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Hmm ... Interesting way of putting it. I guess when you put it that way it does make sense -- at least in some cases.
I suppose my "fast" was that the faster you snap back the better things are bound to be than digging yourself out of a hole.
I agree (even as multiple periods), but not everyone falls so far down the rabbit hole of insurmountable ill/woes.
I think it's all about how fast you can pick yourself back up mentally -- and avoiding becoming engrossed in a "toxic mold" of helplessness/stuck in bad situations/etc. This is how I see the issues with some correlations such as crime/jailing, depression/anxiety, stressful/dysfunctional family situations and etc. It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy of stress, pain, inadequacy, ignorance, etc. -- it feeds off of its own effects and then recycles them. I know it isn't all mental, but the mind is very powerful in outlook/perception.
From what I gather people believe in God as a way to keep positive and have faith/hope/etc. (among other reasons) I have nothing against it -- I too believe in keeping positive and having faith/hope/etc. for myself and others.
I mean the specific believing in God part is probably more complex than what I'm letting on here, but the general idea and emotional investment makes perfect sense. I think many people want hope/to be happy, but fall short and become jaded or such for a multitude of reasons. I don't consider myself as someone who particularly believes in God, but nothing seems unusual about the specific reasons people would strongly support/believe in a God aligning with positivity and such.
Unusual as in numbers? Not really since -- as I said -- I think most people want to have positivity and hope, even if they don't. Believing in God I don't think makes anyone "stupid" or "crazy" either and I don't judge people for it -- but the intricacies that surround it I don't always necessarily agree with, even if the gist of it is generally positive and from a good place.
I used to like the fast food/street food/restaurant experiences in the past, but not anymore.
Too much junk/crap that wears on you health wise over time -- it's better to avoid that stuff all but at some infrequent splurges maybe.
The other bad thing is that this stuff makes a bad habit -- it's like you create a junk food self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.
I still eat "street food" but make sure to get enough vitamins/minerals/etc. to more than make up for the dietary downfall.
Yeah, but I think jaded has a higher chance of being apathetic someday.
In other words one is like the beginning stage of evolving in to the other possibly.
It is like a dark tunnel that starts off with stress/anger and just gradually leads to blunting emotions more and eventually tuning out almost completely in some cases. I guess some people adapt to things like this because they don't find any other way to resolve or see through the emotional/mental issues and stress, which is why I like to keep my "mental doors" open more to avoid getting stuck in those circles/that mindset too much.
Growing up around stress made me habitually inclined to have to endure it (what can a kid do?). People can get used to pain and deal with it as it endlessly pummels them -- that doesn't make it a good thing though.
People can also cope with pains using drugs and etc. and never find solutions. What I don't like is how some people settle in and just accept their place; adopt bad attitudes/toxic behaviors and such; and just become broken people who seemingly give up on trying to do anything in life other than drugs/consumption. Being around that mentality harbors no change or growth in life.
It sticks to me because I've been around it so long and grew up around it -- but I always make effort to go past it/not let it suck me in too far.
There are cases of formerly very positive people claiming to feel dragged down/demotivated/depressed when being around certain people too long -- so I don't think if you feel affected by something of said nature that means you are of that nature inherently or such.
As to why it doesn't rub off on negative people? Because there is likely a correlation between being closed-minded more along that same mentality. I don't think apathetic/jaded/etc. people tend to be very open-minded or else why would some they feel their situation is fixed and nothing is worth anything? That doesn't sound very open-minded to me, but I accept I could be wrong/misunderstand some elements in the complexities here.
It is harder to influence negative/sullen than to influence positive/energetic.
I don't want to be negative and maybe no one does, but environment and stress and a whole host of other factors can lead to such attitudes and lifestyles. My concerns are more with what people choose to do and reach out for in any given situation or such -- not so much at blaming everyone specifically for their mindset like they are intrinsically "bad" for it or such (but that doesn't mean I enjoy it or think it is necessarily good).
First of all I never said I didn't acknowledge or failed to realize what drives people to said place.
My post is about the toxic-ness of people and I wasn't attacking anyone per se. I know hard times and bad situations and stress -- I've been through plenty of that myself.
My point was that -- despite the tough stuff -- I didn't adopt this crappy defeatist attitude and similar lines of thinking. I went through lots of stress and still somehow managed to get past it and continue with more positivity than destructive/carelessness, whereas others sometimes learn to be in a place of ill and stress. I wouldn't want to adapt myself to a bad environment -- I'd want to get out of and make a more suitable one.
What irks me is people who give up, but I don't always blame them like it is entirely their fault -- just that being around said dark viewpoints of everything just creates darkness for everyone. If one doesn't want to or has no desire to truly not be toxic and defeatist that is their problem -- but I realize the effects things can have on everyone from the bigger picture. Everyone has their own story you can say, but where they end up and how they end up has some degree of control on them, good or bad.
I don't want to judge anyone, but toxic negativity/etc. affects me and that is the point.
I think some people just throw on whatever as per some kind of social fulfillment, i.e., "this is my smell" or "I am this smell." They might not even have any real smells they like, but just settle on whatever they grew accustomed to as how they imagined they would present themselves with said scents/self-image/maybe even social status/etc. The "old people perfume" or such definitely has a ring to it though -- not sure what it is about that though.
I know the only "scents" if you call it that I'd wear normally would come from very mild cocoa butter maybe.
Good point about the food ones -- those are scents that tend to seem more natural/pleasant at least, like vanilla/fruits/etc.
I often don't mind those or might even find some good maybe, but most people don't seem to wear those vs. mainstream musk/floral/amber-like stuff. Also, I'd prefer someone smelling like certain foods than like a tree/wood/odd combination of other smells.
Good point. Yeah, I didn't even begin to think of being around those kind of heavy scents when eating. Also -- as with any kind of smoking -- being in the vicinity of this stuff and breathing around it means you're ingesting that stuff as well, like second-hand smoke somewhat. Not so much a noticeable problem with light stuff, but those you can smell like 10+ feet away strongly......
I saw some of it and it didn't interest me.
I think it is miles behind Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and plenty of other CW shows. It just seemed a bit forced and I didn't really like it overall, although I've seen much worse.
Probably no differently than the older users.
I wouldn't necessarily put my trust in the 1K+ users just because they've been around longer or such.
I guess my point is that I normally give the benefit of the doubt.
Probably no differently than the older users.
I wouldn't necessarily put my trust in the 1K+ users just because they've been around longer or such.
I guess my point is that I normally give the benefit of the doubt.
I think it's more of the mindset/place of mind when viewing old materials. Sometimes old stuff evokes negative emotions because in your mind one may make the association of it being out of date/of a different vibe & culture/unsuited to them and their current environment. I can't really go in to super fine details, but basically it's like a disconnect possibly: you comparing your current predicament to really old stuff in a form of cinematic time-travel or such to experience older cultures, materials, film qualities, and tone/expression of such.
I have seen old movies that didn't depress me or anything, but I get what you mean/where you're coming from though. At times some old films can surely affect some in a more "dark way" or such, but I try and keep positive about it. I don't really watch "old-old" movies anyways, but I've seen Bringing Up Baby and liked that one -- didn't have a bad effect. There're also shows like I Love Lucy/etc.
The interpretation might be what renders them more juvenile.
For example, outside of deliberate trolling that's clear and evident, the overuse of gifs basically has the ability to deduce a whole subject in to nothing but "image speak" of sorts, making it a way of conveying expression graphically more so than with words (which may seem less clear/more subjective). I guess that doesn't make it a bad thing as that sentiment can work for some sometimes (like in the case an image can give a better idea than words you could express a certain way), but it's kind of so-so with me.
Sure, I can enjoy gifs used, but some forums/sites are basically > 50% gifs and it becomes more of a conveying of image expression than actual writing/reading of words/meanings more specifically and concisely. I imagine an image board as something more along the lines of 4chan-esque internet culture, which I'm not saying is outright bad or anything, but has its flaws of course since as you can see there's a fine line with it becoming really low-effort/juvenile/trolling/etc. Don't know if I feel the same about emojis, but those I probably use more.
Tonight is the deadline for raising the money Yang needs, and he's right about to make the mark.
Looks like he won't be dropping out of the race anytime soon -- he's so far in the top 5 democrats pretty much.
I gave up on watching those types of videos because they said a lot more about me than I had realized.
I used to seek out these gory/extreme type videos from curiosity, but now I don't see a point and find it more toxic than anything.
I've seen way, way, way, way, way worse than just someone drowning though.
Don't let curiosity get the best of you in these cases. I've seen really bad stuff, so curiosity is not necessary -- I know how dark it gets.
I wonder where else you could take the show if not down the "government/alien" direction. I mean it's clearly supernatural/telekinesis-like, so unless it follows along a more magical/mystical angle than just a more cliched alien/government experiment-like one, I can't think of other directions it would go off the top of my head at least (maybe the girl's neither alien nor the government's involved).
I guess if it does go elsewhere that would prove the show to be specifically unique to me as it went where I would've never guessed (others could probably say that too as it would be more unpredictable & possibly more appealing depending on how it proceeds).
I don't think the idea of "dogs being racist" makes sense when you try and compare it to the modern sense/being of racism in humans.
Dogs like any animal really can show biases, but when trying to compare that to how humans think and operate, I think you're bound to reach an endless area of uncertainty. While I can't add much more, I can say that the so-called "examples" or descriptions people might give to express racism in dogs/their dogs are probably not justifiable. In anecdotes people might tend to gain a wrong or at least biased perspective from evaluating certain things because of how they might draw a conclusion/correlation/specific from witnessing something.
You don't know if the dog may have not liked said person due to their body language, voice tone, etc. (this doesn't all come back to race, no). Dogs are commonly said to have better senses of things like body language and mood extrapolated from it/etc. than people can in some ways at least. In cases where a dog may simply not like 'X' person it could come down to the traits outside of said person's color itself/actual look than just the dog noticing and judging on that single feature only and nothing else. The issue's likely multi-faceted.
I've seen dogs like and dislike people in the same races/ethnic groups/etc. so attributing it as a race-only factor doesn't seem to justify certain individual cases or the like. Sure, some species do show discrimination of different colors/shapes/etc. of others of their kind, but I'm not even sure this could in any form be highly comparable to the (likely) more complex rationalizations of human prejudice/racism.
I think it is better than average -- especially for just the pilot -- but it definitely can get better.
Not saying I found it phenomenal or notably good (because there is always a gray area) but it doesn't seem half bad at least for a start.