Quote of the Day! -- #1120AtNight #NoRegrets #JK #ImSoTiredTho--
Quote of the Day! -- #1120AtNight #NoRegrets #JK #ImSoTiredTho--
~Samantha the Legendary Narnian Avenger
Hey y'all!
Hey y'all! Like I said in my last post, I would still love to keep in contact with anyone who's willing through my personal accounts on other platforms. So, as promised, here are some of my social media links. (The first few are more active than the rest, but I do use all of them pretty consistently, even if I don't post that often.) Please feel free to follow me, and I'll follow you back if you don't look suspicious. :) (You can also +1 or comment your profile name in this post so I know who you are.) [removed] Anyway, to follow up on my previous post... I've been scrolling through tons of old G+ posts for the past few days and thinking a lot about this page, and I've come to this conclusion: I don't think I (or any of the other managers) will be actively trying to continue this page on another social media platform. I've looked around at options like MeWe, which I've been hearing a lot about, and it seems like a great site, but I don't thin...
Sometimes being ourselves is never an option because we are never given that option to begin with.
ReplyDeleteNot in my life. Definitely not in my life.
ReplyDeleteI mean, that everyone in my life always has an effect on me and won't allow me to be who I am. Because if i'm myself then I'd be damn alone and dead by now. Basically being me is never happening, I don't have the option of being myself without hurting other people.
ReplyDeleteJason Day I understand you are very excited about your point, but this amount of swearing isn't exactly promoted on this page... I agree with most of the stuff you've said, but there's no need to get so worked up.
ReplyDeleteJesal Bulsara I can see where you're coming from, too. Sometimes pretense is more like survival, and I can identify with this. I can't say it's very beneficial on long-term, though.
You make it sound simple but it really isn't. That fact remains I can't change it and I can't escape it. Being and fake and liar may be the reality of my life but it's better than being dead and alone. Besides, what's wrong with burying your face in literature, atleast i get to be a world where people are happy and stories are told about people who struggle.
ReplyDeleteI mean look at Harry Potter, boy lost everyone in his family and still got his happy ending. Or Katniss Everdeen who survived the rebellion she sparked just because she wants to live and protect her sister. It's stories like that which intrigue us, because in the reality of the situation we can't change our own but we escape into a world where "happily ever after" is a thing that exists.
Its cheesy but its a thing we do to escape reality, its what people with terrible lives do. Escape into a different world. That's practically normal in our day and age.
Edit: (Directed to Jason)
Jason Day It's actually quite easy to make your point without cussing... There are 10-year-old Percy Jackson fans following this page. Keep it down.
ReplyDeleteAngelina Wilde if that's the case, then fine.
ReplyDeleteJesal Bulsara I know what you mean. I've had difficulties in my life, as well. I got lucky, literally escaped them by moving to another country, then through middle/high school.
ReplyDeleteYou can get your own turning point somewhere down the road, as well, you just have to look for the opportunity. As you said, it's not easy. I wish it was.
Jesal Bulsara but that's the point: All these stories are about fortune and luck. Harry potter was the stereotypical adopted kid, i see hundreds of people like him, and with the release of that rubbish book, instead of making their lives more interesting and standing up for themselves, they rely on luck and some big feller with a beard to take them away. It's TERRIBLE what these pop cultured titles have done to society.
ReplyDeleteJason Day OK, just had to make sure you were aware of that... =) There is actually an unbelievably large age range here.
ReplyDeleteIf only it was...
ReplyDeleteAngelina Wilde there is in the ghetto too. Guess im just not used to it.
ReplyDeleteJason Day OK, here's a thing: after Hagrid and book 1, Harry Potter had to accomplish everything he did himself or with his friends, you can't say it's based on fortune alone... Plus, if you go into the stories of the other characters, those that actually influenced the plot and weren't just affected by it, it's pretty clear that they've all had to work for what they had. Dumbledore would be a prime example... Or Hermione Granger. She had it rough, but managed to keep on fighting.
ReplyDeleteJason Day Yeah, I guess... It's just more politically correct to play it clean, and avoid arguments with the page owners. =)
ReplyDeleteYeah, but with offset characters like that, it takes the actual good characters and throws them out the window. I used to read books by the dozen as a kid, and the more ive grown up, the more ive hated their concepts.
ReplyDeleteJason Day It might work differently for different people... I'd say that Harry is basically the structure of the book. The actual substance is in the people around him.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of books are you interested in now?.. I mean, I don't think you can just lay off books as an entertainment source completely, what you get is just a taste change...
Yes absolutely
ReplyDeleteJason Day We have a no swearing policy here and you totally broke it. Thanks for toning it down, but please know that If we see this kind of stuff again we'll have to block you.
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Jason Day Plus, this post never says not to be yourself. All it says is that you can also live through many other characters. It's not a huge philosophical statement....
ReplyDeleteAngelina Wilde I don't read anymore. I write.
ReplyDeleteJason Day i do both ;)
ReplyDeleteJason Day Wow, that's cool! I've tried myself, but I'm never sure if it's expressive enough. I'm sure yours is, though... You seem like that kind of person.
ReplyDeleteAngelina Wilde Yeah, but i dont write things about fantasy stories or other worldly things, so nobody would be interested.
ReplyDeleteJason Day Not necessarily... Fantasy does have a high level of popularity, but I'm pretty sure I'd be bored to death if I didn't alternate between genres.
ReplyDeleteAngelina Wilde I don't know about that.
ReplyDeleteJason Day I don't know, maybe that's just me. =)
ReplyDeletei agree i love my books
ReplyDeleteAngelina Wilde I tend to write about dark subjects
ReplyDeleteJason Day I see...
ReplyDeleteMaryam Sheikh You remind me of a quote I came across before, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons.
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