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elanya at 01:43am on 06/03/2005
elanya at 01:43am on 06/03/2005Tonight, I went over to Stephanie and Sami's to watchThe Last of the Moehicans for school. It was cool. still a good movie, though I kinda feel sorry for Montcalm, since he never really told the Natives to massacre the poor British. Although at least they gave the Brits weapons, which they didn't really have, and were kind oenough to engineer a mass defection of the Militia troops so that they could avoid the slaughter.
Anyway, Dina and Michelle also came over, to hang out and stuff, and watched part of it as well. And that was all cool. We hung out and stuff for a bit, but then... Then something happened that I'm just not comfortable with, and I just don't know if I could condone it, or sit though it again.
That would be the watching of hours of truly brain rotting reality TV show. I tried to keep my most derisive comments to myself, and stuck with the bafflement rather than the disdain. I will never understand how people can watch that stuff, and certainly not how they can watch that stuff and still have even an iota of compassion left for their fellow man. It just reenforces my thoughs on the shallowness and pettiness of most people, and then it baffles me even more that people can muster fascination for the 'characters' lives. It hurts my brain, and makes me feel very misanthropic. Why do good people do things like that? Why?
Sometimes, hanging out with outher people makes me feel really jaded and derranged, because I laugh at things that horrify others, or because I'm blasé about violence and gore.... Even dissapointed by thbe lack of it (although I did get to see someone get scalped!). And apart from those kinds of things, I often feel like I just have a really different idea of what sorts of things are in the world. Things like, oh, furry, and vore, and the fact that there exists a video about seeing how many naked Japanese girls will fit into a telephone booth, or things like polyarmory and serious pagans, or whatever, that makes me wonder about the rest of the world. I'm just feeling really out of touch with a lot of people. And I also wonder what people think of me. I'm quiet, and I wonder what people think that means?
Well... It is late, and I am going to bed. Goodnight everyone!
Anyway, Dina and Michelle also came over, to hang out and stuff, and watched part of it as well. And that was all cool. We hung out and stuff for a bit, but then... Then something happened that I'm just not comfortable with, and I just don't know if I could condone it, or sit though it again.
That would be the watching of hours of truly brain rotting reality TV show. I tried to keep my most derisive comments to myself, and stuck with the bafflement rather than the disdain. I will never understand how people can watch that stuff, and certainly not how they can watch that stuff and still have even an iota of compassion left for their fellow man. It just reenforces my thoughs on the shallowness and pettiness of most people, and then it baffles me even more that people can muster fascination for the 'characters' lives. It hurts my brain, and makes me feel very misanthropic. Why do good people do things like that? Why?
Sometimes, hanging out with outher people makes me feel really jaded and derranged, because I laugh at things that horrify others, or because I'm blasé about violence and gore.... Even dissapointed by thbe lack of it (although I did get to see someone get scalped!). And apart from those kinds of things, I often feel like I just have a really different idea of what sorts of things are in the world. Things like, oh, furry, and vore, and the fact that there exists a video about seeing how many naked Japanese girls will fit into a telephone booth, or things like polyarmory and serious pagans, or whatever, that makes me wonder about the rest of the world. I'm just feeling really out of touch with a lot of people. And I also wonder what people think of me. I'm quiet, and I wonder what people think that means?
Well... It is late, and I am going to bed. Goodnight everyone!
thoughtful
"Reality TV" and you
Frankly, I also think "Reality TV" is a misnomer. There's no reality to it, except insofar as it is done by real people. They are all, however, edited for maximum ratings impact and therefore more caricatures of themselves in some regards. There are also all kinds of little contractual things that they never bring up on the show that skew things too. I've heard of people losing their jobs because of the secrecy agreements regarding their lengthy absences.
In today's climate, though, most of the climate regarding "the quiet ones" is linked to Columbine. Probably fits in with your seeming disconnect with the general populace. Keep in mind, however, this is not my personal opinion. It's what I think people think of you in general. First impressions and from the viewpoint of a random generic stranger.
Re: "Reality TV" and you
Re: "Reality TV" and you
misinformation.... mellow. *thud*