https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BZp2dxpwF8 - - - Updated - - - Disney, one of the greatest concentrations of talent in human history.
Glad to have found this thread(I roam the other threads from time to time. Especially now, as we probably agree the 2016 Election has become the definition of pointless.). I think I mentioned casually before how I wasn't the greatest movie watcher. But I did love Monster's INC a lot. This was back when people didn't care about sending a political message, but wanted to send a REAL one about life. We all felt like Ariel at one point in our lives. Wanting to see the big outdoors, wondering why our parents wouldn't let us do this or that. I for instance hated how age was a barometer the adults used to judge me. But what the Little Mermaid tries(and successfully conveys) is that Zeus(or well, the movie's Zeus) was just trying to protect and love his daughter. Just like all parents do. It's not that we can't explore, it's just when we're ready. As for Disney's movies, outside of Monsters INC, and Toy Story(Haven't seen 3 yet, saw 1/2), I was passionately moved by Mulan. The girl willing took on the duties of a soldier and kicked butt. She was selfless, brave and determined. And she represented that Asian spirit that I would later come to really admire in my life.
I haven't seen Monster's INC, but I'd like to and hear it's really good. Yeah, the old Disney movies were just top-notch productions. I believe the guy who wrote that song, as well as Whole New World from Aladdin won eleven Oscars as a composer--that is NUTS. Like you said, the stories themselves were also really good and touched on things about life; they weren't liberal talking points meant to brainwash children. Sometimes, I really wish this country could just split into two countries--let the liberals have their land and let us have ours.
I had made that thread on that noble idea a while back out of frustration(and that frustration has seeped in with more corruption and of course more whining about how evil I supposedly am for having a lack of melatin in my system lol). And someone suggested if we separated with a mutual defense agreement, it could be done amicably. I say do it. We'll share the military, we'll have a sustainable peace agreement and as far as our social desires are concerned, the Libbies go off in Libbie ville and we do what we do lol. Would it be great if the union could be sustained? Yeah, it would be. But both sides want too much from each other with no middle ground available. The Libbies think my existence itself is on the "wrong side of history" and the conservatives are muddled in quick sand. Oh and PS. 11 Oscars? That's sick. I'm a guy who loves a lot of music(oriental mostly, but there are some English titles I love.) "Stay in Shadow" by Finger 11 and "March of Mephisto" by Kamelot. If you haven't checked out those two songs, do it. And almost anything by Nightwish is life.
Exactly. We can share a military, a common currency, and coordinate international trade, but we would be better off independent on every other issue. New Constitution, new BOR, and new governments.
In terms of reminiscing about movies, my all-time favorite childhood flick will always be Pokemon the First Movie. You want to talk about enforcing real life issues and not sugarcoating it? That movie was ALL real. It's still meaningful(in fact, more meaningful today than ever before). I'd love for any school-age child to watch that movie and see what they come away with. [video=youtube;j-4J9dHB1k8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-4J9dHB1k8[/video] [video=youtube;3CTKzFLcjXA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CTKzFLcjXA[/video] You don't even have to be a fan of the series to feel the feels from this movie.
Holy Crap! What a strange coincidence! I'm actually at my friends house right now (he's 23), and he showed me the second video earlier today! Watching pikachu get slapped was not cool.
Yeah, Pokemon(and a lot of series like it) started popping up from '98 to around ''01. I REALLY enjoyed the saturday morning cartoon block. When you're as bullied and oppressed as I was, I have to thank the Japanese for creating these wonderful anime. It was an escape for me, and really allowed me to become an intellectual instead of another statistic. You know, I think I may have mentioned before that due to circumstances out of our control, our living situation is a bit in flux right now. And since it's so up in the air, there's a real possibility that Texas might be next up on my destination list. Not only because we're super pals, but if I'm being modest and honest with myself: You're a higher intellectual than I am. And so, in the interest of learning(and it's always easier to learn when you respect a dude), I kind of wanted to pick your brain(if you'll excuse the old saying)
During various low-points I've found epic fantasy to be a great escape. I highly recommend The Sword of Truth and The Wheel of Time novels, among many other fantasy series.They're huge, great stories, and they take forever to read. Frankly, I don't even bother reading other genres--I just like fantasy that much. If you haven't read any good fantasy, you really should. I hear the GOT series is also great, but I won't read it now that I've seen the show :-/ Yeah man, if you moved to Texas I'd highly recommend Austin. Austin is a pretty welcoming place and pretty much the opposite of a machismo culture, so I think you'd feel pretty welcome here. The *******s are out in full force here, but it's tolerable. Also, I'd be more than happy to meet up sometime if you came to Austin!
Alright . I'll see what I can do(Probably not much in the short term. But I always did like the idea of a warmer climate. But with the poor conditioning in the house recently, my asthma attacks have picked up with the humidity(something I just learned.) So I wonder if there's a difference between natural heat, and muggy weather itself? Lol. Human body's weird lol. I think if I went, I'd stay lowkey(I'm always lowkey in general, but especially politically,) At this point, I really question if American Politics is worth it. Like, am I applying my social philosophical intelligence in the right field? If it gives me anger just thinking about the mindless opposition, shouldn't I just let it all go? But yeah, I met this dude once in HS(while I was in PA.) And while I'd say I definitely have the edge on smarts now, he was another dude that was pretty intelligent. We both felt ripped off by the school district, and we made crack jokes at the school's expense. Man, it was fun(and its really rare) to talk to people who have that same kind of mindset. That's why, when I end up discussing things with posters like yourself, it ends up being a worthwhile moment and its the first times I feel like "Hey, maybe I'm not so insane or if I am, someone is with me."
You aren't insane--they are. We think independently and aren't easily influenced by others, but that occasionally creates social tension. I could never live in a cold climate lol
Lol, right? But now that everything's unsettled and everything(including my own ambitions), I've never given the thought until now but: I'd want to live in a warm climate, but not a too hot one. I'd want to be reasonably near the city, but I don't want to be in the hub. A nice quiet home, with little disturbance is where I'm at lol. When your mind runs as often as mine does, peace and quiet is good lol. I guess I want something in-the-middle of the extremes of the hot West, as well as the cold Mid-Atlantic I was born and raised in.
Well, I'm not gonna lie--Austin is pretty damn hot lol. The nice thing is that our winters are very mild and you rarely need more than a sweater. Our springs and falls are also wonderful. Aside from two months of winter and two months of brutal summer, we get 8 months of excellent weather. I think I'd like to live in cities until I have kids (if I do). I'd like to raise my kids in a very small town as far away from the bull(*)(*)(*)(*) as I can get.
You know, it's all about the convenience. Obviously, I'm not some fairweather, social event guy. But I don't want to be 100 miles away from the grocery store either lol.(BTW: Sorry for hijacking the thread. It's just you know, it's nice to talk about friendship stuff, as opposed to the political.) Geographically, every part of the US has its advantages/disadvantages. For example, in my PA, Summers could be hot at times, but mostly mild. And the Fall(for at least 2-3 weeks) could be spring-like warm, before you suffered the ill effects of living near the coastal line and basically a Canadian-wind like effect. It'd get mighty cold there. And you had mentioned just right there, the advantages/disadvantages of the West and IMO, the advantages vastly outweigh the disadvantages. Yes, hot as hell but hopefully I'll have an AC, and a swimming pool . And the big advantage is that Fall/Winter weather as you said, it can be very comforting. It's the same reason I'm also considering the Mid-West/Southern States. As long as I can have a "little of everything", I'm chill. Because while I'm isolated by nature, I was raised in Liberal Pennsylvania(meaning, a lot of games, arcades and stuff.) I want that same kind of fun infrastructure in my life. Ideally, when I get my hands on this country we'll have an Atlantis type revival. Those type of civilizations had kick-ass architecture. The goal for me, is to utterly eradicate poverty. Not a single ghetto to hopefully be found lol. Yes, I'm that egotistic.
Poverty could easily be eliminated. The only stepping stone is the flawed nature of humanity. The existence of poverty exposes morality for what it really is--relative and conditional. For instance, the average mother would kill me, you, and anybody else if she thought it would save her kid. Humans, despite their self-righteous protestations, can't really make moral claims because they are ultimately meaningless. In recent years, I've actually become a philosophically psychopathic individual. After you've learned enough, you get to the point where you see people as complicated clocks who have no real control over who they are. The only moral philosophy, that makes any sense, is founded in utilitarianism. Basically, let's try to make our brief existence as joyful and painless as possible--there isn't much else to think about. Outdoor culture and swimming are big parts of life in central Texas. Oh, here's a good swimming hole here in central Texas:
Sounds to me more like you believe in Moral Relativism(Which might be the simplest philosophy on earth and therefore the only true one), morality is relative to other people. To the person who values their son that highly, they would save that child's life even if it meant going to prison or risking their own life. Now, there are other people(like me), who'd be a cold calculating son of a gun who'd try to think of a way of saving the child without having to go through those extremes. OR, if I ponder having to go through those extremes, the kid(likely a tool in most cases) isn't worth it. But you're right at the gist of it: We're all clocks(heightened emotions) with no way to keep that fuse from defusing. The keg powder's going to go off eventually. That's why I feel it's important for us to develop our intellectual awareness. When we can make Optimal Decisions(and for that matter, be able to create a world where only optimal choices exist), that might be such a system where we can avoid those pitfalls. I regret that my style of thinking is limited to peeps such as ourselves. I feel like it's such a misfortune to the world that there are so many nitwits in it. In fact, this reality(of a multitude of idiots) is my powder keg. It's fortunate in a way that I was born with CP and my body physically crippled. Because if I had even average strength to go along with this intelligence, I would have likely punched the lights out of some troll. But that's if I let it get to me. Which I did when I was younger, but said lack of strength forced me to come to a different conclusion: Try and bear with it. Which I've done pretty well IMO. Politics ended up being for example, the exact opposite of how I dreamed of it. I had the Great Compromise in mind as the standard bearer for politics. And perhaps it would have been, 100+ years ago. But seeing as the two parties are corporations essentially pretending to be "politicians" so they can get perks, along with fake social issues to create a "political environment" that doesn't exist. There'll never be that kind of environment like the Founders had sitting at a round table and debating for days. You're also right that our very basic tenant should be "coexist, we're all roommates whether we like it or not." But humans are overwhelmingly selfish(as you note) and it's hard to get them to understand the mutual benefit concept. That's why I'm a Third Positionist. It's the philosophy that demands, and creates an environment where mutual beneficial ideals stand out from the rest. Because it's the Nation, not individuals. So you guys swim in creeks? That's pretty awesome sounding. Much bigger than the pool in the complex I used to live in. As a swimmer, I specialize in the doggy paddle. Like I mentioned before, having CP my muscles aren't strong, so my feet barely make any splashes. But just because I'm doggy paddling doesn't mean I'm not a good swimmer . I take pride in being in the deep end. I just won't be Michael Phelps lol. I also like laying in the water and letting it all sink in. I have to flail around to keep myself afloat when I do that, but I enjoy it that way when trying to tan.
You're right. I was actually good at fighting (2nd place in Texas in kickboxing), but it did more to hurt me than help me.
One of the greatest strengths and drawbacks of being an intellectual is the even the smallest sentence(such as this one for instance) can get me connecting a lot of dots and then I go on some manifesto . You ever felt like that? I enjoy it by my lonesome, but I loathe how many people don't like when I do that out loud or even privately, it shuts me down and I feel like "Well, crap". In this case, I think back to Mussolini who believed that "violence was spirit" and even Mr. Swedish Guy(who introduced me to Mussolini's book and is another intelligent fellow. Even if we'd hit a few snags recently in conversations with each other. Oh well, not every intellectual will be your pal.) said that every government ever has essentially used violence(which I denounced in a thread I made about how violence actually disrupts the State) But it got me thinking: What is violence exactly? Like everything else, motive and objective should be the key factors in deciding whether or not a person is acting violently. If a country is facing invasion, is intercepting those forces a violent act? Or would it be, rightly called IMO an act of self-defense? IMO, the country that's fighting off an invasion may be using force, but they're doing so to save lives. Or how about the flipside: North Korea hasn't formally declared war yet, but it might as well in building up its nuclear arsenal and threatening other nations with it. If nuclear power weren't so destructive, those acts of provocation would have long led to a war declaration by the US. Furthermore, with Japan's obsolete constitution from WWII, it's vulnerable to a first-strike by ANY other Asian nation. Though the dangers are incredibly high, the argument could be made for taking out Jung. Hell, that argument can be made far better than even Assad or any of these other interventions. One of the major differences from regime change in North Korea, as opposed to the Middle East is that in actuality, thanks to the Jung Totalitarian regime, there isn't really any other players aside from South Korea(or perhaps China.) But mainly, there hadn't been a real political set up outside of the military dictatorship. This allows the US to really come in, and have a Marshal Plan like impact on North Korea. We can literally turn North Korea into its successful Southern counterpart, provided we play a significant role in both the overthrowing of Jung and the restoration of the North Korean State. It'll have to be direct, hands on. And the problem is, many of our citizens have become so war weary(even though a war needs to be finished, not backed out of), that I don't think we'll be able to decisively solve many of our foreign policy problems. We lack guts. But yeah, it depends on what spirit the violence takes on. Does it take on the spirit of the Revolutionary War? Or does it take on the spirit of mass cullings? In that sense, BTW, I like the Light Yagami avatar. Ah, yes, Death Note. One of my very dearest friends introduced me to that series when it first came out in 2006 and I was a big Light Yagami fan. What he did in that world, is what we would all like to do, even though as Light said in episode two: We'd all have some facade like "never". But no, it's the truth. Criminals, rapists, murderers, etc are a negative drain on society and a world without them, is a world for the better. And I also disagree with the counter argument that Light's world, was a world of fear. Perhaps, at the beginning just as anyone is afraid of seismic changes. But as the Era of Light continues(as it did for six years in the show), people were more and more accepting, crime rates dropped incredibly and even wars stopped.(Can you imagine all of the social benefits from the lack of destruction.) Sure, there'd still be some baddies, but regulating them(and/or essentially exorcising them from our world) is far better than our pathetic system of incarcerating them(while doing nothing to rehabilitate them) and then release them out in the streets(Often, as I discovered through this Netflix show "Orange is the new black", with no help whatsoever.) A lack of help is what puts those in the System at risk for reoffending. I'd so love to reform our prison industry. Literally, we need to tackle that just as much as Unemployment.
I'm quite fond of villain songs. [video=youtube;U3NoDEu7kpg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NoDEu7kpg[/video] [video=youtube;XkU23m6yX04]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkU23m6yX04[/video]
