Grand Theft Auto

8 months 3 weeks ago

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tyson120

It's just that some young gamers don't see it that way, and act like monkeys. Monkey see, monkey do

But it could be argued that the people that claim to be affected by the 'monkey effect' are in fact just using that as an excuse to rationalize their actions. Humans are endowed with a conscience, and you don't have to explain in detail to someone that killing is wrong.

So when someone says that they killed (or maimed) someone simply because they saw it on a game means that they are using the game to excuse their actions or shift the blame to an external object. Now I am definitely not advocating that younger gamers should be allowed to play this (or any heinously violent) game because younger minds have not yet fully developed. I am, however, saying that those who do play it should (a) know what they are buying and (b) have the decency and responsibility to separate fictitious actions from real actions.

As if the clear and concise ESRB rating wasn't enough, you would think that a title like "Grand Theft Auto" would give you SOME clue as to the content of the game you are about to purchase. If you can't handle the graphic material made available for your purchase, DO NOT PURCHASE IT. If you don't have the mental stability to separate reality from fiction DO NOT PURCHASE THE GAME. And please, please don't blame a game, book, T.V. show, other person, for your actions take some responsibility.
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Computer Generated(CG) vs Traditional Hand Drawing

9 months 1 week ago

"I prefer hand drawing (as this is my profession) I think it gives a more accurate gauge as to a persons true artistic talent. Whereas doing it on the computer. . . .to me it's almost like an insult to tradition and a slap in the face to people like DaVinci or Rembrandt."
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You people should get a chat room.

9 months 1 week ago

"Meep. . . everyone here seems to have some strange aversion to getting a chat. I'm almost sorry I brought it up .()#"
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life is a game ?

9 months 1 week ago

"All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

That really says it all, life is a game. But here’s how I feel: Often we find ourselves as pawns in a grander scheme of others, but we are all important pieces on the board, for who of us has ever won a game of chess without a pawn? Some of us are unorthodox and almost unpredictable (knights) some of us are simple and are unable to move if someone or something stands in our way (rooks) some of us are able to do alot in life, move all over the board and get things done (queen) and yet others can hardly get anywhere at all and are often left in the dust (kings) and yet others see life from a cautious viewpoint, often waiting for an opportunity to present itself before making a move (bishops) and others are the stooges of life, the dolt that gets sacrificed to make way for another persons victory. And lastly, there are a select few that can see the whole board and control everyone from the shadows manipulating us all in order to advance some unseen objective. But what do we know, we're just the pieces. . .
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Do you believe that your parents love you unconditionally?

9 months 1 week ago

"Parental love is ABSOLUTLY conditional. If it was unconditional then they wouldn't care who you dated, or what job you chose, or what things you do. As long as they thought that you were doing what you thought was right, and what you were doing made you happy.

But alas this is not the case. Parents raise you on the condition that you (a) do what they say without question or hesitation (that never happens) (b) support them in their elderly years at limitless and often fiscally crippling cost to you. And (c) never treat them as they treat you.

And while you may think you owe a debt to them, in fact you do not. Even wild dogs raise their young with no expectation of support later. If you do support your parents it should be because it is YOUR choice because you love them, not because they expect it of you. Love is something that you can never take, it always has to be given; if your parents never gave you the love or respect that they would want for themselves, then you are not obligated to forever do their bidding.
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Valentine

9 months 1 week ago

"Valentines day is just an excuse for the shameless marketers to make money. They take love, something that is pure, and try to turn a profit from it. On Valentines day everything from chocolates, to Hallmark Cards, to flowers goes up in price. Just so that the rich can get richer, and the poor can get poorer. What mainstream marketing has turned Valentines day into makes me sick. "
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Death Note!!!

9 months 1 week ago

"I think that the series was meant to make you think: Does the end, justify the means? And then once it ended you could confidently tell yourself 'no it does not.' I liked the way that the series developed the characters, giving concise reasons for their actions throughout the show.

It also had a very logical progression of thought, and depicted how you can sift through information with a few simple but irrefutable pieces of evidence. It also demonstrated that ultimate power is not necessarily the key to happiness, but would conversely be a source of misery and paranoia.


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Does everyone else hate fillers?

9 months 1 week ago

"I think that whoever invented fillers should be taken out behind the chemical shads, and shot. The writers who first conceived various series were competent and able to do their jobs. But the people that make the fillers, clearly, are not. 99.9% of all fillers will make you want to shoot yourself for even watching them. The plot is always predictable, the dialogue is always cheesy, and the character development is almost non-existent. Fillers are just a waste of peoples time, and a poor choice as fillers usually tend to whittle away the fan base of the series. Fillers simply suck."
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Inuyasha

9 months 1 week ago

"It's too long. At first it seemed like a really good series, it seemed as though they were just about to get all the crystal shards that were lying around, and they were almost going to beat Nuraku. (or however you spell his name)

But then they never got anywhere, there were always new pieces of the crystal to be found, they never quite beat Nuraku, and they just continued the same basic formula for the series. It just went on, and on, and on with no end in sight. And no closer to the goal that they had set out to do in the first place. So in the end it felt like you wasted so much time watching it, and then the adventure never ended which is highly disappointing.
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Small things that immensely piss you off?

9 months 1 week ago

"Often it comes down to a matter of 'the straw that broke the camels back.' We have so much stress in our daily live, and it is so constant, that we hardly even notice the big things anymore. But the high amounts of stress make us prone overreact, or make us be high-strung.

Small things get on our nerves a.k.a that guy the keeps clicking his pen non-stop. Or that girl that won't shut up even if you ask her politely to be quiet. Or the jerk in front of you at the movies who eats popcorn with his mouth open and makes irritating little crunchy sounds.

These little things compound themselves into one big thing and then we snap. Or sometimes we've had a stressful day, we just want to go home and do something to get our mind off things. But for whatever reason we stop by a coffee shop on our way back, we make our order and as we're about to pay the cashier gets a cell phone call and makes us wait 10 minutes for her to get done. . . . .that’s when we snap. So the little things end up being really, really, big things. And vice versa, the small courtesies we receive also mean alot to us.
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Swearing

9 months 1 week ago

"Swearing means that you lack the verbal diversity to express your feelings. It is also usually indicitive that you are an individual of low decorum."
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Keeping a Secret

9 months 1 week ago

"People are gossipers by nature. If we weren’t then you wouldn't be so eager to tell a 'secret' in the first place. And if you've ever been on the receiving end, one of the biggest temptations you face is to go out immediately and find someone to tell. Oftentimes secrets are harmful in that they often disclose information that was not yours to give, this is a mild form of slander. Slander is the direct and malicious attempt to mar someone’s reputation, and although that may not be your internet when you spread a secret, it is almost inevitably the outcome.

So in the end, if you want a secret to be kept, it's best just not to tell anyone.
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Marriage Proposal

9 months 1 week ago

"When I get married, I am going to put a baby carrot in the ring box, and the ring in my pocket before I propose. That way when I bend down on one knee and I open the box I can say "whoops wrong carrot" and then pull out the real ring from my pocket.

(the pun lying in the rhyme between 'carrot' and 'karat')
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Do you think long distance relationships can work?

9 months 1 week ago

"Physical contact is the most important key in a relationship. Being able to touch/hear/look at/talk to the person you love makes the difficult times worth it. When you help someone verbally over the phone it means alot to you both, but it means 10x more when you are able to give them a hug, or gently brush their hair. That is why long distance relationships are possible, but difficult. The bigger role you play physically in someone’s life, the more likely you will make a everlasting impression on them."
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have u ever thought of suicide?

9 months 1 week ago

"Everyone has thoughts of suicide from time to time. This is a mechanism in our brain that allows us to weigh in our life, is it all REALLY worth it? And 99% of the time it is. Life is beautiful, something to be cherished and desired, this is why above all other threats, threatening someone’s life is the most terrifying.

However repeated frequent thoughts of suicide my be indicative of a chemical imbalance in your brain, commonly diagnosed as depression. So usually thinking about suicide can be an eye opener in that you realize that while you're going through a troublesome time in your life, that doesn't mean that life isn't worth it.

Who, afterall, would kill themselves while they are talking with their girlfriend/boyfriend. Or who would kill themselves while they are watching a kitten play with a ball of string. My point being that life is worth it, and sometimes suicide can give us a chance to seriously evaluate that point.
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Looks or personality?

9 months 1 week ago

"It is impossible to choose between either looks, or personality. Personality is no good if you're dating someone disgustingly ugly or deformed in some way. Likewise looks are no good if you are dating someone who is arrogant or selfish, in essence a beautiful pig.

As with most things in life, it is better when you have a moderation between the two. Someone who is pretty, (but not a supermodel) and someone who is engaging and intellectually stimulating. (but not overwhelmingly so)

It's hard to find the perfect person in life, but when you do, cherish that person and never let them go.
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what do you think of you?

9 months 1 week ago

"I think dwelling on oneself too much is a bad thing, it indicates arrogance or selfishness. On the other hand it could indicate that you have a low self esteem, or worry too much about other people and what they think about you. So in the end it's better to focus on other people and what you can do to make their lives a little bit better."
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Paying for Dinner

9 months 1 week ago

"Traditionally, the guy pays for dinner. This is based on the fact that the man is the bread winner of the family, the family head. If the man doesn't pay for dinner this also conveys to the woman that the man is not serious about the relationship; it may also indicate to her that you are lazy, or uncaring. If on the other hand, the woman pays for dinner, or insists on paying for herself, this indicates that the woman you are choosing to date is domineering and overly assertive, which is fine if you have the balls to put a woman like that in her place. (barring shouting matches and domestic abuse as those are not acceptable ways for you to make a woman obey you.) "
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Life imitates Art?

9 months 1 week ago

"Life does not imitate art, if it did then half-naked or totally naked girls would be walking around everywhere. Giant robots would be fighting aliens in our streets. We would have samurai-vampires waging war during the night, and short kids with pony-tails and brothers with souls attached to empty suits of armor running around transmuting everything on gods green earth that they could get their hands on!


*takes deep breath* "
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Everyone hate Susaku?

9 months 1 week ago

"Because Suzaku is lame. I mean he killed his dad, and acts really self-righteous. Not to mention the fact that if I found out my best friend was Zero, I would be like 'cool.' Not 'hey I'll shoot you in the head and drag you to the evil emperor to wipe your memory so I can advance my military career.' That is why everyone hates Suzaku. "
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You people should get a chat room.

9 months 1 week ago

"Well I don't personally enjoy IRC's because they are so irritating to get into, usually I have to type in the name of the channel I want to join four or five times, then I have to wait for everything to load, and then most of the IRC's are just so bland and visually unattractive I don't want to stay on one. But I hear they're simple to set up. . . ."
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You people should get a chat room.

9 months 1 week ago

"Well thats because IRC sucks, Chatango is really much simpler, you should check it out."
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You people should get a chat room.

9 months 1 week ago

"I just thought that the site would be complimented by a gratuitous chatroom. I know Chatango is free and easy to use so maybe you could put that up on here? I'm guessing that I'm not the first person to request this, but I'm sure it could make the site livelier to have instantaneous discussion between multiple people. Just a suggestion."
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New anime of ullmetal Alchemist

9 months 1 week ago

"I will probably watch the new season of FMA. But I thought it was too doggone depressing, it wasn't a matter of getting through the tough times for Ed and Al. It was a matter of which times were tougher because they went from bad to worse, nothing good ever happened to them. And yet. . . .the series was so oddly addicting, perhaps it was the sadness that just resonated with me, I don't know."
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Cowboy Bebop

9 months 1 week ago

"In short I liked it, but I know some people didn't so I would like to know why?

What did you enjoy or not enjoy about the series?

Did you think that the characters were well developed?

Did you think that Julia and Vicious relationship with Spike was explained well enough?

Did you enjoy the soundtrack?

Did you enjoy the fight sequences?

Do you think they could have improved upon the anime? (i.e. more episodes or extra plotlines)

Just some questions to everyone."
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