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Elon Musk, Writing, Crime, Internet Cartoons | Constellation, Episode 51

Welcome one-and-all to yet another episode of Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. Accompanying the Brothers Moriarty this week are Gene Park and Micah Watson of Punching Up: A Nintendo Podcast. Since we're a cast full of writers, Dagan thought he'd probe our respective approaches to the craft, where we draw inspiration, and how we came to love the written word. Micah reflects on an old internet cartoon from her high school years, Salad Fingers. What is it that we love about surrealist and absurdist humor on the internet, and what are some of our favorite examples of similar fare? As a Washington DC resident, Gene has noticed first-hand the rise in criminality in his own city, and wonders if and when we as a society will get our heads around solving our myriad criminal justice-related problems. Finally, Colin wants to chat about Elon Musk. Do you love him, hate him, or fall somewhere in between? Is he an inspiration, a menace, a distraction, or perhaps just an annoyance? Believe it or not, no one holds back in their responses.

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Anonymous

The episode was great until we got to crime. Most of the ideas about crime on here are very short sighted and heavy handed. With no real context on why people are committing crimes you cannot fix the crime in the first place. Slamming somebody who steals a 5k tv from Walmart into prison for years? It’s literally a victimless crime against a corporation. Ideas like that are from the Reagan era and are the reason this country is known as a prison state all around the world. We have 2x as many people in prison than CHINA. We fix inequality, the wage gap, and the healthcare system to watch those crime numbers plummet. I want you to marinate on why the pandemic contributed to the rise in crime. Dig a little deeper than bored people trying to get away with stupid shit.

Ryan

The “go fuck your self” actually wasn’t cool. Advertisers left Elon because he was Jewish question positing

Ryan

Colin has zero moral clarity on anything because he is a reactionary that consumes toxic media

The Great Santini

It's so funny that Gene mentioned Torrance (my current home) in this episode. I chuckle when I hear people talk about LA as if it's a wasteland when in reality it's only certain pockets of it that are truly dangerous. It's just like most cities in Western countries. One block is beautiful and the next is sketchy.

Eliott Giberson

It is now legal to jay walk in California under the freedom to walk act.