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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #700 on: August 23, 2014, 08:17:46 PM »
Facebook social paladins tire me.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #701 on: August 23, 2014, 08:32:26 PM »
The only person close to a paladin I know on Facebook humbles me. She's basically beloved by the entire homeless population of a city, works herself to the bone helping people, fights constantly against horrific injustice from both bureaucracy and casually violent people (arson vs efforts at homeless housing is the latest, I believe), and is an inspiring artist (firedancing - odd both the positive and the negative associate with fire with her) as well.

She's got a history of academic rigor and field experience to back up any statements she makes, I respect and trust her quite a bit. Highly recommended replacement paladin if you can find similar.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #702 on: August 23, 2014, 10:22:43 PM »
In our group's main / most consistent campaign, one of our friends has this quest that will take him easily into the epic levels to finish because it deals with finding a dead god.

Meanwhile, my level three character knows a hell of a lot about that god's resting place, but is sworn not to share any of it - and I'm not supposed to share it OOC by the DM's asking.

... I mean, I enjoy secrets, but FRGHRHFHRHFHGR.
This sounds like an awesome campaign.  :lmao I can't wait till the guy starts using Divinations/CoP to find out who knows about this stuff.  :lol
I love the campaign, love it to death :( Gonna miss it when I leave for college (because although it's possible, a two-hour drive every week / every other week is still a bit too much)

re: Facebook Social Paladins

I think Kuro meant people that just share things about justice, etc etc without actually doing any work. Could be wrong, but I feel his pain if that's what he's talking about.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #703 on: August 23, 2014, 11:05:14 PM »
Once i couldn't keep myself from replying to every facebook thread where someone talked any amount of bullshit, however insignificant, about social justice, politics, feminism or what have you, and would consistently post warnings about the dangers of sharing stuff on facebook without checking the source, and would facepalm at how often people shared outdated and flat-out wrong information...

Nowadays IDGAF. And i'm happier this way. I found out that simply not caring about it is the best policy you can have, and since i've distanced myself from politics and internet arguments my stress levels have gone down considerably.

Yes, internet SJW's, feminazis and uninformed people can make you facepalm hard, but the trick is to distance yourself from these people, block them from your newsfeed. As i have learned, out of sight, out of mind. If you can't see it, you can't facepalm from it, and you don't necessarily have to go to the pain of deleting them from your facebook, if for some reason you think down the line you might want to get in touch again, or if they're friends with someone else you know and you don't want the awkwardness of deleting them and possibly having to explain yourself later. Seriously, just hide their newsfeed and you'll find that your facebook experience vastly improves. You'll see more posts from people whose posts you actually care about, and less facepalm worth material. It's win-win.

Also distancing myself from politics was the best thing i ever did. I gave up, honestly. I'm not going to change anything, and i simply don't read enough to really be very knowledgeable about the subject matter. I'm not an economist, and i didn't read enough political philosophy to have a high-level debate about any of these matters. My opinions are that of a layman, and a layman's opinion are inconsequential. These days, i like to think i know my own limitations and it's best that i strive to be better at what i need to be better at instead of wasting my time with something that won't matter in the end, not even a trickle.

I gave up on trying to be an intellectual. I'm not an intellectual and i'll never will be. I simply don't have the willpower necessary to sacrifice all that i'd have to in order to truly become one. I don't read enough news, enough books, i don't watch enough news, i don't talk enough about it with the right people... In the end all i'm ever going to do is have a layman's argument with other layman's and try to exert my "superior" knowledge on those layman's i know know less than i do. And that's an exercise in futility. In the end, i'll be doing nothing but parroting those that know more about the subject matter than i do whilst talking to other people that are undoubtedly parroting other people, simply because i hardly don't know enough about the discussion in order to be capable of new, original thought. Me, and everyone else i might argue with, are just going to parrot whatever stroke our fancy as a good opinion, and in the end, exactly zero fucks will be given in the grand scheme of things.

When you stop to actually really think about it, it's kind of embarassing, really, to actually have a serious argument about anything with anyone about everything other than what you're truly knowledgeable about with someone that's equally knowledgeable about it. If you're not knowledgeable enough you simply won't be capable of original thought. At best, you'll be able to form semi-coherent arguments with broken fragments of information that wouldn't survive a nanosecond of high-level critical thinking.

I've been a fool for too long, wasting my time arguing away on the internet and in-person about things i don't know enough about, prattling away happily whilst quoting philosophers i didn't study seriously and happily reciting news articles that i read inconsequentially. Just because i took things a little bit more seriously than 99,9% of the people do doesn't entitle me to patronize them or act as if i'm an intellectual or even intelectually superior to any of them. I once thought i was smarter than most people, now i realize it's not me who's smart, it's them that are dumb, and arguing anything is pointless. If i argued with someone who was intelectually superior to me, or even just more knowledgeable, i'd have my ass handed to me, so who am i to say anything?

TL;DR: Don't take internet arguments seriously. The internet is not SRS BSNS. Don't discuss seriously what you haven't seriously studied, don't engage in intellectual debate unless you're knowledgeable enough to be capable of original thought and have a serious grip on the subject matter, otherwise you'll just rely on fallacies and parroting the words of those who know. Don't enter any argument if you're not prepared to have that same argument with people that have seriously studied the subject matter, otherwise you'll just be a fool discussing with other fools. Embrace the IDGAF philosophy.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #704 on: August 24, 2014, 01:56:18 AM »
I think I've found why I like this forum.  It's not huge, so the percentage of assholes is much smaller.  Unlike certain other forums I will not name and am considering being banned from.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #705 on: August 24, 2014, 02:21:26 AM »
Also Eiji is on this one!  I automatically grant +10 points to any forum I am placed in.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #706 on: August 24, 2014, 09:03:18 AM »
The only person close to a paladin I know on Facebook humbles me. She's basically beloved by the entire homeless population of a city, works herself to the bone helping people, fights constantly against horrific injustice from both bureaucracy and casually violent people (arson vs efforts at homeless housing is the latest, I believe), and is an inspiring artist (firedancing - odd both the positive and the negative associate with fire with her) as well.

She's got a history of academic rigor and field experience to back up any statements she makes, I respect and trust her quite a bit. Highly recommended replacement paladin if you can find similar.

That's why they're FACEBOOK social paladins, rather than ACTUAL social paladins. Bugging people on the internet and getting in a huff about social issues is EXTRAORDINARILY easy. Actually getting off one's ass to help solve those problems? Like your friend does? Not so much!
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #707 on: August 24, 2014, 10:14:47 AM »
The only person close to a paladin I know on Facebook humbles me. She's basically beloved by the entire homeless population of a city, works herself to the bone helping people, fights constantly against horrific injustice from both bureaucracy and casually violent people (arson vs efforts at homeless housing is the latest, I believe), and is an inspiring artist (firedancing - odd both the positive and the negative associate with fire with her) as well.

She's got a history of academic rigor and field experience to back up any statements she makes, I respect and trust her quite a bit. Highly recommended replacement paladin if you can find similar.

That's why they're FACEBOOK social paladins, rather than ACTUAL social paladins. Bugging people on the internet and getting in a huff about social issues is EXTRAORDINARILY easy. Actually getting off one's ass to help solve those problems? Like your friend does? Not so much!

On the plus side, her friends on Facebook are willing enough to raise a stink that they stopped her program being cheated out of some funding by aforementioned bureaucracy. Wasn't solely over the internet, I'm sure, but a social paladin can benefit from her social network.

And yeah, it sounds - well - way harder than it should be. Understaffed, underfunded, sufficiently lacking in redundancy that a single secretary's absence can throw a wrench into the works, and she's worried about the consequences of taking a single week off for her wedding. Without money, without living there, there's not too much I could do except raise awareness over the internet, though I'm not really social-media-comfortable enough to even do that. You remind me, though, I should look into service work in the place I'll be moving to - it is probably more friendly to someone lacking driving inclination than Detroit.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #708 on: August 24, 2014, 10:19:51 AM »
The only person close to a paladin I know on Facebook humbles me. She's basically beloved by the entire homeless population of a city, works herself to the bone helping people, fights constantly against horrific injustice from both bureaucracy and casually violent people (arson vs efforts at homeless housing is the latest, I believe), and is an inspiring artist (firedancing - odd both the positive and the negative associate with fire with her) as well.

She's got a history of academic rigor and field experience to back up any statements she makes, I respect and trust her quite a bit. Highly recommended replacement paladin if you can find similar.

That's why they're FACEBOOK social paladins, rather than ACTUAL social paladins. Bugging people on the internet and getting in a huff about social issues is EXTRAORDINARILY easy. Actually getting off one's ass to help solve those problems? Like your friend does? Not so much!

On the plus side, her friends on Facebook are willing enough to raise a stink that they stopped her program being cheated out of some funding by aforementioned bureaucracy. Wasn't solely over the internet, I'm sure, but a social paladin can benefit from her social network.

And yeah, it sounds - well - way harder than it should be. Understaffed, underfunded, sufficiently lacking in redundancy that a single secretary's absence can throw a wrench into the works, and she's worried about the consequences of taking a single week off for her wedding. Without money, without living there, there's not too much I could do except raise awareness over the internet, though I'm not really social-media-comfortable enough to even do that. You remind me, though, I should look into service work in the place I'll be moving to - it is probably more friendly to someone lacking driving inclination than Detroit.

I agree that social networking can help bring awareness of certain subjects. I'm just upset because I already AM aware of said subjects, don't contribute to increasing the problem and whenever I say I'm tired of people posting that crap all over my timeline, people get on my case about being an asshole. Newsflash: your right to freedom of speech ends where my ear begins, people!
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #709 on: August 24, 2014, 10:28:26 AM »
The only person close to a paladin I know on Facebook humbles me. She's basically beloved by the entire homeless population of a city, works herself to the bone helping people, fights constantly against horrific injustice from both bureaucracy and casually violent people (arson vs efforts at homeless housing is the latest, I believe), and is an inspiring artist (firedancing - odd both the positive and the negative associate with fire with her) as well.

She's got a history of academic rigor and field experience to back up any statements she makes, I respect and trust her quite a bit. Highly recommended replacement paladin if you can find similar.

That's why they're FACEBOOK social paladins, rather than ACTUAL social paladins. Bugging people on the internet and getting in a huff about social issues is EXTRAORDINARILY easy. Actually getting off one's ass to help solve those problems? Like your friend does? Not so much!

On the plus side, her friends on Facebook are willing enough to raise a stink that they stopped her program being cheated out of some funding by aforementioned bureaucracy. Wasn't solely over the internet, I'm sure, but a social paladin can benefit from her social network.

And yeah, it sounds - well - way harder than it should be. Understaffed, underfunded, sufficiently lacking in redundancy that a single secretary's absence can throw a wrench into the works, and she's worried about the consequences of taking a single week off for her wedding. Without money, without living there, there's not too much I could do except raise awareness over the internet, though I'm not really social-media-comfortable enough to even do that. You remind me, though, I should look into service work in the place I'll be moving to - it is probably more friendly to someone lacking driving inclination than Detroit.

I agree that social networking can help bring awareness of certain subjects. I'm just upset because I already AM aware of said subjects, don't contribute to increasing the problem and whenever I say I'm tired of people posting that crap all over my timeline, people get on my case about being an asshole. Newsflash: your right to freedom of speech ends where my ear begins, people!

You can hide them I believe, or ... just not read? I have to censor my awareness of plenty of subjects in the name of not stabbing myself in the heart, if you aren't being addressed specifically you aren't under any obligation to engage. Neither should they stop talking because it happens to pop up on your timeline as well as other friends - avoiding such content is your responsibility as a listener, not theirs as a speaker.

If you are being addressed specifically, well, afraid you went and got yourself into a conversation somehow and no one can help you now.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #710 on: August 24, 2014, 11:02:23 AM »
... Wait, Google search and Facebook just flashed subliminal messages at me. Wtf? *checks extensions / antivirus*

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #711 on: August 24, 2014, 03:18:42 PM »
The only person close to a paladin I know on Facebook humbles me. She's basically beloved by the entire homeless population of a city, works herself to the bone helping people, fights constantly against horrific injustice from both bureaucracy and casually violent people (arson vs efforts at homeless housing is the latest, I believe), and is an inspiring artist (firedancing - odd both the positive and the negative associate with fire with her) as well.

She's got a history of academic rigor and field experience to back up any statements she makes, I respect and trust her quite a bit. Highly recommended replacement paladin if you can find similar.

That's why they're FACEBOOK social paladins, rather than ACTUAL social paladins. Bugging people on the internet and getting in a huff about social issues is EXTRAORDINARILY easy. Actually getting off one's ass to help solve those problems? Like your friend does? Not so much!

On the plus side, her friends on Facebook are willing enough to raise a stink that they stopped her program being cheated out of some funding by aforementioned bureaucracy. Wasn't solely over the internet, I'm sure, but a social paladin can benefit from her social network.

And yeah, it sounds - well - way harder than it should be. Understaffed, underfunded, sufficiently lacking in redundancy that a single secretary's absence can throw a wrench into the works, and she's worried about the consequences of taking a single week off for her wedding. Without money, without living there, there's not too much I could do except raise awareness over the internet, though I'm not really social-media-comfortable enough to even do that. You remind me, though, I should look into service work in the place I'll be moving to - it is probably more friendly to someone lacking driving inclination than Detroit.

I agree that social networking can help bring awareness of certain subjects. I'm just upset because I already AM aware of said subjects, don't contribute to increasing the problem and whenever I say I'm tired of people posting that crap all over my timeline, people get on my case about being an asshole. Newsflash: your right to freedom of speech ends where my ear begins, people!

You can hide them I believe, or ... just not read? I have to censor my awareness of plenty of subjects in the name of not stabbing myself in the heart, if you aren't being addressed specifically you aren't under any obligation to engage. Neither should they stop talking because it happens to pop up on your timeline as well as other friends - avoiding such content is your responsibility as a listener, not theirs as a speaker.

If you are being addressed specifically, well, afraid you went and got yourself into a conversation somehow and no one can help you now.
I guess I can't argue against that, lest I indulge in the same brand of ego-stroking. It can be hard to avoid sometimes. I find myself occasionally poking them just to see things go up in flames.

Cthulhu help me, some of these fuckers I know personally, and it galls me how they fall for the same regurgitated tripe every single time. It's like Tom Cruise with Scientology, they just won't shut the fuck up about it.

I'd just like - for once - that it didn't simply devolve into an opinion dick-measuring contest, which it often seems to.

And the worst part? Sometimes people will go like "Dude, I know you personally, and I love you and you're a wonderful guy, but you're wrong and you should feel bad for it."
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #712 on: August 25, 2014, 01:42:08 PM »
This laptop is a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a 2GHz Intel Pentium M processor and ATI Radeon 9700M graphics card.  It was made in 2004 or 2005 and is still running Windows XP.

In other words, this thing is a piece of shit now.  Hell, it doesn't even meet the minimum reqs for the latest Flash update.   :banghead

I wish we could just buy a new hard drive and Windows 7 and slap it in my cousin's computer that we're now keeping track of because he's in prison.  That'd keep his data secure and I'd have something I can actually work with.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #713 on: August 25, 2014, 06:07:00 PM »

I think I've found why I like this forum.  It's not huge, so the percentage of assholes is much smaller. 

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #714 on: August 31, 2014, 12:14:27 AM »
Dozens of sports fans die in stadiums every year in Brazil. Nobody gives a fuck.

One stupid blonde in the bleachers calls a player an ethnic slur. Everybody loses their minds.  :rolleyes
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #715 on: August 31, 2014, 11:44:42 AM »
Dozens of sports fans die in stadiums every year in Brazil. Nobody gives a fuck.

One stupid blonde in the bleachers calls a player an ethnic slur. Everybody loses their minds.  :rolleyes

Similar vein: Colbert recently (Tuesday) did a story about Cleveland/the representative from there.  In it he had a graphic saying the Indians were in last place at offending native americans.  It had of course the Washington Slurs, the Chiefs, and the Braves, then it had the Blackhawks.  One of those is not like the others......I feel that the graphics department just looked up "native american team names" or something and grabbed the first few they saw....
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #716 on: August 31, 2014, 12:18:52 PM »
Dozens of sports fans die in stadiums every year in Brazil. Nobody gives a fuck.

One stupid blonde in the bleachers calls a player an ethnic slur. Everybody loses their minds.  :rolleyes

Similar vein: Colbert recently (Tuesday) did a story about Cleveland/the representative from there.  In it he had a graphic saying the Indians were in last place at offending native americans.  It had of course the Washington Slurs, the Chiefs, and the Braves, then it had the Blackhawks.  One of those is not like the others......I feel that the graphics department just looked up "native american team names" or something and grabbed the first few they saw....

Care to elaborate on that? it sounds interesting but I know absolutely nothing about American football...

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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #717 on: September 01, 2014, 12:24:07 AM »
Blackhawks, the NHL team, are named after (indirectly anyways) Chief Blackhawk, AKA the same guy the Blackhawk helicopter is named after.  The logo is a colorized portrait of him.  Every other team (the Washington slurs and kansas city chiefs are football, the other two are baseball).  While the Chiefs and Braves are not really racist so much as stupid, the Blackhawks are decidedly not racist.  The other two are pretty racist.  The Indians are mostly racist because of the logo and mascot.  The Slurs are racist because it's a racial slur AND the logo is a racist caricature, much like naming a team the "n-words" and having the mascot be someone in blackface.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.
« Reply #718 on: September 02, 2014, 01:20:46 AM »
Oh joy, another big celebrity nude pictures hack and leak...

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« Reply #719 on: September 02, 2014, 01:38:44 AM »
Oh joy, another big celebrity nude pictures hack and leak...

Ive been watching it unfold on anonib and 4chan.  Damn they take their celeb nudes seriously...