The Western Wheel
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It's funny(paradoxes are funny to me):
People here on NB, and in real life complain about people being stupid, dumb, ignorant, and so on, and so on.
You know what actually make people stupid?
Short threads, below standard proper usage of English-or any language-, no signs of grammar, spelling, nor a descent vocabulary. The lack of originality has something to do with it as well.
Abbreviations like STFU are damaging to the formulations of thought. It has been said that when the mind is closed to another's beliefs(how stupid they might be), your brain actually becomes negatively charged.
TL;DR is thought to be funny as well, but it's a clear indication the reader has no intend to educate oneself, and most likely does not posses the concentration needed for doing so. No problem, of course, if the reader has only the intend to entertain oneself(who am I to judge?), but that same reader might take a break every once and a while when calling other people stupid, or attempts to draw them closer to their own opinions.
In America alone, in the last past fifty years, paragraphs shortened, the actual educational value decreased. This is a fact. My fear is grounded when I say other parts in the world are not doing much better. There used to be a beautiful talk on TED as well about this, too bad I no longer have the link.
So every Wednesday, when a Naruto manga comes out, so do the people on NB. We have to share. we have to let others know. We have to make threads. Sadly, we tend to dive in the same bottomless pit of stupidity Facebook provides when we are confronted with the many pictures of dogs, cats, friends and all other things you wouldn't dare to write your name underneath it.
And after my sour smile fades away, I am left with the original thought: why do troll threads(copycat last night) get an average 10-15 replies, while some actual really good threads are just lurked upon, and discarded like thrash. Same from the 10.000th Itachi beats the living crap out of Minato or vice versa that have a actual chance for becoming a major thread. Really? Do we really need to know your top ten? Do we really need to know your poorly substantiated, one-sentence-opinion on whether or not Tobirama is to blame?
Guess what? All things are inter-dependant, interconnected. Without a war, Tobirama never would've become the man he is now. Neither would Hashirama, nor Madara. Nothing is to blame, or everything at the same time.
I could go on, but I presume this is getting already long enough for most to read, so let me finish up with this.
Playing video games are actually good for your brain, as it helps you focus on multiple things at the same time, don't overdo it, though, because it is fundamentally damaging your ability to deeper cognitive thinking, to see underlying relevance. Try to use read a book once in a while, not some popular 50 shades of grey, or troll books like the Da Vinci code, but something that's slightly above your reading ability. Slightly, so you just have to provide effort to do so, this will make you smarter. And try to understand thee other just a little bit, sometimes, just open your mind a little more than your used to. A little, so you might get to understand other people, just a little more.
People here on NB, and in real life complain about people being stupid, dumb, ignorant, and so on, and so on.
You know what actually make people stupid?
Short threads, below standard proper usage of English-or any language-, no signs of grammar, spelling, nor a descent vocabulary. The lack of originality has something to do with it as well.
Abbreviations like STFU are damaging to the formulations of thought. It has been said that when the mind is closed to another's beliefs(how stupid they might be), your brain actually becomes negatively charged.
TL;DR is thought to be funny as well, but it's a clear indication the reader has no intend to educate oneself, and most likely does not posses the concentration needed for doing so. No problem, of course, if the reader has only the intend to entertain oneself(who am I to judge?), but that same reader might take a break every once and a while when calling other people stupid, or attempts to draw them closer to their own opinions.
In America alone, in the last past fifty years, paragraphs shortened, the actual educational value decreased. This is a fact. My fear is grounded when I say other parts in the world are not doing much better. There used to be a beautiful talk on TED as well about this, too bad I no longer have the link.
So every Wednesday, when a Naruto manga comes out, so do the people on NB. We have to share. we have to let others know. We have to make threads. Sadly, we tend to dive in the same bottomless pit of stupidity Facebook provides when we are confronted with the many pictures of dogs, cats, friends and all other things you wouldn't dare to write your name underneath it.
And after my sour smile fades away, I am left with the original thought: why do troll threads(copycat last night) get an average 10-15 replies, while some actual really good threads are just lurked upon, and discarded like thrash. Same from the 10.000th Itachi beats the living crap out of Minato or vice versa that have a actual chance for becoming a major thread. Really? Do we really need to know your top ten? Do we really need to know your poorly substantiated, one-sentence-opinion on whether or not Tobirama is to blame?
Guess what? All things are inter-dependant, interconnected. Without a war, Tobirama never would've become the man he is now. Neither would Hashirama, nor Madara. Nothing is to blame, or everything at the same time.
I could go on, but I presume this is getting already long enough for most to read, so let me finish up with this.
Playing video games are actually good for your brain, as it helps you focus on multiple things at the same time, don't overdo it, though, because it is fundamentally damaging your ability to deeper cognitive thinking, to see underlying relevance. Try to use read a book once in a while, not some popular 50 shades of grey, or troll books like the Da Vinci code, but something that's slightly above your reading ability. Slightly, so you just have to provide effort to do so, this will make you smarter. And try to understand thee other just a little bit, sometimes, just open your mind a little more than your used to. A little, so you might get to understand other people, just a little more.
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