One of the reasons Lost was such a great show is that you never really knew what the end point was gonna be or even what the story was about. And that mystery is what made people tune in every week and then after it came out on DVD sit and watch the entire series at one time trying to figure it out.
There's so little mystery nowadays. Video games come out then within a few days all of the cheats are online and all of the bosses are known online and people already know the mystery before they start.
I think that's one of the reasons that "the journey is life" has become such a popular meme. Because along the way you're never sure what's gonna happen even though you know what the in the goal is. And for so many people because they already know what the end goal is they start doing weird crap on the journey in an effort to try to eke out a little bit more of a dopamine hit or more of the enjoyment or or try to get extra notoriety because they know that so many others have already done what they're doing.
Sometimes I think a little mystery helps everybody.
Monday, February 22, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021
Can you say that ~
In our land of the free and home of the brave it's very sad to watch the erosion of our first amendment rights.
In the United States of America the Constitution is very clear and enumerates lots of different things. The founding fathers felt the need to elaborate and had a way to amend the Constitution so they came up with the amendments. And they came up with rules on how to amendments to the Constitution so that we could be a land ruled by laws and not emotions or tyrants.
The First Amendment enumerates several different things that are not to be infringed on by government. Speech. Exercise of religion. Reporting by the press.
All of these rights are being eroded as we live in get further into the future and away from the founding of our country.
Were in a time now where the lawyers in our government can plausibly deny ever limiting speech while online companies restrict what we say and eliminate what we say. Courts have ruled that you have freedom of freedom of speech but you can't say certain things. Media outlets have shamed and ridiculed people for expressing very firm and positive beliefs by tying those beliefs to people that have done despicable things.
All of this is an effort to control a free people. As Americans we have freedoms that we don't even realize that we have. We have freedoms that we don't even exercise.
Be careful that you don't allow these freedoms to slip away so that you are tied down by beliefs and restrictions that are not based on our country's constitution and laws. In fact remember that these rights that are listed are not restrictions on people but restrictions on government. And as Americans we need to make sure and remind our government that we are free.
In the United States of America the Constitution is very clear and enumerates lots of different things. The founding fathers felt the need to elaborate and had a way to amend the Constitution so they came up with the amendments. And they came up with rules on how to amendments to the Constitution so that we could be a land ruled by laws and not emotions or tyrants.
The First Amendment enumerates several different things that are not to be infringed on by government. Speech. Exercise of religion. Reporting by the press.
All of these rights are being eroded as we live in get further into the future and away from the founding of our country.
Were in a time now where the lawyers in our government can plausibly deny ever limiting speech while online companies restrict what we say and eliminate what we say. Courts have ruled that you have freedom of freedom of speech but you can't say certain things. Media outlets have shamed and ridiculed people for expressing very firm and positive beliefs by tying those beliefs to people that have done despicable things.
All of this is an effort to control a free people. As Americans we have freedoms that we don't even realize that we have. We have freedoms that we don't even exercise.
Be careful that you don't allow these freedoms to slip away so that you are tied down by beliefs and restrictions that are not based on our country's constitution and laws. In fact remember that these rights that are listed are not restrictions on people but restrictions on government. And as Americans we need to make sure and remind our government that we are free.
Monday, February 8, 2021
Americans and fireworks ~
We have guns. But it's not good to shoot guns unless you're practicing or fighting.
China has a tradition of using firecrackers on at their New Year celebrations. When we had an exchange student from China he told us that they didn't do that anymore because of the smog it creates.
I was thinking about that the other day. I thought that if it local governments banned fireworks we'd shoot them off illegally.
Then I wondered why the Chinese people didn't make digital firecrackers and make the noise with them to ward off the "evil spirits. They didn't do it because they don't follow the American Way.
China has a tradition of using firecrackers on at their New Year celebrations. When we had an exchange student from China he told us that they didn't do that anymore because of the smog it creates.
I was thinking about that the other day. I thought that if it local governments banned fireworks we'd shoot them off illegally.
Then I wondered why the Chinese people didn't make digital firecrackers and make the noise with them to ward off the "evil spirits. They didn't do it because they don't follow the American Way.
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