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I guess I really did to the point where I don't use Reddit anymore, check Facebook maybe once a day, silence Twitter people that keep foisting that kind of stuff on me and generally maintain a bubble of silence regarding such things. That way I can enjoy things knowing its on my own terms and not the product of being bombarded into submission by internet repetition.

Agree wholeheartedly, recently played the GBA port for the first time which added some Yoshi coins. Was fun seeing the same levels with a slight SLIGHT twist to them. Still haven't completed everything in that version of the game, think I missed one of the alternate completions in World 6. I really feel its the best Mario game. They avoid some of the formula (specifically, no dedicated ice world. Why have a garbage world that isn't fun to play?) and Yoshi has never been better in any subsequent title. Biased horribly I guess, too many hours playing it in my formative years, but I still stand by that game being profoundly fun which can't be said of all games from that era.

I actually recently ate flowers at this quaint little lunch place nestled in a garden park near here. They put them in my beverage and garnished things with them and it was kind of great. Velvety and nice. My main course was ratatouille which was also very herbivore-friendly. And twas grand. So indulge that craving, you may enjoy what you ingest quite thoroughly.

According to the Wikipedia article on the film, George Miller had a plan for That was in 2010 then so who knows what will come to pass. If it doesn't earn its budget back though, none of that is likely. Glad someone else saw it and liked it round here.

Saw the latest Mad Max yesterday. Really, deeply impressed by it. Just a purely focused action/chase movie that expertly paints a really large mythology in 2 hours and packed with some incredible sights and sounds. "Awesome" is a word that describes it, "Metal" is the word I keep thinking on as it was just such a delightful cacophony of insane things. Skulls on everything, psychotic bald dudes spray-painting their mouths before dying fantastically in car chases. Non-stop car-chase, effectively. The main truck is always rolling. I only saw the original and most of The Road Warrior prior to this but I suspect anyone wanting to see something unlike anything else ought to see this one. Anyone interested in it? I couldn't find another topic about it and it opens today (saw the advance Thursday screening yesterday) so it seems there isn't a TON of hype for it. Regardless, I think its worth a look. On a big-screen if possible. I want sequels. So bit of cajoling going on. But dude...what a ride.

Well, when I was a Christian I read it every night, kind of in a fevered state because I felt I had to after a chapel visit from the Gideons. Ended up reading through it a couple times that way over the years, high-school mostly. Come University it was regarded as a pretty fundamental book as a lot of poets and authors allude to stuff in it, but the angle on it was MUCH more casual. It was a book. With ancient stories, often with moral dilemmas and lessons, kind of like fables. Throughout university I started to regard it more as that and not-so-much as the divine word of a vengeful and jealous God. Now I'm an atheist, still have it on my "read" shelf and I think back on its stories sometimes. I'm glad I have it in my mental lexicon but the circumstances by which it got there weren't exactly ideal. Maybe I'll read it again with a cooler head someday but its a hefty one.

There kind of is more of a connection between them than some are acknowledging as Skrillex first started getting a lot of attention opening for Deadmau5 and some of his first stuff was released via mau5trap, Deadmau5's label. I found deadmau5 first and his album Random Album Title helped me finish a big essay I was working on at the time. Plus I really enjoyed that YouTube video of him playing Ghosts N Stuff in a huge club in Toronto. So, I am definitely partial to the work of Mr. Zimmerman and have seen his antics live twice whereas I've never seen Skrillex perform. Skrillex's stuff fits Burnout Paradise PERFECTLY though, but then again, Deadmau5 makes the time trial mode in Mirror's Edge way more fun. But Skrillex provided music for Spring Breakers, one of my favorite movies of 2013. AND that song he did for the Mortal Kombat album was PRETTY good. But I love silly masks. So Deadmau5 still wins. And I've quite enjoyed both, and its cool that some of you haven't, but I have. Don't like Minecraft though, and Mau5 got weirdly obsessed with that. Sorry. Mau5.

Pretty lame Pinkie sense I admit, but i feel I have a pretty accurate internal clock as I'll tense up shortly before an alarm I set is about to go off. I have to know how much time it was set for though, but shortly before it goes off I kind of mentally register that time is about to be up and it interrupts whatever else I was thinking about. Example, set a timer for 8 minutes because I'm baking a pizza, go sit on the couch and press play on a movie or TV show. 7 minutes and 50 seconds or so later I'll...you know what, I bet statistically this only happens on rare occasions but I like to imagine I have some weird ability or power because I grew up watching Star Wars and Luke Skywalker has rad force powers. I'm a pretty normal dude I reckon. Pinkie is so great.

I don't actually understand most of your original post, but having just been subjected to two collections of Supernatural clips with next to no knowledge or interest in the show...maybe super-fans should be extremely enthusiastic amongst themselves and recognize social cues from people they are hanging out with that this isn't especially amusing or entertaining to the party present? That's specific to the point of being mean regarding this specific instance, but I don't bear ill will towards this person, I just would rather be indifferent about Supernatural rather than having it thrown at me lest I start to actively dislike it. So maybe, tone down the zealotry? Recognize the show you love may not be for everyone and back off at a point. i was crazy zealous about MLP for awhile but now I kind of quietly enjoy it and keep it to myself.

I have grown a bit self-conscious about my cursing habits as it is something I judge other's intelligence by and I feel like I should hold myself up to the same standard and expectation. The media issue OP mentions is a definite factor I've grown aware of. I feel a steady diet of aggressive video-games and movies has made cursing a habit for me, I'll often blurt something out and then feel immediately stupid, especially at work. In the context of talking to a parent or when talking to strangers I will refrain from using that language almost automatically, but when I'm in comfortable company my worst habits surface.

Russett's are the go-to potato around here, they bake well and are decent in a stew or whatnot. I know the topic was favorite potato recipe but I'm glad it went into breeds of potatoes (is that the right word?). My first job was in a produce department so think about them in those terms. Heard the maritime provinces have some strange red potatoes.

This actually prompted me to look up the name of our local amusement park's roller coaster. The VORTEX at Calaway Park, which is a very small coaster so they run you through it twice each time you ride (at least that was the case when I was a kid). In hindsight, it is a very tame coaster but I was pretty scared first time I rode it. Main concern was my glasses flying off in the upside down bit so I held my hands up to my face so that wouldn't happen. Probably not a valid concern but I was so convinced it would happen.

Haven't done so in awhile, but tossing a frisbee was always pretty fun (or some unbranded "Flying Disc"). Also, playing catch with those velcro pads and fuzzy tennis balls. Those don't seem to be readily available anymore but I enjoyed those.

I thought the same thing but was excited about the notion. Can fashion exist in a society with so much information from so many eras? That was kind of where my mind was going.

I work in air freight but all of you are so much more excited about planes than I am. Those 767's are small, when it comes to freight capacity. 787, hoping we get one again. Makes my life easier.

Well, my partner and I have talked about whether we could open things up and could truly communicate everything with all parties and not get jealous and possessive. I'm torn as to whether I want to pursue anything as it kind of impacted my parent's relationship pretty severely. They'd been married for over 30 years when my Dad started floating the idea around of becoming polyamory and that, combined with growing religious differences, fractured them apart. I really value relationships lasting for a long time so if trying to open up a relationship would destroy it I think I'd shy away from doing so. Bold idea though, and I like it in theory.

I was 14, had just arrived at school (we didn't listen to the radio that morning) to a bunch of chaos as my classmates had all already heard about it. It was shortly after the Pentagon was hit when I found out what was going on. Remember calling my Dad, not sure why, just because it was crazy news. We live in Calgary, Alberta so no where near all of this. That evening we went and saw Spy Kids in a discount theater, remember seeing there was an evening edition of the Calgary Herald in news boxes with a thick black border and the sign for the local mall acknowledged the news as well on the drive to the theater. Later that week at school our Social Studies class was focused on reading news stories about it and I got in trouble for focusing on the entertainment section and all the movies that were post-poned because of the news. Collateral Damage and a Tim Allen comedy I can't recall the name of were both delayed. The first because it revolved around a terrorist attack and the second because at some point a plane is hijacked. I found this interesting but my teacher thought it insensitive and I got a talking to. I frame all sorts of events through my movie obsession and I guess that isn't normal but I just got hooked on film facts young.

Why would I know what my Mother is saying in her sleep?

I feel like a lot of these arguments are based on relative factors like being in school or the weather in the region you live. Once you've finished school, all the months are kind of equally regarded in terms of the activities you're likely involved in (working) so other factors rise to the surface. For me, despite being a HUGE fan of Groundhog Day, I have to nominate February as the worst month because of it completely deviating from every other month in terms of day count. 28 days? Why do we keep doing that? Can we take a vote, axe one day off a couple of those 31 day months and even things out? Its just stupid. Every leap year it can have 31 like some of the other ones. I feel condescended by it somehow, like whoever came up with our present calendar system thought we'd be too stupid to remember leap years so he made a weird month that can't blend in with the others. Lazy fix calendar guy!

Isn't the male equivalent of radical feminists "Men's Rights Advocates"? Saw that term getting thrown around a lot before I started avoiding these kinds of debates on facebook and Reddit because it just was getting me down. I feel like I'm in an odd position as a heterosexual white male as I'm that privileged group people seem to be mad at. I posted about this in life advice, but just because I'm in that group does not mean I'm comfortable with the obvious gender bias that exists in society. I hear a lot of sexist jokes at work that I do find offensive, but I feel weird about speaking up about it because its kind of second-hand offense being taken as I feel obligated to stand up for my female partner who has to endure sexist talk at her job as well. So, I feel negativity needs to be stamped out but in practice its hard to get in people's faces about it when it kind of doesn't impact you directly. I feel like I'm the "wet blanket" who doesn't think the anecdote about such and such's one night stand is remotely humorous, but my feedback thus far has just been grumbling in the corner and not laughing to the point where people kind of don't talk to me much anymore. Which is fine but not really a solution. Anyway, rambling. Sexism is frustrating to me as it makes it look like mankind hasn't progressed very far at all. We're all people, dealing with human issues, why do our genitals impact that at all?

I do not, but I find this topic of interest because a cousin of mine longboards and I haven't seen him in awhile. So, i have a generally positive opinion of longboarders but I'm a scaredy-cat when it comes to wheel-based travel and have never been comfortable on a skateboard of any kind.

I too scratch my head at some of the "chattier" topics as they don't seem substantial enough for a conversation to take root and grow. Just kind of sounding off on something but not really discussing anything. A series of monologues, not really a back and forth or circle or philosophizing. But it serves different purposes I suppose. I suffered from a pretty bad reddit addiction for awhile and that seemed akin to the pointless, addictive clicking for entertainment problem you mention. Far too big to feel like a community, every thought you have has more or less been expressed already, it literally kept me up all night sometimes and was likely the catalyst for my stepping away from smartphones and most online destinations. Even here I only access at work and for a one-hour window of time on days off. I think online forums are distinct from the classic forums of old because no matter how timid or soft-spoken you are, your thought is shared. Posted, forever, for others to read or ignore. In a real forum I'd imagine those most comfortable with public speaking, or perhaps simply those with the loudest voices would be heard over the others. Someone might be there with a really great thought but the conversation may move passed it before they get a chance to voice it. On the inverse you have thoughts that may not really be worth expressing as they won't benefit anyone else's human experience that are also able to be voiced. But as with any post, you can choose to ignore it and move on. Interesting post, regardless. Hope that contributed something. I must leave soon so may not see how this develops for awhile.

Recently been warming up to older formats for movies and music because they have some "charm" that can't be measured by lines of resolution or convenience to purchase. LaserDiscs. Giant, half-pound discs that have one hour of material per side. Somehow, watching "Beetlejuice" on Laser is just BETTER than watching it on Blu-Ray. It has a quirk to it that I like. I was impressed how good it looked for how old the disc was whereas I wouldn't expect anything different from a Blu-Ray. Similarly, but not quite as passionately I'll admit, started getting on-board the vinyl train and there is a sense of ownership that comes with having a huge-sleeved record that I wasn't getting from clicking "buy" on iTunes. Even though my music listening has slowed down considerably I'm more consciously choosing to listen to music when I do and I think I enjoy it more as a result. Great example, Bob and Doug McKenzie's album. It has a track that is structured like a conversation, your lines are written on the sleeve. I'd forgotten all about that when I first listened to the album via ripped mp3s years earlier but now that I had the physical artifact in my hand I ran over to the sleeve, found the lines and started talking to my record player, big silly grin on my face. I think if I have to sum it up to one thing, modern technology seems over-concerned with convenience and the profundity of the resulting experience is diminished as a result. And due to the impact this has had on the sale of physical media, the quality of that media either diminishes to save costs or costs go up. To tie it to MLP, I couldn't help but be kind of dismayed that after the first season, no audio commentaries (with the exception of Rainbow Rocks). I can only assume that partially stems from DVD sales maybe not QUITE hitting high enough numbers to justify producing special features like that. Or maybe that's just pessimism and its because everyone who could be commentating is busy cranking out episodes to meet demand. Anyway, I'll stop now. Old stuff is great.

I look forward to the essay and am thinking on your industrial revolution observation. A great uncle of mine used to carve wood and make things (a clock is the main example I know). This was a skill that took many many years to develop and many hours spent to produce a single product. But that product is greatly cherished by our family. We look at it and say "Ah, Uncle Ludwig gave us that" and think on him decades after his death because he made something for us. A mass produced clock you can buy at any department store may tell time just as well, but its passionless. Nothing personal went into its fashioning. Now that I'm thinking on it, I actually have an old broken watch my Uncle John gave me. He didn't make it, it is a mass produced item. And while I feel I can not throw it away (he too has passed away), I can't exhibit it with the same pride as the clock Ludwig made. Its hand-crafted nature transcends time and has appreciable qualities that aren't solely contingent on you knowing who made it. A stranger might buy the clock Ludwig made at an antique store in the future. After I pass, that broken watch will just be a piece of junk and will likely be thrown away. As to homeschooling being a bias, that is more than welcome, I'm just asking for other people's experiences. That you have parents with a plan for your future can be a blessing (though at some point your goals may clash). Personally, while my family helped fund my education they maybe granted me too much freedom and I have up until this point chosen a path with no clear destination. I have an appetite for reading and writing on my own but to what end I presently cannot say.