I played god of war last night and really feel like axing things. Was going to ax stuff but when I switched to mario kart it was like I suddenly changed my mind and wanted to ride go karts. The power of tv and video games.
I like to throw my hatchet at trees in my yard to try and make it stick. Once you get the rotation down, it's actually pretty easy and accurate. Armed with a dozen hatchets, I imagine I could clear out a sizable number of enemies. My point is, gun control isn't going to keep you safe from me.
It's a hobby for lots of people and they spend ridiculous amounts of money on it. This is a hobby rig for example. Each to their own I guess, and if the pilot on their flight dies they might be able to land the plain, so that's good.
It should be noted that Iāve upvoted every single person whoās disagreed with me here, as far as I know. That said. In 7th grade, I took an SAT test without preparing for it at all, it was spur-of-the-moment, I knew about it about an hour ahead of time and didnāt do any research or anything. I scored higher on it than the average person using it to apply for college in my area. An IQ test has shown me to be in the 99.9th percentile for IQ. This is the highest result the test I was given reaches; anything further and theyād consider it to be within the margin of error for that test. My motherās boyfriend of 8 years is an aerospace engineer who graduated Virginia Tech. At the age of 15, I understand physics better than him, and I owe very little of it to him, as he would rarely give me a decent explanation of anything, just tell me that my ideas were wrong and become aggravated with me for not quite understanding thermodynamics. Heās not particularly successful as an engineer, but Iāve met lots of other engineers who arenāt as good as me at physics, so Iām guessing thatās not just a result of him being bad at it. Iām also pretty good at engineering. I donāt have a degree, and other than physics I donāt have a better understanding of any aspect of engineering than any actual engineer, but I have lots of ingenuity for inventing new things. For example, I independently invented regenerative brakes before finding out what they were, and I was only seven or eight years old when I started inventing wireless electricity solutions (my first idea being to use a powerful infrared laser to transmit energy; admittedly not the best plan). I have independently thought of basically every branch of philosophy Iāve come across. Every question of existentialism which Iāve seen discussed in SMBC or xkcd or Reddit or anywhere else, the thoughts havenāt been new to me. Philosophy has pretty much gotten trivial for me; Iāve considered taking a philosophy course just to see how easy it is. Psychology, I actually understand better than people with degrees. Unlike engineering, thereās no aspect of psychology which I donāt have a very good understanding of. I can debunk many of even Sigmund Freudās theories. Iām a good enough writer that Iām writing a book and so far everybody whoās read any of it has said it was really good and plausible to expect to have published. And thatās not just, like, me and family members, that counts strangers on the Internet. Iāve heard zero negative appraisal of it so far; people have critiqued it, but not insulted it. I donāt know if that will suffice as evidence that Iām intelligent. Iām done with it, though, because Iād rather defend my maturity, since itās what youāve spent the most time attacking. The following are some examples of my morals and ethical code. I believe firmly that everybody deserves a future. If we were to capture Hitler at the end of WWII, I would be against executing him. In fact, if we had any way of rehabilitating him and knowing that he wasnāt just faking it, Iād even support the concept of letting him go free. This is essentially because I think that whoever you are in the present is a separate entity from who you were in the past and who you are in the future, and while your present self should take responsibility for your past selfās actions, it shouldnāt be punished for them simply for the sake of punishment, especially if the present self regrets the actions of the past self and feels genuine guilt about them. I donāt believe in judgement of people based on their personal choices as long as those personal choices arenāt harming others. I donāt have any issue with any type of sexuality whatsoever (short of physically acting out necrophilia, pedophilia, or other acts which have a harmful affect on others - but I donāt care what a personās fantasies consist of, as long as they recognize the difference between reality and fiction and can separate them). I donāt have any issue with anybody over what type of music they listen to, or clothes they wear, etc. I know thatās not really an impressive moral, but itās unfortunately rare; a great many people, especially those my age, are judgmental about these things. I love everyone, even people I hate. I wish my worst enemies good fortune and happiness. Rick Perry is a vile, piece of shit human being, deserving of zero respect, but I wish for him to change for the better and live the best life possible. I wish this for everyone. Iām pretty much a pacifist. Iāve taken a broken nose without fighting back or seeking retribution, because the guy stopped punching after that. The only time Iāll fight back is if 1) the person attacking me shows no signs of stopping and 2) if I donāt attack, Iāll come out worse than the other person will if I do. In other words, if fighting someone is going to end up being more harmful to them than just letting them go will be to me, I donāt fight back. Iāve therefore never had a reason to fight back against anyone in anything serious, because my ability to take pain has so far made it so that Iām never in a situation where Iāll be worse off after a fight. If Iām not going to get any hospitalizing injuries, I really donāt care. The only exception is if someone is going after my life. Even then, Iāll do the minimum amount of harm to them that I possibly can in protecting myself. If someone points a gun at me and I can get out of it without harming them, Iād prefer to do that over killing them. I consider myself a feminist. I donāt believe in enforced or uniform gender roles; they may happen naturally, but they should never be coerced into happening unnaturally. As in, the societal pressure for gender roles should really go, even if itāll turn out that the majority of relationships continue operating the same way of their own accord. I treat women with the same outlook I treat men, and never participate in the old Reddit āwomen are crazyā circlejerk, because there are multiple women out there and each have different personalities just like there are multiple men out there and each with different personalities. I donāt think you do much of anything except scare off the awesome women out there by going on and on about the ones who arenāt awesome. That doesnāt mean I look for places to victimize women, I just donāt believe itās fair to make generalizations such as the one about women acting like everythingās OK when itās really not (and thatās a particularly harsh example, because all humans do that). Iām kind of tired of citing these examples and Iām guessing youāre getting tired of reading them, if youāve even made it this far. In closing, the people who know me in real life all respect me, as do a great many people in the Reddit brony community, where I spend most of my time and where Iām pretty known for being helpful around the community. A lot of people in my segment of the community are depressed or going through hard times, and I spend a lot of time giving advice and support to people there. Yesterday someone quoted a case of me doing this in a post asking everyone what their favorite motivational/inspirational quote was, and that comment was second to the top, so I guess other people agreed (though, granted, it was a pretty low-traffic post, only about a dozen competing comments). And, uh, Iām a pretty good moderator. All that, and I think your behavior in this thread was totally assholish. So what do you think, now that you at least slightly know me?
Hello, /u/SilverMars! The phrase 'SAT test' is redundant because SAT stands for 'Scholastic Assessment Test', which already includes the word(s) 'test'.
So, I'm going to be realistic with you, since you aren't with yourself.
In 7th grade, I took an SAT test without preparing for it at all, it was spur-of-the-moment, I knew about it about an hour ahead of time and didn't do any research or anything. I scored higher on it than the average person using it to apply for college in my area.
Great, you live on the east coast and participated in DUKE TIP. I'm glad for you. I got a 29 comp and 31 sci on my 7th grade ACT. I qualified for nation TIP recognition. So did 15 of my classmates.
An IQ test has shown me to be in the 99.9th percentile for IQ. This is the highest result the test I was given reaches; anything further and they'd consider it to be within the margin of error for that test.
I've consistently scored over 130 on IQ tests. I've literally rarely scored below 99th percentile on anything.
My mother's boyfriend of 8 years is an aerospace engineer who graduated Virginia Tech. At the age of 15, I understand physics better than him, and I owe very little of it to him, as he would rarely give me a decent explanation of anything, just tell me that my ideas were wrong and become aggravated with me for not quite understanding thermodynamics. He's not particularly successful as an engineer, but I've met lots of other engineers who aren't as good as me at physics, so I'm guessing that's not just a result of him being bad at it.
Pray explain to me the basics of simple harmonic motion, specifically explaining how a spring's back and forth motion can be modeled. Feel free to use calculus. you may understant the concepts, but I doubt you have teh understanding necessary to explain them. This is the level require to actually use them.
I'm also pretty good at engineering. I don't have a degree, and other than physics I don't have a better understanding of any aspect of engineering than any actual engineer, but I have lots of ingenuity for inventing new things. For example, I independently invented regenerative brakes before finding out what they were, and I was only seven or eight years old when I started inventing wireless electricity solutions (my first idea being to use a powerful infrared laser to transmit energy; admittedly not the best plan).
I didn't know what these were until you told me about them, but I've also thought of them before. They are a great concept, but rarely useful on anything outside of trains and electric cars. I'll also point out that there is a difference between conceptualizing something and actually inventing it. Where is your working model?
I have independently thought of basically every branch of philosophy I've come across. Every question of existentialism which I've seen discussed in SMBC or xkcd or Reddit or anywhere else, the thoughts haven't been new to me. Philosophy has pretty much gotten trivial for me; I've considered taking a philosophy course just to see how easy it is.
Let me explain something to you real quick: Webcomics need to appeal to their readers. Reddit is made up of generally slightly above average intelligent people. You aren't on a forum surrounded by geniuses (especially when related to philosophic debate), and XKCD isn't meant to appeal to philosophy majors. The fact that you get it means that you have an average understanding of basic philosophy. To truly understand these ideas you need to be able to implement them. That means being able to explain why god should/should not exist. That means being able to provide a thesis for why god doesn't cause goodness.
Psychology, I actually understand better than people with degrees. Unlike engineering, there's no aspect of psychology which I don't have a very good understanding of. I can debunk many of even Sigmund Freud's theories.
Including buisness psychology? Economics?
I'm a good enough writer that I'm writing a book and so far everybody who's read any of it has said it was really good and plausible to expect to have published. And that's not just, like, me and family members, that counts strangers on the Internet. I've heard zero negative appraisal of it so far; people have critiqued it, but not insulted it.
Great, you know polite people. (also confirmation bias)
I don't know if that will suffice as evidence that I'm intelligent. I'm done with it, though, because I'd rather defend my maturity, since it's what you've spent the most time attacking. The following are some examples of my morals and ethical code.
It shows you have an above average intelligence, like most people with internet access.
I believe firmly that everybody deserves a future. If we were to capture Hitler at the end of WWII, I would be against executing him. In fact, if we had any way of rehabilitating him and knowing that he wasn't just faking it, I'd even support the concept of letting him go free. This is essentially because I think that whoever you are in the present is a separate entity from who you were in the past and who you are in the future, and while your present self should take responsibility for your past self's actions, it shouldn't be punished for them simply for the sake of punishment, especially if the present self regrets the actions of the past self and feels genuine guilt about them.
There is a difference between morality and maturity. There are really immature people with 'good' morals.
I don't believe in judgement of people based on their personal choices as long as those personal choices aren't harming others. I don't have any issue with any type of sexuality whatsoever (short of physically acting out necrophilia, pedophilia, or other acts which have a harmful affect on others - but I don't care what a person's fantasies consist of, as long as they recognize the difference between reality and fiction and can separate them). I don't have any issue with anybody over what type of music they listen to, or clothes they wear, etc. I know that's not really an impressive moral, but it's unfortunately rare; a great many people, especially those my age, are judgmental about these things.
Ok, so you are a liberal too.
I love everyone, even people I hate. I wish my worst enemies good fortune and happiness. Rick Perry is a vile, piece of shit human being, deserving of zero respect, but I wish for him to change for the better and live the best life possible. I wish this for everyone.
A bleeding heart liberal
I'm pretty much a pacifist. I've taken a broken nose without fighting back or seeking retribution, because the guy stopped punching after that. The only time I'll fight back is if 1) the person attacking me shows no signs of stopping and 2) if I don't attack, I'll come out worse than the other person will if I do. In other words, if fighting someone is going to end up being more harmful to them than just letting them go will be to me, I don't fight back. I've therefore never had a reason to fight back against anyone in anything serious, because my ability to take pain has so far made it so that I'm never in a situation where I'll be worse off after a fight. If I'm not going to get any hospitalizing injuries, I really don't care.
Ok. This isn't morality, its bragging.
The only exception is if someone is going after my life. Even then, I'll do the minimum amount of harm to them that I possibly can in protecting myself. If someone points a gun at me and I can get out of it without harming them, I'd prefer to do that over killing them.
Yeap, expected.
Let me put it to you this way (an for those of you still watching this thread, this will come off as very arrogant. I'm fully aware of that).
I'm 16. I've been so for less than 6 months. I'm currently applying to colleges, including Yale and Columbia planning to be a Cscience major. Do I have an expectation of getting into one/both? Yes, otherwise I wouldn't apply. Will I be surprised if I don't get in? No, I am aware that there are other people out there better than me at everything. I dont' just mean better than me at computer science, I mean everything.
I scored a 2200 on my SAT. That isn't super scored, that's straight up, one test. I've been beaten by two people in my class, a 25 on an ACT and a 2280 on an SAT. What you don't realize is that there are people out there better than you. Now, that may be because you weren't exposed to them, but you will be. I happen to have been my whole life, and I'm lucky for it. What you need to learn, and I mean this as advice, not as insulting, is that you aren't as good as you think you are. Yes, there are probably 15 year old kids out there who are better at aerospace physics than an average aerospace engineer. There are also some pretty stupid people with aerospace engineering degrees. You knowing an aerospace engineer that isn't very good and happening to understand conceptual physics doesn't turn you into einstein.
I know a child who nearly made it onto the US world math competition team. This kid is insanely smart. He consistantly corrects our math professor (a doctor of pure math) on things, and finds and proves better ways to do things. He's in the top .001% of child mathemeticians in the US. What will come of that? Probably nothing. His ability will probably not allow him to prove the abc conjecture, or find the pattern to prime numbers. It will probably do nothing.
Be realistic, aiming high is fine, but be prepared to fail. If you don't prepare for failure, you'll find that you do much more often.
itās very funny, and surprisingly disturbing, which makes it more interesting IMO.
the only comedies that have ever left me feeling nearly as uncomfortable were Grease (as a kid) and a couple Charlie Kaufman films. the only movie thatās topped it for me is Ichi the Killer, but probably mainly bc I was drunk and high for A Serbian Film
Grease is the word.
It's the word that you heard.
It's got groove it's got meaningĀ
Grease is the time, is the place, is the motionĀ
Grease is the way we are feeling.
the entire first two acts seemed to focus on the toxicity of the bourgeois mock-greaser lifestyle and how it adversely affected her, and she just embraces it, after all the fucked up shit sheās been made witness to
I think that's what I found appealing about Heathers as a teen, was that it managed to be simultaneously completely ridiculous and totally plausible. Not a lot of comedies can pull that off. In retrospect, it's a pretty fucked up movie, but it was a lot easier to get away with stuff like that in a pre-Columbine world.
So, after Danny is unable to admit he fell for a goody two-shoes in front of his friends, after Danny cleans up his act to make himself acceptable to Sandy, after Danny admits to his friends he went out for track and Sandy is important to him...
Sandy's change is the only important one?
her willingness to abandon her identity
Danny's willingness to do the same, for her. Also: her Identity? Or merely Image?
the toxicity of the bourgeois mock-greaser lifestyle
Apparently, Zucco's and Kenickie's parents were bank presidents, who knew? A lot of the people who dressed like greasers ended up working as mechanics, factory workers, &c.
and social standing with people she has no business caring about
Now that is about the most "bourgeois" thing you could write.
But not really. The Anglo-American (but especially the latter) "leading citizens" were huge on improving sanitation, nutrition, and housing for the "masses." Saying Sandy had no need to care for Pink Ladies smacks of an arriviste who rejects the bourgeois duty of improvement, never mind the Christian duty of loving thy neighbor as thyself.
the way her newfound environment enabled and celebrated this transition
It was MAD or Cracked that parodied this part of Grease in two panels, just after the race:
poodle-skirted Sandy says, "In order to get the man you want...",
Leather Pants Sandy says, "... you have to be a SLUT! What a wonderful message for the youth of America!"
God knows, Grease is about as subtle as a kick to the nuts (the original script was even worse) and, as a 1978 production, it refuses to kick back at the "sexual revolution," but read sympathetically, as an audience nostalgic for the Fifties might:
Frenchie repents dropping out;
Rizzo will not or cannot conform to the prim ideal, but is painfully aware that being unwed, in high school and pregnant would be a huge problem;
Kenickie pushes hard to date Rizzo before, and marry her both during and after, the pregnancy scare. He also has a part-time job in high school (IIRC), so isn't afraid of work;
Danny realizes he needs to stop trying for imaginary respect from his buddies, and win Sandy's real trust; and
Sandy realizes that Danny isn't crazy for wanting a sexy and desirable GF.
The movie hedges its bets on point 5, refusing to distinguish a sexy image from actually putting out. In 1978, and given the even raunchier jokes that were excised from the original script, that may be the best we can expect.
It's both genuinely funny and disturbing in roughly equal measures. I think it works better if you lived closer to the time period, tbh, but I think it's worth a watch.
The show seems to have been absolute hot garbage, and I don't see any way that it could work better as a musical so I don't know what that other guy was talking about.
The screeching online about it was that the main characters were normies and their foils were genderqueer so that was A Bad Thing, it should've been the other way around
thank god, there are so many reasons this series (which iām just finding out about) was a bad idea and precisely zero of them are referenced in this article
I want to hate it because it has none of the appeal of the original and is basically just a bad modern remake.
On the other hand, SJWs are offended because it has the gays being mean little bitches (and we all know the gays never dindu nuffin) and now soccer moms are mad because "muh skool chutings".
It's astounding that such a dumpster fire would manage to anger so many people, but I'm kind of rooting for it. They already shot it and announced it. I'm probably going to have to ignore it regardless. Might as well watch the reaction to it and enjoy.
exactly. it's what the creator of heathers would have wanted. the creator was a nutcase who thought Stanley Kubrick would direct his movie because he thought the script he wrote made the film like the high school version of 2001 and possibly one of the top 20 greatest films of all time (i'm serious)/
like how many tv series get this much press off of a 3 minute video? plus it would get every drama lover and alt-right person to watch it. whoever releases this easily gets 6 million viewers. which is a big deal nowadays
Ultimately, the decision to not air Heathers on any Viacom platform was made after the youth-focused conglomerate supported the movement that sprang out of Parkland by going dark across all of its brands for 17 minutes in a show of support for the victims in the Florida high school shooting.
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1 SnapshillBot 2018-06-02
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1 jewdanksdad 2018-06-02
As we all know, if you have a show with a school shooting in it, it will simply cause more school shootings.
1 Lysis10 2018-06-02
I played god of war last night and really feel like axing things. Was going to ax stuff but when I switched to mario kart it was like I suddenly changed my mind and wanted to ride go karts. The power of tv and video games.
1 toynbeeidea16 2018-06-02
Well let me ax you this: Why did you switch to Mario Kart?
1 Lysis10 2018-06-02
I really didn't switch. I was just trying to throw off the FBI. I'm really sharpening my ax. The video games made me do it.
1 BasicallyADoctor 2018-06-02
I like to throw my hatchet at trees in my yard to try and make it stick. Once you get the rotation down, it's actually pretty easy and accurate. Armed with a dozen hatchets, I imagine I could clear out a sizable number of enemies. My point is, gun control isn't going to keep you safe from me.
1 SAC-Lawn_Gnome 2018-06-02
I don't remember playing fucking your mom simulator though??š¤š¤š¤š¤š¤
1 HaulOfChina 2018-06-02
If everybody could be a pilot there would be no flight sims.
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
Arenāt flight sims for learning to be pilot?
I couldnāt imagine someone playing one for fun
1 dogDroolsCatsRules 2018-06-02
Never underestimate my autism, fam.
1 HaulOfChina 2018-06-02
It's a hobby for lots of people and they spend ridiculous amounts of money on it. This is a hobby rig for example. Each to their own I guess, and if the pilot on their flight dies they might be able to land the plain, so that's good.
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
jesus
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-06-02
mohammed
1 BajaBlast_freeze 2018-06-02
A lot of fat people with eyesight too poor to be a pilot just play flight sims all day
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
heh
1 LightUmbra 2018-06-02
I used to play on the shitty one in Google earth.
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-06-02
Some people fly planes for fun, this is the version less likely to kill you.
1 jewdanksdad 2018-06-02
I broke both my arms and I'm practically a master at it
1 YameteOniichanItai 2018-06-02
I knew I shouldn't have read Lolita back back then as a senior.
1 jubbergun 2018-06-02
Inshallah
1 Muh_tism 2018-06-02
>implying teens dont deserve to get shot
1 JabroniMark99 2018-06-02
Remember Vine? Teens did that.
1 shazbottled 2018-06-02
Never heard of this movie, anybody know if it's worth watching?
1 SilverMars 2018-06-02
Movie is awful apparently, but the musical is great.
This is from my girlfriend who loves theater though so take it with a grain of NaCl.
1 bozo_merkin 2018-06-02
I took away one of your downvotes because this can't be real.
1 SilverMars 2018-06-02
It should be noted that Iāve upvoted every single person whoās disagreed with me here, as far as I know. That said. In 7th grade, I took an SAT test without preparing for it at all, it was spur-of-the-moment, I knew about it about an hour ahead of time and didnāt do any research or anything. I scored higher on it than the average person using it to apply for college in my area. An IQ test has shown me to be in the 99.9th percentile for IQ. This is the highest result the test I was given reaches; anything further and theyād consider it to be within the margin of error for that test. My motherās boyfriend of 8 years is an aerospace engineer who graduated Virginia Tech. At the age of 15, I understand physics better than him, and I owe very little of it to him, as he would rarely give me a decent explanation of anything, just tell me that my ideas were wrong and become aggravated with me for not quite understanding thermodynamics. Heās not particularly successful as an engineer, but Iāve met lots of other engineers who arenāt as good as me at physics, so Iām guessing thatās not just a result of him being bad at it. Iām also pretty good at engineering. I donāt have a degree, and other than physics I donāt have a better understanding of any aspect of engineering than any actual engineer, but I have lots of ingenuity for inventing new things. For example, I independently invented regenerative brakes before finding out what they were, and I was only seven or eight years old when I started inventing wireless electricity solutions (my first idea being to use a powerful infrared laser to transmit energy; admittedly not the best plan). I have independently thought of basically every branch of philosophy Iāve come across. Every question of existentialism which Iāve seen discussed in SMBC or xkcd or Reddit or anywhere else, the thoughts havenāt been new to me. Philosophy has pretty much gotten trivial for me; Iāve considered taking a philosophy course just to see how easy it is. Psychology, I actually understand better than people with degrees. Unlike engineering, thereās no aspect of psychology which I donāt have a very good understanding of. I can debunk many of even Sigmund Freudās theories. Iām a good enough writer that Iām writing a book and so far everybody whoās read any of it has said it was really good and plausible to expect to have published. And thatās not just, like, me and family members, that counts strangers on the Internet. Iāve heard zero negative appraisal of it so far; people have critiqued it, but not insulted it. I donāt know if that will suffice as evidence that Iām intelligent. Iām done with it, though, because Iād rather defend my maturity, since itās what youāve spent the most time attacking. The following are some examples of my morals and ethical code. I believe firmly that everybody deserves a future. If we were to capture Hitler at the end of WWII, I would be against executing him. In fact, if we had any way of rehabilitating him and knowing that he wasnāt just faking it, Iād even support the concept of letting him go free. This is essentially because I think that whoever you are in the present is a separate entity from who you were in the past and who you are in the future, and while your present self should take responsibility for your past selfās actions, it shouldnāt be punished for them simply for the sake of punishment, especially if the present self regrets the actions of the past self and feels genuine guilt about them. I donāt believe in judgement of people based on their personal choices as long as those personal choices arenāt harming others. I donāt have any issue with any type of sexuality whatsoever (short of physically acting out necrophilia, pedophilia, or other acts which have a harmful affect on others - but I donāt care what a personās fantasies consist of, as long as they recognize the difference between reality and fiction and can separate them). I donāt have any issue with anybody over what type of music they listen to, or clothes they wear, etc. I know thatās not really an impressive moral, but itās unfortunately rare; a great many people, especially those my age, are judgmental about these things. I love everyone, even people I hate. I wish my worst enemies good fortune and happiness. Rick Perry is a vile, piece of shit human being, deserving of zero respect, but I wish for him to change for the better and live the best life possible. I wish this for everyone. Iām pretty much a pacifist. Iāve taken a broken nose without fighting back or seeking retribution, because the guy stopped punching after that. The only time Iāll fight back is if 1) the person attacking me shows no signs of stopping and 2) if I donāt attack, Iāll come out worse than the other person will if I do. In other words, if fighting someone is going to end up being more harmful to them than just letting them go will be to me, I donāt fight back. Iāve therefore never had a reason to fight back against anyone in anything serious, because my ability to take pain has so far made it so that Iām never in a situation where Iāll be worse off after a fight. If Iām not going to get any hospitalizing injuries, I really donāt care. The only exception is if someone is going after my life. Even then, Iāll do the minimum amount of harm to them that I possibly can in protecting myself. If someone points a gun at me and I can get out of it without harming them, Iād prefer to do that over killing them. I consider myself a feminist. I donāt believe in enforced or uniform gender roles; they may happen naturally, but they should never be coerced into happening unnaturally. As in, the societal pressure for gender roles should really go, even if itāll turn out that the majority of relationships continue operating the same way of their own accord. I treat women with the same outlook I treat men, and never participate in the old Reddit āwomen are crazyā circlejerk, because there are multiple women out there and each have different personalities just like there are multiple men out there and each with different personalities. I donāt think you do much of anything except scare off the awesome women out there by going on and on about the ones who arenāt awesome. That doesnāt mean I look for places to victimize women, I just donāt believe itās fair to make generalizations such as the one about women acting like everythingās OK when itās really not (and thatās a particularly harsh example, because all humans do that). Iām kind of tired of citing these examples and Iām guessing youāre getting tired of reading them, if youāve even made it this far. In closing, the people who know me in real life all respect me, as do a great many people in the Reddit brony community, where I spend most of my time and where Iām pretty known for being helpful around the community. A lot of people in my segment of the community are depressed or going through hard times, and I spend a lot of time giving advice and support to people there. Yesterday someone quoted a case of me doing this in a post asking everyone what their favorite motivational/inspirational quote was, and that comment was second to the top, so I guess other people agreed (though, granted, it was a pretty low-traffic post, only about a dozen competing comments). And, uh, Iām a pretty good moderator. All that, and I think your behavior in this thread was totally assholish. So what do you think, now that you at least slightly know me?
1 RedundantAcronymsBot 2018-06-02
Hello, /u/SilverMars! The phrase 'SAT test' is redundant because SAT stands for 'Scholastic Assessment Test', which already includes the word(s) 'test'.
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1 SilverMars 2018-06-02
I'm gonna actually kill you bot
1 gotenksTheThirst 2018-06-02
You seriously couldn't program a check on the number or words?
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
why bother? thatās why William Strunk Jr. invented parentheses
1 shallowm 2018-06-02
So, I'm going to be realistic with you, since you aren't with yourself.
Great, you live on the east coast and participated in DUKE TIP. I'm glad for you. I got a 29 comp and 31 sci on my 7th grade ACT. I qualified for nation TIP recognition. So did 15 of my classmates.
I've consistently scored over 130 on IQ tests. I've literally rarely scored below 99th percentile on anything.
Pray explain to me the basics of simple harmonic motion, specifically explaining how a spring's back and forth motion can be modeled. Feel free to use calculus. you may understant the concepts, but I doubt you have teh understanding necessary to explain them. This is the level require to actually use them.
I didn't know what these were until you told me about them, but I've also thought of them before. They are a great concept, but rarely useful on anything outside of trains and electric cars. I'll also point out that there is a difference between conceptualizing something and actually inventing it. Where is your working model?
Let me explain something to you real quick: Webcomics need to appeal to their readers. Reddit is made up of generally slightly above average intelligent people. You aren't on a forum surrounded by geniuses (especially when related to philosophic debate), and XKCD isn't meant to appeal to philosophy majors. The fact that you get it means that you have an average understanding of basic philosophy. To truly understand these ideas you need to be able to implement them. That means being able to explain why god should/should not exist. That means being able to provide a thesis for why god doesn't cause goodness.
Including buisness psychology? Economics?
Great, you know polite people. (also confirmation bias)
It shows you have an above average intelligence, like most people with internet access.
There is a difference between morality and maturity. There are really immature people with 'good' morals.
Ok, so you are a liberal too.
A bleeding heart liberal
Ok. This isn't morality, its bragging.
Yeap, expected.
Let me put it to you this way (an for those of you still watching this thread, this will come off as very arrogant. I'm fully aware of that). I'm 16. I've been so for less than 6 months. I'm currently applying to colleges, including Yale and Columbia planning to be a Cscience major. Do I have an expectation of getting into one/both? Yes, otherwise I wouldn't apply. Will I be surprised if I don't get in? No, I am aware that there are other people out there better than me at everything. I dont' just mean better than me at computer science, I mean everything.
I scored a 2200 on my SAT. That isn't super scored, that's straight up, one test. I've been beaten by two people in my class, a 25 on an ACT and a 2280 on an SAT. What you don't realize is that there are people out there better than you. Now, that may be because you weren't exposed to them, but you will be. I happen to have been my whole life, and I'm lucky for it. What you need to learn, and I mean this as advice, not as insulting, is that you aren't as good as you think you are. Yes, there are probably 15 year old kids out there who are better at aerospace physics than an average aerospace engineer. There are also some pretty stupid people with aerospace engineering degrees. You knowing an aerospace engineer that isn't very good and happening to understand conceptual physics doesn't turn you into einstein.
I know a child who nearly made it onto the US world math competition team. This kid is insanely smart. He consistantly corrects our math professor (a doctor of pure math) on things, and finds and proves better ways to do things. He's in the top .001% of child mathemeticians in the US. What will come of that? Probably nothing. His ability will probably not allow him to prove the abc conjecture, or find the pattern to prime numbers. It will probably do nothing.
Be realistic, aiming high is fine, but be prepared to fail. If you don't prepare for failure, you'll find that you do much more often.
1 hexane360 2018-06-02
Hahaha fuck
1 AnnoysTheGoys 2018-06-02
I know the term "cult classic" is overused, but the original Heathers is a genuine cult classic. Worth the watch
1 ghostchamber 2018-06-02
However, the 1999 remake "Jawbreaker" is a fucking dumpster fire.
1 lifesbrink 2018-06-02
But there was that scene where Rose McGowan fucked her bf on top of her friends corpse
1 gaynazifurry4bernie 2018-06-02
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention. Is it on Netflix or Hulu?
1 AnnoysTheGoys 2018-06-02
Also The Doom Generation if you haven't seen it yet
1 lifesbrink 2018-06-02
Unsure, I haven't looked it up in years. I'm sure a Google search would have a streaming site with it if you really check. Well, probably
1 gw65kg 2018-06-02
the scene where she makes her boyfriend fellate her ice lolly is š
1 Honk4Tits 2018-06-02
I loved that movie, it just didn't age well
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
itās very funny, and surprisingly disturbing, which makes it more interesting IMO.
the only comedies that have ever left me feeling nearly as uncomfortable were Grease (as a kid) and a couple Charlie Kaufman films. the only movie thatās topped it for me is Ichi the Killer, but probably mainly bc I was drunk and high for A Serbian Film
1 AnnoysTheGoys 2018-06-02
Pls explain
1 GunOfSod 2018-06-02
Grease is the word. It's the word that you heard. It's got groove it's got meaningĀ Grease is the time, is the place, is the motionĀ Grease is the way we are feeling.
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
the entire first two acts seemed to focus on the toxicity of the bourgeois mock-greaser lifestyle and how it adversely affected her, and she just embraces it, after all the fucked up shit sheās been made witness to
it really freaked me out as a kid
1 imaginarycreatures 2018-06-02
I think that's what I found appealing about Heathers as a teen, was that it managed to be simultaneously completely ridiculous and totally plausible. Not a lot of comedies can pull that off. In retrospect, it's a pretty fucked up movie, but it was a lot easier to get away with stuff like that in a pre-Columbine world.
1 somercet 2018-06-02
So, after Danny is unable to admit he fell for a goody two-shoes in front of his friends, after Danny cleans up his act to make himself acceptable to Sandy, after Danny admits to his friends he went out for track and Sandy is important to him...
Sandy's change is the only important one?
Danny's willingness to do the same, for her. Also: her Identity? Or merely Image?
Apparently, Zucco's and Kenickie's parents were bank presidents, who knew? A lot of the people who dressed like greasers ended up working as mechanics, factory workers, &c.
Now that is about the most "bourgeois" thing you could write.
But not really. The Anglo-American (but especially the latter) "leading citizens" were huge on improving sanitation, nutrition, and housing for the "masses." Saying Sandy had no need to care for Pink Ladies smacks of an arriviste who rejects the bourgeois duty of improvement, never mind the Christian duty of loving thy neighbor as thyself.
It was MAD or Cracked that parodied this part of Grease in two panels, just after the race:
God knows, Grease is about as subtle as a kick to the nuts (the original script was even worse) and, as a 1978 production, it refuses to kick back at the "sexual revolution," but read sympathetically, as an audience nostalgic for the Fifties might:
The movie hedges its bets on point 5, refusing to distinguish a sexy image from actually putting out. In 1978, and given the even raunchier jokes that were excised from the original script, that may be the best we can expect.
TL;DR, serious-posting is cancer.
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
i donāt remember man itās been like two decades
1 captainktainer 2018-06-02
It's both genuinely funny and disturbing in roughly equal measures. I think it works better if you lived closer to the time period, tbh, but I think it's worth a watch.
The show seems to have been absolute hot garbage, and I don't see any way that it could work better as a musical so I don't know what that other guy was talking about.
1 ahbslldud 2018-06-02
It's genuinely great. It's a hilarious dark satire/comedy about school shootings, basically.
1 Nopepole 2018-06-02
It's not an anime.
1 modsarethebest 2018-06-02
cancelled because it made fun of SJWs
1 Rachel_Hazmat 2018-06-02
SJWs are more powerful than the president! How fucked up is that? šÆš
1 modsarethebest 2018-06-02
Heathers Remake = Your President Trump
1 OnionBits 2018-06-02
make heathers great again
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
wait what
1 GuillotinesNOW 2018-06-02
>normal kids
>they go to school and get shot
>upon death, automatically become sjws
>i fucking hate sjws!
>stupid sjws deserved it
1 Ebony_Eagle 2018-06-02
Did you read anything about the show?
There cast has a number of "Genderqueer" characters among other things.
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
Doesnāt that make it more SJW-appropriate? Representation, yo
1 Starship_Litterbox_C 2018-06-02
But these were unauthorized depictions of marginalized people
1 lifesbrink 2018-06-02
I mean, they didn't even get consent!
1 rhyme-ocerus 2018-06-02
The screeching online about it was that the main characters were normies and their foils were genderqueer so that was A Bad Thing, it should've been the other way around
1 ahbslldud 2018-06-02
If it's got anything in common with the movie I'd expect it put them there to mock them though.
Man I should watch Heathers again.
1 modsarethebest 2018-06-02
The Heathers in the new show are SJWs
it might be your post-Parkland mental retardation
1 Re_LE_Vant_UN 2018-06-02
David Hogg?? More like David...uh...Faggot. DAVID FAGGOT
1 Scopejack 2018-06-02
How very.
1 mcslibbin 2018-06-02
which ethnic slur did their creator say on twitter?
1 Re_LE_Vant_UN 2018-06-02
Niggerfaggot
1 kingofthehill5 2018-06-02
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeee
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
thank god, there are so many reasons this series (which iām just finding out about) was a bad idea and precisely zero of them are referenced in this article
1 TheCodexx 2018-06-02
I want to hate it because it has none of the appeal of the original and is basically just a bad modern remake.
On the other hand, SJWs are offended because it has the gays being mean little bitches (and we all know the gays never dindu nuffin) and now soccer moms are mad because "muh skool chutings".
It's astounding that such a dumpster fire would manage to anger so many people, but I'm kind of rooting for it. They already shot it and announced it. I'm probably going to have to ignore it regardless. Might as well watch the reaction to it and enjoy.
1 serialflamingo 2018-06-02
Gays are never mean š
1 grungebot5000 2018-06-02
honestly I think ābitchy gayā as an archetype made a major comeback in recent years
they usually donāt end up getting killed though
1 serialflamingo 2018-06-02
There is no such thing as a bitchy gay.
1 SWIMsfriend 2018-06-02
exactly. it's what the creator of heathers would have wanted. the creator was a nutcase who thought Stanley Kubrick would direct his movie because he thought the script he wrote made the film like the high school version of 2001 and possibly one of the top 20 greatest films of all time (i'm serious)/
like how many tv series get this much press off of a 3 minute video? plus it would get every drama lover and alt-right person to watch it. whoever releases this easily gets 6 million viewers. which is a big deal nowadays
1 westofthetracks 2018-06-02
well he was right about the second part
1 modsarethebest 2018-06-02
they aired the first episode
1 voicelesshoodwinker 2018-06-02
Idk about this series...but that dude in the middle....gotta be a r/drama regular.
1 cochnbahls 2018-06-02
"Her" name is Heather
1 voicelesshoodwinker 2018-06-02
Lol.
1 wolfdreams01 2018-06-02
I saw the first episode (off the web) and it actually was really fun. I'm disappointed.
1 Nopepole 2018-06-02
Is that tje kid from the school shooting psa? The one in the middle?
1 tresser 2018-06-02
wtf, i love school shootings now.