Welcome to Hell

A rambling and self indulgent narrative about Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan. Sources: Civilized to Death, Christopher Ryan, 2019 A Short History of Progress, Ronald Wright, 2004 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race, Jared Diamond, Discover Magazine 1999 All Haste Is of the Devil: Carl Jung as Homesteader, Root Simple 2012 Collapse, Jared Diamond, 2004 Egalitarian Behavior and Reverse Dominance Hierarchy, Christopher Boehm et al., Current Anthropology 1993 Native American Government: Mississippian Chiefdoms, American Eras Encyclopedia.com 2021 Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms, Marvin Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 2002 Not to be confused with Ryan Christopher, who takes the spot of Steve Perry in a Journey tribute band. He never 'stopped believing' in his dream of becoming a musician. I always thought Journey made the song 'Cold as Ice' but it turns out that was Foreigner, which I should have known considering the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode where Carl Brutananadilewski gets the Foreigner belt. ATHF aired on adult swim which also used to air On Cinema at the Cinema, which is one of my favorite shows. But you couldn't really call it a show as it is more of a comedic universe or an ARG, which I will discuss in the future. ARG stands for Alternate Reality Game and you most often see them as 'creepy' internet mysteries that people play along with for fun. That's actually how Q-Anan started. Its a gosh darn ARG that went off the rails because people don't understand how the internet works. Q-Anon started the pizzagate scandal from a few years back. I thought it was entertaining and fun, so you could imagine my surprise when I found out people were taking it seriously. Pizza is one of my favorite foods. Actually, now that I'm having to put it in words, I will say with 100% conviction it is my favorite food. I like to take a can of Campbell's cheddar soup, mix it with a jar of hot salsa and shredded chicken and then put that as the base of my pizza. It is the best pizza I've ever had and I suggest everyone make it. I also like hot dogs, but more as a joke because I think the food itself is inherently funny. But I have been enjoying them and finding them funny for so long that the whole line is blurred and now I can't tell. They just bring me joy. Almond Joys are also pretty great. I didn't like coconut as a kid but I do now. Almond Joys are made by Hershey's. Hershey's runs an amusement park which I suggest checking out. They have this ride where they show you how chocolate is made and they have this lovely cute song at the end sung by animatronics. Animatronics are pretty great, I say we bring back Showbiz Pizza... not that I ever grew up around one. I only know of them because of the Rockafire Explosion documentary. I thought they were very obscure so you could imagine my surprise when I saw Rich Evans of Redlettermedia fame at a Showbiz Pizza on the Ellen Show. I'm not going to humor the algorithm any longer, even though I have ~2500 more characters to fill. Watch the video or don't, but be sure to check out the book, 'Civilized to Death.'