The thing is that most hunting is required for population control purposes (since we've forced out most natural predators).

do you have sources to back this up, or are you just regurgitating what you hear from your fellow meat-eaters

For the sake of the animals (disease, etc). Hunting is also regulated by permit ensuring the population doesn't come anywhere close to endangered. Which makes the sport aspect of it acceptable.

how

I suppose that's why I respect vegans more since they're at least willing to stick to their beliefs across the board. Even if I think those beliefs are pants on head stupid

yes, it's pants-on-head stupid to draw the simple conclusion that we don't have the right to torture other sentient beings

i hate you so much

So this is the first time I've opened this thread.

What caused this thing to live for 15 days?

his constant bumping and updates

Knowing me at that age, I wouldn't listen to myself.

busy writing

i'm always pointing out my flaws, but one thing i think i'm decent at is multi-tasking
more so than most people, i would say

what

hourly reminder that all anime is shit

i'm sure there are much better games for that

Naturally.

here's a list of things you should do to yourself:

• kill
• choke
• fuck
• cut
• disembowel
• defenestrate

what's going on in this thread

no i don't lol

i don't have to accept shit

I just say what I believe. No one has an obligation to live.

i believe the same thing, in essence
but it's just so infuriatingly off-subject, though

it's not about forcing people out of their choices--it's about convincing people to make the right choices

Would you mind explaining the mentality behind it?
I'm seriously curious. I don't know if there is anything I can do, or if I should do anything.

I mean, I've known people with addictive personalities, and I know the confusion, and the anger, and the disappointment. The mentality changes depending on the person, of course. From what I'm able to gather, the most common catalyst is depression.

A lot of drug abusers, and people with addictive personalities, are also very depressed for some reason or another. It's important to remember that depression isn't necessarily intense sadness or mopeyness. For most thinking people, it's a state of perpetual boredom, malaise, and apathy. Nothing you do feels like it's worth it. Time either goes by too slow, making you feel like you're frozen in time, or too fast, making you think you're wasting your days away being useless. Everything you used to enjoy doing, you cannot derive enjoyment from anymore. You grow tired of who you are and what you're living through. For some people, they begin to lose the will to live. You start getting paranoid, thinking that everyone secretly hates you, is getting sick of you, or doesn't care about you. And it doesn't end. The only thing that you truly want is to either fade away, or get rid of the feeling. To get yourself out of the rut.

Drugs allow you to make that feeling go away. As stupid and dangerous and irresponsible as they are, that's just what they do. They allow you to cheat your psychology, mask your problems, and pretend as though your life means something now, because now you're happier. You're more sociable. You're less paranoid. Instead of finding meaning in their lives, they create meaning.

This is why most people drink alcohol, I'd wager.

That's all I really have. I'm one of the most depressed people I know, and I've never, ever thought for even a single moment to ever use drugs, and I have a burning contempt for those who do. Why I happen to be an "exception", I don't know. It's all very frustrating and confusing. But yeah, that's essentially what I meant when I said I knew that feeling. I haven't answered your question fully, because I can't, really. And that part's frustrating, too. I've lashed out at countless people for indulging in various substances--even weed--because I value so much our capacity to be sober. Our capacity to be in total control of our faculties. That's the part I will never understand: Your brain is the most important organ in your body. Why in the fuck would you EVER fuck with it?

But what I've learned is that not everybody values their agency as much as I do.
I think they're fucking idiots, but I guess that's just the truth of the matter.

I've been there.

i'm never derogatory for the sake of being derogatory

i've only seen the original trilogy, i knew there were prequels but the reviews for them were all so left and right. some hate them some love them so i didn't bother and just watched the original trilogy because i heard nothing but praise for them.

oh, i misread your post, then
my bad

yeah, the nice thing about watching the prequels in this day and age is that the hype has been long dead
so even if you end up disliking them, i think you'll still find entertainment value