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An addendum
I would like to add that yes, I am also aware that the US Government shut down today over disagreements arising from the federal budget, as well as the ACA, or 'Obamacare' *sigh* also - people seemed far more feverishly passionate about who's going to be playing Batman in the upcoming movie than such a significant political event ( Read more... ) -
Wellp.
Something I wish I had figured out long ago: when I stop listening to music/podcasts/watching TV or whatever, I can actually think clearly. My god no distractions = concise thought?? I'm obviously a genius ( Read more... ) -
Self-Censorship and Working out
As a general rule I am very much against the idea of censorship. Labeling certain ideas or works as 'dangerous' and hiding them away doesn't seem very productive.
I believed, too, that people who choose to 'self-censor' themselves away from certain things (Things that scare them or make them uncomfortable) were merely internalizing of the cultures ( Read more... ) -
Lists
Signs we're not going to get along:- You refer to girls and women as "females".
- You're under 60 and you wear a fedora
- The idea of humans meshing with technology (computer implants, nanobots in the blood, etc) greatly bothers you.
- If you're overly concerned about offending people
- Alternately, you pride yourself on how "real" and "brutally honest" you are ( Read more... )
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I'm not even that good.
I'm facing a really stupid problem right now: I like my work too much. I'm so incredibly satisfied by what I create that I'm losing the drive to continually improve. That's just...the dumbest thing ( Read more... ) -
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Had a seizure today. I guess I can cross that off the list of human experiences. -
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私は、エムリーカーの学生です。For real ( Read more... ) -
自己は何ですか？"What is identity?"
(So I've decided to relearn Japanese again, and I must have goofed something up somewhere while installing Kana in Chrome because now half the webpages I go to are in Japanese. It's one way to learn I guess ( Read more... ) -
Sex and Sailor Moon
Before I go into this I would like to acknowledge that I am 100% aware that Sailor Moon and its ilk is rife with ideas and sentiments that can be detrimental to it's young female audience. It's hard to miss really, it screams all it's bullshit right at your face. However, there is one aspect of it that recently came to my attention that I wanted to ( Read more... ) -
It's like intellectual molestation
If my life experiences have taught me anything, it is this: I am a sad, middle-aged/ old man MAGNET. These fuckers crawl out of everywhere and god do they love to tell me how much I "fascinate" them ( Read more... )