anything goes

for you, none; why would you sign up for more than one to begin with? this is for anyone who hasn’t signed up for multiple yet-another-indie-writing platforms and is looking for a federated write freely instance to join (considering write.as is closed for registration).

same. i have an art book of his stuff on my living room coffee table; it’s been there for years. i’ve got an old copy of the Sandman issue illustrated by him as well; Morpheus looks especially moody in Amano’s style.

regarding the Trump thing? favorably, IF it led to better outcomes, of course, and this is touched on in the piece too. the essay is pacifistic, however; it relies on the golden rule to say, “hey i might want trump dead but i’m not going to kill trump because i wouldn’t want someone to do that to me in the event that they wanted me dead and if more people adopted this outlook then we would be better off.” i was channeling some sort of naive peace-loving spirit when writing this, maybe. (i don’t actually believe the spirit thing lol, only trying to get a certain idea across.)

some people on the left have been joking about Trump dying for years but now they’re all “this sort of violence is unacceptable!” let’s not pretend we didn’t want this to happen on some level. i value being honest about one’s self and motivations. we can admit that we wouldn’t mind seeing Trump dead whilst simultaneously being like “but it might not be the best idea to kill Trump.” it’s important to note that Trump has made many many people feel threatened, and that if anyone should be charged for inciting Trump’s assassination, it should be Trump himself.

haha, thank you. yeah the electric car thing is a bit too specific, huh? i thought that too after reading it a few times.

nice essay! this is a community about writing, so there’s no need to apologize.

i feel like NOVA here is being a little inflammatory to rile up some sort of discussion, which attracts some unconstructive feedback but also some rather constructive feedback too (like your post). so, i appreciate you putting in the time to engage with this dumb DRAGON (i say this as affectionately as possible).

maybe the criticism comes down to a matter of moderation. yes, there is certainly a point where playing computer games is probably very much so very very like capital-S capital-B Super Bad; the hikkomori-likes, who play constantly and do not much else while nasty dishes and trash piles up around them, for example; however, if it were not computer games – it would be something else. it seems, however, that computer games have a propensity to get people hooked much easier than, say, reading books. BUT! to say all computer gaming is a waste of time really begs the question as to “well, what isn’t a waste of time?” and, in some cases (like you outlined) it can actually help people. a pinch of awareness is all one needs to determine if gaming is PERSONALLY bad for them AT THE MOMENT, and if you determine PERSONALLY that “maybe i should be focusing on my work instead of playing this computer game right now” then, AT THAT MOMENT, gaming is a bad choice. game later.

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not again.

this is going to devolve into nihilistic: “well what is there to waste if life is meaningless to begin with! we create our own meaning!” or the hedonistic: “if it makes me happy, then why not?!” or the semantic: “define wasting time.”

like it always does.

lol, someone did actually report this thread for “breaking commuinity rules,” but it wasn’t you.

(for the record, this breaks no rules.)

(disclaimer: the term “computer games” in this context means literally any video game; “computer games” is what grandma says when she tells you to “stop playing those damn computer games and go outside!”)

why are you doing this, NOVA?

that sounds interesting. weapon breaking may work better for strategy games, as an extra level of strategic consideration; but it seems to be less than well-received for action/adventure games.

FFX-2 was Square as well. It was developed by a Square team and released by Square in Japan, not SquareEnix. In fact, it was the last Square Final Fantasy game to be released. This is all easily verifiable on Wikipedia, as well.

The truth is that this was the direction they wanted to take the X universe, even had the same Director and everything.