Mailbag
It’s been a while since GorT has done a mailbag dump (man, that sounds like something ‘Puter would say).
Item 1 – maybe shockingly to the Czar, Borepatch writes into the silver robot with the followin:
| Great writeup. I completely agree with your points that it is a team game – the USA – Belgium game actually illustrates that nicely: while Howard was brilliant on goal (individual effort), Belgium mostly controlled the ball throughout the game because of disciplined teamwork. The American chances seemed mostly individual effort “fast break” and were pretty ineffectual. What most Americans seem not to appreciate is that Soccer is really trench warfare – grinding the opponent down. In a sense, there’s a similarity with Football – if you can wear out the other side, then late in the game you can stomp them pretty badly. That’s what Belgium did to us, and it’s because we didn’t play very well as a team during the game. But Howard was absolutely legendary. I must say that I enjoyed our run, although my interest has pretty much fizzled at this point with Team USA out. |
To continue with the World Cup (and spoilers if you have been living as a hermit in the Dead Sea Scrolls caves), Germany crushed host country Brazil yesterday in a completely embarrassing manner. There is hardly words to describe it. As GorT watched the 90 minutes unfold, it appeared that Brazil was just walking on the pitch. It’s hard to believe, that without their top two players – and probably more importantly than Neymar, the were without a key defender – that they would play so poorly.
GorT is pulling for the Netherlands tonight. Partially because he is part-crazy Dutch in ancestry and partially because he wins the office pool if Netherlands wins and Germany goes on to win the final.
Thanks for the note – we hope you enjoy the final games of the World Cup.
Item 2 – Operative BJ pens the following…GorT wonders if his post was too subtle that he missed this part, “Then people will tire of it, there will be some new trendy thing and all those storefronts will be available”, which I think is Operative BJ’s point.
| I think you’re missing it. The reason that gourmet cupcakes are selling poorly is the same reason that gourmet anything sells badly after the “cool factor” has worn off: uh… the “cool factor” has worn off. Hence the expression, “That’s so ‘last week'” in popular culture. Or “been there – done that”. When you start hearing “What, again?”, the latest fad food has jumped the shark. The “cronut” phase is will pass, just as “deep fried Snickers” or “deep fried Oreos” passed. And oat bran. And, to a lesser extent, frozen yogurt (still selling, but no longer has the OHMYGAWDINEEDSOMENOW factor). The search for the Next Big Thing™ continues unabated. |
Thanks for the mail – I fully agree and probably was too subtle. GorT is a bit sick of the Next Big Thing meme that we have going on…but alas, I don’t see it going away anytime soon. Speaking of it, GorT walked into a debate at the Castle dining hall where the Czar and ‘Puter were trying to identify the next trendy clothing item. ‘Puter was all about the Jeck Rings but the Czar felt strongly that the fleece nip-up would be a bigger hit. ‘Puter finally ended the argument by screaming across the table, “Suck it, Czar.”
GorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.