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I hitherto didnāt spot you had devised your own set of questions inspired by Christinaās, old chap. Itās a delightful notion. Please accept my contribution!
Our own timelineās Los Angeles is more than I could well handle, ha. And I have only seen two of your four films: Running Man and Demolition Man. Neither appeal to me, I daresay... But Iād rather go with the latter, I reckon. The āthree seashellsā and all seem fine to me, and the above surface culture anodyne enough for my somnolence.
Thatās a toughie, what. Iām presuming one makes the time hop from oneās current location on Earth? And all one could carry would be the clothes on oneās person? Iād probably go for 1960, which probably speaks to my pessimism that the planet will be endurable in 2080 more than any love for 1960. Thereās a kind of insurance in foreknowledge. I canāt say Iād play the markets to become megarich, Marty McFly style. But keeping oneās head down, eating well, some choice commodities investments at the right times, an old age into the 90ās... It wouldnāt be half bad in North America. Thank the high modern liberal state, ha.
And there is a bit to beguile about the early sixties NorthAm, before it totally went tits up in pathos of ā68. It was perhaps inevitable that Kennedy era optimism would turn sour. But I wouldnāt mind kicking down that book bindery door and giving a certain CIA deadbeat a solid whatfer. Or handing out bullet proof jackets to a certain vicar in Memphis. Some experimental timeline interventions like that would be nice. More for the effect on the common morale than anything.
Ohhh, a lovely question.
Most of it, I would make. It would be a ten day feast, really, featuring splendid 19th century style extravaganzas of indulgent cuisine.
Pizza. My own fascination for deep dish brought some skill, i hazard. Iād bake my own pizza, an inch tall freshly made baking powder dough cake, piled in a large family cast iron skillet. Piled to the rafters with green peppers, onions, whitecaps, broccoli, three cheese, Sri racha chunky spaghetti sauce, curry... Broccoli is a must, and goes on last so the oven roasts them to crispy. Barbecue sauce will also tame the broccoli bite. And all of it slathered in olive oil to slow cook.
Cookies of every kind. Dark chocolate. Fudge gelato. (The real kind specially imported from Florence.) A choice assortment of merlot, Malbec, and Bikaver wines. Some mellow cannabis tincture to perk up the appetite for more.
Mushroom, baicai, and wild onion (leek?) baozi. Freshly made and steamed. Dipped in plum sauce and soy sauce and vinegar. Oh, goodness.
An apricot wine or moscato Rosa to perk the palate. Some havarti and Brie on those crisp, thin crackers you can only get at a swank country club and snap like rich white peopleās old money.
A stir fry or high sautƩ of portobellos a la merlot to contrast with the sweet aperitifs. Rich and dark and earthy, served with an Argentine Malbec, salted to a crisp and fried with green peppers in Irish butter. You can taste the chives and black pepper in the air as much as smell them.
I might hazard to break my fast and indulge in some French Dip sandwiches, with lean smoked roast beef. EU stuff, Swedish beef, not this marbled monsanto hormone pumped USA Kansas shite. Alternately, a nice thin veal with currants and lemon juice on it, so young and tender you can still hear the poor little calf bleating. A bit of sadism is always true with any dinner... Or perhaps a real ē«é, with the fire cranked up to sizzling at heights to make any Canadian fire inspector faint, with real Mongolian mutton as thin as a dollar bill...
But Iād probably lay off on the meat. Pizza and stir fry would be capital.
First of all, I didnāt know old man Murdoch was sponsoring a Mars mission. Iām seriously not sure Iād arrive sane on the red planet if force fed such fare. Canāt we turn it off? Iād turn it off, and just sing to myself.
Iād take a good assortment of CA/USA country, folk, and 70ās pop. Pedestrian fare to most smolneteers, maybe, but I fancy it. Some Kunqu and Yueju operas. Lectures. Some Cornel West and Chomsky to offset the Fox.
Iād be jake. Iām more disturbed by the āintelligent designā ramifications socially than anything. Westerners ranting about God or not again. But I donāt generally hold to firm dualisms, so wouldnāt find it too disturbing. QED, this simulation is rather grounded in an intimate and immediate way with whatever substrate underpins it, much less alienating and indulgent than our own cybernetic simulations. A rose by any other code will smell as sweet. Iād surely want to get to know the computers and devs better...
A lovely series of whimsical questions. This makes the net worthwhile. Cheers, Bronzie.
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