ETERNAL SEPTEMBER - User contributions [en]

Perfect-strangers

2024-04-13T19:35:27Z

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'''Perfect Strangers'''

American sitcom crucial to the success of ABC's late '80s TGIF Friday-night line-up. The mildly racist show centered on Balki Bartokomous, a wide-eyed simpleton from the mythological Mediterranean island of Mypos recently transplanted to the midwestern megapolis of Chicago, Illinois.

[[File:perfect-strangers-img.jpg|500px|center=We open on the tranquil vista of a Chicagoan skyline. Delicate, wispy clouds stretch across the heavens, brushing the tips of skyscrapers. Yet our view is much more intimate, a tight zoom on an idyllic riverscape. The surrounding buildings only seem to frame the picture as our eye is drawn from right to left along a sweeping, elegant bridge... But what's this? A lone pilgrim, a sprightly young vessel, drifts merrily through the waters. It barely casts a wake, let alone a shadow -- passing below that resolute overpass. Though the boat follows its path without obstruction, the bridge draws a firm line through our panorama. Not only does it conceal the destination of our solitary subject, but it underscores the thunderous message of the piece. Held up high, splashing its way across our screens, reads the bold yellow text: PERFECT Strangers.]]

Death-of-optimus

2024-04-13T19:34:02Z

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'''Death of Optimus'''

[[File: Optimus-prime.mp4|center|500px]]

True-hunger

2024-04-13T19:33:15Z

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'''True Hunger AKA Real Hunger'''

Fifth stage of fasting marked by a feeling in the throat and/or mouth (as opposed to stomach). Feeding oneself to satisfy true hunger can not lead to weight gain or malnutrition as it is a biological signal to maintain proper body mass and nutrition. The experience of true hunger is said to at least temporarily eradicate all cravings associated with [[dharma|samsara]] (mental grasping) and to purify and
recalibrate the body's desire for biological and social/emotional nourishment.
Subsequently, normal everyday hunger can be thought of as "toxic hunger", a
state of body/mind that serves to perpetuate cycles of suffering based on the
ongoing actualization of impure mental cravings.

Massed-vulture

2024-04-13T19:31:21Z

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'''Massed Vulture Mountain'''

Sixteen years following his enlightenment, Gautama [[dharma|Buddha]] shared his core teaching, ''The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom'', to over 5,000 monks, nums, and laity, at Griddhakuta Peak (AKA Vulture Peak). While speaking, Gautama was circled by countless enlightened bodhisattvas appearing corporeally as vultures.

[[File:massed-vulture-img.jpg|500px|center|alt=An aerial view of Massed Vulture Mountain, revealing the ancient structures at its peak.]]

Massed-vulture

2024-04-13T19:31:12Z

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'''Massed Vulture Mountain'''

Sixteen years following his enlightenment, Gautama [[dharma|Buddha]] shared his core teaching, ''The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom'', to over 5,000 monks, nums, and laity, at Griddhakuta Peak (AKA Vulture Peak). While speaking, Gautama was circled by countless enlightened bodhisattvas appearing corporeally as vultures.

[[File:massed-vulture-img.jpg|500px|center|An aerial view of Massed Vulture Mountain, revealing the ancient structures at its peak.]]

Bowerbirds

2024-04-13T19:30:18Z

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'''Bowerbirds [related: Birds of Paradise, disambiguated [[byrds-of-paradise|Byrds of Paradise]]]'''

A particular avian ilk of highly intelligent, creative and rigorously monogamous birds comprising the family Ptilonorhynchidae. Bowerbirds are highly dimorphic - unlike the drab and rather dull females, male bowerbirds display stunning plumage and engage in the highly intricate practice of bower building - a ritualized set of courtship-focused behaviors centering on the construction of relatively massive and visually stunning structures, sometimes accompanied by choreographed (and meticulously rehearsed) nine-part dances. There exists a purported inverse relationship between the bower complexity and brightness of plumage in individual bowerbirds. Curiously, however, no link between bower complexity and successful copulation has been confirmed, leading ornithologists to speculate that the practice of bower construction has, over time, become primarily oriented not around mating but individual artistic expression.

Bitcoin

2024-04-13T19:28:16Z

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'''BitCoin [related: Satoshi Nakamoto, Paul Le Roux]'''

A mysterious and controversial decentralized digital pseudo-currency invented in the late 1990s by a person or group of persons acting under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite its lack of central control and shrouded origin, it has found support among celebrities (ex. [[steven-seagal|Steven Seagal]] <ref> See:[[steven-seagal|BitCoinGate]] </ref>) and, even, national governments (El Salvador). Currently, it is estimated that around 54% of BitCoin interactions involve illegal activity, including - but in no manner limited to - ransomware attacks (ex:
[[eternalblue|Eternal Blue]]), money laundering, and the digital purchase of illicit goods and information. Although Nakamoto's identity remains unconfirmed, many journalists claim him to be Paul Le Roux, a programmer and former drug cartel boss. Le Roux is currently serving as an informant for the US Drug Enforcement Agency after being convicted of [[narcotics]] trafficking. He later confessed to the murder of seven business associates and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. No verifiable electronic transmissions from Satoshi Nakamoto have been identified since the first day of Le Roux's incarceration.

[[File:Bitcoin-img.jpg|500px|center|alt=Atop a marble plaque stands a bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, depicted as a blank-featured metallic face shrouded in a dark hoodie. The hoodie bears the mark of Bitcoin.]]
[[error|Nakamoto in Budapest]]

Bitcoin

2024-04-13T19:28:07Z

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Bitcoin

2024-04-13T19:27:38Z

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Bitcoin

2024-04-13T19:27:13Z

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'''BitCoin [related: Satoshi Nakamoto, Paul Le Roux]'''

A mysterious and controversial decentralized digital pseudo-currency invented in the late 1990s by a person or group of persons acting under the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Despite its lack of central control and shrouded origin, it has found support among celebrities (ex. [[steven-seagal|Steven Seagal]] <ref> See:[[steven-seagal|BitCoinGate]] </ref>) and, even, national governments (El Salvador). Currently, it is estimated that around 54% of BitCoin interactions involve illegal activity, including - but in no manner limited to - ransomware attacks (ex:
[[eternalblue|Eternal Blue]]), money laundering, and the digital purchase of illicit goods and information. Although Nakamoto's identity remains unconfirmed, many journalists claim him to be Paul Le Roux, a programmer and former drug cartel boss. Le Roux is currently serving as an informant for the US Drug Enforcement Agency after being convicted of [[narcotics]] trafficking. He later confessed to the murder of seven business associates and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. No verifiable electronic transmissions from Satoshi Nakamoto have been identified since the first day of Le Roux's incarceration.

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[[File:Bitcoin-img.jpg|500px|center|alt=Atop a marble plaque stands a bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, depicted as a blank-featured metallic face shrouded in a dark hoodie. The hoodie bears the mark of Bitcoin.]]

[[error|Nakamoto in Budapest]]
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Berhold-brecht

2024-04-13T19:24:17Z

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'''Eugen Berthold Freidrich Brecht AKA Berholt Brecht [German: brɛkt][February 10, 1898–August 14, 1956]'''

A Bavarian theatre practitioner, playwright and poet active during the first half of the twentieth century. His work resists emotional engagement (the "Aristotelian" model of drama, which encourages catharsis) and encourages audiences to react critically to the content of a play by distancing themselves emotionally via use of
''Verfremdungseffekt'' or alienation effects (VFX). Brecht's first play ''[[error|Bael]]'', written while he was still in high school, centers on a hedonistic singing demon catalogued in the ''[[lesser-key-of-solomon|Grimoire of Solomon]]''. The play features many techniques that would come to characterize his later work, such as the use of (ridiculous) songs to advance the plot, the breaking of the fourth wall, and the use of direct address to the audience. Though now widely revered, upon its premiere the play was roundly panned. Throughout his many subsequent works for stage, Brecht sought to make clear that there is mutual engagement between artist and audience in the building of simulacra. Thus, his plays become "real" themselves, not just a secondary mirror ''of'' reality. In that sense, he advocates for a non-hierarchical relationship between art and life, reminding the audience that so-called "reality" is mere construction and therefore malleable <ref> Echoing select tenets of [[error|Discordianism]]. </ref>. An active member of the Communist Party, Brecht was for a time surveilled by the [[error|Federal Bureau of Investigation]] alongside fellow literary figures [REDACTED] and [[studs-terkel|Studs Terkel]].

The-woman-in-the-dunes

2024-04-13T19:21:33Z

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'''The Woman in the Dunes AKA 砂の女'''

An existentialist novel by Japanese author Kōbō Abe originally published in 1962. The novel centers on an entomologist trapped with a lonely woman in a sand pit by a group of villagers. Over time, the novel's protagonist begins to see his imprisonment as freedom, developing deep feelings for the woman and forgoing escape when given the opportunity. ''The Woman in the Dunes'' opens with the aphorism: "Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in the fight". Abe's equating of entrapment and eroticism throughout the novel proved controversial in 1960's Japan, as was the film's ruthlessly experimental soundtrack <ref> One of the first Japanese films scored using electronic elements. Robert Ebert claimed: it sounds as if ''"[//eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/metal-swans-in-rain.html the wings of metal swans are rusting the rain.]"'' </ref>.

Mech

2024-04-13T18:52:11Z

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'''Mech'''

The term mech (from メカ or ''mecha'' in Japanese) refers to the bionic augmentation of [usually] teenagers most often in the form of humanoid and sometimes biomorphic vehicular robots. The term, originally introduced by Shōji Kawamori of the ''Macross'' and ''Macross Plus'' anime franchises and the Diaclone toyline, was widely popularized by the impressionistic Japanese television series ''[[neon-genesis-evangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Despite featuring both autonomy and extraterrestrial origins, ''[[transformers|Transformers]]'' are often grouped under the moniker.

Lawns

2024-04-13T18:49:17Z

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'''Lawns'''

Symbols of suburban placidity, especially when strewn with ripened persimmon on a late summer's eve. Carefully cultivated lawns are semi-sacred spaces on which may only be worn white.

Ref# [redacted]: ''A World of Sharp and Neatened Edges''

Joybubbles

2024-04-13T18:47:37Z

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'''Joybubbles [May 25, 1949 - ] [related: Church of the Eternal
Childhood]'''

Born Josef Carl "Carmichael" Engressia in 1949, Joybubbles was the father of phone
[[phreaking]] and an ordained minister in the Church of Eternal Childhood <ref> A non-profit church of which he was the founder and soul member.
The CEC was active on the community engagement front, conducting numerous
phone campaigns with terminally ill and at risk children and launching a
series of "We Won't Grow Up" online discussion groups for traumatized
adults. </ref>. He was born blind and boasted an IQ of over 172. Joybubbles became nominally famous at the age of 7 after discovering and exploiting the frequency of AT&T's "[[phreaking|trigger zone]]", establishing him as the world's first phreaker. As a young adult, Joybubbles successfully monetized his formidable phreaking technique via the sale and dissemination of hand printed long distance calling cards, leading to a period of surveillance and prosecution by the
[[error|F.B.I.]] at the behest of [[error|Ma Bell]]. As an adult, Joybubbles subsisted off social security and payments for his role as test subject in experimental medical trials. Citing numerous instances of child sexual abuse, Joybubbles officially and permanently reverted to the age of 5 in May 1988, remaining there until his death. In his will it was stipulated that he continue to be listed, in perpetuity <ref> Or until which time [[error|Ma Bell]] has been designated as a criminal organization by an established form of government. </ref>, as "Joybubbles, I Am" in any Ma Bell owned and operated telephone directory.