@abbyhitter Romantic languages call it Zede, English dialect is Zed, American English say Ze, there are even those who say Z as in zuh...theres no right or wrong, he can call them zeta-moves if he wants as its not what you hear but what you understand, you knew what he meant so it shouldn't matter how he said it
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Well that is just your opinion... Going digital frees up a few inches of shelf space for ones Amiibo collection with each purchase which is well worth the extra €17!! Not everyone has limitless IKEA money you know...
Imma just gonna riff off these designs and the revealed design concepts we have.
Sun and moon are quiet clearly inspired by esoteric philosophy, or at least the heavy hitters so far are.
The three starters composing of the three basic principles
Grass pokemon: Salt
Fire pokemon:Sulphur
Water pokemon:mercury
(cant remember pokemons names)
The water starter being mercury, which is an analog of the theurgy and one of the composing pieces of the symbol is Venus, that final evolution could not be more a representation of Venus if it tried, the hair for one is very Sandro Botticelli the "Birth of Venus" with the long pony tail tied twice. Also Water/fairy would make a lot of sense if these are real.
Salt represents the essence of the material world in hermetic thought and an analog of astrology the second basic principle. This design is less in your face but with the bow I think Sagittarius but also with the owl motif with Athena whose symbolically connected to the owl and the Pallas Athena which is a major astrological symbol. Also the robin hoob looking design could be a reference to hermetic teaches in which one should reject material desires.
The fire one, sulphur, as the starter holds the leviathan cross on its head and is the final principle that of the soul and alchemy. Tis a masculine symbol as mercury is a fem. but thats all I get from that final evolution, other then maybe the belt is an "alchemy belt" but I do draw a blank on that. Though dark/fire would make more sense then fire/fighting here me thinks
On a prediction outside these I think we may be getting a third legendary based on the Ibis. With all the hermetic symbolism revealed already the Ibis would be a perfect fit for the third major legendary as it the bird used for the head of Thoth the Egyptian version of Hermes and closely related to Hermes Trismegistus the founding father of these esoteric thoughts and also a moon god who served as councilor to Ra the sun god and in some ancient teaching it was this relationship that caused an eclipse and could fit very well next to the sun eating lion and the crescent moon bat... Thats just my two cents
You might have a point there, its difficult, or at least I myself find it difficult, not to get swept up by these things in the climate we live in today especially when it comes down to "hate crimes". intention is difficult to access, particularly on the internet. I guess there is the likely hood of it being a idiotic tantrum, though still fairly subject.
On reflection Id say would have been better dealt with through reasonable communication from those who found offense and from there it would have been easier to access the actuality of the situation. So There was the fault of pride on both sides though he did wrong there was a possible channel of resolve that was skipped and those effected went straight for the jugular.
The main source of my contempt toward these sort of events, which are becoming ever more frequent, they tend to give fuel to parties with negative motivations to influence others especially when the topic of free speech is concerned and helps to increase the degrees of separation that such parties seem possessed in creating and in a lot of cases those who oppose such ideals have in recent times displayed a sort of apathy toward debate and though I do find time for debate on much of the bigger issues we face on this earth is long since passed and certain actions need to be dictated before the four horse men show up, on more controlled individual cases this is obviously not a manner in which such things should be conducted and in turn fuels that strength of the self proclaimed "oppressed" extreme right. Not to say both sides do not have their bad eggs or underplay the situations where labels are being used to actually oppress the event of reasonable debate.
People do need to stamp out their ridiculous notions of "us" and "them" that these sorts of events perpetuate, I have already seen mentions of Alison Rapp in relation to this that suggests this is the case here and the tit for tat continues, but admittedly I was too quick to jump the gun and cant apply with certainty any level of guilt that is deserved of the consequences due to the manner in which it was dealt with by those who opposed his actions, which is a shame as its not likely to come to light at this stage whether he was guilty or innocent and just a bit of moron who took his homesick pokemon blues out on the country he has taken to work, which is ridiculous but doesnt deserve what he got. I had led myself to believe we were on different pages which I dont think we are and even though I do enjoy the sound of my own voice there is no use debating ifs and buts it was a pleasure talking at you...
"In all this confusion I cant get no relief."
I do know your frustration, its not difficult to see that much of the ideology held in modern society is poisonous to the lives of others and the environment as a whole. Though really we are all sheep blindly following belief systems and it is ones interactions, which are largely out of our control, that shapes these beliefs and so I do not think its entirely fair to ridicule.
Rational intelligence is not much of a factor here as we are dealing with a moral dilemma, ones level of empathy is the stronger force. The actions of the individual in this situation where deeply unsympathetic, his sphere of compassion was centralized completely upon himself. He wanted, he did not receive and so unjustly took out his frustrations on those who co inhabit his environment which is not a healthy moral frame work to uphold in a society. Whether or not he exercised his freedom of speech or whether or not one agrees with the punishment, he should be considered wrong in his actions.
Where the punishment is concerned it is up for debate; whether the firing was justified. I personally believe within the corporate world one should not be exempt from morality as is largely not the case within the Neoliberal system we use. In most cases a lack of compassion shown within the corporate world yields greater profit which should be of much greater concern, this is a rare instance that this is not the case and action was taken to preserve profit.
Defending the right to free speech is a noble cause, most of the time, but defending ones right to express hate towards an entire population with absolutely zero grounds to base that hate on is a waste of energy and really such actions should be rejected not rallied behind at least from how I see it. You said yourself people are sheep, if people decide to spread mindless hate, others will surely follow and I cant see any value in that.
Just for reference, do you believe his actions should have gone by without any intervention or do you just think the firing was a bit over board and that there could have been a more fitting reaction? I myself am undecided on the firing but do believe some intervention was needed.
We do and should as human beings have the right to free speech and expression. However consequence gives our language meaning not the words themselves. The concept of a world where free speech should have no negative consequence is as absurd as one where such should have no positive consequence, we need both for language to have reference. All reactions to language are based on value judgements and just like the fact we all should have a right to free speech we all should have a right to prescribe our own subjective values.
Free speech does not give one the right to dictate consequence it just gives one the right to speak, society will always dictate the consequence. I disagree with a lot of consequences of language as does everyone on the planet, but as society dictates value and if your words are to call everyone in said society an idiot, I don't think you should be surprised if the consequences are not in your favor and that there is not going to be much room for philosophical debate.
A business has to be seen to align to the values of its market or influence them in order to be successful, he was fired to help solidify the view of the business as one that was aligned with the opinions of the people, if they did not it would be their loss and I cant imagine they were willing to fight the ideology of the people at the determent of their profit to defend their employees right to over react to the lack of release of a Pokemon game.
There have been many times in recent history where companies should have stood by their employees right to expression, this is not one of them and there are plenty of people out there who have lost their jobs for standing up for something that has actually value who truly deserve people like yourself to stand behind them. Personally I don't think this guy deserves such, he was just acting like a brat.
iv been reading alot about people complaining about the "balancing" in mario kart and all the its just luck jazz... is it just me who knows you can dodge blue or red shells? its not easy but its not impossible and once you get the nack for it i think it throws all the luck out the window and its really more about skill... if they can aim green shells your in trouble but other wise you will be grand most of the time, and you get to see their disappointed faces as their last hope just flies right past you
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@abbyhitter
Romantic languages call it Zede, English dialect is Zed, American English say Ze, there are even those who say Z as in zuh...theres no right or wrong, he can call them zeta-moves if he wants as its not what you hear but what you understand, you knew what he meant so it shouldn't matter how he said it
Re: Pokkén Tournament to Get Another New Fighter in Arcades
Croagunk with the photobomb
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th October (Europe)
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Well that is just your opinion... Going digital frees up a few inches of shelf space for ones Amiibo collection with each purchase which is well worth the extra €17!! Not everyone has limitless IKEA money you know...
Re: Rumour: Concept Art Reveals the Final Evolutions of the Alola Starters
Imma just gonna riff off these designs and the revealed design concepts we have.
Sun and moon are quiet clearly inspired by esoteric philosophy, or at least the heavy hitters so far are.
The three starters composing of the three basic principles
Grass pokemon: Salt
Fire pokemon:Sulphur
Water pokemon:mercury
(cant remember pokemons names)
The water starter being mercury, which is an analog of the theurgy and one of the composing pieces of the symbol is Venus, that final evolution could not be more a representation of Venus if it tried, the hair for one is very Sandro Botticelli the "Birth of Venus" with the long pony tail tied twice. Also Water/fairy would make a lot of sense if these are real.
Salt represents the essence of the material world in hermetic thought and an analog of astrology the second basic principle. This design is less in your face but with the bow I think Sagittarius but also with the owl motif with Athena whose symbolically connected to the owl and the Pallas Athena which is a major astrological symbol. Also the robin hoob looking design could be a reference to hermetic teaches in which one should reject material desires.
The fire one, sulphur, as the starter holds the leviathan cross on its head and is the final principle that of the soul and alchemy. Tis a masculine symbol as mercury is a fem. but thats all I get from that final evolution, other then maybe the belt is an "alchemy belt" but I do draw a blank on that. Though dark/fire would make more sense then fire/fighting here me thinks
On a prediction outside these I think we may be getting a third legendary based on the Ibis. With all the hermetic symbolism revealed already the Ibis would be a perfect fit for the third major legendary as it the bird used for the head of Thoth the Egyptian version of Hermes and closely related to Hermes Trismegistus the founding father of these esoteric thoughts and also a moon god who served as councilor to Ra the sun god and in some ancient teaching it was this relationship that caused an eclipse and could fit very well next to the sun eating lion and the crescent moon bat... Thats just my two cents
Re: Random: Australian Man Sacked For Moaning That Pokémon GO Isn't Available In Singapore
@Kirk
You might have a point there, its difficult, or at least I myself find it difficult, not to get swept up by these things in the climate we live in today especially when it comes down to "hate crimes". intention is difficult to access, particularly on the internet. I guess there is the likely hood of it being a idiotic tantrum, though still fairly subject.
On reflection Id say would have been better dealt with through reasonable communication from those who found offense and from there it would have been easier to access the actuality of the situation. So There was the fault of pride on both sides though he did wrong there was a possible channel of resolve that was skipped and those effected went straight for the jugular.
The main source of my contempt toward these sort of events, which are becoming ever more frequent, they tend to give fuel to parties with negative motivations to influence others especially when the topic of free speech is concerned and helps to increase the degrees of separation that such parties seem possessed in creating and in a lot of cases those who oppose such ideals have in recent times displayed a sort of apathy toward debate and though I do find time for debate on much of the bigger issues we face on this earth is long since passed and certain actions need to be dictated before the four horse men show up, on more controlled individual cases this is obviously not a manner in which such things should be conducted and in turn fuels that strength of the self proclaimed "oppressed" extreme right. Not to say both sides do not have their bad eggs or underplay the situations where labels are being used to actually oppress the event of reasonable debate.
People do need to stamp out their ridiculous notions of "us" and "them" that these sorts of events perpetuate, I have already seen mentions of Alison Rapp in relation to this that suggests this is the case here and the tit for tat continues, but admittedly I was too quick to jump the gun and cant apply with certainty any level of guilt that is deserved of the consequences due to the manner in which it was dealt with by those who opposed his actions, which is a shame as its not likely to come to light at this stage whether he was guilty or innocent and just a bit of moron who took his homesick pokemon blues out on the country he has taken to work, which is ridiculous but doesnt deserve what he got. I had led myself to believe we were on different pages which I dont think we are and even though I do enjoy the sound of my own voice there is no use debating ifs and buts it was a pleasure talking at you...
"In all this confusion I cant get no relief."
Re: Random: Australian Man Sacked For Moaning That Pokémon GO Isn't Available In Singapore
@Kirk
I do know your frustration, its not difficult to see that much of the ideology held in modern society is poisonous to the lives of others and the environment as a whole. Though really we are all sheep blindly following belief systems and it is ones interactions, which are largely out of our control, that shapes these beliefs and so I do not think its entirely fair to ridicule.
Rational intelligence is not much of a factor here as we are dealing with a moral dilemma, ones level of empathy is the stronger force. The actions of the individual in this situation where deeply unsympathetic, his sphere of compassion was centralized completely upon himself. He wanted, he did not receive and so unjustly took out his frustrations on those who co inhabit his environment which is not a healthy moral frame work to uphold in a society. Whether or not he exercised his freedom of speech or whether or not one agrees with the punishment, he should be considered wrong in his actions.
Where the punishment is concerned it is up for debate; whether the firing was justified. I personally believe within the corporate world one should not be exempt from morality as is largely not the case within the Neoliberal system we use. In most cases a lack of compassion shown within the corporate world yields greater profit which should be of much greater concern, this is a rare instance that this is not the case and action was taken to preserve profit.
Defending the right to free speech is a noble cause, most of the time, but defending ones right to express hate towards an entire population with absolutely zero grounds to base that hate on is a waste of energy and really such actions should be rejected not rallied behind at least from how I see it. You said yourself people are sheep, if people decide to spread mindless hate, others will surely follow and I cant see any value in that.
Just for reference, do you believe his actions should have gone by without any intervention or do you just think the firing was a bit over board and that there could have been a more fitting reaction? I myself am undecided on the firing but do believe some intervention was needed.
Re: Random: Australian Man Sacked For Moaning That Pokémon GO Isn't Available In Singapore
@Kirk
We do and should as human beings have the right to free speech and expression. However consequence gives our language meaning not the words themselves. The concept of a world where free speech should have no negative consequence is as absurd as one where such should have no positive consequence, we need both for language to have reference. All reactions to language are based on value judgements and just like the fact we all should have a right to free speech we all should have a right to prescribe our own subjective values.
Free speech does not give one the right to dictate consequence it just gives one the right to speak, society will always dictate the consequence. I disagree with a lot of consequences of language as does everyone on the planet, but as society dictates value and if your words are to call everyone in said society an idiot, I don't think you should be surprised if the consequences are not in your favor and that there is not going to be much room for philosophical debate.
A business has to be seen to align to the values of its market or influence them in order to be successful, he was fired to help solidify the view of the business as one that was aligned with the opinions of the people, if they did not it would be their loss and I cant imagine they were willing to fight the ideology of the people at the determent of their profit to defend their employees right to over react to the lack of release of a Pokemon game.
There have been many times in recent history where companies should have stood by their employees right to expression, this is not one of them and there are plenty of people out there who have lost their jobs for standing up for something that has actually value who truly deserve people like yourself to stand behind them. Personally I don't think this guy deserves such, he was just acting like a brat.
Re: Hideki Konno Emphasizes That Mario Kart 8 Balancing Means It's Not All About Luck
iv been reading alot about people complaining about the "balancing" in mario kart and all the its just luck jazz... is it just me who knows you can dodge blue or red shells? its not easy but its not impossible and once you get the nack for it i think it throws all the luck out the window and its really more about skill... if they can aim green shells your in trouble but other wise you will be grand most of the time, and you get to see their disappointed faces as their last hope just flies right past you