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Random Rant: Facebook

All right y'all, it's balls to the walls. I'm gonna explain why I hate Facebook. You are entitled to your own opinion but this is just my rationale. Before jumping in, I want to say that I don't have a huge problem with the design or anything that the programmers of Facebook has implemented. This is mostly about the people who lurk on Facebook. But I do have a small problem with the design. Who else has a problem with the search bar? Like I tried looking up Chuggaaconroy a few times. Most of the time, I can find his page just by the first three letters but sometimes the name just doesn't want to pop up. I don't know if that's just a problem on my part, but it pisses me off. Anyways, my main gripe is that Facebook is very degrading. There are multiple ways it degrades us but let's look at our grammar and our time first. People on Facebook feel like they can scrawl an unreadable message half the time. Even if they know they misspell a word, they don...

Movie Review: Monsters University

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I'm really late for this. But I've been busy for the past month...kinda. Anyways, here's the review. This is a prequel to the acclaimed "Monsters, Inc." Many people were pissed that it wasn't a sequel since the idea of a Boo and Sullivan relationship was tantalizing and they wanted resolution to Sullivan's torment. But, it's Pixar. Ya' know, the company that made "Cars 2" even though they said they'd only make a sequel if it was worth making. First off, I want to say that we can say that we are past the amazing period of time where Pixar could do no wrong. People feared that Cars would start Pixar's digressions from their masterpieces, but then Pixar made Wall-e, Up, and Toy Story 3 which were some of Pixar's best. Then Cars 2 came and everyone hated it. Brave came which was more pretty good, but not brilliant. Because I watched this movie this late, I knew the audience reaction was generally favorab...

Random Rambles on: The Future

The future is something we are enthralled by. We may be petrified of it or we could be eagerly anticipating its arrival. We don't know what happens in the future and that's what makes us scared. We don't know if aliens, nuclear armageddon, civil war, political strife, technology, or whatever else will destroy us. We don't know if the future will mark the peak of human civilization with the destruction of natural environment or if it will mark the decay of humans due to our consequences. Judging by how things are shaping up, the future does not look pretty. Because of this, many depictions of the future exists that present their view on the bleak societal changes. One of these is "The Hunger Games." This portrays a society that regressed due to natural occurrences and to the dominating government that corrupts the humans. This is an interesting idea that is possible but I find that it is unlikely. After such disasters, most civil humans decide to work togethe...

Zimmerman Trial Outcome Opinions

In case you've been sleeping under a rock, the Zimmerman Trial was about George Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin. Supposedly, Zimmerman killed Martin because Martin was threatening him. There isn't definitive evidence supporting Zimmerman's claims that Martin slammed his head against the ground. The whole purpose of this case was to figure out if it was lawful to kill someone out of the self-defense Zimmerman discoursed about. When this news leaked out, people were initially outraged. Cries of Zimmerman being racist was heard through the entire nation. The family was traumatized; they believed that Martin wasn't a threat that Zimmerman said he was. Death threats were slammed in Zimmerman's inbox as the days passed on. Many people said that Zimmerman was lying about the entire situation in order to defend himself. These claims were made because of a call Zimmerman made to the police concerning Martin. Zimmerman mentioned something about, "F---ing punks" ...

"Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" Review

After hearing fanboys gush over this cartridge as if it was their first-born, I didn't get what the deal was. I watched NintendoCaprisun's lp of it and it didn't impress that much as compared to Majora's Mask. Even when I played this at my friend's house, it wasn't spectacular. But was that just because I wasn't in the generation who played this and looked upon it with reverence? Could be. Anyways, the story was your typical Zelda story. Ya' know, the three goddesses made the golden cheese, Zelda, Ganon, and etc. And time-travel. Can't forget that. So the plot isn't spectacular at all. I barely got engaged with whatever pressure Link had and preferred to complete sidequests as the world burned. The gameplay was pretty good. Though it isn't as fluid as Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, or Skyward Sword, it was the first so it is excusable. The L-targeting made its first appearance and for the most part, the transition from 2-D to 3-D was pret...

Politically Incorrect Rambles: War

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This is going to be a new branch dealing with all my gropes with our present society. This is my own opinion and you can have a completely different viewpoint. Fine with me. Just bear that in mind along with the facts that I may get some facts wrong. Without further ado, let's plunge into the unfortunate terror that has plagued us since coherent civilization developed. First of all, let's deal with all the supposed benefits developed from war. In a war, the people of a nation will become a lot more patriotic. This gives a sense of loyalty to the country. If the country is on the winning side of the war, they could potentially reap the rewards by having their economy boosted. The country can gain the territory of the losing side or claim slaves as a result. But, speaking on modern-day terms with the U.S. as an example, that doesn't help. In fact, the trend with countries that have waged war against the U.S. have found that after they've lost, the U.S. would come in ...

Random Rambles: Weird Dreams

OK, this is gonna be my psychedelic adventures to my subconscious state that likes to plant weird and ambiguous thoughts throughout my adventures. Most of these dreams are so vague and abstract that I can't even talk about them. I'm just going to highlight some of my dreams and see if y'all can find some universal truth inside them. -The Inception dream. One time, I had a dream inside a dream inside a dream inside a dream. But, I hear you say that that's too far. The dream is too unstable. I don't know how I got this, but I remember about having a dream of some adventure. I was like Link, wandering around dungeons and whacking things with my sword. My adventures covered mountains, forests, caves, lakes, and  grassy hills. I don't know what I was doing, but my dream self seemed to know. Eventually, I woke up from that dream and I remembered it was the day I went to go see Rango. I was so excited. I went on a bus and traveled the city in search of a theater...