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Post by SwordMasterEX on Feb 14, 2014 10:14:56 GMT -6
Gonna be out most of the day working, but I'll try to get in a post first.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 14, 2014 15:05:34 GMT -6
For drawing a weapon? That kind of s*** is why I find some teachers insufferable. And some relatives. Now granted my teachers thought I would develop violent tendencies because they weren't entirely sure how an eight year old should respond to witnessing mental diseases first hand, and I used to be the speak only when spoken to type, so just to mess with them I hugged their legs (it was a solid plan in my underdeveloped mind). And almost two years later I'm still rebelling against the system. By doing absolutely nothing but clean, take that productivity in progressing society as a whole. Am I the only one that has good teachers? I've only had one bad teacher ever, and that was fourth grade, the year I switched to private schooling. I've liked all of my other teachers, save one or two, even one teacher that everyone else hated. Must be one of the perks of private school I guess. |
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 14, 2014 16:50:12 GMT -6
~One is the looooneliest numbeeeeer~!
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 14, 2014 19:31:18 GMT -6
SMEXican, where did everyone go?
I'm so cold and lonely...
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Post by GX1997 on Feb 14, 2014 20:12:28 GMT -6
Sorry, I was at the mall. 15 pairs of earrings for $12.78. I would normally be happy, but I need to go to another Gamestop tomorrow to see if they have Bravely Default. I also need to get my local Walmart to price match the laptop I want, because one of the other stores has it on clearance for $150 less but was out of them. With any luck, by tomorrow night I can finally get rid of this creepy default avatar pic.
Oh, my brother got a 2DS and FE:A. I'll finally have my first streetpass today! Now I need to abuse streetpass to buy rare equipment from his MaMU.
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 14, 2014 20:16:00 GMT -6
Did you know that Emperor Trajan of Rome's public mall was over five stories tall?
Anyways, Happy Valentine's Day!
I wrote a satirical poem that I'll share with you all.
"Dear Reader, listen to what I have to say:
I really do hate Valentine's Day.
It's mostly just a corporate creation,
that somehow swept the nation.
To be quite frank, it's an abomination.
However, I give this to you still,
so take it as you will.
Yours truly,
Anonymous (but you probably know who I am)"
*Was delivered with a home-made chocolate heart*
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Post by GX1997 on Feb 14, 2014 20:24:47 GMT -6
Did you know that Emperor Trajan of Rome's public mall was over five stories tall? Anyways, Happy Valentine's Day! I wrote a satirical poem that I'll share with you all. "Dear Reader, listen to what I have to say: I really do hate Valentine's Day. It's mostly just a corporate creation, that somehow swept the nation. To be quite frank, it's an abomination. However, I give this to you still, so take it as you will. Yours truly, Anonymous (but you probably know who I am)" *Was delivered with a home-made chocolate heart* Okay, what is it with men and hating Valentine's day? Unless they have a partner, of course, but they still hate buying anything for them unless it's cheap roses or corny, ugly stuffed animals. |
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 14, 2014 20:28:20 GMT -6
I hate it as it's a perversion of the most famous St. Valentine's message (Yes, there are like 12 St. Valentines, and Valentine's Day is based around the one that I'm talking about). He preached love as in brotherly and covenantal love, not romance. Also, that story about him illegally wedding couples is bulls***, since that never happened in Rome (where he preached).
I do like White Day though, even if nobody knows what I'm talking about.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Feb 14, 2014 20:37:09 GMT -6
Did you know that Emperor Trajan of Rome's public mall was over five stories tall? Anyways, Happy Valentine's Day! I wrote a satirical poem that I'll share with you all. "Dear Reader, listen to what I have to say: I really do hate Valentine's Day. It's mostly just a corporate creation, that somehow swept the nation. To be quite frank, it's an abomination. However, I give this to you still, so take it as you will. Yours truly, Anonymous (but you probably know who I am)" *Was delivered with a home-made chocolate heart* Okay, what is it with men and hating Valentine's day? Unless they have a partner, of course, but they still hate buying anything for them unless it's cheap roses or corny, ugly stuffed animals. I don't hate it, but that's because I love sappy romance so sweet it's diabetic. I love it smothered in cheesy I love yous and sweet nothings. But then again I'm me and the SMEX train is obligated to love the SMEXiest day of the year. |
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Feb 14, 2014 20:38:47 GMT -6
I hate it as it's a perversion of the most famous St. Valentine's message (Yes, there are like 12 St. Valentines, and Valentine's Day is based around the one that I'm talking about). He preached love as in brotherly and covenantal love, not romance. Also, that story about him illegally wedding couples is bulls***, since that never happened in Rome (where he preached). I do like White Day though, even if nobody knows what I'm talking about. If I remember correctly it's Japaneses and involves confessions and sweets, so if it is that then I love it too. If not then feel free to expand my mind. |
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 14, 2014 20:38:52 GMT -6
I hate sappy romance, despite my knack for writing love scenes.
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Post by The Big Cheese on Feb 14, 2014 23:19:12 GMT -6
I have no strong feelings towards Valentine's Day one way or the other. Just another day, really.
I mean, I'm a cynical bastard, but I'm not against the idea of love, even though I don't really believe in it. If two people want to indulge this notion that there's special bond between lovers, and then celebrate it with gifts of affection and spending time together... Well, that sounds like a good thing. Let's be real here, though, the only reason there's a specific day for it is to sell crappy chocolate. You can give your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife or partner a token of your affection and appreciation any day you feel like it.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Feb 15, 2014 0:12:33 GMT -6
B-but it's more special on Valentine's day because we collectively chose this day to set aside for chocolate and lingerie. The fact that a country could unite to celebrate love is a great thing. Even if corporations try to turn it into a marketing scam, it does not make it any less significant of an accomplishment in our will to unite and help each other in the name of brotherly and marital love. There will always be someone trying to turn it into a commodity and a sucker to buy into it, but that shouldn't tarnish the spirit of the holiday! I'm a man of love and passion, and if we can set aside even one day, just one day to agree to love and forgive, what's not worth celebrating?
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Post by The Big Cheese on Feb 15, 2014 0:35:19 GMT -6
I'm not against the idea of the holiday, I just recognize that it's pretty much a scam. Well, at least it's better than Black Friday in pretty much every imaginable way.
I mean, that outlook is about as good as you can get from a guy whose first thought when he hears marriage is "divorce rate."
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Feb 15, 2014 1:23:16 GMT -6
My first thought: where's it gonna be? But then again I'm much more positive than I let on. Especially after Hot Wings. And if you stopped focusing so much on the crap covered market sell, you could see the union two people and the whole world have the possibility of sharing. Love trumps law and corporations because after all, what are they other than a handful of people with more illusions of control.
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Post by The Big Cheese on Feb 15, 2014 2:49:06 GMT -6
I'm pretty sceptical of marriage because of my parents' divorce, really. It's something I didn't see coming, and the sheer contempt they showed each other during the whole process and how it damn near put us all on the streets... I don't trust it. Alimony, custody... It's all just a big pain. People should just find live however they want, and not worry about how tradition says they should love each other. A ring doesn't mean jack for commitment, so why bother with the frivolous ceremony and restrictive laws.
I mean, for the sake of religious beliefs and silly idealists like yourself, marriage has every right to exist. But the expectation and a lot of the laws need to go, or be changed.
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Post by SwordMasterEX on Feb 15, 2014 3:14:31 GMT -6
But I'm no longer religious and the sacrament doesn't apply to me. But seeing as I am a silly idealistic who only sees rainbows and sunshine and not all the corruption and atrocities committed on a daily basis nor the sheer apathy that let's it carry on nor the system which leaves a drastic gap between rich and poor, and power struggles that oppress the masses like a fictional book nor the money which gives them said control. You know it's not just tradition that keeps things going. People can honestly fall in love and vow to support each other for life in sincerity. And believe that this union is sanctioned by a higher power, and that's an amazing experience. And then those people can change. That is the nature of our universe, changing faces and keeping the same cycle, but don't let my upbeat vibe get you up from the hole you think life is digging you. Personal experience is everything that shapes us baby  , and if you want to s*** on an image of weddings and call that your review well then more power to you. After all I like you. I think you're great. Better than you think you are and more potential than me. |
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Post by The Big Cheese on Feb 15, 2014 4:42:39 GMT -6
But I'm no longer religious and the sacrament doesn't apply to me. But seeing as I am a silly idealistic who only sees rainbows and sunshine and not all the corruption and atrocities committed on a daily basis nor the sheer apathy that let's it carry on nor the system which leaves a drastic gap between rich and poor, and power struggles that oppress the masses like a fictional book nor the money which gives them said control. You know it's not just tradition that keeps things going. People can honestly fall in love and vow to support each other for life in sincerity. And believe that this union is sanctioned by a higher power, and that's an amazing experience. And then those people can change. That is the nature of our universe, changing faces and keeping the same cycle, but don't let my upbeat vibe get you up from the hole you think life is digging you. Personal experience is everything that shapes us baby , and if you want to s*** on an image of weddings and call that your review well then more power to you. After all I like you. I think you're great. Better than you think you are and more potential than me. I love how you can simultaneously put yourself down and try to encourage others - there's no need for it, you don't know what your potential is until you reach it, so quit your hypocrisy. You're great, I'm great, everyone's bloody great. We're lucky enough to be born into the most amazing species, in one of the most amazing periods in history, where discovery and achievement outpace thousands of years of previous expansion. Don't put yourself down just to boost me. I don't need it. I know what I can do - I can change the face of the world, given the time and circumstance. So can you. I'm not trying to s*** on marriage or dig for sympathy. Just giving my honest reasons for not trusting marriage, or at least thinking something about its system needs to be changed. My parents are seeing new people now, and sometimes I tell myself it's foolish, but I really do understand. I know what it feels like to want somebody who I can pursue a relationship with, but at the same time I know that it wouldn't last. I'm a guy who likes his privacy, and I know that of I woke up next to the same person every day, facing every hardship together... I'd probably just wind up resenting that person. I just can't help but see the world around me, where fathers are denied the right to see their kids*, men and women are left without a home, couples fight bitterly and ruin their kids and think it's hopeless, naive even. But I know people will keep trying anyway, and I have no desire to stop it. I just have no desire to participate either. Not until it's changed and I can participate on my own terms. Seriously, though, what is sleep? I think I'm starting to hallucinate... *Not that this applies to my family. I was 17 when the divorce happened, my sister 22. So there was no need for custody hearings or child support, still a s****y situation, from what I've seen in other people's lives. |
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Post by Golurkcanfly on Feb 15, 2014 7:01:52 GMT -6
I just read over all of your discussion and have a few things to say.
First, the statistic that 50% of marriages end in divorce is false, as less people marry now than they did before. Second, females who take birth control pills are more likely to have failed marriages, because it screws with their MHC (Something like that) levels, which causes them to be attracted to people who have an incompatible MHC (I can't remember if this is the correct term). Third, marriage is supposed to be a bond that binds two people together in a union that is supposed to be unbreakable, but people are stupid and marry too early (Or under birth control pills) so it doesn't work out. Don't blame marriage, blame those who aren't ready to marry but still do it anyways.
Also, the modern view on Valentine's Day is s***, as it makes those who are single feel inadequate, and it puts unneeded pressure on those who are in a relationship. If the world did come together to celebrate love, actual love, then it would be great, but sadly that doesn't happen.
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Post by The Big Cheese on Feb 15, 2014 9:13:03 GMT -6
^The fact that fewer people get married wouldn't change the percentage of people getting divorced, just possibly the overall numbers. And while I remember hearing the birth control thing, I'd believe it, the consequences remain the same. Although it does put state sponsored birth control into a pretty negative light. Regardless, plenty of couples divorce without these factors.
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, and if you want to s*** on an image of weddings and call that your review well then more power to you. After all I like you. I think you're great. Better than you think you are and more potential than me.