Its a little late but thanks for the comment on the blog. I've since written another one about my opinion on the term moe that you may be interested in reading - prompted by your own comment no less :)
I... uh.. wow, this is one kind of reply that I rarely ever come across. Thanks for being understanding of what I meant, and I really admire that stance, since I always tend to come across as aggressive when pointing out flaws in what other people say and it offends people, which completely kills the chance of a discussion based on mutual understanding of each others' points, which is what I usually aim for from the very start. Anyway. Pointing that out alone didn't really say much other than your disagreeing with my conclusion, and I felt that it needed elaboration. If this needed to be avoided because you'd feel awkward explaining and basing on personal experience when talking to a complete stranger, I understand. You could've directly asked me about what method or instrument I planned to use to put such a conclusion to practice, but wording things right and avoiding misunderstandings is hard all the time, all the more when talking to a stranger, so upon understanding I suggest we overlook these mistakes.
Well that came out a hell of a lot more formal than I intended it to xD
So yeah, as I wrote that "rant", a few common situations in which I tend to refuse the trying of new things came to mind. I had already been aware of them from a while back and felt kind of bad for being close-minded, but mostly ended up shrugging them off as having a high probability of not being as entertaining as some well-known alternative. Now, being aware of this, I notice I did this even when the alternative became boring five minutes after, and upon still having the chance to join on the new thing, I still preferred to sit and watch it play out without my taking part in it. I'm pretty sure this was the lazyness that I was referring to in my rant, and my plan is that, by being aware of those examples that happen fairly often, next time I get the choice to join, I'll be reminded of the lack of reason behind my refusal and choose to try things out.
After than happens once or twice, I'm pretty sure that reminder trigger will remain there for future decisions. I won't be sure until I try, of course, but typing things down in my blog upon coming across such a realization and seeing it here when I come online works for a reminder to make sure if it worked or if it needs an alternative plan. I also tend to be the kind of person who promises lots when it comes to doing stuff and tends to fall short at times, but when it comes to this kind of topic and I become aware that I'm being unfair, I try my best to try to fix it. I guess moral issues are one of my top priorities.
Well, thank you, stranger, for your pessimism and projection bias, but blind spots in rational thinking can be taken care of upon knowledge of them. The only difficulty is to make it an effective meme in your head in order to be reminded about it when coming across a related situation and to act upon it when said time comes. It works the same way as any form of conditioning, except it's self-imposed.
I'm sorry, I don't like to be unfriendly, but I don't really see any point to your comment besides some smartass unelaborated act on having it all figured out.
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Well that came out a hell of a lot more formal than I intended it to xD
So yeah, as I wrote that "rant", a few common situations in which I tend to refuse the trying of new things came to mind. I had already been aware of them from a while back and felt kind of bad for being close-minded, but mostly ended up shrugging them off as having a high probability of not being as entertaining as some well-known alternative. Now, being aware of this, I notice I did this even when the alternative became boring five minutes after, and upon still having the chance to join on the new thing, I still preferred to sit and watch it play out without my taking part in it. I'm pretty sure this was the lazyness that I was referring to in my rant, and my plan is that, by being aware of those examples that happen fairly often, next time I get the choice to join, I'll be reminded of the lack of reason behind my refusal and choose to try things out.
After than happens once or twice, I'm pretty sure that reminder trigger will remain there for future decisions. I won't be sure until I try, of course, but typing things down in my blog upon coming across such a realization and seeing it here when I come online works for a reminder to make sure if it worked or if it needs an alternative plan. I also tend to be the kind of person who promises lots when it comes to doing stuff and tends to fall short at times, but when it comes to this kind of topic and I become aware that I'm being unfair, I try my best to try to fix it. I guess moral issues are one of my top priorities.
I'm sorry, I don't like to be unfriendly, but I don't really see any point to your comment besides some smartass unelaborated act on having it all figured out.