Ask anything of a Wombat - Page 2

On July 29 2013 20:29 opterown wrote:
to me, you stand out as one of the bigger hero fans. what makes you a hero fan? it's always good to know why people are fans of their favourites. tell me your story of how you became a hero fan =]

On July 29 2013 20:29 opterown wrote:
to me, you stand out as one of the bigger hero fans. what makes you a hero fan? it's always good to know why people are fans of their favourites. tell me your story of how you became a hero fan =]

On July 29 2013 22:44 radscorpion9 wrote:
Do you have hope for the future of the world, or do you think there's going to be a series of environmental and economic disasters that will plunge all of us into the dark ages?

On July 30 2013 04:09 Djzapz wrote:
Wombat, if by the time we're 50 we're both single, would you be willing to live the rest of your life with me?

I saw earlier in the thread that you're not a big MOBA fan, and I actively despise the genre. I think we could work things out.

How do you feel about 2% milk?

Edit: Photos of my face and genitals available on demand. Genitals not guaranteed to work past 50.

On July 30 2013 06:30 Wombat_NI wrote:

Perhaps, you do seem quite agreeable and my partner is driving me insane of late, so it's definitely possible. My son may find this arrangement strange, but he'll be 26 and hopefully living independently at that stage.

I don't really feel anything for MOBAs, I get more annoyed that the SC vs MOBA debate is so often entertained, when bar being played on computers there are very few similarities. From my experience The community is extremely unforgiving on new players, games last ages and as a spectator activity I just don't enjoy it at all. If it's your thing, it's your thing just don't expect me to support a game I don't give a fuck about.

I don't like 2% milk, or indeed low-fat products as a matter of principle, milk is the one I make an allowance for, but I'm not personally a big fan. For me, if you want to treat yourself, go do it and utilise restraint and moderation,but so many people just binge on low-fat products and get fat anyway. The tasty creaminess of full fat milk gives it an edge over skimmed and semi-skimmed varieties.

On July 30 2013 06:15 Wombat_NI wrote:

Em, yes and no. I think that the lack of activism/discontent of people over economic inequality and societal problems in much of the West will see much of the systemic problems remain unaddressed. It did rather use to depress me, but I have come round to the view that many people are happy enough as long as they have relative material comfort and their iPods and what have you.

When it comes to the environment, I tend to the view that when people can make money from environmentally friendly conduct over that which is detrimental, then they'll do it. As to whether this will occur before any kind of irreversible tipping point is reached is the thing that gives me concern.

I feel that the greater enfranchisement of people and ability to debate things over the internet has had a lot of upsides, but equally a lot of downsides. To me, the pre-internet era was characterised by a lot of deference to authority figures and experts in a variety of fields, some of it perhaps not merited. The internet era quickly eroded some of this, but continued on and on to the extent that people feel that their opinion has to be heard, regardless of any kind of actual knowledge or expertise on particular issues.

There's a kind of rank over-saturation of voices that expect their opinions to be treated with respect and given equivalency to those who actually know their shit that annoys me. That kind of mentality is fine when it comes to matters of moral intuition, but when it comes to other things it contributes to a real dragging down of discourse and information-sharing.

On July 30 2013 15:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
1. It was just really a segment on the Alternative Vote referendum that failed pretty spectacularly and a general question on preferences of the public to that.

2. I'd like to think that, but I saw them outside our Student's Union and inquired as to what they were doing, and mentioned I was studying politics so that may have influenced them more! That said, I did speak for a good five minutes and they took the worst bit of my verbal wanderings!

3. I think it works well, but is rather society-dependent. It seems to works well in countries where there is a political tradition of coalition, of political cooperation and is not necessarily transferable to all polities. My preference for it is that it will include more voices into the process, and by their presence the two main parties over here will have to diverge more ideologically/politically.

I wouldn't say I'm idealistic or naive, but I tend more towards wanting things out of principle, unless they are incredibly unpractical. In the case of PR, it's simply to get a more genuinely representative Parliament.