The tough guy sitting behind a computer screen

Heylo everyone, how have you all been?
I'm going to write a short blog post about something that was stuck in my head for a while. I haven't thought it through, but I'm just going to go with the flow. Also, its 3am here, and I don't wanna stay up all night.
So, we all know that the internet can be a harsh place, and that's not new at all. But, why is that?...Because people feel like they can safely hurl abuses or insult other people when they're sitting in the comfort of their homes, behind a computer screen. And why not? It's not like they're in any imminent physical danger. Especially when you're insulting people on an international scale. It's not like people are going to travel 2000 miles to assault you physically because you called them a cunt. So, yeah, that might give you that extra fake courage to be a tough guy on the internet...when in reality, it's a whole other story! You're not going to call somebody a cunt that easily in reality, or you could get your ass whupped.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not condemning the fact the internet has given us so much freedom. Hell, it's a lot easier blogging your thoughts out on the internet than talking about them to people in reality. So, in a sense, even blogging gives you a form of outlet that you may not get in reality.
But the fact remains, that you become only a fake tough guy when you're sitting behind a computer screen. And the reality of it all is that you're not doing anything tough, you're just running your fingers through a keyboard in front of you and watching words appear on your screen as you hit them keys.
Makes me wonder, how much hate and trolling the famous people have to go through. When in reality, no one really has the audacity to hurl abuses at these people, they way they do on the internet.
What I'm trying to say is that even though you have all the freedom on the internet to say and do whatever you want, I'd strongly recommend that you try your best to mimic your real life on the internet. In the sense that, you speak and behave on the internet exactly the way you would in reality. Don't fake yourself in the virtual world, try your best to be your genuine self even on the internet. You will feel a lot more connected and satisfied with the benefits of the internet that way. That's just my small piece of advice for you, you can take it or leave it, that's something I can't control.
I think I have more to say about this topic, but sadly, its 3.30am here, and I think I'm losing my brain power right now, haha. So I'll see you folks later. Take care of yourselves, take care of each other, I'm outta here.

Silly Observations, Silly Rants

Hey people of the world, I trust y'all are doing good!
I'm doing ok myself, and I'm back here to write a little post on... well, basically nothing important. This could turn out to be a pretty lame post. So let's begin.

I've noticed that when sports teams play against each other, at the end of the game, people say India won, or India lost...This is probably some kind of OCD acting up on my part, but by saying that India won or India lost, you're implying that a whole nation won or lost playing that sport...No no no! It's actually, 'The Indian Cricket Team won' or 'The Indian Cricket Team lost'. That's the reality of it. A group of 11 Indian players lost to another group of 11 players of another country. That's about it. The entire nation didn't win or lose, just that set of 11 players, who represent their nation in that sport.

The sentence 'India won' or 'India lost', to me, basically means that the entire nation of around a 1.5 billion people won or lost to another nation's entire population. Let me assure you, if all the people of India played cricket against all the people of another nation, we would win. The sheer population of India, let alone their cricket playing skills, would be impossible to handle for the other nation. So the right way of saying it would be 'The Indian Cricket Team won' or 'The Indian Cricket Team lost', not 'India won' or 'India lost'. See the difference? Say it out loud, you'll see it. Subtle, but deceptively powerful...maybe not...I dunno.

This goes for all sports or events in general. I mean, can you imagine how much pressure the players must endure, when you call them India?! That's unnecessarily too much. Call them the Indian Cricket Team or the Indian Hockey Team or whatever the sport may be. That should suffice. At the end of the day, 'India won' or 'India lost' would really apply in a situation where the whole country is actually involved...like, perhaps a war.

Honestly, if you've read all this, and come to this point of the post...you must have a ton of patience, or you really must like my blog work. Hahaha. Anyway, I can safely conclude that this was one pointless post, and I don't think anything good is going to come out of this. Haha. Just some thoughts in my head, I thought I'll share with the world.

I've got to get back to work. So later folks. Peace.

Charities are not Businesses Motherfuckers! Charities are Charities!

Right off the bat, I want to tell y'all that this is sort of a rage post!

So here's something that bothers me. Two big organizations, working for a good cause and a better tomorrow (don't want to get into trouble by mentioning their names. Hint: One starts with a pro, and the other involves something we drink a lot), turned down valuable money donated by people!! Are you fucking kidding me!! Don't make this about the money assholes, its about helping people out! You started the whole organization to bring better livelihood to people who need it and to work for a better, more healthier and happier tomorrow. Well, I guess I was wrong.

So let me explain. Sept 1 2014 marks the day when a plethora of nude images and videos of over 20 celebrities leaked over the internet. The event was given the name 'The Fappening' (fap + happening. Get it?). Quite clever I thought. So, during the course of the fappening, millions of people got together on big forums on the internet, eager to get their hands on the said leaked images...because hey, why not huh. And in the process, some of them just decided that, during the course of this gigantic online event of erotic image exchange, they'll donate some of their own money toward a good cause. And it happened. They donated 1000s of dollars toward a cancer foundation. And guess what? The cancer foundation turned down all of it! Apparently because the money was tainted! Are you fucking kidding me, like fuck, what the fuck, jesus fucking christ! There are people with cancer/cancer experience out there, who know that every penny counts for a big research opportunity, and the organization turns down 1000s of dollars worth of donation! Oh my fuckin god. Yes, the celebs' privates are no more private, and its not cool that their privacy was breached. But boo-fuckin-hoo, that's not a core problem! Heck, its not even a problem... Ah, fuck this. I'm too tired to rant about that.

So, these guys - the donors, are obviously appalled. And they decide to donate to an organization that might actually accept their donations without complaining that the money was tainted. So they decide to donate to another big organization (the thing we drink a lot organization). And hours later...the donations are turned down by these guys too! Ohh ffffuuuck! I think  its quite clear that I'm pissed off with the way the world functions today. I can't wrap my head around it, honestly. Celebs' nude pictures cause charities to turn down money... Well, that's just fantastic.

So, a few pointers from yours truly. If you're a charity working toward a noble cause, then be a charity and nothing else. Do not give a fuck about anything else. Focus all your energy on working toward the cause. Give 0 fucks about other superficial crap that happens around world. If you're worried about the charity working as a profitable business, then you're not a fucking charity, you're a fucking phony. At best, you're just another business.

I'm ending this here. Terribly sorry that I came across as rude and mean and impulsive. I hate doing that. I know that the world's a good place...generally...I guess. I'm not sure, at this point. Haha. I'll see you soon, folks. Ciao. 

 

My attempt at writing a poem like thing

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I am an ant,
I am a fool;
I toil endlessly,
I pursue aimlessly.

I am no fay,
I am taught to slay;
A mere mortal,
drowned in battle.

I spawn a spiral,
A cycle unfathomably eternal.
A spiral is infinite,
A dream has no limit.

The curse of mortality,
bestowed upon me;
The inevitability of death,
upon my last breath.

Am I the beginning,
or am I the end?
The line is thinning,
between enemy and friend.

Who am I?
Am I you,
or am I me?
I am you,
and I am me.
I am the being called human.

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A rough meaning of the lines:

Para 1 -
Being born as a human, you are destined to work, and achieve something in life. But since we are unaware of the ultimate goal for humanity, we work without aim.

Para 2 -
I am not a fairy or an angel. I am an ordinary mortal. I fight with my own kind, and I am taught to be merciless and unforgiving. I am taught to beat everyone, to achieve superiority, rather than work in coherence.

Para 3 -
I breed and procreate. My offspring breeds and spawns new offspring. The cycle is endless, just like a spiral. The metaphor extends to hint that a dream has no boundaries.

Para 4 -
The day I'm born as a human, I am destined to work hard, to make a statement, to achieve something, before I am finally laid to rest. This is my fate, whether I like it or not.

Para 5 -
The birth of mankind: Was it the beginning of something new and extraordinary, or was it the beginning of the end of the world? Over time, we move into a world where we would rather fight someone rather than admitting to our mistakes, and in the process breed hatred and destroy harmony.

Para 6-
Who is the creature that the lines talk of? It is the species that you and I belong to, the human race. I am like you in the sense that we are human, but I am not like you because you and I have distinct features that make us different.

So that was it. My attempt at writing something pretty fucking deep, without being biased. I hope you liked it. If not, that's alright. You'll find something else on the internet that you might like.
Phew, that was heavy. Now, time to switch to something stupid, silly and light. Twerking, jerking, eyebrow hair, squirrel fur, cat crap, sea-lion whiskers, yelling for no reason, laughing at nothing, goats and goatees and goats with goatees (go tease? go teas?).
Have a good day / night everybody! I'm outta here.

Parenting and Stuff (Stupid Stupid Stupid)

      How you doin' y'all! Two blog posts in two days! This is crazy shit, ain't it.

So how's it going everyone? I have a fracture on my toe and things are moving a bit too slowly lately.

      So I was watching a bunch of videos on YouTube now, and I read a bunch of comments posted on each video. There's something that alarmed me a little. A lot of the people posting comments are kids! Who belong to ages around 8 to 14! Jesus fuckin' Christ! If I know something about YouTube, its that the commenting community there is the most brutal community on the planet. So parents, please please please, make sure that your kids aren't online watching or posting YouTube videos. Not until they're old enough. So, this made me think a little. What are some of the things that parents should be concerned about today. Also, made me realize that when we become parents (assuming you're not one yet), a world of hell awaits us. (Sometimes I think I'm going to better off without kids. We'll have to wait and see what happens). So parents or parents to be, check this out.

• Don't introduce YouTube to your kids at a very early age. And in case they already know, make sure there's a content monitoring feature loaded up.
• Talk to your kids about sex, when the time is right. Be gentle about it. Or make attempts to fix things if your kid already stumbled upon sex through the internet or something.
• Explain puberty and make your kids feel comfortable about it during the phase. Again, be gentle about it.
• Help your kids do new things, develop hobbies, read good books, practice some of arts and crafts, and things like that.
• Don't buy your kid a smartphone or a hi-tech gadget at a young age. That'll ruin the kid's communication pretty early on. He / she might end up loving the phone more than he / she loves you.
• Keep a content monitoring feature on every device at home.

     Ok I'm done. The problem is that, I realize that these measures may strangle the kid's freedom. I obviously don't intend to do that. But, then again, parents run the risk of getting their kids scarred for life at a very early age. Well, at the very least, I think the parents need to be aware of what's happening in their kids' lives, even if they can't stop certain things from happening. At the end of the day, I think that if you want to be a good parent, you just have to be there for your kid, no matter what. 

    I think I'll end this here. That was probably just a random rant post that made you wanna throw a pumpkin at me (laughs). Sorry about that. Just felt like typing this rubbish before I forgot all about it. Anyway, night folks. I'm outta here!

Hormones

     How's it going y'all? I trust y'all're doing well!

     Hormones. I've kept wondering about hormones for a really long time now. Just FYI, this blog post is not going to be concerned with the biological aspects of hormones. This is just a general view from a guy who knows pretty much nothing about the biology behind hormones.

     So yeah. Hormones. What the hell are they! I have no idea. I can only tell what I know from my experiences. Hormones are things in your body that make you do things that your mind wouldn't normally allow you to do. I'm not sure if I'm right about that, but I think I am, at least to some extent. Some hormonal experiences that one might normally experience are adrenaline rushes, testosterone rushes, estrogen rushes, dopamine rushes, and so on. Sorry if I'm not saying it right, but you'll have to excuse my crude style of writing here.

     I think I'll talk about some of my own personal experiences.

• I'd say that my hormonal experiences began in the 9th or 10th grade. Roughly when I was around 14-15 years of age. But that was hardly anything, because I was barely aware nor did I even care. Back then, I was too into video games, computer games, online lotteries, cartoons, playing cricket and tv shows (what a nerd right - laughs). I never cared for things like hormones. But yes, I vaguely remember that that was when the hormones started kicking in slowly. And I think it was more or less stable until I was 17.
• Once I reached 17 or early 18, all hell broke loose (laughs!). My hormones started acting up every now and then and god knows that I slipped into a shell of some sort when that happened. I don't know if that's common or normal, that a person goes into a shell because of uncontrollable hormonal reactions. And this time, I was aware that my hormones had gotten violent and aggressive. And here comes my favorite battle - The Mind versus The Hormones! More often than not, my mind told me to do one thing, and my hormones pulled me in the completely opposite direction. Such internal conflicts are just fucking awful. I probably don't even have to elaborate on the consequences, but I will. A little bit. People might start thinking you're awkward and shy. You might hurt people and may not even realize it. You might get hurt in the process too. You might overreact over nothing (probably the most popular consequence of hormonal reactions.). You might end up doing something weird or crazy or despicable or awkward or stupid or lame...or all of them. So, you get my point. But...occasionally there's a plus side to certain hormonal reactions. Adrenaline rushes can make you do things you normally wouldn't able to. Testosterone and estrogen reactions are the only way to make reproduction possible. Dopamine is the reason you feel a real/fake sense of elation (I think). But in the real world, I personally would say that hormonal reactions, if not controlled properly, could lead to some pretty nasty consequences.
• For me, that freaky hormonal stage lasted till I was 21 or so. But when I became 21, I somehow started making decisions that were "mature" and "responsible". In retrospect, when I look at the big picture, I'd say that those decisions were some of the better decisions I've made. 
• Funny enough, I thought that the mature and responsible and safe stage was going to last forever. Boy, was I wrong. When I became 23, for some reason, I had had enough of the 'lets play it safe and lets keep everyone happy' attitude. So I became more of a 'follow your instincts, don't care about the rest of the world' kind of person. And as you can expect, that kind of attitude leads to a more impulsive reactive nature. I didn't even notice it. And to be honest, the whole thing may not be a hormonal reaction at all, but I'm still in that stage. Right now, I just follow my instincts, no matter what. So far, so good.

     I had the urge to illustrate some of my hormonal experiences with examples, just to be more clear and straightforward about what I'm saying. But I feel like I shouldn't talk about them here. 

     So it makes me wonder. In a skewed sense, what are hormones? Isn't it odd that a powerful tool like the mind can be overpowered by hormones? (at least for an average person). When do we give in to hormones, and when do we fight them? It's just nuts! And the worst part is that when hormones get to extremes, it could result in the creation of an awful pandemonium. Again, I won't elaborate on that here.

     So, if you find the topic interesting or intriguing, let me know. I look forward to having a fun discussion with you and take a look at your perspective on hormones. Have a great day/night! I'm outta here.

Reaching the top

What's new, virtual people?
I had a topic that was sitting in my head and I thought I might write something about it. So here I am.
     From what I understand, society teaches us that there are two basic ways of pursuing something. It could be a hobby, a job, a pass-time, a duty, etc etc. One, you set yourself the goal of becoming the best. And Two, you dive deep into it and enjoy it just for the sake of it. I see that the latter is slowly disappearing in this era and everything is becoming 'competition' based. Most people now aim to become the 'best'. In other words, beat everyone else.
     From experience, I have to say that I find the idea of intentionally trying to become the best, very tedious and painful. It adds pressure on you almost on a perpetual basis. And that makes you 'not love' what you're doing. Feel free to debate with me here, because this is just my opinion. Also, beating everyone seems a bit shallow to me. In the big picture, it seems like you're trying to push everyone else off the boat into the water, and you want to be the only one left on it. Doesn't that seem kinda shallow? (Not the water, but the concept - awkward laugh). I believe that the whole concept of 'having fun along the journey' begins to get lost here. Because, lets face it - You're not having fun if you're under social pressure all the time.
     Lets assume that you've already chosen the path to become 'the best'. In my opinion, there are 4 likely outcomes. Either
   
     1 - You actually do become the best
     2 - You become extremely good, but you're not the best
     3 - You become good, but you're certainly not the best
     4 - You end up going nowhere with your goals of becoming the best
   
     Ask yourself this. How likely is outcome 1? In reality, not very likely. (But also, remember that it is extremely inspiring if you believe that nothing can stop you even if the odds are against you. That's a topic for another day.) Having said that, I do not mean to belittle your dreams or stop you from going after what you really want. Its just that I want to make sure that this is what you really want. And in case you do end up becoming the best, then fantastic! It seems to have worked for you!
     Outcome 2 is actually more likely to happen. And outcome 3 is a lot lot more likely to happen. And funny enough, outcome 4 is extremely likely too. So putting luck and other uncontrollable factors aside, there's a good chance that you're going to be juggling between outcomes 2,3 and 4. Ultimately you just have to ask yourself if you're going to be ok with that.
      What about the consequences? What happens to you if you do reach the top? Elation? Adulation? Pride? Ego? Respect? Yes, all of that. But as with anything, they are all momentary. Once you get accustomed to them, you naturally don't feel special anymore. And here's what I think is the worst part. Once you reach the top, you live in constant battle with everyone else to protect your title...to protect your status, your image, your pride, your wealth and what not. And that is when you stop following your passion for the sake of doing it. It becomes a struggle. The joy of creating something for the sake of creating it, is lost, and you're perhaps forced to create things just to bend to public opinion, and not because you love doing it. Life doesn't seem like an adventure anymore, it seems like rebellion.
     On the other hand, what if you pursue something just because you enjoy it. No strings attached. If you really love doing it, you'll end up finding yourself getting married to it...figuratively. (Damn those puns, they ruined something beautiful). And you'll find that you're 'having fun along the journey'...if you look at the big picture. And more often than not, when you love doing something, you're going to end up becoming good at it. That, in my opinion is the way to go about things. But then again, I could be wrong.
     But I have to say this. If you really want to be the best, then I encourage you to go for it. Go for it! I'm dead serious. If that's what your heart tells you, then that is what you should do. Its just that things work differently for me. I honestly think that I perform better when I'm not under pressure. (Goddamn puns!) So ultimately it comes down to 'To each, his/her own' I guess.
     On that note, I'm gonna go and do...something. I dunno what I'll do. Lets see. Anyway, I'm out. Later dudes.