Kiedra needed spots, not stripes… Due try to keep up, Pee Wee…
Hmmm… I don’t know if those ladies are “pro’s” or not, but just
the word cofeve got their interest up. If you think about it, if
there was a safe, natural way to “enhance” the sensations of
love making, how popular would it be in the human world? Yeah.
These gals were eavesdropping on the pilots’ conversion and got
excited. If I know a few things in life, by tomorrow, every female
in the area will hear about it, by next week, the entire world.
Actually there is such a thing that exists IRL but some greedy
hemp corporations didn’t like how this drug’s other uses would
compete with their business, and talked certain politicians into
calling it an addicting drug and have it outlawed in the 50’s. Yes,
THAT one.
President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
I thought “it” was outlawed in the 30s (Reefer Madness 1936).
But not straight up outlawed.
Outlawed via a Gooberment tax ($200/oz IIRC).
Don’t buy the tax stamp, get caught with MJ,
not busted for the MJ,
busted for NOT having/buying the tax stamp.
Ain’t that the shits!?
I’d have to look it up to be sure my memory isn’t what
it used to be. Last time I went looking for the movie
I got spammed with junk mail from both sides, it was
a crappy movie anyway. It was the 1920’s that they
started the campaign against it, all because MJ made
better rope etc…
Yes, busted for not paying the tax – but you could not pay it, the government would not accept payment. It was the same way of using a “tax” to regulate something
the Constitution does not allow the federal government (at least!) to regulate as in the NFA. Both were passed in the 1930’s by a Democrat
House and Senate, then signed by a Democrat President (FDR) and allowed to go into effect by an intimidated Supreme Court.
Around 1960, the Supreme Court rejected the fake “tax” as the basis for banning marijuana, but Congress found other arguments that dishonest “Justices” did accept:
“regulating interstate commerce”, 2 lies in 3 words. Growing your own was just as banned, and that’s not “interstate commerce”, no matter what
Scalia wrote because he hated hippies more than he wanted to correct the over-extension of the interstate commerce clause. And the original meaning of
“regulate” was “make it work right”. E.g., adjusting the timing mechanism in a clock was regulating it. Smashing the clock wasn’t, and banning something from
interstate commerce isn’t “regulating” trade in it.
But while the SC rejected regulation by taxation when they hadn’t even printed the tax stamps and would not accept payment of the tax,
they were fine with unconstitutional regulation of guns by a tax that you could pay, but then the government could take six months to
decide whether or not you get the permit. (It took less than 6 _weeks_ to investigate my application for clearance to work on top secret
electronic weapon systems.)
I haven’t yet thought out the mechanism of Cofeve, save that it is
a nervous system enhancer. Sort of the opposite of an anesthetic.
Trust me, if you’re in any kind of physical pain, you don’t want to
drink it. It varies in effect among species. On one extreme, Humans
hardly feel the effects, on the other, Hammerheads are very
susceptible to it. It can be absorbed through the skin, which is why
a small amount in the HH mating pools has such an outsized effect.
It is also a nerve healing agent. Anyone who regularly imbibes in it
has a much lower chance of developing age-related impairment, and it
speeds up the healing of damaged nerves. Which is why it is so
valued in surgery.
It should vary between races, many drugs we take will have
different effects between races. Same with food, Humans can
eat chocolate for the taste but for dogs, it’s a mild poison.
medicines, foods, even clothing, all should have different
meaning to each race. Arsenic is a deadly poison to us,
another race it might be a tangy seasoning.
When I broke my back in 2 places I wish it was real,
nerve damage isn’t truly permanent, but painful.
So are the implants I have.
I’d be curious if it repaired brain damage as well.
Based upon that scene, I inferred that HHs are oviparous and rather
like terrestrial reptiles and do not form lasting mating bonds. I’m
thinking that HHs are similar to The Race in Turtledove’s “Worldwar”
series. The Race do not form long mating pairs nor do they devote
much resources to rearing young until they reach a certain level of
development when they achieve sapience. Before that HH young are
essentially mindless beasts which society cares for communally to
increase the numbers which survive. There are other ways HHs
could be like The Race but I won’t go into them now.
Every species has a different means of breeding and child rearing,
It’s nature. It seems that many of the races follow lower animals
habits as far as that goes, and it would be hard to catalog all of
them. So far we haven’t seen a race that is truly aquatic, most
seem to be amphibians. Which makes sense, it would be very
hard for them to be space-faring, much less being able to
communicate with other races.
Hammerheads appear more — mammalian — than I was expecting.
But maybe the torso silhouette is due to something else and
just coincidentally resembles human.
Oh, I think it’s already happened, they just don’t know it yet.
Maybe after Slimy reports back they’ll start to get the idea.
Rumors and such move fast, it’s real facts that drag their way
through slowly because many would rather pretend it’s all lies.
Or exaggerations.
Let’s face it, people always deny that something was real, even if
they see it in person.
If I said I can fly, and even float up and back down again, anyone
seeing it would say “it’s a trick” or “where’s the wire”. Accepting
the truth is always hard for anyone to do, they themselves will
make up lies rather than accept it.
Confirmation bias. It’s easier to believe something that you were
expecting to happen. That’s why it’s much easier to fool someone
than it is to convince them that they’ve been fooled.
Believe it or not, the more trained/educated you are, the more
easily it happens to you. Watch a few air crash videos. It can
also be seen as “Appeal to authority, or “But my professor said…”
A good education can prevent it, but most trainers/educators have
a bias of their own, and don’t want their trainees to learn to
question authority.
“Convenient truth” is also part of the problem, the harder it is to
accept, the harder people will fight it. Take the climate change
issue (please, no one start a rant here) there are things that need
changed, but it takes more effort and money, so people would
rather ignore the facts, instead of making the effort to make the
changes.
You’re cool. Just wanted to head ’em off at the pass, so to speak.
It’s not a blanket ban, just on things outside of the way they are
in the Empire. Politics are a big part of the comic, after all, and
there’s the occasional reference to religion and climate, as well.
In fact, there’s a story that involves religion coming up soon,
and it’s one that has been mentioned before.
So anything mentioned in the comic is fair game,
but I’d rather escape the real world here in the Wolf World.
Prostitutes will be prostitutes, no matter
the planet, culture, or payment.
Samual, you’re no racecar.
You’re a deuce-and-a-half.
Maybe even a five-ton.
Accept it and enjoy it.
Kiedra needed spots, not stripes… Due try to keep up, Pee Wee…
Hmmm… I don’t know if those ladies are “pro’s” or not, but just
the word cofeve got their interest up. If you think about it, if
there was a safe, natural way to “enhance” the sensations of
love making, how popular would it be in the human world? Yeah.
These gals were eavesdropping on the pilots’ conversion and got
excited. If I know a few things in life, by tomorrow, every female
in the area will hear about it, by next week, the entire world.
Actually there is such a thing that exists IRL but some greedy
hemp corporations didn’t like how this drug’s other uses would
compete with their business, and talked certain politicians into
calling it an addicting drug and have it outlawed in the 50’s. Yes,
THAT one.
I thought “it” was outlawed in the 30s (Reefer Madness 1936).
But not straight up outlawed.
Outlawed via a Gooberment tax ($200/oz IIRC).
Don’t buy the tax stamp, get caught with MJ,
not busted for the MJ,
busted for NOT having/buying the tax stamp.
Ain’t that the shits!?
I’d have to look it up to be sure my memory isn’t what
it used to be. Last time I went looking for the movie
I got spammed with junk mail from both sides, it was
a crappy movie anyway. It was the 1920’s that they
started the campaign against it, all because MJ made
better rope etc…
Yes, busted for not paying the tax – but you could not pay it, the government would not accept payment. It was the same way of using a “tax” to regulate something
the Constitution does not allow the federal government (at least!) to regulate as in the NFA. Both were passed in the 1930’s by a Democrat
House and Senate, then signed by a Democrat President (FDR) and allowed to go into effect by an intimidated Supreme Court.
Around 1960, the Supreme Court rejected the fake “tax” as the basis for banning marijuana, but Congress found other arguments that dishonest “Justices” did accept:
“regulating interstate commerce”, 2 lies in 3 words. Growing your own was just as banned, and that’s not “interstate commerce”, no matter what
Scalia wrote because he hated hippies more than he wanted to correct the over-extension of the interstate commerce clause. And the original meaning of
“regulate” was “make it work right”. E.g., adjusting the timing mechanism in a clock was regulating it. Smashing the clock wasn’t, and banning something from
interstate commerce isn’t “regulating” trade in it.
But while the SC rejected regulation by taxation when they hadn’t even printed the tax stamps and would not accept payment of the tax,
they were fine with unconstitutional regulation of guns by a tax that you could pay, but then the government could take six months to
decide whether or not you get the permit. (It took less than 6 _weeks_ to investigate my application for clearance to work on top secret
electronic weapon systems.)
I haven’t yet thought out the mechanism of Cofeve, save that it is
a nervous system enhancer. Sort of the opposite of an anesthetic.
Trust me, if you’re in any kind of physical pain, you don’t want to
drink it. It varies in effect among species. On one extreme, Humans
hardly feel the effects, on the other, Hammerheads are very
susceptible to it. It can be absorbed through the skin, which is why
a small amount in the HH mating pools has such an outsized effect.
It is also a nerve healing agent. Anyone who regularly imbibes in it
has a much lower chance of developing age-related impairment, and it
speeds up the healing of damaged nerves. Which is why it is so
valued in surgery.
Based purely on the similar sounding name
– I somehow pictured it would
be some kind of “space coffee stuff”.
It should vary between races, many drugs we take will have
different effects between races. Same with food, Humans can
eat chocolate for the taste but for dogs, it’s a mild poison.
medicines, foods, even clothing, all should have different
meaning to each race. Arsenic is a deadly poison to us,
another race it might be a tangy seasoning.
When I broke my back in 2 places I wish it was real,
nerve damage isn’t truly permanent, but painful.
So are the implants I have.
I’d be curious if it repaired brain damage as well.
Based upon that scene, I inferred that HHs are oviparous and rather
like terrestrial reptiles and do not form lasting mating bonds. I’m
thinking that HHs are similar to The Race in Turtledove’s “Worldwar”
series. The Race do not form long mating pairs nor do they devote
much resources to rearing young until they reach a certain level of
development when they achieve sapience. Before that HH young are
essentially mindless beasts which society cares for communally to
increase the numbers which survive. There are other ways HHs
could be like The Race but I won’t go into them now.
Every species has a different means of breeding and child rearing,
It’s nature. It seems that many of the races follow lower animals
habits as far as that goes, and it would be hard to catalog all of
them. So far we haven’t seen a race that is truly aquatic, most
seem to be amphibians. Which makes sense, it would be very
hard for them to be space-faring, much less being able to
communicate with other races.
Hammerheads appear more — mammalian — than I was expecting.
But maybe the torso silhouette is due to something else and
just coincidentally resembles human.
Seals are mammals, and they nurse their young, so it’s possible.
The same with the whale/dolphins, but they rarely leave the water.
May be too late for the HammerHeads to get a lesson in OpSec :}
Their low-key, sure thing, ‘exclusive’
may not be any of that much longer.
Oh, I think it’s already happened, they just don’t know it yet.
Maybe after Slimy reports back they’ll start to get the idea.
Rumors and such move fast, it’s real facts that drag their way
through slowly because many would rather pretend it’s all lies.
Or exaggerations.
Let’s face it, people always deny that something was real, even if
they see it in person.
If I said I can fly, and even float up and back down again, anyone
seeing it would say “it’s a trick” or “where’s the wire”. Accepting
the truth is always hard for anyone to do, they themselves will
make up lies rather than accept it.
Confirmation bias. It’s easier to believe something that you were
expecting to happen. That’s why it’s much easier to fool someone
than it is to convince them that they’ve been fooled.
Believe it or not, the more trained/educated you are, the more
easily it happens to you. Watch a few air crash videos. It can
also be seen as “Appeal to authority, or “But my professor said…”
A good education can prevent it, but most trainers/educators have
a bias of their own, and don’t want their trainees to learn to
question authority.
“Convenient truth” is also part of the problem, the harder it is to
accept, the harder people will fight it. Take the climate change
issue (please, no one start a rant here) there are things that need
changed, but it takes more effort and money, so people would
rather ignore the facts, instead of making the effort to make the
changes.
I won’t delete your comment,
but please don’t continue.
There are sites dedicated
to those conversations,
this isn’t one of them.
I won’t, just using an example.
You’re cool. Just wanted to head ’em off at the pass, so to speak.
It’s not a blanket ban, just on things outside of the way they are
in the Empire. Politics are a big part of the comic, after all, and
there’s the occasional reference to religion and climate, as well.
In fact, there’s a story that involves religion coming up soon,
and it’s one that has been mentioned before.
So anything mentioned in the comic is fair game,
but I’d rather escape the real world here in the Wolf World.