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@ArkyNoid  
My parents taught me everything is a lie since I was a little kiddo, and if everything is a lie, it feels awfully hard to get motivated or try to change the world for the better. I never believed in religion or government being decent or having our best interests in mind. Or liveable wage jobs being available to people of lowborn status.
 
Most of that is just me being lazy and trying to justify why I don’t work.
 
@EmployeeAMillion  
If they could make Twilight, or the rest of the mane 6 not boring, I would enjoy that just as much, if not more than what we’ve got right now. Since for the past two seasons I’ve found Starlight’s episodes entertaining, and I actually want to continue watching/liking the show that’s my reasoning. I watch the show to be entertained.
 
That is all my opinions and feelings though, and useless for a logical arguement.

I cannot stand this depression of mine going on a whole week straight. I’m taking my meds, sleeping fine, going to work everyday like normal. What the fuck. I guess it’s because I get really envious and upset that most my age are all cuddled-up in bed with someone like a perfectly functional, mentally stable person, unlike myself. This is how I used to feel a long time ago. I used to not give a shit and embrace that I’ll be single and it’s okay if no one likes me. Now I just can’t stand it. I’m almost at the point where I’d pay the opposite sex just to fucking talk to me.
 
Dammit. I didn’t want to go back to the old me. Now I’m anxious and wanting to escape somewhere, to pretend that there is a better place for me. I want to cry but I’m so stubborn to let it out. That pain inside my chest is back. That feeling of zero self-worth and rotting away, wishing my life was nearly over to imagine a world beyond life as we comprehend it. I can’t do this again. But I don’t know how to stop this. I’m always alone, and it never works being alone. What the hell did I do in a past-life to deserve such punishment?

@Commune  
I need logic! I need certainty! Have you noticed my “everything seems like a lie” attitude lately?

Y’all need Materialism
 
@EmployeeAMillion  
I feel as Starlight is the new Alicorn Twilight for the fans  
It’s tearing apart the fandom

@EmployeeAMillion  
I’m just going to say this.
 
While i can agree Starlight’s back story was kinda lacking. I didn’t think of it as a “Death sentence” and i didn’t think of it as “This character is bad forever because of a subpar back story and nothing she does will ever get my respect” On top of that, not being punished after the events of the S5 finale even though she herself was expecting some kind of punishment. Among other things like being more focused than some of the Mane characters seems to set off a boiling point for some fans to think she’s no good.
 
And to be completely honest, i do think the hate she gets from some in the fandom are greatly over exaggerated. I didn’t think it was all that bad at first, but as time goes on and with each appearance she makes, both sides of the spectrum are becoming more and more bitter towards each other. With more and more people’s attitude towards her are getting worse with the so called “Haters” which also gives the rabid fans of her to use words like “You’re just butthurt.” or “Stop watching” It’s a recipe for disaster. Seems like we don’t come to a mutual agreement and understand what people are feeling, it can be a bunch of poop flinging on both sides like monkeys.
 
 
On EQD a couple weeks ago, a so called “Starlight hater” And it had to do with the The EQG Special Mirror Magic I posted a comment on there which wasn’t even about her specifically. But what will happen in this certainEQG Special Immediately get called a Starlight apologist and a Fanboy. This dude was pretty much accusing me of being a “Starlight Glimmer dick sucker” or being overly defensive of her” basically. Don’t know what i did to make this person angry. Could be the result of him getting insulted by Glimmer fans in the past. I’m guessing….But…I don’t know….
 
 
My thought on Glimmer? Some may agree, some may disagree. I don’t care. To me she’s part of the reason why Season 7 is getting mostly positive feedback. I personally find her entertaining especially with her interactions with Characters like Twilight, Maud Pie, Trixie, and even Celestia and Luna I find her to be the most interesting character in the entire series, and relateable to many. There’s really something about her that keeps me interested and invested in her.
 
But other than that. I don’t really get the X-Pac heat all that much. Would you say Starlight will replace Twilight when it comest to main character status?….Don’t know really… The debate does remind me so much of the passing of the torch when it comes to the face of the company when it comes to Wrestling. The say your prayers and eat your vitamins superhero and child friendly like Hulk Hogan can be related to Twilight Sparkle, but then years later the mature and more grown up character like Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Rock be related to Starlight Glimmer?
 

 
WHAT AM I SAYING RIGHT NOW?!

@EmployeeAMillion  
Cannot relate.
 
Stopped watching 3 years ago.

Given how aggressive Starlight’s defenders have gotten recently, calling out any and all criticism against her as hating on the show as a whole or trolling the real fans, I’ve found it difficult to believe that anyone unironically likes her anymore.  
Let me put it this way- Starlight is part of the direction the show’s heading, like her or not. This means she’s the posterfilly for the modern era of not just the show, but the fandom aswell. Consequently, this has gotten some people upset, especially because how they’ve written her is unlike anything the show’s given us so far.  
Personally, I didn’t like Season 6 that much, but when Starlight shone, she really shone, though when she stunk, she really stunk. Nobody has a clear idea of what to think of her, and you can see the show going through the motions of where exactly to place her. Should she replace Twilight altogether? What should they do with her when her arc is finished, lest it hasn’t already been finished twice?  
Usually when something like this changes everything the show stood for (neither improving or ruining the general feel of the show mind you, each episode is perfectly decent entertainment for its target audience), fans will either try to defend it thinking things will get better with something new, or attack it saying the show’s jumped the shark and will never be as good as in its glory days.  
To any and all Starlight fans in this thread, I want to know she keeps the show entertaining for you. I know she’s spiced up the dynamic and given us new kinds of stories and troubles, but I want to know how this is a solid improvement over the previous format(s).  
And please, don’t turn feral with your discussion.

@Shirani  
The question of whether you’re a theist or an atheist is a question of belief, whereas whether you’re gnostic or agnostic is a question of knowledgablity.
 
I guess I can consider myself an agnostic atheist because I’m not a big believer and I don’t posses all the facts or knowledge. I may decline to openly declare my agnostic atheism because there’s alot of stigma associated with those words, especially in religious communities like the one I live in. Another reason I’d like to move away from the de-facto theocracy that is Utah.

@SonGokuMonkey  
Hard determinism is something I can’t believe is correct. I am not an atheist myself. I am more an agnostic person. I don’t know if there is a deity or not. I also know that no one can provide proof for or against there being one either. That us why I am an agnostic rather than an atheist.

@SonGokuMonkey  

 
Almost. I mean I don’t know what I believe but I disbelieve in a lot due to lack of logic and/or evidence. I’m not even against the notion of our world being a simulation, a Matrix. Even Bill Nye said it isn’t impossible. But it’s unknowable. It can’t be proven. I figure almost anything I’m partial to can be totally wrong as much as the things I already reject.
 
*sighs again

@ArkyNoid
 
I consider myself a science-minded individual, even though I’m nowhere near Albert Einstien, Stephen Hawking, Carl Sagan or Niel DeGrasse Tyson level smart. Cirrus Light seems to be a science-minded individual, himself; but I think the reason he believes what he does, as far as faith goes, is for philosophical reasons.
 
To him, they physicalist atheism (as opposed to solipsism) that I have (and suspect you have, too) can be as arrogant as the average Christian, Jew, or Muslum is to us. To paraphrase Einstein, I think the reasons some physicalist atheists are outspoken as they are is because of some trauma they experienced when they liberated themselves from the religious indoctrination they had as kids. (Kind of ironic, since some atheists act like religious zealots whenever it comes to debating politics.)
 
Science doesn’t have all the answers to life’s mysteries, and we science-minded individuals acknowledge that. We also acknowledge that whoever makes a claim bears the burden of proof. When I asked for evidence of the truthfulness of Mormonism, I was surprised by Cirrus Light’s response to my question, to tell you the truth. He acknowledges my need to see the evidence, and actually admits that he wouldn’t be able to prove his claim (at least not in the physicalist way I examine evidence.)
 
We’re all individuals, and we believe whatever we believe…because reasons, I guess. And I don’t believe in forcing my beliefs (or lack thereof) down other people’s throats. Live and let live, I say.

@SonGokuMonkey
 
It’s mainly Mormonism though… your one time faith. Not ONLY it but currently centrally it. I’m not trying to hate anyone who believes but I tell you, certain things just don’t add up for me! It shouldn’t be the driving force in the public arena, though I can’t tell anyone not to believe what their heart says.
 
You can look at it from both sides though right? You seem pretty rational.

@ArkyNoid  
Pretty much how I feel with my libertarianism, sometimes.

Sigh. I could have concealed my feelings about religion but… I didn’t resist.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Yeah, Come up with a personality and background you like first, and then figure out what gender or race you want them to be.

@TheHappySpaceman  
Character first, profile second.

Ugh. Now I’m stuck on character design.
 
On the one hand, I want to make one of my main characters black. On the other, I don’t want him to come off as a stereotype.
 
Help?

@Ore-O  
Ya can’t let people get to you, man. And if they’re giving you trouble, don’t hesitate to get a mod involved. I’d give ’em what for. _{^{slightly joking}}

@ArkyNoid  
I admit, I even do that, but these people just constantly do it. They’re sore losers and sore winners. And I don’t want to name names.

@Ore-O
 
Yeah but don’t a lot of people generally do that? Even me!

@ArkyNoid  
Sorry, but it’s just annoying how they just act all smug when things go their way or how people they don’t like suffer but they get pissy when they don’t. They just disappoint me.
 
I’m just a little stressed at the time.

@BadgingBadger
 
I think some right wingers might be kind of tolerant of me because I support Wikileaks and hate the DNC, although those certainly are not inherently right wing positions.

@Ore-O
 
You don’t have to, but I dare you to elaborate in reasonable wording.

@Hypnosryan  
That’s just life. People have their own opinions on how to best run society, among other things.

@Hypnosryan  
Not a bad thing.