the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it’s called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don’t care, but because you care too much.
the lesson I learned is that you can wildly, drastically improve brain interconnectivity and neuroplasticity by being obsessed with practicing a skill that you're absolutely terrible at, for two months.
@Neon_Jon_@fluxtheorist Hahaha I’m honored. Ultimately I want to see more varied styles of animation and creative endeavors from all over the world be encouraged (with lots of $$$) to thrive.
@Neon_Jon_@fluxtheorist Lol won’t argue against that, but again I really like that it’s not trying to mirror anime at all. Plus the characters themselves are written so wonderfully that the style didn’t get in the way at all for me.
@Neon_Jon_@fluxtheorist Yeah I guess for those same reason is why I’m so biased in favor of this effort. Western animation has been on the struggle bus for a while, so to see something like that also taking some creative risks felt refreshing. I think the “adult” content brought the try-hard vibe imho
@Neon_Jon_@fluxtheorist I think that’s more because it was too violent for kids but too strange for most adults to commit to watching a cartoon for even with the sci-fi angle. In general though Common Side Effects feels a lot stronger.
Most clear and honest tweet of the season
When i was crying for the oceans i was crying for my own life, but needed to project it outward
See already im using too many words to just say what she said
@KIMDRXCULA@1thousandfaces_ Also to be clear, I don’t actually think it’s possible to move away from god, it’s more a metaphor of the mental and emotional experience of turning away from our higher power. And even then I’d argue both paths still lead to the same place eventually (lifetimes).
@KIMDRXCULA@1thousandfaces_ I’m speaking of the cuff from personal experience and present struggles. Though I think this is largely just “the path.” One glimmer of enlightenment (god is real) to begin the grand journey through the unknown abyss (now what do I do with that information?).
@JoeSchmoe395912 @1thousandfaces_ Bullshit. The problem with drug epiphanies is that you’re stuck with the uncertainty of whether it was profound or simply chemical. It took me chemical epiphanies to find real sober ones, both took me to the same place.
A REALLY interesting thing I discovered a few years ago is that people's range of what they're capable of doing expands WILDLY when you tell them to imitate a self that is not theirs instead of asking them to show you their own range lmao