tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post6630566016369127120..comments2023-06-03T07:31:58.418-05:00Comments on The Critically Pissed: Video Games as Art— a case study on the effects of lazy communication and "word worship." (contributor post)Critically Pissedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616961824286610531noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-81202294988476520502011-01-08T22:58:36.646-06:002011-01-08T22:58:36.646-06:00I like what has been acknowledged in this post. Ef...I like what has been acknowledged in this post. Effective communication is difficult when everyone has their own individual connotative and denotative understanding of the word(s) being said. <br />Therefore, individuals should not only be conscious of what they say and how it might be received by their audience, but they should also be aware that other individuals might not be conscious of what they're saying and how it is being received. <br />So, instead of arguing incessantly or freaking out right away and jumping to conclusions about what the intentions of the speaker are, it's much wiser to just be a critical listener, and give the speaker the benefit of the doubt until it truly becomes obvious that the speaker is purposely using words maliciously, offensively, or whatever one might think. <br />I think the number one reason people have arguments in the first place is because people simply don't understand other people. And when people don't understand something, they turn angry, stubborn, and they lose hope. In a lot of cases, they don't understand other people's True intentions, thoughts, and motives, so they come up with their own based on what they feel personally. They don't understand in general other individual's subjective mindsets.<br />This misunderstanding is inevitable, but once people can start admitting that there is a good chance that they are being misunderstood, or that they are the ones misunderstanding others, it gets a lot easier to reach solutions to arguments, and effectively communicate again. It's also easier to ask harmless, useful questions such as "What do you mean by__________?" (even if that means asking that question more than once during any given argument or conversation). <br />Unfortunately, to most people it never occurs to them to ask such questions or even think that the argument could be simply due to a misunderstanding on the sides of both parties, because everyone seems to be always stuck in their own little world without knowing it, assuming an objective truth that is actually something they constructed in their own subjective minds in the first place. <br />So what's left to do? Take time to be a little more understanding, open, accepting, tolerant, and less judgmental of what other people have to say when the meaning is up for grabs, because sometime(s), we'll all need to be given that same treatment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-26107045355470281122011-01-07T12:31:12.738-06:002011-01-07T12:31:12.738-06:00Oh man this topic has gone to the tubes faster the...Oh man this topic has gone to the tubes faster then a 7th st hooker. <br /><br />I am not really going to address the N word here but i will say that once something important as Huck Finn enters into this world it became part of history and a all time classic. You shouldn't tamper with other peoples work nor should you change it. The book is a nice piece of history and i think that the PC era has no right trying to change what has been done, they need to focus on what's going on now and keep their ass in their own yard. <br /><br />Sometimes when i am playing D&D with the fellows we have a saying that sometimes good to roll with, " Let sleeping dragons lie." sounds good with historical books. Bascially it goes with the "slippery slope" arguement that if you can start editing stories like Huck Finn and the like then what next? I am looking at your Texas School district!<br /><br />So i think we should learn from history, change where we are going now but never edit it. History is not wikepida. <br /><br />Prof. ChaosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-1651863775930130612011-01-07T08:28:48.950-06:002011-01-07T08:28:48.950-06:00When I was growing up Elmo always annoyed me becau...When I was growing up Elmo always annoyed me because he was always saying stuff like, Elmo likes this, Elmo is hungry, Elmo feels bad. What's with Elmo talking in the third person?<br /><br />What's with Sam talking in third person? Did you forget how to use "I"?<br /><br />Im going to have to think more about the N-word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-47666413175941936802011-01-07T05:28:50.884-06:002011-01-07T05:28:50.884-06:00Whoops Ebert did it again! Roger Ebert is back in ...Whoops Ebert did it again! Roger Ebert is back in the news over use of the "N" word. Is Ebert nuts? Did his long term marriage to a black woman lead him to believe he could use the "N" word with impunity? <br /><br />More on this controversy. <br /><br />"Almost 101 years after Mark Twain died, one of his most famous works is causing controversy once again, only this time on Twitter. After news broke Tuesday that publisher New South will release a new edition of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' with all 219 N-words excluded, movie critic Roger Ebert reacted with a controversial tweet. He quickly apologized after receiving harsh criticism. Ebert responded to the 'Huck Finn' announcement on Wednesday by tweeting to his 300,000-plus followers, "I'd rather be called a N***** than a Slave."<br /><br />The tweet set off a storm of heated feedback toward the influential critic, describing him as "disrespectful" and "ignorant."<br /><br />Others accused Ebert of believing he's allowed to take liberties with the word because his wife, Charlie "Chaz" Hammel-Smith, is black.<br /><br />"R U OUT OF UR freakin head? jus cos ya wife is black dont give u the right to throw tht word around like its nothing. A*******" @iamichelle said.<br /><br />Ebert retracted his statement Thursday by conceding that, as people like @urbanbohemian pointed out, he would never be called either word.<br /><br />"You know, this is very true. I'll never be called a N***** *or* a Slave, so I should have shut the **** up," Ebert tweeted.<br /><br />The new edition, 'Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The New South Edition,' is set for release in February.<br />AOL<br /><br />Sam feels that people are too sensitive over the "N" word. While Sam refrains from using it, he does not get bent out of shape when it is used by various hip hop artists. Regarding Huck Finn, leave Jim alone!<br /><br />SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-26121005221730816272011-01-06T22:46:44.368-06:002011-01-06T22:46:44.368-06:00"Plane," not "plan.""Plane," not "plan."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-39936608330655644862011-01-06T22:05:47.947-06:002011-01-06T22:05:47.947-06:00I think that's interesting and could have been...I think that's interesting and could have been stated a bit more succinctly, mister two times the motherfucking limit, but the reason that it's sometimes important is that people are exclusionary for no reason whatsoever. The problem isn't that Ebert doesn't consider video games art, it's that he doesn't consider them on the same plan as music, television, and film.<br /><br />Discussions of whether or not something is an anime matters far less, but it's all about opening your perspective up as much as possible. Words are for communication, but they also control how people categorize and think.<br /><br />"That's a big fucking deal, and that's just the first crazy, stupid, childish example that happened to enter my retarded head. "<br /><br />scaird uv uAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-65902557161586347582011-01-06T20:37:37.396-06:002011-01-06T20:37:37.396-06:00Yeah, pretty much. Figure out what your argueing a...Yeah, pretty much. Figure out what your argueing about then go on about it. <br /><br />Sometimes pointless arugements are part of the fun. I once had a conversation about how the dubs of some animes are better then subs. My friend refuses to believe in ANY English anime and we had a merry go at it. It really ment nothing but it was fun.<br /><br />So yeah, i am thinking that your arugement here is basically about how people argue and now we are arguing about how people aruge? It's all rather silly isn't it? But, it's fun.<br /><br />What do you mean by useful conversation? I would argue that whats meaningless for you ( My anime talk) means something to me ( fun with my friend).<br /><br />So yeah i think in this situation you need to " Buy the ticket and take the ride." <br /><br />Prof.ChaosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832236349540926420.post-63507616620255953562011-01-06T08:42:54.931-06:002011-01-06T08:42:54.931-06:00or...agree on terms at the beginning, allow someon...or...agree on terms at the beginning, allow someone like Ebert to have an opinion that doesn't really affect your own enjoyment and have ago at whether Bears fans should be eligible for conjugal visits at the Home For The Sadly Blessed.<br /><br />It don't mean nothing. Make some cocoa and go lie down before you pop a vein.grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641174443445494464noreply@blogger.com