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Are people sheep in today's society? I think humans, as a species, are social animals by nature, and while maybe calling people sheep can sound deregatory, that's basically how we act. We more or less have a flock mentality. So it's not necessarily just in today's society, I think we have always been like this and it's not today's society that has made us like this, it's this trait about us that has shaped today's society. Did people stop thinking at some point because they want to live like everybody else? Wait, how does wanting to live like someone else make people stop thinking for themselves? I mean, even if we are sheep to some degree and idolize others and look to them for solutions and inspiration, that does not stop us from having our own ideas. After all, most of us are still unique individuals and have our own thought patters even if we borrow some from others. As I mentioned in the last question, we are flock animals by nature, but that does not mean we have stopped thinking for ourselves. How much propaganda is there really out there? Depends on what you mean by propaganda. If you mean subliminal messages designed to control us, I think it's everywhere, every day. We are controlled by media to buy stuff we don't need, to believe things that might be not be true, and so on. Are we aware of propaganda? I think most of us are but since we are so accustomed to being controlled we don't oppose it. I think to some degree we are all victims of the media's commercialism and some of us even embrace it. If not, is there ways to resist it? Simply don't buy everything you see and don't believe everything you hear. I think the simplest way to remain opposed to propaganda is to just use common sense and logic and think for yourself. I don't think we have lost the ability to think for ourselves, and a lot of people I meet actually are very critical to media. I'd say we are more critical now than, let's say, in the 50's. Are the talented and fine arts suffering from commercialized and privatized arts? Well, obviously what is getting the most exposure is what most people are going to see. I don't think necessarily commercialized art is bad, the only thing is that it gets the most exposure. But if I buy an album, for instance, by a very obscure band that never sold much because of low exposure, undoubtedly I will have a very special relationship to that band, compared to buying a hiphop album I heard on MTV which pretty much everyone knows. What is the future Pop Culture? I think eventually pop culture will expand to become more personal and democratic instead of focusing on the "stars". You're already seeing this trend in reality shows where pretty much anyone can become a star on TV, like American Idol and with the advent of user content on websites like YouTube and MySpace. Eventually pop culture will include all of us. Who is behind Pop Culture? I think in the end, we are. We are the consumers, and without consumers, pop culture would not exist. We have definitely created it and as an effect, it has shaped our society.
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New Valve IP? New Valve creepy IP if you ask me.
Alyxx Thorne replied to Julie's topic in Valve Games / Valve Stuff
Fine. Ignore me for not conforming to your pink rules. -
One day a small unassuming orb decided to make his way to the bar at town's finest catwalk owned by Chinese people, who had glorious leader. Suddenly, a big nasty oval fell out of a mob spawner floating ominously above two crazy sluts in a car who just started to play Portal. The Chinese leader took a giant dump into the big mouth of a nearby dragon. He then sang like a tonedeaf cheesecake while hanging from the legs of small ornate brusselsprout in a tightly packed basket. After the dinner of the dragon and Chinese leader, they all swam to an island made of turtles connected by poop. The unassuming orb
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Faithless, quite ironically, also make very spiritual music at times.
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"Lunch Is In The Air"
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I THINK that was a joke. Maybe not funny, but a joke.
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Evolution vs. Creation being taught in schools
Alyxx Thorne replied to BTGBullseye's topic in Serious Topic Discussion
Nein, ve live to continue ze survival of our species. Yes but why do we die? Because we live. If you were never born in the first place you'd never die. You'd be immortal. -
Here, take this companion cube. It relieves the feeling of loneliness.
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Not random enough.
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I like poop... and I don't know how to say that without sounding sick.
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The worst machimina you've seen.
Alyxx Thorne replied to superjchamma's topic in Machinima in general
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Which game is he from?
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Lava is lethal.
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Then I haven't seen it.
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Sounds like something from 4chan.
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I know it's gonna come out eventually, so I'm just gonna be patient and not bother speculating too much. It's most likely gonna be an awesome game. Valve pretty much releases at least something each year.
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Depeche Mode is a great example of an artsy pop group who often uses religion, especially Christianity, as an inspiration for lyrics. Most of their songs focus on lust and perversion in a quite fascinating way.
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One day a small unassuming orb decided to make his way to the bar at town's finest catwalk owned by Chinese people, who had glorious leader. Suddenly, a big nasty oval fell out of a mob spawner floating ominously above two crazy sluts in a car who just started to play Portal. The Chinese leader took a giant dump into the big mouth of a nearby dragon. He then sang like a tonedeaf cheesecake while hanging from the legs of small ornate brusselsprout in a tightly packed basket. After the dinner of the dragon and Chinese leader, they all swam to an island made of turtles
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WHEATLEY!
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One day a small unassuming orb decided to make his way to the bar at town's finest catwalk owned by Chinese people, who had glorious leader. Suddenly, a big nasty oval fell out of a mob spawner floating ominously above two crazy sluts in a car who just started to play Portal. The Chinese leader took a giant dump into the big mouth of a nearby dragon. He then sang like a tonedeaf cheesecake while hanging from the legs of small ornate brusselsprout in a tightly packed basket. After the dinner of the dragon and Chinese leader, they all swam
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"Lunch To Blame" (Apoptygma Berzerk)
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Ah, I guess I never figured out how to exploit it, lol.