Skulloco
Loosing blood... gimme yours!
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Cosmo
Does Not Know Kung-fu
No, I don't really go on Discord often and what Discords I join tend to be because I have to. I'm not particularly active on any, don't read them, etc.
Ashy_OCdesigns
One Thousand Club
same
Macintot
WeeWoo
Not that I can remember. 90% of my Discord usage is for D&D games with small groups of people I know in real life.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
What's one shameless movie role you can think of that the actor simply took for the money?
What's one shameless movie role you can think of that the actor simply took for the money?
Macintot
WeeWoo
I guess most of them, probably? I mean, acting's a job like everything else, and all but the most successful actors need to keep taking jobs so they don't starve or become homeless. You can't refuse jobs that you're not "feeling" if you need to feed your kids.
Cosmo
Does Not Know Kung-fu
Any Bruce Willis job in like the last decade.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
Will people ever be tolerant of other people's opinions?
Will people ever be tolerant of other people's opinions?
Onmyoji
HanGuang-Jun
If we consider all people in the world, probably not.
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
The difficult part is a certain paradox (I forget the exact name of it) wherein the universal support of freedom or tolerance requires applying those things to those who are against them as well. Freedom of speech requires that those who are against freedom of speech are themselves allowed to speak freely as well - and tolerance requires the tolerance of the intolerant as well. In either case, either by political pressure or the actions of individuals, this leads to a result where it's never fundamentally possible to have full tolerance or full freedom.
I still believe it is a good thing to strive for these things in a manner aligned with one's principles though.
I still believe it is a good thing to strive for these things in a manner aligned with one's principles though.
Ashy_OCdesigns
One Thousand Club
maybe not
Macintot
WeeWoo
I think there will always be holdouts who won't respect others. Besides, some opinions shouldn't be tolerated. If someone says that certain people deserve to die based on their race, religion, or sexuality, am I supposed to just be okay with that? And if it's okay for someone to have an opinion, then it stands that it must be to act on those opinions. And just like that, we're defending ISIS because, "they're just doing what they think is right."
Cosmo
Does Not Know Kung-fu
People are not a homogenous group, so no, they will never have anything that remotely resembles a unified opinion. This is a world filled with flat earthers, people who dislike ice cream and the like. Never going to have any issue, ever, that every person agrees with. So no, there will never be a day where all people are tolerant of other people's views.
That said, also really depends on what you consider to be 'tolerance'. Is tolerance thinking everyone's views have validity and are equal? Or is tolerance just the act of allowing people, even those you disagree with vehemently, to be able to voice their opinions? Because depending on what you see as tolerance, I am either the most tolerant person ever, or an intolerant mofo.
That said, also really depends on what you consider to be 'tolerance'. Is tolerance thinking everyone's views have validity and are equal? Or is tolerance just the act of allowing people, even those you disagree with vehemently, to be able to voice their opinions? Because depending on what you see as tolerance, I am either the most tolerant person ever, or an intolerant mofo.
Jannah
Barely holding on.
I feel this way about Robert Pattinson's role in the "Twilight" series tbh. His acting there is not good. It's way better in everything else I've seen him in.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
Why are some of the dumbest characters in fictional media also some of the purest?
Why are some of the dumbest characters in fictional media also some of the purest?
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
I mean the concept is as old as Adam and Eve. Knowledge of the world implies, at some point, the awareness of the evil in it, of evil things, and of the evil you can do. If you lack knowledge of those things, well it's like being a child, untainted by that knowledge.
Another reason, at least in fiction, is that "low intelligence" things tend to be come together -children, animals, the really dumb- like a natural impulse to get along. It's kind of a trope really, though I also believe it has to do with what is above- they simply lack awareness of this idea of using those bond against one another or of the potential ulterior motives. This association with children and animals, in turn, has a tendency to portray a character as purer as well.
Of course, the environment around oneself can in practice make that evil come a lot more to the surface but writers tend to prefer to focus on side of things where one simply unable to comprehend the subtleties of evil is purer.
Another reason, at least in fiction, is that "low intelligence" things tend to be come together -children, animals, the really dumb- like a natural impulse to get along. It's kind of a trope really, though I also believe it has to do with what is above- they simply lack awareness of this idea of using those bond against one another or of the potential ulterior motives. This association with children and animals, in turn, has a tendency to portray a character as purer as well.
Of course, the environment around oneself can in practice make that evil come a lot more to the surface but writers tend to prefer to focus on side of things where one simply unable to comprehend the subtleties of evil is purer.
I wouldn't say a shameless role but it seemed like Harrison Ford in The Force clearly didn't want to be in the movie and plus he has been talking about for years his dislike of Star Wars so just seems like it was a cash grab.
Jannah
Barely holding on.
Could have also been that he was doing a favour for his fans. Some celebrities will do something if it makes their fans happy.
Maybe. That's just my observation. I'm not even a fan of Star Wars like that.
Cosmo
Does Not Know Kung-fu
Idea kinda knocked this one out of the park. Ignorance is bliss, knowledge invites misery, the more you know, the more you know what you don't have, etcetera.
Skulloco
Loosing blood... gimme yours!
Caboose.
If you know you know.
If you know you know.
AlexneushoornTheGreat
Steve Rhino
Random question of the day:
Do you hate it when you have an idea for something and it gets shot down because too many people have a problem with it?
Do you hate it when you have an idea for something and it gets shot down because too many people have a problem with it?
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
I mean... I guess? Like as much as anyone hates having their ideas shot down in general... but of course one realizes there's a big difference between an idea being shot down due to peer pressure or just for being unusual, which is quite annoying, and something being shot down because it's a group vote and we're collectively picking something or something gets shot down because there is a legitimate problem with it that I missed and others could see, which are more justified situations.
