Life of a Donut Man
Blending
What is it about me that does this? No, not think. Not blog. Reduce myself. I can come to a point where I finally find something that sticks out for me, but I include the world and think nothing more than "It'll just blend in." , and for some reason I'm ok with that. I don't want to be ok with that!
I see people all around me that shoot for the stars. They've got dreams, aspirations, visions and goals. I've got goals too, but every day I can turn around and wish to be someone else. If I think something that they do is a good idea, I immediately cross it off the 'possibilities' list for my own because I know someone would see it and say "That other guy did it first.".
Insecurity is abundant, but that's ok. Even though someone else has done it before, I believe I pull off the insecurity with my own flare and unique style.
The style of "I know it's a problem, but it'll just blend in."
Color Scheming V2!
In this light I feel that I must post an update to my color scheme blog. Due to recent events we have had a slight change in template oversight, and the update now has a much different view. We've got to find colors that work so well with eachother that they're undeniably perfect.
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Before we begin, we have a few things that our totally real and not just written in friend would like to ask.
Billy : Gee Vincent, I'd love to make a colorful blog but all I can see are 7 rows of color! I know there's more than that! What happened?
Right you are Billy, good eye. Certen colors are not properly pronounced on the color scale. Certen 'inbetween' colors are not properly pronounced on the color scale. Things like brown, pink, lime, lavender and other favorites are left up to the user to really define. However, just because they don't have thier own line doesn't mean they aren't there!
Here is a list of how to tweak the scales to your favor!
-= Orange =-
Brown can be found on the 6th-9th brackets of the orange scale, starting from the left.
Peach can be found on the 6th-9th brackets of the orange scale, starting from the right.
-= Yellow =-
Olive can be found on the 9th and 10th brackets of the yellow scale, starting from the left.
Lemon can be found on the 8th-11th brackets of the yellow scale, starting from the right.
-= Red =-
Blood can be found on the 6th and 7th bracket of the red scale, starting from the left.
Pink can be found on the 8th-10th bracket of the red scale, starting from the right.
Strawberry can be found on the 12th-14th bracket of the red scale, starting from the right.
-= Purple =-
Lavender can be found on the 7th-11th bracket of the purple scale, starting from the right.
-= Green =-
Lime can be found on the 6th-11th bracket of the green scale, starting from the right.
Using this small list as an example, I promise you that you can find your favorite color if you try hard enough. If you have any personal requests of the color, send me a message and I'll do my best to find it on the brackets and direct you accordingly.
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Billy : Vincent, why do we need templates? Don't all colors work well with eachother?
Ohh Billy, you silly clownshoe, of course they do! However, certen shades of all colors do not work well together. Light colors on light colors are difficult to read, and the same goes for dark colors on dark colors. An even mixture of light and dark is needed to contrast and make the text readable.
Here's an example :
This text is hard to read.
This text is much easier to read.
See what a difference that makes? Same colors, different shades. The yellow contrasts alot better when the green is darker, making the yellow stand out and becoming readable.
The normal rule is that if you cannot read the text at an easy pace standing an arms reach away from the computer screen, then it needs to be changed. Also if squinting, eye adjustment or higlighting is involved in your reading agenda, the text colors need to be changed.
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Billy : What is a good template to follow to make blog schemes?
I'm glad you asked, Billy! Finally we can get to the good stuff!
Billy : Wait, uh.. Vince? What is a template?
... *sigh*
Billy, a template is like an outline that you can use repeatedly in different situations. All you do is fill in the blanks, and it becomes your own creation!
Before we get to the templates we must first pronounce what it is that we'll be coloring.
Boarder - This is the color of all boarders for for the website. However, be warned! This color will also be used for internet links! Keep this in mind when choosing the color, as you want it to contrast well to your font.
Background - This is the color of the table backgrounds.
Font - This is the main color of the fonts around your blog.
Highlight - This is the color for the main background of your blog behind all the tables.
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Billy : Uh, Vince? What's a table?
Good question, Billy. A table is a HTTP code label used to note the use of boarders. Basicly the stuff inside the boarders that you color with your Boarder Color is inside that table!
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Now, to the templates. There are two normal templates used for Blogs 4 Me Blogs. A light template and a dark template. They are as follows.
Light Template
Boarder - Dark
Background - Light
Font - Dark
Highlight - Light
and
Dark Template
Boarder - Light
Background - Dark
Font - Light
Highlight - Dark
These are very simple templates, and are very easy on the eyes. Whenever I say 'Light' I mean 'Light shade of color' , and same with 'Dark' in meaning 'Dark shade of color'
In example, take my color scheme.
Boarder - Light Orange
Background - Dark Red
Font - White
Highlight - Dark Blue
Each color contrasts well, and shows gives attention off where needed.
Now is where you come in. Help fill this blog post with color schemes! I've sat here for far too long to make a real effort, so now it's your turn! Submit your color schemes and help Blogs 4 Me into color filled freedom that doesn't hurt the brain!
Test.. Test... 1 2 3... Is this thing on?
Please do not adjust your blog.
This post has absolutely no meaning, and you've wasted a good 10 seconds of your life reading over it.
Why haven't you stopped reading yet?
No seriously, just stop.
Stop now, before it's too late.
If you read this line, you owe me 10 bucks. Don't ask why, just send the money via Pay Pal.
Oops, now you owe me 20. What a shame.
Alright, this isn't fun anymore.
Edit : Welcome to B4M - Updated!
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Alright, time to get to an actual post. Let's go over a few things in my life that have happened lately :)
Movement!
There has been a movement in my life, and it's about time. I'm making plans right now to move up to Indiana. Nothing is set in stone at the moment, but things are looking up! I'll be moving in with this hot young thing named Mary. She's a teacher. Oh elementary school fantasys, calm yourselves! The play-dough calls to me!!
Fabled Dragons!
Artix Entertainment has released it's newest game, Dragon Fable. Artix Entertainment is responsible for such games as Adventure Quest and Archknight. They're a non-profit orginization, and all money earned with thier games goes directly back into them. Not too shabby of a deal either. All games have an 'upgraded' form that is a one time payment for lifetime membership.
Twin Blades of Doom! So much doom it hurts! The most expensive Rogue weapon, out of the three classes. Rogue, Mage and Warrior.
A picture edit by yours truely. These are all characters from the game going wild in the "Arena". Dragon Fable devs often put the newest monsters into the arena for you to fight aginst before they get set into the game. (image is sized down. Click for larger scale to see full detail)
I've personally beta tested this game, and I can tell you it's worth it. There isn't much content to speak of right now considering it's only been out for 4 days. The devs want to give players a bit of time to level up and get used to the game. It's a web based RPG, and will be updated nearly every week or two, just the same as Adventure Quest. There is customizing out the ying yang, and strategy out the wazoo. Not to mention Rare weapons worth collecting, secret areas, forums, player vs AI challenges, eventual houses, cut scenes, 3 vs 3 battles, wars, and all sorts of fun stuff either already ready to go or planned! Even better you can keep an eye on the forum development notes to see what's comming next and even find spoiler notes in the game some times!
The best part about the game, however, will be the players. The players will shape the game! Participation in other games (Like adventure quest, and arch knight) will shape things that happen in Dragon Fable, and visa versa. That's right, YOU can shape the fate of this world!
Bloody Hearts
I recently beat Kingdom Hearts 2, and I would like to recomend it to any and all PS2 owners. I'd suggest, however, to get play and beat the first game beforehand, however. The ending was perfect, the storyline was great and it had so much content you litterally never got bored. There were points I had to tell myself to put the controller down, because I was so phased out I didn't know what I was doing, but I knew I wanted to keep playing. THAT spells 'good game' to me.
Right now I'm playing 'Magna Carta : Tears of Blood'. It has a unique and absolutely annoying battle system, but reminds me alot of Star Ocean : Till The End Of Time so I'm giving it a shot. The storyline seems alright, but there are times where I feel the translation is slow and the graphics could be alot better. The lack of camera control has me lusting for more as well. Only time will tell though, I'm just in the beginnings of the game.
This space is my space, this space is your space...
I have a myspace! I don't suggest you look at it as much as you do my blog, as I use it for networking of real life friends. However, if you ever want to learn a bit about me and my actual people of the world you can always check it out here.
Out with the old!
The new update of Blogs 4 Me will soon be complete! Do not forget to give Timbo a great big hand for all the work he's done! He gives you all of this, for free! Huzzah!
Wait, are you still reading? Dude, you owe me 50 bucks now! HAHAHaHA!
How to make a blog color scheme that doesn't suck!
Too often I venture out into the vast and growing world of Blogs 4 Me, and am shot down because of the insane color schemes that some of you choose. Blinding colors that just don't agree. I am here today to help any of you who have gone astray!
Now you may get defensive and protest that "I love my colors, if anyone doesn't like it they can **** thier **** in a ****ing ****er **** ****** ** *****!!!!!"
And while I sympathise... I must protest. I love color just as much as you, but brigh pink doesn't agree with yellow. There are some shades of green that don't belong in this world, and text is just not readable when you don't try to make it readable!
This site is for the display of your blogs to the world. With that in mind, I have come up with some simple combinations and a nice step by step guide for you to create your own.
Now you've got seven layers of colors. That's an amazing variety considering all the shades, but you've basicly got three plates to choose from. Light, Medium and Dark.
Something you've got to know from the start is that not all colors go with all colors. Light colors on light colors clash, and are difficult to read. Same goes for medium colors on medium. Some may work, most do not. Following the same trend, Dark doesn't go well on Dark.
You've got five things to color here. You've got to be careful with your choices, because as you've surely found out they have more of an impact than the little 'sample grid' could produce. The boarder color seems a bit more defined when it's used for the fonts in a bunch of places, and the blog head color is used alot for filling the tables around the page.
Even still, there's a simple tablet you should use if you want to have a decent looking page.
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Boarder Color - Light
Background Color - Dark
Font Color - Light
Blog Head Color - Medium
Blog Head Font Color - Light
Or, if you prefer a brighter page
Boarder Color - Dark
Background Color - Light
Font Color - Dark
Blog Head Color - Medium
Blog Head Font Color - Dark
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That's the easy part. Let's get onto the true 'color rules'
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Rule Number 1 : Don't use the first or last row on either side of the color chart. They're too close together to be really recognized. We want your colors to stand out, not be wall flowers.
Rule Number 2 : Don't, under any circumstances, use the following color combinations - Pink on Yellow, Orange on Purple, Red on Green, Blue on Orange.
It's not a personal attack on these colors. They just clash really bad. Any colors that represent holidays should be a no no as well, unless you're being specifically festive.
On the same note, country colors should be avoided. While they look great on a flag, blogs aren't exactially territorial. You're here to be friendly, and mystery is good for that in the beginning.
Rule Number 3 : If you need to highlight the text to read it, you need to change the colors.
Rule Number 4 : Try not to use more than 2-3 colors over the entire blog. It's excessive, and can make the brain hurt and cry out in pain.
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With these pointers out of the way, we can get to the guide. :)
Alright, firstly we're going to pick out two colors. Any two will do most of the time, but practice makes perfect. Take any two of your favorite colors. For this practice, let's take green and orange.
Very bold colors, as you can see by my blog. As I'm writing this I'm actually going to test this color combination for myself.
I prefer darker blogs, so I'm going to go with the first template mentioned.
The first thing you need to know is that all the 'light' colors are going to be the same. If you pick 'orange' for your light color, then all the light colors will be the same color. Trust me, it won't be too much. You're working on text and boarders here. The backgrounds will make up for alot of it.
So, let's use orange. I'm going to use the 9th orange in from the right. I usually consider the 3rd to the 10th the 'light' range. Same for the dark comming from the left. What's left in the middle is Medium.
That takes care of alot of the color. We'll take the 6th from the left on the green for our dark background, and the 13th from the left for our medium, also green. You could use Orange, but like I said I prefer Green over Orange.
And viola! A decent looking blog that's easy to read. Follow this tutorial and experiment for yourself, and you can have an awesome blog in no time! Stay away from the direct middle, as the colors are too bold. Other than that, welcome to real color!
True Satire
Websters defines Satire as a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn. It's usually filled with wit and irony, and refrains from personal opinion. True satire can be taken with a grain of salt, and sometimes even be found humorous.
A small known website known as We Are The Mainstream claims to be a satire article site, holding subtle indignations out towards sites such as Myspace, Vampirefreaks, and Yahoo Chatrooms. In responce with this, they created WATM to prove that people could not understand true satire.
Obviously, neither could they.
Today, I'm going to do what is considered the "ultimate (dis)honor" for a satire visionary. I'm going to create a satire on WATM itself.
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The whole of WATM revolves around articles. There are many, and some are even worth a read. However, let's remember that this site was based around satire in all it's glorious forms. I think it's an absolute sad day when you think you can hide an article labled "F*ck Juggalos" behind the concept of satire, but this was the title of one of the first articles on WATM.
Now I'm all for a good rant, but rants do not apply inside the realm of satire. That's like saying sex with your mom is like sex with any other chick, because they've both got holes for you to stick it in. There is connotation in the semantics of rants. There is nothing but facts that are usually avoided in the mainstream of society, with wide held, ironic and non-insulting remarks or opinions thrown in simply for viewing pleasure. Thusly, the phrase "News flash - ATTENTION JUGGALOS: All those bottles filled with yummy looking colors under the sink are actually Faygo! Drink up!" does not equal satire. I've seen better acts from Cats on broadway.
The one thing I love most of all on this site is that at least twice before you ever read an article, you get blatent "If you don't like it, F*ck off" messages. This remark has grown to be something of a trend on WATM, which is ironic as hell considering the base of thier articles. Claims of "You just don't understand." or "You're too stupid to get it." are all over the forums and articles themselves, but they continue to denounce things such as trendy teen culture or religion. Gee, I wonder what a person who lived Goth culture would say to me if I said what they were doing was stupid. I do believe it'd be something along the lines of :
Me : Why do you do this ?
Goth : Because I'm Goth.
Me : But it's stupid..
Goth : You just don't understand. (sound famaliar? *gasp!*)
News flash, WATM - You know why you get so much hate mail? It's not because people don't understand satire, it's because you're no good at writing it! The bulk of your articles revolve around generalizations and are far too personal, not to mention you're basicly picking on the weaklings of the crowd. For crying out loud, you've got rants on Juggalos, Scenesters and Myspace. While people are out trying to teach these teens how to live in life, what are you doing? Calling them names like a child, whining about thier culture and trend, and since when did satire involve teaching people how to throw canned food out the window of a moving vehicle? Honestly, did your mother drop you all on your heads when you were born, or do you seirously put forth an effort for this website?
Seriously, give up the act. You've only got one article on your site that comes close to being true satire. Satire is about scorning overlooked follies or idocies, not defimation. Stop acting like teens are stupid for acting like teens. Stop trying to hide hatred behind satire, it's insulting for those who actually understand how it's done. You whine and moan about how people are so stupid because they don't understand, yet you fail to explain it every single time claiming that people are just 'too stupid'. You're like a teacher who gives out F's for a paper they never assigned. "Here ya go dumb kids, see ya next year. Maybe I'll remember my textbooks next time!"
You want to know true satire? Super Mario bros was nothing but a two bit plumber with a gay cop mustache, George Bush would sooner think Brazillian is a numerical quotent, and WATM would call a 5 year old a mooch for being fully dependent on thier parents. Get a clue.
Oh, and by the way...
A little backstory :
My uncle Mike lives in New York. Good man, great location and also an awesome uncle. Him and his wife invited me up to New York to get my life started, and I honestly have been wrestling with myself on the decision. They said they would be back some time in June to pick up a Truck from my Grandfathers house, who lives a stones throw away from my house on the same property. (Can you say 'southern' ?)
I'm 21 years old and I have grown up for the past 12 years in the place I am now. I have no job, I have no car, and only a learners permit that I'm on my second run around with. I know how to drive, I just don't know how to drive well. I want a job, I just have no way of getting there. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place knowing that I'm only going to get out of someone reaches for the hand I have outstretched.
Everyone knew I was fighting with the idea of going. Being raised on a mountain has it's disadvantages. I would walk to a job, but it's either miles away or at the bottom of a mountain that I have to walk highway to get down, and then back up. I'd ask friends, but they have to drive far enough off the mountain every day to get to work they hardly have time to help as it is. My mother and step fater? They work for a state inn, and hardly have time.
So I work around the house to earn my keep. It's pretty crappy, but keeps me from being a true mooch. I even get a little money that I give to my friend Joey to pay the gas money for him to teach me how to drive. However, the lack of a true life has been astoundingly nerve wracking.
/end backstory
I went down to my grandfathers house today to grab the lawn mower. It's that time of season again, and my lawn isn't emo. (Read : it doesn't cut itself) I had been in bed all day with severe jaw pain because of one of my wisdom teeth brusing my gumline. At one point I heard the phone ring, and my grandfather even come to the door pounding to get my attention. I knew the lawn needed to be mowed yesterday... but I could hardly move without wanting to hurl, much less talk back to him as he badmouthed me.
I ask if it has enough gas, and get confirmed I'm ready to go a mowin... but as per usual I sit down for a bit and spend time with my grandma and grandpa. I hardly see them any other time. It's not that I don't have the time, it's just that my grandfather isn't that pleasent of a person, if you hadn't gathered that already. I sit and talk, and get the normal "you're not doing nothing with yourself" routine from him. I grit my teeth like always, pet the dog, ask grandma how she's doing, watch a little TV. The usual.
"Oh, by the way..."
The words ring in my ears. Every single time my grandfather has ever started a sentence with that phrase, it's been bad news. I roll my eyes out of sight and listen in :
"Where were you saturday?"
I'm confused, and tell him I was working around the house and getting ready to go to church the next day. He asked where I was friday, and told him around the house.. as usual. This kind of responce is no big suprise to anyone, considering I have no way to leave the house and I'm home alone all day long. I'm always -at the house- .
Turns out my Uncle Mike came in Friday, and from the way my grandfather talked candidly about it - it was no suprise. He was here all day friday, and left saturday morning.
My grandfather asked "I thought you were going to go up to New York with him, what happened to that?"
This is the point I leave. He can knock on my door and call me to get the lawn mowed, but he can't stick his leg out the door to help me further my own life, and he has the balls to give me the "You're going nowhere" speech just before he laid this bomb on me.
So, here I sit. I can't say if I would be up in New York right now or not. I didn't have time to finalize a decision. There are alot of variables I still haven't worked out and I assumed I'd still have about a week to do so, maybe even two. I wouldn't of minded making a rushed decision, but at least I would of been informed.
Oh, by the way...
I will never be able to hear that phrase again without feeling abandoned and laughed at. As if I'm nothing more than a human joke to that man. Me and him have had our differences, but I placed it on him being a grumpy old man and let it slide. "He's a good person" I'd always say..
What do I say now?
I just want to clear some things up.
I want to announce something open and in the clear. I'm a non-denominational Christian. This means I adhear to my own belief concentrating around the bible and nothing else. No tradition, no higher ups. Just me, the book and God.
This means the following
- I love God
- I follow the 10 commandments to the best of my ability
- I read the bible
- I defend the bible if a debate is formed
- I don't hide my belief because of yours
- I attend church
- I listen to christian music
- I take pride in takling about God
- I will put effort into trying to answer any question you have
- I pray
- I love you (Pure ungay man-love)
- I know everything about the bible
- I don't sin
- I speak about the bible to make you feel bad
- I speak about the bible only to convert you
- I look down on you because you don't believe what I do
- I won't be around you if you don't believe what I do
- I hate you if you're not like me
- If I don't drop everything for you, I'm a bad christian
- If I get angry, I'm a bad christian
- If I haven't read X version of the bible, I'm mis-informed/under educated
Something I want to make specifically clear to each and every person who lays eyes on me. I do not hold this cross for you. I do not open this bible for you. My belief has absolutely positively nothing to do with you, and absolutely positively everything to do with God.
I'm not here to make you feel bad. I don't think you're horrible because you're not like me. I was not born a christian.
If I fail to properly represent christians as a whole, I'm not a bad christian. This is what repentence is for. If I get angry, this does not mean I'm less devout, it simply means I'm still human.
If another christian has wronged you, it is not my fault. It also does not mean I owe you an apology due to the fact I'm connected with this person. I cannot apolgize for the christian community as a whole and / or any certen individual, and I wouldn't dare take on such a responsibility. This also does not mean that I would / am going to do the same thing to you simply because I follow the same faith.
If I haven't read the bible you speak of, I'd like to know where you got the time to read so much. The KJV itself is 1700+ pages (and this is on the large page scale, not including any study reference that may exist) and is open to near eternal interpitation. I know a person who has read the KJV for nearly 35 years and still protests to the fullest extent of the earth that he doesn't know enough and still has alot more to learn. Like this man, I do not claim to know everything - but I will admit that I do know alot.
I do love God. I don't say this for your benefit. I don't say it to shove it in your face. The way you feel when I talk about sin is more than likely your fault. On the same coin, however, I'm not sorry if you get upset. Hatred, pain, fear, angst, or depression is not my intent in any way, shape, form or fassion and I am not responsible for any self formed conviction.
Your conversion is not my ticket to heaven. If you refuse to believe, that's fine. That's what free will is all about. On the same token, I'm not trying to convert you to my belief whenever I speak that three letter word that seems to be causing so much trouble.
Now, you may ask yourself - What's this all about? Why are you going to all this trouble?
I'm going through all this trouble because there are actually some people who can look through this entire 'terms & conditions' like blog, find fault and condemn me for it. The type of people who are purely insulted that I would rather stand up for my faith than hide it in a drawer when they pass by. The ones who think the cross around my neck is less of a sign of faith and more of a sign of "I'm better than you"
Yet this will come as no suprise to any of you. I'm sure i'll even get a few hate-mails for this blog alone. People with questions that have no answer, and then condemn me because I can't answer them. People with statements that pose rediculious logic circle arguments.
But above all, it will be people who say the Bible is fake because they can't prove that anything it says is true because of one of the following
- Too old
- No author to reference
- No written date
- Hard to understand
- Too many translations
Basicly people who say "I spit on your proof and insult your God, not because I have reference that says otherwise - but just because it interfears with my daily life and I'd rather believe in something else!"
To all of you... Thank you. It may be hard for you to believe, but you help me believe further. You test my faith. You force me to learn more. Read more. Seek Him more. You further my prayers, and test my love. You help me better myself and help me get closer to God with every slander you throw, and every curse you spit.
Now this doesn't mean I enjoy it. I dislike being disrespected just as much as you would. Being a christian poses very high expectations. Some of which are impossible to upkeep and can cause alot of christians to falter and fall. If you push at a wall enough, it will eventually crack. The same is true for a human in any field.
And don't take this as a 'calling' and go out and slanderize every christian you meet. Not everyone responds the way I do, and even I tend to take things to the worst point sometimes. There's just so much anyone can take, including me.
For the past three days I've had to defend God in aginst an arrogent and insulting person who has continually thrown each and every one of those things I listed above and more. He came under the angry guise of 'seeking answers' when all he was seeking was arguments.
He made me angry. He made me sad. I thought he respected me, but he thought nothing of my faith when he slandered God right in front of me, turned it into a joke and mocked me in front of a crowd because I crumbled under pressure three times in a row.
But, he taught me alot of things, and I'd do it again.
I've disabled comments on this blog for a very good reason, it'd cause nothing but trouble. If you've got something to say I'll kindly respond in a private message, but for my own sake... don't try to start an argument or a debate. I've had enough of it for a couple weeks.
You can't win. No, seriously. You =can't=
There is something to be said for being over watchful of yourself. People live with themselves thier entire lives (well, at least I hope they do) and because of that they will know things that no other person will know. They will think things that no other person will ever hear. This is the way life is, and it is and always has been a sadistic little form of personal torture.
It gets so hardcore in some people that they cannot stand to see someone else who is decently happy with the acomplishments of thier life. Case in point :
Vincent : I wear my faults out in the open, and I never try to deny the fact that I'm not the greatest thing on earth.
Vincent : I just would like some respect for the things that I have overcome and earned
basketcase030: Your conceited, vincent
basketcase030: Get off your high horse
Now, can anyone tell me why this man responded in this way? Neither can I, but I can assume things. Hopefully I'm not wrong in judging the fact that this man was blinded by his own faults, and was possibly jealous in the fact that I could admit I wasn't perfect and still have the confidence to be able to stand up.
I'm sick and tired of people hating me just because they think I'm something better. I will not be the first to admit that I do have a good head on my shoulders, and a good take in life. I will also not be the first to admit that there are a million and one people better than me, and that I am -=OK=- with that. I know I will never measure up, and for some reason this bugs the living hell out of some people.
Is it that hard to admit that you aren't number one in everything? Does it really burn you that bad to see that someone is ahead of you in the human race? What is it that causes someone to think just because I use a word in my vocabulary that I'm specifically trying to point out that they don't know what it is?
Wake up people. You don't matter. Neither do I. We are people, not Gods. There are over a billion of us. People do not say things purposely to remind you of how much you suck. Only, and I stress that word, you know how much you suck. Only you know all your flaws. We cannot possibly flaunt them, taunt them, or destroy you with them unless you show us what they are. There is nobody sent to specifically out to get you (Unless you keep being a prick. That's what Hitmen are for.)
Ignorance -must- be bliss
I'm absolutely sick and tired with the way [some] people work. I could do absolutely everything in my power to make sure that the situation I knew I was walking right into would not be my fault, yet when I approach the manner in a form that could only be considered correct it becomes my fault simply because the other person believes without a doubt that there is no way they could ever screw up.
I'm the kind of guy who still gets blamed for being human. Is that not sad, or what? That's like looking at a cat and going
"You shed! You shed on my carpet! You're a bad kitty! For shame on you, shedding your winter coat like that, like every other cat in the entirety of existance does! How DARE you?!"
However, dispite the fact I can absolutely and positively know beyond a doubt that the other person is completely mentally screwed in one form or another [wether the mind screw be minimal or an extreem case], I still do not have the nuts to be able to say what I want to say for fear that this person will think lowly of me. So I sit back. I take it. I grit my teeth and loath thier existance simply because they have some form of mental composition that I [or anyone else with a working frontal lobe] cannot fathom that somehow leads them to believe that I am the bane of existance, and they are spotless and clean from the situation - dispite any absolute common sense facts looking them straight in the eye.
Perhaps it's out of spite? A perfectly formed play roused simply to dig the dagger in deeper than usual. Could it be believable that the person knew they screwed up so hardcore and got mad at the person they were with for figuring it out so quickly, before they could cover thier tracks, and insteadof apologizing like an adult they go and take out a twisted form of revenge because the person they screwed over was smarter than they ever imagined?
Or is it just that everytime they eat corndogs they are absolutely sure that it has to be someone elses fault for the gas they get?
Everytime this cat starts to shed his claws, he realizes that it's not worth it. He has the quick wit needed. He has the bite that is truely deserved. He has all the tools needed to absolutely screw over the owner, but instead he ops to do the equivilant of crapping in the owners tub when they aren't looking. You guessed it guys, he writes in a blog.
So here's to all of you who can't stand to hurt the feelings of those you hate. Here's to all of you who couldn't possibly fathom the ideal of giving the cocknuts of this world exactially what they deserve. This is for the people who hold thier tongue only to find out that if push came to shove they wouldn't know what in the hell to say in the first place... because it's about dang time I stop being like you.
Changes
What's so scary about these things? Xenophobes freakin crap themselves at the thought of change. What is so wrong with it? Something new is usually a good thing!
Change happenes every day, everywhere, all the time. Heck, take a look at my colors! How do you like my moonlight montauge? I kinda feel like this is one of the best color schemes I've ever had, except maybe the army one. I threw Timbo the idea about how we could hopefully save some color schemes one day. That'd be awesome. Maybe we could get some default ones? Oh my! Maybe I could do them! I'm obviously halfway decent at putting colors together that don't make your eyes scream "RAPE!" [Unlike a few of you... I won't name any names]
But, back on topic. Change. Ahh yes. You know, I just had a seemingly devistating change in my life. Puh, what am I saying seemingly? This change hasn't really caught up with me yet, but let me tell you when my heart wakes up to my head I'm going to probably be punching a few holes through some walls. Either that or use my pillow as a sponge.
Don't you just hate that? I'm not sure if you understand, but if there's any analytical thinkers out there that have been through a couple of bad spots you tend to realize that once a decision is made that things have always had the tendency to work themselves out dispite how low the situation seems. Dispite that fact, your heart always catches up to you and goes "DUDE?! What the living crap did you just do?!" - I hate that part. It's comming. I can feel it. I've forced it back a few times, but I won't be able to do it forever.
Mayhaps I'm just getting used to it, but this gut wrenching feeling I get from time to time is getting harder and harder to ignore. No matter how much I tell myself the decision is going to better me and make me a stronger person, and that the drama of what I would get if I sayed would only crush me... my heart still cries out as if it's the end of the world.
Ah well. Such things happen. I'm no xenophobe, and I welcome this change. I can't wait to see what God has in store for me next.
Speaking of God, I'm going to be baptized this sunday. An interesting thought, considering I was baptized when I was 15. I didn't really do it for God though at that time. I just... kinda did it. Just to do it. Just to say I did it. Yeah, I know, I suck. Oh well. :D
Anyway, my wrists are starting to hurt. I really hate this table my keyboard is on. My left wrists is always right on the edge corner of the table and it starts getting sore quickly, especially with how fast I type. What's that? How fast do I type? I've only been writing this for about 3 minutes, so you tell me!
Attacks of kindness (Mostly a Rant)
- Arguments
- Depression
- Debates
- Hypocrytical Comments
- Twisting of Words
- An "attacked" feeling
These people are hypocrytes. Expecting mercy when they give none. They feel that they are able to say "That's not right" or "You shouldn't do that" when they themselves do it on a daily basis, covered behind the "I'm trying to quit that" ideal.
These are the kind of people who will pick a homeless person out of the pack, and give them 20 bucks for a 200 doller job, and give the cover of "I'm doing this person a favor, they had no money before me!" These people are manipulators, and very intelligent at what they do.
You may be asking yourself, what am I getting at? Nothing really. I'm just on a rant. I have a few personal issues that I have to get down on paper. Collecting my thoughts in a moments time is sometimes a difficult thing for me to do, and I find that when I put them all together it's easier for me to remember.
I've also got a favor to ask of all of you. How have you delt with these kind of people? Do you have any words of wisdom that I could use in dealing with these type of people, and is there a way for them to see thier flaws and better themselves? Is there hope for my plight, or do you have a story of your own to share?
Chat wave season!
It's that time of year again though, dispite the topic I'll be avoiding. It happens 3 or 4 times a year. Can any of you guess what I'm talking about? No? I didn't think so, considering 90% of you aren't nearly as dorky as I.
It's chatwave season. That few weeks out of the year that you get a huge influx of people that are complete e-tards at anything that has to do with internet and chatrooms, not to mention being politically correct in any fassion.
You know the type, I'm sure. They're the ones that run around talking about how stoned they are, or how much the blacks suck. The ones that think all southerners are toothless hicks, or the ones that think any sarcastic remark that they don't understand is an invitation for an argument.
I always get a male strain of PMS when this season comes around, because I frequent a chatroom that is mildly popular to a teen scene. With the not so recent merging of teen rooms and adult rooms on the Yahoo chat server, this room has been given a huge shot in the arm for the past year or so considering the teen version of the chatroom died. It's absolutely horrible.
In spirit of this I'm going to list a small number of guidelines that you can follow to help yourself from getting into an argument with someone who is more techno-savy.
- The most important thing to remember is this : You Are New. Deal with this like you would any other situation. You wouldn't walk into a new job and act like the king of all nations would you? Some of these guys or gals have been comming to this place for quite some time. These people are called Regulars, or Regs.
- Regulars aren't any more important than you. Hell, some of them aren't even worth talking to, but there is something that you've got to remember. You are not thier friend... yet. It's not important that you make friends with these people if you're just passing through the chatroom, but if you intend to stay a good first impression is just as important in a chatroom as real life.
- Find a font that fits you, but is not annoying.
- Don't use all caps. It is the chatroom equivilant of yelling at the top of your lungs. It's also just plain annoying
- Make an attempt at good spelling and sentence construction. It may be a pain in the butt, but it makes text easier to read and understand.
- Use color! There can be 50-150 people in one chatroom, and if the place is popular more than 80% of them will be active. With that much text flying around, color helps friends define who you are. Be unique, but be kind. Bright yellow on a white background hurts eyes, and will make people upset.
- Don't act stupid. Sexist, racist, generalized or drugish comments are for your friends, not a group of strangers. It's ok to have a sense of humor, but if you don't know who you're talking to it's doubtful that your humor will be grasped.
- Be patient. If a chatroom dies for a second, let it die and go do something. Idle around long enough and it'll come back to life. The chatroom is not there for your entertainment, so don't get upset when nobody talks. We all have lives too, you know. We're not all chat nerds.
- Take your time, get to know people. Use your best judgement, and your ignore feature. Idiots will continue to be idiots, and nice people generally stay nice.
- Don't use numbers in your Chatroom ID. It's not cool, it's not 1337, and it does nothing (and I mean nothing) but say "I'm immature". This is not the kind of message you want to send your future friends.
That's about it. Happy Chatting!
I think it's time we got real...
Perhaps its my absolute overly abundant and overly obsessive need for privacy. You know, I could be writing down a simple website onto a notepad and if you're over my shoulder I completely stop what I'm doing. I cannot stand for others to sit and watch me, it is absolutely nervewracking! I suppose everyone has thier own pet peeves though.
I never did undestand why they called them "pet" peeves though. Do I feed it? Do I take care of it? Give it a bed or something? I suppose the general idea that if you keep the peeve happy you gain a considerable amount of personal comfort would be an interesting way to think about it but there are still some unanswered questions. One being if there are "pet" peeves are there "wild" peeves? What about "feral" peeves?
I'm getting off topic, even if the topic is that hard to figure out by this point... but on both of those points I digress.
I'm quite excited. Alot of things are starting to fall into place after a bit of preperation and patience. I'm going to Six Flags on saturday with a bunch of people which isn't as exciting as one would think. I know I'm going to enjoy myself, but it's just hard for this 21 year old man to get goosebumps over bad nachos and roller coasters that he could never really fit into due to being so skinny as a kid. I distinctly remember being on some Pirate Ship ride and almost falling out repeatedly because I was so thin. Ahh the memories..
I hope everything works out alright for my trip to Indiana. I still haven't said anything to my mother about it... which I really should. I will need a ride up there, after all. I'm sure I'll be able to work something out though. However, that's all a moot point because we're still working on a place for me to stay during the trip. Everything will work itself out correctly though, that's one thing I've always known. Just let things work themselves out, and it always does.
Alright, that's enough. Get out of my personal stuff.
This is customer support, I'm 1337, how can I help you?
You know who usually gets onto you about these things? Hackers. The people who know the most about how in danger you are and the first person to warn you will be the people you've got to protect yourself from.
I just got out of a conversation with someone who is paid big money over at Earthlink for customer support and computer annalysis. He's worked there one year, but for 15 years before that he was a hacker. He was on FBI lists, he hacked government files, he basicly screwed anyone with an OS that he could get into. This kind of man gets the big bucks nowadays.
Yet he'll continue to to sit and tell you about how unsafe your computer is, disregarding the fact that people like him are the reason we have to protect ourselves to begin with.
I don't want to hear about how I am an idiot for using Outlook Express, or that I'm completely stupid for not getting an IP Ghoster when using DSL. I'm tired of hearing "Linux pwnz Windows cuz U R A N00b and still use IE. Firefox owns"
If it wasn't for dolts like you, I could sit and be happy with IE. I could be happy using WinXP and just live out a fun little existance online when I decide to be here. The more I get into any given online community the more I find that i'm at risk for even being known! This is pathetic! Then you've got the nerve to act like you're better because you know something I don't, how to stop losers like you.
Identity theft, virus's, hackers, DoS'ers, Trojans, ect.... if you do any of this crap you are the freaking reason that Microsoft is making so much money for updates. You complain about how you hate Bill Gates/Microsoft or anyone who's making money off your internet time when you're doing nothing but corrupt the system and making them spend more money to fix the dang thing, which comes out of the users pocket which is (OH MY GOD!) YOU!
Grow up.
Kill Whitey! Wait.. uh...
Yeah, it's idiotic isn't it? Slavery is still a big deal for an argument 140+ years after it happened. This has caused so many problems that it's just plain stupid, and I'm here to say a few things on it.
Before I start, however, I'd like to say I have alot of black friends. My opinions come from the stupidity of racism and not on the hatred of black/white/any color people. I am not a racist. I hate everyone equally.
With that said, what's with the childish arguments? Can you guys seriously just let it go for a while? Black and white people combined have not let go for 140 years about something that completely kills social interactions sometimes. Heck there are locations where [insert color type] people will just not go due to the attitude of [insert opposing color type] people. This is stupid.
Let's get some quick facts out there people. Did you know that white people were enslaved first?! By africans, no less! Isn't that interesting? Long long ago in Egypt, which is on the northern area of [gasp] Africa, Jewish people were enslaved by Egyptians for manual labor and such. The vast majority of these Jewish people were [secodn gasp] white of skin!
Second quick fact! Did you know that it was the portuguese who gave America the idea for slavery? It was a quick way to help the root of America be dug and set in while having England on our backs and breathing down our necks. Sure? Why not import people from a less fortunate country? But wait, thier skin was black.
What would of happened if thier skin was white? Now don't sit there and say nothing, because as far as the Americans were concerned these people were from a different country, period. Don't think for one second that someone couldn't of put a tag, or hot-iron brand on a kid when they came of age or something.
It's also not like a black person never owned slaves. The majority of slave owners were white people, but there was also a very healthy amount of black people that owned slaves too! Did you know that either?! Gee, the more and more we get into this the less it seems to be about the color of someone's skin and the more it seems to be about just being plain lazy.
I do hate when someone is lazy. Everyone hates lazyness. It's obnoxious and idiotic. On top of that it's arrogant to think that you can buy other humans to do your work for you in return for room & board. That's what kids are for.
In the end of it all, it was white people taking black slaves away from white people. The whole thing goes a little something... a-like a-this...
Billy : You stole my juice!
Sally : So?! You stole mine first!!
Billy : But John said I could!
John steals his own juice, and drinks it happily.
Billy : I'm gonna get Dad and get my juice back!
That's right. If you're racist, or can't let go of the past, you're immature and acting like a complete doof. It's over a century ago people. Wake up and get on with life. If you seriously have nothing better to do than stand around and say any of the following things :
- I'm better than you
- I want someone else to do my work for me
- If you're not like me, you're wrong
- You owe me one
- I should get a free pass because my Great (x10) grandpa was a slave
or anything within a racist quality, then you need to get out more often.
I'm not proud of what happened. I don't think it was right. I'm sorry, on behalf of all my own ancestors (because I at least have racist people in my family line) about how we treated anyone that we've offended. The rest of the world has moved on. Welcome to America, when's the last time you've been?
Outside of the Box but still within Normality
Change of plans, I can't finish the debates. The third topic was going to be on religon but the sad thing is that I can't make anything make ends meet dispite the research and fence terms I try to create. There's no way to do it without offending too many people to count, and I don't want to do that. Instead, I've got another thing on my mind.
The train of thought of a singluar man decides where his place is in life. Society places a person within a certen thought because of the way this person thinks, speaks, and acts. This is what we consider to be a normal way of filtering out who exactially is to succeed, and who exactially we can figure out who is going to fail.
But what exactially is normality? What exactially, in todays culture, are people supposed to believe? Everywhere around us we have the subliminal mind games telling us what is good and what is evil, what is right and what is wrong. Some people, dispite the million and one efforts of society, will still turn out to be exactially the way they want to be. These people are the ones that this article is dedicated to.
Many people have said that my posts have made them "Think outside the box". But what exactially does this mean? The term itself means to think outside the ordinary, or outside of Normality. To think "Outside the Box" you must first be able to comprehend what the box truely is.
However, which normality are we talking about? The normality of a person, or the normality of society? These are, at the same time existing and yet hardly ever the same. Like a parallel universe that is it's polar opposite in color and movement, but the same in shape and size.
One mistake people tend to make is that there is no such thing as Normality itself. Being normal is only a state of mind, and a social thought. You can do what is thought of as normal, but if it's uncomfortable to you then it isn't normal at all.
A person knocks on a door 5 times, as opposed to any other number, considers it normal to do so. There might be someone out there who believes that 5 is an excess amount of times to knock, and think that it's abnormal, and that a number greater or less is what would be considered normal. Each of these people don't live outside the "Box of Normality" - They live within thier own normality, and yet are not "normal" at all.
There is, in fact, no Normality in existance. With so many different trains of thought, it's suprising that the few people that get away from the main assembly line of society end up having the normality that they do. Mind you that the normality they exist in may not be the best thing, nor may you approve of it, but it's a normality that decided to seperate away from the metaphorical "box" of society's normality and create one of thier own.
These people, no matter how uniquely cool or horrible they may be, are shunned for not doing what Society tells them to. The world would gasp if you went into an interview with Wal-Mart with tight black pants and fishnet shirts on, but what if that was considered normal to this person?
What's wrong with someone who knows that if they wear tin-foil on thier head it makes them think better? May not work for you, but it obviously has a positive outcome for them. This person would consider it normal, even if you didn't.
Why should they change thier own vision of normality for the rest of the world? Why isn't they congratulated for the fact that they, themselves, live a life free of society's train of thought and happy anyway that they wish to be?
Here's to all those who wish to be different. Do what you have to, live how you want to. Anyone who said you aren't normal, just tell them that neither are they and just move on.
How's that for "Outside the Box" ?
Java Hut Poetry
I wrote this in about an hour. Has a pretty deep meaning. Read it slow enough and I swear you'll feel like snapping your fingers while sipping on a mocha-latte. Leave your comments on it, I do love a good critique.
-- No Title Yet --
Xenophobic students crowd the hall
suffocating the passage of verity.
Feigning interest and fueling angst
comforted in the loss of clarity.
A hidden soldier among the ranks
camouflaged with like intentions.
Totally ignorant to being unarmed
having only logical prevention.
Morale moves the fatuous ranger
into realms lucid in selection,
swarming with rapacious parasites
benighted to contingent correction.
Foregoing rational preperation,
leaping out into the shadows.
Presupposition of a blitzkrieg.
Paranoia fills the gallows.
In an attempt for a truce,
the callow adversary schemes.
Wanting to deliberately corrupt
the clear unconcious dreams.
A madien is taken prisoner
inside the corroded fortress,
brainwashed by the emulator
that all seems picturesque.
The mission objective palpable
no time left to prepare,
the final battle has arived
and both parties are aware.
In the last ditch effort
to remove truth from it's cell,
the warriors move out quicky
because of the lunch bell.
Murder or Salvation? (Part 2 of 3 of The Great Debates)
This is part 2 of 3 of my favorite debate topics. There are a couple of things I'd like to say before I start on them.
- I will not, at any given time, tell you what my opinion is on any of these topics. If you see something that is a little bit off the fence in any given way it is only to prove a point and for no other reason other than that. My opinion is my own, and it will stay that way to reduce the amount of hate mail or "flame comments" I receive.
- I am not doing this to offend any single person. I do this only to point common sense at people who do not want to listen.
- I am not trying to be steriotypical, or say that every body acts the ways I talk about. I am merely grouping people into a statistic to save an insane amount of time. Please read this article with a grain of salt and an open mind.
- I have worked a seriously long time on this article, this is not something I just woke up one day and crapped out for your enjoyment. I've thought long and hard about everything I say.
- If you reply, do it in calm way. I promise that I will delete every single bit of unnecessary drama that is placed into my comment box. However, if you have something to say, or perhaps to add, then I'd be glad to hear it as long as it's done in a respectful manner.
Now then, it is my opinion that every one of these arguments should be left up to the person to decide. Every single case could be solved with "You are not god. You have no right to tell others how to live, or what to do." However, not everyone listens to that statement, and feels that they know better.
The hardest thing in the world to do is to admit that someone else knows more than you, especially when you have beliefs of your own. To humble yourself to an ideal that is different than one you believe is difficult to do because you're not just saying "I'm wrong." you're saying "Everyone I know who believes this is wrong." which is why these types of debates get so heated.
I am not here to tell any of you that you are wrong. I believe that you have the right to live the way you want to. I am not here to try to make you change your mind, I am here to open your eyes to the fact that the world does not revolve around you. You've got to share this life with everyone else, and not everyone else is going to see things your way.
With that said, let's get started.
NOTE
I realize that rape is a very touchy subject in this issue. I want to say that unless I specifically say something about rape, I am not talking to a rape victem with these statements.
Abortion
To anti-abortionists : We get it already. We know you don't like it. We all know that you have a serious problem with the fact that abortion doesn't give the child a chance to live. We have understood for quite some time that you don't like the thought of killing another human being, even if it isn't alive yet. However, I've got one question for you.
Who made you god?
I mean seriously here, you're talking about giving the children a chance for choice when you're trying to make a choice for another human being yourself. You have no idea if the woman in that operating room was raped, inseminated by an alien, or just someone who was too young to think. You have no idea about home life, if the child would get the attention it needs, if the person is getting pressured into the decision by parents/a loved one, or anything. You don't even know this persons name and you already think you know what's best for thier unborn child.
Ever even sit down and think that she got the news "If you have this child, you will die during birth!" ?? YOU try to make that decision!
My Opinion : Sure, the child could say "I want to live!" but has anyone even thought that maybe the baby wanted to just die? It's a horrible thought, but it would be the kids choice right? If you can't invision a child saying "Kill me!" don't you dare sit and try to say you can see one saying "Save me!". Truth is, it doesn't know any better, but neither do you.
There are much more cival ways to tell a person to not have an abortion than standing outside a clinic with a picket sign calling everyone a whore/slut, or even going as far to kill off a docter who performed an aborton. It's easy to tell someone to keep a kid when you don't have to take care for it, isn't it?
My Opinion : You think it's that easy to take care of a kid? Alright, next time you save a child with a picket sign and a few chants, why don't you take it off the parents hands? I'm sure they'd be happy to find a home for thier unwanted child. You seem very intent on saving lives, you might want to stop trying to make decisions and start giving them an extra choice.
Stop pretending you know everything. Yes, they could be in there killing the next Einstine but they could also be stopping the next Charles Manson. Heck, they could be stopping the friggin anti-christ, ever think of that?! I agree that life is precious, but you've got no right to tell people how to live thier lives or what decisions to make, no matter how much you disagree with them.
To Pro-abortionists (not raped) : There are other options you know. You don't have to kill it off. You have parents, you have friends, there is adoption agencies, or you could suck it up and take responcibility for what you've done.
My Opinion : Now I don't want to hear "Well it came from my *bleepidy bleep*'n ex who was a horrible person and I don't want anything to do with them." Oh cut the drama. That's a living breathing thing you've got there. You think just because it's not out of your stomach yet it's any different than stabbing it in the neck after it pops out? I'm sorry, if a broken heart was good enough reason to shoot a relative then we'd all be dead.
You've got no right to decide to play god either.
Perhaps you think that "this world is too cruel for my child" , or "I cannot provide". Grow up. Others may not know how hard you have it, but there's always options. There are a million and one government programs you could get easily to help provide for that child. There are shelters. There is government housing. There are unemployment agencies. You are not alone in this world, so stop thinking that your kid is going to be. That kid will have you.
To Pro-Abortionists (Rape Victem) : I feel sorry for you. You have no idea how sorry we all feel for you. It was a horrible thing that happened to you, and now you have something that will eternally remind you of that day.
But wait? An option? You could have an abortion! Well it seems right, doesn't it? I mean your child was born of crime, hatred, a downright mistake. It's a darn shame. Let's kill off this innocent being because you were wronged.
That child has as much of a right to live as you do, dispite the fact it was never intended to be born. Think about someone other than yourself. We understand that this horrible thing just happened to you, but get your revenge aginst the person who did it not aginst your unborn child. Wether you like it or not , it is your child. Just because it came from an unexpected father doesn't change the fact that it's still half of you.
The bottom line : This is always such a touchy subject because you've got to think about more than one thing. Your feelings, your ability. The future, the past, the present, the everything. There's no way for me to cover this and seem like I'm sitting on the fence. In this case it's going to look like I'm jumping sides to prove points.
It's complete and utter crap to make a decision for someone else. Not only for the people having the abortions, but for the ones who have not even yet had a chance to learn the words to tell you to stop, much less learned how to crawl.
The sad thing is that the people who will stand out there with picket signs and telling them to "Listen to me, you're wrong." are no better than the ones looking at thier stomachs saying "You wouldn't like this world." or "You won't amount to anything anyway." and don't either of you fool yourself. Nobody is right here.
Truth is that it should never come to this. Rape happens, wake up and take birth control just incase. Do not have sex if you're not ready to have a child. Wear condoms or take some other form of birth control if you just absolutely feel the need to act like a slut.
Don't try to pretty it up anymore. You're both wrong. If you cannot take responcibility for your actions, you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. Cause and effect people.
Steak or Salad? (Part 1 of 3 of the Great Debates)
This is part 1 of 3 of my favorite debate topics. There are a couple of things I'd like to say before I start on them.
- I will not, at any given time, tell you what my opinion is on any of these topics. If you see something that is a little bit off the fence in any given way it is only to prove a point and for no other reason other than that. My opinion is my own, and it will stay that way to reduce the amount of hate mail or "flame comments" I receive.
- I am not doing this to offend any single person. I do this only to point common sense at people who do not want to listen.
- I am not trying to be steriotypical, or say that every body acts the ways I talk about. I am merely grouping people into a statistic to save an insane amount of time. Please read this article with a grain of salt and an open mind.
- I have worked a seriously long time on this article, this is not something I just woke up one day and crapped out for your enjoyment. I've thought long and hard about everything I say.
- If you reply, do it in calm way. I promise that I will delete every single bit of unnecessary drama that is placed into my comment box. However, if you have something to say, or perhaps to add, then I'd be glad to hear it as long as it's done in a respectful manner.
Now then, it is my opinion that every one of these arguments should be left up to the person to decide. Every single case could be solved with "You are not god. You have no right to tell others how to live, or what to do." However, not everyone listens to that statement, and feels that they know better.
The hardest thing in the world to do is to admit that someone else knows more than you, especially when you have beliefs of your own. To humble yourself to an ideal that is different than one you believe is difficult to do because you're not just saying "I'm wrong." you're saying "Everyone I know who believes this is wrong." which is why these types of debates get so heated.
I am not here to tell any of you that you are wrong. I believe that you have the right to live the way you want to. I am not here to try to make you change your mind, I am here to open your eyes to the fact that the world does not revolve around you. You've got to share this life with everyone else, and not everyone else is going to see things your way.
With that said, let's get started.
Vegans/Vegetarians
Meat Lovers : You don't realize exactially where the plant lovers are comming from. These people are disgusted by what you're doing. You're taking the one thing that they live thier life on and throw ketchup on it.
Moving away from a vegan when you have a hamburger in your hand should be as easy as walking away from a woman with child when you have a cigarette in your mouth. It's common decencey.
Think about it for a second, what are you afraid of? What makes your stomach turn? Spiders? Fish Guts? Cabbage? Blood? How would you feel if someone started waving that in your face and didn't give a crap how you felt? Remember this the next time you chomp down on a hamburger with a vegan friend (or non-friend) next to you.
A little common sense goes a long way in this area. I'm not saying go out of your way to hide the slab of pork between your biscuts, but if someone else comments on it you might want to think of someone other than yourself.
Plant Lovers : You know, not many people mind if you say "Please don't eat that around me, I'm a vegetarian." but what they do mind is those who come up to them and say "You shouldn't eat that! It's murder!"
You are not the mayor of Mooville. You do not have the right to tell anyone what to eat just because you think it's wrong. You can no more discern how a cow feels than someone who decides to eat bacon.
Do not get upset in a society where people like to eat meat. Wake up to real life and realize that the corner resturant does serve a slab of steak as well as salad. Don't get upset when you walk into Mc.Donalds and see someone chowing down on chicken tenders when you knew darn well they sold them.
The Bottom Line : The facts are simple. Some people like meat, some people don't. If you don't like the other persons opinion, that's fine. I'm not telling a Vegan to go out and eat a hamburger, and I'm not telling the carnavores to go out and eat a salad. You live in this world together, remember eachother when you go out to eat. If you can't stand it that much I have the following ideas for each of you.
Idea for the Meat lover who can't stand the Plant lover : Ask! Any vegan will gladly pronounce the fact that they do not eat meat. You don't have to talk to these people, and you do not have to be around them. I'm sure you know plenty of places that most vegans do not go (Like a Steak House, for instance).
Idea for the Plant lover who can't stand Meat lovers : Society is aginst you in this battle, but fret not. There are many places where you can go and live and be with a vegan community. If you do not want to go to these lengths then you might want to invest in a little home farm. Don't go out to fast food resturants that you know serves meat, and be sure to calmly ask people not to eat meat around you if it truely does bother you. Nobody's a mind reader.
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