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  1. Keith

    Why am I not surprised.

  2. Scarsdale

    Typical, it’s always someone else’s fault. Revenge is not just best served cold, but by stupid too. “This is all your fault!” Which is wrong, but in his head, it’s right.

    1. steelraven

      It’s also been heavily hinted he has already been brain washed by the zombie worshiping cult.

      1. Scarsdale

        Which, no doubt, made easier because of that under-lying feeling. People are always looking for a scape-goat…

    2. Clint

      I don’t know if you got my callback by intent or not, but it’s great to see almost the same words echoed! https://www.zombieranchcomic.com/comic/203-breaking-worst/

  3. RC

    Honestly, probably the first time he’s ever taken control of and done ever in his life. There’s a reason why they kept him. Give a dog that’s been beat all its life a whiff of conference and control, you got a problem.

  4. Crazyman

    Imagine his surprise when he stabs a pillow. 😜

  5. Zombatar

    He isn’t in control, RC – he’s probably drugged to the very dilated eyeballs, probably with Datura. Back on p.443, Eustace is shown holding a Mojave Rattlesnake on a stick while the Brujefe milks it into a glass. Mojave venom A is a paralytic neurotoxin, like tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin was thought to be part of the legendary Haitian “zombie powder”. The other part was Datura, which contains scopalamine, which messes with memory and concentration, and is supposed to render victims docile and suggestible.
    The question is, where did he get his current dose, and did a little drone whisper in his ear?

    1. TKG

      Except Datura doesn’t do that. You’re thinking of the compound Scoplolmine (AKA the devil’s breath) which generally comes from a specific plant, Borrochero (Brugmansia arbora) that is native to Columbia that the gang in question probably would have had access to. It’s active compound obliterates free will, your conscious, you can function as normal but you are totally open to suggestion which is what happened to McCarty here. Datura just makes you trip mad balls and maybe die, but it does not make you a puppet.

  6. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Me lleva la chingada !

  7. TKG

    I’m betting money there’s no one in that bed and it’s a ruse to get him caught.

  8. Scarsdale

    I agree, the question is, will she just shoot him, will she have him added to the herd, or keep him alive to question him?

  9. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    [Zombatar] and [TKG], please resend cocktail recipe. My efforts to date yield only a foul taste and a mild buzz.

  10. TKG

    Just a disclaimer before I answer that, I don’t recommend using datura or borrochero, the risks are a bit too high. I say this because the potency can vary from plant to plant within the same growing year and for some a real datura trip can be psychologically damaging. But anyway, the main way to use D. stramonium is to smoke it’s leaves and or seeds blended in with tobacco, I’d presume you can also do this with D. metel, which is the one commonly sold in garden centers as plants and seeds. The seeds are susually what folks focus on because as with many nightshades the active compound is centered there as a chemical defence against insects that would otherwise eat the seeds. The issue with D. metel is that it’s been hybridized for flowers and away from the normal Datura benefits so it might be all bitter and no bang so to speak. As for Borrochero or Brugmansia arborea, you really don’t want to go there. When I said it removes free weill and leaves you open to suggestion, it annihilates it for hours, and anyone can get you to do whatever so I really do not suggest it. Gangs and cartels use it to rob people blind already, you just don’t want that.

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539 – A Knife In The Dark (END OF EPISODE 22)
Posted on December 25, 2024 by Dawn

Happy Holidays, all! That's a wrap (heh) for Episode 22 just in time for a Christmas cliffhanger! Hope we don't twist the knife too much...

See y'all in 2025 when Zombie Ranch continues!

Virtually spotless…

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Clint
“Virtually spotless” was how the dish detergent brand Cascade described its cleaning power on glassware. If you’re pausing right now and thinking that’s a functionally meaningless claim to make, congratulations, you have recognized the advertising trick known as the weasel word. Weasel words make statements sound great without leaving an advertiser on the hook legally when someone finds their wine glasses still have some spots on them. Similar statements like “helps,” for instance “helps prevent cavities” on a mouthwash or toothpaste might also render a claim suspect. We grow up surrounded by a lot of bullshit and it helps to keep that in mind. You like Froot Loops? Cool, but don’t fool yourself that it’s good for you. “Part of this complete breakfast”? — I mean sure, once you add in the toast, milk, juice, actual fruit, peanut butter… matter of fact, at that point you could just pull the cereal right out of the mix and still have a complete breakfast, couldn’t you? It’s part of your complete breakfast the way parsley is part of your steak dinner. But they’re not lying. That’s the trick, you know. If they could get away with outright lying to you, they would, as evidenced by the fact that labeling meat as Kobe Beef is a restricted thing in Japan but remains largely unregulated in the U.S.A., so there’s a lot of chicanery involved with basically presenting beef to a consumer that’s got a premium price for nothing more than a four-letter word. Most of the time though there are laws cramping an advertiser’s style and so it’s time for the weaseling or other techniques preying on a buyer’s ignorance. Ever heard the term “parity product”? That’s something that has no real difference to it no matter who’s selling it to you, and one of the most famous examples is gasoline. Don’t get me wrong, octane ratings are a real thing, but if the octane is the same then it really doesn’t matter and you should be looking for the cheapest available. Yet millions are spent convincing you that you should go to this particular station and pay a dollar or more extra per gallon because their gas helps clean your engine. Which is true, gasoline is a natural solvent. All gasoline. This technique is sometimes called “water is wet!” because an advertiser is basically saying they have something special going even though it’s just a common feature. It’s trying to get you really excited because their brand of pen contains ink. Or as a recent example, there are packs of beef jerky proudly advertised as “gluten free!” Which, yes, that does tend to be a feature of meat. Anyhow, the phrase caveat emptor has been around for thousands of years for a reason. Buyer beware, indeed.