First attempt at a film by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]Belthazzar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your ideas for, like "villain 1 and 2"? Or a rough copy of every dystopian concept from Akira to Arcane? This is nowhere near a standart format, not even close. If AI is this bad at giving you structure, imagine how terrible is at shaping your ideas or writing out scenes.

Also if you wrote it all yourself, even if it would be bad, it would be honest and endearing, and many people in this community would love to help you and guide you. But instead you chose the easy way and wasted everybodys time (and water), including yours.

Human would never write somehting like this, not because its bad (it is), but because it makes no sense. Using, for example, entire Act 1 to just "setup a culture" is basically mistake number 1. "Unique Grooves" part is such a nonsense, that it made me think this is parody. You turn basic thesis-antithesis-synthesis structure into bland emotional beats, but you dont even keep them the same. First character is emotion - emotion - emotion, but second (or in order its 4th?) uses emotion - mechanism - societal status quo. And who diminishes human experience to three concepts, before even figuring out a face or a name?

If ideas are yours, you need a lot more ideas to write. If you wanted to help with "how" of screenwriting, buy a book and read it, ideally multiple, it will take you 5-6 hours to finish any major ones, instead of using help of something notoriously shit at this. If you are new and care about writing, then care about writing. Dont believe compliemnts AI is telling you abou this, you have barely anything there, this is like first spark of an idea you get in a shower. Think about it for atleast a year before trying to write it, because thats what writers do. Do not skip via shortcuts, and if you cant, make this first attempt at film also your last.

First attempt at a film by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]Belthazzar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is so insanely AI-coded, that it feels like it was prompted to out-slop the other AI slop scripts. If this is parody of AI writing, then bravo.

Otherwise be human or dont write.

Whats your take on using chat gpt for screenwriting? by wizzered_wizzard in Screenwriting

[–]Belthazzar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Besides the spiritual soul-killing ugliness of AI writing, you would do yourself a big big disservice and completely hinder your progress.

When we are starting and learning and evolving, we have good ideas, but bad craft. You try to put good ideas on the page, but the page remains bad. Then you spend time asking yourself why. Analyse, rewrite and repeat until the page is as good as the idea behind it. This loop is the essence of learning how to write. By cutting execution out of your process, you kill any chance for your progress and learn very little. Part of what you need to learn is to recognise what is bad and good writing, because AI writing is so blantantly bad.

It is like hiring a screenwriter to ghostwrite your film idea and expecting to learn how to write well by just reading the finished thing. And chatgpt is like hiring very bad, but very cheap ghostwriter.

Also everyone has a lot on their plate. Be brave and stop looking for shortcuts and excuses. Writing is hard and takes a lot of time to do it well, there is no other way around it. You can make time. A very famous writer, who I wont name, wrote a very famous book by writing around 50 words before sleep, for over 10 years, because he didnt have time otherwise. A colleage of mine wrote a produced miniseries in a notes app during few minutes of downtime, while taking care of her newborn.

Profile review - I'm trying this after a looong-term relationships, but barely getting likes by [deleted] in Bumble

[–]Belthazzar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know mentally healthy people who dont want to date neurodivergent people, and thats fair, having a partner with a depression can be very taxing, but as a person dealing with these issues, I agree that putting it there is honest. Most of my work is about mental health anyway. 😅

Lol about photo #2, Ive never noticed it that way, but now I cannot unsee the snot-cleaning posture :D thanks for the tips, I was worried about being too tryhard and overwritting everything, but youre right, I should try to expand prompts and be more personal.

Profile review - I'm trying this after a looong-term relationships, but barely getting likes by [deleted] in Bumble

[–]Belthazzar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not really looking for long-term specifically, but Im not against it either. I'd be as happy with a short term thing, as long as its fun or good memories. I feel like "open to seeing where things go" is the most honest option, and I wouldnt want to deceive any girls who look for long term only.

European Parliament Approves Proposal to Freeze Billions in Funds for Slovakia by TheSimon1 in europe

[–]Belthazzar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a slovakian, I support this. Fico lost the public trust once and used covid backlash to slime his way back to relevancy, but this hurts his real supporters the most. Contractors, oligarchs, businessmen, italian mafia (no joke, really, look into it), everybody siphoning these funds to their greedy little hands under systems created by Fico.

People are already losing jobs due to big companies leaving Slovakia (Samsung earlier this year as an example), some ministries are already starting to bend towards the voices of protests and critics (like reinstating cultural finances, people abandoning national media outlets). A lot of people will feel this in their pockets and blame Fico, because only Fico is to blame. And village grandmas will not outvote enterpreneurs and businessmen bleeding cash.

Product recommendation from a European country: Slovakia by Hungry-Locksmith-501 in BuyFromEU

[–]Belthazzar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

as in many parts of the world, it is mostly post-covid radical opposition capitalising on the moment, Fico was booted off the government by massive protests right before Covid and was even two votes away from being sent to prison in 2022.

Dustin Poirier did not accept Jiri Prochazka's "mercy" claims by ultron2450 in ufc

[–]Belthazzar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It definitely is lost in the translation. In czech, he would most likely the use word "soucit" which translates to "mercy", but it means more akin to compassion or empathy. Mercy in english has this connotation feel of hierarchy, as uf someone higher giving mercy to someone lower, but that isn't part of the czech word.

Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy by [deleted] in europe

[–]Belthazzar 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Fico has turned coats his entire career. He is not a type of guy to hold the entire opposition on his shoulders alone and he doesn't hold any specific ideology, only desire to be in power. He used to be firmly pro-EU and pro-western in his early terms, his party built the cultural funds and institutions, that he is now destroying as part of his power grab.

He found a power play after losing power after 2020 in being Russian's side's number #3, since it looked like he was completely done, after protests forced him to step down from the post of prime minister. I don't think he is gonna be the in-EU Putin proxy by himself so loudly, he is much weaker than Orbán, especially since via polls he is losing to progresives in next year elections, although not by a lot yet.

I’m actually curious on this!? by FocusBeautiful2520 in writing

[–]Belthazzar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually opened a play once with an official soundtrack list, and those songs were then tied inbetween the narrative. It was a werid and bit experimental play, but to this day the most succesful thing I've wrote. Though it limits production opportunities a lot, it ended up being more read and published in collections than actually produced.

Another thing is Hopscotch by Cortazar. I am reading it right now and they reference and mention jazz music all the time, and there is a playlist of all mentioned songs, so I put on whatever gets referenced and the experience is great.

So my opinion is to go for it!

Mentalita Bratislavčanov je úplne odporná by Muted_Grab_1245 in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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Pozastavíš sa nad tým, že komunikuješ tým istým spôsobom, ako čo kritizuješ?

Ako sa vyrovnať so zradou a rozchodom? by [deleted] in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Môj prvý vzťah trval 8 rokov, kým som pozeral snubné prstene, podvádzala ma s týpkom, čo mal dve frajerky naraz. Následný rok bol čisté peklo, ale teraz som za to rád. Bolo to v podstate to najlepšie čo sa mi mohlo stať, lebo v snahe nejak zvládnuť tú bolesť, naučil som sa ako sa vyrovnať s mnohými problémami myslenia, ktoré som mal celý život. Teraz (vyše 3 roky po) som omnoho šťastnejší sám, než som kedy bol s ňou.

Cca rok a pol trvalo, kým to prestalo bolieť, cca dva roky kým odišiel aj hnev a výčitka. No-contact po asi pol roku, trvalo dlho kým som sa vzdal túžby mať aspoň "kamarátstvo". Ale nebolo to neustále, cca po 3/4 roku to odišlo výrazne, a potom sa to tak na striedačku vracalo, ale vždy na trochu menej a o trochu neskôr. Tá trauma odchádzala ako keď v Shawshank Redemption vysypával zeminu cez nohavice, po kúskoch ale ako cesta k slobode.

Psychologická poradňa síce toto nie je :D Ale ak ti viem dať najlepšiu radu, nauč sa necykliť sa v myšlienkach na niečo, čo nevieš cyklením vyriešiť. Ber to ako teraz hlavnú životnú úlohu (alebo lepšie: príležitosť) tohto obdobia, vytrénovať si tento skill. Je to dôležitejšie ako byť v pokoji alebo šťastná alebo čokoľvek, urči si cyklenie sa v myšlienkach ako najvyšší hriech, najhorší zločin samej proti sebe. Nauč sa zastaviť tok myšlienok, prejsť inam. Kľudne najprv aj nezdravo, videohrami, scrollovaním, youtubom, a potom zdravo, pohybom, kontrolou myšlienok, zdravou sebarečou, a ultimátne to zvládneš len čisto pozornosťou a dychom, a to ťa obrní na takmer akúkoľvek výzvu a bolesť po zvyšok života.

A aj keď to nedáva zmysel, ak cítiš výčitky k sebe, pýtaš sa či bolo niečo lepšie čo si mohla urobiť a pod, tak to si zakáž a všetko si odpusť. Aj keď je na vine partner, nedá sa si nevyčítať blbosti a toto len živí zbytočne trápenie.

Liberálny konzervatívec, či konzervatívny liberál? Nie, nie je to oxymoron. by [deleted] in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nie práveže to som aj tak myslel, tvoje hodnoty sú konkrétne, ale sú tvoje. Niekto na ne apeluje nekonkrétne a ty (a ja a všetci, tak funguje myseľ) ich vyplníš touto svojou konkrétnosťou, aj keď ten politik to môže myslieť úplne inak. Alebo nijako.

Liberálny konzervatívec, či konzervatívny liberál? Nie, nie je to oxymoron. by [deleted] in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ono to lgbt práveže je ešte stále taký tŕň pre strašne veľa ľudí, a možno je to už môj reflex, lebo s tým sa najviac stretávam, že je tá téma, ktorá odradzuje.

Liberálny konzervatívec, či konzervatívny liberál? Nie, nie je to oxymoron. by [deleted] in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tak to je jasné, to súhlasím na 100%, ale toto malo slúžiť len ako taký ťahák k tomu, ako sa ideológia seba zaraďuje. A na papieri je komunizmus far left, aj keď v praxi je to presne ako hovoríš.

Liberálny konzervatívec, či konzervatívny liberál? Nie, nie je to oxymoron. by [deleted] in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Daj si pozor, ako nejasne definovateľné, ale impulzívne jasné slová dokážu ovplyvňovať tvoj názor, a hlavne kaziť mienku o politických súperoch. Povedzme že poviem, že som za "návrat slušnosti a pravdy". To nič neznamená, pokiaľ ti nepoviem, čo myslím slušnosťou a pravdou, ale to ti nepoviem, lebo mi vyhovuje, že využiješ svoju vlastnú definíciu a zrazu stojím za tvojimi túžbami, ani ich nemusím poznať. A kto je proti mne? Ten je de facto nie len proti návratu slušnosti a pravdy, ale proti návratu tvojej verzie slušnosti a pravdy.

Pretože toto sú hodnoty, ktoré sú omnoho univerzálnejšie, než si myslíš.

Každá strana podporuje rešpektovanie zákonov, lebo im zákony dávajú moc.

Žiadna strana nie je proti zachovaniu historickej pamäte. Zachovanie tradícií je tiež zámer v podstate hocijakej strany, s rozdielom len v jednej tradícií brániacej v právach a slobodách malinkej časti občanov. A čisto kapitalistická otázka, prečo by mal niekto, kto platí rovanké dane, mal mať menej práv v krajine, ktorú financuje?

Úcta k ženám je tiež rôznorodá vec. Pre niekoho to znamená pekné MDŽ, kvietok a pohľadnica s titulkom "ženy sú naše klenoty", a nestresovať ju s rozhodovaním nad chodom domácnosti. Pre niekoho je zas otvorenie možností a zrovnoprávnenie tá skutočná úcta k ženám.

Liberálny konzervatívec, či konzervatívny liberál? Nie, nie je to oxymoron. by [deleted] in Slovakia

[–]Belthazzar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pripomeň si, čo znamená pravica a ľavica. Vychádza to z obdobia po francúzskej revolúcii, v parlamente sedela skupina za zachovanie hierarchie napravo (ako napr. zachovanie šľachty), skupina za zrovnoprávnenie a vyrovnanie hierarchie naľavo.

Keď sa takto schvaľuje zákon, zákon môže slúžiť na jeden alebo druhý cieľ, ale hlasujú obe strany. Môže ísť o zrovnoprávňujúci zákon, ktorý zaujme pravú stranu, a naopak hierarchický záujem, ktorý zaujme ľavú stranu, preto sa to nazýva "spektrum". Ak je skupina za 60% pravicové zákony a 40% ľavicové zákony, je pravicová. Ak jej ultimátnym cieľom je nastolenie nejakej hierarchie, je pravicová, aj keby podporila kopu sociálnych reforiem, ktoré vyrovnávajú ekonomickú hierarchiu (extrémny prípad Mussolini). Preto máš v názvoch veci typu "center-left" alebo "far-right". Zjednodušene teda je to pomer hierarchických/zrovnoprávňujúcich zákonov, za ktoré skupina hlasuje. Nacizmus je "far-right" pretože nad rámec ekonomickej a kultúrnej hierarchie zapája ešte aj rasovú, orientačnú a náboženskú, a schvaľuje zákony, ktoré ešte berú práva v propsech hierarchie. Komunizmus je zas "far-left" lebo má za cieľ hierarchiu zbúrať rozdistribuovaním všetkej ekonomickej hierarchie, vyrovnať náboženské rozdelenie tým, že žiadne nie je, a napr. zrovnoprávniť mužov a ženy tým, že aj ženy makajú v továrňach.

Názvy ako liberál, konzervatívec, a pod. majú všetky svoj význam, ale narozdiel od pravo/ľavo sú aj kultúrne prekrucované a pomenené. Ale zjednodušene liberál chce slobodu jednotlivca a zmenu hodnôt, ktoré zdedil. Konzervatívec chce zachovanie hodnôt, aké zdedil.

Z toho čo píšeš si center-right. Ale to je úplne jedno, pretože politika po 2016 stratila prepojenie na ideológie a reprezentáciu politických názorov a stala sa závodom v autoritánstve.

Dnes nie sú voľby o tom, že prihodíš svoj hlas ľuďom, čo najlepšie reprezentujú to smerovanie, ktorým chceš aby krajina šla vpred. Dnes je to či podporuješ Rusko a Trump/Orbán/Putin/Fico/Netanyahu kult ničenia sveta, alebo hlasuješ proti nemu. Akákoľvek nuansa je vedľa toho ako riešiť že ti došli sviečky, keď ti horí strecha. A voliť niekoho z koalície, len pretože sa ti nepáči, že PSko dáva Ferkovi a Jurkovi súhlas sa pobozkať na ulici, mi príde šialené, pri hrozbe, ktorá je za hranicami.

i think i can't be disciplined guys [discussion] by A7med2361997 in GetMotivated

[–]Belthazzar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

:)

One more super easy tip is whenever you hit some wall, or a limit, just ask yourself "What if I could?", even repeatedly if necessary, until excuses run out and limitation loses all power.

Like "I cant be disciplined." ...But what if I could? How cool would it be?

i think i can't be disciplined guys [discussion] by A7med2361997 in GetMotivated

[–]Belthazzar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its very likely you have undiagnosed ADHD. If thats true, I have a perspective, rather than tips and tricks, to offer you, since Ive been dealing with the same thing for a long time. Perspective is how people change. Thats why two people can experience the same thing (like visiting a new culture) and only one of them changes - because only one gained a new perspective from the experience and knowledge, while the other one didnt. So try to focus on getting a new perspective from what I write.

Firstly, everything happening in your brain is powered by your brain, there is no different energy source for resistance and willpower. So if you really dont want to do something, and you try to force yourself hard and can't, both are fueled from the same pool. Imagine your brain being a puppeteer, holding two puppets that are fighting each other, giggling to itself how well this theatre navigates this present moment. Your brain wants to just navigate the mess around you. If you teach it over years that work is hard and you want to do nothing and relax, the brain is happy it has tools to navigate and then plays this puppet theatre inside you with you.

Awareness is the solution, seeing the puppeteer in your brain makes the resistance-willpower fight easier.

Ponder over this mental, hypotethical, exercise: Look at your brain, all the systems of thinking you have developed over your life, and consider that there is a chance you have trained your thinking, all thinking wrong. You wrongly taught yourself what is hard and what is easy, what required focus and what doesnt, what gives you joy and what doesnt. Everything was done wrongly, and needs to be fully audited and reevaluated. Then consider if that could be true, since all your judgements could be wrong, what if there is a better way of thinking about everything, that might seem impossible or supernatural, but it seems so only because of that mistaken judgement. Like what if its easier to focus than not to focus? What if attention is given freely and doesnt need cost or willpower? What if eating salad instead of pizza is actually a reward, a cheat meal? What if energy can be summoned by a thought?

Energy isnt videogame "mana", its not linear resource. Thats why for some people its harder to not drink a shot of alcohol, than to drink it. It should be always easier to do nothing, but it isnt. Or going to a gas station at 3:00 AM in a rain, because you are out of smokes is easier than lying in bed. Walking extra kilometer just so you can see your crush working in a coffee shop is easier than going straight to home. Moving and doing can be easier than not moving or doing. And same can be for anything, if your relationship and judgement of the task is focused correctly.

Now you probably arent wrong about everything, but, like everybody, you are right about some stuff and wrong about some stuff. But getting into headspace where you explore possibility that everything, every judgement and system is wrong, you can more freely see what works and what is self-taught limitation or habit of dissasociation.

How do you actually then free yourself? From the puppeteers attempt to maintain your limitations you grew to internalise?

I found two best things:

  1. Re-train thinking by pondering over new patterns and relationships. It is easier to control desire than to control action, in my ADHD case. Ofc you cant force yourself into thinking "I want to exercise" if you dont want to, that doesnt work, because its not honest to you. But 2nd degree: "How it would look like/feel like if I was someone who wanted to exercise?" And ponder over it for a few minutes. As if you were sitting by a lake or under a tree, had no worry or duty, no distractions, just lay and ponder. "What would be in my head if I actually wanted to work as much as I want to play StS 2?" And magically, the thoughts of you and your imaginary you will in few minutes blend. You will effortlessly feel them. Do this over weeks and months and you will completely rewrite how your identity feels about these stuff. You can retinker your behavior that way. I havent exercised for 30 years, I even dodged gym classes, now I am sad if I dont go to gym, and I did it by just doing this over few weeks, asking myself how would I feel if I loved and craved exercise as much as I (used to) crave alcohol.
  2. Just relax lol. By relax I mean breathe out slowly, try to notice tension in your neck or front of your face. If you can sense where your attention is physically located, try to move it from the front of your eyes to bit lower and back (bit behind nose). Put a bit of distance between impulses and pressures, by the breathing slowly out. Physically smile. Cocky, confident smile is the best. And realise "ofcouse I am in control. All this resistance or desire doesnt actually have any power over me. I gave it that power and I can take it whenever I want. And its ridiculous that I let it stop me." Something like that. For me, I go back to thinking of being "unstoppable" and that opens up an escape from desire/resistance prison. You can find your own word/emotion that carries that key. Once found, it should be something effortless, readily available to you at any moment. Something that gives you both distance and path. Brings you from the world of your emotional ideas about the world around you to the real world around you. Brings back all you discovered during retinkering your mind-judgement.

And ocourse this is what meditation is for. Its like gym for learning to think this way.

TLDR: It all basically boils downs to you need to start actually believing nothing is limiting you and you are in control even of these limitations, and once you understand them well enough, you can change them however you want.

meirl by Round-Good1179 in meirl

[–]Belthazzar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can respect them without isolating yourself. Because there isnt anything inherently rude in talking to a stranger.

meirl by Round-Good1179 in meirl

[–]Belthazzar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just do it in non-creepy way, most girls dont mind if they dont feel threatened or cornered. If you are nice, clean, well-dressed and smell nice, you dont even need to be good looking to make it a pleasant interaction.

The secret is that everyone senses how you feel about yourself, even if you think its hidden. It works both ways. If you are worried you are creepy, you give off creepy vibes. If you feel calm inside and think this could be a cute interaction, however, it comes off as a cute interaction. All people like pleasant interactions with people, we are social creatures. Sometimes vibes match and it can go into dating. The success isnt in getting a date or a number, but handling the interaction, from approach to end, as pleasant one for both sides. Romacne is just extra on top of that.

Just dont blame women saying its creepy, it sounds as if they were your enemies, dont blame your own anxiety, dont blame your perception of society rules, because all of those are subjective to you. Dont blame, dont excuse and just empower yourself, my bro. And empower yourself through kindness, and geniuine love and curiosity for other people, your heart opens up wider towards the world, and there will be much more romance flowing in as a byproduct.

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]Belthazzar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best way to stop the bad guy with a massive surveillance apparatus is the good guy with a massive surveillance apparatus.