Fisk a Stranger's Comment - On the Woman-Caused Apocalypse

1. I find that you are all out of your elements here; you might say that this isn’t going to happen, that it’s all a grand lie of some sort, but mark my words, it’s going to happen. People thought Galileo was wrong too; do you want to go there?

   People thought Galileo was wrong because all the methods of confirming reality at the time showed him to be wrong.  He had some stunningly innovative ideas, but he couldn't actually prove them at the time.

   Personally, my calculations have lead me to believe that women are going to be responsible for the dissolution of western civilization for at least several reasons:

   1. Women have an innate desire to bond with strong men in order to provide for their families, 

   "Innate"?  Not taught over the years?  And reinforced with the fact that women are simply not given the same economic opportunities as men in general?

   but in modern democratic societies they can use their votes to take money from those that are well-off in order to provide for themselves and their multiple offspring from multiple men.

   Are you saying that every woman with more than one child has been seeking a variety of contributions to her gene pool?  Aren't you lovely?  Besides that, women who are actually in the position of being the mothers of children from different fathers are not in a position to vote for money to come to them in many cases.

    Giving the vote to women was one of western civilization’s biggest mistakes, next to ditching monarchy in favor democracy because it allows those who don’t contribute society to take the resources of others by standing in a line and pulling a lever. 

   Assuming democracy has even granted them the vote to begin with, and that they choose to exercise their right.

   Women are the worst at thinking only in the short term, and this, combined with their innate need to be protected by and fed by a strong man, will cause them to steal resources from the propertied classes via voting. Eventually, they will run out of resources and cause economic and infrastructural collapse

   Uh, this will happen anyway, since every single human being on the planet uses resources without thinking that much about their provenance or future, woman or not.

   2. Women only think in the short term,

   Wait, I thought we were the worst at that!  Now it's the only thing we do?

    rarely do they ever think ahead and this is evidenced by the fact that they sleep with men who abandon them and their children all the time, and then use the state alpha male apparatus to swipe up taxes to feed themselves and their deprived children.

   It's amazing what sexual desire can do to you.  It's almost like we should teach people that sex isn't that important or give them options to avoid pregnancies or something.

    Because women only think in the short term, they will often purchase various goods that they don’t need, and will in doing so contribute to environmental devastation.

   Waaaaaaait a minute, that's just capitalism!  Now you have a problem with capitalism?

    The planet cannot produce resources at a rate fast enough to satisfy the needs of women. 

   Because, of course, men don't use any resources at all. 

   Their failure to think ahead will ensure that they vote for tyrants and support political orders which will ensure short term gains in favor of long term gains.

   But everybody acts like that these days.  Politicians especially, only thinking to the next election.

   3. Women have a desire to breed with men who show traits of classical masculinity,

   Those traits would be what exactly? 

    and will thus breed with societies which give birth to more primitive men; 

   So classically masculine men are Neanderthals or Cro-Magnons? 

   they will support rampant immigration (again, they can’t think ahead and they think that the government can pay for the upkeep of everyone, immigrants included), which will bring men who do not share western values into the west. The immigrants, legal or not, shall be given the right to vote (most likely by women, who will want more of them) 

   Or by the society of individual rights that they want to join because that's how it works. 

   and they will use their right to vote to support the entry of more immigrants into their society.

   To form a community since you won't let them into yours. 

   These men will refuse to integrate into our society, 

   They might refuse, but you also refuse to make a place for them.  It works two ways, bucko. 

   and with their hatred of all things western and their unenlightened views, they will cause strife in the west and bring our society to its knees.

   Don't you wish.
   
   You’re gonna wish you listened to common sense when all of this “progress” of yours has dragged society off a cliff.
   
   Too bad there's not much common sense here to listen to, just lunatic ravings and paranoia.  If society really goes off a cliff, I wonder who will really be to blame for that?

not finding its own

It's not quite Halloween season yet, but I was just in a store with a whole aisle of Halloween decorations - whee!  I hope they don't sell out of the hanging top-hatted skeletons before I get back there.  Still in keeping with the season is my black beer tonight: Evil Is In A Midnight Mash.  It's a Baltic porter collaboration between Lliso, the brewers, and Bidassoa, whose facilities were used.

Lookin' sinister...

H-Horace...?

There's that nice, sharp porter smell that greets you when you open the bottle, and an appetizing heft to the beer that comes out.  One of the more opaque beers I've had for a while, a good start to the season.  Up close, there's a little more of a chocolatey odor, and it carries over into the taste.  Not as tangy as some porters, with just a hint of a sour note, but mostly bitter and earthy.  The bitter is probably what makes me think of chocolate, like one of those 90% cacao bars.  There is a little bit of fruit sour that develops, but nothing too significant.  It's just a fine black beer, perfect for any evening and occasion, with enough flavor to stand on its own but not so overpowering that it would clash with food.  Well, Halloween candy might not go so well.

Supplier: The Beer Garden
Price: €4.50

enough cinnamon for you?

Yeah, no Mexican beer today.  Sorry.  I hope I didn't get your hopes up last week.  La Pirata does have a skull on the label, though, so that's something.  It's La Pirata Crema Catalana that I have before me, which may or may not be more of a dessert than I'm looking for.  Supposedly, cinnamon is involved in its making.  Interestingly, it's a collaboration with an Estonian brewery, Põhjala.  I really don't know what Estonian beers are like, or if they have any similarity to Catalan/Spanish ones.  Guess I'll find out.

Greetings from Hell!

I was expecting something a little sharp and spicy, but the smell is really more like apple cider, definitely sweet but maybe with a little something added for fall.  The look is also enough to fool you, being that dark, cloudy tan, with little head.  But the taste...huh, it's not cider, for sure.  There's something creamier about it, dare I say pumpkiny?  Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead for that.  It is sweet, with a fruity sugared flavor, but there's an underlying kick too, like cider spiked with rum or bourbon.  I think.  That's not a thing I've done, I'm going by how rum and bourbon have tasted in other mixes.  The taste stays balanced all the way through, maintaining its sweetness without getting too heavy or developing any weird aftertaste.  Quite pleasant, although I have to admit I'm looking forward to a stout or porter as the days grow shorter.  Totally didn't mean to rhyme.

Supplier: The Beer Garden
Price: €4

go ask alice

As soon as I walked out of the store with this bottle I thought I should have gotten a Mexican lager.  They had a couple.  And Mexican Independence is coming right up.  Sorry, Mexico, next week.  There's a skull on this one anyway, and we know you like skulls.  We are alike in that, you and I.  This, however, is a Spanish beer, or Catalan if you want to be technical.  La Calavera Brewing Coop labels themselves as "craft beer traders", or "traficants de cerveses artesanes".  I'm not sure if that's just a false friend or if they're having a little fun.  I'm also not sure if the name is a little fun, or if they're telling us something about their pet's diet: Alice The Dog Eats The Melanoidin.

It even has a beret.  That'll do for now.

Strongly scented, typical IPA citrus.  On the darker side of orange and slightly cloudy, rather resistant head.  It's very flavorful, bitter being the most noticeable flavor, but hardly the only one.  There's a taste of sweet orange and some hint of spice.  The first sip made me think of cinnamon, but I couldn't find it in later tastes.  In spite of being an IPA it's marvelously creamy, making me think of some sort of orange marshmallow candy, although not as sweet. 

Supplier: La Zurbanita
Price: €3.20

ice age to ice box

It's a comforting thing, to see better beers settling into the supermarkets.  Alcampo has had a fairly large selection for some time, of imports too, although those are pretty much macrobrews.  Now, of course, some of the nationals are craft.  The regulars of the area, Cibeles, Sagra, are there, but also Mammooth, from down south.  The Granada based brewery made a couple of appearances at the Beer Fairs of the past years, bringing a basic but tasty selection.  It wasn't so long ago that I was in the south, although not in Granada, so why not an Andalusian ale?  It's double fermented, though, so maybe not as bitter as regular ale.  Here goes a "special edition" Mammooth Pale Ale.

Stupid, shiny, barely visible label...

It's a thick looking, rusty color, kind of a burnt pumpkin orange.  Rather sweet smelling, but with a floral touch.  The taste is also sweet, a bit surprising for a pale ale, but it's also a light and flowered sweetness.  It seems kind of clovery to me at first sip.  Rather remarkably, I can't detect any hint of bitterness at all in this beer, although it is certainly refreshing.  As the cloudiness warns you, there is some sediment at the bottom, but if it gets out it doesn't stain the head at all.  Actually a little unruly at first, but after a good breather it's a fine beer, flavorful but not overpowering, sweet but not syrupy.  Very fine for a summer evening, needing no accompaniment to enhance it, although if I were to choose, something just a little salty would be good.

Ugh, I need a photographer's studio to deal with you, you shiny bastard

Supplier: Alcampo
Price: €2.29