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Author Archives: The Misanthropologist

I am a full-time student at California State University, a scientist, musician, anarchist, and all around ne’er-do-well.

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“Dissonance”

Most human beings socialize and pretend to have fun on Friday nights, but I instead sacrificed my evening to prepare a little song and crappy video for you!  Enjoy.

Mario and Zelda: Worlds Collide

Hey there, got a few minutes? Great, then let me spin a little yarn for you. You’d better have a drink for this one, good thing I prepared this rum and coke ahead of time. What? Hmmm, tastes fine to me. Anyway, a profound revelation was imparted to me today, as I crafted a flute [...]

Galactic Fountain of Meme, Episode I: A New and Only Hope

With help from fellow BONer, Esmé, I’ve transcribed all the greatest lines from Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. Some of these quotes are simply badass, some of them are funny, but all of them are beautiful when taken out of context. Juvenile commentary included free of charge! Hopefully, I will do the other [...]

Anarchism and Negative Utilitarianism: A Possible Synthesis?

A great deal of time was spent pondering how to begin this essay. Given the scope of the concepts at hand, there did not seem to be any way to properly introduce my ideas to the reader. So I decided to begin with the hackneyed postmodern device known as self-reference, thus absolving myself of the [...]

The Ethics of SimCity and the Assumption of Central Planning: A Left-libertarian Perspective

Since I was a wee tot with Jurassic Park velcro shoes and a bowl haircut I’ve played SimCity in one incarnation or another.  I don’t mean that I’ve played it consistently for that long, but the concept of SimCity is burned into my motor memory right between potty training and coloring inside the lines (which [...]

Harvest Moon: An Unintentional Portrait of Patriarchy and Existential Horror

Plant, water, sleep, water, sleep, harvest, water, sleep, get married, procreate, die