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
I never thought about it before, but it's weird that Microsoft has been aggressively pushing Windows 10, an entirely new operating system, but didn't use similar automatic-installation tactics with Windows 8.1 even though that was basically just a service pack for Windows 8.
The proof is that we know God must exist and have a good deal of influence in the world as we know it because cute and largely defenseless animals survive in the wild. Particularly, as in the title, Red Pandas, which are so gloriously cute in both their looks and their behavior, especially in snow, and make me so happy even on bad days, that they simply must be the handiwork of a God of omniscient powers over the creation of the environment, and extraordinary powers in both cuteness and psychology. What other conception of Theism exists that could satisfy the characteristics of such a deity than the Christian Deity?
The proof is that we know God must exist and have a good deal of influence in the world as we know it because cute and largely defenseless animals survive in the wild. Particularly, as in the title, Red Pandas, which are so gloriously cute in both their looks and their behavior, especially in snow, and make me so happy even on bad days, that they simply must be the handiwork of a God of omniscient powers over the creation of the environment, and extraordinary powers in both cuteness and psychology. What other conception of Theism exists that could satisfy the characteristics of such a deity than the Christian Deity?
The proof is that we know God must exist and have a good deal of influence in the world as we know it because cute and largely defenseless animals survive in the wild. Particularly, as in the title, Red Pandas, which are so gloriously cute in both their looks and their behavior, especially in snow, and make me so happy even on bad days, that they simply must be the handiwork of a God of omniscient powers over the creation of the environment, and extraordinary powers in both cuteness and psychology. What other conception of Theism exists that could satisfy the characteristics of such a deity than the Christian Deity?
the most convincing argument ive seen thus far tbqh
The proof is that we know God must exist and have a good deal of influence in the world as we know it because cute and largely defenseless animals survive in the wild. Particularly, as in the title, Red Pandas, which are so gloriously cute in both their looks and their behavior, especially in snow, and make me so happy even on bad days, that they simply must be the handiwork of a God of omniscient powers over the creation of the environment, and extraordinary powers in both cuteness and psychology. What other conception of Theism exists that could satisfy the characteristics of such a deity than the Christian Deity?
r/badphilosophy?
that would imply that this is bad philosophy though, when in fact this is an intellectual tour de force
from the afterlife, Thomas Aquinas sheds a single tear and breaks into applause
Fiddles are historically associated with the devil not through any Christian imagery, but because older European folk tradition held that several uber powerful water demons, known as nock, nikyr, necks, etc, were insanely good fiddle players.
In Norway, for example, the violin known as the Hardanger fiddle was played initially by the creepy otherwordly beings, like the hulderfolk, the trolls, as well as the nock. There are equivalents in other European cultures.
These beings were known as preternaturally skilled fiddle players, the nocks above all others. So some people would make a deal to learn the fiddle from the nock, or have their children trained. The only problem being nocks usually needed life or blood sacrifices to learn their skills.
So as Christianity was introduced, the water demon nock was conflated with the devil. Because other stories of nykyrs, nocks, etc were generally sacrificing a human to appease treacherous tides, which was the pinnacle of terror.
The devil knows the fiddle, because the ancient tradition is that if you can win your freedom from the nocks, they will honor this pact.
when people say "video game criticism is in its infancy"
1. video game criticism may be, but criticism as a whole sure isn't. and video games are not such a radically different medium that a lot of critical techniques cant port over.
2. even babies know how to do basic homeostasis things, whereas video game critics consistently fail to understand the basics of critiquing media. this comparison is therefore an insult to babies.
Wittgenstein and Hitler were born just six days apart, though Hitler had been held back a year, while Wittgenstein was moved forward by one, so they ended up two grades apart at the Realschule.[69] Monk estimates they were both at the school during the 1904–1905 school year, but says there is no evidence they had anything to do with each other.[70] Several commentators have argued that a school photograph of Hitler may show Wittgenstein in the lower left corner,[71] but Hamann says the photograph stems from 1900 or 1901, before Wittgenstein's time.[72]
i can't remember offhand who it was, but i remember reading a piece by an academic literature-and-film critic discussing video games during my theory module at uni
there was nothing exactly wrong with it, but it was very strange because she invented her own system for classifying games, sometimes using a familiar genre term to describe games it wouldn't normally encompass, or inventing a new name for a genre that already had a name
when people say "video game criticism is in its infancy"
1. video game criticism may be, but criticism as a whole sure isn't. and video games are not such a radically different medium that a lot of critical techniques cant port over.
2. even babies know how to do basic homeostasis things, whereas video game critics consistently fail to understand the basics of critiquing media. this comparison is therefore an insult to babies.
when people say "video game criticism is in its infancy"
1. video game criticism may be, but criticism as a whole sure isn't. and video games are not such a radically different medium that a lot of critical techniques cant port over.
2. even babies know how to do basic homeostasis things, whereas video game critics consistently fail to understand the basics of critiquing media. this comparison is therefore an insult to babies.
can you fucking not, for once in your life? Good god.
It's the general trashing stuff almost out of nowhere (especially by way of exaggeration, even if I suppose it was just running with the analogy), which has pretty consistently bothered people, that made me take note.
Less so... stuff like what you said, although I feel like I could find stuff for film pretty easily too, because this is the internet.
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It was because of Windows 10, though? Wow, I didn't realize it was that bad.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Please don't let this place burn down in my absence, ok?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Fiddles are historically associated with the devil not through any Christian imagery, but because older European folk tradition held that several uber powerful water demons, known as nock, nikyr, necks, etc, were insanely good fiddle players.
In Norway, for example, the violin known as the Hardanger fiddle was played initially by the creepy otherwordly beings, like the hulderfolk, the trolls, as well as the nock. There are equivalents in other European cultures.
These beings were known as preternaturally skilled fiddle players, the nocks above all others. So some people would make a deal to learn the fiddle from the nock, or have their children trained. The only problem being nocks usually needed life or blood sacrifices to learn their skills.
So as Christianity was introduced, the water demon nock was conflated with the devil. Because other stories of nykyrs, nocks, etc were generally sacrificing a human to appease treacherous tides, which was the pinnacle of terror.
The devil knows the fiddle, because the ancient tradition is that if you can win your freedom from the nocks, they will honor this pact.
I'm not sure that serious video game criticism is really a worthwhile thing anyway.
ah
there was nothing exactly wrong with it, but it was very strange because she invented her own system for classifying games, sometimes using a familiar genre term to describe games it wouldn't normally encompass, or inventing a new name for a genre that already had a name
most video game criticism is pretty low-quality in my experience
like not to say it can't be or isn't ever as good as film criticism, but that the bar to clear for publication seems to be somewhat lower
like, a lot of what passes for game criticism is stuff any reasonably bright teenager with no critical background could write