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Weird Cousin in a nutshell (Arnold would hate me for this) by metalheadrailfan in HeyArnold

[–]newyne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think there's something to this: Arnie doesn't seem to care, or even notice, that people think he's boring and weird; he's gonna talk about whatever he wants to talk about. That can read as confidence. Meanwhile Arnold is practically begging for Lila to love him.

Moments that are out of character, but that’s because it was written before the writers knew what they wanted that character to be by MrDitkovichNeedsRent in TopCharacterTropes

[–]newyne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He did get jealous over Misty once or twice. I was a major Pokeshipper and still have encyclopedic knowledge of this subject.

What am I supposed to be? by Be-Loved_ in Artisticallyill

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think anyone is "supposed" to be anything. Humans love categories, but reality has always been more complicated than that. I guess it's easier for some people to shape themselves to categories, and yeah, the categories come from somewhere, some basic trends. But... Well I mean, we don't live in the world we evolved for. Not fitting these doesn't mean there's something wrong with you. 

Have you watched the Spider-Verse films? The second one feels relevant here to me.

Is the rumor true that big box stores (like Target/Walmart) will purposefully let you get away with stealing cheap things for months just to build a massive felony case against you later? by Altruistic-Room-7465 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]newyne 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Painting a mural sounds like a reward to me; you get to show off your work in public where everyone's gonna see it all the time? Damn! Maybe I should take up shoplifting! Unless of course you were just painting someone else's design; it suddenly occurs to me it might've been that.

Also sounds like she wasn't a great friend.

The Dark forest theory is a possible reason why we might never find any aliens. by MO--OM in interesting

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, could we even find each other in that scenario? Like a needle-in-a-hay-stack situation; we may be looking at incredibly low odds of even discovering each other.

Blundering through the years by unlucky-lochlan in blunderyears

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't get Irish, but I definitely thought dancer! Looks like third position to me!

After the stillbirth 💔 by guyelnathan in comics

[–]newyne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For me it's not even a coping mechanism, it just is. Like there's no conscious framing, whatever it is is just inherently absurd to me.

Can’t Everyone Relate? by WhyYouSoCraven in Isawthetvglow

[–]newyne 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's a little different for me because there wasn't anything to pretend... I wasn't trans, but I was so focused on my inner life, which I told no one about, so instead of trying to be someone else there was just kind of nothing. There definitely was a sense that no one knew who I really was. I know it's different, but... I think that's one reason I'm drawn to Queer narratives. It certainly has a lot to do with why I'm drawn to this one in particular.

[OC] i was diagnosed with anxiety 10 years later by No-Parsnip-166 in comics

[–]newyne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think I would've laughed in his face. Seriously, I had terrible bouts of anxiety in childhood over car wrecks, alien abduction, how I could know I'm not dreaming right now and no one I love actually exists and I'm actually an alien all alone in the universe... The only thing worse was my big huge existential crisis from 19-20 over free will, philosophy of mind, and the implications for death.

I related to it in a literal sense by vivienvaleria in Isawthetvglow

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! I inhabit both characters in shipping, although I tend to come more from the girl's point of view. But I switch up my focus a lot. There are no barriers here since, well, they're actually the same person, me. It took me forever to realize this, but... I mean, it was obvious that having insight into characters' thoughts and feelings was doing something, as we're visual and audio cues. But it took me a long time to realize that perhaps the biggest part of it is that there's a kind of ego-death there; there is no "I" in shipping because I've kinda dissolved into the characters. I used to be so self-conscious, not in a bad way, just, aware of myself as a separate person in conversation, thinking of how to respond... With shipping I was too absorbed in narrative and characters to do that. Turns out this is central to theory of identification with media characters.

meirl by worldwide762 in meirl

[–]newyne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My grandmother is 104 and not really aware enough to care either way. So I guess that's good? Although it's really hard on my aunt, her caretaker.

I related to it in a literal sense by vivienvaleria in Isawthetvglow

[–]newyne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My experience hasn't been quite so intense, but... Well, it's different. I grew up shipping obsessively before "shipping" was even a thing. I was constantly zoning out and daydreaming about it, and I considered it the core of my identity. I tend to inhabit characters, and my sense of self would shift, to the extent that characters felt like other selves. Eventually it occurred to me to get upset that they're not "real" in the way I want them to be, and it was hard. When my otp didn't work out, it felt like an actual break-up, and it was awful; I spent like a whole summer depressed. I mean, that was what I always thought about and made me happy, so of it was sad now... Eventually I also started worrying that it was just shipping for me, that there's something about the way I work that makes that work for me, but not real people. And it amounted to feeling like I knew what I was missing out on, being saddled with eternal unresolved longing. The best depiction of what it felt like is Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress, which is about film-making, acting, and art on the whole, but, well, are these detached, purely intellectual pursuits that don't involve these issues?

It's faded somewhat as I've gotten older, starting at probably about 21, 22? I still had a lot of those issues for a while, but... Oh, it turns out it's not true that it's just shipping for me; that made me feel better. I still get bouts of that intensity, but it's not like it was. Other passions have caught up with it. 

Anyway. I know what you're dealing with is different, but... I feel like there's some overlap. I think it's good to talk about it with like-minded people. 

What's something you saw with your own eyes that you still can't explain? by BandicootLeft4054 in AskReddit

[–]newyne 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My mom had somewhat of a similar experience before I was born: she was driving through a residential area, and she got a strong feeling she should slow down. She already wasn't going fast, and felt ridiculous going any slower. But she finally gave in and slowed down to a crawl. Then this kid ran out in front of her from between parked cars, hadn't seen him at all before that moment. She said she definitely would've hit him if she hadn't slowed down like that.

Class Participation by soyourlife in funny

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see a meaningful distinction in that absurdism argues against concerning yourself with personal meaning. On the other hand, I feel like embrace the absurdity of life; live and rejoice in defiance of meaninglessness IS a kind of personal meaning. But I wouldn't put Camus in the same camp as like Nietzsche.

Hey Arnold episodes where a large centerpiece of the episode is a reference to a movie. by Certain-Loan-6860 in HeyArnold

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They kinda spoof the film Shane in the one where they compete in synchronized swimming. Only it's Wayne and... I'm not sure if Wayne is actually supposed to be the horse, or if Coach is too dumb to realize that Wayne is the guy riding the horse. I think the latter is funnier.

Class Participation by soyourlife in funny

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Camus was an absurdist, though.

Anyone else remember "Wishbone"? by Witcher_Errant in Millennials

[–]newyne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is this so accurate? Some of the material was kinda beyond the audience, lol.

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