@NEStalgia Don't challenge me, and don't make me mention your freakin' big hands and snowboarding disability, much less your cubicle-shaped kitchen with poor cooking fumes dissipation/ventilation...
@Anti-Matter why don't you check out the PlayStation 2 games on Amazon there s some brilliant deals.might find them games you were looking for. I find everything to do with games might cheer me up.
@ThanosReXXX See, this is why is said to agree to disagree...ok text wall time.
Well I most certainly agree that we should ignore the idiots of the internet, but I still say they don't go away. That is what the ban hammer and ip bans are for. Aside from gaming I post on a few "lesbian" (quotes because this is the internet, but I at least want to pretend there are safe spaces for women like me) and we have to kick out dudes posting penis pics or porn even when you don't acknowledge them. The attention is a bonus for those types; it is the fact that they are somewhere they are unwanted, or intentionally doing something that disrupts an otherwise agreeable conversation that gets them their jollies. That will never, EVER go away. The human psyche's penchant towards evil is too great for that.
Recognizing Minus Ki doesn't mean that the goal of reaching Plus/Positive Ki is unattainable, just that it is not wise to expect that of humanity as a whole. Each individual must do their part in becoming positive and just. However that is a pursuit that very many will not take, because it is hard. So I will by all means try to better myself as a warrior and a woman, and I hope that in doing so that others choose to do the same, but I can only truly face one enemy in life and that is myself, the rest is floatsam/human nature. I don't why people take a needless extremist view for recognizing human nature. Just because I know humanity as a whole is crap doesn't mean that life is not worth living, in fact it makes this pursuit of being a better person that much more enriching. So no I'm not going to jump off a bridge, I'll just try to be a little bit better each day. I want to put out plus ki but not with a naive belief that others feel as I do or that humanity wants to be good and positive.
Somewhat getting back to your extremist comment but I don't think labeling everyone as an extremist or sensitive because they may see a side to something that you don't is correct either. Don't get me wrong there are nutjobs everywhere...the human brain is varied and despite what we try not to say now it can very much be broken. However is it PC because it is an absurd view or just because you don't like it? I don't like being called a B-word even though many women will call each other that. Because the word is derogatory (in no world is being equated to a canine in heat a good thing) in its nature and its intent. Someone saying "I'm just joking" isn't going to change that. I'm sure that you would say that I'm too sensitive, and I suppose that is your right, but I always believe that your right to throw a punch ends at somebody else's nose. Is it so hard to leave someone alone and be respectful? Perhaps, and it I suppose shows a difference in culture. I'll admit that I am out of step with that most often. However I take it as a manner of pride. I am polite, honest (seriously I am a HORRIBLE liar.) and respectful, and I take pride in that. Most of the world isn't, I have a right to be bothered by that , but I don't expect people to change, because that requires empathy for the root reason for my offense. Most people don't care. They only care if they feel that they are being disapproved of, but again, silence isn't righteous thinking it is merely an unwillingness to I won't accept this. Yet at the same time speaking up means having to put up with people that find you too sensitive, not particularly because it is true, but because their horrid behavior is now under scrutiny. Going back to your interactions with females comment, part of that is heterosexual by play, so a woman may accept or be flattered by inappropriate for the location (such as a workplace) behavior because she reciprocates. One person's perception of an act doesn't change the nature and appropriateness of the behavior. As I am not hetero I'm very aware of how overly sexually charged many heteros have their common interactions to be again my view is on the appropriateness of it. You on a date or with your spouse or at home? Be as kinky or crazy as you want. It doesn't impact me. I'm quite enamored with the female form and mind, but the only person that knows it is the woman I'm dating. Place and time for everything. Now, I'm well aware that as a gay woman growing up in America and from the South that has some bearing on my viewpoint. I am polite, I don't like PDA, but when even talking about your girlfriend gets you a lecture about you are evil and going to burn (grew up Free Will Baptist) but every Disney movie is about hetros hooking up and heteros can talk vulgarly about one another and "that's ok" then I'm left going if sex is so taboo, why is it EVERYWHERE? So that could make me "sensitive" I suppose, but I like being a respectful person so honestly even if everybody was on the objectification parade I still wouldn't be because that is how I'm built mentally.
You mention common sense but I know you are well aware that is an oxymoron, humans are tribal. We will never ever truly respect each other. So who defines healthy respect, why does someone that has unwanted attention or touch foisted upon them have to be quite in asking for it to stop? Aggression is the only thing that humanity (not individuals but our species) responds to as a whole. Protests, wars, ritual suicides, imprisonment, riots, lawsuits, legal retribution. Nothing has every truly been solved by asking someone one to respect you. Humans have no true sense of empathy. Men often don't care what is said or done to a woman unless they have daughters. As if the only way that is wrong is you have to imagine it done to your kid (maybe their mother or wife). Women will kick a dude in the groin with no though as to how that may feel or if there is another alternative because we don't have the body part to care about. Men make fun of menstrual cycles and pregnancy because they can't experience it. It goes on and on back and forth. No one looks at another person and sees a fellow human (in America land of gun worship, that makes you a hipster.) and that is why I say if you won't make the decision to better yourself, not because some one asks you but because it is RIGHT, then you should eat your own poison.
I don't have time to waste on being held accountable after we are dead. Again asking the meek to wait rather than know peace and justice in life. That's just a shackle.
@NEStalgia Like I said it isn't fair. I'm sure anti matter has some worthwhile posts...but it makes my eye twitch. I'd rather be polite and not have a stroke. I am also certain he has improved just by virtue of posting, but I am afraid to check. Besides in my own defense I take myself to task, that is why I don't post in the Japanese sites I visit. Could I communicate? Sure, but I don't like broken language and hate to subject others to it as well. Also, I tend to be very literal, I like to say what I mean and mean what I say. I use hyperbolic language for effect or to make a joke from time to time...and to keep from text walling but in general the text walls are my actual thoughts rather than something distilled into a meme or something for effect. I may not always show it but I was taught to have a great respect for language, (thank you American culture for judging AAs on how we speak) and that was drilled into me from a young age. So I can't turn it off, but I feel that someone would misunderstand me who doesn't feel the same about language (words have MEANING they are not "just words" or we might as well as bark. People have so many misunderstandings because they have no respect for language. That is more on native speakers though and nothing to do with an ESL person) and think I am being a "grammarnazi" (again words have meaning and languages have rules, just because a person is lazy doesn't change that). So I'll just be odd over here in my little corner.
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@Lucarianzx I have lexapro, the second smallest dosage. It may be a temporary side affect as your body gets adjusted, but if you’re finding that it’s affecting your grip strength, definitely call your physician Monday. But, and I stress this, DO NOT listen to anyone other than a medical professional that suggests you immediately stop taking it. Read all the paperwork, and also check to see if your insurance plan has a nurse line you can call (I know BCBS does)
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@Lucarianzx I have lexapro, the second smallest dosage. It may be a temporary side affect as your body gets adjusted, but if you’re finding that it’s affecting your grip strength, definitely call your physician Monday. But, and I stress this, DO NOT listen to anyone other than a medical professional that suggests you immediately stop taking it. Read all the paperwork, and also check to see if your insurance plan has a nurse line you can call (I know BCBS does)
I originally meant to comment on this, I also had tremors when I started taking lexapro. Talk to your doctor, they may need to check your dosage. That being said I had to be taken off of it because while I wasn't depressed anymore I was apathetic and after I nearly crashed my car for "fun", I went right back to the doctor and asked what's up.
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@Ryu_Niiyama Well, you certainly weren't kidding about text-walling...
But in all seriousness: we actually agree quite a bit, for the most part. But for me, or perhaps I should say in the environment/society/country that I live in, I've found that ignoring idiots, bullies and ESPECIALLY attention seekers really helps. You know how it works: trolls know how to trigger people, and will always get at least one person to respond to them, allowing them to start their back and forth game, in an effort to keep the useless and often times rather insulting argument going and going for as long as they can.
It's their adrenaline, their high, and all I'm saying is, specifically in relation to this small world of online gaming communities, to simply not give them the time of day, because that's what they want you to do. And I don't cater to individuals like that, so I ignore them. And I do so without using any automated ignore feature...
As for my mention of interaction with women in the work place: I thought that mentioning the "touching in appropriate places" would already make it clear that there wasn't any sexual intent and/or tension involved. Just a friendly pat or tap on the hand, wrist, arm or shoulder, much like I would do with a male co-worker. I used to be a team leader, so that's how that sometimes came about. I never meant anything disrespectful by it, and I've also never received any complaints or accusations of harassment, and not because I was some kind of powerful or intimidating person, but simply because I was always respectful towards women, and still am, and I'm also the most social person you'll never meet.
And as such, you also don't have to put lesbian in quotes, as I'm perfectly fine with you being whatever you are, or liking whatever you like. I put out the same things you do: honesty, respect and politeness, but my intent of doing that, is expecting (not hoping: hope is for the weak) that people will return the favor. If they don't, then they're not worth my time and energy. And I like and respect people that are able to take a hit, or a joke, and not feel all hurt and defensive about it (or become offensive in some cases).
I also don't think that all of humanity IS bad, but I do believe that we all have the capacity to BE bad, but that doesn't mean that we are, and there's always a choice. I wouldn't be able to live my life comfortably in a world where all people being bad was an absolute truth. But, at the same time, I can understand and respect your view, because I like to think that I can at least imagine part of your personal struggles being you in the environment that you grew up in, and of course that would influence younger you into becoming the person you are now, with the views that you now have, so fair enough on that part.
Oh, and if I were your co-worker, and I'd see or hear someone calling you a b****, then I'd more than likely give them a thorough ear washing, or a slap in the face, although if it would be a woman, that would probably once again expose me to the danger of being #metoo'd...
Either way, I don't like name-calling, especially of women, but you might have already guessed I don't, since
I already mentioned in my previous comment that I don't appreciate any kind of misogynous behavior.
And in closing, the common sense I'm talking about, is of the most basic kind, and besides that, more or less synonymous (for me personally) with the positive traits that I put out there, and that I expect people to return to me. And I also don't need any book, holy or judicial, to tell me what is right or wrong, and what I should or shouldn't do. And so do you, and we're probably not alone, so maybe, in a worst case scenario, it's a minority, but there's still hope for humankind...
I value each of you, but I’m not even going to read and catch up on all this. I’m horribly distracted by the nostalgia-inducing Yooka Laylee. So if I missed anyone mentioning me, that’s why. There’s no turning back. Only pagies. 😛
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@ThanosReXXXI tried to warn you, and I trimmed it. LOL, the lesbian in quotes wasn't for me. it was for when I run into others that claim the name but aren't. I'm gay as all get out, there is no greater creature in this universe than woman, swoon. I'm just quiet about it here because time and place. I come to NL to talk about games and Nintendo. I always say if you want to actually have a debate with me, email me. my username with no underscore at gmail. NES can sucker me into a text wall on occasion but I'm trying to stop that. I always feel bad about derailing and even in a text wall its hard to convey what you truly mean because you have to rapid fire out rather than a meaningful conversation. I hate that.
I suppose our basic difference is how we view humanity as a whole. For me humanity as a whole is pretty much wasted potential. We have the ability to think and reason but most of us are on auto pilot. When you put a creature to its most base it is negatively selfish. I believe in positive selfishness, in the individual refining oneself to their best and if each individual does this it in turn betters our species.Instead the brilliant are consumed by the corrupt but they have legacies (broken legacies as their ideals are warped but still those are our baby steps as a species. I believe that altruism is horrible because it is the expectation that you give all of yourself for leeches that will not use that gift to better themselves as well. To me that is the equivalent of giving a person a fish after your rod breaks. They eat, you starve and they look for another sap (my mother is a vocational rehab specialist and I used to be a disability determination examiner...people suck.) . However that's why I am a hobbyist, I have two hands, one eye, a strong back and a mostly sound, semi-intelligent mind, what can I create with these things? When I wake up I always ask myself, what kind of woman will you become today?
Anyway, I agree with not giving trolls their due, but my point was that it really doesn't change much. They are as persistent as the sunrise. anywhoo. Moving on.
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@NEStalgia Anyway if you actually care Perfume is releasing a best of album (the new single will be on it) will come out in september. Sigh. I am just hoping the LE version isnt too expensive.
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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Team Cupcake! 11/15/14
Team Spree! 4/17/19
I'm a Dream Fighter. Perfume is Love, Perfume is Life.
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@RedderRugfish Either a kid or a troll, if a kid cut them some slack...if a troll, ignore. That being said cough. Looking at that grammar...MY EYE! HELP! SEND BLEACH!
Do we not have grammar lessons anymore? I am trying to not go into an old lady rant...
EDIT: Ok, none of that is fair to the poster and uncalled for. My apologies.
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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Also question: Is that the party for a 15 year old girl or a 15 year old boy? Or do they have the same name? Just curious, my only rite of passage was when I turned 14 my mom abducted me from school and made me get my Learner's Permit (I'm serious, it was spirit week and I have a yellow and blue eyebrow on an government ID because of that) and a job at Chick-fil-A.
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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Team Spree! 4/17/19
I'm a Dream Fighter. Perfume is Love, Perfume is Life.
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@Ryu_Niiyama only girls get quinceañeras. It's a whole show with a princess dress and male backup dancers. Some throw a doll like it's a brides bouquet, "her last doll".
It's meant to represent she's no longer a little girl. Or something like that.
@Morpheel Did you just say male backup dancers? That is hilarious. How does that work if you are gay though? Can you switch out the boys? If so that sounds way better than Prom.
The guys don't get anything? How do ya'll celebrate adulthood?
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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@Ryu_Niiyama Well, it's mostly organized by the parents, and the chambelanes (the guys) are usually just schoolmates. To be honest I've never seen one with female dancers, but I don't doubt there have been examples. ..?
It's kind of a preppy showy fancy event, so not all girls want or are able to get one. Some girls I know preferred to go on a fancy vacation instead of a party.
Guys don't really get these because it's considered extremely feminine, and this is México. We just get the usual birthday treatment.
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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