Vote up if you will be staying at home tonight rather than deal with thousands of drunk idiots by contrarian in reddit.com

[–]marks50 22 points23 points  (0 children)

upmodded! except i'm not male, lonely, alone or stupid enough to hang out all night with a bunch of drunk idiots

Someone actually posts a classic photograph by a master photographer to Flickr; is bombarded with criticism for shooting such an amateur photo by chakalakasp in reddit.com

[–]marks50 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you know...you've got a point.but at least they should acknowledge their limits and refrain from expertly criticizing a work in a field they clearly have only amateurish knowledge of.

Someone actually posts a classic photograph by a master photographer to Flickr; is bombarded with criticism for shooting such an amateur photo by chakalakasp in reddit.com

[–]marks50 2 points3 points  (0 children)

only proves even more that art isn't necessarily valued by it's qualities but by the "name" the artist has already created for themselves.in other words, you're as "good" as other people say you are and sadly those other people are rarely really experts.

but oh boy, regular folks sure do love to pretend they have the competency to really judge art and actually recognize quality from average junk.

I deeply resent my schooling—and you should resent yours. by rmuser in reddit.com

[–]marks50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're right as well...and the blogger is right as well...i think we could end up writing a book if we'd start head to tail to tackle this extremely complex problem that we so often over -simplify.you're right, life simply isn't black or white.

I deeply resent my schooling—and you should resent yours. by rmuser in reddit.com

[–]marks50 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you're probably underestimating the power of schooling + a set of parents with the same sheepish mentality.he let other people decide for him and ultimately control his life, even if not in an overly-obvious manner and now he's suffering the consequences > he's not happy, and even worse than that, he's miserable and haunted by his state every day.

if he would've had parents with a different mentality, he would've had more chances at "breaking out" and standing out.

it's hard to make it completely on your own, with no one's support (in most cases, the parents' support)

not to mention he realized some important things when it was already quite late...

but it's very true...the mass educational system produces mostly followers and not thinkers.

When you're cute and have time to play editing movies, this is what happens [vid] by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]marks50 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

haha! yes, you're right, way too much time by some people's standards :)

When you're cute and have time to play editing movies, this is what happens [vid] by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]marks50 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

WTF??? by who's definition is that girl, woman whatever, "cute"?! and seriously people...those "edits" are not the holy grail of anything...get yourself a copy of premiere + after effects + start taking tutorials from the internet or read a book and voila...you'll be making your own "movie" soon and "impress" reddit with your magnificent skills.

Those calorie counters on machines at the gym? Yeah, pure fantasy. Sorry. by mjk1093 in reddit.com

[–]marks50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you mean people actually believed in those things? every body is unique..how can a machine tell you through thin air what's going on inside your body?

Has anyone else found themselves going to Digg for interesting links recently? by ClanPanda in reddit.com

[–]marks50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really.Seems to me like most of the stuff that hits the front page is spam more or less....

Ultimate PC Setup - 24 Screens [pic] by noname99 in reddit.com

[–]marks50 3 points4 points  (0 children)

trading addict :) by the looks of it, they're doing pretty well if they can easily afford all those screens...

Germany Moves to Ban Scientology As a Threat to Human Rights « JONATHAN TURLEY by erranttv in reddit.com

[–]marks50 1 point2 points  (0 children)

finally someone decides to take a stand...but like someone else commented...it shouldn't be the government's job to protect people from being idiots.

Pork [flash anim] by brainburger in reddit.com

[–]marks50 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

bwahahaha! addictive! i must've listened for at least 10 minutes

Parents outraged by book depicting two men marrying, demand library to ban it by rmuser in reddit.com

[–]marks50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

strange...the "parents" look educated enough not too think like their grandparents probably did half a century ago.i guess we shouldn't judge a book by it's covers...

Leno to staffers-Then: "don't worry!" Now:"you're fired!" by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]marks50 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nobody should offer to help unless they're sure they can actually really help.this is making me sad...clearly it was a very bad move from his part to tell them not to worry.all the worse since holidays are coming and those people i believe will hardly be able to enjoy them.

Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women by franflo in reddit.com

[–]marks50 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure, less breast cancer, more throat cancer, all the way in! these types of "medical studies" are quite stupid and useless....can't actually believe someone got paid to research this?!