Spuffure

theprequelsrule said:

JadedSkywalker said:

For good mental health and harmony, I should quit Star Wars, but I don’t think I can.

I’m right there with you brother.

Well sport, I quit Star Wars back in 2018 (I just grew out of it, no other real reason), and only stayed around here because I was too lazy to make a new account on a different forum. 😛

RicOlie_2 said:

Those people feel exactly the same way about the other side. What you mean by “alt right” is unclear, since the term get’s thrown around a lot, but I think it’s important to recognize that people on all sides feel the same way. There’s been a significant shift to the left in mainstream media in the last decade or two, and people who aren’t on board with it often react by going in the other direction.

I don’t know what JadedSkywalker said before that this message is replying to as he deleted it, but I agree a lot with this reply. Political polarization is very big in the United States, and many times the far-left radicalizes people to the far-right, and vice-versa.

I myself was rather infamously far-left back in 2020/2021, harbouring extremely negative views on gender roles, Britain, sex, ect., but have since stabilized to around centre-right and hold far more nuanced and even positive views on said topics. I genuinely can’t look at those 2020-1 posts because of how cringe-worthy they are now for 2024 me.

Nuance is dead in politics, and yet is the magic word for political ideological harmony.

I could go on about where I think this all comes from, but the site rules do not allow political debate, so I will end this little mini-essay here.

But, context matters. What was the context of the usage of the word in said book? If it was an old book and used in a strictly medical context non-maliciously, then you need to keep the book in the context of the time period as way back when, the word was used mostly medically and the stigma surrounding said word was not present, and it was not considered a slur in that context.

The Fabelmans is a decent movie, but not great, and in my opinion, it doesn’t deserve to be called one of Spielberg’s greatest movies. I don’t hate it, but I was not too impressed. The acting was pretty good and I applaud Spielberg for essentially attempting a movie autobiography. But there were a lot of rather dry scenes in the movie that just weren’t very interesting. And by the way, the 1950s and 1960s did NOT have an overly blue and orange colour palette to make them look underwater like they do with every godforsaken movie made these days! It genuinely at times looks like it was filmed inside an aquarium with the amount of blue tint it has. It’s not pleasant to look at and it’s not how the 60s actually looked. For all the limitations, actual 60s movies had a generally faithful colour palette. But back to the movie: The ending was my favourite part of the film with John Ford (played by David Lynch!), it was a genuinely great scene, and the colour palette was better in that scene than it was with much of the film.

But for all its faults, the film still isn’t at all bad, but it’s not a film I’d watch again.

And no, “Fabelman” is not a real surname, though it is interesting how Steven came up with that surname.

Convoy is one of the few songs for me that straddles the twilight between “decent” and “bad”, but doesn’t quite fit into either camp because there are so many things about the song that conflict with each other. It’s pretty catchy and really did had potential, but then you get the song’s inherent cheesiness, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing because it would just make it a “cult classic/so bad it’s good” kind of song, but that’s not the worst offender. It’s the utterly ridiculous sounding chorus that takes a big steaming dump over the somewhat decently ‘sung’/spoken verses and almost everything else about the song.

Half of me understands why it became a hit, but half of me just doesn’t. But it’s just a silly, campy novelty song not to be taken seriously at the end of the day.

But what both halves of me do NOT get is why the hell it spawned a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah of all people.

It’s not too shabby, but the final Beatles song will always be I Me Mine. 😛

But on a side note, what’s with the metallic sound to Lennon’s voice that can be heard on almost every posthumous anthology release? Free as a Bird and Real Love have the same anomaly.

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/jennis/id/81714

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/kutaer/id/81711

So I looked at Davros’ “redesign”…

Channel72 said:

theprequelsrule said:

This place is a ghost town. Never seen the forums so inactive.

So are most old-school Internet forums where I used to post. All the kids these days are on social media. But at least they’re not on my lawn.

It sucks that the Internet these days is basically just like 3 companies.

Agreed. Something like Discord is NOT a suitable replacement for forums, like at all. Those servers are not only far more cliquey than forums, but also are way too fast paced, often have genuine asshole moderators (quite famously) and are overall rather unpleasant as an alternative to forums. Not to mention predators-in-waiting with anime or furry profile pics.

Discord is best used as a way to chat to friends you already know in real life as an accompaniment while playing a game. It is worst used as a way to talk to strangers on the other side of the world that you’ll never meet in real life about what music you like. Forums were used for that. And REAL LIFE CONVERSATION.

Reddit also is a culprit to the same things, but on a marginally lesser scale.

Also trying to search things on Discord can be a bloody nightmare.

P.S., I know OT.com apparently has a Discord, but that’s not the point I was trying to make.

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/buydumps/id/80492

Superweapon VII said:

Based and Economics-Pilled.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Giraffesdontexist/

I hate 2023, being the worst year I’ve ever had since 2020.

I hate having such a rare mental condition that takes so agonisingly slow to cure.

I hate being told that I can fix it just by socialising more and going outside away from the internet.

I hate my psuedo-depression.

I hate being misunderstood by people as well as my family.

I hate being blame for things I cannot control adequately.

I hate feeling ungrateful by reading the stories of people who have it much worse than me.

I hate the fact I’m able to act so normal yet feel so awful inside.

I hate hating myself every day and having to slowly wait for my treatment to take true positive effect.

I hate the fact I compulsively write things like this on this forum because I feel like I have nowhere to go.

I don’t know whether to post this in the bitching thread or emotion support thread…

Because I’m now trying to meditate, as that’s all I feel like doing after pretty much giving up on my coping mechanisms for my maybe-depression.

And I only stuck around here because I didn’t bother to make an account elsewhere. I think I only posted in a Star Wars related section like ONCE since at least 2019.

I honestly haven’t been a Star Wars fan since 2019. I even made a post about it back in 2018.

https://originaltrilogy.com/user/aquilbrion/id/79129

The whole reason I brought up political confusion (again, I want to keep political discussion a minimum as per the rules) is because I’ve been using politics as a way to cope with anxiety and POSSIBLY depression or at least something very similar to it (I don’t know for sure, a lot of my symptoms are similar to depression but I haven’t been properly diagnosed, so I don’t know for sure and will not outright say I have depression unless proven so. The very sad reality is that my symptoms must be treated very slowly and carefully, unfortunately, I have been proven mostly negative for medication due to the possibility of unwanted negative side effects) and now I’ve turned into a delusional conspirator on the edge of a mental breakdown that constantly flip flops between the left, right, centre, and especially the far right and far left, ad nauseam.

I want to take a break from the internet but ended up with horrible withdrawal symptoms and extreme loneliness (and yes I am actively looking for more real life friends my age).

I am serious, the treatment is EXTREMELY slow and VERY painful, and my family seriously ponders whether or not they should take the risk and give me medication)

So no, I have not ignored any advice on this thread (I have honestly acted out on what SparkySwyer told me to do, with varying success), it’s just that you likely don’t have the full picture of my plight since I choose to keep many things private for my own cyber safety, and as such I do not blame any of you at all for any potential misunderstanding.

IMPORTANT NOTE: My symptoms have recently gotten worse due to the treatment having the “it gets worse before it gets better” principle, and I honestly haven’t felt this rotten since 2020. Unfortunately many things about this are out of my control.

Sorry if this is too political (however it’s really not to start a debate) I said it before, but I really feel like I have no idea who to believe and who not to. The internet has made so many political ideologies present, I don’t know whether or not I should be left or right or centre or something else. Who is right? Who is wrong? Am I a bigot and don’t even know it?

I think I’ve realized what’s happening. It’s not that I’m sad I can’t get laid, it’s that getting laid is one of the only thoughts that makes me feel some kind of pleasure. I am being treated currently, but it’s a slow process. I completely understand self-improvement, but what I have is a legitimate condition that has to be treated. I don’t know if it’s depression, but it could be (I’m not the one to self-diagnose).

Incels who only hate themselves rather than hating others (women in particular) are a thing.

I’m not sure I’m one of them. But I am close.

Since the internet is so big, so polarised, and with so many self-improvement activists with so many different opinions and followers or non-followers…

I have no fucking idea who to root for or believe.

Superweapon VII said:

Spuffure said:

Superweapon VII said:

Fernand said:

Going on youtube and seeing what crap comes up.

That reminds me. Mr. Beast has such a slappable face.

Same. I liked his old content better. Remember “Worst Intros”?

Never watched a single one of his videos. I only know him from the thumbnails YouTube persistently shoves in my face when I’m not signed in.

Yes. I’ve never watched any of his newer crap.

Fernand said:

Going on youtube and seeing what crap comes up.

There’s a rule that no matter where you go, NEVER go to the Trending tab. Shudder