One of my favorite things about getting older is that I give less of a shit about anyone else's opinion, every year. When you're 40, you're gonna laugh at how worked up you got about this.
But the reason people like or dislike stories isn't because of powers or machines in them.
For some, sure. For others, like me, that is exactly why I like certain things.
How pedantic of you. ;)
Waiting so long to cut off a toxic parent. Not spending more time with a good parent. Not going to therapy sooner.
Aw, thanks.
Coffee. My dad was in the navy in the 70s and you could tell by the tar he drank. Never got into it. Early 20s I got hired as a delivery boy for a coffee shop. A perk was that it came with free coffee drinks. Turns out I didn't hate coffee, I hated the swill my father brewed. Good coffee was quite good.
Vtubers. I get the cute anime girl thing and I like fan art of them as I do other anime. But the models move wayyyyyy to exaggerated. It hits uncanny valley for me.
Also I don't get the parasocial relationship of chatting in a huge room of other followers. The chat is scrolling by at a hundred miles an hour and you're competing with everyone else for their attention.
Don't ruin a hobby with money. You will lose all enjoyment of it. Something changes when you get paid for it.
I literally cannot think about it. We are tiny boats on the sea of aristocratic whims. I just wanna make sure my kids are fed and try to teach them to be good people. If I start to think about the greater picture, I spiral into very dark places. I constantly remind myself to focus on what I can control.
Havent felt proud to be an American in a long while. I'm proud of loving thy neighbor as myself, not lining the pockets of billionaires. I hate that I'm powerless to do much. Representative democracy? My ass. No one represents me. They're all aristocrats. "it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?"
I'm not bitter about it at all. /s
That teaching isn't the point. It's getting research grants or funding. So much energy was spent on that. Students came 2nd.