"No. I'm not doing this bit. You can't make me continue the sequence by adding another-OH COME ON!"~Runninggagliroz the confused-about-why-I-keep-falling-for-this
Those aren't the same things as humor, it's just that humor is a socially acceptable way to express them (and, more, one which has the advantage of not asking for a thought-out response).
In that case, wouldn't it also be true to say that humor is n…
If I could stop enjoying/being-amused-by things, I would; it's a distraction from other priorities, one that I don't need so long as I maintain the ability to appreciate things.
Everyone values goodwill and light-hearted cheerfulness.
Minstrel shows were popular, and enjoyed by their audiences, it doesn't make them any less wrong.
Not everything that can be fit in the same big box is equivalent, or even remotely similar. But if that's how it's going to be, it's time to stop enjo…
(note how all the good ancient Greek plays, and all the good Shakespeare plays, are the histories and the tragedies)
Yeah, maybe according to the pretentious hat-wearing killjoy demographic. The actual audiences for whom the old comedies were made…
I don't know where they'd fit into my schedule nowadays.
Pro tip: Make sure not to boot up a citybuilder sim if you haven't done everything you wanted to do today; that way you won't miss out on stuff you needed to do if you lose track of time.
P…
NOTABLE EXCEPTION: The Age of Fear series is, while not worth the cost of the entire set (I recommend skipping Age of Fear II), quite good (from a "is it enjoyable", "is it well-made", or "is it a few changes from something I'd wholeheartedly recom…
You're forgetting the parts in between when I was mature enough to understand the importance of freedom of speech, the forbidden-fruit-appeal uselessness of banning most types of media (as opposed to teaching people how to discern what is worth enga…
The fact that any books I would write would inevitably enter the public domain is a significant part of why I no longer wish to write books.
If I did write books, it would be mostly for the purpose of making money for the publisher, because publishi…
I think an important thing to keep in mind here is that just because [thing] does matter doesn't mean that you can necessarily do something about it.
Like, a good example would be transportation in the United States. American car culture is unsustai…
Be nice, you/me.
If our 2000 self were here, you'd realize that you don't care about all the things you cared about ten years ago.
I try! I try to care about those things! Shut up!
It's easy for you to say change is inevitable, you already gave u…
Amnyways, parody being protected speech is such a stupid idea.
I mean, who decided that it was okay to do whatever with whatever image/idea, but only if you were engaging in mockery?
I need to kick that person.What the heck, future self?
Are Mom an…
Modern self, you were okay with Alec Guinness as Faisal Ibn Hussein in Lawrence of Arabia, and Canadian as American is less weird than British as I-am-not-sure-what-the-proper-word-is-but-he-would-most-likely-have-called-himself-an-Arab-though-I-hes…
You just don't want things to end or change.
Calvin and Hobbes would be no good if it were done by anybody else, and it would be no good if Watterson had never stopped.
Gonna miss Merlin Olsen, though, but it's not as though he can be replaced.
Well, I should hope so! I mean, for royalties and copyright reasons, to support the family. You wouldn't make a digital John Lennon and then have him make new Beatles songs and then make tons of money without giving anything to Yoko Ono.
The arts…
Whoa, that's some Star Trek stuff. Gravity Waves, space-time distortions by mass, the kind of stuff Einstein's theories were about way back in the day.
So, what you're saying is, they don't cure whatever Terry Pratchett's got, NASA doesn't make anything better than Hubble in nearly 30 years, and the James Webb doesn't actually get launched next year?
Has science even gone anywhere?
Cheer up, 2018! I have to wait 8 years for the MAX-C rover to start making discoveries on Mars, but you're standing at the brink of the day when we learn, once and for all, whether or not mars could be, to some degree, made habitable for life!
I me…
What, did smiling become illegal or something (so you had to compensate by enjoying dumb nonsense)? You guys in 2018 look like it's been a rough 7.5 years.
I'm sure you can find lots of books to entertain yourself at Borders and Hastings, and rea…
@machSpeed: Aw crap, jokes can get old and die?
Crud, now I've gotta face my own mortality. CURSE YOU FUTURE LEFT-FACING SELF!
@Aliroz: I doubt anyone could spike your drink with anything worse than orange juice concentrate.
Well, I have an excellent future ahead of me, it seems.
And, um, 2015? Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm sure there are things that you have that are great.
(also, I knew Yarrunmace could make it to college!)
What's your frigging deal with the south park guys anyways?
Walt Disney and Thomas Edison are the scumbags where it's at. Just look at poor Caselotti and Goebel.
Hi Yarrunmace!
^I DON'T GET THE JOKE.
This is my other account, for yelling at my "Aliroz" account.
Also, for expressing happy things.
And representing younger me sometimes (or, rather, current me remembering past stuff and current me in a mood reminiscent of my younger self).
So I …
Clouds are so pretty. I mean, if we ever went underground for a hundred years and forgot what clouds look like, we wouldn't believe the paintings of clouds. Those shapes, those textures and colors, the way they can blend into the sky.
ERMEHGERD THE ALICLONES COMETH.
I was here first, before that ''other'' Aliroz.
Yeah, and you left, because nobody was willing to put up with your crud; you self-flagellating twerp.
Like ''you're'' any better, you obnoxious habromaniac.