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The 2020 Apocalypse

With the "Hello Internet" post I made a couple days ago, I talked about people being quarantined in their homes due to the corona virus.

Recently, however, there is a new threat that has arrived on our shores of human civilization; the Asian Murder Hornet. The 2020 Apocalypse just got a bit more wrecked, if that were possible. These hornets arrived into the U-S-of-A from Japan, and scientists worry for the decline of the honey bee population.

I know, I know, why do honeybees and hornets matter? There is a gosh darn quarantine going on and corona and toilet paper scarcity. Well, it matters. Murder Hornets are called murder hornets 'coz that's precisely what they do. They see a honeybee hive, move in, kill off every honeybee by brutally decapitating heads with their extra long stingers (that can puncture a bee suit and gives off venom that has been described as hot metal being poured onto skin by the way) and pillaging the honey hive for themselves. Oh and did I mention that their queen can grow over two inches and travel at 20 miles per hour?

What about the danger to humans by the hornets? I mean sure, if you stay out of their way they might leave you. A video went viral a day ago, in which a single murder hornet killed a mouse twice its size. And not just a flyby-sting-and-leave operation, no. The murder hornet clung to the mouse and killed it quite graphically. I think it pretty much tells us to if you see a murder hornet, run. Run for your life. And don't look back.



In other non-insecty news, Charles Band directed a movie. Who? Why is this news? I understand these questions. Charles Band, a never-before-heard-of dude is an American Film Producer. He worked on a couple films earlier with the Puppet Master franchise and Subspecies series. He likes to make comedic horror movies. And he made one for 2020. A really fitting one that fits nicely into current affairs. The name of the movie? Coronavirus Zombies. It was released on April 10th 2020 and lasts 1 hour and 1 minute. I haven't brought myself to watch it yet, but I suspect it has something to do with the coronavirus pandemic situation we find ourselves in today. It's definitely on my Netflix list for 2020 though, right after Drifting Dragons (an anime with absolutely no story other than dragons and cooking), Don't F*** with cats (a serial killer documentary on a cat-killing psycho) and The Last Kingdom (vikings, sex, glory, honor, vikings and more vikings).


Oh and Elon Musk has named his child X Æ A-12. Yep. That happened. Fans do believe its a puzzle and they have broken it down. X is read as the Greek 'Chi', AE is read as "ash" and A-12 is an aircraft model standing for Arkangel which somehow gives us Chi Ash Arkangel Musk or Sasha Arkangel Musk. I must say, Reddit.com is a wonderful place where explanations are found.



What else has happened that adds to the 2020 Apocalypse Mania? Tell the world in the comments below.

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