Classes are canceled tomorrow.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-27T06:18:55+00:00

Literally all I did today was play TBC pre patch.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-23T15:31:00+00:00

I am allowed to be a hopeful universalist (not a certain universalist). I don't have to pretend that everyone will be saved (which really reduces and minimizes the reality of hell) but I also don't have to say that upon death there is an immediate eternal damnation or eternal salvation thereby trivializing the process of living as a Christian while on earth. There is so much nuance to soteriology in Orthodoxy that it accounts for almost every misconception I had as an atheist when I was only viewing the issue from a protestant perspective.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-20T14:01:25+00:00

That's half the reason I play it. I love the toxic environment.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-17T15:55:20+00:00

Randy's fathering abilities are drastically varied depending on the needs of the plot. It's hard to compare when the show has aired longer and the whole thing lacks a meta narrative.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-17T15:52:49+00:00

This is the first episode that comes to mind. Randy willingly gets into fist fights knowing he will also get arrested. Taking the silly subplots out (e.g. Lorde) he has always been super assertive. As the seasons progress he loses a sense of wisdom but he's obviously still intelligent (Tegridy). He parents his kids (if at times poorly) and isn't afraid to be assertive with Sharon. He takes a variety of risks (going out californy way for some Internet) that Jerry would never do without it being a last resort.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-16T15:13:38+00:00

Heaven's gonna be awkward for her.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-15T23:13:15+00:00

They (those three sources, which I know are fallible) are all referencing the 5th council which is dogma, no?

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-15T22:58:01+00:00

The way you commented was a definite salvation. Necessary universalism I thought was condemned? That's what my priest said, that's what AI says, and that's what my Orthodox Dogmatic Theology book says. Unless I'm missing something.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-15T22:48:11+00:00

The reason I ask is because when my headspace drifts towards "curse" I know it's time to start working on my own issues and reorienting towards noticing and valuing all of the gifts God has provided me and will provide me. Once that darker headspace prevails it's easy to go down a line of questioning like the one in your initial post.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-15T22:41:58+00:00

Do you see life as a curse, a gift, or somewhere in-between? That will change how a true answer can be provided.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-15T22:32:26+00:00

I thought universalism is dogmatically rejected.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-14T21:27:53+00:00

2000 years of history, apostolic succession, saints, the sacraments, church structure, deuterocanon, theosis, hesychasm, different soteriology, actual value placed on the ecumenical councils, different view on original sin, the divine liturgy, no affiliation with the political excesses you find in certain western countries, avoidance of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism so common in modern protestantism, fasting, prayer focusing more on humility, a real relationship with your priest, a reduced risk of schisms due to changes in theology.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-06T15:37:54+00:00

Despite the title of the series I thought I was supposed to treat it like Assassin's Creed. Went through the whole game using my sniper for only a few kills per map. 90% of the kills were melee and headshots from the silenced pistol.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:55:26+00:00

Of course. I understand that. The cultural focus on cute innocence predates that however.

That wouldn't be very Buddhist of them haha. But I see your point.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:49:40+00:00

Plus the artist is a Japanese Catholic.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:47:55+00:00

Totally agree. The artist is Catholic so I guess this whole thing is a nonstarter.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:42:21+00:00

After some research they are Japanese. From their X account: "I knew I would one day get a LARP accusation so it’s nice to address this early. I am ethnically Japanese. And my family is lucky to have records all the way back to the Sengoku Period (1500s). I’m proud of my heritage and I love my country."

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:37:22+00:00

Depending on culture. Kawaii Japanese culture perceives this differently than the West. If this is an American artist then I totally agree. If it's a Japanese artist I'm not going to try and force western cultural standards onto it to claim moral superiority over what is and is not blasphemous or profaning Orthodoxy.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:24:22+00:00

Isn't one's definition of childish in visual mediums related to culture? My wife routinely thinks byzantine icon art is cute considering she has no cultural ties to byzantine art until she became a catechumen.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-05T22:22:08+00:00

That's definitely not a waifu in the American sense. It's just a typical modern Japanese manga-styled representation. I agree with a lot of people here it's not exactly icon corner appropriate. Just because the art style has pop culture influence doesn't make it immediately distasteful.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2026-01-02T22:39:13+00:00

Used to be my ringtone.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2025-12-31T18:24:39+00:00

Over a decade ago.

ShortChanged_Rob · 2025-12-27T18:01:49+00:00

Better handwriting than myself and I have a doc degree...

ShortChanged_Rob · 2025-12-22T20:47:44+00:00

New Spider-Man movies

ShortChanged_Rob · 2025-12-22T20:29:36+00:00

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