I legitimately cannot stand to have modern kids' cartoons on the TV. They do not function at all as entertainment as far as I can tell, just flash and color and chaos, and it's like the nature of the flash and color is as annoying and hyperstimulating as you could possibly imagine. It's as if someone had deliberately set out to on purpose make the kids as discombobulated and craving stimulation as possible, so they'd have as strong as possible a susceptibility to the advertising that comes alongside the shows.
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(Edit: Oh I completely missed that this was a UK thing. Well there you go, as far as my US childhood.)
I do not support the death penalty. In all cases, either death is going too far, or death is too good. Also, while you can let someone out of prison and compensate them for false imprisonment, you can't exactly resurrect people who turn out to be innocent.
In fact, I would say that the whole judicial system could be improved so criminals are rehabilitated, rather than punished.
Of course, I also believe there is an exception to every rule (including this rule), so there's probably an acceptable set of unusual circumstances in which classical imprisonment or even death are the best options; though I do not know what these would be.
Bad idea. If you can, talk to your therapist, pharmacist, or GP, and they should be able to either give you advice, increase your dosage, or put you onto some different antidepressants.
In the mean time, try following !aww to see nice things; and/or !depression_now for memes, discussions, and advice.
Also, please consider calling the Samaritans at 116123.
I once worked for a department store chain that no longer exists. I did 2 days of training in a classroom, then spent 2 days on the floor before I no call no showed and just never went back. It was just so freaking boring. I think I spent one day sorting a rack by size and color out of sheer boredom. Wound up getting a job at Denny's (shitty 24 hour chain diner) shortly after, and while that also sucked, at least it wasn't boring, and tips meant the overall pay was also better.
Any first person game that has lens flare.
Eyes dont have lens flare. Cameras do. Cinematic cutscenes, thats fine. 3rd person cameras, thats fine - if it isnt over done. Hell, even some super bright thing in first person, where lens flare is used as a cinematic effect to show it is seriously fucking bright, that can be fine.
But generally speaking, lens flare is overused in video games. Pretty sure it was BF3 that took it from "huh, we can do lens flare" to "lens flare indiscriminatly"
I was going to say lens flare in films. You can always tell what stage someone is at when learning Photoshop as they still love using the filter and, to my mind, it just reeks of amateur hour when used in films and TV shows.
I can understand it in film CGI and sets/post, as its hard to avoid when actually outside.
Lens flare is a product of multiple lenses and the aperture. And most of the time shots are set up to reduce it (more expensive lenses, matt boxes etc).
When overcooked in a movie it ends up looking amateur AF. Either the shot wasnt set up correctly, or someone has over-egged it in post-production.
I have rarely seen a pronounced lens flare that makes sense in a movie.
The classic is a sci-fi movie - the spaceship turns up at a new planet and you get a sweeping view with lens flares obscuring the carefully modelled view.
My childhood was between 2007 and mid-2015, I'd say.
First of all, I miss the graphic design. Everything's so flat these days. I preferred it back when everything was shiny and skeuomorphic.
There was better stuff on TV, too - especially the cartoons. Also, I could have watched TV on my DS using one of those special Game Paks, as we hadn't quite switched to digital yet.
Furthermore, the TV ads were actually entertaining, and we had more PIFs.
The internet was more fun.
YouTube was fair and funny
Flash games were still a thing
Vine was just around the corner
There was so little advertising and tracking everywhere that I didn't need to bother with my über-hardened web browser set up. Hell, I could probably have made do with something like Lynx or NetSurf and not missed out on any content.
We were still in the Rage Era of memes, which I would say was infinitely superior to the MLG Era.
Everything was cheap a couple of years after the housing crisis. You could buy shower gel at Tesco for just 2p.
We were still in the EU, which was nice.
Chester Bennington from Linkin Park was still alive
David Bowie was still alive
Betty White was still alive
Steven Hawking was still alive
Avicii was still alive
Prince was still alive
The Queen was still alive
Obama was president
Mojang wasn't owned by Microsoft
Windows was, in my opinion, an alright OS
iPhones could be jailbroken and apps sideloaded more easily
I like them because, until I was old enough to watch the real thing, these were as close as I could get to horror films. They can get pretty scary, especially considering they're warning about real things (as opposed to monsters or fictional murderers).
No. I don't believe the state should have the power to end someone's life. That's my fundamental position. I would also argue that if it did, this is open to abuses of power, corruption, and miscarriages of justice that can never be fixed.
Are there people I wish were dead, and who I think deserve to be killed? Sometimes. But that's not a pleasant thought, and I certainly don't think that my emotions should be carried into action, because it doesn't get humanity anywhere in the long run.
NHS. Despite people complaining about it and funding problems it is still amazing. My sister in-law is in Asia and has cancer. Even with health insurance from her job it's still insanely expensive. She basically can't afford treatment. Getting sick is bad enough but imagine that with the worry of money.
On Friday night, on the way back from a night out with mates, one of our buddies starts having complications regarding his diabetes. He takes care of himself but his sugars spike either up or down occasionally. We were worried and called for an ambulance, and I kid you not it was here in maybe 2-3 minutes or so.
His levels got sorted with the right stuff, had an IV drip of something, and by the next morning he was at home.
If he was in another country, he'd have insane difficulty paying for medical. As a mate I'm grateful for the NHS.
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