You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
>According to the recent retiree, anime suffers because industry staff is made up of otaku who "don't spend time watching real people" and are "humans who can't stand looking at other humans."
See, this is what I worry about with regards to myself.
>According to the recent retiree, anime suffers because industry staff is made up of otaku who "don't spend time watching real people" and are "humans who can't stand looking at other humans."
See, this is what I worry about with regards to myself.
You're still better than those "Humans who can't stand the taste of other humans"
I mean, It's one thing to be a cannibal, but being a picky cannibal is probably worse.
Eye contact is scary, I mean, lots of animals react poorly to it. In fact, the autistic mind functions more like a deer or cow; and the neurotypical mind functions like a wolf or other predator. No, really, the way the brain processes stimuli, the amount of anxiety, the flight response and freezing up like a deer in the headlights. So says Temple Grandin.
Why should we be ashamed of what we are? Why should you look at people when your mind is wired to not like that?
Y'know, one thing that's inhibited me as a writer is the fear that I don't understand people well enough to write about them
Screw the audience, it doesn't matter what they think. It's fiction, you can write what you want.
It's your story, that's what's important. Fight the tyrant Truth. This is fiction, we don't need no understanding of the human condition.
It's art. If we can accept the monstrosity that is the main character girl from Tangled, with her gaping abysses of eyes that are wider than her waist, her inadequate nose, her inhuman proportions, we can accept any skewed image of humanity, no matter how alien and wrong and off. We don't actually need humans in our fantasy (seriously, Rapinzel is not human). What applies to the body here applies to the personality.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Y'know, one thing that's inhibited me as a writer is the fear that I don't understand people well enough to write about them
Screw the audience, it doesn't matter what they think. It's fiction, you can write what you want.
It's your story, that's what's important. Fight the tyrant Truth. This is fiction, we don't need no understanding of the human condition.
It's art. If we can accept the monstrosity that is the main character girl from Tangled, with her gaping abysses of eyes that are wider than her waist, her inadequate nose, her inhuman proportions, we can accept any skewed image of humanity, no matter how alien and wrong and off. We don't actually need humans in our fantasy (seriously, Rapinzel is not human). What applies to the body here applies to the personality.
Skew it to what works for you.
This is art, baby!
I suppose I'd basically agree with that
You can have another 40 Imipoints. You're on a roll!
My mom's watching a report about children finding guns and stuff like that and it's scaring me, honestly.
I wish guns would just like
not be a thing.
Ugh, guns. Dangerous and noisy.
The only good purpose of a gun is to make the gun holster feel useful. Guns should be made of styrofoam and shouldn't be able to shoot, and there should be no bullets or ammunition.
In Rozburg, there aren't many guns, if any. We simply lack the hands to operate them.
I'm fine with preserving historical guns, as long as they are deactivated and made incapable of shooting. Heirlooms and heritage and that.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Imagine if all the usual weapons (guns, swords, knives, whatever) were banned from fiction. The writers would have to get creative about how characters would kill each other.
Y'know, one thing that's inhibited me as a writer is the fear that I don't understand people well enough to write about them
understanding humans is a field in itself.
:D
You don't need to write about the absurd psychology pathos of a whole human being to write about Michelle, the flower girl who visited the meat shop because she's a minor character who visits a meat shop to set the macguffin rolling.
Also is it me or is the whole "put an orange tip on toy guns" kind of a bass-ackwards approach to the entire thing?
Like, why not do that for, ya know, real guns
How so? It accomplishes its purpose, which is to make it easier to distinguish a toy from the real thing...
Wouldn't it make more sense for a big obvious warning be on a dangerous object rather than a harmless one?
In certain scenarios that would make sense, but in others it would defeat the purpose of the gun. Just like a hunter wears bright orange with his camouflage gear to reduce the chance of getting shot by accident, while a soldier (who’s far more likely to have people intentionally shooting at him) wears camouflage without any warning flags.
I don't think that there's anything inherently bad about guns so long as said guns are deactivated, cannot shoot, can't make the boom, and have no ammunition.
Except that people might think that loaded guns are unloaded...
But you know, if someone had a great great grandfather's musket passed down through the generations and treasured as a memory of the people who came before, I wouldn't be bothered by it any more than a crossbow or sword, so long as it was deactivated.
And maybe guns could work as bookends and paperweights if deactivated, but that encourages having them around, and that encourages kids to play with them, and that encourages kids to play with other guns, and that encourages accidents.
I can see fringe uses for deactivated guns (paperweight, stress ball for people who like to squeeze metal handles, thing to tap on a table to make sound, cowboy spinner toy, tasteless and lame decoration) but none for bullets.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
The thing is, the orange tip isn't intended as a warning of danger, it's just meant as a very obvious way to make the harmless toy visually distinguishable from the deadly weapon. For that particular purpose, all that really matters is that the two look different.
Not flashy, just obvious. Like, say, a small green stripe on the barrel or something. And then teach kids that a small green stripe means that it's a real gun. Just take the ambiguity away entirely.
The thing is, the orange tip isn't intended as a warning of danger, it's just meant as a very obvious way to make the harmless toy visually distinguishable from the deadly weapon. For that particular purpose, all that really matters is that the two look different.
But the presence of something obvious only registers when said obvious thing is actually there. No one's going to notice the lack of an orange tip, and if I'm not mistaken most kids aren't even aware that toy guns always have the orange tip anyway.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Not flashy, just obvious. Like, say, a small green stripe on the barrel or something. And then teach kids that a small green stripe means that it's a real gun. Just take the ambiguity away entirely.
If we're already marking the fake ones, marking the real ones too would be redundant. If there's no orange tip, assume it's a real weapon.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I was not born as an intelligent, strong, pretty, neurotypical Japanese lesbian human with a predisposition towards literature, thievery, witchcraft, western-ness, and Romanian doll makers. My existence is pointless.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Am I being to argumentative? I don't mean to be. >_<
Not flashy, just obvious. Like, say, a small green stripe on the barrel or something. And then teach kids that a small green stripe means that it's a real gun. Just take the ambiguity away entirely.
If we're already marking the fake ones, marking the real ones too would be redundant. If there's no orange tip, assume it's a real weapon.
But again, doesn't it make more sense to have such an obvious sign on what needs to have a warning on it?
The only comparison I can think of is that it'd be like if the left light turned on when a driver was signalling to turn right. The distinction is technically there, but it's not as useful as it should be.
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I mean, It's one thing to be a cannibal, but being a picky cannibal is probably worse.
The movie is RUINED
so enjoy
Eye contact is scary, I mean, lots of animals react poorly to it. In fact, the autistic mind functions more like a deer or cow; and the neurotypical mind functions like a wolf or other predator. No, really, the way the brain processes stimuli, the amount of anxiety, the flight response and freezing up like a deer in the headlights. So says Temple Grandin.
Why should we be ashamed of what we are? Why should you look at people when your mind is wired to not like that?
You are just as okay and healthy as anyone.
It's your story, that's what's important. Fight the tyrant Truth. This is fiction, we don't need no understanding of the human condition.
It's art. If we can accept the monstrosity that is the main character girl from Tangled, with her gaping abysses of eyes that are wider than her waist, her inadequate nose, her inhuman proportions, we can accept any skewed image of humanity, no matter how alien and wrong and off. We don't actually need humans in our fantasy (seriously, Rapinzel is not human). What applies to the body here applies to the personality.
Skew it to what works for you.
This is art, baby!
You can have another 40 Imipoints. You're on a roll!
The only good purpose of a gun is to make the gun holster feel useful. Guns should be made of styrofoam and shouldn't be able to shoot, and there should be no bullets or ammunition.
In Rozburg, there aren't many guns, if any. We simply lack the hands to operate them.
I'm fine with preserving historical guns, as long as they are deactivated and made incapable of shooting. Heirlooms and heritage and that.
:D
You don't need to write about the absurd psychology pathos of a whole human being to write about Michelle, the flower girl who visited the meat shop because she's a minor character who visits a meat shop to set the macguffin rolling.
Except that people might think that loaded guns are unloaded...
But you know, if someone had a great great grandfather's musket passed down through the generations and treasured as a memory of the people who came before, I wouldn't be bothered by it any more than a crossbow or sword, so long as it was deactivated.
And maybe guns could work as bookends and paperweights if deactivated, but that encourages having them around, and that encourages kids to play with them, and that encourages kids to play with other guns, and that encourages accidents.
I can see fringe uses for deactivated guns (paperweight, stress ball for people who like to squeeze metal handles, thing to tap on a table to make sound, cowboy spinner toy, tasteless and lame decoration) but none for bullets.
Bullets dont get enough hate.
Like those rounded ray zapper guns from old sci-fi.
the good ol' days