Why are people so afraid of the possibility that some women used to have vaguely male-like parts at some point in their lives? And why do they seem to pretend that men who used to have female-like parts do not exist at all? Are they that afraid of accidentally doing something that a twelve-year-old might consider gay?
They're afraid of the possibility of a man NOT ACTING LIKE A REAL MAN SHOULD AND WOMEN STEPPING OUTSIDE THEIR PROPER PLACE. :O
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
well to be honest i think that this thread -- in its role as a social thread -- ought to be a place where, when, say, you really feel stressed out and want to break something, you can in fact (imaginarily) break something here, and express yourself.
so i shouldn't throw that imaginary park bench at Sredni Vashtar or pretend to pie Odradek in the face specifically, because that would be rude, but i think it ought to be a place where i can vent grievances and frustrations without too much looking over my shoulder to make sure i'm making complete sense
well to be honest i think that this thread -- in its role as a social thread -- ought to be a place where, when, say, you really feel stressed out and want to break something, you can in fact (imaginarily) break something here, and express yourself.
so i shouldn't throw that imaginary park bench at Sredni Vashtar or pretend to pie Odradek in the face specifically, because that would be rude, but i think it ought to be a place where i can vent grievances and frustrations without too much looking over my shoulder to make sure i'm making complete sense
as well as a place to share joy and humor and fun
and to chat about whatever
That's OK.
But in context I was referring to my tendency to get pretty "take no prisoners" in arguments...
well to be honest i think that this thread -- in its role as a social thread -- ought to be a place where, when, say, you really feel stressed out and want to break something, you can in fact (imaginarily) break something here, and express yourself.
This is in part why I made my own personal thread.
The Emotional Problems Pile also serves the purpose of being a place to vent, to some degree.
also, at the risk of causing problems, i'm just going to come right out and say it openly and honestly
i wanted to repost my assessment of / reply to mr. darcy's worldview. i mentioned it on IRC (#yackfest) years ago when i first met him, though i thought it was an issue that had dropped off the radar, so i never bothered mentioning it again.
well to be honest i think that this thread -- in its role as a social thread -- ought to be a place where, when, say, you really feel stressed out and want to break something, you can in fact (imaginarily) break something here, and express yourself.
This is in part why I made my own personal thread.
The Emotional Problems Pile also serves the purpose of being a place to vent, to some degree.
I generally take the EPP as a more serious place, with much more respect for others, as well as rules/customs of confidentiality and such. At least, I don't think of it as any place to be silly, flippant, teasing, playfully mocking, etc..
I sympathize with you, glenn, but at some point you're shooting rats with rocket launchers and the whole thing just starts to not be worth the trouble.
Speaking of shooting rats with rocket launchers, I'm gonna go play some Fallout 3 now. Game was free a couple months ago and apparently our Xbox just like, downloaded it without asking us, so I see no reason to not play it, and have been enjoying it pretty well.
I sympathize with you, glenn, but at some point you're shooting rats with rocket launchers and the whole thing just starts to not be worth the trouble.
Speaking of shooting rats with rocket launchers, I'm gonna go play some Fallout 3 now. Game was free a couple months ago and apparently our Xbox just like, downloaded it without asking us, so I see no reason to not play it, and have been enjoying it pretty well.
People get really up in arms about that game not living up to the buggy badly-programmed old Fallout games with shitty combat.
They do like New Vegas, which is basically the same engine so w/e
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
well if as you say he doesn't really check this thread then i guess it doesn't matter if i just post it here
i think his worldview -- or at least the worldview he seems to hold based on reading the things he writes -- makes an implicit assumption that people's philosophical/religious/ideological beliefs are the primary drivers of people's behavior, and he seems to use this to draw broad strokes about people as defined and identified by their belief systems
rather than (kinda) the other way around, i.e. people's beliefs being driven/defined by their behavior as well as their social interactions/contexts
it's true that beliefs drive behavior in some cases, but this is a secondary effect, with beliefs being themselves defined by other causes, as opposed to being the governing structure that defines behavior, for most people. and sometimes, you get beliefs being conveniently used to justify actions/opinions -- for example, homophobes using a single line from the bible to justify their homophobia.
TL;DR beliefs systems don't primarily define human behavior, so drawing broad strokes about people based on their philosophies or religions is very unrealistic.
edit: ahh, cripes, i had to score a pagetopper for this.
I sympathize with you, glenn, but at some point you're shooting rats with rocket launchers and the whole thing just starts to not be worth the trouble.
Speaking of shooting rats with rocket launchers, I'm gonna go play some Fallout 3 now. Game was free a couple months ago and apparently our Xbox just like, downloaded it without asking us, so I see no reason to not play it, and have been enjoying it pretty well.
People get really up in arms about that game not living up to the buggy badly-programmed old Fallout games with shitty combat.
They do like New Vegas, which is basically the same engine so w/e
That's kinda of funny, because most of the people I talked to preferred 3 to the old Fallout games.
I do enjoy New Vegas more, though half of my enjoyment comes from the DLCs from New Vegas, especially Old World Blues.
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There is apparently a deep complex internal structure, but I don't care.
After that I stopped playing, because I was a teen and did not play handheld games much.
*spray paints said wall with the quadratic formula*
see?
I stopped after Gen 2, although I got into Fire Red more recently.
or, heck, in any one of the many wonderposting threads that i and others have created over the course of time
yes, i mean this as an official statement that all those snowclone threads i've started are fair game for other people to shitpost in
because someone said something that i want to discuss but it seems the conversation ended over there
so i shouldn't throw that imaginary park bench at Sredni Vashtar or pretend to pie Odradek in the face specifically, because that would be rude, but i think it ought to be a place where i can vent grievances and frustrations without too much looking over my shoulder to make sure i'm making complete sense
as well as a place to share joy and humor and fun
and to chat about whatever
The Emotional Problems Pile also serves the purpose of being a place to vent, to some degree.
i wanted to repost my assessment of / reply to mr. darcy's worldview. i mentioned it on IRC (#yackfest) years ago when i first met him, though i thought it was an issue that had dropped off the radar, so i never bothered mentioning it again.
"Cheeseburger in Paradise" is an awful song, though.
I sympathize with you, glenn, but at some point you're shooting rats with rocket launchers and the whole thing just starts to not be worth the trouble.
Speaking of shooting rats with rocket launchers, I'm gonna go play some Fallout 3 now. Game was free a couple months ago and apparently our Xbox just like, downloaded it without asking us, so I see no reason to not play it, and have been enjoying it pretty well.
They do like New Vegas, which is basically the same engine so w/e
Didn't help it.
i think his worldview -- or at least the worldview he seems to hold based on reading the things he writes -- makes an implicit assumption that people's philosophical/religious/ideological beliefs are the primary drivers of people's behavior, and he seems to use this to draw broad strokes about people as defined and identified by their belief systems
rather than (kinda) the other way around, i.e. people's beliefs being driven/defined by their behavior as well as their social interactions/contexts
it's true that beliefs drive behavior in some cases, but this is a secondary effect, with beliefs being themselves defined by other causes, as opposed to being the governing structure that defines behavior, for most people. and sometimes, you get beliefs being conveniently used to justify actions/opinions -- for example, homophobes using a single line from the bible to justify their homophobia.
TL;DR beliefs systems don't primarily define human behavior, so drawing broad strokes about people based on their philosophies or religions is very unrealistic.
edit: ahh, cripes, i had to score a pagetopper for this.
I do enjoy New Vegas more, though half of my enjoyment comes from the DLCs from New Vegas, especially Old World Blues.
Sorcerer's Apprentice is the best Mickey Mouse related thing ever.