Bravo. That is what I want to read. You have deftly gotten to an essence here. The choice of subject is powerful. Alien has become mainstream, yet you give it a strange new relevance to the actual horror we are living through. Brilliant.
Very well written. And thought out. I go through every day now aware that something is not right. That we are in a state of undefined suspension.. And that it will reach its apogee in 2030. No doubt I’m a tinfoil-bandaged loon.
This brings me to another cultural marker. The movie The Matrix. That feller in it who betrays the rebels because he really likes a juicy beef steak even though it’s just an illusion - he has seen both sides and has decide to choose what’s unreal. I didn’t think that was possible. But now I’m not unsure anymore.
I work with someone who read all the famous dystopian works during the pandemic hoax. And he emerged fanatically batting for the other side. He really is a militant worshipper of The Science and vaxcines. Goes into a frothing rage at the usual triggers. He is a dedicated follower of his football (English) club and believes all that he reads in the newspapers. For him nothing has changed except the world has a lot more irritants in the shape of “deniers” of this, that and the other.
The character's name is Cypher, I believe. Maybe you should start calling your co-worker that. He must have read all those dystopias for a reason... the demonstrations of ruthless power in, say, Nineteen Eighty-Four, must have frightened him, don't you think? I know someone who's an ex-conspiracy theorist (a rare breed). He started reading around, and when he learned about Nathan Rothschild's take-over of the British economy, he turned back -- decided the forces involved were too powerful for him (or anyone) to make any difference. So he just switched off his curiosity. It's like an extreme form of self-censorship. Self-administered lobotomy. So weird. But since COVID, more and more common, I think, among the vaccinated. My daughter, pre-vaccination, claimed to be open to the idea that the world might not be quite as it seems. Now she's become frighteningly hard-line in her orthodoxy, won't communicate with me at all. It's a fear response, I think: I've become terrifying to her. Thanks for commenting, Bream, and enjoy spoiling Cypher's steak whenever you get the chance!
"Extreme form of self-censorship. Self-administered lobotomy."
Really baffling.
That fear response you mentioned, I don't get that. Despite all the morbid thoughts I have of the way the world is now, I just don't feel threatened by what I experience when I go out — the sun, the dirt, the trees, the flowers, the sky, the water, the air that I breathe, the people I shake hands with. Of course I don't talk to people about these matters because you never know who is touchy about what these days.
You mentioned your daughter. I have a sister whom I met not long ago along with her husband and daughters. And at one point I spoke about "the covid nonsense". There was a barely perceptible stiffening of manner. I had dealt a blow to an invisible force field. Not that it had any effect. If things were normal, you would talk about an event that had taken millions of lives. But there is the "extreme form of self-censorship". Deep down people know it's all a lie and they are forced to become slaves to it.
I guess we have to give up reality in order to enjoy Cypher's steak. I hope he liked it medium rare.
The facehugger mask elides internal covid injection harms (clots, cancer, death) with the external entities (military, medical, corporate) that imposed the injuries. The mask obliterates individual faces and hides the parasitical monster administering the syringe that penetrates what K Schwab called “the skin barrier”.
The analysis you’ve done is both brilliant and true.
I don't think I've ever seen the movie, Alien, but this is the second time in a week I've heard someone talking about it (Devon Stack referenced it in a recent stream too).
It's as if the movie infected our collective consciousness and the next stage of the life cycle is about to kick in.
I hate playing the cynic. But the warning in this post resonates. Great piece, and great reminder of the strength and value of our stories.
We're going to have to figure out how to resurrect The Hero.
Sadly your article is age-restricted in the UK. I shall not comply with the stupidty of substack, but what on earth was so horrible that the controllers felt it needed corralling? The truth I daresay.
In 2020 a leather worker in England made a COVID mask in the shape of the ‘facehugger’ in Alien. I tell the story of meeting one of the script writers of that film in Bangkok and inviting him to talk to my class who were studying Beowulf. From there David Shohl sums it up more elegantly and economically than I can, so I’m going to borrow his words (thanks, David):
“The facehugger mask elides internal covid injection harms (clots, cancer, death) with the external entities (military, medical, corporate) that imposed the injuries. The mask obliterates individual faces and hides the parasitical monster administering the syringe that penetrates what K Schwab called ‘the skin barrier.’
Covid shots as Alien incubus.”
There are some pictures of white clots. That’ll be why.
Ah thank you kindly. I can glean information from comments which give something of the gist of such restricted articles. Sometimes comments are age restricted too.
Bravo. That is what I want to read. You have deftly gotten to an essence here. The choice of subject is powerful. Alien has become mainstream, yet you give it a strange new relevance to the actual horror we are living through. Brilliant.
Very well written. And thought out. I go through every day now aware that something is not right. That we are in a state of undefined suspension.. And that it will reach its apogee in 2030. No doubt I’m a tinfoil-bandaged loon.
This brings me to another cultural marker. The movie The Matrix. That feller in it who betrays the rebels because he really likes a juicy beef steak even though it’s just an illusion - he has seen both sides and has decide to choose what’s unreal. I didn’t think that was possible. But now I’m not unsure anymore.
I work with someone who read all the famous dystopian works during the pandemic hoax. And he emerged fanatically batting for the other side. He really is a militant worshipper of The Science and vaxcines. Goes into a frothing rage at the usual triggers. He is a dedicated follower of his football (English) club and believes all that he reads in the newspapers. For him nothing has changed except the world has a lot more irritants in the shape of “deniers” of this, that and the other.
We are spoiling that tasty beef steak of his.
The character's name is Cypher, I believe. Maybe you should start calling your co-worker that. He must have read all those dystopias for a reason... the demonstrations of ruthless power in, say, Nineteen Eighty-Four, must have frightened him, don't you think? I know someone who's an ex-conspiracy theorist (a rare breed). He started reading around, and when he learned about Nathan Rothschild's take-over of the British economy, he turned back -- decided the forces involved were too powerful for him (or anyone) to make any difference. So he just switched off his curiosity. It's like an extreme form of self-censorship. Self-administered lobotomy. So weird. But since COVID, more and more common, I think, among the vaccinated. My daughter, pre-vaccination, claimed to be open to the idea that the world might not be quite as it seems. Now she's become frighteningly hard-line in her orthodoxy, won't communicate with me at all. It's a fear response, I think: I've become terrifying to her. Thanks for commenting, Bream, and enjoy spoiling Cypher's steak whenever you get the chance!
"Extreme form of self-censorship. Self-administered lobotomy."
Really baffling.
That fear response you mentioned, I don't get that. Despite all the morbid thoughts I have of the way the world is now, I just don't feel threatened by what I experience when I go out — the sun, the dirt, the trees, the flowers, the sky, the water, the air that I breathe, the people I shake hands with. Of course I don't talk to people about these matters because you never know who is touchy about what these days.
You mentioned your daughter. I have a sister whom I met not long ago along with her husband and daughters. And at one point I spoke about "the covid nonsense". There was a barely perceptible stiffening of manner. I had dealt a blow to an invisible force field. Not that it had any effect. If things were normal, you would talk about an event that had taken millions of lives. But there is the "extreme form of self-censorship". Deep down people know it's all a lie and they are forced to become slaves to it.
I guess we have to give up reality in order to enjoy Cypher's steak. I hope he liked it medium rare.
What my daughter's afraid of is not outside...
Would you mind if I restacked your comment?
Not at all. By all means
The facehugger mask elides internal covid injection harms (clots, cancer, death) with the external entities (military, medical, corporate) that imposed the injuries. The mask obliterates individual faces and hides the parasitical monster administering the syringe that penetrates what K Schwab called “the skin barrier”.
The analysis you’ve done is both brilliant and true.
... as is your comment!
I don't think I've ever seen the movie, Alien, but this is the second time in a week I've heard someone talking about it (Devon Stack referenced it in a recent stream too).
It's as if the movie infected our collective consciousness and the next stage of the life cycle is about to kick in.
I hate playing the cynic. But the warning in this post resonates. Great piece, and great reminder of the strength and value of our stories.
We're going to have to figure out how to resurrect The Hero.
TLT - Very nice writing.
Cheers
Sadly your article is age-restricted in the UK. I shall not comply with the stupidty of substack, but what on earth was so horrible that the controllers felt it needed corralling? The truth I daresay.
Oh, really? Thanks for letting me know.
It is pretty horrible.
In 2020 a leather worker in England made a COVID mask in the shape of the ‘facehugger’ in Alien. I tell the story of meeting one of the script writers of that film in Bangkok and inviting him to talk to my class who were studying Beowulf. From there David Shohl sums it up more elegantly and economically than I can, so I’m going to borrow his words (thanks, David):
“The facehugger mask elides internal covid injection harms (clots, cancer, death) with the external entities (military, medical, corporate) that imposed the injuries. The mask obliterates individual faces and hides the parasitical monster administering the syringe that penetrates what K Schwab called ‘the skin barrier.’
Covid shots as Alien incubus.”
There are some pictures of white clots. That’ll be why.
Ah thank you kindly. I can glean information from comments which give something of the gist of such restricted articles. Sometimes comments are age restricted too.