Jedal

I've had an account on here for a while and I'm pretty much done using it, but I'm still getting emails about topics I've subscribed to and I don't know how to unsubscribe and also don't really want an account anymore. How do I delete my account?

17 hours ago, Zelly said:

It can double as your yearly double post. 

Wifi went funky when I posted 

My yearly lurk post...

Maybe I should be active on here again...

woah two quotes in a month. guess i gotta pop in for a minute

yeah i still exist

It was the Stormfather. Sorry for not posting!

So... do I get to pick one? This character has many children and has a stormy demeanor.

2 minutes ago, ShardBreaker said:

I sort of posted a long thing that was useless, and I didn't know how to get rid of it, so I edited the post to say this. 

you can hid your own posts.

@KnightRadiantZ depending on how many sanderson books you've read some references might go over your breath. they're talking about Breath from one of brandon's other books, warbreaker

17 hours ago, Sunbird said:

 

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Am I misinterpreting this exchange, or are you two competing in the same writing competition?

lol. it wouldn't be far fetched that we were doing the same competition, as it was a very popular one, but i mean more that the scale of her winning was probably better than mine

12 hours ago, A Budgie said:

I won a writing competition (in the under 18's division)!
Though I see I've been overtaken by Jedal...

i'm sure yours was much better, mine wasn't anything too special

11 hours ago, Mestiv said:

Discord is the new go-to place for casual interactions I think. 

in my opinion discord is a place for smaller communities... i will always find forums better for big groups

won a writing award

People who narrate their actions with asterisks (i.e. *blushes*)

Bronies. It's a kids show. You can like it, but don't force it on me.

Just got back into playing Massive Chalice. Still one of the most interesting game ideas ever. I might write a short story based in a world similar to that one.

Anyone have advice on how to skim history books? Homework eats up my time and I know I'm being too thorough.

18 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

The Italian Americans merely took advantage of his Italian descent to  (which is nothing to be proud of) to gain a footing in America. That's my understanding at least. 

There is literally nothing Italian American about Columbus Day. It was originally stated to celebrate his landing, which was a fun day indeed. It's just the Italian Americans that see it as a celebration of their heritage. It's just all meh really.

3 hours ago, Kaymyth said:

Um...yeah, Jedal, I think DA has this one right. I have literally never heard of anyone claiming that Columbus Day was about celebrating Italian culture before.

Yes, Italian-Americans seized upon the story and pulled it into the limelight, but it was because they were experiencing serious discrimination during that time period. They needed a "hero" countryman to lend them social legitimacy. By pushing him as a quintessentially pre-American hero, they gained that.

I don't know about you guys, but in New York on Colombus Day, we had a parade, and many Italian American artists were celebrated. There was very little mention of Colombus himself and many people spoke more about what it was like to be Italian-American and their experiences. I myself spent time with my grandmother and enjoyed learning more about my culture. That may just be a regional thing, but I'm kinda tired of hearing people dump on a day that's actually dear to my heart.

I seriously don't understand why people like to rust on Colombus day so much. I understand why don't like the man himself, but why do I have to see so many "storm colombus" posts? It's NOT ABOUT HIM. It's about celebrating Italian American culture!

6 hours ago, Delightful said:

The more we as humans develop tech to do boring things like farm and carry water, the more time and energy we can spend on more complex thought and inventions. So what would a post-scarcity world look like? When we dont need to work to provide for or heal ourselves, what do we focus on, what do we create? I have no idea, but I'm really fascinated by the question. 

A post-scarcity world would be a world in which we move onto the stars. There, we can find scarcity. As humans, we will continue to explore and struggle and survive. Earth will also probably not unify, and if it does, by that time we might have other planets. Humanity is a brilliant, complex, self loathing race.

Sounds interesting! I might try it...

On 9/18/2017 at 6:02 PM, Jondesu said:

It’s already crack, no need for jokes.

@Captains Domon, for having multiple personalities, which we’re told also reside in different physical bodies.

For being a genius

I think over and over agian about everything that I do and I see how much evil I cause and how I push everyoen away and how my constant failure is a source of strife and how I ripped my family apart and how my very existence is proof that I ruined to other people. Maybe my mom is right and I;m just a bad person hiding under the guise of being a coward

Sometimes I want to stop existing. Not die, just stop living.

According to a therapist my parents sent me to, I'm suppressing my emotions in order not to get hurt. I've just been doing the things I do regularly every day, not really focusing on anything. I'm doing the absolute minimum every day.

Divorce sucks.