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The show where we watch and review what\u2019s popular and new on spectrum so you don\u2019t have to. I\u2019m Lars Gonall and with me as always is Daisy Wences.\n\nDaisy Wences: Why, Lars? Why did I ever agree to do this show with you?\nLars Gonall: Because being paid to be snarky about stuff on spectrum was literally your dream job.\n\nDaisy Wences: Then be careful what you wish for because preparing for this week\u2019s show made me want to do something I never thought possible: turn off spectrum, step outside, and go for a walk.\nLars Gonall: So this was the week that put you over the edge? Anyone in the office pool pick January 2950 for when Daisy would finally get sick of spectrum?\n\nDaisy Wences: Never said I was sick of spectrum, just what we watched this week. Also, side note, I still don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair that I\u2019m not allowed to participate in that pool.\nLars Gonall: It absolutely is. You\u2019d compromise its integrity!\n\nDaisy Wences: Speaking of compromised integrity, let\u2019s start by talking about the campaign vid that exploded across spectrum this week. How about that transition?\nLars Gonall: Such a pro.\n\nDaisy Wences: Thank you, but guests at a Ferron rally for hopeful Imperator candidate Marat Banta won\u2019t be thanking the event\u2019s catering company. A vid made the rounds this week showing guests fleeing the rally in a panic after suffering from serious bouts of intestinal distress.\nLars Gonall: This vid starts with one of the more incredible moments I\u2019ve seen in a while. A woman desperately pushes her way through the crowd only to stop dead in her tracks. Just when you and everyone around her begin to wonder why she stopped, you realized why she stopped. The look on her face is this incredible mixture of relief and regret.\n\nDaisy Wences: I\u2019m not normally a fan of gross-out vids, but the timing and angle of this one are impeccable.\nLars Gonall: Immediately after this poor woman\u2019s failed attempt to maintain her dignity, the place descends into utter chaos. Some people begin to show similar symptoms, others are just desperate to get out of the way.\n\nDaisy Wences: And what about that one guy who slipped and fell? Buster Barnhill himself couldn\u2019t have done a better pratfall.\nLars Gonall: On a serious note, it\u2019s hard to believe that all of this was because the crowd had a bad reaction to Banta\u2019s controversial plan to completely eliminate citizenship\u2026 What? Don\u2019t roll your eyes at me. I can do elevated humor too.\n\nDaisy Wences: But seriously, the Banta campaign believes a bad batch of Thorshu crab legs caused the incident. The lavish food was meant to honor the famed \u201cThundering Thorshu\u201d 78th Squadron who famously defied Messer regime orders to bomb civilian targets in Ferron. This incident obviously spoiled any chance that Banta had at claiming he\u2019s also trying to protect the people.\nLars Gonall: It also gives a whole new meaning to \u201cThundering Thorshu.\u201d Is that one more your speed?\n\nDaisy Wences: There we go. That\u2019s the Lars I know.\nLars Gonall: Turns out the whole thing ended in kind of a heartwarming way. One of the people attending was an ambulance pilot and actually had their Cutlass Red with them at the time. They were able to triage the people who got hit the hardest and provide care until more emergency services could be deployed.\n\nDaisy Wences: Full salute to this generous and quick-thinking individual. If it wasn\u2019t for the medical support they provided, this could have been a sad story instead of a hilarious one.\nLars Gonall: Speaking of sad stories, let\u2019s talk about the rest of this year\u2019s batch of Imperator wannabes! With Primary voting ending soon, thousands of eligible candidates will be whittled down to ten. We thought it\u2019d be fun to watch a bunch of candidate vids available on the UEE\u2019s official spectrum site to see who\u2019s in the running.\n\nDaisy Wences: I\u2019d like to clarify that I was not looking forward to this. After watching a few, I knew I was going to hate every second of this and I did, I totally, totally did. I\u2019m not even a Citizen, so it\u2019s not like I even get to vote after all this hard work.\nLars Gonall: I loved this assignment. No matter how crazy or even crude these vids were, I was entranced the entire time. This just proved to me that anyone who wants to be Imperator and run this giant mess of an empire has to be a bit whacko.\n\nDaisy Wences: And I was overwhelmed and a little saddened by all of it. Most of these \u2018candidates\u2019 have no chance of becoming Imperator and only want attention or someone to validate their weird beliefs. This felt like someone made a spectrum channel that only broadcasts recordings of crazy people screaming on street corners. You know, the folks we all politely try to ignore and not make eye-contact with.\nLars Gonall: They do need 50,000 Citizen signatures to qualify as a candidate and get their vid added, so whatever their message is, it must resonate with some people.\n\nDaisy Wences: Guess I don\u2019t think that collecting a few signatures from friends should be the main hurdle to entering the primary to be Imperator.\nLars Gonall: Wait, how many friends do you have, and why I have I only met, like, three of them?\n\nDaisy Wences: You know what I mean. Becoming the Imperator is a huge deal and after watching way too many of these vids, I\u2019m convinced that 99% percent of these candidates shouldn\u2019t be allowed to run.\nLars Gonall: Well let\u2019s get into it then. What candidate vids did you watch?\n\nDaisy Wences: If you\u2019re a civilian, like me, or never voted for Imperator before, you go to the official UEE election spectrum site, scroll through the list of eligible candidates, and watch vids for the ones that interest you, which meant I ignored anyone who looked even semi-normal.\nLars Gonall: Me too. Not that those candidates aren\u2019t important, they\u2019re just not right for this show. The first one that caught my eye was the girl wearing that cheap plastic helmet bag thingy.\n\nDaisy Wences: Boss Baghead! I watched that one too. She went to a lot of trouble to make it look like she was literally a disembodied floating head.\nLars Gonall: She looked ridiculous, but I did love how serious she was about dedicating UEE resources to liberating Human consciousness from these restrictive \u201cmeat sacks\u201d we currently exist in.\n\nDaisy Wences: Wasn\u2019t into it. Guess you could say her positions were a bit too heady for me.\nLars Gonall: Was that payback for the Thundering Thorshu joke?\n\nDaisy Wences: Honestly, I was blown away by the creativity that went into the outfit and persona. It felt like there was more thought and care put into this dumb video than some of the spectrum shows we usually watch.\nLars Gonall: The more you talk about this, the more it seems like you actually enjoyed these vids.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ok, fine. Some of this stuff was entertaining. I was expecting a lot of costumes in these vids, but I was surprised by just how many candidates thought it was a good idea to sing about their official positions.\nLars Gonall: Oh yeah, it\u2019s great. Did you hear the thrash song about mandatory fecal recycling? I have a whole playlist now dedicated to singers that are also Imperator candidates. I\u2019ll share it with you.\n\nDaisy Wences: Please don\u2019t. Did you watch the vid for Ivar Junior?\nLars Gonall: Is that the one you forced me to watch?\n\nDaisy Wences: Oh yeah. I wasn\u2019t going to be the only one to see that horror show.\nLars Gonall: Ughh, I\u2019m not even sure we should talk about it. It\u2019ll only give him more exposure.\n\nDaisy Wences: No, it\u2019s important to let people know that this process is messed up.\nLars Gonall: Ok, fine. The vid was of a candidate who claimed to be a direct descendant of Ivar Messer and ordained by birthright to be the next Imperator. I kinda tuned him out after that.\n\nDaisy Wences: His positions are very detailed and just as horrible as you\u2019d expect, like kicking out all Tevarin from the empire. This creep even looked like Ivar Messer. Can\u2019t believe he got facial reconstruction surgery to look like that.\nLars Gonall: Sometimes I just don\u2019t understand people.\n\nDaisy Wences: Seriously, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s right that the Primary provides a platform for a candidate like that. Even if there\u2019s no way he\u2019ll ever gather the votes necessary to make the final ten, it still gave him a way to spread that hateful garbage.\nLars Gonall: I absolutely, 100% agree that that vid was vile, but I like that the process allows everyone\u2019s voice to be heard. Like Golroq, the guy wearing that crazy suit with wings, who had a plan to end the Vanduul war by guiding the UEE into another dimension. Sure it might not work, but it\u2019s not up to the government to decide what ideas are right or wrong. That\u2019s our responsibility as voters.\n\nDaisy Wences: I know this will sound weird coming from me, but it\u2019s important to have standards.\nLars Gonall: Wait, did this week\u2019s vids do something I once thought impossible\u2026 make us have a serious, adult conversation on the show?\n\nDaisy Wences: Yes, ahhh, I hate it! When can we go back to talking about some nonsense where everyone lives together on a Phoenix and has to avoid getting a hot tub rash?\nLars Gonall: You\u2019re still watching Love Liner? Didn\u2019t you hate that show?\n\nDaisy Wences: I still do. I just needed something to take my mind off those insane candidate vids.\nLars Gonall: I haven\u2019t kept up, but now want to hear all about it. Is there really a rash going around?\n\nDaisy Wences: That\u2019s not all.\nLars Gonall: Ok, we need to take a quick commercial break, but when we return, we\u2019re gonna take an unexpected detour to discuss Love Liner. I can\u2019t wait to get an update.\n\nDaisy Wences: And I can\u2019t wait for this entire election to be over. We\u2019ll have more Spectrum Spectator right after this.","de_DE":"Lars Gonall: Willkommen bei Spectrum Spectator! Die Show, in der wir uns ansehen und \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen, was popul\u00e4r und neu auf Spektrum ist, damit Sie es nicht tun m\u00fcssen. Ich bin Lars Gonall und bei mir ist wie immer Daisy Wences.\n\nDaisy Wences: Warum, Lars? Warum habe ich jemals zugestimmt, diese Show mit dir zu machen?\nLars Gonall: Weil es buchst\u00e4blich dein Traumjob war, daf\u00fcr bezahlt zu werden, bei Sachen auf Spektrum schnippisch zu sein.\n\nDaisy Wences: Dann sei vorsichtig, was du dir w\u00fcnschst, denn die Vorbereitungen f\u00fcr die Show dieser Woche haben mich dazu gebracht, etwas zu tun, was ich nie f\u00fcr m\u00f6glich gehalten h\u00e4tte: Spektrum ausschalten, nach drau\u00dfen gehen und einen Spaziergang machen.\nLars Gonall: Das war also die Woche, in der Sie \u00fcber die Kante fielen? Hat sich jemand im B\u00fcro-Pool den Januar 2950 ausgesucht, weil Daisy dann endlich die Nase voll vom Spektrum hatte?\n\nDaisy Wences: Ich habe nie gesagt, dass ich das Spektrum satt habe, nur das, was wir diese Woche gesehen haben. Au\u00dferdem, Randnotiz, ich denke immer noch nicht, dass es fair ist, dass ich nicht an diesem Pool teilnehmen darf.\nLars Gonall: Das ist es auf jeden Fall. Du w\u00fcrdest seine Integrit\u00e4t gef\u00e4hrden!\n\nDaisy Wences: Wo wir gerade von kompromittierter Integrit\u00e4t sprechen, lassen Sie uns mit dem Kampagnenvideo beginnen, das diese Woche \u00fcber das gesamte Spektrum explodierte. Was ist mit dem \u00dcbergang?\nLars Gonall: So ein Profi.\n\nDaisy Wences: Danke, aber die G\u00e4ste einer Ferron-Rallye f\u00fcr den hoffnungsvollen Imperator-Kandidaten Marat Banta werden sich nicht bei der Catering-Firma der Veranstaltung bedanken. In dieser Woche machte ein Video die Runde, das die G\u00e4ste zeigt, die nach schweren Darmbeschwerden panisch von der Rallye fliehen.\nLars Gonall: Dieses Vid beginnt mit einem der unglaublichsten Momente, die ich seit langem gesehen habe. Eine Frau dr\u00e4ngt sich verzweifelt durch die Menge, um dann tot in der Menge stehenzubleiben. Gerade als Sie und alle um sie herum anfangen sich zu fragen, warum sie aufgeh\u00f6rt hat, wurde Ihnen klar, warum sie aufgeh\u00f6rt hat. Der Blick auf ihrem Gesicht ist diese unglaubliche Mischung aus Erleichterung und Reue.\n\nDaisy Wences: Normalerweise bin ich kein Fan von Gross-Out Vids, aber das Timing und der Winkel dieses Vids sind tadellos.\nLars Gonall: Unmittelbar nach dem fehlgeschlagenen Versuch dieser armen Frau, ihre W\u00fcrde zu wahren, versinkt der Ort in v\u00f6lligem Chaos. Manche Menschen beginnen \u00e4hnliche Symptome zu zeigen, andere wollen einfach nur unbedingt aus dem Weg gehen.\n\nDaisy Wences: Und was ist mit dem einen Kerl, der ausgerutscht und gefallen ist? Buster Barnhill selbst h\u00e4tte keinen besseren Sturz machen k\u00f6nnen.\nLars Gonall: Im Ernst, es ist schwer zu glauben, dass das alles nur daran lag, dass die Menge auf Bantas umstrittenen Plan, die Staatsb\u00fcrgerschaft vollst\u00e4ndig abzuschaffen, schlecht reagiert hat... Was? Roll nicht mit den Augen. Ich kann auch gehobenen Humor machen.\n\nDaisy Wences: Aber im Ernst, die Banta-Kampagne glaubt, dass ein schlechter Stapel Thorshu-Krabbenbeine den Vorfall verursacht hat. Das \u00fcppige Essen sollte die ber\u00fchmte 78. Staffel von Thundering Thorshu\" ehren, die sich bekanntlich den Befehlen des Messer-Regimes widersetzte, zivile Ziele in Ferron zu bombardieren. Dieser Vorfall hat offensichtlich jede Chance verdorben, die Banta hatte, zu behaupten, dass er auch versucht, die Menschen zu sch\u00fctzen.\nLars Gonall: Es gibt auch eine ganz neue Bedeutung f\u00fcr \"Thundering Thorshu\". Ist das noch eine deiner Geschwindigkeiten?\n\nDaisy Wences: Na also. Das ist der Lars, den ich kenne.\nLars Gonall: Es stellte sich heraus, dass die ganze Sache auf eine herzerw\u00e4rmende Art und Weise endete. Einer der Anwesenden war ein Ambulanzpilot und hatte damals tats\u00e4chlich seinen Cutlass Red dabei. Sie waren in der Lage, die am schwersten betroffenen Menschen zu triagieren und zu versorgen, bis mehr Notdienste eingesetzt werden konnten.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ein voller Gru\u00df an dieses gro\u00dfz\u00fcgige und schnell denkende Individuum. Ohne die medizinische Unterst\u00fctzung, die sie geleistet haben, h\u00e4tte dies eine traurige statt einer lustigen Geschichte sein k\u00f6nnen.\nLars Gonall: Apropos traurige Geschichten, lasst uns \u00fcber den Rest der diesj\u00e4hrigen Ladung M\u00f6chtegern-Imperator sprechen! Mit dem baldigen Ende der Vorwahlen werden Tausende von w\u00e4hlbaren Kandidaten auf zehn reduziert. Wir dachten, es w\u00fcrde Spa\u00df machen, einen Haufen Kandidaten-Vids zu sehen, die auf der offiziellen Spektrum-Site der UEE verf\u00fcgbar sind, um zu sehen, wer im Rennen ist.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ich m\u00f6chte klarstellen, dass ich mich nicht darauf gefreut habe. Nachdem ich ein paar davon gesehen hatte, wusste ich, dass ich jede Sekunde hassen w\u00fcrde, und das tat ich auch, total, total. Ich bin nicht einmal ein B\u00fcrger, also ist es nicht so, dass ich nach all der harten Arbeit \u00fcberhaupt w\u00e4hlen darf.\nLars Gonall: Ich habe diesen Auftrag geliebt. Egal wie verr\u00fcckt oder gar grob diese Videos waren, ich war die ganze Zeit wie verzaubert. Das hat mir gerade bewiesen, dass jeder, der Imperator sein und dieses riesige Chaos eines Imperiums leiten will, ein bisschen verr\u00fcckt sein muss.\n\nDaisy Wences: Und ich war \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigt und ein wenig traurig \u00fcber all das. Die meisten dieser 'Kandidaten' haben keine Chance, Imperator zu werden und wollen nur Aufmerksamkeit oder jemanden, der ihre seltsamen \u00dcberzeugungen best\u00e4tigt. Das f\u00fchlte sich an, als h\u00e4tte jemand einen Spektrum-Kanal gemacht, der nur Aufnahmen von Verr\u00fcckten sendet, die an Stra\u00dfenecken schreien. Sie wissen schon, die Leute, die wir alle h\u00f6flich ignorieren und keinen Augenkontakt mit ihnen haben.\nLars Gonall: Sie brauchen 50.000 B\u00fcrgersignaturen, um sich als Kandidat zu qualifizieren und ihr Vid hinzuzuf\u00fcgen, also was auch immer ihre Botschaft ist, sie muss bei einigen Leuten Widerhall finden.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ich denke nicht, dass das Sammeln von ein paar Unterschriften von Freunden die Haupth\u00fcrde f\u00fcr den Eintritt in die Vorwahl zum Imperator sein sollte.\nLars Gonall: Warte, wie viele Freunde hast du, und warum ich nur drei davon getroffen habe?\n\nDaisy Wences: Sie wissen, was ich meine. Der Imperator zu werden ist eine gro\u00dfe Sache und nachdem ich viel zu viele dieser Videos gesehen habe, bin ich \u00fcberzeugt, dass 99% dieser Kandidaten nicht kandidieren d\u00fcrfen.\nLars Gonall: Nun, dann lass uns anfangen. Welche Kandidatenvideos haben Sie sich angesehen?\n\nDaisy Wences: Wenn du ein Zivilist wie ich bist oder noch nie f\u00fcr den Imperator gestimmt hast, gehst du auf die offizielle UEE-Wahlspektrumseite, scrollst durch die Liste der w\u00e4hlbaren Kandidaten und schaust dir Vids f\u00fcr die an, die dich interessieren, was bedeutet, dass ich jeden ignoriert habe, der auch nur halbwegs normal aussah.\nLars Gonall: Ich auch. Nicht, dass diese Kandidaten nicht wichtig w\u00e4ren, sie sind nur nicht das Richtige f\u00fcr diese Show. Die erste, die mir ins Auge fiel, war das M\u00e4dchen, das dieses billige Plastikhelmbeutel-Dingens trug.\n\nDaisy Wences: Boss Baghead! Das habe ich auch gesehen. Sie hat sich viel M\u00fche gegeben, es so aussehen zu lassen, als w\u00e4re sie buchst\u00e4blich ein k\u00f6rperloser, schwebender Kopf.\nLars Gonall: Sie sah l\u00e4cherlich aus, aber ich liebte es, wie ernst es ihr damit war, UEE-Ressourcen der Befreiung des menschlichen Bewusstseins von diesen restriktiven \"Fleischs\u00e4cken\", in denen wir derzeit existieren, zu widmen.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ich habe nicht darauf gestanden. Man k\u00f6nnte sagen, ihre Positionen waren mir etwas zu auff\u00e4llig.\nLars Gonall: War das die Rache f\u00fcr den Thundering-Thorshu-Witz?\n\nDaisy Wences: Ehrlich gesagt, war ich von der Kreativit\u00e4t, die in das Outfit und die Persona einfloss, wie weggeblasen. Es f\u00fchlte sich an, als ob mehr Gedanken und Sorgfalt in dieses dumme Video gesteckt wurden, als in einige der Spektrums-Shows, die wir normalerweise sehen.\nLars Gonall: Je mehr Sie dar\u00fcber reden, desto mehr scheint es, dass Sie diese Videos tats\u00e4chlich genossen haben.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ok, gut. Einiges von diesem Zeug war unterhaltsam. Ich habe eine Menge Kost\u00fcme in diesen Videos erwartet, aber ich war \u00fcberrascht, wie viele Kandidaten es f\u00fcr eine gute Idee hielten, \u00fcber ihre offiziellen Positionen zu singen.\nLars Gonall: Oh ja, das ist toll. Hast du den Thrash-Song \u00fcber die obligatorische F\u00e4kalienverwertung geh\u00f6rt? Ich habe jetzt eine ganze Playliste, die den S\u00e4ngern gewidmet ist, die auch Imperator-Kandidaten sind. Ich werde es mit dir teilen.\n\nDaisy Wences: Bitte nicht. Hast du das Video f\u00fcr Ivar junior gesehen?\nLars Gonall: Ist das der, bei dem du mich gezwungen hast, zuzusehen?\n\nDaisy Wences: Oh ja. Ich wollte nicht der Einzige sein, der diese Horrorshow sieht.\nLars Gonall: Ughhh, ich bin mir nicht mal sicher, ob wir dar\u00fcber reden sollten. Das wird ihn nur noch mehr entlarven.\n\nDaisy Wences: Nein, es ist wichtig, die Leute wissen zu lassen, dass dieser Prozess verkorkst ist.\nLars Gonall: Ok, gut. Das Vid war von einem Kandidaten, der behauptete, ein direkter Nachfahre von Ivar Messer zu sein und durch das Geburtsrecht zum n\u00e4chsten Imperator ordiniert wurde. Ich habe ihn danach irgendwie abgeschaltet.\n\nDaisy Wences: Seine Positionen sind sehr detailliert und genauso schrecklich, wie man es erwarten w\u00fcrde, wie das Rausschmei\u00dfen aller Tevarins aus dem Imperium. Dieser Widerling sah sogar aus wie Ivar Messer. Ich kann nicht glauben, dass er sich einer Gesichtsrekonstruktion unterziehen musste, um so auszusehen.\nLars Gonall: Manchmal verstehe ich die Menschen einfach nicht.\n\nDaisy Wences: Im Ernst, ich halte es nicht f\u00fcr richtig, dass die Primary eine Plattform f\u00fcr einen solchen Kandidaten bietet. Auch wenn es keine M\u00f6glichkeit gibt, dass er jemals die n\u00f6tigen Stimmen f\u00fcr die letzten zehn Stimmen erh\u00e4lt, so hat er doch einen Weg gefunden, diesen hasserf\u00fcllten M\u00fcll zu verbreiten.\nLars Gonall: Ich stimme absolut, 100%ig zu, dass das Vid scheu\u00dflich war, aber ich mag es, dass der Prozess es erm\u00f6glicht, dass die Stimme von jedem geh\u00f6rt werden kann. Wie Golroq, der Typ, der diesen verr\u00fcckten Anzug mit Fl\u00fcgeln tr\u00e4gt, der einen Plan hatte, den Vanduul-Krieg zu beenden, indem er die UEE in eine andere Dimension f\u00fchrte. Sicherlich mag es nicht funktionieren, aber es liegt nicht an der Regierung zu entscheiden, welche Ideen richtig oder falsch sind. Das ist unsere Verantwortung als W\u00e4hler.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ich wei\u00df, dass sich das aus meinem Mund komisch anh\u00f6rt, aber es ist wichtig, dass man Standards hat.\nLars Gonall: Warte, haben die Videos dieser Woche etwas getan, das ich einst f\u00fcr unm\u00f6glich hielt... uns zu einer ernsten, erwachsenen Unterhaltung in der Show veranlasst?\n\nDaisy Wences: Ja, ahhhh, ich hasse es! Wann k\u00f6nnen wir wieder \u00fcber irgendeinen Unsinn reden, bei dem alle zusammen auf einem Phoenix leben und einen Whirlpoolausschlag vermeiden m\u00fcssen?\nLars Gonall: Du schaust immer noch Love Liner? Hast du die Sendung nicht gehasst?\n\nDaisy Wences: Das tue ich immer noch. Ich brauchte nur etwas, das mich von diesen verr\u00fcckten Kandidaten-Videos ablenkt.\nLars Gonall: Ich bin nicht auf dem Laufenden geblieben, aber jetzt will ich alles dar\u00fcber h\u00f6ren. Gibt es wirklich einen Ausschlag, der sich ausbreitet?\n\nDaisy Wences: Das ist noch nicht alles.\nLars Gonall: Ok, wir m\u00fcssen eine kurze Werbepause einlegen, aber wenn wir zur\u00fcckkommen, werden wir einen unerwarteten Umweg machen, um \u00fcber Love Liner zu diskutieren. Ich kann es kaum erwarten, ein Update zu bekommen.\n\nDaisy Wences: Und ich kann es nicht erwarten, dass diese ganze Wahl vorbei ist. Gleich danach haben wir mehr Spectrum Spectator.","zh_CN":"Lars Gonall: Welcome to Spectrum Spectator! The show where we watch and review what\u2019s popular and new on spectrum so you don\u2019t have to. I\u2019m Lars Gonall and with me as always is Daisy Wences.\n\nDaisy Wences: Why, Lars? Why did I ever agree to do this show with you?\nLars Gonall: Because being paid to be snarky about stuff on spectrum was literally your dream job.\n\nDaisy Wences: Then be careful what you wish for because preparing for this week\u2019s show made me want to do something I never thought possible: turn off spectrum, step outside, and go for a walk.\nLars Gonall: So this was the week that put you over the edge? Anyone in the office pool pick January 2950 for when Daisy would finally get sick of spectrum?\n\nDaisy Wences: Never said I was sick of spectrum, just what we watched this week. Also, side note, I still don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair that I\u2019m not allowed to participate in that pool.\nLars Gonall: It absolutely is. You\u2019d compromise its integrity!\n\nDaisy Wences: Speaking of compromised integrity, let\u2019s start by talking about the campaign vid that exploded across spectrum this week. How about that transition?\nLars Gonall: Such a pro.\n\nDaisy Wences: Thank you, but guests at a Ferron rally for hopeful Imperator candidate Marat Banta won\u2019t be thanking the event\u2019s catering company. A vid made the rounds this week showing guests fleeing the rally in a panic after suffering from serious bouts of intestinal distress.\nLars Gonall: This vid starts with one of the more incredible moments I\u2019ve seen in a while. A woman desperately pushes her way through the crowd only to stop dead in her tracks. Just when you and everyone around her begin to wonder why she stopped, you realized why she stopped. The look on her face is this incredible mixture of relief and regret.\n\nDaisy Wences: I\u2019m not normally a fan of gross-out vids, but the timing and angle of this one are impeccable.\nLars Gonall: Immediately after this poor woman\u2019s failed attempt to maintain her dignity, the place descends into utter chaos. Some people begin to show similar symptoms, others are just desperate to get out of the way.\n\nDaisy Wences: And what about that one guy who slipped and fell? Buster Barnhill himself couldn\u2019t have done a better pratfall.\nLars Gonall: On a serious note, it\u2019s hard to believe that all of this was because the crowd had a bad reaction to Banta\u2019s controversial plan to completely eliminate citizenship\u2026 What? Don\u2019t roll your eyes at me. I can do elevated humor too.\n\nDaisy Wences: But seriously, the Banta campaign believes a bad batch of Thorshu crab legs caused the incident. The lavish food was meant to honor the famed \u201cThundering Thorshu\u201d 78th Squadron who famously defied Messer regime orders to bomb civilian targets in Ferron. This incident obviously spoiled any chance that Banta had at claiming he\u2019s also trying to protect the people.\nLars Gonall: It also gives a whole new meaning to \u201cThundering Thorshu.\u201d Is that one more your speed?\n\nDaisy Wences: There we go. That\u2019s the Lars I know.\nLars Gonall: Turns out the whole thing ended in kind of a heartwarming way. One of the people attending was an ambulance pilot and actually had their Cutlass Red with them at the time. They were able to triage the people who got hit the hardest and provide care until more emergency services could be deployed.\n\nDaisy Wences: Full salute to this generous and quick-thinking individual. If it wasn\u2019t for the medical support they provided, this could have been a sad story instead of a hilarious one.\nLars Gonall: Speaking of sad stories, let\u2019s talk about the rest of this year\u2019s batch of Imperator wannabes! With Primary voting ending soon, thousands of eligible candidates will be whittled down to ten. We thought it\u2019d be fun to watch a bunch of candidate vids available on the UEE\u2019s official spectrum site to see who\u2019s in the running.\n\nDaisy Wences: I\u2019d like to clarify that I was not looking forward to this. After watching a few, I knew I was going to hate every second of this and I did, I totally, totally did. I\u2019m not even a Citizen, so it\u2019s not like I even get to vote after all this hard work.\nLars Gonall: I loved this assignment. No matter how crazy or even crude these vids were, I was entranced the entire time. This just proved to me that anyone who wants to be Imperator and run this giant mess of an empire has to be a bit whacko.\n\nDaisy Wences: And I was overwhelmed and a little saddened by all of it. Most of these \u2018candidates\u2019 have no chance of becoming Imperator and only want attention or someone to validate their weird beliefs. This felt like someone made a spectrum channel that only broadcasts recordings of crazy people screaming on street corners. You know, the folks we all politely try to ignore and not make eye-contact with.\nLars Gonall: They do need 50,000 Citizen signatures to qualify as a candidate and get their vid added, so whatever their message is, it must resonate with some people.\n\nDaisy Wences: Guess I don\u2019t think that collecting a few signatures from friends should be the main hurdle to entering the primary to be Imperator.\nLars Gonall: Wait, how many friends do you have, and why I have I only met, like, three of them?\n\nDaisy Wences: You know what I mean. Becoming the Imperator is a huge deal and after watching way too many of these vids, I\u2019m convinced that 99% percent of these candidates shouldn\u2019t be allowed to run.\nLars Gonall: Well let\u2019s get into it then. What candidate vids did you watch?\n\nDaisy Wences: If you\u2019re a civilian, like me, or never voted for Imperator before, you go to the official UEE election spectrum site, scroll through the list of eligible candidates, and watch vids for the ones that interest you, which meant I ignored anyone who looked even semi-normal.\nLars Gonall: Me too. Not that those candidates aren\u2019t important, they\u2019re just not right for this show. The first one that caught my eye was the girl wearing that cheap plastic helmet bag thingy.\n\nDaisy Wences: Boss Baghead! I watched that one too. She went to a lot of trouble to make it look like she was literally a disembodied floating head.\nLars Gonall: She looked ridiculous, but I did love how serious she was about dedicating UEE resources to liberating Human consciousness from these restrictive \u201cmeat sacks\u201d we currently exist in.\n\nDaisy Wences: Wasn\u2019t into it. Guess you could say her positions were a bit too heady for me.\nLars Gonall: Was that payback for the Thundering Thorshu joke?\n\nDaisy Wences: Honestly, I was blown away by the creativity that went into the outfit and persona. It felt like there was more thought and care put into this dumb video than some of the spectrum shows we usually watch.\nLars Gonall: The more you talk about this, the more it seems like you actually enjoyed these vids.\n\nDaisy Wences: Ok, fine. Some of this stuff was entertaining. I was expecting a lot of costumes in these vids, but I was surprised by just how many candidates thought it was a good idea to sing about their official positions.\nLars Gonall: Oh yeah, it\u2019s great. Did you hear the thrash song about mandatory fecal recycling? I have a whole playlist now dedicated to singers that are also Imperator candidates. I\u2019ll share it with you.\n\nDaisy Wences: Please don\u2019t. Did you watch the vid for Ivar Junior?\nLars Gonall: Is that the one you forced me to watch?\n\nDaisy Wences: Oh yeah. I wasn\u2019t going to be the only one to see that horror show.\nLars Gonall: Ughh, I\u2019m not even sure we should talk about it. It\u2019ll only give him more exposure.\n\nDaisy Wences: No, it\u2019s important to let people know that this process is messed up.\nLars Gonall: Ok, fine. The vid was of a candidate who claimed to be a direct descendant of Ivar Messer and ordained by birthright to be the next Imperator. I kinda tuned him out after that.\n\nDaisy Wences: His positions are very detailed and just as horrible as you\u2019d expect, like kicking out all Tevarin from the empire. This creep even looked like Ivar Messer. Can\u2019t believe he got facial reconstruction surgery to look like that.\nLars Gonall: Sometimes I just don\u2019t understand people.\n\nDaisy Wences: Seriously, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s right that the Primary provides a platform for a candidate like that. Even if there\u2019s no way he\u2019ll ever gather the votes necessary to make the final ten, it still gave him a way to spread that hateful garbage.\nLars Gonall: I absolutely, 100% agree that that vid was vile, but I like that the process allows everyone\u2019s voice to be heard. Like Golroq, the guy wearing that crazy suit with wings, who had a plan to end the Vanduul war by guiding the UEE into another dimension. Sure it might not work, but it\u2019s not up to the government to decide what ideas are right or wrong. That\u2019s our responsibility as voters.\n\nDaisy Wences: I know this will sound weird coming from me, but it\u2019s important to have standards.\nLars Gonall: Wait, did this week\u2019s vids do something I once thought impossible\u2026 make us have a serious, adult conversation on the show?\n\nDaisy Wences: Yes, ahhh, I hate it! When can we go back to talking about some nonsense where everyone lives together on a Phoenix and has to avoid getting a hot tub rash?\nLars Gonall: You\u2019re still watching Love Liner? Didn\u2019t you hate that show?\n\nDaisy Wences: I still do. I just needed something to take my mind off those insane candidate vids.\nLars Gonall: I haven\u2019t kept up, but now want to hear all about it. Is there really a rash going around?\n\nDaisy Wences: That\u2019s not all.\nLars Gonall: Ok, we need to take a quick commercial break, but when we return, we\u2019re gonna take an unexpected detour to discuss Love Liner. I can\u2019t wait to get an update.\n\nDaisy Wences: And I can\u2019t wait for this entire election to be over. We\u2019ll have more Spectrum Spectator right after this."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":28,"created_at":"2020-01-22T02:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"6 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 16:09:44","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":17433,"next_id":17435}}