i'm not going to watch that video because i do not want to hear someone shouting about Zelda
especially since all the Zelda games i have played have been fantastic and i really can't be bothered to hear how much Skyward Sword supposedly inexplicably sucked yet again or whatever it is he's mad about
Again, he doesn't elaborate much. It's very much all bark and no bite. He makes good points, if you can stand his over-the-top narrations squished in sporadically.
I also agree with naney about unfollowing whoever is a concern to you.
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
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
seriously questioning the point of my 4 years spent at uni
i mean i don't think it was a bad course, and it was certainly interesting, but i'm not sure how much i really learned or improved, and now i'm basically losing hope of ever writing my dissertation and getting my degree because i don't know basically i'm crap at this
i think out of everything i read, what has sunk in the most is the idea that value and meaning are socially constructed, which i do believe since it makes more sense to me than anything else i've read on the subject, but which is apparently the sort of belief that's associated with whiny sjw teens, wannabe nietzcheans and transphobic radfems, and which makes philosophers and scientists alike roll their eyes at you
so i don't know, i should probably have skipped it all and gotten a job or something, and meanwhile heapers who are younger than me and never took a lit course are better read than me and that shouldn't be depressing but it is, it makes me question what i was even studying for
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I have this feeling that Zelda fans in general take Zelda too seriously and that they like to complain about new Zelda games. I used to like Zelda a lot and one can even learn a lot from Zelda, as a designer of action/adventure games, but I find the series increasingly boring and I also don't understand what about it makes people so emotional? Like, let's just say the Zelda series is fun and rather silly and call it a day.
As for the Egoraptor thing: I didn't watch it but I know he acts cartoonishly for comedy and I can't envision him being emotionally invested in a Zelda review.
seriously questioning the point of my 4 years spent at uni
i mean i don't think it was a bad course, and it was certainly interesting, but i'm not sure how much i really learned or improved, and now i'm basically losing hope of ever writing my dissertation and getting my degree because i don't know basically i'm crap at this
i think out of everything i read, what has sunk in the most is the idea that value and meaning are socially constructed, which i do believe since it makes more sense to me than anything else i've read on the subject, but which is apparently the sort of belief that's associated with whiny sjw teens, wannabe nietzcheans and transphobic radfems, and which makes philosophers and scientists alike roll their eyes at you
so i don't know, i should probably have skipped it all and gotten a job or something, and meanwhile heapers who are younger than me and never took a lit course are better read than me and that shouldn't be depressing but it is, it makes me question what i was even studying for
^^ You have a job. And you have your music. And you have informed opinions on an array of subjects.
I am a no nothing with no job and nothing to recommend me for one.
^ I don't have a degree and unless i somehow by some miracle pull a full-length dissertation out of my ass between now and August i will not be getting one.
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
And I need to write.
My big problem is I never really get past that stage of putting your characters in various situations and seeing how they'd act.
It helps you build your characters, sure, but there's no point in having characters without a plot.
^^^ it varies but in my case, it needs to be 8,000 words + bibliography
(that's not all i have to do by the end of the month if i want a good grade, i have two more assignments to do if i want that, but if i don't do my diss i won't get a degree at all)
^ if you're doing a science, sure. i'm a lit/creative writing student
i think out of everything i read, what has sunk in the most is the idea that value and meaning are socially constructed, which i do believe since it makes more sense to me than anything else i've read on the subject, but which is apparently the sort of belief that's associated with whiny sjw teens, wannabe nietzcheans and transphobic radfems, and which makes philosophers and scientists alike roll their eyes at you
well if that's the case i'll take all the eye-rolling in the universe because i'm preeeeeetty sure that it's true
well, there are also things like biology and one's relation to oneself.
they all interact to help you assign meaning
but yes, I feel confident in saying meaning is an arbitrary construct. Which in no way is me implying that meaning can't be important.
if you feel that you have not learned enough, that is something you can remedy through reading.
I'm going to tell you a secret: i'm not actually well read. Almost all my knowledge relating to sociology, philosophy and critical theory comes from:
* an essay compilation entitled "Everyday Theory: A Contemporary Reader"
* Language And Responsibility by Noam Chomsky
* Bertrand Russel's A History Of Western Philosophy
* The bits of Being And Nothingness that did not make my brain melt
the rest is from various papers i have been linked to my internet people
I just get by on my glibness and knack for putting ideas together.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
If you don't count fantasy novels and gay fan fiction and internet articles, I've barely read anything. But people can probably tell that I am not super smart.
^^ those are some pretty damn difficult reads, though, and you presumably read them without being forced to read them by a lecturer or tutor?
i should have read more, but i'm out of time, and that's only just sunk in
^ you seem aware of a lot of social issues, at least...
you evidently put a lot of time and effort into video games, which is a hobby, and what you have to show for it is you're a lot better at these things than someone like me could ever dream of being
if you're doing a science, sure. i'm a lit/creative writing student
This is really being disingenuous to the kind of work and studies that you go through. No, you're not building the next big bridge in some city somewhere, or working with very specific parts of some scientific junk to inch closer towards Abstract Goal Number 34,523. That does not mean the work you do isn't actually, like, really frigging difficult.
Tachyon, I'm going into STEM stuff precisely because the type of stuff you do is kind of intimidating to me. I really like it, and enjoy studying it as much as I "can" but it's still something that's fairly reasonably not my forte (though I have a lot of stuff that I need/want to improve on, but that's irrelevant). I'm not convinced that a good amount of lit/creative writing bashing isn't just sour grapes, and anyone that says writing is "easy" is either a seasoned writer or totally just putting on for show. Same for all of the philosophy and art major bashing.
I am pretty sure that Sartre was on some serious fucking drugs. Not in a "wow this is psychedelic man" way but like as in a "holy shit this is so obtuse and repetitive it's like you forgot your point mid-paragraph"
You are not out of time. You just have to swing an 8000 page paper in one month. Which is very much like being out of time, but is not the same thing.
^^^ see i thought maybe that was the case at one time, but i've seen what kind of stuff STEM majors do and it's incredibly daunting, and it's not like what i do requires any real skills that aren't also involved in studying the sciences
i study the kind of stuff other people do for fun in their spare time, and i tried to kid myself that i just needed to study harder to get to the more advanced stuff but no, it really is that simple and i really am that incompetent
^^OK, i will stop talking i guess
^ I have never accomplished anything like that before, though.
also you wanna talk about my music. Sam Truth, who started making music after I did, played at Low-End Theory a few weeks ago, and is signed to an actual label (Darker Than Wax Recordings).
i honestly can't offer any advice, since i don't know what you're doing. but i do wish you the best. and i want you to know that the worst case scenario isn't all that bad.
and at least you managed to get through four years of college. I took two full semesters (one year) and passed a grand total of two classes. Out of eight. I am effectively unable to ever go back unless I pay for it myself, which ain't happening.
I didn't even fail because I'm stupid, but because I'm lazy.
but dear Sam, who I am not bitter toward, but am very much envious of, who I encouraged to make music as "a serious thing", is lightyears ahead of me success-wise. I follow him on twitter, he was tweeting from a plane earlier this week.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
you evidently put a lot of time and effort into video games, which is a hobby, and what you have to show for it is you're a lot better at these things than someone like me could ever dream of being
I'm not sure about that. :o Really what I want to do is create a game I will like even more than Touhou (if this is possible) and that is why I am learning programming. :p I am a boring person without many skills that I can contribute to the world.
you evidently put a lot of time and effort into video games, which is a hobby, and what you have to show for it is you're a lot better at these things than someone like me could ever dream of being
I'm not sure about that. :o Really what I want to do is create a game I will like even more than Touhou (if this is possible) and that is why I am learning programming. :p I am a boring person without many skills that I can contribute to the world.
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is it a song about crushing genitalia or murdering babies is i guess what i'm asking
i see what you mean about this drumming
seriously questioning the point of my 4 years spent at uni
i mean i don't think it was a bad course, and it was certainly interesting, but i'm not sure how much i really learned or improved, and now i'm basically losing hope of ever writing my dissertation and getting my degree because i don't know basically i'm crap at this
i think out of everything i read, what has sunk in the most is the idea that value and meaning are socially constructed, which i do believe since it makes more sense to me than anything else i've read on the subject, but which is apparently the sort of belief that's associated with whiny sjw teens, wannabe nietzcheans and transphobic radfems, and which makes philosophers and scientists alike roll their eyes at you
so i don't know, i should probably have skipped it all and gotten a job or something, and meanwhile heapers who are younger than me and never took a lit course are better read than me and that shouldn't be depressing but it is, it makes me question what i was even studying for
so yeah, good night
As for the Egoraptor thing: I didn't watch it but I know he acts cartoonishly for comedy and I can't envision him being emotionally invested in a Zelda review.
I am a no nothing with no job and nothing to recommend me for one.
^ I don't have a degree and unless i somehow by some miracle pull a full-length dissertation out of my ass between now and August i will not be getting one.
masterses are for people who get firsts, not people who require extra time to complete the most basic of assignments
(that's not all i have to do by the end of the month if i want a good grade, i have two more assignments to do if i want that, but if i don't do my diss i won't get a degree at all)
^ if you're doing a science, sure. i'm a lit/creative writing student
i should have read more, but i'm out of time, and that's only just sunk in
^ you seem aware of a lot of social issues, at least...
you evidently put a lot of time and effort into video games, which is a hobby, and what you have to show for it is you're a lot better at these things than someone like me could ever dream of being
i study the kind of stuff other people do for fun in their spare time, and i tried to kid myself that i just needed to study harder to get to the more advanced stuff but no, it really is that simple and i really am that incompetent
^^OK, i will stop talking i guess
^ I have never accomplished anything like that before, though.
so I am not exactly a paragon of musical success
I didn't even fail because I'm stupid, but because I'm lazy.
my dad has been playing for decades, has released multiple albums and performed all over the country and is still pretty much unknown
but dear Sam, who I am not bitter toward, but am very much envious of, who I encouraged to make music as "a serious thing", is lightyears ahead of me success-wise. I follow him on twitter, he was tweeting from a plane earlier this week.
Mo... i'm sorry for whining. i suppose that was insensitive.
fwiw, i'm fairly confident my current problems have to do with both stupidity and laziness, roughly evenly mixed
And something Sam's very good at, though thankfully his music backs his salesmanship skills up.
also literally no one seems to care about my Forest Rites side project which sucks cuz I think it's the best thing I've ever done
I guess The Orb is not a popular influence these days.
and programming is a useful skill and well worth learning.