Notices by Ace. O Jade (nahff), page 10
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@metaltao IT'S NOT ENOUGH. !a3 http://rainbowdash.net/url/771700
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I needs more art! !a3 http://rainbowdash.net/url/771696
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@loveydoe I dunno. I managed to change my own mind a few times throughout that argument, I'm sure you could've done it.
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@metaltao Wow, that picture is freaking deep. I'm fine.
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@nahff But I appreciate the sentiment and return the compliment. :3 http://rainbowdash.net/url/771691
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@loveydoe Well, it's much more complicated than that, and requires subscription to multiverse theory and understanding of various existential crises to figure out my viewpoint. It actually boils down to *pleasure & entertainment > all else* however.
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@loveydoe Please. I have spent like an hour typing all this crap that I barely even conform to. While I honestly don't believe in romantic love, I honestly couldn't tell you why and everything I've typed is actually me taking this opportunity to spitball to try and figure it out. I actually have no reason to believe my side of the argument is any more valid than yours. So have a filly Luna. http://rainbowdash.net/url/771689
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@rarity Completely true; however, tying sexual pleasure in with romantic love is fundamentally incorrect; they are not synonymous, nor really related. The former is a natural feature of the human body that serves as encouragement for reproduction, while the latter is a concoction of the human mind that in the most practical scenario ultimately inhibits it.
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@loveydoe Here's a simple way of putting things: we've gotta survive before we can thrive, but just because we're thriving does not mean we should stop surviving. I believe romantic love ultimately inhibits the surviving part more than it should to be considered practical.
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@loveydoe The population, should it need reduction, should do so through natural selection (the mere inclusion of that phrase will draw anti-Darwinists in hordes, so prepare your fortifications) so as to further strengthen the race as opposed to slowing down the birth rate; the former method arguably strengthens the race while the latter method typically keeps it at relatively the same level. Your proposed argument of the importance of pleasure isn't incorrect, however I believe pleasure should be viewed as more of a reward than a necessity; as per being the most dominant race on our planet with advanced cognitive capabilities, we've advanced our society to the point of where we can allow ourselves some pleasure. While this is most certainly not a bad thing, we shouldn't let it distract us from advancing our race further.
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It annoys me that every primary and secondary color is represented in the Mane 6 as a main part of a character's color scheme except for red and green. The only representation they get are single streaks on Rainbow Dash's mane.
Wednesday, 30-Jul-14 20:46:24 UTC from web -
@doodleshy Would you mind if I asked if we could see some of your artwork?
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@nahff Because it is ultimately less vital to the survival of any given race for its members to be happy than it is for them to reproduce, happiness should be sought elsewhere while the primary focus of relationships should be reproduction.
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@nahff Either or both people get it in their heads the other person is a "lifelong" partner, when actually practically and biology would prefer to have both people find other people to reproduce with, to accomplish more reproduction and increase to gene pool (the obvious exception being people with genetic disabilities). Of course, behavior of this nature is typically unacceptable socially and therefor has another barrier, but that's a different discussion. My ultimate point here is, the concept/illusion of romantic love is an impractical basis for a relationship because it encourages relationships to be less productive than they could be.
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@loveydoe It's not so much a matter of happiness as it is a matter of impracticality at that point. *I'm going to use homosexuality as an example to elaborate an important concept to understand for this discussion, I'll return to your question momentarily. From a practical standpoint I don't support homosexual couples. Socially I have no problem with them, but practically, I cannot support them because biologically they cannot accomplish the single most important goal of mating; reproduction. Being in a homosexual relationship, biologically speaking, wastes two people worth of genes to continue the human race. My point is, the practical point of relationships is to reproduce.* Now, back to your question. Romantic love, while it might initially appear to stimulate a relationship and advance 2 people towards this goal, ultimately distracts from reproduction in the long run, because it blinds either or both of the people to other reproductive opportunities. (Continued next post for space)
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@loveydoe While it may matter to the people who experience it, I believe they are mistaken about what they are actually experiencing. Again, it is a concept concocted by the human mind; a deception, if you will, to quell some other problem, typically loneliness or a need for self-assurance. While they may believe they are experiencing love, they are actually fooling themselves by trying to make themselves happier. While this in itself may not seem pointless, let me remind you it is a substitution for happiness put in place by a lack thereof; romantics would be better off solving their own problems and gaining happiness through themselves instead of relying on others and deception to gain it.
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One more piece of artwork before I leave. If you've been following myself and MetalTao you've probably seen this, as this is a repost of a piece he gave me. !a3 http://rainbowdash.net/url/771680
Wednesday, 30-Jul-14 20:11:07 UTC from web -
Have some art. !a3 http://rainbowdash.net/url/771679
Wednesday, 30-Jul-14 19:52:13 UTC from web -
@mushi You could adopt my viewpoint of *romantic love being a pointless and impractical concoction of the human mind with no credibility or foundation behind it* and then you'd be able to dismiss it as nonsense.
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"Nonexistence" is technically an abstract concept, which technically means it exists. Therefore the existence of the concept "Omnipresent Nonexistence" disproves itself an infinite amount of times over, correct?
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@broniebrown Episodes in which I believe the perfect amount of Spike was present, assuming the fact that some amount of Spike has to be present: Party of One; For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils; any episode with less Spike in it.
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Maintaining a state of being comfortable actually has nothing to do with being aware of the presence of comfort and is instead completely reliant on being unaware of the presence of discomfort.
Wednesday, 30-Jul-14 17:20:00 UTC from web -
@broniebrown Agreed. I'd like to give Spike the boot too, but there's normally disagreement about that.
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@scoot There are too many reasons why I have this picture saved to my hard drive. http://rainbowdash.net/url/771652
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@scoot But knowing the answer would be one of the few ways to prevent the insanity, would it not?
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@scoot But if I were to go insane, how would I know that my perception of the world caused by insanity is not actually more accurate than my previous "sane" perception of the world?
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How do any of us legitimately know that we are actually accurately perceiving anything that occurs around us?
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Doing this someday is on my bucket list. http://rainbowdash.net/url/771649
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@thewaifutyphoon Thanks! Have a Pinkie Pie. http://rainbowdash.net/url/771648
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@thewaifutyphoon OH HEY, you're online. Hey, is it possible for you to go and change my !RDN application? As indecisive as I am (if you knew me, I change my mind on everything on a daily basis) I decided I don't mind the NSFW stuff, so I was wondering if you could raise the age on my application.
