Once you know, you'll be able hear Joker in Eraqus' voice
eh... Looks medium
It's NOT objectively better though, a lot of people would like a hotdog over some steak. Like I have very weak teeth after having my braces, so eating steak is more trouble than it's worth for me. Meanwhile a hotdog isn't particularly healthy, but they taste yummy. I love mustard. Delicious.
I don't get how a Frozen world would work at all, but I've never seen the fans so consistently want a world
at this rate square would be idiots to not include Frozen in KH, the number of fans that are absolutely CLAMOURING for it
I think the hot dog is a good analogy, in that it's cheaper and presented in a way that is harsher and simpler than most food. Quick and easy, fairly tasty, potentially unhealthy. Now I'd say this works better if you were talking about MAKING the steak though. Then the analogy expresses the pros and cons pretty well. The steak takes significantly longer to prepare and finish, and probably tastes a bit more bland, but in return you get a more full experience/stomach And some people don't like tough meat, and then you have those vegetarians who don't watch TV OR read books
wow, I should copyright it
We all know this is the most important first world problem But yeah, I lot of people have this idea that comparing your problems will have a positive effect, and to be fair sometimes it does, but on average it just sows guilt, and just creates a culture where we're encouraged to hide our problems rather than deal with them
I used to read a lot when I was younger and had a lot more time, but now I've reached a point where spending hours reading a book just can't be validated to me unless it's REALLY good. The time versus value jsut doesn't add up anymore, and I completely disagree about the video game thing, since both current handhelds have sleep mode for exactly that reason. Staring and stopping a game on the 3DS, for example, is as simple as opening and closing the system
I thought about this almost immediately after posting the topic, because yeah, another side effect of this is that it can easily lead to stagnation where people use it as an excuse to not deal with manageable problems, because, say, poverty still exists. They're not going to be able to end poverty, so they don't look bad for not doing it, but now they have an excuse for not support whatever they want A friend of mine who is gay got a very... enlightening explanation from a transgender person I used to know. Apparently, him being gay isn't worthy of him complaining about how he's treated, because he's male, and white, and as such has privilege, unlike hir, who was a transgender, genderqueer, ethnic minority, so by default hir problems were FAR more pressing.
Who has time to read books in this modern age
Am I the only one who hates this attitude? The argument that, because there are worse things in the world anything less terrible doesn't merit talking about? That people should feel bad for complaining about things because there's someone somewhere who has to deal with something worse? I'm find the concept infuriating. There will ALWAYS be something worse, subscribing to this vision is basically a free ticket to disregard ANYTHING Just because a problem someone has is a 'first world problem' or they have 'privilege' or something, doesn't mean the problem isn't a problem. I mean, humility is one thing, it's good to keep things in perspective, but the idea that only the absolute worst off have any right to complain seems ludicrous to me
well this is unexpected
I think the worst thing about online interaction, psychologically, is the ease at which someone can create an echo chamber for their specific beliefs. It leads to insane stuff, like the absolutely CRAZY beliefs you can find about society on tumblr. It's also really easy to avoid responsibility. I had a friend who had a friend who said she should just cut out anybody she wants from her life and that she doesn't owe them an explanation, no matter how good friends they were. She hurt a lot of my friends doing this, and I haven't heard from her in over half a year. I think in particular this sort of thing can stimulate vulnerabilities in people with mental variances, such as autism, and can inflame even tiny symptoms into unhealthy countenances. On the exact reverse end, social networks are how I'm able to keep in contact with my friends and family with ease even after they moved far away, I've made COUNTLESS great friends and innumerable valuable experiences through digital social interaction. Like here's an example. A few years back, when I was depressed, my friends and family forgot about my birthday. It didn't really upset me at the time, in my current mental state I didn't believe I was worth remembering. But then a complete stranger send me a happy birthday message, and that completely turned my day around, and was part of my eventual realization that at the end of the day people are inherently good. And if you put in the effort, there will always be inherent good to find anywhere, even on the internet
I'm fairly certain I caught whatever I caught from my sister's son, he brought home a lung infection when he visited his cousin I can't do much BESIDES go on KHv, walking around and lying down make it worse, so I'm more or less stuck sitting on my laptop :P
But it's not about ALL people, it's about a sizeable group that definitely DOES represent that. Anti-gay is a common angle of the right wing at large, not ALL people subscribe to that, but it's a well represented demographic that most people are aware of. It's just much easier shorthand to go with the term right wing, it's short and easily understood. There are more specific ways to express it, but that's no always the ideal way to express it in casual conversation. There are just as many implications to carefully laid out politically correct sentences and quick, generalized ones
Last night, and kinda. The pain severely limits my ability to do... most things. So I've just been sitting around all day watching videos, because sitting is the least painful position I can take. Went to the doctor today, but I'm still waiting for results from the tests And technically it started on Friday, but it was jsut cold symptoms until last night when I started getting pains in my lungs
