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Kutske                Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Greetings and salutations, one and all. You may call me Kutske. I have signed up to this board in hopes of making intelligent discussion and perhaps becoming involved in the Story Forum and Sim-Battle Arena. For all intents and purposes, I am it and not he or she. Why burden myself with the acknowledgement of a gender in the gender-neutral universe of text-on-a-screen? I should like to use this topic to give a brief outline of my beliefs, so that I can reference you to them in various debates, rather than having to repeat myself time and time again. That said, let us get started.
• I reject the concepts of good and evil, in favor of the concepts of the positive and the negative. Actions and only actions can be either positive or negative. The positive action is contributing somehow to a living being. The negative action is detrimental somehow to a living being. Most large-scale actions are both positive and negative, in varying degrees, because an action which brings happiness to some can simultaneously bring sadness to others. • The self is the most important thing there is, in my eyes. Concerning the self, one can be either stronghearted or weakhearted. To be stronghearted is to trust your own emotions, to be guided only by your own senses, and to live your life only by your own law. To be weakhearted is to mistrust your emotions, let anything besides your own senses guide you, and live by the law of another (be it the law of your country or the law of a religion). Truth can only be found in the self. • Responsibility is something I hold in high regard. To be responsible is to acknowledge that you control your own actions and words, and to accept whatever consequences they bring about. If one is to earn my respect, above all else, they must be responsible. The opposite of responsibility is irresponsibility. To be irresponsible is to shift the blame off oneself when an undesirable event that was caused by oneself takes place, and to lay false claims to praise when a desirable event that was caused by someone else takes place. • Honesty is almost equally highly regarded by me. To be honest is to remain true to ones ideals and beliefs in any company, never being swayn by outside forces. To be dishonest is to tell lies, to avoid truths and to decieve others. As I see it, any goal which can only be obtained through dishonesty is an unworthy pursuit, and any lie is inexcusable. It is true that lying can lead to positive outcomes, but I find it more noble to remain truthful and allow something negative to happen. • All acts in which one human being ends the life of another human being is, in my eyes, murder. That said, I do not believe that murder is inherently wrong, which may be a frightening suggestion to you, but bear with me for a moment. If one man greatly wrongs another, and in retaliation, he is slain, this is called murder and the killer is regarded lowly by society. If one man decides to wage war, and his soldiers kill enemy soldiers, the soldiers are regarded highly by society. If you agree that a common murderer is worse than a heroic soldier when both have done the exact same thing, then you acknowledge that murder is not always wrong. As for me, I hold the opposite to be true; when one man slays another due to personal injustices having been committed, this is acceptable to me. When one man slays another because he is a solider and was commanded to by a superior officer, this is unacceptable (and furthermore, weakhearted) to me. These beliefs may be considered backwards in this day and age, but what can I say? This is what I believe in. • I bear what my people call the mark of the clouds. In more widely-known terms, this is called healthy multiplicity (please read about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissasociative_Identity_Disorder#Healthy_multiplicity). Clouds can change shape, they can be light or dark, bear rain or snow, but in the end, they are always clouds. That is how I would describe myself. Bearing this in mind, I may offer contridicting viewpoints at various times. Do not see this as lying, changing my mind or going back on my word, this is simply an effect of my multiplicity. That is all for now. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Blue Falkon: I myself (aka Kutske) would like to be known as genderless. In the roleplaying forums, however, I'll utilize gendered characters, both male and female. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| What is religion? An organized set of beliefs and ceremonies. That said, it's quite possible to believe in things like the existence of a god and afterlife, without subscribing to a religion. I'm curious, do we have any such people here? If so, would you please describe for us your personal spiritual beliefs? | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Blue Falkon: No prob. And sorry about the red, but I adore it. Try adjusting the tint of your monitor. I've noticed that between my two computers, shades of colors are wildly different in intensity. Oh, and look at your post and the one of mine you quoted; notice the mean face in the quote? Try editing, and disabling smilies -- see what happens. | |||
Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Anime, cartoons...do you recognize the existence of a third "species" of animation? I do, and I call it hybrid animation; that which combines the techniques, traditions and styles of Japanese and American animation. Big O is probably the most well-known example, but I'd also consider Avatar: The Last Airbender to be a hybrid. I personally don't consider Teen Titans or HiHi Puffy Amiyumi to be hybrid, they're almost purely American-style which merely use the exaggerated facial exp So what do you think? Does hybrid animation really exist, or am I just makin' things up. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Wait, you're saying designers are in demand? My greatest frustration in life is that nobody wants an idea person (which is what I am), everyone wants hard, calculable skills such as graphics design, programming and such. All throughout school I was never the math kid or the artist kid or the music kid, I was always the idea kid, and nobody wanted the idea kid on their science team because the idea kid had no "real" skills. The gaming industry seems to mirror that perfectly, as far as I see it. It's easier to become an a-list celebrity than it is to get into game design, from what I've seen and experienced.
So what kind of volunteer work do you do in the game industry? What companies have you worked for? Worked on any games I'd know? |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| The term "religion" has come to refer specifically to organized belief systems shared by a group of people. The main thing that seperates religion from merely believing in the divine, is that religious practices involve rituals, rites and other ceremonies. Also, if someone decides for themself what they think the end result is for our bodies and minds, and they don't give a formalized name to their beliefs, and they don't try and get anyone else to emulate their beliefs, then that isn't a religion, even though it is a spiritual belief. I've often heard people say, "I'm not religious, but I am spiritual." So there is indeed a difference, I don't think that everyone has a religion (atheism and agnosticism come to mind).
Wicca is a religion, it contains esoteric knowledge which it's followers adhere to and hold as truth, just like all other religions. I'm looking for those who would not identify with an established religion. Cults don't count either, since those also contain formalized beliefs. The key is just that; formalized belief systems. I'm looking for those who lack such things, but still believe in something spiritual. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Please, I don't want any debates started. It's fine if you don't like religion; a) that's not what this topic is about and b) I really don't want a fight started. Let's try to keep focus and stay on-topic. | |||
Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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Bookworm: I have to disagree with most of your on the meaning of religion. I see atheism as religions, because it's belief structure is usually based on the non-exsistance of a God/s, or not the 'absolute' belief of non-absolutes (they contradict themselves all the time). The problem is, there is no Atheist Doctrine. If you ask one person what atheism is, they could have wildly different beliefs than another person who identifies as atheist, where as with religion, it's all pretty much the same between members, with only minor greviances on special issues (abortion, gun control, homosexuality). There is a world of difference between religion and faith, the former being an organized system of beliefs, the latter being person conviction learned from personal experiences, not read in a book or heard from a preacher. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| This "urban ninjaing" began in England, where it is called yamikaze or street running (the latter being the more popular term in America). You'd be amazed what the human body can withstand. In 1996 when I first played Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I determined to jump off the first-story roof of my house. Navi had me convinced that I could "reduce damage by holding forward on the control stick and rolling on impact." It was actually surprisingly easy, I think we humans have some sort of instinctive ability to pull off these monkey-like feats of agility and grace. Just like we mangae to lift cars off the ground to save our children in dire circumstances, if you fling yourself off a building, instinct and adrenaline kicks in to save you.
Of course, a limber body and practice helps as well, but cool people don't try, they do. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| The disable smileys option is especially useful. You couldn't bold: something followed by a colon, it'd make the angry face. Problem solved, now. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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Clockwork: There is no Eclectic Wiccan doctrine either, especially for the solitart, like myself. That section of Wiccan; It is not preached, it is self taught, thus rendering your prior point invalid. Or it means that that particular section of Wicca isn't truly a religion by strict definition, and it only has a name so that like-minded people can form a social circle and put on their various and personal styles of wizard hats and robes. Sorry, I had to say it. Mr. Z: Do I have to whip out my gigantic philosophy books to simultaneously prove and disprove the existence of God, or the concept wherein? *rolls up newspaper and hits you with it* Quoth the...me. Please, I don't want any debates started. It's fine if you don't like religion; a) that's not what this topic is about and b) I really don't want a fight started. Let's try to keep focus and stay on-topic. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| I call it "bad html;" no alt text.
Mr. Z: I'd honestly like to see Lent get commercialized. It'd be sacreligiously funny. Coming this summer, Hillary Duff's "The Diary of Anne Frank." Alastor the Stylish: You say Christmas, I say X-Mas. And that thing is an X-Mas tree. Do you mean pronounced "exmiss?" Same here, but you're wrong; exmas trees are palm trees, remember? |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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Blue Falkon: I lived in Barrie Ontario, which is near Toronto by about 40 minutes. Can I assume that the videogaming industry hotspot of Canada is in Ontario? It's in Washington State here in the lower-fourty-eight. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| "Look" at this 'sentance.'
Those are double-primes and primes respectively. Why with the slashes? It's not just the specific layout I'm using, it's obviously something in the board code. I'm really curious as to what causes this. Any idea? What about you, Mr. X? |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| Strange, the slashes only appear in my posts...but the odd thing is, I have layouts disabled, so it couldn't be my layout. It's not my browser, either. The slashes only appear in my posts, I can see your apostrophes just fine.
Wait...am I going mad? Are there really slashes in my post or am I that far gone? No, it must be an error. Whenever I try hotlinking (with the a href tags) the site the link connects to is http://board.acmlm.org/%5C%22http://whateverwebsiteiposted.com/\%22 Note that the hotlinking tags use double primes. Also, I "disable smilies" on every post, but if that was causing the problem, then I shouldn't be the only one seeing the slashes. ... Okay, this is going to sound...strange and without merit, but all of a sudden, as I've gone to preview this message for a second time, the slashes are gone and the hotlinking is fine. Not two minutes ago I posted a topic in General Chat about Pat Morita's death and it had the slashes and hotlinking problems, and now this post is fine, both in preview and in practice. What's going on here...? Was I really imagining things? Or is this the speedy-quick handiwork of Mr. X? |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| From my understanding, Mr. Z, off-topic posting is still unacceptable, even in the World Affairs/Debate forum. I ask a question, "If you are spiritual, but not religious, what do you believe in?" "Religion is dumb" is simply not an acceptable nor helpful reply to that question, in my eyes. If I'm wrong, tell me so and I'll duly note this for future reference, but that was my understanding of things. | |||
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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emcee: The entire Middle East didn't attack us. Sure it is; a part of something represents the whole of something, obviously. Otherwise the landmark Scientology V. The Internet would have never taken place. |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| (Could a moderator please delete this topic for me. I don't pay much attention to the TV, etc. board and there is already a topic about this there. Thank you.)
Edit: Uua haa haa; one second of difference between our posts. (edited by Kutske on 11-27-05 03:34 AM) |
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Kutske Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6643 days Last view: 6643 days |
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| No, max, I actually saw it in the topic, too. I don't see them anymore, though, so I guess there's no longer a problem. Maybe someone else with access to the board code changed something...or maybe I really was just seeing things. Either way, unless they come back, I guess the case is closed. Either that...or it's become an x-file...
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