There's a healthy amount of retail and sport obsession in the U.S. as well. Then again, we almost never have riots over sports stuff.
But we've got this odd culture where any kind of positive change in favor of the working class gets voted down because people view it as a symptom of laziness or some shit.
^Dude, I posted that at like...8pm. =P
<Is procrastinating on a lot of different things at the moment.
V Has a better idea of what to put in the "V" position than I do?
I was going through some old things, and I found something too amusing not to share.
Back in 2008 I was a young philosophy major who wrote a lot of silly little treatises. I confess that most of my writing was self important and I look back on it with some embarrassment, but it wasn't particularly abysmal. (For that, see my Xanga journal circa 2003-2004).
Anyway, at one point I wrote a piece where I argued that armchair philosophy was useless, and that any meaningful discussion of philosophy had to be rooted in life experience, and frequent discussion of philosophy with the type of person who isn't usually given to discussing philosophy.
Out of nowhere, I received this. (Spread across 3 comments from the same person):
Hello,I do not think that to smoke pipe is wise a lot of philosophers have been against this (clarity of mind). Otherwise I think there is a hierarchy for philosophers and that great philosophers are creators. To be a full philosopher you have to go from the creation of matter (sciences) to the functioning of humanity (politics). The best thing is to create a new system which brings to new theories in sciences and then to find a new kind of political constitution (passing through inonvating in psychology and backing moral with personal experiences). I know it is possible because I have done it (so no excuses, like there is too much to learn). Good luck.
Faithfully
What I write is in order to help you, and I can add that you should not take drugs, alcohol, and for sex it is better to wait until you have finished your reflections (it helps to separate the spirit from the senses).I did forget that you do not need to be mad, and that it seems to be better not to be so (relatively to the message before, wise sex is in order to do babies).
Hahahah. That Devious Ocarina of Time Adult Link is the first one to come to mind as well.
It doesn't surprise me as this was the one that got me into the franchise.@LinkSkywalker id OoT Adult Link was not your first or your prefered one, why did you think he's the first time that comes to mind?
I imagine it probably comes from the fact that Ocarina of Time was the newest & most loved game right around the time I was really getting into the Zelda series. Most of the people around me played OoT as their first game. Everyone used adult link from OoT when they designed their websites, or their forum avatars / banners.
And while I do like them more, older versions of link never really had the kind of screen presence that OoT Link did. They were represented by sprites with a limited moveset. For most of the game, you were looking down at their hat. OoT link seemed a little more like a real person I imagine.
Nice to meet you, JayJay! I've been hoping we could get some new members in here, so I'm happy to meet you. Look forward to seeing you around the boards!
Tell us about yourself so that we can make harsh judgements about your character.
^Incorrect!
< Had to live off a 10lb bag of pancake mix for several months once. I only eat them occasionally since then.
V Has a name somehow derived from the Zelda franchise?
Alright, we'll get this rolling in 2 hours and 15 minutes, roughly
^Isn't posting frequently enough.
<Loves himself aggressively and often.
V Your left pointer finger just became a gun and fired. How fucked are you?
Like I said, I wasn't really able to get drawn into it either. Although I do recall reading a fairly epic 60+ part fanfic about it that was really engaging.
What don't you like about it?
I play a ton of Cards Against Humanity, mostly because my little sister loves it. One day we got bored of playing it, and we decided to play charades using the white cards instead. We'd draw a white card, and then stand up and try to act out the card until someone was able to guess which card we got. That was, without a doubt, the most fun I ever had with CAH.
I'm actually working on a card game based on that experience.
I enjoy chess, but I'm terrible at it. And I don't remember the last time I played checkers.
I've never even heard of Loteria. Would you recommend it?
Brand Loyalty is just such a silly concept in the first place. Why should anyone ever be loyal to a brand? I can see why a person might be loyal to a specific McDonalds employee. Perhaps that employee treated them very well. The customer might want to see that person rewarded for their kindness and good work. I can see why a person might be loyal to a specific McDonalds. Maybe they're friends with the franchise owner, and they want his business to be successful. I can even see why a person might be loyal to a specific McDonalds food. If you really like Big Macs, then you're not going to want to eat them.
But why would a person ever be loyal to a brand? What about the curvy yellow "M" can possibly earn a person's loyalty? It's a fluid collection of people who may care more or less about your satisfaction. The only reason you might feel any love for a company as a whole is because of marketing. That thing where people are paid a ton of money so they can trick you into spending money by making you feel good about a company and/or product. "Brand Loyalty" is a fancy term that means "Rich people tricking poor people into acting against their own interests."
Hahah. The Linker always coming back. If I recall correctly he was harmless but quite dumb in his ban evade. Making it clear with his new usernames who he was. Quite amusing. I don't even remember why he was supended originally but I think it was not taht big of a deal and he just made things worse by creating new accounts to ban evade. hahahah.
Yeah, I think he was originally given a short ban for spamming or something stupid. Just a slap on the wrist to make him realize he had to shape up or ship out. But then came Linker2, Linker3, The Linker, etc. etc. etc.
I don't think taht. What makes you say that?
I guess that comment probably did count as fishing for compliments, didn't it? I swear that's not what I meant. I really do think I was a terrible person back then, but I've made my peace with it. I'm pretty happy with who I am now. And, for me, becoming a person that I can respect required that I realize the things that I didn't like about myself.
Of course, part of it was just that I was a teenager. I had more pride than sense, and I was arrogant without the experience, skills, or knowledge that would have earned me a bit of arrogance. I got in stupid arguments, made a big deal about stupid things that didn't matter, and engaged with every petty drama that passed through the login screen of TSR. But that's just being a teenager, and I grew out of it.
The really bad part is that I was a product of a nutjob catholic fundamentalist environment. I got in arguments about whether or not god could be logically proven to exist. I was strongly pro-War, and pro-Bush. I was vocally anti-choice, and probably made more than my fair share of comments that in retrospect would disturbingly sexist or racist. I did a lot of sexual moralizing about how everyone should wait for marriage and blah blah blah. I barely knew Quistis, and I took the time to send her stupidly judgmental messages. And I was a huge fucking homophobe. One particularly shameful memory is when I listed my occupation as "homicide," because I was a was such a brooding, edgy teenager.
But I was also poorly educated, so I misspelled the word as "Homocide." Sammi pointed out the misspelling, and noted that the way it was spelled looked like it was my occupation to kill gay people. My response was to say "Yeah, sounds right to me!" And I left it unchanged for months.
I am ashamed of who I was back then, and I don't feel bad about that shame. If not for TSR, I never would have grown. I lived my whole life in the bubble my parents created for me. TSR was the first time in my life that anybody told me I was wrong about the hateful things I believed. The community began the process of my own self betterment, and within 3 years of joining I had completely left all of that behind me and was working to make amends for my failings.
One thing I can be somewhat proud of is that I don't think I was ever anything but supportive of Ashleigh when she expressed how she didn't feel like she belonged in her gender. I don't think I'd ever even really heard of transgendered people before I met Ashleigh. I hadn't been raised to hate them the way I'd been raised to hate other groups, so my first instinct was to try and be understanding towards her. So I wasn't a complete monster. =P
I mean, I imagine if I'd been too aggressive about my bullshit I would've just been banned outright. So I suppose at least I was kinda subtle about it? =P
True. You never notice the small differences day-to-day, and when you finally realize those small differences have added up into a large change, you may have already ignored them for too long. But really, I think parents ought to be held to a much higher standard than they are with these things. There's a reason my parents have only ever known about 3 of my romantic relationships.
My own relationship with my parents has been distant for years now. But, like Libby Anne, the fact that I love my siblings kept the lines of communication open. And after so long on my own, my parents and I have started to develop something like an amicable relationship. Not a close one, but an amicable one.
Interesting. We don't do anything like that in the U.S., which is a shame. We're such a large / diverse country, it'd be neat to have a public holiday celebrating local culture. Unfortunately we're also work-obsessed.
What does a nerd party at Kaynil's look like?
I really prefer the Links of LttP and LoZ to any others. But, the first one that comes to my mind is probably adult OoT Link.
I'm really bad at fighting games. Really really really really bad. But if I had to pick a "real" fighting game to play, it'd probably be Soul Calibur 2.
Raphael is cheap. But I kinda like playing him, because I actually spent ~10 years as a sabre fencer. So I personally have some familiarity with his moveset. I also like playing him because he's cheap and it's the only way I can ever win anything.
SC2 is also the first time I ever saw a character using Tonfa, which are a pretty neat weapon.
The oft-cited reasoning is that they made link Blonde to make him attractive, and thus draw in lady gamers. Although I suspect that this is a case of putting the cart before the horse. I don't think Nintendo intentionally targeted the female libido. But, having known many many (many) women whose first crush was adult Link in OoT, I can see why a lot of folks assume the brown>blonde switch was targeted at the straight ladies.
