Covens are groups of Magikerin that specialize in their own form of Hexerei. They are generally genetic, as most children inherit their mother’s Hexerei, but there are some exceptions (trans women, those special little sunflowers who don’t follow the rules of evolution, etc.). These exceptions must find their own coven (covenless Magikerin are frowned upon, as they generally don’t have a good education or grasp on their Hexerei), applying to them based off their unique Hexerei (apply is a stretch, if the coven doesn’t have an excessive amount of people or an ancient feud with your people you will be accepted).
Wsp sel
Idk not much
might leave ddb
had a wonderful dnd session earlier today
you?
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Hey y’all, you can call me Sel, pronouns they/he. Some things about me, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
Covens are groups of Magikerin that specialize in their own form of Hexerei. They are generally genetic, as most children inherit their mother’s Hexerei, but there are some exceptions (trans women, those special little sunflowers who don’t follow the rules of evolution, etc.). These exceptions must find their own coven (covenless Magikerin are frowned upon, as they generally don’t have a good education or grasp on their Hexerei), applying to them based off their unique Hexerei (apply is a stretch, if the coven doesn’t have an excessive amount of people or an ancient feud with your people you will be accepted).
What’s this for?
also: hi, Sel! Hru?
Idk my gf is doing world building and therefore inspiring me to revive my old dead ones
eh fine
debating leaving ddb but idk
you?
Sel, don’t leave!
But sounds cool
Uhhh…definitely asked him out guys dw about it :/
Ready for the weekend
Why not? (This isn’t me being self deprecating, I’m genuinely curious)
fair enough
Eh. We’d miss you around here. As I’m saying this, I’m realizing it’s stupid. You do you :D, no matter what that is
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Covens are groups of Magikerin that specialize in their own form of Hexerei. They are generally genetic, as most children inherit their mother’s Hexerei, but there are some exceptions (trans women, those special little sunflowers who don’t follow the rules of evolution, etc.). These exceptions must find their own coven (covenless Magikerin are frowned upon, as they generally don’t have a good education or grasp on their Hexerei), applying to them based off their unique Hexerei (apply is a stretch, if the coven doesn’t have an excessive amount of people or an ancient feud with your people you will be accepted).
Wsp sel
Idk not much
might leave ddb
had a wonderful dnd session earlier today
you?
Aw rip I’ll miss you mate. Whatcha do in the session. Nothing interesting has happened to me in like 4 months.
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Yo, I’m Himy, He/Him. I enjoy reading books, understanding why and how things work, anime/manga, video games and obviously, TTRPGS. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I like to think Im close. I’m good at trivia, history and science
I struggle with empathy. If you’re not sure what I mean by that, it basically means it’s hard for me to understand the mental state of others and respond with the right emotions
Covens are groups of Magikerin that specialize in their own form of Hexerei. They are generally genetic, as most children inherit their mother’s Hexerei, but there are some exceptions (trans women, those special little sunflowers who don’t follow the rules of evolution, etc.). These exceptions must find their own coven (covenless Magikerin are frowned upon, as they generally don’t have a good education or grasp on their Hexerei), applying to them based off their unique Hexerei (apply is a stretch, if the coven doesn’t have an excessive amount of people or an ancient feud with your people you will be accepted).
Wsp sel
Idk not much
might leave ddb
had a wonderful dnd session earlier today
you?
Aw rip I’ll miss you mate. Whatcha do in the session. Nothing interesting has happened to me in like 4 months.
Yeah idk. Thanks tho. I got to rp with this one person who I’d never played with before and it was so silly. I’m playing a traumatized bard who deals through sarcasm and jokes, he’s playing a traumatized monk who hates social interaction. I see, same as always, then.
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Hey y’all, you can call me Sel, pronouns they/he. Some things about me, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
Covens are groups of Magikerin that specialize in their own form of Hexerei. They are generally genetic, as most children inherit their mother’s Hexerei, but there are some exceptions (trans women, those special little sunflowers who don’t follow the rules of evolution, etc.). These exceptions must find their own coven (covenless Magikerin are frowned upon, as they generally don’t have a good education or grasp on their Hexerei), applying to them based off their unique Hexerei (apply is a stretch, if the coven doesn’t have an excessive amount of people or an ancient feud with your people you will be accepted).
Wsp sel
Idk not much
might leave ddb
had a wonderful dnd session earlier today
you?
Aw rip I’ll miss you mate. Whatcha do in the session. Nothing interesting has happened to me in like 4 months.
Yeah idk. Thanks tho. I got to rp with this one person who I’d never played with before and it was so silly. I’m playing a traumatized bard who deals through sarcasm and jokes, he’s playing a traumatized monk who hates social interaction. I see, same as always, then.
Y’know those guys sound like me, but with more trauma and less insulting.
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Yo, I’m Himy, He/Him. I enjoy reading books, understanding why and how things work, anime/manga, video games and obviously, TTRPGS. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I like to think Im close. I’m good at trivia, history and science
I struggle with empathy. If you’re not sure what I mean by that, it basically means it’s hard for me to understand the mental state of others and respond with the right emotions
Covens are groups of Magikerin that specialize in their own form of Hexerei. They are generally genetic, as most children inherit their mother’s Hexerei, but there are some exceptions (trans women, those special little sunflowers who don’t follow the rules of evolution, etc.). These exceptions must find their own coven (covenless Magikerin are frowned upon, as they generally don’t have a good education or grasp on their Hexerei), applying to them based off their unique Hexerei (apply is a stretch, if the coven doesn’t have an excessive amount of people or an ancient feud with your people you will be accepted).
Wsp sel
Idk not much
might leave ddb
had a wonderful dnd session earlier today
you?
Aw rip I’ll miss you mate. Whatcha do in the session. Nothing interesting has happened to me in like 4 months.
Yeah idk. Thanks tho. I got to rp with this one person who I’d never played with before and it was so silly. I’m playing a traumatized bard who deals through sarcasm and jokes, he’s playing a traumatized monk who hates social interaction. I see, same as always, then.
Y’know those guys sound like me, but with more trauma and less insulting.
Hm fair enough
they spent all session poking jabs at each other
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Hey y’all, you can call me Sel, pronouns they/he. Some things about me, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
Untethering is the act of willingly entering the Nonexistence. It involves intentionally Letting Go, and it destroys nearly *sometimes things escape* every object that would remind others of you. When you Untether, everybody forgets about you. The stronger a connection you had with a person, the more you recognize that someone disappeared, but you don’t know who. HOWEVER if you are a person's Tether, then you are the most likely to remember and Retether them because you were so close that the Untethering didn’t fully work. Kind of like su1c1d3 but you don’t die and nobody remembers you so they don’t have the pain of losing you.
Tethers:
A Tether is something that a person is extremely attached to, generally emotionally. Tethers can change over time, but a person doesn’t generally have more than 5 or 6 in a lifetime. Tethers can be people or objects. If it is an object, a person must find that object and complete the Retethering ritual to bring them back, if the Tether is a person, all the Tether needs to do is remember the person, truly remember them (can be useful to complete parts of the Retethering), and they will come back from the Nonexistence.
Retethering:
Retethering is the process of bringing a person back from the Nonexistence, and it involves the Tether and a couple other random nonsense things (coin *kind of like drachma*, moonstone, luna moth, phoenix feather). When you Retether, you can end up with the same Tether, or a different one, depending on the circumstances
The ritual must be started on a new moon, in which the Phoenix feather is placed in a lantern with fuel to keep it burning continuously, and placed on the highest area around- so that it can be seen. The Phoenix feather’s light guides the person back to existence over the course of a month- (the ritual takes one month, ending on the full moon). The Lunar Moth is attracted to the flame and, on the final night of the ritual, will die and turn to ashes, a sort of sacrifice to complete the ritual. The moonstone channels the power of the night sky, and the Phoenix feather’s lantern must be placed on or near the moonstone. The silver coin is to be used after a person has come back, and is used to reconnect the person with their old Tether, or with a new one
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Hey y’all, you can call me Sel, pronouns they/he. Some things about me, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
Fueled by spite and obsessive competitiveness, today I started researching the Meisner technique and watched the devil wears Prada. Both in preparation for my next audition.
I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
You can have opinions all you want. We can also have differing opinions. For example, I think that idea that Hollywood and Disney being on a decline means that storytelling as a whole is on a decline is just silly. Those are two major hitters in the industry sure, but that doesn’t mean that all of storytelling is failing, because it doesn’t exclusively consist of American tv shows and movies. If you look pretty much anywhere else, you’d see that we’re actually on the up and up. Indie animation, video games, anime and manga, comics, novels. In the past few years (hell, even just this year) there’s been all kinds of major drops.
I still don’t think you understand what has been attempted to be articulated here, which is fine.
The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
Your opinions are fine, but the manner in which you shared them comes across very aggressive and personal when it sounds like that is not the intended affect. Phrases such as “that’s a you problem” are usually perceived as antagonistic, especially when the rest of the words used before hand are specifically targeted in picking apart another person’s perspective.
While I don’t disagree with your point of view, I do not agree with the way in which you criticized my view. When opening this thread, the first few lines explain that this place shouldn’t be where we “dis” on someone else’s opinions. There are a plethora of mature and respectful manners for any two parties to professionally disagree with each other.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
Do not take this is a slight. It is a learning curve for even me. My issue is with my expectations of being able to be supported in my ability to confess what troubles me in today’s world. I should not have been naive enough to think that what was said would be congratulated like the comments made prior to my first post.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
I am in no way actually offended or upset with anyone currently. This is my way of attempting to edify those around me through my sharing of previous experiences in general.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Then, my dear new friends, the world will gain temperate, patient, respectful, resilient, and powerful mediators and peacemakers in a world that desperately needs them.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
I am the self-proclaimed, Lord Charles, of absolutely Nothing and absolutely Nowhere.
Edify and Uplift, my friends. And may you each find the peace and solace you have earned.
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Untethering is the act of willingly entering the Nonexistence. It involves intentionally Letting Go, and it destroys nearly *sometimes things escape* every object that would remind others of you. When you Untether, everybody forgets about you. The stronger a connection you had with a person, the more you recognize that someone disappeared, but you don’t know who. HOWEVER if you are a person's Tether, then you are the most likely to remember and Retether them because you were so close that the Untethering didn’t fully work. Kind of like su1c1d3 but you don’t die and nobody remembers you so they don’t have the pain of losing you.
Tethers:
A Tether is something that a person is extremely attached to, generally emotionally. Tethers can change over time, but a person doesn’t generally have more than 5 or 6 in a lifetime. Tethers can be people or objects. If it is an object, a person must find that object and complete the Retethering ritual to bring them back, if the Tether is a person, all the Tether needs to do is remember the person, truly remember them (can be useful to complete parts of the Retethering), and they will come back from the Nonexistence.
Retethering:
Retethering is the process of bringing a person back from the Nonexistence, and it involves the Tether and a couple other random nonsense things (coin *kind of like drachma*, moonstone, luna moth, phoenix feather). When you Retether, you can end up with the same Tether, or a different one, depending on the circumstances
The ritual must be started on a new moon, in which the Phoenix feather is placed in a lantern with fuel to keep it burning continuously, and placed on the highest area around- so that it can be seen. The Phoenix feather’s light guides the person back to existence over the course of a month- (the ritual takes one month, ending on the full moon). The Lunar Moth is attracted to the flame and, on the final night of the ritual, will die and turn to ashes, a sort of sacrifice to complete the ritual. The moonstone channels the power of the night sky, and the Phoenix feather’s lantern must be placed on or near the moonstone. The silver coin is to be used after a person has come back, and is used to reconnect the person with their old Tether, or with a new one
I like it!
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I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
You can have opinions all you want. We can also have differing opinions. For example, I think that idea that Hollywood and Disney being on a decline means that storytelling as a whole is on a decline is just silly. Those are two major hitters in the industry sure, but that doesn’t mean that all of storytelling is failing, because it doesn’t exclusively consist of American tv shows and movies. If you look pretty much anywhere else, you’d see that we’re actually on the up and up. Indie animation, video games, anime and manga, comics, novels. In the past few years (hell, even just this year) there’s been all kinds of major drops.
I still don’t think you understand what has been attempted to be articulated here, which is fine.
The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
Your opinions are fine, but the manner in which you shared them comes across very aggressive and personal when it sounds like that is not the intended affect. Phrases such as “that’s a you problem” are usually perceived as antagonistic, especially when the rest of the words used before hand are specifically targeted in picking apart another person’s perspective.
While I don’t disagree with your point of view, I do not agree with the way in which you criticized my view. When opening this thread, the first few lines explain that this place shouldn’t be where we “dis” on someone else’s opinions. There are a plethora of mature and respectful manners for any two parties to professionally disagree with each other.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
Do not take this is a slight. It is a learning curve for even me. My issue is with my expectations of being able to be supported in my ability to confess what troubles me in today’s world. I should not have been naive enough to think that what was said would be congratulated like the comments made prior to my first post.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
I am in no way actually offended or upset with anyone currently. This is my way of attempting to edify those around me through my sharing of previous experiences in general.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Then, my dear new friends, the world will gain temperate, patient, respectful, resilient, and powerful mediators and peacemakers in a world that desperately needs them.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
I am the self-proclaimed, Lord Charles, of absolutely Nothing and absolutely Nowhere.
Edify and Uplift, my friends. And may you each find the peace and solace you have earned.
I don’t hav much time to write here, but:
Firstly, “average Joe” nothing. The only reason this media you find so hard to accept is being made is because many people enjoy it. It’s capitalism. More demand equals more supply. So, if you’re speaking about a selective group of people, then perhaps this could be applied, yet I find it hard to believe that this media, whose makers hold billions of dollars in net worth and are making much more every day, is actually extremely unpopular and makes it hard for anyone to find something worth doing.
And, honestly, I agree with Himy in the sense that people who can’t find enjoyment somewhere in modern media should probably look in another place. It’s not entirely their fault for not sifting through the endless jumble of things we produce, but they definitely should look elsewhere.
And sure, I’ll refrain from taking examples in Dispater.
And secondly:
I’m not trying to be personal, yet “uplifting and edifying” is exactly the opposite reason of why we come here. We come here to just have fun with our friends, not to be proselytized to. So yes, perhaps this is an example of how modern inter-homo sapiens communication has degraded, yet taking time away from it to expand our senses…I mean, we’re having fun here, despite all the accusations you’ve made of the internet.
Here — it also seems a recurring theme to set yourself above the crowd, as if, once again, you were Zarathustra speaking to the masses, claiming that they must clamor and toil for the arrival of the Overhuman. (It depends on the translation, it’s called the Superman in most.) Is it hard for us to see the full picture; are we just the uneducated, unknowing humans who are nothing more than breathers and excretors? Are you truly Lord Charles? Or has your ego-driven instinct perhaps fueled your new title?
And, finally, “You said a pl-e-thora? Do you know what a plethora even is?” <- not asking you but I remembered this and didn’t have time to post the quote has anyone here watched The Three Amigos pls pls pls have watched it
Once again, I’m just sharing my opinions, with no harm intended.
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I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
You can have opinions all you want. We can also have differing opinions. For example, I think that idea that Hollywood and Disney being on a decline means that storytelling as a whole is on a decline is just silly. Those are two major hitters in the industry sure, but that doesn’t mean that all of storytelling is failing, because it doesn’t exclusively consist of American tv shows and movies. If you look pretty much anywhere else, you’d see that we’re actually on the up and up. Indie animation, video games, anime and manga, comics, novels. In the past few years (hell, even just this year) there’s been all kinds of major drops.
I still don’t think you understand what has been attempted to be articulated here, which is fine.
The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
Your opinions are fine, but the manner in which you shared them comes across very aggressive and personal when it sounds like that is not the intended affect. Phrases such as “that’s a you problem” are usually perceived as antagonistic, especially when the rest of the words used before hand are specifically targeted in picking apart another person’s perspective.
While I don’t disagree with your point of view, I do not agree with the way in which you criticized my view. When opening this thread, the first few lines explain that this place shouldn’t be where we “dis” on someone else’s opinions. There are a plethora of mature and respectful manners for any two parties to professionally disagree with each other.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
Do not take this is a slight. It is a learning curve for even me. My issue is with my expectations of being able to be supported in my ability to confess what troubles me in today’s world. I should not have been naive enough to think that what was said would be congratulated like the comments made prior to my first post.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
I am in no way actually offended or upset with anyone currently. This is my way of attempting to edify those around me through my sharing of previous experiences in general.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Then, my dear new friends, the world will gain temperate, patient, respectful, resilient, and powerful mediators and peacemakers in a world that desperately needs them.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
I am the self-proclaimed, Lord Charles, of absolutely Nothing and absolutely Nowhere.
Edify and Uplift, my friends. And may you each find the peace and solace you have earned.
I don’t hav much time to write here, but:
Firstly, “average Joe” nothing. The only reason this media you find so hard to accept is being made is because many people enjoy it. It’s capitalism. More demand equals more supply. So, if you’re speaking about a selective group of people, then perhaps this could be applied, yet I find it hard to believe that this media, whose makers hold billions of dollars in net worth and are making much more every day, is actually extremely unpopular and makes it hard for anyone to find something worth doing.
And, honestly, I agree with Himy in the sense that people who can’t find enjoyment somewhere in modern media should probably look in another place. It’s not entirely their fault for not sifting through the endless jumble of things we produce, but they definitely should look elsewhere.
And sure, I’ll refrain from taking examples in Dispater.
And secondly:
I’m not trying to be personal, yet “uplifting and edifying” is exactly the opposite reason of why we come here. We come here to just have fun with our friends, not to be proselytized to. So yes, perhaps this is an example of how modern inter-homo sapiens communication has degraded, yet taking time away from it to expand our senses…I mean, we’re having fun here, despite all the accusations you’ve made of the internet.
Here — it also seems a recurring theme to set yourself above the crowd, as if, once again, you were Zarathustra speaking to the masses, claiming that they must clamor and toil for the arrival of the Overhuman. (It depends on the translation, it’s called the Superman in most.) Is it hard for us to see the full picture; are we just the uneducated, unknowing humans who are nothing more than breathers and excretors? Are you truly Lord Charles? Or has your ego-driven instinct perhaps fueled your new title?
And, finally, “You said a pl-e-thora? Do you know what a plethora even is?” <- not asking you but I remembered this and didn’t have time to post the quote has anyone here watched The Three Amigos pls pls pls have watched it
Once again, I’m just sharing my opinions, with no harm intended.
I was going to say something along these lines but looks like you beat me to the punch. Anyways, yeah what Wes said.
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Yo, I’m Himy, He/Him. I enjoy reading books, understanding why and how things work, anime/manga, video games and obviously, TTRPGS. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I like to think Im close. I’m good at trivia, history and science
I struggle with empathy. If you’re not sure what I mean by that, it basically means it’s hard for me to understand the mental state of others and respond with the right emotions
I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
You can have opinions all you want. We can also have differing opinions. For example, I think that idea that Hollywood and Disney being on a decline means that storytelling as a whole is on a decline is just silly. Those are two major hitters in the industry sure, but that doesn’t mean that all of storytelling is failing, because it doesn’t exclusively consist of American tv shows and movies. If you look pretty much anywhere else, you’d see that we’re actually on the up and up. Indie animation, video games, anime and manga, comics, novels. In the past few years (hell, even just this year) there’s been all kinds of major drops.
I still don’t think you understand what has been attempted to be articulated here, which is fine.
The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
Your opinions are fine, but the manner in which you shared them comes across very aggressive and personal when it sounds like that is not the intended affect. Phrases such as “that’s a you problem” are usually perceived as antagonistic, especially when the rest of the words used before hand are specifically targeted in picking apart another person’s perspective.
While I don’t disagree with your point of view, I do not agree with the way in which you criticized my view. When opening this thread, the first few lines explain that this place shouldn’t be where we “dis” on someone else’s opinions. There are a plethora of mature and respectful manners for any two parties to professionally disagree with each other.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
Do not take this is a slight. It is a learning curve for even me. My issue is with my expectations of being able to be supported in my ability to confess what troubles me in today’s world. I should not have been naive enough to think that what was said would be congratulated like the comments made prior to my first post.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
I am in no way actually offended or upset with anyone currently. This is my way of attempting to edify those around me through my sharing of previous experiences in general.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Then, my dear new friends, the world will gain temperate, patient, respectful, resilient, and powerful mediators and peacemakers in a world that desperately needs them.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
I am the self-proclaimed, Lord Charles, of absolutely Nothing and absolutely Nowhere.
Edify and Uplift, my friends. And may you each find the peace and solace you have earned.
I don’t hav much time to write here, but:
Firstly, “average Joe” nothing. The only reason this media you find so hard to accept is being made is because many people enjoy it. It’s capitalism. More demand equals more supply. So, if you’re speaking about a selective group of people, then perhaps this could be applied, yet I find it hard to believe that this media, whose makers hold billions of dollars in net worth and are making much more every day, is actually extremely unpopular and makes it hard for anyone to find something worth doing.
And, honestly, I agree with Himy in the sense that people who can’t find enjoyment somewhere in modern media should probably look in another place. It’s not entirely their fault for not sifting through the endless jumble of things we produce, but they definitely should look elsewhere.
And sure, I’ll refrain from taking examples in Dispater.
And secondly:
I’m not trying to be personal, yet “uplifting and edifying” is exactly the opposite reason of why we come here. We come here to just have fun with our friends, not to be proselytized to. So yes, perhaps this is an example of how modern inter-homo sapiens communication has degraded, yet taking time away from it to expand our senses…I mean, we’re having fun here, despite all the accusations you’ve made of the internet.
Here — it also seems a recurring theme to set yourself above the crowd, as if, once again, you were Zarathustra speaking to the masses, claiming that they must clamor and toil for the arrival of the Overhuman. (It depends on the translation, it’s called the Superman in most.) Is it hard for us to see the full picture; are we just the uneducated, unknowing humans who are nothing more than breathers and excretors? Are you truly Lord Charles? Or has your ego-driven instinct perhaps fueled your new title?
And, finally, “You said a pl-e-thora? Do you know what a plethora even is?” <- not asking you but I remembered this and didn’t have time to post the quote has anyone here watched The Three Amigos pls pls pls have watched it
Once again, I’m just sharing my opinions, with no harm intended.
I was going to say something along these lines but looks like you beat me to the punch. Anyways, yeah what Wes said.
XD sorry
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I did state that this was my opinion. In response to the guy that said I am looking in the wrong places, I am looking at a wide spectrum of stuff. I never said there wasn’t good output, but that overall, industries like Hollywood and Disney aren’t putting out a lot of great movies or films like they used to.
Thats not saying that nothing they put out is good, but that most of it is pretty mid, in my opinion.
To the fourteen-year-old, I actually agree with you and think you might have misunderstood me. I, too, love Star Wars as a setting and universe. But I also think the prequels suck. Doesn’t mean we can’t have good stories anymore, which is why I mentioned Andor, as it is pretty sweet!
CGI/GFX budgets have been kinda lame recently, in certain spots. Transformers 1 is used a lot in comparison with The Flash movie or whatever. I think it is fair though. HOWEVER, I think it has more to do with the movie direction than actual CGI. DUNE is wonderful. But the people in charge of DUNE were more willing to create a better CGI budget and it shows very blatantly.
Personally, I thought this place was just where you can gripe about things, but I seem to have touched a nerve or two. My apologies. I am also pretty sure I mentioned at the end of my first post that these were my opinions. But if I missed that, then again I apologize.
Just trying to get a feel for the forums here.
You can have opinions all you want. We can also have differing opinions. For example, I think that idea that Hollywood and Disney being on a decline means that storytelling as a whole is on a decline is just silly. Those are two major hitters in the industry sure, but that doesn’t mean that all of storytelling is failing, because it doesn’t exclusively consist of American tv shows and movies. If you look pretty much anywhere else, you’d see that we’re actually on the up and up. Indie animation, video games, anime and manga, comics, novels. In the past few years (hell, even just this year) there’s been all kinds of major drops.
I still don’t think you understand what has been attempted to be articulated here, which is fine.
The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
Your opinions are fine, but the manner in which you shared them comes across very aggressive and personal when it sounds like that is not the intended affect. Phrases such as “that’s a you problem” are usually perceived as antagonistic, especially when the rest of the words used before hand are specifically targeted in picking apart another person’s perspective.
While I don’t disagree with your point of view, I do not agree with the way in which you criticized my view. When opening this thread, the first few lines explain that this place shouldn’t be where we “dis” on someone else’s opinions. There are a plethora of mature and respectful manners for any two parties to professionally disagree with each other.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
Do not take this is a slight. It is a learning curve for even me. My issue is with my expectations of being able to be supported in my ability to confess what troubles me in today’s world. I should not have been naive enough to think that what was said would be congratulated like the comments made prior to my first post.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
I am in no way actually offended or upset with anyone currently. This is my way of attempting to edify those around me through my sharing of previous experiences in general.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Then, my dear new friends, the world will gain temperate, patient, respectful, resilient, and powerful mediators and peacemakers in a world that desperately needs them.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
I am the self-proclaimed, Lord Charles, of absolutely Nothing and absolutely Nowhere.
Edify and Uplift, my friends. And may you each find the peace and solace you have earned.
I don’t hav much time to write here, but:
Firstly, “average Joe” nothing. The only reason this media you find so hard to accept is being made is because many people enjoy it. It’s capitalism. More demand equals more supply. So, if you’re speaking about a selective group of people, then perhaps this could be applied, yet I find it hard to believe that this media, whose makers hold billions of dollars in net worth and are making much more every day, is actually extremely unpopular and makes it hard for anyone to find something worth doing.
And, honestly, I agree with Himy in the sense that people who can’t find enjoyment somewhere in modern media should probably look in another place. It’s not entirely their fault for not sifting through the endless jumble of things we produce, but they definitely should look elsewhere.
And sure, I’ll refrain from taking examples in Dispater.
And secondly:
I’m not trying to be personal, yet “uplifting and edifying” is exactly the opposite reason of why we come here. We come here to just have fun with our friends, not to be proselytized to. So yes, perhaps this is an example of how modern inter-homo sapiens communication has degraded, yet taking time away from it to expand our senses…I mean, we’re having fun here, despite all the accusations you’ve made of the internet.
Here — it also seems a recurring theme to set yourself above the crowd, as if, once again, you were Zarathustra speaking to the masses, claiming that they must clamor and toil for the arrival of the Overhuman. (It depends on the translation, it’s called the Superman in most.) Is it hard for us to see the full picture; are we just the uneducated, unknowing humans who are nothing more than breathers and excretors? Are you truly Lord Charles? Or has your ego-driven instinct perhaps fueled your new title?
And, finally, “You said a pl-e-thora? Do you know what a plethora even is?” <- not asking you but I remembered this and didn’t have time to post the quote has anyone here watched The Three Amigos pls pls pls have watched it
Once again, I’m just sharing my opinions, with no harm intended.
I was going to say something along these lines but looks like you beat me to the punch. Anyways, yeah what Wes said.
XD sorry
Hru, Himy?
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The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
Edited your message to only include the parts I am addressing because I like discussion and debate, but I do find your claims interesting regarding an Age of Entitlement. I can't speak on a good majority of the world, but it's a very Americanized thing and I would disagree that it is both negative and "entitlement". I think the word you're looking for is Individualism, which is much different than entitlement. Modern individualism is manufactured, from privatization and de funding public services, making more public spaces difficult to inhabit, overall promoting isolation and privacy. I don't think more people feel "entitled" today-- it's the opposite, actually. American minimum wage is 40 % lower than minimum wage in 1970 (adjusting for inflation) (source) and that's not even accounting for housing prices and other costs that have risen drastically. People now have to work much harder to afford anything, and this "entitlement" is the same thing many millennials were accused of when asking for basic compensation (using their PTO, going on vacation, buying things they don't need). Many people feel embarrassed about using SNAP benefits and other things labeled "government handouts" due to the whole idea that using them means they're "entitled" to them. I think also entitlement is race-centric and made to be that way by the industry, with non-white communities having much more connection than more suburban neighborhoods (no source here because I'm lazy but if I'm wrong and you researched it please tell me) which is likely due to the fact that communities below the poverty line tend to be more connected. So yes, there is certainly a demographic being most affected by individualism but that isn't some sort of fault that you can place on them specifically, rather, it is the fault of the structure of society as a whole.
I also think that yes, everyone is deserving of every good thing coming to them just by merely existing. No one has to do anything to deserve a gift. It's a gift, given freely. I think that everyone, regardless of my personal opinion on them (guy shoots and kills my family? yea I'd hate him forever but he still deserves human rights and not to be tortured in horrible conditions in a prison) deserves not only human rights, but also the right to pursue their own happiness as long as doing so doesn't actively harm other people.
As for your claim on Online/Internet culture having a negative impact, I actually read a study about this recently (yes I'm a nerd. I also can't find the exact paper bc it was a bit ago but this has the same claim and is accredited as far as I know) and most studies point to the fact that people that are aggressive in person will be aggressive online, not that it opens up some sort of secret hidden evil side. That's actually found much more often in road rage I'm pretty sure rather than online activity. Internet culture varies, and however deep you are in the internet generally determines the severity of the effects on you, just as with everything else. I agree that social media has a measurable negative impact on individuals in terms of how much information they are taking in and what they are being exposed to, but I wouldn't say internet culture is bad as a whole. Again, relating this back to privatization and money, most people are confined to certain social media outlets because of how addictive they're made to be (not the fault of the individual). This is once again perpetuated by loneliness caused by individualism. Also, I think this is majorly influenced by the age of people who get on the internet now, as well as frequent access to it. Children are pushed away from their peers and then handed ipads and phones to cope, which fosters an addiction due to how the developmental brain is set up. Younger online spaces will end up being more "toxic" because children are being raised unsupervised online by strangers. There are also much less child friendly spaces (club penguin, roblox etc) than there used to be. Overall, I think that the internet and online culture isn't toxic, it's specifically individuals who have been raised solely by the internet and proximity to annoying people online who you would never have met if you never opened Twitter (I'm deadnaming X because I don't care and I hope Elon falls in a woodchipper). You can find a lot of smaller, nicer communities if you know where to look and to evade large corporations and dodge annoying people.
I completely agree with you on mainstream media being mid. To address Wes and Himy here, the reason it makes more money is because of the control on media outlets as a whole. They actively prevent other companies from producing original media by buying up all of them and then save money by producing sequels and live action remakes, so that when you visit a movie theatre most of your options consist of slop produced by massive corporations. Yes, while indie creators are still creating movies and games, it is much more difficult to do so in the modern environment of copyright, censorship, and more (itch.io and scratch vs mastercard stuff). And before you get iffy on "those are 18+ games being censored" they've actually extended what counts as 18+ several times to include things like LGBT themes. So yes, a lot of triple A games and mainstream media is on active decline caused by late stage capitalism. It's not a supply or demand thing (I don't see people begging for live action Lion King but it made a crap load of money) and more of a conservation of money and overall control on media. I also don't think anyone is going around thinking "Wow, that was the best movie I've ever seen in my life" over things like that. But that's not fact driven, and I may go research satisfaction rates with modern movies 2020-2025 later.
You did have two different points (VTL bringing up that modern media was on a decline, Himy stating that modern storytelling is not on a decline) and you're both correct, just not addressing what eachother was trying to say. Funding for a lot of small creators and individual film producers was already hard to come by and has only gotten worse, but that doesn't mean all media has been on a decline, just the ones shoved in your face most of the time. A majority of Americans that also watch TV and movies don't have the time to commit to full shows and don't prefer anime, which is a turn off from going on an indie research dive. They just access what's available to them and what's familiar (again, back to capitalism. this sort of "no one has time for anything outside of work" is fully manufactured).
Anyway, that's my opinion on it. I think Rogue One was peak and also really enjoyed Flow.
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Idk not much
might leave ddb
had a wonderful dnd session earlier today
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Aw rip I’ll miss you mate. Whatcha do in the session. Nothing interesting has happened to me in like 4 months.
Yo, I’m Himy, He/Him. I enjoy reading books, understanding why and how things work, anime/manga, video games and obviously, TTRPGS. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I like to think Im close. I’m good at trivia, history and science
I struggle with empathy. If you’re not sure what I mean by that, it basically means it’s hard for me to understand the mental state of others and respond with the right emotions
Should be all the important bits. Sweet
Yeah idk. Thanks tho. I got to rp with this one person who I’d never played with before and it was so silly. I’m playing a traumatized bard who deals through sarcasm and jokes, he’s playing a traumatized monk who hates social interaction. I see, same as always, then.
Hey y’all, you can call me Sel, pronouns they/he. Some things about me, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
Is art
@Irunwithskissors
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Y’know those guys sound like me, but with more trauma and less insulting.
Yo, I’m Himy, He/Him. I enjoy reading books, understanding why and how things work, anime/manga, video games and obviously, TTRPGS. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I like to think Im close. I’m good at trivia, history and science
I struggle with empathy. If you’re not sure what I mean by that, it basically means it’s hard for me to understand the mental state of others and respond with the right emotions
Should be all the important bits. Sweet
Hm fair enough
they spent all session poking jabs at each other
Hey y’all, you can call me Sel, pronouns they/he. Some things about me, I like reading, writing, dnd, theater, art. I have an art doc and my yt channel linked below. Pms are always open if you need to talk. Love y’all <3
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I still don’t think you understand what has been attempted to be articulated here, which is fine.
The idea was that mainstream media outlets have been mid recently and because they control a lot of what we get to see and hear, it is harder for the average Joe to find something worth reading, watching, or playing.
Your opinions are fine, but the manner in which you shared them comes across very aggressive and personal when it sounds like that is not the intended affect. Phrases such as “that’s a you problem” are usually perceived as antagonistic, especially when the rest of the words used before hand are specifically targeted in picking apart another person’s perspective.
While I don’t disagree with your point of view, I do not agree with the way in which you criticized my view. When opening this thread, the first few lines explain that this place shouldn’t be where we “dis” on someone else’s opinions. There are a plethora of mature and respectful manners for any two parties to professionally disagree with each other.
This brings me to my next hot take, if you will. Online/internet culture has definitely had a negative impact on the way we communicate with each other. Seemingly, there is no immediate consequence for coming across disrespectful and apathetic towards our fellow men. What transpires on the photons in front of us escalates into immature and even often violent altercations in the physical world.
Do not take this is a slight. It is a learning curve for even me. My issue is with my expectations of being able to be supported in my ability to confess what troubles me in today’s world. I should not have been naive enough to think that what was said would be congratulated like the comments made prior to my first post.
There is a common theme in these “hot takes” of mine. For some it is hard to see the full picture. That comes from pride. Ego, at its base, is actually a good thing. It is what makes us unique and allows us to make decisions for ourselves! Over inflated ego has a more detrimental effect in that it is what makes us think that our opinions and ideas are superior to others, and as such, other ideas and opinions are deserving of the technological apathy I spoke of before.
I am in no way actually offended or upset with anyone currently. This is my way of attempting to edify those around me through my sharing of previous experiences in general.
We live in what I call the Age of Entitlement. The world would have us believe that we are deserving of every good thing that can ever come to us, merely existing being the only merit needed to deserve such a ridiculous award.
I challenge any who read this to take time away from the wiles of the chaotic and fast-paced world we live in to ponder. Ponder about the things you have. Ponder about where you are. What have you been blessed with? Hopefully, in this meager attempt to develop an attitude of gratitude, humility will set in.
Then, my dear new friends, the world will gain temperate, patient, respectful, resilient, and powerful mediators and peacemakers in a world that desperately needs them.
Maybe then, humanity will have more uplifting and unifying encounters with each other and less degrading and demeaning ones.
I am the self-proclaimed, Lord Charles, of absolutely Nothing and absolutely Nowhere.
Edify and Uplift, my friends. And may you each find the peace and solace you have earned.
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I don’t hav much time to write here, but:
Firstly, “average Joe” nothing. The only reason this media you find so hard to accept is being made is because many people enjoy it. It’s capitalism. More demand equals more supply. So, if you’re speaking about a selective group of people, then perhaps this could be applied, yet I find it hard to believe that this media, whose makers hold billions of dollars in net worth and are making much more every day, is actually extremely unpopular and makes it hard for anyone to find something worth doing.
And, honestly, I agree with Himy in the sense that people who can’t find enjoyment somewhere in modern media should probably look in another place. It’s not entirely their fault for not sifting through the endless jumble of things we produce, but they definitely should look elsewhere.
And sure, I’ll refrain from taking examples in Dispater.
And secondly:
I’m not trying to be personal, yet “uplifting and edifying” is exactly the opposite reason of why we come here. We come here to just have fun with our friends, not to be proselytized to. So yes, perhaps this is an example of how modern inter-homo sapiens communication has degraded, yet taking time away from it to expand our senses…I mean, we’re having fun here, despite all the accusations you’ve made of the internet.
Here — it also seems a recurring theme to set yourself above the crowd, as if, once again, you were Zarathustra speaking to the masses, claiming that they must clamor and toil for the arrival of the Overhuman. (It depends on the translation, it’s called the Superman in most.) Is it hard for us to see the full picture; are we just the uneducated, unknowing humans who are nothing more than breathers and excretors? Are you truly Lord Charles? Or has your ego-driven instinct perhaps fueled your new title?
And, finally, “You said a pl-e-thora? Do you know what a plethora even is?” <- not asking you but I remembered this and didn’t have time to post the quote has anyone here watched The Three Amigos pls pls pls have watched it
Once again, I’m just sharing my opinions, with no harm intended.
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
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How’s it going, y’all?
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
coming forth to rebehold the stars
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I was going to say something along these lines but looks like you beat me to the punch. Anyways, yeah what Wes said.
Yo, I’m Himy, He/Him. I enjoy reading books, understanding why and how things work, anime/manga, video games and obviously, TTRPGS. I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I like to think Im close. I’m good at trivia, history and science
I struggle with empathy. If you’re not sure what I mean by that, it basically means it’s hard for me to understand the mental state of others and respond with the right emotions
Should be all the important bits. Sweet
XD sorry
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
The Soft in the Storm, your Friendly Neighborhood Storysmith, The Fae Conspirator
do antarcticans live upside down?
you all are the best people I know — thank you
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Hru, Himy?
wes (he/him, bi) — DM, romantic, a little bit eldritch
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Edited your message to only include the parts I am addressing because I like discussion and debate, but I do find your claims interesting regarding an Age of Entitlement. I can't speak on a good majority of the world, but it's a very Americanized thing and I would disagree that it is both negative and "entitlement". I think the word you're looking for is Individualism, which is much different than entitlement. Modern individualism is manufactured, from privatization and de funding public services, making more public spaces difficult to inhabit, overall promoting isolation and privacy. I don't think more people feel "entitled" today-- it's the opposite, actually. American minimum wage is 40 % lower than minimum wage in 1970 (adjusting for inflation) (source) and that's not even accounting for housing prices and other costs that have risen drastically. People now have to work much harder to afford anything, and this "entitlement" is the same thing many millennials were accused of when asking for basic compensation (using their PTO, going on vacation, buying things they don't need). Many people feel embarrassed about using SNAP benefits and other things labeled "government handouts" due to the whole idea that using them means they're "entitled" to them. I think also entitlement is race-centric and made to be that way by the industry, with non-white communities having much more connection than more suburban neighborhoods (no source here because I'm lazy but if I'm wrong and you researched it please tell me) which is likely due to the fact that communities below the poverty line tend to be more connected. So yes, there is certainly a demographic being most affected by individualism but that isn't some sort of fault that you can place on them specifically, rather, it is the fault of the structure of society as a whole.
I also think that yes, everyone is deserving of every good thing coming to them just by merely existing. No one has to do anything to deserve a gift. It's a gift, given freely. I think that everyone, regardless of my personal opinion on them (guy shoots and kills my family? yea I'd hate him forever but he still deserves human rights and not to be tortured in horrible conditions in a prison) deserves not only human rights, but also the right to pursue their own happiness as long as doing so doesn't actively harm other people.
As for your claim on Online/Internet culture having a negative impact, I actually read a study about this recently (yes I'm a nerd. I also can't find the exact paper bc it was a bit ago but this has the same claim and is accredited as far as I know) and most studies point to the fact that people that are aggressive in person will be aggressive online, not that it opens up some sort of secret hidden evil side. That's actually found much more often in road rage I'm pretty sure rather than online activity. Internet culture varies, and however deep you are in the internet generally determines the severity of the effects on you, just as with everything else. I agree that social media has a measurable negative impact on individuals in terms of how much information they are taking in and what they are being exposed to, but I wouldn't say internet culture is bad as a whole. Again, relating this back to privatization and money, most people are confined to certain social media outlets because of how addictive they're made to be (not the fault of the individual). This is once again perpetuated by loneliness caused by individualism. Also, I think this is majorly influenced by the age of people who get on the internet now, as well as frequent access to it. Children are pushed away from their peers and then handed ipads and phones to cope, which fosters an addiction due to how the developmental brain is set up. Younger online spaces will end up being more "toxic" because children are being raised unsupervised online by strangers. There are also much less child friendly spaces (club penguin, roblox etc) than there used to be. Overall, I think that the internet and online culture isn't toxic, it's specifically individuals who have been raised solely by the internet and proximity to annoying people online who you would never have met if you never opened Twitter (I'm deadnaming X because I don't care and I hope Elon falls in a woodchipper). You can find a lot of smaller, nicer communities if you know where to look and to evade large corporations and dodge annoying people.
I completely agree with you on mainstream media being mid. To address Wes and Himy here, the reason it makes more money is because of the control on media outlets as a whole. They actively prevent other companies from producing original media by buying up all of them and then save money by producing sequels and live action remakes, so that when you visit a movie theatre most of your options consist of slop produced by massive corporations. Yes, while indie creators are still creating movies and games, it is much more difficult to do so in the modern environment of copyright, censorship, and more (itch.io and scratch vs mastercard stuff). And before you get iffy on "those are 18+ games being censored" they've actually extended what counts as 18+ several times to include things like LGBT themes. So yes, a lot of triple A games and mainstream media is on active decline caused by late stage capitalism. It's not a supply or demand thing (I don't see people begging for live action Lion King but it made a crap load of money) and more of a conservation of money and overall control on media. I also don't think anyone is going around thinking "Wow, that was the best movie I've ever seen in my life" over things like that. But that's not fact driven, and I may go research satisfaction rates with modern movies 2020-2025 later.
You did have two different points (VTL bringing up that modern media was on a decline, Himy stating that modern storytelling is not on a decline) and you're both correct, just not addressing what eachother was trying to say. Funding for a lot of small creators and individual film producers was already hard to come by and has only gotten worse, but that doesn't mean all media has been on a decline, just the ones shoved in your face most of the time. A majority of Americans that also watch TV and movies don't have the time to commit to full shows and don't prefer anime, which is a turn off from going on an indie research dive. They just access what's available to them and what's familiar (again, back to capitalism. this sort of "no one has time for anything outside of work" is fully manufactured).
Anyway, that's my opinion on it. I think Rogue One was peak and also really enjoyed Flow.
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