There is a reason why most stand-up comedians are people with a hard personal history.
That's a good point, but I'd like to add that that goes with creative people in general. I don't think it's fair to say that expressive art (and however you feel about stand-up comedy, it's still art) is necessarily defensive. Maybe we don't really disagree, maybe I just don't like the word you chose. I think "coping" might be better than specifically "defense." Cracking jokes about your life to a crowd can (of course, I'm only assuming, here) be theraputic in the same way talking to a shrink can be.
If everyone on the planet only worked 20 hours a week, and relied on technology and handouts...
Who said anything about handouts? Well, maybe that's what he meant, but you don't have to read him that way. Our economy needs to be structured to provide everyone with a quality job instead of to make a few extremely rich, which would produce everything we have now and give us lots of labor power left over to produce whatever further luxuries and infrastructure we like. The market, despite twisted interpretations of the 20th century, is illogical and inefficient in a developed economy.
Democracy Now!, one of the finest news programs in the world (radical and non-corporate), has been broadcasting daily audio and audio/video for download/stream - in many formats and bitrates, including FLAC and uncompressed MPEG - for years (as well as radio and even TV if you're lucky).
I have found that the most long term addictive games are the extremely simple, hack-and-slash games (like Diablo II or Halo). Games that are overly complex often have very little replay value, and I hate learning lots of different games, so I prefer games that have a lot of playability in the long term (I usually like games that can be played online for the same reason).
I find the opposite. Compex games make you want to replay from the beginning to try it a different way. It usually makes the story interesting enough to want to replay/watch it. I've played Deus Ex a million times.
Comparing McCarthy with Hitler is deranged madness.
Don't give me this. Honestly, I'm sick of it. I know, no one's allowed to compare anything to the Nazis lest we actually learn a lesson from history. I'm not even the one who made the comparison. I simply pointed out an error in your comment. Don't scream "hyperbole" at me in response.
McCarthy's only interest was in exposing communists in the federal government, and wealthy and privileged communists in positions of influence. He did not go after all communists.
Again, I shall repeat: "being a communist, or part of a Communist party with connections to the Kremlin is not a crime - at least not a moral crime."
Do you think Hitler went about decrying the poor jew who begged on the streets and hurt no one? No, he decried the jew who oppressed the poor German people due to his wealth, who robbed them with his money-changing ways.
McCarthy didn't just categorically expel from any influential position people born into a group they didn't choose, he categorically expelled all those who believed in equality, social justice and democracy of the whole people - ie those opposed to American freedom.
He did not intend to kill communists.
Which is "worse" doesn't even concern me. I'm merely drawing parallels (or agreeing with the parallels drawn), and the parallels are many.
If not a huge conspiracy, there were certainly a lot of pinkos in influential positions who received their marching orders from the Kremlin.
First of all, being a communist, or part of a Communist party with connections to the Kremlin is not a crime - at least not a moral crime.
More relevantly, there were lots of Jews who were communits and evil bankers, just like Hitler claimed. Being right, or partially right, isn't a difference here.
Yes, I should have mentioned that. Sometimes it's too harsh but I like the rush of energy too when I'm feeling lethargic. I suppose it's kind of like morphine vs heroin.*
*Heroin's only advantage over morphine is that it hits your faster and provides a "rush" of euphoria.
Here's a better idea: drink whatever you want to drink, regardless of caffeine content. Drink juice. I dunno. Then, take a Nodoz pill.
That's what I do. Why beat around the bush with your caffeine? You know you're an addict anyway. The only reason to avoid Nodoz is a state of denial. (Well, it would be easy to overdose and kill yourself, but that wouldn't be easy to do on accident.)
Sims are the new dolls? As soon as I read that, I said "well, duh" and started to tag it as such, when I suddenly realized "oh, wait... I hadn't actually thought of that before." It's just so obvious I naturally assumed I had.
Apparently the person who submitted this story thinks "delete" and "censor" are synonomous - they are not.
censor
verb
1. To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission: bowdlerize, expurgate, screen. See include/exclude, show/hide.
And the reason Justin Berry was deleted and rewritten was because it was originally written by self-identified pedophiles
I always thought that was one of the great things about Wikipedia: Let the biologists principally write the biology articles, let the Marxists principally write the Marxism articles and let the pedophiles write about pedophilia. It was done in a fair way. You can only understand - and therefore only fairly reject - something once you've heard it defended.
The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) emits a brilliant white light when attached to an electricity supply. The material could transform walls, ceilings or even furniture into lights.
Yes, I definitally want my walls to have an electrical current.
Is it sexy? That's subjective, but I happen to be fond of trying to find attraction to things that one shouldn't be attracted to. I'm probably an extremely dangerous member of society.
Is it sexist? In a neutral context, not at all. But it's not in a neutral context, it's in the context of the world that exists today. This society is a sexist society that objectifies women. So to be pragmatic, let's say it is and it isn't.
...so if I were to pirate Windows (I'm speaking hypothetically as Mac OS X user), and MS knows it, they'll prevent me from using the part of the OS that sucks up system resources like there's no tomorrow?
No matter what they come out with at this point, it is never going to live up to the expectations that they have working on this game, theoretically, for 10 years now.
Maybe not, but it'll be the fastest-selling game ever released.
It's also worth mentioning that some people in the South claim that nigger was just their normal word for black people, that they didn't mean it derogatively. I think that strengthens your analogy.
If you are marrying for love, none of this should be an issue. If you're marrying because you have a fantasy about deflowering a virgin on your wedding night, well, o.k. but that's not the same as love.
I love you!... I mean, that's brilliant. I'll have to remember that one.
Timothy Leary said about Sixties drug culture, 'tune in and drop out'. The modern equivalent is 'log on and get off'."
I stopped reading right there. I have no problem with bad, meaningless puns. But bad, meaningless puns that are trying to make an actual analogy I can't take.:-P
I really wish I were a game designer, making some game with some brilliant story, so I could say the following: "Fine. If I say I agree with you that video games can't be art, will you show up, go away, and let me finish making my story?"
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There is a reason why most stand-up comedians are people with a hard personal history.
That's a good point, but I'd like to add that that goes with creative people in general. I don't think it's fair to say that expressive art (and however you feel about stand-up comedy, it's still art) is necessarily defensive. Maybe we don't really disagree, maybe I just don't like the word you chose. I think "coping" might be better than specifically "defense." Cracking jokes about your life to a crowd can (of course, I'm only assuming, here) be theraputic in the same way talking to a shrink can be.
If everyone on the planet only worked 20 hours a week, and relied on technology and handouts...
Who said anything about handouts? Well, maybe that's what he meant, but you don't have to read him that way. Our economy needs to be structured to provide everyone with a quality job instead of to make a few extremely rich, which would produce everything we have now and give us lots of labor power left over to produce whatever further luxuries and infrastructure we like. The market, despite twisted interpretations of the 20th century, is illogical and inefficient in a developed economy.
How about opening up DirectX? That's about the only thing I'd care about here anyway.
Democracy Now!, one of the finest news programs in the world (radical and non-corporate), has been broadcasting daily audio and audio/video for download/stream - in many formats and bitrates, including FLAC and uncompressed MPEG - for years (as well as radio and even TV if you're lucky).
I have found that the most long term addictive games are the extremely simple, hack-and-slash games (like Diablo II or Halo). Games that are overly complex often have very little replay value, and I hate learning lots of different games, so I prefer games that have a lot of playability in the long term (I usually like games that can be played online for the same reason).
I find the opposite. Compex games make you want to replay from the beginning to try it a different way. It usually makes the story interesting enough to want to replay/watch it. I've played Deus Ex a million times.
Comparing McCarthy with Hitler is deranged madness.
Don't give me this. Honestly, I'm sick of it. I know, no one's allowed to compare anything to the Nazis lest we actually learn a lesson from history. I'm not even the one who made the comparison. I simply pointed out an error in your comment. Don't scream "hyperbole" at me in response.
McCarthy's only interest was in exposing communists in the federal government, and wealthy and privileged communists in positions of influence. He did not go after all communists.
Again, I shall repeat: "being a communist, or part of a Communist party with connections to the Kremlin is not a crime - at least not a moral crime."
Do you think Hitler went about decrying the poor jew who begged on the streets and hurt no one? No, he decried the jew who oppressed the poor German people due to his wealth, who robbed them with his money-changing ways.
McCarthy didn't just categorically expel from any influential position people born into a group they didn't choose, he categorically expelled all those who believed in equality, social justice and democracy of the whole people - ie those opposed to American freedom.
He did not intend to kill communists.
Which is "worse" doesn't even concern me. I'm merely drawing parallels (or agreeing with the parallels drawn), and the parallels are many.
If not a huge conspiracy, there were certainly a lot of pinkos in influential positions who received their marching orders from the Kremlin.
First of all, being a communist, or part of a Communist party with connections to the Kremlin is not a crime - at least not a moral crime.
More relevantly, there were lots of Jews who were communits and evil bankers, just like Hitler claimed. Being right, or partially right, isn't a difference here.
Yes, I should have mentioned that. Sometimes it's too harsh but I like the rush of energy too when I'm feeling lethargic. I suppose it's kind of like morphine vs heroin.*
*Heroin's only advantage over morphine is that it hits your faster and provides a "rush" of euphoria.
Here's a better idea: drink whatever you want to drink, regardless of caffeine content. Drink juice. I dunno. Then, take a Nodoz pill.
That's what I do. Why beat around the bush with your caffeine? You know you're an addict anyway. The only reason to avoid Nodoz is a state of denial. (Well, it would be easy to overdose and kill yourself, but that wouldn't be easy to do on accident.)
Sims are the new dolls? As soon as I read that, I said "well, duh" and started to tag it as such, when I suddenly realized "oh, wait... I hadn't actually thought of that before." It's just so obvious I naturally assumed I had.
Yaay. Sorry, I just like that someone else is thinking the same thing.
I was gonna mark this "redundant" but I don't actually have any interest in lowering your score. Still, point is: redundant!
Somewhere up in heaven (yes, Mao was an atheist, whatever) Marx, Engels, Lenin and Mao are weeping. George Orwell has a smug grin on his face.
Apparently the person who submitted this story thinks "delete" and "censor" are synonomous - they are not.
censor
verb
1. To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission: bowdlerize, expurgate, screen. See include/exclude, show/hide.
And the reason Justin Berry was deleted and rewritten was because it was originally written by self-identified pedophiles
I always thought that was one of the great things about Wikipedia: Let the biologists principally write the biology articles, let the Marxists principally write the Marxism articles and let the pedophiles write about pedophilia. It was done in a fair way. You can only understand - and therefore only fairly reject - something once you've heard it defended.
Of course, the libel thing is another matter.
The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) emits a brilliant white light when attached to an electricity supply. The material could transform walls, ceilings or even furniture into lights.
Yes, I definitally want my walls to have an electrical current.
Is it sexy? That's subjective, but I happen to be fond of trying to find attraction to things that one shouldn't be attracted to. I'm probably an extremely dangerous member of society.
Is it sexist? In a neutral context, not at all. But it's not in a neutral context, it's in the context of the world that exists today. This society is a sexist society that objectifies women. So to be pragmatic, let's say it is and it isn't.
...so if I were to pirate Windows (I'm speaking hypothetically as Mac OS X user), and MS knows it, they'll prevent me from using the part of the OS that sucks up system resources like there's no tomorrow?
Dude, one word: Aqua.
No matter what they come out with at this point, it is never going to live up to the expectations that they have working on this game, theoretically, for 10 years now.
Maybe not, but it'll be the fastest-selling game ever released.
It's not a pool either.
This reminds me of the pool of ethanol I swim in in my dreams.
It's also worth mentioning that some people in the South claim that nigger was just their normal word for black people, that they didn't mean it derogatively. I think that strengthens your analogy.
If you are marrying for love, none of this should be an issue. If you're marrying because you have a fantasy about deflowering a virgin on your wedding night, well, o.k. but that's not the same as love.
I love you!... I mean, that's brilliant. I'll have to remember that one.
Timothy Leary said about Sixties drug culture, 'tune in and drop out'. The modern equivalent is 'log on and get off'."
:-P
I stopped reading right there. I have no problem with bad, meaningless puns. But bad, meaningless puns that are trying to make an actual analogy I can't take.
I really wish I were a game designer, making some game with some brilliant story, so I could say the following:
"Fine. If I say I agree with you that video games can't be art, will you show up, go away, and let me finish making my story?"
3 SMB3!!!