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RE: What Are You Passionate About?
August 21, 2018 at 7:32 am
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I am also passionate about rep whoring
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: What Are You Passionate About?
August 21, 2018 at 7:40 am
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(August 21, 2018 at 7:32 am)Lucanus Wrote: I am also passionate about rep whoring
Already have.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: What Are You Passionate About?
August 21, 2018 at 7:50 am
(August 21, 2018 at 7:40 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (August 21, 2018 at 7:32 am)Lucanus Wrote: I am also passionate about rep whoring
Already have.
True dat
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: What Are You Passionate About?
August 21, 2018 at 8:07 am
(August 21, 2018 at 8:00 am)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote: My rep whoring attempt went down like a lead balloon 
Done you, too.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: What Are You Passionate About?
August 21, 2018 at 8:13 am
My family first.
Second is probably food. I research new recipes, ingredients, and cooking techniques almost daily.
Books is next. I'm unhappy if I don't have at least 3 books waiting to be read, and one on the nightstand I'm enjoying.
Next is whatever nerd thing I'm currently into. Right now I'm pingponging between Lotr and Star Wars, though to be fair as much as I love Tolkien's universe, right now Star Wars tops my list. I'm also playing Gslaxy of heros right now, have been for almost a year. Dang I love it!
I've been studying modern myths, how society adapts ancient ideas into new stories. Hades and Persephone, the Goddess / mother/ crone. Jesus. Many myths just get repeated, but with modern ideals, every few generations in a new iteration because they speak to the human condition. It's interesting to watch say, Infinity War, and recognize many themes and tropes that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. I think a lot of people dismiss nerd pop culture as garbage, so it's fun to look at these modern through that lense.
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RE: What Are You Passionate About?
August 21, 2018 at 10:57 am
(August 21, 2018 at 8:13 am)Aroura Wrote: It's interesting to watch say, Infinity War, and recognize many themes and tropes that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. I think a lot of people dismiss nerd pop culture as garbage, so it's fun to look at these modern through that lense.
Theodor Adorno was a mistake
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
