Syd Midnight posted:

Can't be, because when you combine them you get solid gold, not explosions (aside from the ZP guy quitting and leaving forever).







though sometimes combining the zen pencil guy's own words with his comic can be good too

Syd Midnight posted:

Can't be, because when you combine them you get solid gold, not explosions (aside from the ZP guy quitting and leaving forever).







though sometimes combining the zen pencil guy's own words with his comic can be good too

Syd Midnight posted:

Can't be, because when you combine them you get solid gold, not explosions (aside from the ZP guy quitting and leaving forever).







though sometimes combining the zen pencil guy's own words with his comic can be good too

Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:

People who enjoy sharing and consuming all that sort of "inspirational" stuff like Zen Pencils usually seem oddly brittle to me. Like they're effusive and friendly and positive but also ready to snap at any time. Also beyond the sometimes poorly sourced quotes from famous people they often seem to have this really dark view of human nature.

The Moon Monster posted:

Honestly they're more likely to blow up at you because trying to destroy someone's worldview because they shared a lovely webcomic with you is a bizarrely antisocial thing to do. I mean I find that "inspirational" glurge as annoying as anyone, but this last page of people saying "Chicken Soup for the Soul eh? They must lead hollow, fearful lives" is some real eyerolly neckbeard-Confucius type crap.

The Moon Monster posted:

Honestly they're more likely to blow up at you because trying to destroy someone's worldview because they shared a lovely webcomic with you is a bizarrely antisocial thing to do. I mean I find that "inspirational" glurge as annoying as anyone, but this last page of people saying "Chicken Soup for the Soul eh? They must lead hollow, fearful lives" is some real eyerolly neckbeard-Confucius type crap.

The Moon Monster posted:

Honestly they're more likely to blow up at you because trying to destroy someone's worldview because they shared a lovely webcomic with you is a bizarrely antisocial thing to do. I mean I find that "inspirational" glurge as annoying as anyone, but this last page of people saying "Chicken Soup for the Soul eh? They must lead hollow, fearful lives" is some real eyerolly neckbeard-Confucius type crap.

ultrafilter posted:

Zzulu posted:

I disliked Justice League and I disliked Batman vs Superman, quite a lot actually,

But I did like Man of Steel. It was pretty solid in my opinion

Arrhythmia posted:

Interesting. Thank you very much for sharing your opinion on Justice League et al. Please keep us updated if you watch any more DC films.

Fools Infinite posted:

Nessus posted:

I think that sometimes people respond to glurge-rear end stuff like this by striving to be anti-glurge, and the thing is that if you're defining yourself by NOT being something, you're still using it as your self-definition. Like it's a question of intensity. "lmao what the gently caress" or "that's pretty sad' is one thing, "this literally hurt me" is another.

There are brittle-rear end weirdos in all nooks and crannies. They may be more or less common in some vs. the others, but any social group with a size greater than 1 is going to have weirdos in it. The solution is to accept you're the weirdo.

Tree Bucket posted:

Nessus posted:

I think that sometimes people respond to glurge-rear end stuff like this by striving to be anti-glurge, and the thing is that if you're defining yourself by NOT being something, you're still using it as your self-definition. Like it's a question of intensity. "lmao what the gently caress" or "that's pretty sad' is one thing, "this literally hurt me" is another.

There are brittle-rear end weirdos in all nooks and crannies. They may be more or less common in some vs. the others, but any social group with a size greater than 1 is going to have weirdos in it. The solution is to accept you're the weirdo.

Ziv Zulander posted:

Ziv Zulander posted:

One of the people I take care of at work has a sister in law that's relentlessly positive and upbeat. I've never met her but I've talked with her on the phone a few times. The other night I took a phone call from her. I forget exactly but it went something like "Hi, this is [name]. I have a message that I want you to pass on to [other name]. Actually, it's the same message as before, but that's okay, because it's new every time I say it. I want you to tell her that I love her very much, and that god loves her very much. Please tell her good night, and that I am so thankful she is in my life, and that she's the best sister I could ever have."

Some people just gotta be like that. Her message was, in fact, the exact same as the last time she asked me to pass it along

Nessus posted:

I think that sometimes people respond to glurge-rear end stuff like this by striving to be anti-glurge, and the thing is that if you're defining yourself by NOT being something, you're still using it as your self-definition. Like it's a question of intensity. "lmao what the gently caress" or "that's pretty sad' is one thing, "this literally hurt me" is another.

There are brittle-rear end weirdos in all nooks and crannies. They may be more or less common in some vs. the others, but any social group with a size greater than 1 is going to have weirdos in it. The solution is to accept you're the weirdo.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

This is kinda why the big thing in online culture is sincerity nowadays, for better or worse. Glurge is basically defined as 'toxic positivity', which easily becomes just as bad as negativity.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

It's pretty telling that the term was created by the snopes.com online community whose entire reason for existing was pretty much an embodiment of that xkcd "Someone is wrong on the interrnet!" strip and was chock full of smug brittle knowitalls.
I used to post on their forums quite a lot back in the day but eventually drifted away when it became clear that a lot of them weren't really concerned about finding the rights answers via research and discussion, only in proving that the answers they're already arrived at were the right ones. Pretty much the opposite of what I thought the group would stand for.
Mrs Snopes used to keep the forums in check while Mr Snopes ran the website side of things but when they separated the forums were pretty much left to their own devices and got even worse.

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

It's pretty telling that the term was created by the snopes.com online community whose entire reason for existing was pretty much an embodiment of that xkcd "Someone is wrong on the interrnet!" strip and was chock full of smug brittle knowitalls.
I used to post on their forums quite a lot back in the day but eventually drifted away when it became clear that a lot of them weren't really concerned about finding the rights answers via research and discussion, only in proving that the answers they're already arrived at were the right ones. Pretty much the opposite of what I thought the group would stand for.
Mrs Snopes used to keep the forums in check while Mr Snopes ran the website side of things but when they separated the forums were pretty much left to their own devices and got even worse.

ChubbyChecker posted:

it's sad to see what happens to sites with bad owners and mods

Tree Bucket posted:

Fools Infinite posted:

'Is this what you wanted,' said Beartato, gyrating wildly to the beat, sweat pouring down his giant goofy face. 'Is it worth it to you?' Reginald's macarena slowed visibly as he considered the question. Then he jumped into the air, clapping and turning a quarter-turn to the left: 'Yes, Beartato. Yes it is.'

Ziv Zulander posted: