Thanks for putting this into words. I've had a vague discontent and disgruntlement with superhero crap for a long time. While this isn't the only reason I dislike superhero movies, this is a big part of it.
I do still like The Punisher movie with Jain, Dredd, The Crow, and a few others. Antiheros in general. They're also more human and not as one dimensional.
I'm the backwards man!
I think it was ahead of its time.
See Cultural aspects on Wikipedia.
Your general feeling comes from what you know, and what you know is limited to your personal worldview.
See, that's kind of condescending. I know that solstices and equinoxes are important and were recognized by prehistoric humans all over the world. This isn't western vs eastern hegemony bullshit. Note that even the Chinese calendar is divisible by 4 and delineated by the solstices. I've also read about the solar observatories found in Mexico that predate European involvement as well as the wooden 'henge' of the mound builders.
Trying to act like recognition of solstices and equinoxes is some sort of Western cultural imposition is silly.
It's funny getting middle aged and how the calculus has really changed for me. I get compliments from random women all the time due to facial hair, being bald, and dropping weight. My wife laughs her ass off but does get a tiny bit jealous. That grey in the beard does things.
Feels good, man.
Wouldn't solar observation pretty much universally divide the year into something divisible by four? Unless you're directly on the equator, there are four points in a year and four points of direction (other than 'right here').
I haven't read deeply about world calendars, but do know that the solstices are pretty much universally recognized.
Not a history or anthropology buff, but I have a general feeling that four pointed symbols are often tied to the solar year. You can build a solar calendar with a stick and rocks.
Not really any context other than trying to put words to the incestuous cannibal horrorshow that is about to begin. Just trying to buckle up for the next four years and hope me and mine aren't in the splash zone.
I have not. Looks like it's YA, which I tend to steer away from. Is it full of tropes and oversimplification like Divergent or Mockingjay stuff, or is it better than that?
I'm cool with anencephalic humans/clones, with or without genetic engineering to reduce rejection, being used for spare parts.
I've always kind of figured this was the actual origin of the swastika and why it was created independently by various cultures. The arms from the center are the solstices and equinoxes and the trailing arms from the elbows are the seasons that follow.
Mutant and brain damaged kittens with crab claws all in a box together trying to eat and fuck each other.
Sounds like your grandfather was a wise man. That's a great story!
Luckily, I've never ended up in a survival situation. However, I have a few habits. I keep a fire source or two in my truck, zippo in my jeans. Feel naked without a pocket knife and keep a knife or two in my truck. I also keep a piece of pine heart in my truck bed. Has come in handy many times and I've built fires in southern February thunderstorms.
Taught my kids how to build a one match fire with just a knife and a match when they were in elementary school.
Also taught them to never go in the woods without a knife, fire, and water. Taught them how to find pine heart. Probably time for a refresher course for my son on fire building.
I've been trying to teach my son how to sharpen knives, but it requires a level of stubbornness that he doesn't have yet. (I don't see the point in all those fancy angled sharpeners.) Use a flat stone, diamond preferred for speed and sharpness. You can make any sort of edge you want. Get good, and in a pinch you can sharpen a knife or other piece of metal with a brick or flat rock.
Pedantry incoming!
That is a swing cylinder revolver. It has a double action. There are also single action revolvers with a gated cylinder, (think cowboy movies). There are break barrel revolvers with single or double actions. There are bolt action rifles and shotguns where the bolt seals the breach. Semi auto rifles, shotguns, and handguns also generally have a bolt that seals the breach. Pump action shotguns and rifles are also a thing, kind of halfway between semi auto and bolt action.
I don't know of a "breach action."
Pedantry ends.