The Random Thoughts Thread

[prickles]

last year spread in bulk to HSC

hey wow I thought it was something that had been happening for a while....<3<3

[K888]

Is there such a thing as drinking too much tea?

[sweetiepi]

Is there such a thing as drinking too much tea?

I don't think so!

(Tea is great ^_^ )

[Joseph41]

Is there such a thing as drinking too much tea?

That would be insanitea.

[Bri MT]

Haha update on me: I don't know if I'm gay per se hahahahha I was psychoanalysing it with a friend of mine today. And uh yeah. Think I might have jumped the gun, but am probably asexual/aromantic with a strange periodic tendency to want to squeeze people to death/hold their hands based on associations of what I consider to be loveable-looking objects. ahhh (cri) human sexuality is not very black and white with me, though I desperately want it to be for me :"(

One thing is for certain I am probably one of the letters in the LGBTQI+ spectrum haha

Don't know if this helps but you aren't the only one in doubt. I've identified as aroace for a few years now but I'm wondering if I might be biromantic? Maybe arospec but not fully aro? I could ask on aroplane (which I prefer over AVEN) but idk, maybe this is just something that requires a lot of introspection or is never certain.

It's hard, but try not to stress to much about labels, you don't need to use one if you aren't comfortable with it

[peterpiper]

Don't know if this helps but you aren't the only one in doubt. I've identified as aroace for a few years now but I'm wondering if I might be biromantic? Maybe arospec but not fully aro? I could ask on aroplane (which I prefer over AVEN) but idk, maybe this is just something that requires a lot of introspection or is never certain.

It's hard, but try not to stress to much about labels, you don't need to use one if you aren't comfortable with it

I'm so glad to hear this haha (really - you have no idea). And yeah, I don't know why I'm so persistent with labels. I guess I just don't like the fact that I don't fully grasp that side of me, and how everyone seems to be so sure of themselves, especially at the age I am at and the people who I surround myself with. It makes me a little anxious and a bit aspey-obsessive (admittedly) because deep inside I just want to find that part of me that might align itself with the status quo, and find any partial evidence which may lend itself as validation that I am normal.

...Or at least what appears to be normal is something I sort of desire, as I've pretty much always felt like an outsider for my entire life, and that by using labels and 'shoving myself in a box' (sorry I can't find another less aggressive way of putting it haha) I convince myself internally that I am achieving this, thereby making myself feel better about who I am. lol yeah I know - it sounds a lot and I should probably talk to my psychologist about it. But that's probably the closest way I can come to explaining why that would be the case. Also, I really appreciate your input <3 It makes me feel less alone (as cheesy as it may sound). And I guess I should just accept that I'll probably never resolve it just as well, which isn't so bad. And accept myself!

I'd tag you in a wholesome meme if I could but, ty for the insight! Never realised how unreasonable it was for me to sort of fret about this!

[heids]

I can't seem to put my feelings about this whole issue into words, so forgive the clumsiness.

I myself haven't experienced sexual/romantic attraction, but I'm sort of leaving it open: just because I haven't yet doesn't mean I never will (nor does it mean that I will!), I still have another expected sixty years of life and have no idea what that future will hold.  I don't want to box myself into a label based on the few years I've lived, if that makes sense?

Also, it's totally normal for everyone to go through different periods of different feelings... I don't think we can reasonably put ourselves in one simply category because our feelings and moods and desires and constantly fluctuating.  Everyone sometimes feels more huggy and needy and passionate, and sometimes more aloof and distant and unconnected, if that makes sense.  It's normal.

I also feel this confusion is one of the unintended negative consequences of the LGBTQIA+ movement... because there are so many more labels available than there were, and so much more ability and pressure to decide on your own identity, it becomes much more confusing.  It's something most people didn't used to question, which tbh is simpler *for the majority*, because having to make choices about identity is very difficult and confusing.

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Probably been mentioned before but the scroll arrow looks like a quaver on the new post page because the "recent" div covers it http://i.imgur.com/EmkUKhA.png

[Calebark]

dare you

[sweetiepi]

dare you

Hahaha

Classic stitch up
I wish my headache would disappear hahah

[slothpomba]

SO I originally posted this in the VCE English discussion, but it kinda didn't get any love, and I'm kind of a bit behind on a comparative essay I was gonna use it for...

RE: Animal farm, definitely not a lampoon against socialism per se as much as a large state controlling peoples lives and a narrative around the power structures in society.

Orwell was definitely on the left and thought socialism was an ideal. It is important to note there are many different kinds of socialism/communism. Most people picture Soviet Russia and this is what Orwell was rebelling against. It was a revolution that he thought was rapidly going off the rails. It is a form of communism called "council communism"/"soviet communism" where a lot of the decisions are made by a concentrated, small group of people (i say basically a new elite/monarchy). This is seen in animal farm with power over the many concentrated in the hands of the few. I would not say this is true communism but that is a very complicated analysis that i wont go into here.

Orwell was more of an anarchist/libertarian and disagreed with power structures as a whole. Succinctly the idea of these philosophies is to disperse power widely or make the structures and laws of society such that it is hard for the few to have power over the many. You can have anarchistic or libertarian forms of communism and socialism. At one end, they are totally voluntary, it's basically people forming co-operative societies and groups. These already exist in a lot of places, including Australia. You all start a business together by pooling your money, you all work in it together and you all share the profits. Note it is not like capitalism where one group/person or the person with the most money controls the business/means of production and makes most of their profits not off their own work but the work that their workers do; in a cooperative system the profits are shared with the workers. But it is totally voluntary to join this kind of business and participate for instance, so, there is no power over anyone and Orwell would have approved of this kind of communism/socialism.

I haven't read the book for maybe 10 years so i wouldn't use it in an essay. It at least highlights some of the different strains of thought (in a shallow and brief way).

[RuiAce]

Trying to record these darn videos.

Holy fuck. I hate my voice. I hate my lisp so much.

[S200]

RE: Animal farm, definitely not a lampoon against socialism per se as much as a large state controlling peoples lives and a narrative around the power structures in society.

thanks heaps...

[RuiAce]

This stuff is crazy

[Calebark]

FINALLY

In 2013, I heard this really cool folk metal song. However, I never found out what artist it was from. All I knew is they were from Australia.

I FINALLY FOUND THEM TODAY. They're from Wollongong, and their name is Saralisse. Whew, finally, a good start to my day.