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I'm semi-confident I've never eaten a chestnut in my entire life.
Got to be like -10 here, not counting wind chill.
Yeah they were gone after three.
Originally Posted by doubledenim
Originally Posted by Yoda
While I don't like being cold, I do get a deep existential satisfaction from feeling prepared and busting out all manner of layers and fleeces and things.
While I don't like being cold, I do get a deep existential satisfaction from feeling prepared and busting out all manner of layers and fleeces and things.
If the cat is a longhair there's a few breed types it could be, most of which share very similar personality traits.
If there's any Maine Coon in them there's some distinctive facial features that are usually evident, but it depends on the mix.
I've got a domestic mix with some Russian Blue in them.
If there's any Maine Coon in them there's some distinctive facial features that are usually evident, but it depends on the mix.
I've got a domestic mix with some Russian Blue in them.
I think the leap in logic is your introduction of the word "random." What you say is true, because of the "broad correlation" I mentioned. But if you keep taking random videos and random films, the difference will not always be obvious (and sometimes, you'd even get it wrong).
Tendencies that have clear, numerous exceptions are not fundamental differences. They're just tendencies.
And as I suggested, the "feel" that you're talking about is almost certainly just pattern recognition, very finely trained by consuming huge amounts of both things.
Tendencies that have clear, numerous exceptions are not fundamental differences. They're just tendencies.
And as I suggested, the "feel" that you're talking about is almost certainly just pattern recognition, very finely trained by consuming huge amounts of both things.
1) Hard to say. Curiosity is a good thing (I think one of the very best things), and it exists on a spectrum. So it's certainly bad to the degree I have it, but not bad overall.
2) I don't agree with the distinction. YT videos can have aspirations higher than films and films can have lower aspirations than YT videos. There's a broad correlation to be sure but there's no hard line between them. I think the intuitive sensing is based on massive media consumption that has led to very sharp instincts based on cultural tendencies and/or technical considerations, but does not reflect a genuine unpassable artistic divide.
2) I don't agree with the distinction. YT videos can have aspirations higher than films and films can have lower aspirations than YT videos. There's a broad correlation to be sure but there's no hard line between them. I think the intuitive sensing is based on massive media consumption that has led to very sharp instincts based on cultural tendencies and/or technical considerations, but does not reflect a genuine unpassable artistic divide.
Half-watching films accomplishes things, just not especially important or noble things. For me, it accomplishes:
1) Satisfying a rampant curiosity about, frankly, too many things.
2) Distraction from things I benefit from being distracted from.
The YouTube thing is basically the same, I think there are films that are a lot closer in artistic quality to YT videos than genuinely great films, and sometimes we can reasonably guess what they are in advance. Not with perfect accuracy, but that doesn't exist even with tremendous forethought.
1) Satisfying a rampant curiosity about, frankly, too many things.
2) Distraction from things I benefit from being distracted from.
The YouTube thing is basically the same, I think there are films that are a lot closer in artistic quality to YT videos than genuinely great films, and sometimes we can reasonably guess what they are in advance. Not with perfect accuracy, but that doesn't exist even with tremendous forethought.
Yep, I have the same problem.
We talked earlier in a thread about not half-watching movies. I'm actually not against it, I'm just against half-watching and then pretending to have a meaningful opinion (or, God forbid, proclaim that opinion to others).
There are a lot of movies I haven't gotten around to watching specifically because my mode of watching films is to pay a lot of attention to them. In those cases I would rather watch TV or rewatch something I already know well, rather than watch a new thing and not be able to focus on it.
Paradoxically, this means that taking films more seriously has led me to watch fewer films.
We talked earlier in a thread about not half-watching movies. I'm actually not against it, I'm just against half-watching and then pretending to have a meaningful opinion (or, God forbid, proclaim that opinion to others).
There are a lot of movies I haven't gotten around to watching specifically because my mode of watching films is to pay a lot of attention to them. In those cases I would rather watch TV or rewatch something I already know well, rather than watch a new thing and not be able to focus on it.
Paradoxically, this means that taking films more seriously has led me to watch fewer films.