Halo

"The next 30 days" update.

Apartment and job searching, for me. Yay. Other than that, my friends have finally finished their exams, so I have a social life again. Overwatch is fuckin' sick.

How often do you say 'fight me'

like, as a joke? all the time

but seriously, no, wtf, why would i. fighting is for people who don't have enough appreication for dank memes to fight it out with good old-fashioned internet faggotry

Saying something right out of a song

[Insert emo shit here]

V. powerful lyrics, means a lot to me

Have you ever changed your mind about one of those big issues?

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You're wrong. I don't have a poorly kept beard, I have poorly kept sideburns that sprout from my face as wheat from a field. If wheat got tangled with itself. I also don't own a Che Guevara shirt. I am, however, overweight and listen to The Internationale on my iPod. My shirts, however, are manufactured in Taiwan thank you very much. I'm also not a man. I'm not good enough to be considered a man.

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Well, to be fair to myself, what am I supposed to listen to The Internationale on? A record player made by my friendly neighborhood commune in the rural Southeast of America, playing an original recording of the song that cost multiple gangster lives to smuggle out of the USSR? An iPod ripoff called the iMarx, also made by my friendly neighborhood commune? I mean, if I refused to participate in capitalism, I'd have to ignore all of society. Farms participate in capitalism, so I'd grow my own food. I'd make my own clothes, build my own well, etc. And then I'd have to ignore culture in general, since all TV shows and movies participate in the market. Newspapers, news channels, etc. are all for-profit and thus must be ignored. I would basically be a medieval peasant, just without the whole "Basically just a slave" bit. Sorry about that rant, I just get T R I G G E R E D whenever I hear the "But your computer is from capitalism!" line.

@Keyguyperson

i don't understand why you quoted me to say this

I was pointin out the irony of Nex saying he now understands the concept of people having different opinions/priorities before insulting you for exactly that

Have you ever changed your mind about one of those big issues?

One thing I have changed my mind about relatively recently is my attitude towards people with different viewpoints than mine. I used to assume that everyone who had an opinion on a substantive issue that differed from my own held it because of a combination of ignorance and stupidity. I've recently entertained the idea that some people just have different priorities than others.

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I'm picturing an overweight man with a poorly kept beard, listening to The Internationale on his iPod while wearing nothing but a Che Guvera shirt (manufactured in Bangladesh).

@The Nexerus

irony

Have you ever changed your mind about one of those big issues?

Actually, I have thought of something I 180'd on. I used to believe that not voting in any major election or referendum could only be the result of stupidity, a lack of appreciation for the value of the vote, and laziness.

However, at the time of the Scottish Independence Referendum, I had a friend who chose not to vote. This sort of astounded me; I knew him to be an intelligent, politically invested person. We'd had many debates about the referendum. And the very concept of actively choosing to abstain from voting befuddled me.

He explained to me that having looked into both sides of the argument in vast detail, he simply could not decide which side to vote for. He felt facts were being muddled by both sides, and that neither had substantial enough a case to convince him. He actively chose to abstain, saying he felt it was irresponsible to vote for something he had no conviction in - it would be an abuse of his vote, cheapening its value. I found myself rather agreeing with his reasoning. Although in that referendum I had a strong opinion and thus voted, recently I chose to abstain from a vote myself. Complete shift in my view.

Am I the only one who thinks Overwatch is Overhyp?

It's actually super fun. That's all that matters to me about a game. So it's a thumbs up in my book.

Sweep

This is now a Star Wars meme thread.

Guess the next user's kink.

HI GUYS
ITS IRONIC BECAUSE PROBABLY NO MATTER WHAT YOU PUT YOURE CORRECT

I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT THE NEXT USER IS INTO FORCED INSEMINATION & BUG SHARING

@Azarthes

you didnt say whether youre into tattoos aza
goddamnit follow the rules you rascal

Have you ever changed your mind about one of those big issues?

I changed my mind about the existence of God, if that counts. And about the deterministic view of the universe and the consequential implications for free will.

If you mean political issues only, not really. I live in the UK; pretty much our whole society is in unison about those particular sorts of issues. The largest disparity in our parties is in economic policy, and the social impact of that really amounts to "should we have a moderate amount of welfare, or a larger amount of welfare?" The differences in opinion are really so minor compared to the huge schisms in American politics.

EDIT: Also, how does "Socialism vs. Capitalism" even make sense as a "vs."? I don't understand this. It's an American thing I think. Extreme Socialism and extreme Capitalism are arguably opposing, purely because the absolute extremes of both require absolute power in differing places, but you can very easily be a socialist capitalist state. Many countries are. The absolute extremes are absolutely irrelevant, as they usually are in any issue.