*FALLOUT* is UNHINGED chaos! (part two - S1)

[@MFBloosh]

Just like the games, the show does a great job of showing you that almost every single vault has a secret. Some vaults are up to worse things than others, but all of them have a story to tell, and it's rarely a fun story. Lol.

[@robertomachado6004]

Well only 13% of the vaults were normal, and just because they needed a control population

[@fredwin]

always*

[@Tijuanabill]

@@robertomachado6004 That's probably an experiment too, to see what happens when they tell you that you are the control.

[@RaXXha]

@@robertomachado6004if only 13% where normal, is call those the abnormal ones. :D

[@CrispyChips007]

Yeah man episode 8 Blew my mind !

[@soulstice94]

Such a powerful way to show that Ghoul Cooper still very much has his humanity, just that he's jaded. The "look at the flowers" moment had me tearing up, but it's really cool seeing his emotions slip through, like shooting the billboard that reminds him of his past (since he's pretty much the vault-boy), to what appears to be him trying to teach Lucy the ways of the wasteland, though probably in a spiteful "trying to break her" sort of manner at first since he does sell her off ALSO I like to think that Maximus always says the wrong things because just like the games, you can attempt to tell lies and it's a stat check based on your Charisma stat, and Maximus probably just keeps failing the checks so he just says something the wrong way

[@johnplaysgames3120]

To be fair, the Ghoul only decides to sell Lucy because he needs the money for vials since his supply is gone. On the other hand, he did use her as Gulper bait so, y'know, his empathy only goes so far. And I agree about Maximus failing speech checks (bc his rizz stat seems low), but it also seems pretty clear that he has most of his points in Endurance (because bruh can really take a beating and keep getting up) but not so many points in Intelligence.

[@C1umsyJester]

He was literally the poster child for the company that ended the world, I’d be pissed too

[@Etticos.]

So Nat, just to give you some insight. When Lucy inspects the NCR flag (two headed bear) and the music starts to swell, that moment tends to give fans of the games the chills. The NCR is a fan favorite faction in the games and the song playing is the actual Fallout theme song (which is only played twice in the show I believe), so it is a pretty powerful moment.

[@pabloc8808]

Yeah the New California Republic is the closest thing to a functional pre-War society we have, with all the good and the bad that comes with it, if you don't count what the Divide could've been. They're not necessarily the good guys, but they're not bad and in Fallout that's good enough

[@_Syned_]

Fan favourite? Most folk I know hate the NCR 😂

[@MrDanteMason]

@@_Syned_ For the old timers the NCR is still a fan favorite. Keep in mind that Shady Sands was from Fallout 1 and the NCR came in Fallout 2. The NCR didn't start going downhill until after the Aradesh bloodline came to an end.

[@GasparGa]

I didn't play any of the games but I think I can understand the significance of the flag just fine. The show tells you what the NCR was and how it was destroyed so the scene is still powerful regardless of our knowledge of the lore

[@Etticos.]

@@GasparGa yeah the show does a good job at setting up the info with the viewer. The combination of the Fallout theme song in that moment is also what really drives it home for game fans. That is the first time in the show you hear the true Fallout theme. The second and last time is in the opening of the next episode where people are digging in the sand for ammunition wearing none other than NCR ranger armor. Pretty cool stuff.

[@kieransanders2133]

A nice little easter egg is when Cooper talks about moving to Bakersfield and buying a place in the vault. Bakersfield is the site of Vault 12, later known as Necropolis, a city of ghouls.

[@deathninja16]

mr handy robots always have a habit of performing their original task even after someone gives them new programming. explaining why mr handy gave her a finger beforehand.

[@vinsanity40k]

tricking or reprogramming the mr. handy's is a staple of fallout 😄

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Yeah, and the stoners probably didn't want to overwrite the entire program anyway, in case they got hurt and needed medical treatment.

[@christopherconard2831]

​@@swissarmyknight4306 Remove or modify it's ethical baseline. So it retains the surgical skills and desire to take orders from humans, but doesn't mind chopping up other humans.

[@joshuaholland5279]

I’ll take a Mr Handy over an Assaultron any day.

[@gawainethefirst]

If they are doing medical stuff, then that’s a Dr. Handy.

[@bryancomer1984]

The ghoul is such a fantastic character, and Lucy is such a great foil to him, and PS: she is jynx from arcane

[@crimsonghoul8983]

Some jerk online found the Ghoul's backstory to be one of the least interesting aspects of the story. No idea why.

[@spiraljumper74]

So a lot of semi-intact pre-war ruins actually still have “working” electricity because most everything in this universe is powered by miniature fusion reactors. In the games it’s mostly so you can have atmospheric lighting, creepy old radio music, and working terminals in the “dungeons.”

[@godhearsmysoul]

I sat down with a drink and a snack, opened KZbin, and saw a new Nat video. For once I'm prepared!

[@NatalieGoldReacts]

YAY!

[@wombat5334]

this is definitely a fun series.. mix of serious, surreal, and black comedy.

[@vinsanity40k]

and they really like to subvert expectations

[@synthetic240]

11:40 "What're the odds?" Nearly 100% considering she has a tracker in the head and it was just there.

[@jacobd1984]

To be fair though, it was still dark when Thaddeus left, but light out when Lucy showed up, so it's been at least a few hours. If nothing else, Maximus got lucky she wasn't a dozen feet to either side of the tunnel and that she showed up before those bugs found a way in the suit. I guess we just have to assume Thaddeus did a 180 turn after leaving the tunnel, because he was last headed in the direction she appeared from.

[@SergioLeRoux]

They didn't close Vault 32 because there was a bunch of rubble in the way that they had to dig thru, from the bomb the raiders exploded in the earlier episode. Also the defibrillator paddles are designed not to electrocute the doctor holding them.

[@magicbrownie1357]

"Ass jerky don't make itself" Favorite line of the season.

[@Drax514]

"Sometimes a fella's gotta eat a fella"

[@joshuaholland5279]

Someone chose the cannibalism perk

[@ArchonKain]

I love that you can tell the editor is also having a blast with these edits A lot of the censored ones really got me, the discovery Channel at 3 am made me actually out loud laugh lol

[@brianburkhardt3692]

I love how this series plays with Coopers movie. We first see it with Cooper pushing against the idea of killing the bad guy, wanting to let him live with his lesson learned. Then we see the way it actually ended: with Cooper calling him a commie and shooting him. And finally we get Hanks appreciation for that ending. It perfectly sets Hank against Cooper morally. Hank looked up to the character Cooper was forced to play. Cooper hated that turn for his character.

[@brianburkhardt3692]

I was assuming this video would include the finale, obviously Nat has already watched it but I’m sorry if anybody watching hasn’t… although if you hadn’t… why?

[@dinsism]

This show was so good i had to watch it again!

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I love the rewatch value. So many things hit different the second time.

[@jaalsburg]

Having played the games is like having read the books before the movie/show adaption, I keep wanting to flesh out the things for you.

[@armchairgravy8224]

Lucy does know power armor better than Maximus. She read the manual.

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Also has repair as a tag skill.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

RTFM is really a way of life.

[@LittleGalaxyBoy]

Highly recommend The Storyteller: FALLOUT by ShoddyCast it's a whole series going over the lore of Fallout starting from the beginning and covering events, factions, locations, creatures, and characters etc. Great insight into the past history of groups like the NCR or the Brotherhood of Steel.

[@Escuroz_8]

Everytime i see the scene when the Fallout theme plays when Lucy look at the NCR flag, i get goosebumps❤

[@jabinthesrat7534]

It's spooky how Barb (Cooper's wife) was speaking to Howard about "it's going to be hard on her" & "No Dogs in the vaults" as if she knew the bombs were going to fall.

[@Huey661000]

In the lore of Fallout Feral Ghouls have lived so long and can't die naturally because of their altered state that their brains deteriorate. In the games you'll often loot them and they'll have baby rattles and shiny objects because they have regressed so much.

[@DaddyDoom]

" ... and then it pops!" I almost fell of the couch at that... friggin hilarious witting, damnit.

[@Kitanin]

Makes you wonder how many takes that scene took. :D

[@djlow9915]

The intro and episode bumpers are amazing Cameron 😄 Loved watching this show with you Nat 😊

[@davidbergfors6820]

the "Pop like a pimple" scene is always fun to see people react to!

[@okabayashijoe]

I love Natalie's reactions, so animated, so insightful!

[@paulgunderson4721]

That last scene, the Vault 4 guy was worried about something getting out - not so much about someone (Lucy) getting in. Hence the harpoon - to be used against water dwellers...

[@paulgunderson4721]

Oh, and there was that brief glimpse of a (maybe dead) gulper in a tank before she got caught.

[@vinsanity40k]

@@paulgunderson4721 it's good that they got a little extra use out of that practical effect, showed it off in at least 3 episodes

[@reconsoldier135]

Your facial expressions when Maximus was describing his understanding of sex to Lucy 😂😂😂😂 Chef’s kiss

[@toschememestation1031]

When Lucy finds Max stuck in his armor, it's because she had the tracker placed in the head and not just by chance The writing for the show is so good, that even what appears random, makes actually sense story wise

[@golden--hand]

I like this idea, but the head also isn't there anymore. Why not just track where its going rather then where it was? She could have been looking for clues or it could have been in line with where Thaddeus was going or just been the path easiest to travel so it just worked out. But it still feels a bit lucky.

[@rubenlopez3364]

She IS trying to just go where it is, theres not many safe and clear roads so it's not impossible that she used the same one they did and found Max

[@dreamshakejunya]

@@golden--handthe head is moving and she’s following it

[@golden--hand]

@@dreamshakejunya My point was more the fact that she ran into Max would still be kind of lucky since the head hadn't been where he was for hours. Presumably the tracker would show where it is, so she wouldn't have to follow its exact path so could have missed Max stuck in the suit if she had cut a corner to go a shorter way.

[@2323stickboy]

Lucy may have been following the tracker but it's pretty obvious here that she was just following the quest marker.

[@Trev81]

As someone from Bakersfield, totally understand that reaction

[@michaeldickson9977]

Same.

[@MikeCappella98]

So fun fact: The outside of the grocery store was filmed at an old Shop Rite where I live (like I can walk to it). It was cool seeing them set it up with the sand and beat up cars. They were there for like a week. Left the parking lot spotless.

[@folcotook3049]

Lucy: Mom, can I have a new finger? Mom: We have fingers at home. [Fingers at home] FYI, Tatos are an actual crop in the Fallout games (a cross between a tomato and a potato).

[@duckcoleman3745]

I always wondered about that. They look more like tomatoes in F4, but they sound like potatoes

[@Fuzz32]

And apparently they are quite disgusting. Starchy, like a potato, but tastes like ketchup. Still better than starving to death, though not by much.

[@crimsonghoul8983]

@@Fuzz32 How in the world would you be able to fuse a fruit with a vegetable, let alone a tomato and a potato? I know, it's fiction, but we are living in a world where genetically modified crops are a thing. And artificial lab-grown meat as well.

[@Fuzz32]

@@crimsonghoul8983 tomatoes are both fruit AND vegetable. So it’s not really that far fetched.

[@golden--hand]

@@crimsonghoul8983 They are both genetically in the same family, the nightshade family. In fact, with grafting (This means to cut off the top of one plant and fuse it to a branch or the root system of another) you can actually attach the top of a tomato plant and the bottom of a potato plant to have a plant that grows potatoes and tomatoes with the same plant. These plants are called Pomato in real life. An alternatively used name is a Tomato, but I'm pretty sure this is the same thing effectively. People often do this grafting technique with fruit trees so you can have one tree that can have many different types of fruits, look up the "Tree of 40 fruits" if you wanna see more on that. In Fallout I'm pretty sure its implied the plant is a cross-pollination of the two plants so they only produce Tatos, rather then both tomatoes and potatoes. Which I'm pretty sure to date is not possible. They aren't anywhere genetically similar enough for that. BUT, there is reason for the idea of it being plausibly believable in the fallout universe with the plants being part of the same family :) Also, artificial meat is a thing in this reality already. Lab grown meat is already sold in some other countries and there are several companies working on getting it ready for shelves elsewhere too. Its another, totally different, neat topic worth looking into.

[@Mr59Kenzo]

Walton Goggins is amazing in this series as the goul and by cuffs you mean pipboys lol you crack me up awww "you need some viles"

[@korydyer8200]

Wait until you see the last episode. It will shock you Natalie! Big fan of yours.

[@wtimmins]

The writing is so good in this show. Like you noted, there's lots of stuff happening, but it's not hard to follow. That's... easy to screw up.

[@mikemcmike6427]

I find the character developement is sooo masterfully handled in this show. Lesser writing would have Lucy say something like the Ghouls daughter and he would almost immediately switch to “a good guy”. Instead the development here is so realistic, subtle and slow. The ghouls is getting small tiny parts of his humanity and how he used to be fed to him. Him watching his movie scene reminded him he used to be a man of principle. And while he is indeed strong and ugly he has become the villian and lost all dignity and the man he once was. I think the flashback of him arguing with the director about his character not shooting the villian in that scene would have fit better happening when he watched it and been more impactful. But I get why they had it at the beginning of the episode too. Also this Right after Lucy showed him compassion and humanity and gave him the vials. Same with Lucy. She didn’t instantly become a ruthless person who abandoned how she was. She has made some changes but is still trying to stay true to how she was and who she is. Love it all. 10/10

[@graceseveri4917]

ella purnell kills this role, also you should watch yellowjackets

[@ryancole4893]

Omg yes! Yellowjackets is amazing!!!!

[@eddiejravannen]

I've heard about the show, where can o watch it?

[@graceseveri4917]

@@eddiejravannen i watched first season on netflix then second one on paramount

[@Nytesplat]

Ohhh yeah I’m so excited for the final few episodes

[@BigBear--]

I don't think Nat caught on to the point that Shady Hills was nuked AFTER the initial nuking of the world. Shady Hills was a large city full of survivors, then years later it alone was nuked (again). Which is why Maximus was alive when it happened, that was almost 200 years after the initial nuclear "apocalypse".

[@wtimmins]

MAN I adore the music in this show.

[@mikedignum1868]

Such a good show and it should win all the awards for what they did to make this so game-like. I think in the game Lucy would be a leave 7 by the end. Vault 4 where mad scientists over two hundred years do mad scientist stuff.

[@Typhis19]

@5:45 yeah pipboys are pretty great, it's like a super power really. I'd love to have a quest tracker that just pops up with quests when you get near, especially with the markers that pop up on a map. Think about what you could accomplish if you knew where you had to go to get something done. Like I know a real one would be different from the game, but if you had half the functionality of the one from the game that would be an awesome little tool. Especially since it's all local, so it's not reliant on GPS tracking or a satellite uplink. And a personal Geiger counter would be fun too.

[@mattp6089]

A smoothie is indeed a contraction of smoothskin, a ghoul term for a regular human. I love that although they could reprogram the medical Mr Handy, they couldn't eliminate the original programming entirely and it needs to fix Lucy up before trying to harvest her organs. In the Fallout universe atomic power basically fascinated everyone before the war. They revered and feared it at the same time. Cars were powered by mini nuclear reactors. Pretty sure that Mr. Handy robot is too. Brands very often fell into that atomic theme. Radiation King electronics gear as you saw, but also Nuka Cola, General Atomics. Or atomic weapon themed, Sugar Bombs candy or Red Rocket service stations and the like. When Lucy lifts the flag in the classroom in Vault 4, the flag itself and even moreso the music that plays at the same time, have a lot of significance for players of the games. I'd been waiting to hear that.

[@charlottebligh649]

this has been super fun to watch!! I hope you get to see Severance at some point

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Pulling out the fusion core to immobilize power armor is something you can do in Fallout 4, btw, I love that its in the show. One of those many "design flaws" Cooper was talking about.

[@senhowler]

Sort of. If you remove the fusion core in the game they automatically exit the armor.

[@adamscott7354]

I like how Lucy is trying to still implement her construct ideal of Vault Dweller morals despite so much hard reality pushing her to forsake it for survival 20:46 Oh its totally like The Doggo doesn't go? Its not a discussion, Its not even on the table! Not in the cards! I've found from what little I knew of FALLOUT before the show and having now watched the show the real question is Wtf WEREN'T they doing in the vaults!? Thanks, that was Gold Nat, *GOLD*

[@Jonas-xl4wg]

i highly recommend looking up some fallout lore on youtube, like generally about the great war and a timeline that’ll show you the factions and big events so you know more about the different factions and backstory on the things you see in the show!

[@Jonas-xl4wg]

this show is heavily driven around game references so can be hard to know what is what with no prior fallout knowledge lol

[@solbringer2483]

I’ve enjoyed this rather truncated reaction of the Fallout series. Looking forward to the finale!

[@Ladco77]

12:00 How does Lucy know about the armor? Power Armor was in common use before the bombs fell. Anyone in the vaults could have learned about them from pre-war media growing up in the vault.

[@MalamaGarcia]

19:40 You know you live in LA when when you make that face when even hearing the idea of moving to Bakersfield 😂

[@FatherMellow]

Yaaaaaaaassssss! More Fallout!

[@jmon24ify]

There are two episode 5 in fallout? 0:30 and 9:55. whoa! both episodes are even called the past. that's trippy.

[@extaminos]

You are right. The Ghoul did stick his neck out for Lucy when he took all the blame for the massacre at he Super Duper Mart. He didn't want the Govermint going after her.

[@iiBuddExXx]

The face you made when he mentions Bakersfield had me rollllling!

[@MagicalSkyWizard]

I can’t wait to start getting production news for season 2.

[@banonKING]

Welcome to the Fallout, Natalie. Keep that Golden Rule, Gold.

[@allanvanuga9196]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@johannesbowers7467]

✂️[Snip Snip]✂️ You remember that saying about books and covers? This series loves leading you by the nose to an obvious implication.Then pulling the rug out from under you with what's really going on.

[@brucer2152]

Ummm...Nat....er.....heart defibrillator handles are insulated for the person using them to help jump start someone's heart.

[@Lostmonster]

Lol. Came here to say this!

[@cousinmerl]

Need to watch the vault tech management videos (x5) after this - they’re hilarious! It’s nice little tag after the series.

[@luciaarnaotorrego6852]

Loved your reaction as always. You should watch society of the snow. It's a great movie and I would love to hear what you have to say about that one. If you do watch it I recommend the original language with subtitles, the acting was amazing.

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

Your faces and noises are the best. 15:55 fascinated me for some reason. I can’t explain why

[@jthomp97]

Nat!! You gotta play the Fallout franchise! They’re oldies but still good!!

[@thedarkknight2221]

Between her roles as Jynx in Arcane and now Lucy in Fallout, Ella Purnell is becoming a lucky charm for video game adaptations. Maybe we should get her cast in tv shows for Horizon: Zero Dawn or Tomb Raider.

[@rustybroomhandle]

She should be Master Chief in Halo.

[@MFBloosh]

@@rustybroomhandle Right? I like season 2 a lot, but the damage was already done in season 1 lol. Bring her in to play a Spartan or something, or recast the Blessed One with Ella.

[@Glenuig]

she would be an amazing lara croft tbh

[@gawainethefirst]

I think she’d make a killer Laura Croft.

[@chrisschuenke8316]

If the Zelda movie works, Metroid might be the third Nintendo film franchise. Ella Purnell would make a great mother brain

[@Dene181]

This is so entertaining, love it! 😊

[@Bootyeatter6969]

You should watch the lore of all the vaults we know about so far. So you can see the good and bad vaults

[@oldschooldos6850]

I am overlooking the illegal cliffhanger because the finale is going to be so much fun I cannot wait. I am going to Patreon to join. It says you're full! Dang.

[@Eisfalken]

The reason Lucy knew about the power armor was that it's actually a pre-war technology; the Vaults are probably one of the few places outside the Brotherhood who know anything about them.

[@erikstevenson8508]

Great reactions, Nat!

[@senhowler]

Can I just say that I find it hilarious that both episodes of this I've watched have featured a commercial for California tourism.

[@tremorsfan]

Tyler is on top of his game in the editing.

[@doro626]

Cameron. Tyler is her husband . Cameron is amazing because he throws in the references that Nat misses.

[@tremorsfan]

@@doro626 Now I know.

[@doro626]

@@tremorsfan And knowing is half the battle.🌠

[@nearsightedcyclopes7674]

Might be interesting to see Nat react to the lore of all the Vaults.

[@polterkat]

Oooohhhh myyyy gaahhhddddddddddd 15:17 giving me flashbacks to watching you livestream your playthrough of 'The Stanley Parable' 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂ That one room 😳 With the door on the far side very obviously lit up like "WALK THROUGH ME!" and watching you walk around the darkness in confusion pressing and re-pressing every single button in the place for an hour without ever walking through the door 😬😬😬 If you go back to that video you can skip around to pretty much anywhere in the playthrough and you're still in that room. Still haven't found the door... well-lit and placed on exactly the opposite side of room from the door you walked in from 😩😫😫 I'm very glad to hear you've gotten better since then cuz that was ROUGH 😖

[@erikerice9068]

She goes: "Bakersfield uuggghhh", that's funny 😂

[@FlankerB3]

if you read anything about Vault-tec lore in the franchise you would know that almost all vaults were experiments on humans. Only vaults containing the 0,1°of the richest people (who became immortal) were safe havens. Others were experiments.

[@nathandc]

Loving these reactions, looking forward to the finale. :-)

[@DenverStarkey]

each vault of teh 100 and something vaults taht vault tec built was adiffernt experiment with only afe vault s being "control vaults" (aka actual haven's of saftey that they were advertised as )

[@DaddyDoom]

You can actually become a cannibal in the game, and there's an incremental perk that gives you benefits if you do. Choices... Choices...

[@kosh6612]

"golden rule mofo" - you are absolutely right that it could come back to save her... everyone seems to miss the fact The Ghoul didn't mess up the business.. he could have easily blamed Goosey, but took all the blame instead. It was entirely Lucy's doing.

[@arsewynd]

How does Moldaver look ok? Because cryogenic suspension is a thing in Fallout, thats what is on level 12. Lucy fails a sneak check. 😁

[@JinPanton-ch1tm]

love your videos

[@AscendingBlazed]

I love how at 7:10 in the SuperDuper mart they're just watching The Ghoul laying on the ground on the tv lmfao

[@darrenl3289]

Sad exactly how unexpectedly correct you were about Lucy losing something in the medical place... it wasn't an organ though. It was a big chunk of innocence, having to kill Martha.

[@mikhail5428]

*Btw the guy that plays The Ghoul is the same one that do the voice of Cecil on Invincible*

[@noraeld5020]

Yay! More fallout

[@jeghaterdegforfaen]

I'm pretty sure that on The Simpsons, there's an episode that shows that during Homer's childhood, he watched television on a Radiation King TV. I wonder if the Radiation King TV in this show is an easter egg about that.

[@norbertmohr896]

Hi Natalie Gold, when i find your channel this was my first reaction Channel for Movies and so . I love your energy u put in this things. when u want the hear more Lore of the TV series there is a channel of a YT name "OXHORN" he know the lore of Fallout games and the TV Show he make good Lore videos. I see the show and play the games and i love it all for speical reasons.The Fallout Show gets the right tune of stuff and u felt in every little things they do they know there stuff. yes there is gringe moments in the show but it felt right in the moment.

[@lindah5910]

Finally someone else gets the Bakersfield reference! Great disgusted face opinion there, Ms. Gold. If Fresno is California's armpit (and it is) then Bakersfield is California's a*s. Fallout is great! Thanks for sharing.

[@JustLiesNOR]

16:45 Well that's a contender for understatement of the year...

[@FlankerB3]

the shady sand bomb was recent but that will be discovered in the last episode of the season!

[@richardmeyer1007]

“Sweet little idiots.”😂😂

[@grovephil33]

Love this! Why did it have to be so short?! 😢

[@SalarianSpectre]

There’s always somebody behind the wheel

[@greywarden5513]

Lucy when she first meets Max: 😳 He’s so dreamy Lucy when she finds out he’s a virgin: 😈 Evil Laugh* as she calls dibs

[@brandonarthur93]

I wish the reactions were longer

[@FlamingRobzilla]

The Golden Rule is generally misunderstood as "Be kind to others" without any actual obligation to the receiving party, but in the hope that they will repay your kindness with the same. And while that may be true, it is not the whole story. You see, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is not currently interpreted as a rule as much as an axiom. The difference being that a rule must be obeyed, an axiom is merely a premise that is accepted as true. When someone repays your kindness with cruelty are they breaking the Golden Rule? No. If you believe that The Golden Rule is in fact a rule then they are telling you how they want to be treated. It does not matter if they are unaware of The Golden Rule, because you and only you get to decide how to react. By showing cruelty they are in fact giving you permission to return that cruelty in kind according to the rule. I don't believe that it obligates you to do the same however. You may choose to continue to show kindness in the face of their cruelty, to turn the other cheek for whatever reason, but you are not morally obligated to do so. That is the flip side of The Golden Rule, the part nobody ever talks about. If an enemy throws rocks at you, you are morally justified under the rule in picking up those rocks and throwing them back, but you are not obligated to do so. If however you decided to throw back hand grenades instead of rocks you would be telling your enemy that you want to escalate the hostility, which would allow them to do the same, and in most cases I'm guessing that would probably not be a wise thing to do. After all, we're not talking about revenge here, we're talking about reciprocity. One is proportional and morally justified, it facilitates accountability. The other not so much. To quote Yes-Man from Fallout New Vegas, "We have options!" Let's not limit them.

[@jaketorres9198]

Nat, I know that's what Patreon is for, but could you extend the length of the videos? Episodes are one-hour and the final result it's a super reduced version without much context

[@joealvarez8733]

Okie dokie 👍

[@2deth3]

It's going to be a "Feral Ghoul Summer".

[@dragonballz2889]

hey natalie.....not sure if u watched or not...the movie dark waters 2019 starring mark ruffalo?

[@anakamarvelous]

Wooow i totally missed that line about Steph being from 31 too i was confused about why they were sus of her.