Winter has finally come in Michigan, bringing snow, ice and some kind of virus that's making my joints ache and my lymph nodes swell. Lots of water, OJ and time in bed reading should do the trick, and I'm feeling better now than when I woke up.
What does it say about a person if they take a general argument as a personal attack? I was talking with an old friend last night about how I'm not going to be going out as much, among other things for the next 2-3 months, because just last week I had to spend 3k getting the entire front end of my car rebuilt. This led to a general lament of modern consumerism, and the disposability that seems to run rampant through Western culture. The impulse that makes people buy a new phone/car/computer just because it's new, not because its actually better than what they had before, or that there was something wrong with the old gadget. My friend took this as a personal attack, telling me later, by text that I 'left a sour taste in his mouth.' I'll admit to that, the problems I was discussing are bitter pills, but I'm not the one that made them that way. I'm used to feeling like I'm not doing enough, like things are generally fucked. I forget sometimes that other people worry about only those problems right in front of them, and will be contented when those immediate issues are resolved. I forget sometimes that I'm crazy.
Ugh, I have this problem with a friend all the time. I told her I thought The Fault in Our Stars is shit -- because it is -- and she took it so personally. Like, so personally that she has not talked to me since that conversation. It's FINE if you like it. Just because I think it was shit doesn't mean you have to stop enjoying it. It's hard for people to draw the line between "this was shit," and "I liked it." Pacific Rim, as a film, is basically very pretty garbage. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. You are not crazy, however. It's a common issue that people encounter, especially people who are generally reflective and thoughtful. It's especially weird because as a college student I figured people would be more open to discussing situations that don't affect them. But bubbles are nice and comfortable.
I don't share my opinion of too many things anymore - at least not negatively. Fault in Our Stars, popular music, whatever it may be I avoid sharing an opinion if I can because I'm tired of what happened to you happening. Plus I'm sick and tired of being called a hipster or having it be attributed to that by people that don't know what they're talking about.
I don't like this trend either "Wears glasses" - Hipster
"Tee Shirt" - Hipster
"Jeans" - Hipster
"Doesn't agree with a popular opinion" - Hipster
"Hipster" - "Hipster" It's the most boring lazy thing people try to use as a playful insult. I don't even know what a "hipster" is anymore since so many generic traits seem to be part of the whole "genre". You could easily replace "hipster" for "human" and not lose a thing.Plus I'm sick and tired of being called a hipster or having it be attributed to that by people that don't know what they're talking about.
I wish that was the case bruh. Non-crazy people have limits on their empathy. They don't think about the entropic death of the human species by greed daily. Non-crazy people worry about the problems immediately in front of them, about things they can actually change. I grew up thinking I would save the world. It's a hard thing to put behind me.You are not crazy, however.
Why do you think TFiOS is shit? I read it and honestly I don't really know what I think about it. I've never been really good at "judging" the quality of books. The time I spent reading it was enjoyable because it's a teenager book and it was easy compared to "One Hundred Years of Solitude" I'm trying to push through right now. But the harder books are often more rewarding. And I also quite like Jon Green as a person. I'm guessing that if I didn't I would have probably shrugged it off and forgotten about that book real fast. I dont know... curious to see what you think about it. Edit: oops, you were talking about the film? didn't really like the film personally. I found it pretty average but average hollywood movies are shit so yeah.
Both, actually. So I always make an effort to experiencing anything that people are either unapologetically talking shit about or praising like it's the coming of Jesus, before I give an opinion on it. I did it with Twilight, I did it with 50 Shades of Grey (though I only got through the first book), and I did it with TFiOS. I have a couple of problems with it. The first, right of the bat, is that I don't like the whole "sick-lit" genre as a whole. It's there. And it feels manipulative and crass, a sort of cash-in, easy to exploit attribute that tugs at a reader's heart strings. Screw that. The second is that d-bag with the fucking cigarette. He literally carries around a cigarette to espouse his existential life philosophy? I would hate that kid if I knew him. The worst part for me was the two making out in the Anne Frank memorial, and everyone starts clapping and shouting random European words of encouragement. I mean. Holy shit. I didn't know what to say when I saw that scene. It just felt so outlandish and insensitive. My last criticism isn't entirely TFiOS's fault, though. When I watched the movie with my sister and the credits came up, she got up off the couch, rolled her eyes at me, and scoffed, "White people." Granted, she's usually more eloquent than that, but it also sums up my feelings pretty well. In general we've become a bit more aware of what we see in movies and the like, and it's hard to connect to this shit. It's like that Nicolas Sparks picture: Just with more cancer added. It's hard to relate to pretty photogenic White people doing random shit with an added dose of forced sadness at this point. But that last one is really a personal problem, not something that can be leveled at TFiOS only, or even specifically.
I thought the cigarette thing was kinda on purpose. I mean, it's the kind of thing that reading as a teenager you would find "profound" and "cool" but cringe back on it when reading as an adult. You know, the same way I cringe at my "profoundness" as a 15 year old. I do agree about the Anne Frank memorial tho. I mean sure teenagers are the kind of inconsiderate pricks that would kiss in Anne Frank's house but the people clapping? I don't really buy it. I don't remember if that was in the book too or if it was only in the movie tho. In the end as an young adult book it's really not that bad. Especially when you compare it to shit like Twilight.