Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Grimdark doesn't exist. Grimdark is defined by absolute, unbearable, lackadaisical, excessive suffering that this world couldn't ever come close to matching.
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
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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
Well, to an extent I think you might just be idealizing the past. Ideals are fine, but don't let them cloud your view of reality. Ask yourself why the pre-1960s seemed so innocent. And the fact that pre-1960s being horrible and bigoted was, well, pretty inextricably bound to ever other aspect of the time period and can't just be ignored.
I understand your inclination, and I understand your distaste for certain aspects of modern culture, but please don't wax nostalgic for things that don't exist. Like I said, ideals are fine, but you have to recognize that they are ideals.
I know it wasn't innocent, and I know that the reason why the media had that innocence to it was because of censorship and stuff like the hays code. Racism, sexism, homophobia treated as a mental illness; autism not understood; I'm not saying that it was a time I'd like to live at all; but I do kind of miss the moral simplicity and white-and-blackness of old-timey radio serials and Buck Rogers.
I don't mess the pre-1960's, I miss the sense of idealism and innocence, a gentleness and optimism that permeated a lot of the media of that time. (Of course, those qualities were basically federally mandated rather than being the true feeling of the time or coming from the creators themselves; though).
I just really miss the idea that fictional heroes shouldn't swear or kiss for more than a specified number of seconds. I don't at all miss the stereotypes, nationalist views, or the portrayal of women that were found in the media of those days.
I guess I just would like to see a sense of idealism, optimism, innocence and gentle simplicity but with LGBT, women, foreigners, and everyone shown as, well, people and equals. I want a transsexual equivalent to the Lone Ranger, a hero that is always good and always saves the day while being unfailingly polite and considerate. Sure, I know it wouldn't fly today (we want our fictional characters to have flaws); and it wouldn't fly then (because bigotry, which is awful).
I just would like to see some media with a feeling of "LGBTQ? Awesome. Straight? Awesome. Autism Spectrum? Awesome. Neurotypical? Awesome. Aboriginal? Awesome. Black? Awesome. White? Awesome. Women? Awesome. Men? Awesome. Atheism? Awesome. Religion? Awesome. Everyone is awesome and the world is going to get better because people are basically good and the world is beautiful and amazing.".
But, well, even to me it sounds incredibly dorky and would probably come out as overly saccharine.
And, I mean, it's not like those good qualities have left us (Just look at My Neighbor Totoro, The Lego Movie, and other stuff), and, in many ways, many of the bad qualities have left us. I guess I just want more of whatever-the-opposite-of-grimdark-is.
I am totally OK with all of this, just so you know. Even as someone who likes some extremely dark things. I mean, I really do think that great tragedies are few and far between in modern media, but the absence of truly optimistic media that unironically embraces innocence, tolerance, and kindness without preaching is very disappointing in its own way.
There are so many good zingers in that review, but my favourite might be: "If there's anything I don't get about this project personally, it's why Drake and his producer have anything to do with it. I mean, Drake is perfectly capable of being boring on his own. Why he needs to sign and pay some other guy to be boring, I don't know."
Thought: much of what is called ad hominem is simple acknowledgement that one does not agree with the ethical premises, so the non-ethical premises are not worth arguing over.
On the one hand, the ability to speak with even more authority on video games as an art form, for four dollars cheaper. On the other hand, fighting aliens with superpowers.
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
Where is everybody tonight? The forum's not usually this boring...
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
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
Well, to an extent I think you might just be idealizing the past. Ideals are fine, but don't let them cloud your view of reality. Ask yourself why the pre-1960s seemed so innocent. And the fact that pre-1960s being horrible and bigoted was, well, pretty inextricably bound to ever other aspect of the time period and can't just be ignored.
I understand your inclination, and I understand your distaste for certain aspects of modern culture, but please don't wax nostalgic for things that don't exist. Like I said, ideals are fine, but you have to recognize that they are ideals.
I know it wasn't innocent, and I know that the reason why the media had that innocence to it was because of censorship and stuff like the hays code. Racism, sexism, homophobia treated as a mental illness; autism not understood; I'm not saying that it was a time I'd like to live at all; but I do kind of miss the moral simplicity and white-and-blackness of old-timey radio serials and Buck Rogers.
I don't mess the pre-1960's, I miss the sense of idealism and innocence, a gentleness and optimism that permeated a lot of the media of that time. (Of course, those qualities were basically federally mandated rather than being the true feeling of the time or coming from the creators themselves; though).
I just really miss the idea that fictional heroes shouldn't swear or kiss for more than a specified number of seconds. I don't at all miss the stereotypes, nationalist views, or the portrayal of women that were found in the media of those days.
I guess I just would like to see a sense of idealism, optimism, innocence and gentle simplicity but with LGBT, women, foreigners, and everyone shown as, well, people and equals. I want a transsexual equivalent to the Lone Ranger, a hero that is always good and always saves the day while being unfailingly polite and considerate. Sure, I know it wouldn't fly today (we want our fictional characters to have flaws); and it wouldn't fly then (because bigotry, which is awful).
I just would like to see some media with a feeling of "LGBTQ? Awesome. Straight? Awesome. Autism Spectrum? Awesome. Neurotypical? Awesome. Aboriginal? Awesome. Black? Awesome. White? Awesome. Women? Awesome. Men? Awesome. Atheism? Awesome. Religion? Awesome. Everyone is awesome and the world is going to get better because people are basically good and the world is beautiful and amazing.".
But, well, even to me it sounds incredibly dorky and would probably come out as overly saccharine.
And, I mean, it's not like those good qualities have left us (Just look at My Neighbor Totoro, The Lego Movie, and other stuff), and, in many ways, many of the bad qualities have left us. I guess I just want more of whatever-the-opposite-of-grimdark-is.
I am totally OK with all of this, just so you know. Even as someone who likes some extremely dark things. I mean, I really do think that great tragedies are few and far between in modern media, but the absence of truly optimistic media that unironically embraces innocence, tolerance, and kindness without preaching is very disappointing in its own way.
I got the feeling this is what you meant, Aliroz, I just wanted to make sure you expressed it in full.
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Pardy it up like it's 1999. But don't because then the aging process will reverse.
....unless that's what you want.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
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in several months this could be self modifying GPGPU but yeah right
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