Bojack Horseman Theory 2 - why his mother hated him

 This is a simple but complex one. 

The reason why Bojacks mother hated him was simple, because he reminded her of his father. 

From his voice, to his mannerisms, to his novel, to his drunken stupor, to his actions, the way he spoke, the way he emoted with his hands when he talked, the sound of his voice and the enunciations, and even to his career; all of these things were a practical MIRROR REFLECTION of his father. 

Bojack even inherited his father's idiocy, sociopathic tendencies, his narcissism, hatred for corporate America, obsession with attention and fame, womanizing, his selfishness, his drinking and lack of commitment, his hatred of kids, and his failures. 

All Bojack's mother saw when she saw him was the husband that ruined her, the man that wrecked her life, the man that dragged her down into the cesspool that was the tarpit of LA, and the man who live the life of debauchery and negligence. He even had his fathers voice, albeit a casting decision by the shows creators, but still. She hated him so much because she hated her husband so much. 

And this, is why she loved Bojacks tv sitcom, "Horsin' Around", because for the first time ever in her life, she could see her son not as the man that ruined her life, but as her son the performer; the person that brought her such entertainment and joy. his show reminded her of Bojack in his childhood years, before he became like his father, back when he reminded his mother of HER younger years as a performer. Simpler times. Happier times. Before everything went to shit. 

His mom did not hate him, she hated his father and what Bojack had become; a shattered reflection of the lying cheat that shattered everything that was good in her life. 

The most controversial thing I have ever written: Bojack Horseman Theory - Sarah Lynns death was inevitable [time for the truth]

This is a repost from my post on reddit, but due to the likelihood that it will be removed or lost, I am reposting here.

 There was no saving Sarah Lynns life when she overdosed. 

A drug overdose is fatal if not undone within a small timeframe, given that the heart has not stopped, and SL's had stopped), she would have needed cpr and Bojack does not know cpr. Even if Bojack called EMS IMMEDIATELY following Sarah Lynns OD at the planetarium, it would have taken them bare MINIMUM 7-15min to get there, another 3 to get inside and get to her, 2-5 to get her to the vehicle, then another 1-2 to get out the crash cart and a shot of adrenaline. There was no saving her, and Bojack knew this, because he knows drugs and OD's; it is entirely likely he knew that there was not enough time for EMS to come save her life. And thus, instead of wasting time trying to save a dead person, spent time "creating a rock-solid alibi"; as there were only two results. She dies on his hands and he takes the fall, OR, she dies and he gets a good enough alibi to not get locked up.

There is no accepting his actions, but I have known many MANY people in real life who dealt with addicts and drugs, and known people who died from overdoses. I also worked in the medical community volunteering with patients personally. Once the heart stops, you have minutes (roughly 8-10) to revive the victim. 

Ems would have taken far too long to get to Sarah Lynn to even have a chance to revive her, regardless of time. Specially considering the average response time of EMS services. 

Sarah Lynn died in the Griffith Park Observatory based off an actual observatory in LA, California. located at  Griffith Observatory 2800 East Observatory Road Los Angeles, CA CA 90027.

 you can use an actual website to check what EMS response time on average across the united states is 14-16min (https://www.autoinsurancecenter.com/emergency-response-times.htm)

more info here: 

https://fems.dc.gov/page/ems-response-time

There is information regarding how to keep a person who has overdosed alive here:

https://www.beachhouserehabcenter.com/what-happens-to-your-body-during-drug-overdose/

taking all this into account, that SL heart had stopped, her breathing had stopped, that she had collapsed, and was not responding and that Bojack only waiting 17min led to her dying in the hospital, there was NOTHING that could have been done to save her. When someone suffers and OD (https://www.beachhouserehabcenter.com/what-happens-to-your-body-during-drug-overdose/) all scenarios of survival have one thing in common: they need to be breathing and be given air. 

and just using a basic search of how long a body can survive without air/breathing (http://www.med.umich.edu/trans/transweb/faq/q3.shtml/%3Ehttp:/curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/39-our-solar-system/the-earth/other-catastrophes/64-what-would-happen-if-the-gravity-on-earth-was-suddenly-turned-off-beginner%3Cbr%20/index.shtml) - about 10min, and that average national EMS response time is 14-16min, they would have shown up to find a dead oxygen-deprived Sarah Lynn and an exasperated Bojack trying to resuscitate her. 

The TLDR? Since she stopped breathing, she would have been DEAD IN 10MIN, EMS taking 14min to reach her and Bojack, about 20min to get her to the equipment needed to try to resuscitate her, and thus, Bojack waiting 17 SECONDS would not have mattered. Sarah Lynn would NEVER have survived. 

Prescription dog foods - Why I love ROYAL CANIN and my fluffy pup

First of all, let me pre-empt this by saying that I was not paid to make this. 

Now onto the post.

Since losing my prior dog at the ripe happy old age of 13 to sudden pancreatic cancer, I have been caring for a new pooch; or rather we have been caring for each other. I found him at a shelter, and when his siblings started a dogpile fight and he just casually walked off, I instantly knew he was the one for me. That kind of passive wolfpack behavior is something you cannot train. When they brought him out, he ran to me; he also chose me. 

He helped me through some hard times, and in the first year of having him not only did he double in size, but also in love joy. He is a large 100lb dog who is full of kisses and hugs and pays his rent in belly rubs and kisses, and his favorite toy of all time is this dumb stuffed egg with a pony inside. He takes it everywhere. 

He was rough to raise due to having severe dietary restrictions, and we went through SOOO MANY different kinds of foods, bones, chews, and treats; nearly everything made him sick. That was until we found Royal Canin, here was where we finally had a food he liked and that did not cause any issues. He has been on this food for about a year, and now happily runs around being a goofy doodle, laying on the couch and giving plenty of kisses and begging for belly rubs. 

As you can see, he is just a big fluffy ball of love. We have had so many adventures in just one year: seen a silver fox, followed a family of red-shouldered hawks and the babies they had that now live in our complex, saw several species of bats, had a funeral for a large raven who suffered a tragic death during a storm, went through the 14-day winter storm of 2020 (where nearly 2ft of snow piled up for 2 weeks), saw the insurrection happen on tv, made it through the 2020 pandemic, and many more. He especially helped me through the trauma of losing my prior dog, sitting by my side putting his head in my lap when I was sad, and giving me kisses every day to cheer me up. 

This dog loves attention and loves hamming it up for people. Unless you are a flying insect he loves everything and everyone, just kissing everything in sight. 

Royal Canin has been incredibly important to me and to him, because everything else just did not work or made him sick. I tried somewhere around 10 different brands and 6 different prescriptions before we found one that worked. Ernie (the dog) has such a sensitive stomach and cannot eat certain ingredients and animals, and of all the prescription foods I did try, Royal Canin was always reliable. 

They have a wide variety of different types of food, low fat, chicken, fish, pork, beef, veggie, gastrointestinal low fat, and many more. Ernie is on the gastrointestinal low fat brand, and he is finally able to eat other things like dental chews, treats, and bones. Best part is that the royal canin food (like many other foods) can literally be bagged up in a ziplock and used as treats for your dog. Anytime, anyplace, your dog will love this food; they will not care they are eating the same thing every day. 

Here is a video link to an Instagram clip of me feeding Ernie his Royal Canin dinner:

https://www.facebook.com/spernica/videos/2663984693904886

As you can tell, he LOVES this stuff. 

Heck, even I as a human being thought the food smells really tasty; though I never tried it myself. A great thing about this brand is that it lasts a VERY long time, as each bag comes with a ziplock seal and an easy-cut top. You can easily and smoothly slice the top of the bag off with practically just a flathead screwdriver if done right. Also, if you get a shipment and the bag is tempered or ripped, you can contact Royal Canin (or whoever ships your food), complain, and they will literally ship a replacement FOR FREE. I once got a bag sliced in half that wrecked my kitchen, and after I filed a formal complaint, not once after did they ever ship a damaged bag; plus that complaint changed their entire shipping policy and their package labeling. Shipping is hassle-free and can be ordered from your local pet store, veterinarian. or Petsmart, or Royal Canin themselves, or even a website like chewy.com.

I have left bags of Royal Canin food sitting in my living room and garage for literal months, and due to their food being vacuum-sealed, they take a VERY long time before they go bad. Even if you leave the bag open, the food takes an erroneously long time before it gets close to expiring. Like, I had a ziplock of food from my prior dog about a year old, and it was still good to eat. 

Ernie is the happiest dog I have seen in many a year, and we have owned 5 dogs, and I have seen thousands of dogs and their owners. This dog is also so easygoing and peaceful that when he accidentally steps on your foot or you walk into him while playing he cuddles up to you and plants 10 kisses. You can see a video of him being a goofball here on my youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GZYGqPrhbN4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3B4H6lfwh90Hcv9Fbpj1kOki1i-_LltZfNOoe_P3CXbhv0MZ2N8MXK9Us

I definitely spoil this puppy. 

If you are considering a prescription food for your dog you should add Royal Canin to your list. I have also used other brands, but I cannot in good conscience recommend the brand my previous dog used because shortly after his death and about a 2-3weeks after I got Ernie) a report came out regarding a recall about brands I fed him that legit made him sick, and I also (as it turns out) I had tried these foods with Ernie. And, of course, those same foods made him sick too. 

"Who looks like an oreo, and is 10 times as sweet? Who's got a fluffy nose, and big ol' feet? It's Ernie. It's Ernie. Who's got a bubblegum tongue and cuddly belly? Who gives the kisses, and is big fluffy smelly? Ernie. It's Ernie."

***Please support animal adoption rather than breeding and also spay and neutering. Make sure you only adopt if you are capable of caring for the animal you want to adopt. If you lack the necessary time to be home for the pet's training, always remember that crate training is efficient and simple to do, and can allow you to place your pet in a place where they will feel safe and secure. And they will not damage anything in your home while inside. However, NEVER leave your pets in a crate for extraneous periods of time, as this is hazardous to their mental and physical health (<8-9hours a day max, and preferably never inside when you are home and can see them while outside the crate.)***

I adopted Ernie, but he has roughly 4 siblings that I believe never made it out of the shelter. It is sad because it is likely that they might never get adopted. They may be wily and require training and space to run around, but they are pretty good dogs (as cane corso black lab mixes are very mellow and gentle). So again, please support spaying and neutering and adopting rather than breeding. 

And if you ever see someone abandon a pet or abuse an animal, walk up to them, and say "you are a mean mean person, go lick a lemon. Then call the proper authorities/services to make sure those animals do not suffer a terrible fate (and then get stuck in a 3day time loop where a man asks them about a mask).

Doordash has a problem....

 So lately [as in in the past month or so June 05, 2021] doordash has made some.... "price changes"... in some of their restaurant menus. One such example is in the cost of buying subway through doordash vs. ordering in person at an actual subway. The price of doordash is $2-4 [american] MORE than the physical locations. Seen below are the prices for the local subway near me:

These prices are recent as of the date above, and have not changed. Let us compare some of these to doordash prices as of today [august 2, 2021]. Seen below are just their "Popular items" list:

One can immediately see that the cost of several sandwiches are able to be compared, seen in the chart below:

We can see that some items have seen an alarming increase in price, like the Italian BMT, the Roasted Turkey, and Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki. And the Spicy Italian costs .10Cents less? Wait what?? BTW "Spicy Italian is my S/O's nickname for me when we were dating... just kidding, I never had a s/o because we live in the matrix. At least we MUST live in the matrix, because how else can you explain these insane price hikes?

I would bet you are thinking "Weeeelll, actually... they charge more because you are having the food delivered." To which the neko cat in my head says: UwU what are you talking about? silly goose, that is what the fees and delivery costs are for when you go to the payment page! The ridiculous price hike makes zero sense. Specially considering that Doordash had their prices much closer to the stores costs back in May and April 2021. 

There was a sudden hike in price across many different restaurants [including other places than subway like McDonalds as well] without any cause or reason. This hike also happened to occur right after the Covid19 restrictions were removed and people were being let back out into the public. Now I am not one for conspiracy theory, but it seems kind of shady that at the EXACT SAME TIME that everyone was going back to work, leaving the home, making more money, and able to afford more food and delivery; that Doordash suddenly jacked up their prices. There is supply and demand, and then there is flat out throwing out a spike strip on the highway to force drivers to take the toll roads. 

Now onto the main concern here, these price increases bring  up three main issues:

1. competition from other services.

charging an almost 50% price hike across the board for most of their restaurants is rediculous, specially when Uber Eats already charges a double charge fee [they basically charge a fee equal to twice the cost of whatever you try to order], and other services charge low costs. Doordash charging a rediculously huge cost across the board makes them less desireable to potential consumers, and thus costs them membership costs and delivery orders. losing profits is bad for the business AND the people who serve it. 

2. it results in decreased comsumption hurting the businesses.

when people see that it costs them an arm and a leg to buy a small sandwich, they are unlikely to make large orders. buying less hurts the businesses suported by Doordash and their employees. It also causes people to spend more then that may want and can cause people to not be able to afford things they need. It negatively affects the businesses AND consumers.

3. it makes Doordash look like total and complete a$$holes.

"we cannot afford to pay our drivers." "our drivers do not earn enough." "our employees want more pay." "we cannot pay more." "Doordash delivery drivers complain about lack of deliveries and not making enough to even pay for gas." 

Meanwhile me: *screams while pounding head on desk*

When Doordash is jacking up their prices roughly 50% of the ACTUAL COST, and this is a cost separate from the delivery fees, tip, taxes, and general fees, how can they IN ANY RIGHT SENSE OF MIND, say they cannot afford to pay their drivers more? This money does not go back to the business, it goes into the pockets of Doordash along with the fees and costs you pay when you go to the payment page. 

Doordash makes double payment from consumers now due to raised costs, and every purchase nets them HUGE amounts of excess funds that they rightly could use to fix their own infrastructure issues. Instead they likely pocket this incredulous amount of extra money and never will give their drivers a reasonable pay for their hard work or time given. If you work for Doordash and ESPECIALLY Uber Eats [as they charge TWICE the cost of your meals as fees and pocket it], and expect more money for your hard work, they DEFINITELY have the money. They just refuse to pay it. 

You want change? Share this information, make sure that people see it and know, bring the injustice to light, and make sure that Doordash sees you all doing so on social media. change only happens when enough people do the right thing and the right people now change is needed.

I have been starting walking to subway when I want a footlong, because it is NOT worth it to pay $25.00 to wait for someone to likely never bring my food. Specially when I can buy the same thing for less than HALF the cost. 

A thought experiment: is evil research justified?

let's say that we have two two chefs. 

one chef is a convicted felon and a murderer while the other is just a normal public citizen. 

both chefs sell sandwiches that they make; the convicted murderer sells the best sandwich that you could ever eat and it's rated as the best sandwich on the planet. while the normal citizen chef sells a sandwich that tastes so bad that it makes people sick. 

which chef would you consider it being okay to order a sandwich from? would it be wrong to order from the convicted murderer because they're a murderer? even though they sell a genuinely good product that is the best of its kind? or would it be wrong to buy from the chef that genuinely makes people sick when they eat from them? and let's say that you have to choose one of them to order a sandwich from. 

using the previous established lore, let's say that each chef has their sandwiches swapped. let's say that the convicted murderer is selling the sandwich that is making people sick and that the normal citizen chef is selling the sandwich that is the best on the planet. who would you order from then? and now let's add in a surprise Factor, the two chefs have actually stolen the recipes from each other. 

considering the answer that you just gave, would you continue to stand by that answer and not falter? would you still order the delicious sandwich from the normal citizen chef, even though that chef stole the recipe? and even though the recipe was stolen from a convicted murderer? this is important because now both chefs are known felons and neither one of them is an innocent party; both have stolen and committed a crime but one has committed a greater crime. 

the reason for this thought experiment? is it worthwhile to buy a product from someone when they are a genuine horrible person or they've done terrible things, if that person has a genuinely good product or has done genuinely incredible and valuable research or gathered valuable information that the world could use? 

now this might upset a few people, in fact it's going to upset a lot of people, and this is not my intention at all. I only mean this to give people a simple discussion. but, in world war II the Nazis did many MANY MAAAANNNY horrible and terrible things to the people that they kidnapped and tortured and eventually murdered. I in no way condone what they did, because what they did was horrifying and terrifying. however we would not be where we are as a society or as a planet without much of the horrible and taboo experiments that were committed during world war II.

 regrettably, the world decided to use the research, in spite of its ethically questionable means and motives. and in spite of the very many people who were killed. and now we know a lot of information we would have never known, like how twins interact with each other. and how an infant child will die if left unattended or shown any love. 

the thought experiment I'm posing to the world today, is whether you think, and this is to YOU personally reading this, it is okay to use information or products obtained and created, even if those products are created by terrible people, if those products and that research could genuinely benefit the entirety of humanity or are a genuinely good product? 

i.e. if a murderer literally did make the best sandwich on the planet, would it be worth buying that sandwich? what are your thoughts?