2010-06-22, 15:19 | Link #3882 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
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Slice of life? I guess in some cases. But mostly I like to think the media is tailored to give you what you normally don't get to see. Inventing stuff that is not there is not restricted to the fantasy genre, its actually far more common then you think.
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2010-06-22, 17:14 | Link #3883 |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: In Maya world, where all is 3D and everything crashes
Age: 36
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It may be handy to you, but usually people like that are found extremely annoying and it gets in the way of actually becoming friends with someone instead of everyone thinking you are a weird person who takes delight in making every tiny aspect in every sentence aware or and this because I cannot find the right words for it more or less remarked. You don't have to go around spreading what is logical, you are the only person laughing about it I am sure of that because even real friends would get sick and tired of that behavior at some point and then you will be alone.. and probably posting here why no one likes you.
The only ego you are boosting right now is your own and I too think you should lay off the anime if you think rl people are not your friends or cannot be your friends because they do not understand jokes that are said in an animated TV show of a country whose culture is completely different than the rest of the world. |
2010-06-22, 18:08 | Link #3884 | |||
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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It's sort of like how some poets write a poem, and then the analysts come in and write huge essays about how the writer was showing this, and that, and it's all so subtle, and so on. Perhaps the poet did have a hidden message, but to have so many, and so elaborate? I'm not a poet, but I find it hard to believe. However, it is nice that a work of art (or entertainment) can cause people to have such deep thoughts. Quote:
Based on your post one above the one I quoted, you've devised a method of annoying people and completely turning them off to you, yet justify it by claiming that it's some sort of test to determine whether someone could really be friends with you. I suppose that it's easier to claim that people couldn't handle your test and thus that they weren't worth being friends with, than to accept that someone may not have liked you (which is bound to happen - no one can be liked by everyone). I don't think you're happy. Some people are perfectly happy when they have few social connections, but you rail against others and society too much for me to believe that you're content. Given that you do enjoy meeting new people, I think you'd be happier with some stable social links. There's no over-night change you can make, but try to be less judgmental of others, more accepting of the fact that you're probably more similar to others than you think (and that it's OK to be that way), and have a bit less feelings of superiority over others. The feelings of superiority seem to be a "security blanket" that's put up to prevent your self-confidence from being damaged by a lack of a strong social network, yet those feelings will also make it difficult for you to connect with other people. Just my opinion. I know you didn't ask for it and it may not sound nice, but as I see it you're currently in a rut. The ensuing thoughts and feelings of being in the rut will only serve to keep you down.
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2010-06-22, 19:59 | Link #3885 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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I do understand the point that I am similar to everyone else on the planet and society, however I always enforce upon myself something called the benefit of doubt : I like to look at people past their facades, and most of the times it yields disgusting stuff I wouldn't like to see. What I am actually pissed about is people's refusal to get out of their comfort zone : they fear bad things happen. I am a supporter of euthanasia and eugenics. For the former, I seen my grandfather lie on his bed with stroke for 2 whole years, and at the end of his road, I told my relatives that he is not going to live past March, because his wounds and abrasions are not healing - a sign that his blood cells and bone marrow are weakened severely. Was scolded, blah blah blah, and that old man died the next day. That is when I lose my relatives' support and they started hating me. And on multiple accounts, I told my friends that certain things won't work out, they never listened. When it didn't work out and the causes are what I expected to be, they blame me for not helping avert the disaster (how the heck can I do that when I don't even have power to stop the student council from implementing that idea?). I have this uncanny ability of predicting bad shit happening most of the time, some of which I am wrong. That is why people brand me as negative when I say it out loud. What actually annoys me is that the blame always level on me when things go wrong. Regarding railing against society and such, it is because I live in a place too small to be alone. Those people I have been have started demonising me because I have been a hikki for the past few months and had started to enjoy being alone. The smear campaign went a little too far and I had a pretty messed up social life right now, which made me start questioning the friends I have around me. It is either I throw the whole pie out of the window or salvage what I can eat. I am not ready to do the former as of now. Now what I am questioning is the cliches of these words, namely 1. Reality 2. Maturity 3. Morality I have seen them being used too often, way too often by people to justify their actions or something they do that rips off others to benefit themselves. For example, this guy tries to wheedle people out of free meals and claim behind their backs that it is "reality", but on the other hand question the "morality" of someone else who borrows money from them and don't return. Then when I tell him that about his hypocrisy, he says that I made an "immature" statement. So what now? My current standard for friendship is honesty and well-read. It may be too high a standard, however I am not lowering that anymore - it gets tiring dealing with people who smile and laugh in front of you like a con-artist or refuse to listen to impending doom. A person's outlook on life isn't inborn - it is cultivated by what he/she has been through. I don't understand why so many counselors (other than one) I have been through tell me the same thing that bears no logic : you can change your outlook of life by living differently - although it is right to adapt to society, it isn't to put up a facade just to get accepted by the people around you. P.S I support Eugenics because of what I have been through : nobody should be branded as a weirdo just because he has a damaged brain which puts down his comprehensive ability. And why euthanasia too? If it can't be treated at the fetal state, it should have been put out so it doesn't have to go through 20+ years of emotional torture of being branded as weird.
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2010-06-22, 20:52 | Link #3886 |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Massachusetts
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Eugenics interests me but I don't see how it can be realistically implemented without forcing people to do things, which I definitely don't want. It would certainly be nice, though, if we could select beneficial traits in humans like we do with dogs.
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2010-06-22, 21:20 | Link #3887 | |||||||
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Location: Northeast USA
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Additionally, the only thing worse than having someone who brings down the mood by predicting doom and gloom all the time is having someone say "I told you so" when bad things do happen. It isn't helpful. Really. You're not being a good friend to anyone by doing things like that, because it just makes them feel worse. You seem to have very high standards for friendship, but are you meeting your own criteria? Would you want to be friends with yourself? Quote:
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There is another level to that, as well, which is the power of thought. The external stimuli that we are exposed to each day are our experiences. However, we internalize our experiences and think about them. Everyone perceives events and actions differently. You do have some power of control over your thought process. For example, there is a mental exercise to keep a notebook and write five to ten things that were good about each day (this has apparently been reincarnated as an iPhone app, as well). The premise behind it is that most people don't appreciate their lives, and they tend to focus on the bad things that happen in each day. By forcing yourself to find good things in each day, you begin to train yourself to stop focusing on the negatives quite so often and to find good things. You begin to appreciate things as they come. And that's just one example - in theory the mind and thought process can be altered in a conscious manner, although it requires a bit of work and habit-forming. Isn't that what Pascal said? 'Habit leads to automation, and automation leads the mind.' Quote:
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2010-06-22, 21:21 | Link #3888 |
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Saintess, you're an okay guy, and don't let anyone tell you differently. ;p
Seriously, you're fine. A lot of people will try to impress their morals or standards of living upon you, probably hinting that you're messed up or something. But as long as you feel your life is okay, and you're not harming anyone, then you should feel free to be yourself. I often think like you; if someone can get past the exterior, then they are a true friend. Many times I have trusted someone, only for them to reveal they were a false friend, only concerned about themselves. A gruff exterior keeps these false friends at bay, and the ones that get close, you know can handle you. All very logical. What generally makes people upset or why they attempt to change your mind, is because they don't like the implication that they could be a false friend. That if only you were different, like them, then they could get along with you. So yeah, down with hypocrisy! The only true yardsticks for life are reality and logic; everything else is situational and varies wildly from person to person. |
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Age: 35
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Besides I hashed them in open and closed inverted commas to point that it is ad verbatim, not from my own perspective. Quote:
It's called a miracle because it doesn't happen. It has got nothing to do with reality but everything to do with logic. Quote:
There isn't anything wrong with feeling bad about a mistake. I do feel bad about my mistakes too, however I get over it and focus on the salvage operation, which is the most logical thing to do rather than stand there and fap. The mysterious thing is that people tend to blame jinxes rather than their stupidity when they do something wrong. Make no mistake, I do that at times too, though I do tell myself there isn't any use blaming anyone because it has already happened. That is how I keep myself moving forward. Quote:
I hate optimists, but I enjoy being in the company of idealists. The former does something and hopes for the best, the latter aim high and do their best. Similarly, I also enjoy being with pragmatists rather than pessimists, the latter plan to fail, whereas the former sets a support line they can fall on so they don't end up failing. The biggest problem with many I have observed, is that they often mix pragmatists with pessimists. I am a pragmatist because I plan for worst case scenarios and work my way up to avoid it, however I always keep in mind that shit happens. Quote:
Incidentally, I found out that a large number of counselors knew less than they should in their line of work - they orient themselves towards emotion manipulation than logical exchanges. How is that able to work on a patient who doesn't even understand emotion in the first place? Quote:
Besides I am not going to tell them to overextend their confidence in the stock market or focus all their energy on some four or three year degree that will yield them a overly-comfortable job that turn them into high-maintenance executives. I always preach that unless you are in a government job, there is no such thing as high job security (our government takes care of their workers, unless they are fundamentally screwed up. These screwed up people are just a minority). However, I do agree that there is finite time on this planet. That is why I spend less and less time mingling with people and more time trying to salvage what I can from my life. The problem now is how to ignore those people around me trying to push me around - I envied deaf people because they don't have to listen to others, but I pity them because they can't listen to music. Quote:
Our current world has shrunk so much that influences, whether good or bad, real or fake, spread readily. Trust is more difficult to earn than it looks. Quote:
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As far as I agree with Pascal about psychological control, I don't agree with the concept of automation part : automation should only be used for a series of short-terms, and NEVER, NEVER for personal life and financial management. Quote:
Although our genetic makeup is the same, everyone of us think differently, some slight, some radical. What I do not get is why some others actively and overtly ostracise the latter. Those kids who ran Columbine aren't sick in the first place. Neither is MJ. It is strange that they have to deal with something they need not in the first place.
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2010-06-23, 04:33 | Link #3890 | |
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2010-06-23, 11:17 | Link #3891 |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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Saintess, you're selectively reading what I wrote. I don't think that I can do anything to help you. Your changes will have to come from within. You're a thoughtful person, so I think that you can do it. Best of luck.
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2010-06-23, 12:16 | Link #3892 |
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
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And let's return to the original purpose and topic of this thread Yes, the purpose and topic is vague but it's not meant to be a "Dear Abbey" personal problems page so let's take a look at part of the opening post
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2010-06-24, 04:44 | Link #3897 |
Onee!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Auckland, NZ
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sort of.
air, kanon and clannad were all original Key works. for angel beats Jun Maeda did screenplay/composition and Na-Ga did the characters (so technically all the intellectual property is Keys) but the animators were a different company.
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2010-06-24, 04:54 | Link #3898 | |
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However Little Busters hasn't received an adaptation, and as such is only a VN currently.
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2010-06-24, 17:58 | Link #3900 |
Angeloid Type β - Nymph
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada, Ontario
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I have a question regarding nobility, this question is originally my father and I cannot seem to find an answer to..
Q. What status do you refer to the "King's mother"? do you also refer to her as Queen? The title Queen is already granted to the King's wife, so I am searching for that particular title unless people also refer the "King's mother" as Queen as well? |
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