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I think I will go get korean food for lunch from the park
I think I'm not going to be able to convince anyone that it's ok for everyone to read everything even if a lot of it is bad. And that is ok because no one here is setting policy on stocking school libraries or anything like that, so it doesn't really matter what the opinions are.
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
wandering I just jumped into your quote without reading the context
I was like 'aw that's kinda cute'
and then things broke bad
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
The jury is still out on whether the media we consume can negatively effect our attitudes/beliefs.
Uhhhhh
I don't think the jury is out on that at all, dude
Ok? So can it burnage? I know this is usually where people go "Violent video games don't make people violent", so please enlighten me.
It absolutely does, and there's a whole host of psychological phenomena stemming from exactly how media portrayals of events or groups influence beliefs surrounding them - e.g., Lakoff and Boroditsky's work on how metaphor usage alters perception and judgement, meta-analyses supporting that violent video games increase aggressive behaviours, etc.
The question that still remains open is not "Does it?" but "How, and to what extent?"
Burnage on
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
There is remarkably little good poetry about very small children. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep that does it; for the first few months it’s hard to remember to put out the bins, let alone write poems. Perhaps the first writer to make a serious attempt to evoke the world of earliest childhood was the Latin poet Statius, a contemporary of the Roman emperor Domitian (ad 81–96). In one of his most remarkable poems, Statius describes taking a newborn baby boy in his arms, “as he demanded the novel air with trembling wails”. Bit by bit, he learned to interpret the child’s inarticulate complaints and to soothe his “hidden wounds” (vulnera caeca). Later still, once the baby had learned to crawl, Statius would pick him up and kiss him, until bit by bit, cradled in the poet’s arms, he would drop off to sleep. Statius’s name was the toddler’s first word, and Statius’s face served as “his first plaything”. How many other poets, in any language, have described the experience of having their face yanked around by a fascinated baby?
It comes, then, as a rude shock to discover that the baby was not Statius’s son, but his slave. “He was not of my stock, nor did he carry my name or features; I was not his father . . . . I was not one to love some chatterbox plaything bought from an Egyptian slave-ship – no, he was mine, my own.” This little boy was a verna, “house-reared”, the child of two of Statius’s own household slaves. He was Statius’s property, to be trained up or sold on as he wished. To judge from Statius’s other poems for deliciae, beloved slave-boys in elite Roman households, the boy’s early adolescence would probably have been spent ministering to his owner’s sexual desires.
i see a lot of my friends with kids all like oh i would never let my kids watch [x]
and i'm like motherfucker do you remember the R rated movies we all watched in the 80s in grade school? it's fine
but i guess even i can clutch pearls at certain points
Yeah I saw a lot of R rated movies as a kid, then again my dad was always there to explain that Hans Gruber was a bad man and throwing bad people off of buildings is ok if you are trapped in the nakotami plaza on christmas with terrorists.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I think I will go get korean food for lunch from the park
I think I'm not going to be able to convince anyone that it's ok for everyone to read everything even if a lot of it is bad. And that is ok because no one here is setting policy on stocking school libraries or anything like that, so it doesn't really matter what the opinions are.
Fascinatingly, this is, like, the one thing I'm responsible for in my school district / life!
Interestingly, I'm a big ol' liar!
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
i see a lot of my friends with kids all like oh i would never let my kids watch [x]
and i'm like motherfucker do you remember the R rated movies we all watched in the 80s in grade school? it's fine
but i guess even i can clutch pearls at certain points
Yeah I saw a lot of R rated movies as a kid, then again my dad was always there to explain that Hans Gruber was a bad man and throwing bad people off of buildings is ok if you are trapped in the nakotami plaza on christmas with terrorists.
i had shockingly little direct parental guidance as a child
usually it was just them reacting to me doing dumb shit than sitting me down and explaining things to me
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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BeNarwhalThe Work Left UnfinishedRegistered Userregular
I'ma keep posting 'til [chat] turns over, 'cause on the off-chance that I get it, I got a doozy, folks
I mean, I could go talk to the school librarian but I'm doubtful we have Twilight in there anyway. The library is harry potter themed though so that's rad.
I wouldn't have as much of a problem with Twilight if I hadn't seen so many parents have no idea what happens in there but still buying it for their kids without any chance of discussing the problematic elements. I don't think people should be forbidden from reading it or anything, I just don't like how it got lauded so much and ignored the gross parts.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
Captain Ultralow resolution pictures of birdsRegistered Userregular
If I were setting school library policies, I'd be fired very quickly because I'd only stock Animorphs and its accoutrements (The Megamorph specials, the Andalite and Hork-Bajir chronicles, etc)
If anything we romanticize the idea that bad people have some kind of indicator or switch flip that made them a bad person, but history has shown that's not always true. I mean Tucker Carlson alone...
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
If anything we romanticize the idea that bad people have some kind of indicator or switch flip that made them a bad person, but history has shown that's not always true. I mean Tucker Carlson alone...
And, like, BeNarwhal
Serial killer, or guy who makes jokes about being a serial killer a lot? Who can say?
Violent video games cause violent behavior, but the effect size is too small to justify heavy-handed public policies. It is primarily relevant to people who are already at-risk - for example, parents of children with existing behavioral disorders, or adults struggling with anger management issues. The evidence suggests both correlation and causation. Other explanations (such as frustration) are interesting avenues of research but do not by themselves explain the connection.
There are also links in that thread to the official position statements of the American Psychological Association and American Association of Pediatricians.
In all fairness, there are also some good criticisms of the research a few pages in.
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderatormod
for reference:
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
I trust you, vending machine.
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zepherinRussian warship, go fuck yourselfRegistered Userregular
Today is full meh.
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AtomikaLive fast and get fucked or whateverRegistered Userregular
Bad people have that deadly mix of narcissism, self-righteousness, and inferiority complex that makes them feel the need to be right all the time.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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Gooey showing up fashionably late to chat as usual. Only one page to make gooey puns before The Man takes us down.
Gooey.
uncharacteristically accurate assessment of the time, Gooey.
I think I'm not going to be able to convince anyone that it's ok for everyone to read everything even if a lot of it is bad. And that is ok because no one here is setting policy on stocking school libraries or anything like that, so it doesn't really matter what the opinions are.
I was like 'aw that's kinda cute'
and then things broke bad
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
It absolutely does, and there's a whole host of psychological phenomena stemming from exactly how media portrayals of events or groups influence beliefs surrounding them - e.g., Lakoff and Boroditsky's work on how metaphor usage alters perception and judgement, meta-analyses supporting that violent video games increase aggressive behaviours, etc.
The question that still remains open is not "Does it?" but "How, and to what extent?"
we can no longer be friends
i see a lot of my friends with kids all like oh i would never let my kids watch [x]
and i'm like motherfucker do you remember the R rated movies we all watched in the 80s in grade school? it's fine
but i guess even i can clutch pearls at certain points
You can like Kendrick, but you can't only like Kendrick.
Yeah I saw a lot of R rated movies as a kid, then again my dad was always there to explain that Hans Gruber was a bad man and throwing bad people off of buildings is ok if you are trapped in the nakotami plaza on christmas with terrorists.
pleasepaypreacher.net
Fascinatingly, this is, like, the one thing I'm responsible for in my school district / life!
Interestingly, I'm a big ol' liar!
i had shockingly little direct parental guidance as a child
usually it was just them reacting to me doing dumb shit than sitting me down and explaining things to me
(It's a space[chat])
but ya know
I wouldn't have as much of a problem with Twilight if I hadn't seen so many parents have no idea what happens in there but still buying it for their kids without any chance of discussing the problematic elements. I don't think people should be forbidden from reading it or anything, I just don't like how it got lauded so much and ignored the gross parts.
i mean we're not dead at least
Just dead inside.
pleasepaypreacher.net
would explain some things
Your Sisyphean curse was going to be to play Destiny 2 forever but you've already done that somehow so we're working on something else, hold tight.
pleasepaypreacher.net
And, like, BeNarwhal
Serial killer, or guy who makes jokes about being a serial killer a lot? Who can say?
People often want to restrict it because they remember doing that stuff when they were young.
There are also links in that thread to the official position statements of the American Psychological Association and American Association of Pediatricians.
In all fairness, there are also some good criticisms of the research a few pages in.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies