Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 17, 2024

Or their mom tells them it’s bed time & takes away their toys.

How the west was lost.

Paying homage to Teresa Burritt of Frog Applause.

“Quietly, quietly, / yellow mountain roses fall – / sound of the rapids”—Matsuo Bashō

I’ll stick with reality. Not virtual reality.

lame or not, I’d rather have them doing that that using actual bullets.

More like they stop when batteries run down.

Not on the set of Rust.

If you think about it, the classic Western hero, tight lipped, isolating, and quick to violence, is pretty much a diagnosis of depression. The highest paid worker on a cattle drive was the cook; that’s how desperate cowboys were for any pleasure

Enter left:- Luddite with a club, wins!

One of the onlookers should be squeezing bubble wrap, so at least it sounds like there’s a gun battle going on.

They’ll go from shooting to pooting once the chips and soda are consumed.

in his book “Little Wars” W.G. Wells suggested locking generals in a huge room with an unlimited number of toy soldiers and letting the rest of us get on with life.

Our restaurant gives unlimited chips, salsa, and soda. What a deal!

Kinda wondering about today’s theme. Anybody got a clue what brought this on?

There are some Western States that are fighting lame virtual reality battles about borders, abortion, the environment, gun control, and undying support for the Orange Messiah!

I’ve played games on those VR glasses. People were upset that I didn’t take the games seriously.

When VR first came out in the 90s, it was pretty bad. I imagine it’s a lot better now

Phased implementation of The Matrix, Hooo-Ohhhhh!

Ha! The game is rigged in favor of the snack companies.

“This app’s not big enough for the both of us!”

And just what or who do they think they’re shooting? Each other? Other outlaws? Forest animals? They’ll take off the glasses and say, “oh, you’re still here?”

“This town ain’t big enough for your potato chip bags and my potato chip bags.”

And who’s gonna clear up all this mess, when you’re through???

There needs to be some sort of timing of the actual action, especially with the consumption of soda. They can’t take a “virtual” potty break.

Virtually funny.