I actually AM a photographer, and the world still sucks. Models might be beautiful on the outside but I've met a lot of them that are really ugly on the inside.Ocelot GT said:
WTF IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?
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Yeah the world is fucked up, that's hardly big news. However take solace in the fact that these incidents are still rare enough that they are big news.
The world's nature is to be fucked up, any object this size will most likely suffer in quality control
There's some good. Like this: [a href=http://mashable.com/2010/01/13/haiti-red-cross-donations/]Red Cross Raises $800,000+ for Haiti Through Text Message Campaign[/a]
Well, my general rule is while individual people are all right, people on the whole are usually selfish, greedy, arrogant tossers. (No one here, of course, but you get the point).
Is it odd, that most news stations (Minus the local ones) could care less about small things like murders, bank roberies and or casualties in war and instead focus on what Obama is wearing today? Sorry, my consirvitism slipped out, but where I live it's usually the exact opposite, people could care less about two brothers from wisconsin getting blown up in an IED explosion, when Obama got new dress pants. Sorry, my outlook is extremly bleak...Ocelot GT said:
I understand your point, but shielding yourself from the bad stuff doesn't exactly stop it from happening. Would you agree that the world could be in such bad shape because of that kind of thing? Unfortunately the only "Good News" we seem to get are these pathetic, "human interest" puff pieces to distract us from what's really going on. Its nothing new.Ocelot GT said:
I'm not ripping on you, I like your attitude, I just think that if more people were to face the crap that we do to each other rather than ignore it and hope it goes away, maybe collectively we can DO something about it so there won't BE any more bad news...
Jeez, I still sound like a defeatest jerk. Any chance you could email me some of that positive attitude of yours? I seem to be all out today
Firstly, stop using all caps in your thread titles.
Secondly, yeah the world is full of insane people. Only reason it seems so bad is because the internet can flood us with stories of it happening, whereas 20 or so years ago we likely wouldn't have been any the wiser.
Secondly, yeah the world is full of insane people. Only reason it seems so bad is because the internet can flood us with stories of it happening, whereas 20 or so years ago we likely wouldn't have been any the wiser.
Oh bloody hell don't suggest that! You know how open to misinterpretation old Friedrich is...Flishiz said:
You are becoming more aware of atrocity and tragedy because it's what sells these days:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUGbu6Jcrmw
Eschew it. Get others to focus on the good rather than the evil. Cultural change starts with personal change.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUGbu6Jcrmw
Eschew it. Get others to focus on the good rather than the evil. Cultural change starts with personal change.
I usually do speak up, but there's not much to speak up to when people are getting stabbed.Jarsteen said:
Its different than speaking up against a shitty form of government or corrupt religious leaders.
I'm not talking about shielding yourself from bad information. I am talking about what information you pay notice too.Undercover said:I understand your point, but shielding yourself from the bad stuff doesn't exactly stop it from happening. Would you agree that the world could be in such bad shape because of that kind of thing? Unfortunately the only "Good News" we seem to get are these pathetic, "human interest" puff pieces to distract us from what's really going on. Its nothing new.Ocelot GT said:
I'm not ripping on you, I like your attitude, I just think that if more people were to face the crap that we do to each other rather than ignore it and hope it goes away, maybe collectively we can DO something about it so there won't BE any more bad news...
Jeez, I still sound like a defeatest jerk. Any chance you could email me some of that positive attitude of yours? I seem to be all out today
Newspapers dont sell with headlines such as "all is well today" "man helps grandma across the road" Instead they have sensational and frightening headlines. It's this sort of thing which is giving people a false representation in regards to the state of world affairs.
When I worked as a journalist half of my stories were rejected by the editor when they were feel good puff pieces. Instead I was told to dig up statistics or do some story necromancy and report on the outcome of a murder which happened 4 years ago, instead of reporting about a seniors organisation getting 300k funding.
Couldnt have said it better myself.Tirunus said:
This world is not a very good place alot of the time.
Go listen to MAd World a few hundred times and let the slow music sink in, that might help you relize how fucked it all is.