Category: Random Thoughts

  • Trigger Warning

    That little red bastard should come with a trigger warning cos it almost always provokes an OCD reaction in any serious Tumblrer. click…click…click…

  • Question – Another Reason I Would Unfollow You

    doctorofnothing replied to your post: Another reason I would un-follow you

    I kinda see what you’re saying but like, self-promotion as in having a blog centered around the self? Yeah I’m not big into the huge narcissism either.

    Self-promotion as in posting personal photos with a strong undertone of fishing for compliments. Changing the tone and content of posts to be deliberately topical to garner more attention. Having more reblogs than personal, original content. Being self-indulgent while pretending to be sincerely expressive. That sort of self-promotion. 

    This probably sounds very judgemental, but it’s not intended that way. That kind of behaviour really irks me which is why I avoid such people because I usually can’t restrain myself from exposing their whimsical attitude. It’s just ugh, you know? 🙂

  • Another reason I would un-follow you

    A few of the blogs I follow are starting to tend towards self-promotion recently. If it continues, I’ll probably un-follow them. It’s not personal. I just prefer not to see certain people in such a light. Physical appearances taint our interactions with others in daily life, while on tumblr, I tend to appreciate the sincerity of opinions, albeit annoying ones at times, that are offered without care or concern for how the person would be perceived by others. Once the whole personal promotion thing gets out there, it becomes a blog of facades rather than sincere thoughts or views. That is often easily reflected in the change in tone and quality of the posts and usually ends up appealing to groupies, which I despise. Hence my aversion to such blogs. 

    Just thought I’d share that.

  • twtweekly:

    Egypt state news agency says Mubarak is “clinically dead.”

    I just really dig those shades. You reckon the light is bothering him in his current state? Or perhaps he needs it when he finally sees the light? Hmmm…just wondering… :-/

  • Word of the day…

    perspicacity

    (noun) The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.

    I just like the meaning of this word and how pompous it would sound to actually use it in normal conversation.

  • Frosty the Snowman perpetuates The Man’s myth. What they don’t tell you is that the first snowman was black!

    Martin Show. (via nonchalante)

  • This is all starting to feel too adult for me. I prefer playing with kids. They usually have no hidden agendas, political motives, or underhanded suspicions. If I imitate them, they’re happy, and if they imitate me, I’m happy, and we give and take without keeping score. All adults know is to be territorial as if puberty makes it compulsory for them to mark their territory. These adult games are ridiculous. Adults need to learn from children again, before the current template of adult role models all but eliminates any traces of the innocence of childhood.

    CJ

  • That Cultural Thing

    I once heard someone say something along the lines of:

    If you need government to protect your culture, then your culture is already dead

    These cultural appropriation-ists should consider this within a broader context. 

    Whether or not cultural appropriation is true, for me, is a side issue. The real issue is how did it get to the point where others felt comfortable enough to insult a culture without any fear of consequence? Relying on the respect of others is obviously a foolhardy exercise, but the moment you bend and sway in what you do or don’t practise in your own culture, you automatically end up taking from other cultures, or at best, contaminate your own culture to the point where it makes it fair game for others to do the same.

    Cultures have evolved and absorbed external influences for eons before the advent of the Internet, and as can be seen, the more connected we are, the greater the chances of cultural cross-contamination, if that is even a fair term to use. The surprising thing for me is how people are happy to cry foul when they see others ‘usurping’ their cultural heritage without due consideration for its roots and meanings, while they themselves openly embellish their lives with items or aspects from the culture of those they’re taking exception to. 

    This is all starting to feel too adult for me. I prefer playing with kids. They usually have no hidden agendas, political motives, or underhanded suspicions. If I imitate them, they’re happy, and if they imitate me, I’m happy, and we give and take without keeping score. All adults know is to be territorial as if puberty makes it compulsory for them to mark their territory. These adult games are ridiculous. Adults need to learn from children again, before the current template of adult role models all but eliminates any traces of the innocence of childhood.