Their work looks amazing, and I'd definitely want to see Maple in 3 dimensions, but I'm kinda poor right now. I'll just have to sell my body for ponies~!!
My one roommate always used to whine about how I have more money than him until I pointed out that we are both currently broke and my only income is from a job which he could have gotten if he hadn't decided to be lazy instead and not even apply. Like, seriously, don't come crying to me about how I'm supposedly "privileged" when I worked hard for two semesters to find a job, finally got hired a couple months ago and have only gotten a few hundred dollars out of it where he looked at the same time as me but said to me that he would, "rather not put in the effort" required to actually do the job and now he's still broke. Some people, man.
Well, you're free to assume that, but I am actively striving for things in life. I'm just saying that ambition is relative to the observer; you cannot presume that someone doesn't have "enough" ambition simply because they don't strive for what others arbitrarily define as "greatness". A person with "simple" ambitions - starting a family, becoming a teacher, creating art - is of no lesser value to society than a person who does strive for the fame, the fortune, the power, and all that other fleeting, material malarkey. Hell, if you want to get downright existentialist about it, it can be argued that artists are more important than those whose factories spit out money day in and day out; human beings can live without material wealth. Art, on the other hand, is an enormous part of defining the human condition that, at this point, we could never even dream of dissociating with. But the simple fact of the matter - at least it's fact to someone like me, who doesn't really believe in an afterlife - is that we only have one life to live, and we'd better live it well. Regardless of wealth, power or status, we're all just human beings; we're all born into this world same way, and we'll all leave this world taking nothing with us but our deeds, good and ill. I see quite a lot of evidence pointing to the contrary. I see my country is still going to war at the drop of a hat. I see soldiers supposedly dying for our "freedoms" in a land where those supposed freedoms are restricted and scrutinized beyond belief. I see a third of all Americans are still so mentally inept that they'd prefer a 2,000-year-old book over hard science. I see that their very belief in this "good" book is continuing to spur on widespread acts of bigotry. I see that the richest 1% are still exploiting legal loopholes to avoid having to give their fair share to the government. I see people like Edward Snowden being branded public enemy no. 1, spat upon by propaganda-fed morons who would never conceive of the fact that our government may not be as forthcoming with the general public as it claims. And speaking of which, I see a fundamentally broken, bipartisan disgrace for a government where "compromise" is the filthiest of four-letter words. If we're talking about making a difference, then boy, do we have a long way to go... I didn't mean to indicate that nobody ever worked hard for what they have, and I'm also not saying that those who bum around and expect handouts from the rich are in any way justified in doing so. But if you're trying to deny that there aren't a crap-ton of people in the world who work far harder than affluent, decadent people who have more money than they could ever possibly need in life - and all for a crap wage - then you're not seeing the big picture. When the salary of a white-collar worker (for whom the extent of "hard work" entails flying cross country and sitting in a meeting every now and then) dwarfs the salary of blue-collar workers who literally break their backs to feed their families? There's something horribly wrong with such a system. Well, it may be true that I'm breaking some kind of mold by being a brony, but it's not a mold that really requires much effort to be broken. Hell, all you really need is a thick skin to deter comments from haters, but that's about it. I'm not a brony to break the status quo, I'm a brony because the show just so happens to make me happy. Happiness is all that matters, at least to me, so there's really no point trying to be any more than you need to be if you're actively pursuing (or have already acquired) what will make you happy in life. "Stepping up" and becoming a politician or successful entrepreneur isn't going to fulfill me (or anyone like me) any more than the goals I'm currently chasing, so I hope you can at least see why my "why bother" attitude holds merit, at least on a case-to-case basis. Though I'll admit I was being a tad overzealous when I made it sound like nobody has the power to rise up in life and break through the glass ceiling. For everything I said above regarding the despicable state of my country, I still take those core American desires to heart - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are all that matter to me. Even if my life's ambitions are "simple" by comparison to people like Bill Gates, as long as they're in tune with those three things, that's all I care about.
Some of these counter arguments you've made (particularly the "going to war at the drop of a hat" statement) don't pertain a whole lot to the original points I trying to make. And while your points about America's deterioration are valid, you may have exaggerated slightly. The U.S. hasn't turned into a battle-scorched hellhole where the clans of cannibal warlords vie for dominance (not yet, at least), like Liberia. At any rate, these points are slightly off-topic. Perhaps I didn't do the best job of conveying my point, so I'll try yet again: I am not, repeat, not saying that it's bad to dream small, (I actually respect that, it's down-to-earth, after all), I am saying that working hard and trying to better yourself is always a good idea. I'd also like to apologize for sort of pouncing on you the way I did. I mistook some of what you said as defeatist and labeled you as unambitious. While I do not find you to be unambitious, you do still come off as defeatist, or at least cynical. Needless to say, I don't share some of your opinions on the state of our nation. Sure, things have been total crap lately. The economy is in the damn toilet, the government is ran by a bunch of imbeciles (as usual), and the majority of the population is lazy and complacent. The majority. There is a minority of citizens who still cling to traditional values of American life and still believe in the American Dream. As for the government keeping our boys over in Afghanistan, that's just moronic. If we must fight, then we should be aiding the rebels in Syria, or moving guys into Ukraine to keep the Russians at bay. Afghanistan is a lost cause. Much like Vietnam, we have failed to win the hearts and minds of the people. But, I must digress. In response to your remarks about my point involving bronies and the status quo, I must apologize. That was a poor analogy. I had read a "feel good" article on bronyism an hour prior to posting that response, and was still somewhat euphoric. No one is a brony because they wan't to challenge the status quo. My Little Pony engulfs you and you just sort of end up challenging the status quo.
I'm squealing a little right now because one of my comics made it on EqD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spoiler: Sparklebucking
What book are you reading?? --------- The people who are complaining about Twilight's tree being destroyed are really annoying, and watch the show for stupid reasons.
Jupiter has bad real estate. And in other news, people on tumnblr are freaking out because some idiot accidentally put almonds it some silk light original. I understand nut allergies can be a problem, but thats why we have hospitals. And overpopulation.
People with nut allergies annoy me. "Oh my god! Don't eat peanuts around me! If you breathe on me, I could die!" They make me want to force feed them peanut butter until they explode. The only thing more annoying than adults with nut allergies are the parents of children with nut allergies. I've seen schools ban all peanut products because a single child was allergic to peanuts.
I did mention over population. Thats a massive problem that can only be solved by launching all the blind idiots into the sun from a giant cannon
That too. Too much value is placed on human life, especially when compared to the well-being of the planet as a whole.
Or world war 3 could break out and we wouldn't have to do anything. Christ, we're a bunch of psychopaths.
