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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#53301: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:38:08 PM

It got so bad, because I just couldn't write, especially about myself or what I thought. That by the end of the year, it would just be "Alright now you all write an assay on x' Chris, just write something." They just wanted me to put any words on the paper in a way that made sense.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#53302: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:38:37 PM

@JT: Well, I disagree with that. tongue

My college life was spent in a state of constant, unending panic about deadlines.

edited 27th Feb '14 8:39:08 PM by edvedd

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#53303: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:47:43 PM

Amateur.

My meltdowns occasionally continued after turning stuff in.

My literature classes were alternately really good and really bad.

The low-level ones, my notes for the first several weeks consisted of the words "masturbating over flowery language" followed by ten pages of doodles. To put things into perspective, we read Dante's Inferno and didn't talk about who any of the people in Hell were.

Once I got into 300-level electives though it was pretty good. We had an Israeli professor, and he'd intersperse the usual Typical English Reading List with some stuff from the Middle East, and his priorities in analysis were right where they should be for the subject.

edited 27th Feb '14 8:52:03 PM by Pykrete

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#53304: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:48:56 PM

Calculus itself isn't useful to the vast majority of people who aren't mathematicians

It's funny because calculus is more useful to non-mathematicians than mathematicians. Which is why they teach it.

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
NESgamer190 Since: Sep, 2012
#53305: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:48:58 PM

@Meltdowns: I find that they only occur... if I wind up doing poorly on assignments. (Especially tests and major things) Doesn't help that I wind up going into a blind fury state with my thoughts.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#53306: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:52:30 PM

Well, I'm home, and my flag burning poem was well received.

Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#53307: Feb 27th 2014 at 8:54:48 PM

Calculus itself isn't useful to the vast majority of people who aren't mathematicians

Counterpoint A: Calculus makes it really easy to do mental math that demonstrates very clearly that when it would've been impossible to stop at a yellow light and that you shouldn't get a ticket.

Counterpoint B: The same calculus makes it easy to estimate your "I shouldn't stop for that yellow light" distance at a given speed while accounting for weather conditions.

edited 27th Feb '14 8:56:29 PM by Pykrete

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#53308: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:05:52 PM

@Ed: Same here. I was basically "Lesson Zero" Twilight only without the magic. Which is good, because my college would be a smouldering crater.

RE: Calculus: Okay, maybe that wasn't the best example, seeing as I never actually took it. I took one semester of pre-calc, passed the class by a two-point margin (I am not, nor will I ever be, a math person; my brain just doesn't think like that), and promptly got the hell out of it. I then transferred to Super-Senior math and spent the rest of the dicking around in the computer lab.

@Pykrete: General entry level courses in general tend to be pretty bad, often because they're full of people who are only there due to requirements and have no real interest in learning anything. They're designed to give the bear minimum of information. The best one I ever took started with the teacher saying "I know most of you are only here for the credits and wouldn't take this course otherwise, so let's just have some fun with this".

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#53309: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:18:32 PM

I am not, nor will I ever be, a math person; my brain just doesn't think like that

I guess I'm lucky to be the opposite. Though you wouldn't really know until trying to learn it on your own.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#53310: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:27:06 PM

I have precisely zero motivation to do so. I recognize the importance of high level mathematics as a subject that needs to be studied, but for me personally it's just not going to happen.

And it's not really a matter of luck either. If I was a math person I'd probably just complain more about how pointless stuff like history and art are. tongue Different people just have different interests. It's not like my personal disinterest in mathematics means that I think it's less important, just that it's not going to be my area of expertise.

And now I must go to bed.

edited 27th Feb '14 9:27:33 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#53311: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:32:37 PM

And it's not really a matter of luck either. If I was a math person I'd probably just complain more about how pointless stuff like history and art are

And what would the problem with that be?

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#53312: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:44:21 PM

The problem is that history and art aren't pointless either.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
bRaHiAn1 Maid of Time from Where Nothing Gathers Since: Jul, 2013 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Maid of Time
#53313: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:45:20 PM

Because clearly, we need to know when Columbus sailed to the moon.

i think i mostly want to see what happens when this whole place breaks apart
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#53314: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:46:52 PM

Pfft, the vikings got there first.

IrishZombie Since: Dec, 2009
#53315: Feb 27th 2014 at 9:52:38 PM

To put things into perspective, we read Dante's Inferno and didn't talk about who any of the people in Hell were

That's... that's like half the reason he wrote the Divine Comedy in the first place. To comment on the political situation in Italy at the time by showing which famous politicians were damned and which weren't. Hell, he put people that weren't even dead yet in Hell just to show what he thought of them.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#53316: Feb 27th 2014 at 10:07:47 PM

If you think history about dates, then your teacher has been doing it wrong.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#53317: Feb 27th 2014 at 10:10:11 PM

Actually, as it so happens, I've been watching Crash Course's World History series over the last couple days. I'm just up to #24, the Atlantic Slave Trade. If any of you haven't seen these videos, you should totally check 'em out. They're only about 10 minutes long each, but have very cool information.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#53321: Feb 28th 2014 at 4:16:29 AM

The primary purpose of understanding history is to understand the context of the world at the times certain things occurred, to map out the way current events are going and (theoretically) avoid the mistakes of our forefathers. He who does not learn from the past...

That, and to shut up that one really obnoxious friend everyone has who claims that religion is the cause of all wars by pointing out almost all wars, up to and including the crusades were fought over primarily economic reasons first.

And even if it didn't have a point, history is neat! It's not for no reason that so much media involves historical figures and professions.

edited 28th Feb '14 4:17:26 AM by kegisak

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Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#53322: Feb 28th 2014 at 4:19:03 AM

At least for a writer, history is a free bucket of uncopyrighted ideas.

"Hey wouldn't it be awesome if Vlad Tepes could turn into a bat?" (c) Bram Stoker. Something like that.

edited 28th Feb '14 4:19:38 AM by Luminosity

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#53323: Feb 28th 2014 at 4:35:15 AM

[up]I'm currently sitting on an idea for a novel that's basically "The Punic Wars, In Space!"

Thirikal Since: May, 2013
#53324: Feb 28th 2014 at 4:49:17 AM

@ Luminosity: I feel that that your assessment that all writers merely pillage history for their own purposes is a tad misleading. I'm not arguing that an author isn't influenced by history, whether world history or their own personal experiences, but to imply that authors utilise a formula where they simply plug a hodgepodge of ideas into each other (ie The Vietnam War IN SPACE) is a tad trite. I admit some authors do approach writing in that manner, but your statement cast a rather wider net than I think you may have intended.

[down]Or perhaps I'm once again reading intent that does not exist into your post as a result of the whole thread maligning the usefulness of my degree. Which seems to be the case. My apologies.

edited 28th Feb '14 4:57:50 AM by Thirikal

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#53325: Feb 28th 2014 at 4:53:14 AM

@Thirikial (hope I'm spelling that right) I'm just saying it's there and can be used that way. I'm not saying everyone does or should use it like that, I'm saying that anyone can.

edited 28th Feb '14 4:53:26 AM by Luminosity


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