Lohrenswald
世界的 bottom ranked physicist
Can you like, sod off?
The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXXI
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Lohrenswald
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You think I care about your "cred" at this point?
GenMarshall
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Question for the armchair psychologists in the thread:
After having one's work criticized harshly and become so demotivated that it's no longer fun. Why does it take a long time to rediscover the fun and joy and regain motivation with an activity I used to partake in?
I'm asking this because I'm curious as to why because I recently rediscovered the joys of making comics for DYOS (done after a few Source Filmmaker posters to make a comic with), because for a long while, I was demotivated and had no interest in perusing the activity anymore after being harshly criticized (and others shown a strong dislike) towards my work.
After having one's work criticized harshly and become so demotivated that it's no longer fun. Why does it take a long time to rediscover the fun and joy and regain motivation with an activity I used to partake in?
I'm asking this because I'm curious as to why because I recently rediscovered the joys of making comics for DYOS (done after a few Source Filmmaker posters to make a comic with), because for a long while, I was demotivated and had no interest in perusing the activity anymore after being harshly criticized (and others shown a strong dislike) towards my work.
Unless you're at the top of society, you're never going to have someone representing your interests in power, even if the party you most prefer is in power
I didn't mention it under some sort of misapprehension that I think it's remotely creditable.
If this is about single things (and not life in general), then my knee-jerk reaction is that it's probably just a natural fluctuation, and not directly related to the situation of being criticized.
I mean, sometimes stuff is fun, sometimes it's not, and this can change all the time.
There's a phrase common in Canadian politics. It's called "holding your nose and voting."
I've had to hold my nose so many times during the last 35+ years because it's been a rare time when we've had local candidates I really did think would do a great job as my MLA (provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly) or my MP (Member of Parliament). But of course none of those people have ever been Conservative, Reform, Canadian Alliance, or Conservative Party of Canada (aka Reformacon), so I have NEVER had an MP who represents my views. They could run a piece of waste material from my cats' litter box under the CPC banner and it would be voted in. That's how brainwashed most people are in this region.
Only electoral reform will have any chance at all of fixing this. The only federal politicians who do represent my views (although not me personally) don't even live in this province. If I want answers about something, I write to Elizabeth May (leader of the Green Party), who represents a riding in southern British Columbia. Her replies are on-topic, pertinent to the issue, she states what the party position is on it, what she's done about it in Parliament, and what she plans to do in future. She explains things in lan
There are enough people who vote Green that with PR, they'd have more seats. But with FPTP, the Greens don't have enough for more than they already have (currently, only one).
So don't tell me to vote for a different party to have my views represented. The only one that ever does get elected federally here is the party (under whichever name they're using while pretending to be just like the now-defunct Progressive Conservative Party that they hijacked) which I despise because they definitely do NOT represent my views.
The ultimate question to ask yourself is who you make the comics for. If it's for others and they don't like them, then of course it's going to lead to times of being discouraged and feelings that it's not fun.
I'm an incessant doodler. I doodle and draw all the time. I won't ever call myself good at it, and I've rarely done it for other people (once was for costume design purposes; a friend wanted me to design her a Free Amazon costume from the Darkover series so she could have a hall costume at a science fiction convention). The other times I've drawn stuff for other people have involved Dungeons & Dragons maps. I like designing unusual castles, or altering existing ones.
But mostly I draw to please myself, and if someone doesn't like the results, too bad. If it's good enough for me, that's all that matters.
If your art is good enough for you - if you like it, other people's opinions are secondary.
You're speaking to someone who has never voted Tory but who has been saddled with a Tory MP for most of his life. I vote Labour in general elections because they're the only ones capable of beating the Tories in my constituency, but I certainly don't rush to vote for them in council elections unless I think they can pull their weight.
Do you mean your municipal council?
Our city councils here aren't formally politicized, although it's been pretty obvious at times which of them are Conservatives and which aren't. And of course some council members eventually go on to run in provincial or federal politics.
One of the people who used to consistently be at the top of every municipal election tried to run as a Liberal here. He never had a chance federally, but most people liked him as an alderman.
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Careful now- the structures of English local government are a labyrinth from which there is no return. Men have been driven mad trying to explain it.
Lohrenswald
世界的 bottom ranked physicist
I want to make a "the Trial" reference, but I can't figure out anything :/
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
Even Kafka couldn't have imagined anything as twisted as a distinction between "non-metropolitan counties" and "non-metropolitan districts".
How would it compare, in your view, to the court system in Ingerland and Whales, which needs one full A4-sized Venn diagram just to explain the basic outline?
In the event that we eventually fight a war against an extraterrestrial civilization, do you think the Geneva Conventions should apply to the alien combatants/prisoners or should our soldiers be allowed to do whatever they please in their fight against the aliens?
That's a very esoteric question ^^.
I guess it should apply.
It's all about decency to another living being, and I guess if you look really through all of it, you'll find nothing which only makes sense if applied to humans.
I guess it should apply.
It's all about decency to another living being, and I guess if you look really through all of it, you'll find nothing which only makes sense if applied to humans.
Lohrenswald
世界的 bottom ranked physicist
applying them is basically rational
Wouldn't the aliens need to sign the Geneva Convention first?
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