to have the “wherewithal” to keep on keepin’on in the face of terrible tragic events? And others fold and check out, via suicide or withdrawal, when seemingly minor crisis’s intrude into their lives?
Life has shown me, “Be prepared for the worst and hope for the best”, and the outcome usually falls somewhere between those two extremes.
Our history is littered with stories, allegories and tall tales of “conspiracy kooks” who were mocked while they were busy getting ready for the oncoming storms.
Just ask the ancestors of Noah what they think about his boat and wildlife cruise, and the times leading up to those events.
What would we be doing if he hadn’t submitted and been obedient to what the Lord had dictated for him perform?
How long can you tread water?
Exactly. And that’s what I’m working out. Maybe we should blindfold ourselves to what we’re afraid is about to happen in order to know what now must be done.
It may be time for Netflix, and our squawking boxes, to go dark.
Thank you, Keith. It’s good to know you’re out there
Most of our country is immersed in pop culture, though it is no longer called pop culture for some reason. It is a nonstop onslaught of conditioning and normalizing of behavior and standards not of our choosing.
I think Doug’s articles are circling that concept. Perhaps the discussion will lead to answers.
If it attracts the wrong sort of commenters and readers, well… at least they gave Admin almost 30 grand last year and, hopefully, they will surpass that in the coming months.
Well said.
Per the disclaimer part only….
There is alot of that bullshit these days. “Shameless” jumped the tranny gay lesbo shark this last season. They are aiming at a smaller and smaller audience. I turned off a movie, bad parents, maybe, because of the queer missionary gaysex scene. Nasty. I dont wanna see that shit. I have a gay married couple and a lesbo married couple as friends but i dont wish any insight at all into their sexual practices.
Per birdbox, it was sandras best work in years, but the movie was nonsensical yet with compelling moments.
how is it any different from gravity?
it’s just her in a void, spouting mostly gibberish, hoping to survive… and ending up in a place where you don’t feel like the situation has actually improved in the slightest.
An excellent movie synopsis and review right there folks.
Can’t understand why someone would down vote that comment, Flipper.
“May contain scenes and dialogue unsuitable for small children or pre-teens. Violence and harsh language…etc.” …is the current disclaimer.
Perhaps the American Family Association could ask them to include an advisory if a film depicts scenes of the garbage they’re trying and succeeding to push, unwanted, into the mainstream.
i.e., force fed, surprise narratives of the LBGT demands for acceptance, approval, and respect.
Doubtful, the film rating agencies would give a lick of what traditional families would appreciate or demand.
“May contain language and scenes between same sex couples, trannies, or any other fringe group category that some viewers may find offensive”
That would immediately torpedo potential revenue from unknowing viewers that share your views of not wanting to see that shit. A scant few would call those scenes love. Many call it undesirable content for young viewers.
But violence is acceptable.
Nah.
It’s 2019.
Or is it 1984?
I don’t own a television, rarely see one and so I’m really behind the times on what has been coming out over the TV. I was in the dentist’s waiting room a couple weeks ago and the idiot box was tuned to CMT, which I believe stands for country music something or other. An episode of an animated program called American Dad was on and it was blatant in your face gay homosexuality. I honestly was appalled at what I was seeing. I looked around the waiting room and the children were absorbed in it as well as their mothers. They all sat watching as if it was perfectly normal. I didn’t say anything. I’m not surprised that this is now normal and mainstream and being spoon fed to our children, but I am somewhat alarmed that normal people here in middle America accept it.
It’s buyer beware with music too.
There are bigger country music fans than me, but I do like Chris Stapleton and some others.
Heard this one for the first time a few days ago and thought the lyrics were pretty cool:
Just to clarify: Perhaps the reason I liked that song above is it’s prioritizing.
It makes one wonder if each moment is, by its very nature, a “last shot”, as it were.
What I enjoy about some country songs are the stories.
Here’s the main (non-lyric) video:
@Uncola & Javalin,
Nice synopsis. I’ll just add that the 3 smartest characters were white…Sandra, the leader of Utopia and the guy who distrusted everyone. He’s the guy that wanted to stay at the grocery store…WHERE ALL THE FOOD IS.
Uncropped ,you dingleling . No such thing as planet Mars or any other planet .I wish you dumbfucks would look into Flat earth model . We have been lied to about everything . What makes you so sure they are telling you the truth about space ( . which doesn’t exist either ) .Wish had more time but look into it. (Got to go to next load )No space ,no moon landings ,no earth spinning ball , no anything. Everything these lying pieces of shit says is wrong according to the word of God . You believe anything NASA tells you then you are calling God a liar. Think about Uncropped.
Yes BB I suppose we are all calling god a liar. Although I don’t recall god ever telling anyone that the earth was flat. Perhaps you can help me out on where he dropped that bit of wisdom.
Wisdom and bb in the same sentence = oxymoron.
bb is just trying to regain his glorious old title of “Village Idiot”, which he proudly wore for several years. Then he started posting halfway decent stuff … thumbs up count increased. He hates success, though. And now wants to be be the unchallenged Village Idiot of TBP. So far so good ….
BB..
You’re confusing me. I thought the Bible says God created the Heavens. Are you saying he didn’t?
The ancient near eastern people, the ones that wrote the scripture included in the bible, believed that the earth had a dome, and the earth was a round plate like structure. The Bible was never meant to be a book of science. These flat earthers..oh my.
https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/ngier/gre13.htm
http://www.moreunseenrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Genesis-and-Ancient-Near-Eastern-Cosmology.pdf
@ BB,
Some of my readerships are of the liberal persuasion. Citing NASA in order to refute their claims on Climate Change renders them dazed and confused. It’s the little things, ya know?
As to the rest of your comment, I do understand your point of view; even if flat earth theory is a bridge too far for me.
I read Flatland as a second grader, given it by an aunt who wanted to see if I would “get” it. The same aunt had a much beloved collection of Theodore Geisel’s work.
It could be “one” of the many realms… Flat Earth.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Flatland/36842423
Hopefully BB will reply. Flat earth is a bridge too far for nearly everyone. At the end of the day does it even matter to our daily existence? Nope. Whatever shape, it’s plenty big enough for all of us and more. It does matter big time for the “scientific” narrative (I call it religious), the same one you touch a small part of when viewing those otherwise phenomenal nature programs, the narrative that MUST be continually shoved down mans throats… no need for the God of the Bible – because, SCIENCE! Imagine (or suspend disbelief) just for a micro-second, that the earth is flat. How successful have “they” been??? That’s damn frightening, no? The ultimate in cognitive dissonance if such things provide a “rush” of some sort. If the earth is flat, the WHOLE “thing” comes crashing down.
Anyway…
You write… “Faith is what we do and that’s why people are known by their actions.”
I am known by what God did for me, not by anything I do. Just had to toss that in there cause, well you know… 😉
I am always enthralled by the few posters here whose creative word-craft skills FAR far outweigh my own, no matter the topic. To all y’all… do keep it up, please! My opinion is we are all made a bit sharper by the efforts. That ain’t bad…
I see what you’re saying on Justification, but what about
Sanctification?
Just messin’ with ‘ya right back.?
saw it, terrible movie. kind, thoughtful black people vs. mean, selfish, narcissistic white people. miscegenation propaganda. the power of handi-capable people demonstrated for inclusivity, and a Twilight Zone twist. maybe a bit scary, but shite otherwise.
Watched it. Would’ve been much more enjoyable if I’d have had a blindfold and ear plugs. Was rooting for the creature to slaughter all the actors. Hopeful that the creature will find a way to end mother, boy, girl, along with the makers of this trash before they make a sequel.
I heard it was a metaphor for 5G 1 mm microwave brain frying waves –
I haven’t watched “entertainment” for years and do not plan to start now. But, from the description provided, the basic premise is complete and utter bullshit.
Over the years, I have spent my R & R time walking a 600 mile trail from France across northern Spain. There is a stretch of about 130 miles in the center of the trek which crosses the ‘Meseta’. A high plains of irrigated crops, the scenery is reminiscent of eastern Montana through western North Dakota. In short, the sky is the landscape and the mind is left to turn inwards for hours at a time for the days one walks across it.
Most people cannot handle this! One or two days in and they have to get out via bike, taxi, train, whatever. “There’s NOTHING to see here.” It is almost a wail of panic and I have seen it multiple times now on three different walks.
Actually, I believe that they cannot handle whatever it is they see when the mind is turned in on itself.
Now, being UNABLE TO SEE for long periods of time? I think most would suck-start a .45 if they could get out of the fetal position.
Da P
Uncomfortable in their own skins and need constant digital stimulation.
Doug
Ayn Rand said there are two ways to destroy greatness: attack it directly or elevate trash. Mostly what’s done these days is elevating trash, which is why I watch, gaze at, or read very little contemporary drama, art, or novels. They are designed to keep our eyes firmly fixed on the gutter. I liked your general comments on Netflix. I can say nothing about your comments on “Bird Box,” because I haven’t watched it and have no intention of doing so (I don’t have a Netflix account). In even writing about it, are you elevating what is essentially trash? I don’t even know if that is what it is, I just assume that if a large number of people in our sick society like it, it probably is. Most of what little of value I’ve found in contemporary “culture” has been on my own, as it generally languishes in obscurity. Going backwards—discovering or rediscovering some of the “classics”—is invariably a step forwards.
As bloggers, we both know that everything we write has a half-life of about three days. I have a hunch that if you directed some of your considerable talents and efforts into producing your own fiction and drama (don’t give up blogging), it would have more lasting impact and value. That doesn’t even amount to a suggestion, merely something you might want to consider. Perhaps you’ve already started down that road.
Anyway, another perceptive and thought-provoking article, which I’ll post tonight. Thanks.
Bob
Robert,
For me, at least for the time being, it’s a combination of the Godfather’s “keeping friends close, but enemies closer” in addition to what a commenter here wrote on another thread paraphrased as follows: Cut off the meat and leave the bones.
Speaking to the “half-life” aspect of blogging, it seems the ideas remain long after the posts are gone, ya know? And, currently, these articles are written more from the selfish standpoint of processing my own thoughts and perspectives, and particularly, in light of what comes back in the commentary from the other participants here.
Thank you, once again, for sharing your articles, comments, and my essays on your blog.
Elevating trash? Not quite accurate but headed in the right direction.
I would challenge you to consider that trash, raw and toxic sewage has reached its apotheosis at this very late-in-the-timeline juncture.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, SHIT has been deified.
You think I am unhinged? Hallucinating? Psychotic? See for yourselves:
https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/institutes/hiphop-archive-research-institute
Hip-Hop Institute at Harvard University? Huh? What??
E.g.:
(speaks for itself)
See the Hip Hop moguls vast fortunes and celebrity smushed into your (and especially children’s’) faces. Ubiquitous across media.*
*I knew things were most bizarre, when in legendary Venice, Italy a few years ago, and saw the town plastered in the six sestieres, and the Lido, with posters for a Negro Gangsta cinematic extravaganza “Straight Outta Compton”. What the fuck, over?
And most of Hollyweird’s effluent is, well, effluent. And the producers, directors, actors and other people involved in the business are affluent. And in many cases very, very affluent. And of course any movie with Will Ferrel; some pure shit right there; as funny as an ostomy bag.
But those award shows, Academy Awards; Golden Globes; Emmy’s; Grammy’s etc. get the wows and the viewers and press and media exposure that exemplifies the worlds greatest self-contained speech community; well next to Washington D.C that is.
So next time you think about watching some crap on the TV or in a theatre; do yourself a favor, re-read Conrad or maybe some Chesterton. I’m not sure which one will be proscribed first. Same for music and the movies. Review and savor that which is great and timeless and consign the crap to the septic tank of which Western Civilization has become.
That hip hop son turned my stomach. Next time give a strong warning for those of us trying to keep our minds out of the gutter.
She’s an underwhelming supporting actress for Hallmark who blew or licked the right person.
Is she a hashtagger metooer?
Sorry Doug, I do not go to the movies or use Netflix. Haven’t been to the movies in about 11 years. Your article is the exact reason I no longer go or watch tv for that matter. I finally got fed up with Hollywood attacking, ridiculing, making fun of, impuning my deeply held Christian faith and Conservative political beliefs. After I quit going, I realized that when I went to movies and watched secular tv, I put money in the hands of the enemies of the Cross of Christ and haters of Conservatives, people who if they could get away with it, would round us up at gunpoint and at the least would send us to a deserted island and at their worst would execute us. No thanks Doug, I refuse anymore to support the very people who hate me.
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/laws-subliminal-marketing-69892.html
It is interesting that laws about subliminal MESSAGES never came up.
One of my favorites:
A very good one.
a good place to drop this, I hope. I took a short video of the new baby goats and discovered one of them appears to have dropped a testicle. Thar may be star removal in store, after all.
Awww, really cute Mags.
I was worried about the little runt and almost thought about bottle feeding her but decided to let nature run its course. She’s up and playing with her, um, brother. The vet will need to visit soon. I will NOT deal with a stinky billy goat around my milk goats. The father, that pig of a goat Simon, lives with a herd of Boer goats now. He’s a different beastie. Not so bold now, are you Simon?
So, basically a remake of that pointless weird suicide movie with Mark Wahlberg (The Happening?), but with Sandra Bullock and blindfolds?
Blackpilled’s video on this was taken down from YouTube, so you know it’s on target. The film is just anti-white hate porn.
Here’s his video on bitchute:
An excellent review. Obviously too accurate for YouTube to cope with.
He has a web site: blackpilled.com
Two enthusiastic thumbs up for posting the link.
Thanks Uncola, natural news site ran a link to Alex Jones doing a preview of what he was going to announce about the movie. I think it was going to be about 5G rollout.
Like I said, “Bird Box” is all over the place. I even heard Rush Limbaugh discussing the film in his first hour as I was driving back from a morning meeting. In not so many words, Rush’s gist was in telling the Republicans to put on their blindfolds, ignore their fears, and move forward with Trump’s agenda.
Interesting on the 5G take. Speaking to that, I read about multiple satellites being launched. Listen. What’s that sound?
Un and Plato- Why(?) do they need to send up 20 satellites for 5G when they intend to put the cell tower looking equipment on each street’s utility poles, even street signs if need be? I’ve read they want to get that technology close to your home. Creepy….
Sign the latest 5G appeal.
https://www.5gspaceappeal.org
U.N. staffer warns about 5G
“As a result, I welcomed the opportunity to join the effort to publish an International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space because it was clear to me that, despite there having been 43 earlier scientific appeals, very few people understood the dangers of EMR. My experience as an editor could help ensure that a new 5G appeal, including the issue of beaming 5G from space, was clear, comprehensive, explanatory, and accessible to the non-scientist. The International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space is fully referenced, citing over a hundred scientific papers among the tens of thousands on the biological effects of EMR published over the last 80 years.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Along with birds and insects, children are the most vulnerable to 5G depredation because of their little bodies.
Friends and acquaintances and their children in Vienna are already reporting the classic symptoms of EMR poisoning: nosebleeds, headaches, eye pains, chest pains, nausea, fatigue, vomiting, tinnitus, dizziness, flu-like symptoms, and cardiac pain. They also report a tight band around the head; pressure on the top of the head; short, stabbing pains around the body; and buzzing internal organs. Other biological effects such as tumours and dementia usually take longer to manifest, but in the case of 5G, which has never been tested for health or safety, who knows?[10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I hope that people read and share our Stop 5G Space Appeal to wake up themselves and others quickly and use it to take action themselves to stop 5G. Even eight short months of this 5G Phoney War could spell catastrophe for all life on Earth. Elon Musk is set to launch the first 4,425 5G satellites in June 2019 and “blanket” the Earth with 5G, in breach of countless international treaties. This could initiate the last great extinction, courtesy of the multi-trillion-US-dollar 5G, the biggest biological experiment and most heinous manifestation of hubris and greed in human history.10
People’s first reaction to the idea that 5G may be an existential threat to all life on Earth is usually disbelief and/or cognitive dissonance. Once they examine the facts, however, their second reaction is often terror. We need to transcend this in order to see 5G as an opportunity to empower ourselves, take responsibility and take action. We may have already lost 80 per cent of our insects to EMR in the last 20 years.[16] Our trees risk being cut down by the millions in order to ensure continuous 5G signalling for self-driving cars, buses and trains.[17] Are we going to stand by and see ourselves and our children irradiated, our food systems decimated, our natural surroundings destroyed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
please sign the Stop 5G Appeal and get active in contacting everyone you can think of who has the power to stop 5G, especially Elon Musk[20] and the CEOs of all the other companies planning to launch 5G satellites, starting in just 20 weeks from now. Life on Earth needs your help now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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UN Staffer Warns that 5G is a ‘War on Humanity
I don’t know about y’ all, but I am definitely doubling up on the tin foil lining all my hats from now on!!
LONG ON ALUMINUM STAWKS!!! (SARC OFF)
Right? If reflective metal works for Faraday Cages, it should work on my head too. At least that’s my plan anyway. I would say “we’ll see”, except for the blindfold part
A Faraday Cage only grounds electromagnetic signals, if it reflected them, it would be an antenna.
I imagine the purpose of the aluminum foil is to absorb the signals, preventing them from penetrating the cranium.
Yes, I know you will now point out that electromagnetic light frequencies are being reflected, I merely corrected your misuse of the term Faraday cage.
Exactly. Good. So there is reflection. ?. I didn’t think anybody was going to catch that. And I do believe they, furthermore, attenuate the amplitudes of electrical signals and block radiation to varying degrees?
The astronaut helmets had gold in the visor, I supposed because gold, like lead is too dense to pass electromagnetic (light) radiation. I guess that’s where the saying – my futures so bright, I have to wear gold shades – originated.
More worthless Hollywood trash.
Meatballs , try 1 Samuel 2: 8b , Job 37 : 18 ,Job 38 : 4-6 , Psalm 93 : 1b , Psalm 96: 10b , Psalm 104 : 5 , Proverbs 8 : 29 , Isaiah : 22 and remember a circle is not a ball . These are just a few of the Bible verses . There is probably 50 more stating the earth is sit on pillars ,it is in a fixed , stationary position on pillars with corners.
Feabag ,God did create the heavens but he did it his way.Go to Genesis 1 : 6- 8 then Genesis 1: 14 -19 You will see God put the Sun ,Moon and Stars inside the Firmament after He separated the waters. Then there are verses like Psalm 148 : 4 ” Praise Him ,you heavens of heavens ,and you waters ABOVE the heavens ” . Water above the Firmament where God’s throne is sitting . Go to Ezekiel 1:26 -28 ,or Revelation 4:1-5 it’s The Throne Room of Heaven , there are many verses through out the Bible that says NASA are liars.
Hey Meatballs ,Fea and anyone else go on YouTube and see the Stars and so called planets through a Niko p- 900 camera when they bring the Stars into Sharp focus. It’s as if they are alive . Everything you have seen from NASA ,the Government and Military is CGI bullshit. Look at their CGI and other fake shit and then look at what amateur photographer or astronomers have produced . You will see the Stars are alive like Angels as God says they are Angels . Planets are wondering Stars who disobeyed God. The moon does not reflect the light of the Sun ,it produces it’s own light. Black holes , Gravity , Dark matter is all bullshit. Hey Meatballs you’re an engineer . Prove to me Gravity is real. You can’t. Newton was a witch . So were all these other pagans that come up with the Heliocentric modern of the universe. Albert Einstein was a fraud . He pulled his theories out of his ass . Meatballs ,you have much to learn. Do your own research. Remember you have been betrayed and lied to your whole life especially about this wisdom parading around as science. . I will get the websites and other information so you can do some research. I will not give up on you but I must tell you again. I am not a faggoted!!
Pray tell. What is a faggoted? And what could it possibly have to do with the earth being flat?
bb, you are the smartest village idiot on tbp.
I don’t care what Stucky said up above.
Does anyone here listen to Andrew Wilkow? I like him. Does anyone else have an opinion?
So …. it’s a movie about Nancy Pelosi?
Sorry, but that’s all I got.
That’s because I don’t have Netflix. I hid have Netflix, for years. They do have lots of great movies, documentaries, nature stuff …. which is to be expected considering they have 23 Bazillion titles. I do miss that.
But, then one day I decided that the evil they do (as the author documented well in his “digressing”) in terms of indoctrinating-brainwashing the masses outweighs the joy I get from watching. I simply could no longer support them in good conscience … not that my lousy $10 bucks a month will make any damned difference. Still, I do sleep better at night knowing I no longer contribute to their dominance. Fuck Netflix.
Yeah. Fuck Netflix.
Cataclysm book made into a movie: The Road. If you want a primer on a nightmare and how to survive then read that book by Cormac McCarthy. I watched about 10 minutes of that shit heap Bird Shit Box and I would rather watch KFC employees fill their bird boxes with fried heart attack.
Terrible movie. Totally predictable. Woman on river with two young kids, blindfolded, shoots rapids, doesn’t make it, nobody drowns and they find each other and carry on to their destination. All while blindfolded.
Since it starts out with them on the river you already know anyone they’ve seen or been with beforehand gets killed off.
I can’t believe anyone actually wrote a script this bad and it got made.
@ BG,
Those were some of our comments as well during our ongoing “Bird Box” Mystery Theatre 3000 commentary
Do you know they are still riffing movies from time to time? No “Mike and the Bots” shadows, but some of them held live in theaters were hilarious. We went to a few of them.
I still remember you commenting on on MST3K long ago and far away. The show definitely made me laugh at times, but then my attention always wandered after a short while.
That’s the beauty of them for us… we have our favorite parts and the rest… doesn’t take up all our time. Haha…
I admit we do not watch them very often any longer, but once in a while we get in a mood where we want to sit on the couch and watch the crew make fun of Godzilla vs. Megallon.
it was somewhere close to the begining….in the painters apartment – sister mentions that theres something going down in Europe,Russia – Malorie turns on the Tv – there’s thousands commiting suicide – but no concern and little comment, She switches off the TV They proceed to talk about Mum…..I thought – Wow, Self Absored Dead Heads….that’ll do – there I stopped the film .
Miscegenation and Grrrrrl! power.
A ludicrously silly film bulging with contrived situations and all the usual Progressive fiddle faddle.
I watched it with a friend on Christmas day. We picked it because we enjoy MST3K’ing bad movies. This turgid stinker paid off like gangbusters.
It’s meant to further poison the minds of the populace. Sifting it earnestly for deeper meanings seems very unlikely to prove productive. That’s just my opinion and no offense to the author is intended.
That said, WTH is wrong with Sandra Bullock’s face? It looks like she left it on her dashboard too long on a hot day.
Lol That was awesome R2it.
Actually, it already has
What happened to your face, Ritalin? Last time I checked, she was in a movie and you weren’t.
Lissen, morons. Ritalin is a friend of mine. I was merely mimicking a riposte from my boss when he had a booboo to an unsuspecting underling (not me):
Inquisitive – What happened to your face?
Boss – What happened to YOUR face?
“the main character was soon sodomizing his ex-boyfriend missionary style” – from the article
Pussy, motherfucker! Do you speak it?
Uncola,
Thank you! I read your thoughts and observations on the film Birdbox and was inspired to attempt to put together some of my thoughts and observations from the flick myself. I’ve been writing, off and on, most of the day today, not even reading the comment section which i normally do. So thank you again. I have had difficulty trying to figure out what to say and how to say it.
I think tomorrow I will try and add some images, gifs and videos into it and possibly try and post it as a follow up later in the week if I can get a few people to look it over and help me stay focused on the film analysis with respect to current social trends.
Again, Excellent, timely piece. Can’t wait to read the comments
I don’t plan to see it but will look forward to your thoughts on the subject matter.
Me either, Mags, but I am going to watch the Black Pilled video.
I don’t see them stopping 5G. They need it for the “internet of things”. It’s all about control, ya know?
I listened/watched to that last night. It even got my husband’s attention for a bit. Haha… Am off for a while. Today is Day 9 of the Novena prayer. Today, I whittled it to “Dear Lord, Untangle the knots in my life and in the lives of all your daughters. Amen.” I think what I got out of trying to support my friend in her Novena Prayer was to NOT try to modify a ritual from a religion so obviously corrupted. But, it was a lesson worth learning.
Well it’s a learning experience. I always pay attention to what is going on with the Catholic Church. It’s a very powerful entity.
With regard to someone with a blindfold on, I am one. As of today, I have not watched MSM news on Fox, CNN, MSNBS etc. for at least 12 years. I have not watched local news for well over 20 years and I can ASSURE you it was in my best interest to miss out on that CRAP. Yes, I see clips people post from Faux News or CuNNt News on occasion and I read Drudge but there are times I don’t go looking for news sources for days. Never on cable news as have not had cable tv for over 12 years.
In real life, I don’t worry about all this theater which may not jive with what I post sometimes. I like my blindfold. Come on in boys/ladies…….the water is fine.
I’m just glad you appreciated my essay, Bea. What I was trying to do
essay
Thanks UN, it’s was fun. Poet and don’t know it. 🙂
At my age ……every day above ground is a good day.
Stop pretending, you counterfeit nobody. Just come on back as Maggie or Maggoo and take your ass-kicking like a lady.
Not counterfeit. She’s no one in particular. Bwwaahaaa
You’re exhausting. Bygones…they are a good thing.
It’s a good thing they didn’t purify the gene pool. Not only could that guy sing, but his applied equilibriums to game theory were very impressive. Probably unfair cultural appropriation to have him played in the movie by Russell Crowe, tho.
I lasted 20 minutes… Bullock usually has better material. I think people are starved for decent entertainment…
Speaking of Hollywood Fecal material…
We walked out of Mary Queen of Scots …who knew Elizabeth had a black ambassador? or that Mary Stuart had a transvestite in her maids awaiting? .. .who also boinked a bi sexual Lord Darnley?
Not only did we stand and march out… WE STOOD AND YELLED at the audience at the historic Mayan Theater in Denver…. YOU IDIOTS … THIS FIENDISH PROPAGANDA MUST BE STOPPED !!!
We loved the moment… the most horrible distortion of history in my lifetime.
Jack, I’m liking that you and the missus had the balls to air your opinion, I quit going to movies a LONG time ago and told netflix to shove it back when they were pushing Hanoi Jane Fonda and commie Robert REDford in a made for Netflix film. Also at the time they had some weird ass tranny shitshow on that was a complete insult to decent Merikans.
I think it was even better that you yelled FIENDISH PROPAGANDA, because that is exactly what it is.
I saw, or should say suffered through “The Happening” and you’ve never seen a more stupid movie. Imagine Mark Wahlberg and the “New Girl” (what’s her name), caravan-ing through the countryside, trying to avoid an invisible force, complete with screwing up their faces with surprise, and terror, as the non-existent plot unfurls.
If this movie is ANY relative of that one, I’d stay far away.
What goes on here is another iteration of the blair witch thingy…. The noise about it is the only substance to it. I watched this for a while and suddenly realized my attention had drifter off and I got up and did something else. In the theater I kept waiting for the BW thing to do something – to merit the cash I had laid out to see it. I still regret no asking for my money back. In the case of the topic here the best thing to do is acknowledge that you had the amount of time it to for this to run was stolen from your precious life and move on. Anything else just wastes more of your valuable time.
Maybe so.
And speaking of witchcraft and noise:
To the commenters here in general, and before this article is resigned to the digital dustbin – I was surprised no one challenged my take on Climate Change in the Netflix Disclaimer portion of this piece. Not one.
Well, except one reader who e-mailed me directly questioning my position regarding the Arctic vs. Antartic ice melt aspect of this polarized debate (pun intended); and, especially, in relation to the assessments of Dane Wigington and Guy McPherson over at GeoEngineeringWatch.org.
Honestly, I cited the Antartic documentation in the piece purposefully as bait and, furthermore, expected folks to weigh in on the man-made claim.
No biggie, as the weather has been covered ad nauseam here before; but not with yours truly in particular.
Another time.
Onward…
Un- Not a bad thread. All I can say is there is something to not looking at evil, as I explained I try not to.
I’m mostly here to stir shit and be social. What else ya got on the back burner?
@ BL,
In a way “not looking at evil” was what this “blindfold” piece was about and even corresponds with my comment over on HSF’s “Invalid Part 1” thread.
What’s funny, is that every time after I post, there’s a few days rush reading and responding to the comments. Then, when the thread goes away, I sit there and think: “I got nothin’ else. Nothin’ more to say”.
Then, like clockwork every 5 to 15 days later something hits me hard that I feel compelled to throw together and run by y’all.
Not sure how long that will last, but it’s been the case over the last 30 months so far.
Although I really have nothing in the can, so to speak – I do have some ongoing ideas:
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Shorter term:
– a piece on how the government workers (suffering under the shutdown) may have voted for their current pain, the politicians fiddling while Rome burns, and tied to the hypocrisy of the Democratic leadership in general
– An essay on a book called “Giants in the Earth” and about future hardships and disappointments
– More on Perception Puppets
Longer Term
– Aliens, Part Deux
– Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
– Martin Luther’s 2nd Turning, and the ensuing 3rd & 4th Turns compared, and contrasted, to ours (but would defer to Admin should he wish to take on that one – as it would take some effort and he has written of Strauss & Howe par excellence).
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Overall, though, I’m not feeling anything yet regarding what Holly O has termed the “Holy Fire”.
Plus, I should check with Llpoh first, just to make sure they pass muster. KIDDING! Just kidding. It’s a joke, people. A gentle chide, if you will. That’s all it was… 🙂
before this article is resigned to the digital
consigned
I meant it as to “accept as inevitable”, but will concede your word is better; albeit not as personalized by Freudian slippage
Whatever flows out of your fingertips, we will be here to digest. EC is quibbling , right… but quibbling none the less.
I am consumed with the news that the Gilet Jaune will/may stage a weaponized run on the banks in France.I am a student, learning their techniques for making the elites squirm. Grand theater UN, you can’t beat it.
Because this is really the best place to put this, I think.
For some reason or another, I watched a review of BirdBox on Critical Drinker’s Channel, below. I’ve linked it below, in case you are interested once I post this.
While I listened to his comments again, I just skimmed through some of the comments here, traveling paths down memory lane on TBP with old friends and old foes alike.
The reason Critical Drinker’s comments prompted me to go into the search feature here at TBP to find this review you posted longagoandfaraway, Jfish, is this:
The masks and the invisible nature of the enemy, which is discussed at the point I’ve cued the video.
But there are other subtle messages in this movie about a Psychological Pandemic impacting humanity.
Now that we know what the future was holding, those messages are easier to spot.
I hope this inspires some discussion of the whole mask wearing business and what role our trainers in Hollywood play in convincing the sheep they are in vogue.
For a movie review which might make you laugh out loud?
Cued to comments about masks, but the whole thing is fabulous!
Seriously, just reading through some of EC’s comments make it worth a review of the review. Oh, and there is the point where LLPOH chastises you for discussing a B movie on TBP!