Does anyone want to play with the Most Exalted Bassist with me.

He is ignored by every other character during the show. Sylvia doesn't interact with him at all, the Secretary wants nothing to do with him, the Clerk really doesn't care for him. Signifying that he feels forgettable, like everybody else has something to hold on to, a part of the industry that is specifically choosing them to hurt, the Bassist is so forgettable and meaningless that the only pressure that is closing in on him is the Circumstances of what's happening, and the pain he inflicts upon himself.

Alternatively. They don't need to choose anyone to hurt him because watching them tear his brother limb from limb and brainwash them and mindbreak them into a shell of their former self is enough to keep him well in line. Plus, he's so pumped full of drugs that they're not even sure how he's performing every night. The doses are obviously high for everyone, but his are disturbingly high. Nobody is even really sure how he's still alive, much less playing his bass.

I was in the emergency room they diagnosed me with a laughing fit and prescribed healing flowers . Good day and good night.

Niu Lai has not made its way onto tumblr yet so I guess my anglophone ass has to make a post about it

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This movie is currently a huge meme in china. It came out of nowhere and inexplicably got a theatrical release, looks like ass, was animated completely by the director and his mother, and took several years to make. "Niu Lai" translates roughly to "The bull is coming" and apparently the film has several other allusions to stock market puns. The Chinese stock market coincidentally had an uptick the day of its release which added further fuel to the meme fire. After going viral Niu Lai began to actually turn profit at the box office, theatres unprepared for Niu Lai mania (the creators did not distribute any promotional material) had to improvise DIY posters:

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Niu Lai has now been pulled from theatres.

Good news: Niu Lai was only pulled from cinemas its hometown, because "the film’s poor quality could harm the city’s image." The rest of China is still screening it.

I love when Arabic loanwords get incorporated into other languages and they keep the al- suffix. I'm studying the gebra. It's a real the batross around my neck.