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Started by Phox, March 21, 2011, 02:07:54 AM

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Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I do have to say I'm pretty pessimistic these days when it comes to what's going on in the country.  And this has put me in a bit of a funk.  Especially when you know the majority of the people in your country, your community, voted for this crap, and seem to be okay with it.  It seems very daunting to have any hope against this immense amount of insufferable ignorance and idiocy. 

I mean, I see day after day, that this new Governor here is dismantling the tiny bit of progress we've made the past decade or so.  I guess I'm about at the point where my attitude is, fuck it, I'm going to take care of my family and the rest of the world can sink and drown for all I care.

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

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Not necessarily in that order.  If anyone does anything like that, I consider that "content".  Using that definition, we have certainly been posting content, just not in the amounts we have been -- and for my part, it's become more of an effort.

Which, I've decided, means that I should be forcing myself to produce, so the creative gland doesn't get blocked.

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Quote from: LMNO, PhD on March 21, 2011, 03:12:49 PM
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Not necessarily in that order.  If anyone does anything like that, I consider that "content".  Using that definition, we have certainly been posting content, just not in the amounts we have been -- and for my part, it's become more of an effort.

Which, I've decided, means that I should be forcing myself to produce, so the creative gland doesn't get blocked.


:lulz:  YAY I'm still usefull!   :lulz:

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Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 21, 2011, 03:09:53 PM
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I do have to say I'm pretty pessimistic these days when it comes to what's going on in the country.  And this has put me in a bit of a funk.  Especially when you know the majority of the people in your country, your community, voted for this crap, and seem to be okay with it.  It seems very daunting to have any hope against this immense amount of insufferable ignorance and idiocy. 

I mean, I see day after day, that this new Governor here is dismantling the tiny bit of progress we've made the past decade or so.  I guess I'm about at the point where my attitude is, fuck it, I'm going to take care of my family and the rest of the world can sink and drown for all I care.

Not picking on you personally, but this "we can't do anything about it" attitude is part of the problem.  It isn't that there is no solution, but that the solution is a long hard slog with uncertain odds that the turnaround will happen during the course of our lifetimes.

I don't think that's a reason to not try, but everyone has to make their own choice on that, you know?

Luna

Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 21, 2011, 03:09:53 PM
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I do have to say I'm pretty pessimistic these days when it comes to what's going on in the country.  And this has put me in a bit of a funk.  Especially when you know the majority of the people in your country, your community, voted for this crap, and seem to be okay with it.  It seems very daunting to have any hope against this immense amount of insufferable ignorance and idiocy. 

I mean, I see day after day, that this new Governor here is dismantling the tiny bit of progress we've made the past decade or so.  I guess I'm about at the point where my attitude is, fuck it, I'm going to take care of my family and the rest of the world can sink and drown for all I care.



I question your definition of "family."

Yes, the blood relations you love are family...  but is that it?

Just somewhere to start thinking...
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I like the Luna one. She is a good one.

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Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on March 21, 2011, 03:09:53 PM
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I do have to say I'm pretty pessimistic these days when it comes to what's going on in the country.  And this has put me in a bit of a funk.  Especially when you know the majority of the people in your country, your community, voted for this crap, and seem to be okay with it.  It seems very daunting to have any hope against this immense amount of insufferable ignorance and idiocy. 

I mean, I see day after day, that this new Governor here is dismantling the tiny bit of progress we've made the past decade or so.  I guess I'm about at the point where my attitude is, fuck it, I'm going to take care of my family and the rest of the world can sink and drown for all I care.

Not picking on you personally, but this "we can't do anything about it" attitude is part of the problem.  It isn't that there is no solution, but that the solution is a long hard slog with uncertain odds that the turnaround will happen during the course of our lifetimes.

I don't think that's a reason to not try, but everyone has to make their own choice on that, you know?

Don't misinterpret what I'm saying to mean I'm not going to do anything.  Interpret it as I'm being selfish and focusing most of my energy on my immediate sphere of influence out of a selfish desire to protect my family and to keep it healthy and happy.  I just don't see what can be done on the broader scale.  Not in the current climate. 

Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Captain Utopia

I understand - and I'd be a hypocrite if I suggested that my energy wasn't directed in a similar fashion as yours.

First step towards finding a broader scale solution?  Believing that one exists, ready to be discovered/uncovered/realized.  If you don't have that you're just left with cynicism and apathy.

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Quote from: LMNO, PhD on March 21, 2011, 03:12:49 PM
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Not necessarily in that order.  If anyone does anything like that, I consider that "content".  Using that definition, we have certainly been posting content, just not in the amounts we have been -- and for my part, it's become more of an effort.

Which, I've decided, means that I should be forcing myself to produce, so the creative gland doesn't get blocked.

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Quote from: Nigel on March 21, 2011, 04:06:35 PM
Please tell me we aren't STILL bitching because the internet isn't entertaining us enough.

We wanted to welcome you back with familiarity.

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Quote from: Nigel on March 21, 2011, 04:06:35 PM
Please tell me we aren't STILL bitching because the internet isn't entertaining us enough.

...some things, Nigel, they just don't CHANGE!


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Quote from: Nigel on March 21, 2011, 04:06:35 PM
Please tell me we aren't STILL bitching because the internet isn't entertaining us enough.

Actually, I'm bitching because WE aren't entertaining us enough.

The rest of the internet can kiss my spotty and pox-ridden arse.
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Quote from: Faust on March 21, 2011, 05:08:11 PM
The post count for this month is at a three year low. I think the main problem is that there were 24 people logged in earlier and no posts for 45 minutes.

Everyone was waiting for everyone else to say something.

And then when someone did, everyone waited for someone else to respond.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.