JOURNAL: UncleMilo (Jonathan Osborne)

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  • Why do I bother 2003-01-24 15:19:03 After a long stay from the forums, I decided to take a look at what was happening.

    I saw that there were continued arguments about spam.

    I saw that people were still asking why others hated DBZ

    I saw a forum topic about why blonde men in anime are gay... (with a side note that the theory was shot down almost instantly)

    and

    some people who didn't even NOTICE the star fade in the last Episode of Cowboy Bebop and are now bewildered like they had made some incredible discovery.


    I thought the forums were bad when I left...
    It just seems to have decended into utter stupidity...

    but what can you expect when we live in a nation that glorifies stupidity and has a hatred for intelligence.

    We have insults like
    "What? You a college boy or something?"
    "Don't you get smart with me!"

    and of course... people love to blame the thing they don't understand for their inability to understand it.

    They also like to call people who do know something as being arrogant or acting superior....

    How depressing.

    -Uncle Milo 
  • Some People just don't want to think 2002-12-07 03:31:09 I tell you...

    I just saw Solaris...

    Sooooolaaaaarissss... whoa-ohh-oh....


    OK...
    I heard a lot of people rank on this movie, saying it was boring and stupid.

    I saw it anyway and found it to be a very interesting and well-acted movie. I was a little off-set by the over-done Kuberick directorial style... but I got over that.

    I'm just tired of people who don't like to think, or are lazy thinkers, or are just stupid...

    I mean... Evangelion, The Hakkenden, Lain and BoogiePop Phantom are some anime titles that require a lot of thinking, a lot of discussion and require analysis yto work out what's going on.

    I still know there is a LOT of Lain and BoogiePop I haven't worked out yet... (of course, I only saw BoogiePop once)

    and I like to discuss things with people...

    but when people adamently argue points of which they have NO reasoning behind (save that they probably read it somewhere) are just impossible to talk to... and I just don't like to waste my time with people like that.

    I mean... there's discussion and then there's just stupidity.

    Evangelion is the most talked about anime, because unlike some of the other anime shows that require brainpower, Evangelion lulls people in (as they have done in other shows they made) with a show that seems like a simple action title and then pull you in...

    There are WAY too many people who are trying to defend arguments of Evangelion interpretations with NO FACTS to back up their argument.

    I have had the good fortune of
    1) Having studied film (having adegree from Emerson College)
    2) Having had some study in Psychology and Philosophy
    3) Having had a chance to learn information about the creator of the show, which helped explain a few points in the show
    4) Knowing my friend Taliesin, who has done more study on the Khaballa than anyone I've ever met
    and
    5) Having had the chance to watch the show with my good friend, Brian.

    Brian and I talked about each tape (2 eps a tape) and we would discuss the tapes for 1 to 3 hours and we discussed the last 2 eps for over 6 hours right after our first viewing... and we batted ideas back and forth...

    I just get very frustrated when I hear people with no brains argue ideas they probably didn't even reach on their own and just being idiots.

    I mean... I don't know all the answers and I won't claim to... but at least I have reasoned out all my arguments and have a reason for saying and thinking everything I have done... and I did all the work myself.

    Idiots can be idiots and insist at the top of their lungs that their empty and useless thoughts are true... but that won't make it true.

    After all... look at the number of people who thought Titanic WAS a good movie....

    Need I say more?

    I just refuse to get into a debate with idiots anymore. 
  • Under siege by idiots 2002-12-03 14:13:31 When will I ever learn?

    I keep trying to get away from the message boards...
    and then I am lulled in by intelligent people who are having a quality discussion

    but as always

    the idiots come marching in.

    Idiots who have no understanding of half of what they need to know to even participate in the discussion... but man do they like to flaunt their ignorance.

    I once again react with utter contempt for people this ignorant.

    I am always upset with myself that I don't know enough... and they are upset that I know as much as I do.

    People always want to put in minimal effort and then act like they should get maximum respect for their tiny efforts.

    Sadly, my resolve will fade and I will slip into another discussion and once again deal with idiots.

    Grumble. 
  • Me 2002-11-26 03:26:07 I got an internet contact from an ex-girlfriend... one that ruined my life 12 years ago.

    The damage she did was so complete that I am still troubled by what happend over a decade later.

    Now she is apologizing for it. She contacted me to tell me she was sorry for what she did and regrets it terribly.

    I don't know what good this does.

    The logical side of my brain tells me to except the apology. To realize that 12 years is a lot of time and that she is probably a different person... and to take the time to find me and apologize is nothing to be lightly ignored. Forgiving her and accepting her apology would certainly help me overcome one of the worst obstacles in my life.

    However, the emotional side of me wants to scream and yell and unleash 12 years of pent up anger anfd fury in a torrent of deity-like hostility... shaking the heavens and shattering the earth.

    Still... I am taking the opportunity that has been handed to me and I am trying to see if I can help heal my wounds by trying to open communications with this woman. I am going to hope that I can overcome my own anger and rage and find a way to accept her apology and forgive her for what she has done to me.

    It's not an easy thing... but if I ignore it... or just act with anger... it will be an opportunity lost.

    I can only hope that I do this correctly and overcome this darkness without fucking up.

    -Uncle Milo 
  • For those who need to know... 2002-11-22 06:12:08 Liberal

    1) of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts.

    2) generous, bountiful

    3) not literal

    4) not narrow in opinion or judgement: tolerant

    5) not conservative


    Note that the words evil, bad, or unpatriotic are lacking in these defenitions. I'm tired of Republican representatives bandying this word about like it was an insult or a negative quality.

    Just today, I met someone who actually thought that liberalism and facism went hand in hand... can people really be this stupid?

    *Sigh* 
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