galeninjapan
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I agree. I hate Bush and company but some of these liberals make me embarrassed to be in the same party.
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Things You Once Cared About...Now You Don't Give A Shit
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WrathOfOtaibah
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Bush and Liberals suck equal amounts of ass. I can't believe America is such a shithole anymore for politics. It makes me cringe and hope someday that the Libertarians will grow more and more in power.
crestfallen
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Here's another resounding FUCK YES for video games. I'm selling them all off. All except for my slim PS2 that is, even though I don't know why I'm keeping the PS2. I plan on keeping up with E3 just to see what's on the horizon, but otherwise, nothing is compelling at all. The only redeeming factor about most games is the music, and even that's fading.
The toughest thing, though, is the fact that I absolutely love the story in Eternal Darkness. Sort of makes me want to keep at least the GCN around, but I'm not so sure.
The toughest thing, though, is the fact that I absolutely love the story in Eternal Darkness. Sort of makes me want to keep at least the GCN around, but I'm not so sure.
I dunno, I know exactly what jinx is saying, but I'm just too much of a sucker for argument sometimes. Compound that with a great deal of short-term stubbornness too, but after that wears off I get self-doubtful and reflective. Of course, I can think of many potential subjects in which I'd be greatly open to other views, but given the current political climate we're stuck with crap like economic stimulation by means of government bankrupcy. I mean, is there really something to discuss?
That being said, being forced to defend your own ideas can be useful even if the only person who ever considers your words is yourself.
That being said, being forced to defend your own ideas can be useful even if the only person who ever considers your words is yourself.
I'd like to offer a genuine request for elaboration here. You can PM it if you'd like, and I won't give you grief over it.Cyan said:
heavy liquid
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Anime.
Nothing creates the illusion of success like a boat!
I used to care about making vast sums of money... but now I don't. I want to live like Bud, from Kill Bill. In the middle of the desert... in a trailer, with no one around. That'd be tight. I could just go outside and hit golf balls in any direction and no one would care.
I used to care about making vast sums of money... but now I don't. I want to live like Bud, from Kill Bill. In the middle of the desert... in a trailer, with no one around. That'd be tight. I could just go outside and hit golf balls in any direction and no one would care.
videogames. more specifcally, I used to buy every major game release for every system, could tell you everything about anything, and was just completely into it.. now.. eh. I've bought maybe 6 games over the past year or so and haven't played any of them to completion.
success. I previously wanted success at the highest of levels. wanted to become huge and prosperous. I had my chance, to work at Microsoft on the XDK, and turned down the interview. Reason, my daughter was on the way and there was no way I was going to move away from her. now success is meaningless to me. stability, closeness, and hapiness are all that I care about for my personal life. I still do very well for myself and family, but nowhere near the income I was shooting for 5ish years ago.
WoW. As others have said.. seriously.. until early february this year, I was an utter WoW junkie. From launch to then I had put in over two weeks worth of time. seriously. I couldn't imagine doing anything else it was just so damn fun. now I wonder how my wife and daughter lived with me during that time.
probably more, just have to think about it.
success. I previously wanted success at the highest of levels. wanted to become huge and prosperous. I had my chance, to work at Microsoft on the XDK, and turned down the interview. Reason, my daughter was on the way and there was no way I was going to move away from her. now success is meaningless to me. stability, closeness, and hapiness are all that I care about for my personal life. I still do very well for myself and family, but nowhere near the income I was shooting for 5ish years ago.
WoW. As others have said.. seriously.. until early february this year, I was an utter WoW junkie. From launch to then I had put in over two weeks worth of time. seriously. I couldn't imagine doing anything else it was just so damn fun. now I wonder how my wife and daughter lived with me during that time.
probably more, just have to think about it.
Same here. People say we're fucking up the Earth, but this planet had a much worse atmosphere eons ago and look how it came out. We aren't doing shit to it in comparison, except screwing ourselves. And if it ever happens that we kill ourselves en masse, then WE become the next fossil fuel like the organic material before us.
With that said, I still make sure to put cans in the recycle box, cuz that's cool and shit.
I used to care about video games a great deal. I quit for a while then had a recent relapse, mainly becuase all my friends played games and felt obligated to buy them to relate with these ppl. Now I could care less again. I just like playing a couple games I enjoy, street fighter 3 and virtua fighter. That's it.
I used to care alot about being accepted and noticed by others for things I did but when it happnened, it was more annoying than anything else. There is a lot to be said for finding comfort in solitude, and just genreally laying low.
Haha, I know what you mean. I used to be the same way actually not too long ago. I just realised how much energy I was putting into it. I dont think all the deep thinking was a total waste or anything, but now I do see there is much more to life than just thinking about it. :lol
I think age has a lot to do witht his though. I look around on MySpace and things of that nature and see alot of kids 18-21 do a alot of "deep thinking". At least I didnt make a blog about it. haha.
I used to care alot about being accepted and noticed by others for things I did but when it happnened, it was more annoying than anything else. There is a lot to be said for finding comfort in solitude, and just genreally laying low.
Musashi Wins! said:
Haha, I know what you mean. I used to be the same way actually not too long ago. I just realised how much energy I was putting into it. I dont think all the deep thinking was a total waste or anything, but now I do see there is much more to life than just thinking about it. :lol
I think age has a lot to do witht his though. I look around on MySpace and things of that nature and see alot of kids 18-21 do a alot of "deep thinking". At least I didnt make a blog about it. haha.
The Chosen One
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Heh, pre-Dreamcast death I read various gaming sites religiously (and ran one myself), posted on numerous videogame message boards (Next Gen, DCTP, GAF, and etc).
But when the Dreamcast died, it zapped a lot of my interest. Also I started working in the industry right around that same time. After working 60-80 hours at a studio, the last thing I wanted to do was read a bunch of gaming news sites and read un-ending forum rantings.
Also I've grown tired of the graphics obsession with the console game industry. Games aren't really getting better, they're just getting prettier. Obviously there's exceptions, but game budgets are getting so big now (rivaling the budgets of Hollywood theatrical releases) that a lot of the small interesting companies have been gobbled up and now we're left with "safe" and "low risk" games by large publishers. The niche console game is pretty much gone now. If a game doesn't have the potential to push at least 500K units then it's simply not made.
This is why I personally retreated to the PC scene and now make Independent games. In my Sega fanboy days I disliked Nintendo, but now I respect them. At least they're the only game manufacture that is trying to innovate through other areas besides graphics and multimedia features. MS and especially Sony are obessed with taking over your living room by using their console/handheld as a Trojan horse. Nintendo isn't trying to take over any living rooms, they're simply trying to improve the gaming experience (albeit with quirky features). Initially I thought the DS was just a lame knee jerk reaction to the PSP, but after playing it I can appreciate the new concepts they introduced with it. That dog game looks very interesting. Sony is the master of cool and the PSP is the definition of cool. But in terms of gaming, I don't see it bringing anything new to the table except for prettier graphics and higher prices. No thanks.
Geez, now I'm just babbling. I'll stop now.
galeninjapan
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The Chosen One said:
Great read man, I definatly agree with what you are saying there.
D-X said:
Yes. I even used to write for GA....
And alot of sports in general. Baseball in particular. I just don't care one bit about baseball. But I've run into grown men and old timers in some places in this country, and they talk baseball like little kids. I just don't get it. I really liked baseball like that when is was what, 10? Almost the same with basketball, but I will watch some of the playoffs.
I find that the older I get, some sports I never cared about, I start to pay attention too. I started watching English soccer and Rugby a couple of years ago. I don't know why, but I started really gettting into the EPL. Then the damn cable company made Fox Sports World a pay channel.......
I used to care about keeping my close-nit group of friends but after 10 years I realized their all assholes (including myself).
As others have said, I dont give a fuck about videogames anymore. Id rather watch people argue about dumb shit on a videogame forum...
The Government...I used to care about politics until the dumb fucks that make up this country re-elected Bush. I guess we want this tard running our shit.
Working out, man I used to be mr. meathead. Now Im just over it. I realized how stupid it is to waist 3 hours a day in a gym. Life is to fuckin short.
Idiots in general. You cant change them, dont try.
And as the original poster said, being nice to girls. Girls like assholes so why waist your time opening doors.
As others have said, I dont give a fuck about videogames anymore. Id rather watch people argue about dumb shit on a videogame forum...
The Government...I used to care about politics until the dumb fucks that make up this country re-elected Bush. I guess we want this tard running our shit.
Working out, man I used to be mr. meathead. Now Im just over it. I realized how stupid it is to waist 3 hours a day in a gym. Life is to fuckin short.
Idiots in general. You cant change them, dont try.
And as the original poster said, being nice to girls. Girls like assholes so why waist your time opening doors.
Things that I don't care about anymore:
- Politics. Especially the Liberals.
- Videogames in general. I'm over my "collect everything" phase. As soon as the next generation hits I'm out. I will be officially resigned to being a casual gamer. The only games I really care about are Tetsuya Mizuguchi's games.
Things that I care more about now:
- Women. Nowadays I'm looking for a specific kind of woman. I'm not accepting random women who don't fit my criteria.
- Clothes. Before I didn't give a shit how I looked so long as it was simple and clean. Nowadays I care a lot about what I wear, what brand it is and how I look.
- Politics. Especially the Liberals.
- Videogames in general. I'm over my "collect everything" phase. As soon as the next generation hits I'm out. I will be officially resigned to being a casual gamer. The only games I really care about are Tetsuya Mizuguchi's games.
Things that I care more about now:
- Women. Nowadays I'm looking for a specific kind of woman. I'm not accepting random women who don't fit my criteria.
- Clothes. Before I didn't give a shit how I looked so long as it was simple and clean. Nowadays I care a lot about what I wear, what brand it is and how I look.
KilledByBill
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Like a lot of people here, I really don't care too much for videogaming anymore. I think my love for gaming peaked during the last years of the PlayStation and the Dreamcast days and since then has steadily declined. I still play games once in a while but gaming isn't an obsessive habit anymore. I only wish this change could've happened sooner since my time in highschool and college would've been much better spent working out, chilling with friends, studying, etc.
I just thought of another big one: my family and "back home". I still care about (some of) them individually (I have a ton of recently discovered anger towards my parents now), but as a family, I just don't care anymore, and I don't give a shit about going home anymore. For years it's been almost painfully obvious that my parents probably won't end up staying together once all the kids are "out of the house", and the thought of my parents divorcing used to terrify me. Now, for some reason, I really don't give a crap. I also don't care for going back home anymore... for most of college I used to like going home for the holidays and chilling there and whatnot, and the thought of selling the house kinda depressed me. Again, just don't give a shit anymore. This all pretty much started when I got out of my 'funk' a year and a half or so ago.
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I agree with this entirely. I don't mind politics as much since most of my conversations tend to stick to news, and not debates. But engaging in philosophy and religion discussions bore me to tears, and notably as an atheist, I get really tired of that point in time when people have one too many drinks and then begin with, "Hey....why don't you believe in God?" Get bent.
This is how I feel about most girls.
And chalk up one more for the video games thing.
galeninjapan
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Saki said:
:lol
If it makes any difference I was 12.
PartlyCloudlike
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Music - I no longer bother explaining why I like a song after someone says it sucks. And I never bother commenting on songs and bands I don't like, either. I could act like them by jumping into a thread of a band I dislike and bash their music. But it's a waste of time and quite pathetic.
CajoleJuice
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I pretend not to care about shit, but I really do. A lot. I think about everything all the time. I can't fucking take it.
Hey Boogie, glad you finally don't care about your parents getting divorced. I'm 19, and my parents have hated each other their whole lives. (I think) they stayed together for my sake, but I would have been better off if they got divorced when I was little.
Edit: I just realized I used to care about the NBA when the Knicks were good. But got beat by Jordan or Reggie every fucking year. GODDAMN YOU JORDAN!
Hey Boogie, glad you finally don't care about your parents getting divorced. I'm 19, and my parents have hated each other their whole lives. (I think) they stayed together for my sake, but I would have been better off if they got divorced when I was little.
Edit: I just realized I used to care about the NBA when the Knicks were good. But got beat by Jordan or Reggie every fucking year. GODDAMN YOU JORDAN!
The things I used to care about a while back were usually material objects, and these days its peace of mind, my relationship with my girlfriend and family, and learning new shit. Ive never really been political and I hold a rather open and broad view on religious topics, so I fell out of arguing my side of politics and religion a long while ago (a lot of this probably has to do with going to private Catholic school, and dealing with this earlier than most people). These days Im happy to throw out my take on things and be as helpful as possible, but Im not particularly worried whether anyone agrees, disagrees, or listens and responds at all. I guess Im just content in most aspects of life, and I feel like Ive experienced a ton of shit, good and bad, in my 28 years.
Its become a side conversation of the thread, but yes, I still enjoy gaming and probably always will because I keep it as a hobby and not an obsession.
Its become a side conversation of the thread, but yes, I still enjoy gaming and probably always will because I keep it as a hobby and not an obsession.
Drinky Crow
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Basically what the man above me said, although replace "girlfriend" with "wife comma daughter". That, and I was never in Catholic school. Fuck materialism, though; it just can't make you really happy.
Oh, and anime. There was like two years early in college where I was fuckin' nuts for the shit. Now I can't even begin to fathom what the hell I was thinking.
Oh, and anime. There was like two years early in college where I was fuckin' nuts for the shit. Now I can't even begin to fathom what the hell I was thinking.
SonicMegaDrive
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Popular music.
I'd say anime too, but the old 60's-early 90's shit is still too good to pass up.
I'd say anime too, but the old 60's-early 90's shit is still too good to pass up.
CajoleJuice
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:lol Shit, it was late. I see demon or Boogie and I think the same thing.demon said:
truffleshuffle83
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i used to buy jordans when they were actually shoes that jordan wore to play, not just jordan branded shoes that jeter endorses or carmelo plays in. ones that came out like 1-2 a year that people would line up at the mall for. that was awesomeBojTrek said:
also i used to play MTG avidly, but havnt played in about 5 years as the game started getting cheesy
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