Posts made by Merlin James

Aoi Haru (2001)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Pastoral: To die in the Country (1973)

Good for you, Ryann.

Urusei Yatsura. Both.

Nothing. Earth's screwed enough as it is.

I thought the ending was great. I mean, it was sad ofc, but Peter showed growth. I like that.

This might be a cliche world peace type answer but I truly wish we lived in a world where people could be more understanding of each other rather than attacking everything that deviates from their narrow perception of 'normal'. It's cliche but that would be it. That and money.

I left my teen age not too long ago.
I don't think I cried enough.

Saw it in theaters. Went alone. Best to know as little about it as possible going in.

It was pretty good (and I don't generally watch superhero movies). I just suggest you watch the Sam Raimi trilogy and Marc Webb movies before watching (if you haven't already).

400 meter sprint.

Yeah. That's a fair criticism. I was reaching a bit.

@The-Mods yeah I thought about that. One is a case of treatment while the other is enabling the issue. Still, I noticed both jobs do come from the same source and while the way it's being dealt with differs, I still (and this is my opinion, here) don't know how I feel about how much doctors charge. I don't know anything about how expensive the equipment or research they use is (so that may be a justifiable reason I just don't know about), but I happen to have witnessed firsthand the absolute number that healthcare can do to one's bank account. It does disturb me more than a bit that something as essential as saving lives often requires you to leave them in permanent financial ruin. It's like the person's dying and you're killing them for it. Punishment for suffering. That's kind of the angle I'm coming from, here.

@Cold-Sun I think I get what you're saying. Everyone makes their own choice as to how they use their money and the people selling are just doing their job and that's how the economy works. Cool. You answered my question. Thank you.

I posed a question here yesterday as I tend to do because I have all these thoughts about all these things and my friends are no help at all when I try to explore ideas with them. The responses I've gotten on this site tend to be interesting in better informing my own opinions and introducing me to new perspectives. What happened this time, though is that I got a bit of backlash for my question. I have never in my life been attacked for asking for people's thoughts about a topic. I didn't get so much of opinions or criticisms as much as just rebuke for asking the question in the first place. I got pretty shook up, ngl.

Now I'm asking another question. Can questions, themselves, be offensive/ how so? Is it in structure? Is it in what is being implied? Can invitation of outside opinion be, itself, attacking outside opinion?

@Lake-Bodom so it's a case by case thing for you?

@Lake-Bodom well yes, but I want to know what YOU think

@Lake-Bodom could you expound?

@Cold-Sun I see people are taking issue with the question, itself. Could you tell me where I might have gone wrong/ where you're coming from when you say it's iritating?

@The-Mods how so? I'm not trying to be disrespectful or anything, just trying to get an idea about where I might have gone wrong with the question. Did it come across as too judgmental? If so, my objective is really just to see what people think to better inform my own views, so I do apologize if I came across as judgmental. Just trying to see where people's heads are at

Like drug dealers or people who sell cigarettes or even people who do onlyfans or even legit doctors. You profit from people's addictions or loneliness or other illnesses. Is that ethical? In the cases of drug dealers, is it fine because you're giving people their fix? Or doctors, is it fine to charge people absurd amounts of money for something as basic as healthcare? What do you think about profiting from people's suffering?

Why?/Who won?