[ SECRET POST #3022 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3022 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Angel]


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03.
[Steven Moffat]


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04.
[Harry Potter]


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05.
[Trailer Park Boys]


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06.
(The Little Flying Bears)


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07.
[Once Upon a Time]


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08.
[Felicia Day]


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[Doctor Who]


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[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]


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[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]


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[The Simpsons - Tapped Out]


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[Red Dwarf]


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[Kyuhyun/Super Junior]


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[X-Files]


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[Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy]


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17.
[Madame Secretary]


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18.
[Amanda Palmer]








Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 075 secrets from Secret Submission Post #432.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Why does Tumblr

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I'm not sure that I agree with this entirely. I agree that any push towards a third party candidate is entirely unrealistic and kinda dumb. But at the same time, I mean, there are very real disagreements in principle here. And while I think you should still vote for Hillary if you live in, you know, Virgina, Florida, Ohio, Colorado, or whatever, I can't really get mad at someone for not wanting to vote for and support a candidate whose views they materially disagree with.

Also, the whole "sneering at dumb teenage kids for disagreeing with you" thing you have going on in this post is really not at all a good look. Just in general.

Re: Why does Tumblr

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

I'm not sneering at them. It's just the way we tend to be when we're teenagers: naive, idealistic, and under the impression that we know more and better than we really do. And then we gain experience and mature a little bit more, and the way we look at things changes. It's something everybody goes through. It's not dumb, it's just a natural part of the process of growing up.

And yes, I think they're being naive and idealistic because they think they have the power to change the system just by voting third party. They don't. None of us do. The third party candidates that they choose to vote for are not going to win, no matter how much they want to believe otherwise, and choosing the lesser of two evils isn't the terrible thing they think it is. It sucks that it's the reality, but it is the reality. If wishes were fishes, and all that.

Re: Why does Tumblr

[(Anonymous)]

My point, which I stand by, is that the part of their position that's dumb and objectionable is that they think that a third party can win (and that they're yelling at people to vote for a third party based on that understanding). I would argue that voting for a third party is more or less defensible, depending on the conditions and the situation that you're in, as long as you go into it with your eyes wide open. It is not in and of itself wrong to feel alienated from the political process or to refuse to vote for candidates whose positions you don't support. But misunderstanding the prospects for changing that, and acting stupidly as a result, that's where it is bad. I don't think there's any general mandate that people should as a rule always vote for the lesser of two evils.

And I do think, with respect, that you're sneering at them, and you're still doing it in your explanation of how you're totally not sneering at them. Listen, you think they're wrong and dumb, right? So say that they're wrong and dumb, there's no need to talk about how naive and inexperienced they are. And it's kind of arrogant to do so, and inflames the emotions of those you're trying to argue with. And wrong in any case as there's certainly adults who take the same stances.

Re: Why does Tumblr

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

"there's no need to talk about how naive and inexperienced they are."

Why? That's what they are. You are the one insisting that they're dumb, and I have no idea in what universe you think it's better, and less sneering, to call someone "dumb" than to call them "naive," and why on earth it would inflame someone's emotions less to say "you're wrong and dumb!"

Do you think that it's bad to lack experience? Is that why you find those terms so offensive and "arrogant?"

You're also, I would like to point out, making the exact same point that I am, but getting so caught up in me daring to say that teenagers are inexperienced and naive compared to adults that you're completely missing that. A teenager is not as mentally developed as an adult. Period. This is a fact. Stating it is not "sneering" at teens, anymore than saying "prepubescent children are not as mentally developed as teens" is sneering at prepubescent children.