Anything, really. It's 4:30 AM here, so there really aren't any options. If I had my choice of anything in the whole world though, it would probably be chocolate cheesecake or something.

Aw man, I wish I had a Wii.

I agree with all of that, but most of the things you mentioned are a byproduct of the factory farm industry. I'm just trying to be the change I want to see in the world, so to speak. If no one follows, then at least I tried doing something I believed in. If people want to join in, then all the better. I think I've influenced a few of my friends to eat less meat and have more vegetarian meals, which is cool. When they take part in this balance that I'm trying to achieve, it means that I don't have to make as many sacrifices of my own, so I'll make the rare exception for a bite of meat here and there.

Sure, a lot of people say I'm not making any difference. Even vegans have told me that I'm not making a difference because I'm still consuming dairy products, which are cruel towards animals. Meh, at this point I just don't like the idea of eating flesh, that's all.



"plz don't eat me! i am ur friend!" :3

I'm a vegetarian, too, and I sometimes get cravings for meat... But the idea of eating something that was grown is just as disturbing (if not more) than eating the flesh of a dead animal D:

Good thing plants arent grown then, eh?

Haha, well I guess I meant to say grown naturally without science. I think eating lab-grown meat would just be too weird for me, and it would be hard to disassociate it with real meat, which I don't eat because it comes from a cognitive being that is capable of expressing intelligence and emotion. Plants don't express this to me, although my friend argues that with the right psychedelic compounds one is able to bear witness to the sentience of plants. But if I ever reach that level of consciousness, I will have probably transcended my physical form altogether at that point, so eating anything would be unnecessary

I'm a vegetarian, too, and I sometimes get cravings for meat... But the idea of eating something that was grown is just as disturbing (if not more) than eating the flesh of a dead animal D:

Lengthy, opinionated religious/spiritual/philosophical rant follows. Read at your own discretion:

To me, atheists can be just as stubborn and irritating as religious folk, because they usually follow the same outspoken, self-righteous idea that they have it all figured out. In most cases (not all), the atheists I've met are usually pseudo-intellectual types that go out of their way to rebel against the flawed ideologies of religion, rather than try to understand them or just quietly ignore them. Another irritating quirk I've found with atheism is that their faith in science is no different than, say, a Christian's faith in God. Science is a mutable thing, and unless you've quantified things for yourself, then your assumptions of reality are no different than that of a religious person; that is, borrowed from someone else's teachings or discoveries. I agree that religion is generally a warped and misunderstood thing, even by those who practice it. But I get along much better with open-minded agnostics and spiritual-but-not-religious types.

I only find it frustrating because I have personally had experiences that fall outside of scope of being explainable by physical laws. My own spiritual beliefs are that we or I am a divine being/consciousness that has been limited to a physical form, so it frustrates me when people try to say that everything we see in the physical world is all that exists, because based on where I've been, I know that that's simply not true. The frustration part comes in because it's hard enough to exist in this form, let alone be mocked about it. This belief system is further complicated by solipsism, which is the philosophical idea that only one's own consciousness can be known to exist. I am aware of my own consciousness, but there is no way that I could ever be aware that yours truly exists. You could just be a phantom of this dream that my mind is creating.

As for the gay thing, I really don't care. I live in San Francisco so I'm constantly exposed to it. It matters as much to me as the stock market in China. If something doesn't apply to me, why should it concern me? I get the impression that the only people who have a problem with gays are struggling with their own sexuality.

Anyways, welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll be just fine here :D

Nice! Here's the comment I left on your video:

Great documentary! I agree that pixel art (as opposed to more highly detailed mediums) is able to abstractly convey the meaning of something, leaving the imagination to fill in the rest. I think one of the main problems with our culture today is that we're experiencing a sort of entropy of the imagination because the media we have isn't leaving anything to our imagination. I think this is one of the reasons that pixel art is making a renaissance in our culture.

And which ones were your favorites?

For me, I started out on the original NES in 1986. Gameboy and then Super Nintendo followed. Then I gave Sega a shot by getting a Game Gear and then a Genesis, but I never really got into any of Sega's platforms. Got the Gameboy Color, which wasn't a big deal (Super Gameboy for SNES was better) and I got my first PC when I was 12, but it wasn't really used for gaming, with the exception of Warcraft and WCII. I got the N64 and Playstation around the same time, and eventually got a Gameboy Advance (which was way cooler than its predecessors).

So up to this point, you might have noticed a pattern here... I was totally loyal to Nintendo. Well, that slowly began to change between the 64 and 128-bit generations since Squaresoft was no longer making games with Nintendo. By the time the sixth generation of consoles debuted, I opted for the PS2 and forgot about the Gamecube and the XBox. By the time we hit seventh gen, I didn't bother with any of the core consoles and got myself a Nintendo DS Lite. These days I only game on PC (Fallout 3, L4D2) and DS, which includes all my old GBA games. Although, I'm growing more and more interested in the Wii. I almost got an XBox 360, but then I realized I could most of those games on PC. And the Sony platforms can kiss my buttocks... unless they remake FF7

With the 8th Generation on the horizon, who knows where the wind will take me. If the next Nintendo system is backwards compatible with the Wii, I'll probably just hold out for that. And the 3DS seems quite interesting, so we'll see what happens with that.

If I had to rank my top 5 platforms in no particular order, they would be:

1. NES
2. SNES
3. N64
4. DS
5. Playstation 2

So what about you?

But what about this Zelda commercial?

I had to look it up yesterday after it randomly popped in my head after all these years.

Yeah, the Swastika is a Manji for Buddhism... I didn't think of the Aum and probably couldn't draw it. To me, it always looks more like a character in writing than a symbol of majick/religion/spirituality.

There, I've merged everything into one so no one is offended. They're all the same thing, anyways.

The world is enveloped in darkness. Earth starts and stops the wind and wild seas damaged.
People, their only hope, just waiting...
Four Warriors will enter the world of darkness...
Four young warriors long journey, arrived holding each ORB.

Guess the reference and WIN!

EDIT: Also: "You spoony poet!"

EDIT: And more:

What a horrible night to have a curse.

is now

Have a terrible curse on all night.

Southeast Asian women?
...So if I were a woman, white men would like me? Phew. I sure am glad about my Y chromosome then.

Relevant.

***walks into thread***

***slowly backs out***

I'm not religious, but I think it's sad when people go out of their way to mock or be sacrilegious towards someone else's beliefs

Yes, the last quote I posted was from They Live/Duke Nukem, so either is right

In this world there are many like me who have killed their emotions. Don't forget that.

becomes:

Many people like me, to kill this feeling in the world. Purizupurizu use.

Ah purizu purizu use-u, sir!! Man, that's hilarious.

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Or how about we post the result and others have to guess what famous quote it comes from?

This chew bubble gum, it's time to kick ass, I Do not gum.

Albert Einstein:

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

becomes

Reality is merely an illusion. However, very tenacious.

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Damn...