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 will try harder to say good things, to talk about things I like.
I'm just... well, I like the things I like, and I'm worried people will make fun of them and make fun of me.
Like, how'm I gonna talk about Sonic R and with a straight face. I like it, and I think I'm a doofus for liking it.
And, well, I can't talk about Mistborn or The King's Shadow or The Pushcart War or The Search for Delicious or The Book of the Dun Cow or I am The Messenger or The Westing Game or Figgs and Phantoms or Journey To Terezor or Mr. Tuckett or Time Cat or The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen without SPOILERS.
I like that Tom Hanks has a redemption arc over six different lifetimes told in anachronic order that I only realized happened after I finished the movie.
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
Remember a couple years back when I would go on angry rants about how terrible America is and how much I wanted to move elsewhere?
Well, I figure this upcoming election is the test.
If America elects Trump, I'm writing it off as a lost cause and making plans to move elsewhere.
If America elects literally anyone else, there's still something redeemable about the country and something worth working for.
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
Alright, fine.
I'm open to the idea that a country that elects Donald Trump could be redeemable, but it's gonna take a hell of a lot of convincing.
I like that Tom Hanks has a redemption arc over six different lifetimes told in anachronic order that I only realized happened after I finished the movie.
And that's just one facet a many-faceted movie.
I have been meaning to check the book out for a long time. It's a favourite of a friend of mine.
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'm certainly not sure how defeatism could be a good thing.
Anyway, it's not like Trump being a candidate doesn't also bother me, because of course it does. It's... it's the whole idea of not staying to try and fight, or thinking that nothing could be done at all, that bothers me and often has when the political climate is looking ugly (locally or broadly). And this is coming from someone that, mind you, is certainly receptive to moving to other places (like Canada).
Anyway, last night I vividly dreamed that I open-mouthed kissed this guy who I didn't like to shut him up, and in the dream I thought; "Wow this is weird, but fun."
lmao my first thought was 'hot'
Also, I found something close to my perfect game that I was talking about yesterday. It's called Stardew Valley and it's an improved Harvest Moon for half the price and it's got like perfect reviews on Steam and everyone is bisexual so I AM PLEASED.
I can't care about politics. I can't care about some dink two thousand miles away.
The mounds of the Adena and Hopewell. The grandness of Cahokia. The Serpent mound in Ohio that I would love to much to see. And, nearer me, Chaco canyon and Mesa Verde.
There's thousands of years of archaeology and plant cultivation and culture and history in this nation. Dozens of national parks that I'll most likely never see, museums I'll never get to visit, relatives I'll never meet. And I'll be danged if I leave this land for any other.
Why the heck can't anyone see how many wonders there are?
America isn't garbage. England isn't garbage. They're both incredible. I defend America, because it is my home.
I refuse to respect this idea that we need to be so dang harsh on our governments and our societies that we must constantly mock them; that we must always be self-critical and self-deprecating. But, I guess there's no stories to tell, no caricatures to draw, no jokes to be made about systems that work and societies that function and nations that aren't garbage.
And this goes without saying as well, but I also don't think wanting to move in and of itself is inherently a character fault or whatever. It's defeatism, combined with a vague sense of "Whatever, go in the garbage can for all I care" which I find a little discomforting, even if understandable. No less with how much of a mess the US is right now.
It's not the going to england that bothers me, it's the act of writing off an entire nation like that.
It's the sort of way I would talk about, like, china or something and then everyone would tell me to stop making sweeping generalizations about millions of people and unimaginable amounts of land.
Man is a most complex simple creature: see what he weaves, and how base his reasons for doing so.
Aliroz, I'm with you on the most part, except for a very specific thing. I'm all for patiotism and loving your nation, because it's yours.
But a government is not a nation. A government is a thing that rules a nation. They are connected, but distinct objects.
I am extremely harsh about the PRC and the Singaporean government for good reason. They are corrupt and incompetent and overpowered entities that must antagonize other nations and lie to its people and commit crimes and perpetuate violence for the sake of its control, for the sake of reinforcing its own power.
But I have nothing but love for the motherland itself and my island home.
the place is pretty and there are nice people in it but i don't want to be put in a death camp or, more likely, unable to have careers i want to have because the government won't pay for them in favor of enforcing laws that are likely to get me in jail. simple
so i was looking up the villagers you can romance and found a character named elliot and
Sunday
12:00 PM -- Emerges from cabin, presumably with hangover, to stand around on the beach and gaze wistfully at the ocean
1:30 PM -- Feeling the fresh salty wind blowing in from the ocean wasn't going to cure his poor decision-making on Saturday night, he returns to his cabin to cry himself back to sleep
3:00 PM -- After a catnap and a hot shower, he returns to the bridge to stare wistfully across the river
6:00 PM -- Bored of contemplating life on the bridge, he returns to the cabin for more brooding
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britain's policies on academics are apparently garbage now, though. maybe new zealand. it's got cassowaries
i mean i still like that garbage country but there's a reason i don't live there rn.
Sunday
12:00 PM -- Emerges from cabin, presumably with hangover, to stand around on the beach and gaze wistfully at the ocean
1:30 PM -- Feeling the fresh salty wind blowing in from the ocean wasn't going to cure his poor decision-making on Saturday night, he returns to his cabin to cry himself back to sleep
3:00 PM -- After a catnap and a hot shower, he returns to the bridge to stare wistfully across the river
6:00 PM -- Bored of contemplating life on the bridge, he returns to the cabin for more brooding