Thoughts and Things

Asking questions, sometimes just walls of text.

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So I was reading about the drop in oil prices recently and ran across a few things that were just kinda interesting. Firstly there’s this little quote from an article explaining why the price of oil was dropping.

“Finally, the Saudis and their Gulf allies have decided not to sacrifice their own market share to restore the price. They could curb production sharply, but the main benefits would go to countries they detest such as Iran and Russia. Saudi Arabia can tolerate lower oil prices quite easily. It has $900 billion in reserves. Its own oil costs very little (around $5-6 per barrel) to get out of the ground.” (http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/12/economist-explains-4) - Source

  Now granted this was from December of last year, but still pretty funny when you read this little snipped from an article from earlier today about how Saudi Arabia is having to cut back on it’s spending (supposedly).

 “The Saudi government has banned official purchases of cars and furniture and slashed travel budgets and infrastructure spending as it faces its gravest fiscal crisis for years because of low oil prices, according to leaked internal government documents.” (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/no-more-new-cars-furniture-king-oil-slump-forces-cuts-saudi-arabia) – Source

Really wish I could have queued this up for later but it just wouldn’t be as good then. 

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So your favorite artist, musician, game whatever has blow up in the mainstream; to the point where it’s actually over exposed, every time you turn around someone is talking about it, or merchandise is being shoved in your face. Do you still love it? Are you happy for it’s success? Or is it the other way around?

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Remember that left-brain-right-brain idea?  Left brain, is “L”, logical analytic, organized, rational.  Right brain is “R”,  creative, passionate, sexual, colorful, poetic, even irRational?   Forget it.  The L-R distinction is “not the right one when it comes to understanding how creativity is implemented in the brain”, notes Kaufman.  “Creativity does not involve a single brain region or single side of the brain.  Instead, the entire creative process – from preparation to incubation to illumination to verification —  consists of many interacting cognitive processes and emotions.”    Different brain regions are recruited to handle the task, depending on the stage of the creative process.

 https://timnovate.wordpress.com/tag/neuroscience/

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So your favorite artist, musician, game whatever has blow up in the mainstream; to the point where it’s actually over exposed, every time you turn around someone is talking about it, or merchandise is being shoved in your face. Do you still love it? Are you happy for it’s success? Or is it the other way around?

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ASK ME THINGS - TALK TO ME

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Let’s just get one thing straight. I’m not racist. I don’t care what your skin color is, hell lets just go the whole nine yards and add sexuality, and gender to the mix too. I don’t care if you think you’re a celestial moon fox from a different galaxy. I don’t care about any quirky factor you consider part of your personality. However, if you choose not to contribute to society in a positive manner you are a piece of shit.

 Now before people start pitching fits I want you to go back and read that bold word carefully... That’s right is says choose, not unable or can’t.

 Let’s expand on that: a ‘positive contribution’ is not necessarily a job or volunteer work. It could be something as simple as… Well, fill that in. What do you think a positive influence is?

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I want someone to really explain to me how they’re okay with spending the tie, money, and energy protesting something that (typically) has no effect on them and that their efforts will hold no effect on the out come, but they won’t spend those same resources volunteering somewhere that actually needs them?

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Something amazing has happened: you’ve won the lottery. It’s more money than you’d ever need and, if you play your cards right, more than enough to support several generations. Now my question is: why would you quit working?

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Is there really something worth dying for? Honestly. All the things you’ll never do, never influence, smiles you’ll miss, moments you will never see. People who won’t get to experience these things with you? Is it really worth it?

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Just to start things off

I don’t post “deep” quotes or soothing landscapes with words printed on them. I ask you questions. Things to make you think about yourself and your opinions and I want you to defend those answers.

 This isn’t meant to offend. I will generally try to avoid addressing specific topics, but some may have obvious examples and others might just cut straight to a sensitive topic.

 So if controversial topics make you huffy and unreasonable you should hit the back button and go look at cute animals instead. If you choose to go on anyways and still get huff and unreasonable I see no reason to respond. (I’m also known to have intense lazy streaks so that could also be why.)

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Beginning

Hello, I just want to start by saying that this is supposed to be a blog with lots of audience involvement. I like responding to answers people send in or thoughts of their own on the post. :D Please please PLEASE send stuff in so I’m not so lonely. (and it makes this more fun)