The thing that's scaring me right now is how many well meaning gentiles just genuinely have no idea when something is an antisemitic canard and so they are internalizing and parrotting ideas that can will and do get Jews killed everywhere because it's couched in pro Palestinian rhetoric and all they know about this is that settler colonialism is bad and they are trusting any leftist or or professed leftists who are actually alt-right types actively using this horror to recruit. And all they knew about antisemitism is like. The Holocaust happened and right wingers are often antisemitic and that anti-zionism isn't necessarily antisemitism. So you have people who honestly do not know better reblogging excerpts from fucking Protocols and thinking it's good information that explains and supports the Palestinian struggle because someone replaced the word "Jew" with "Zionist," and misatributed it. And I know it sounds wrong to say that you need to learn about what antisemitism looks like and how it works in order to effectively advocate for the one group of people in history who are actually being oppressed by Jews-as-Jews, but if you can understand why you need to learn about and recognize transphobia in order to be an effective feminist, you can understand that.

Rootless cosmopolitan tropes, dual loyalty tropes, blood libel, accusations that (((they))) control the media, banks, or governments of other countries, assertions that it's all rich white privileged landlords from nyc/jersey, accusations of making up atrocities or causing their own oppression or using misplaced sympathy to silence criticism for nefarious ends or always lying doesn't stop being antisemitic just because someone used the word Zionist instead of Jews. Go read "The Past Didn't Go Anywhere" so you can avoid becoming Jackson Hinkle's stooge on accident.

the thing is for a long long time i did subscribe to the idea that transfems have it the worst of all of us and that transmascs do have systemic power over transfems, and im still not sure i dont believe it? however.

the transandrophobia/transmisandry/whatever you wanna call it blogs that i follow specifically clarify over and over and over that they are not trying to say transmisogyny doesnt exist, or to make it a contest of whos most oppressed, or to say trans women have systemic power over trans men, or anything of the sort, they have made that disclaimer so many times and yet over the years i have seen that making that disclaimer does not help.

if transmascs speak up abt transphobia, we are bombarded with harassment and willful misinterpretation of our words. no matter how many disclaimers, no matter how much we keep the conversation to our own posts, no matter how many steps we take to avoid taking space away from transfems, we still get these accusations of transmisogyny, just for talking about our own lived experiences.

we shouldnt have to grovel and beg other queer people to allow us to talk about the oppression we experience. we shouldnt have to couch it in 500 disclaimers, and even when we do people try to silence us.

im absolutely not blaming this on transfems, btw. many of the most supportive ppl on this site who boost transmasc voices are transfems who are incredibly kind and wonderful and smart people. the transfems who are radfemmy and separatist are not any more representative of transfems in general than the transmascs who are radfemmy and separatist are representative of transmascs in general. i suspect most of the problem are cis ppl. i know many are fellow transmascs who either pass and dont experience the problems most of us face, or else have been taught that in order to be good allies to transfems they have to disavow their siblings who are still fighting to be heard, like its a zero sum game and they have to pick sides.

maybe transfems do have it unequivocally worse, full stop. im not rlly that smart or good at interpreting data and different people tell me different things and if i think too much abt it i start spiraling. but i dont like that so many people on this site take transmascs talking abt our struggles as an inherent attack on transfems. thats that part i rlly dont understand. thats why i keep asking why we cant just get along. why cant these discussions happen in parallel?

if someone tells me transfems have it worse, sure, that doesnt bother me to accept and be aware of and take into consideration in how i live my life. but when people tell me transfems have it worse, therefore transmascs should shut up? thats incomprehensible to me. thats just transphobia.

idk as a trans male i dont think that comic helps much. Idk who that man is anyway not that i want to be the perfect flowy fem boy but you know. i'm five foot tall and will never be able to pass probably even as im on T. And looking like a short pudgy kid isnt gonna help anything. Anyway i think its okay to have fears and to be worried and we need to care more about that?

i don't think you are wrong for wanting to pass. with the caveat that passing is not some permanent fixed state, but rather a circumstantial effect that either applies or not between specific individuals in specific situations, passing as not-trans can blanket a lot of trans people from day-to-day danger and harm. this is valuable.

however, my earnest response to you asking me this in my inbox is that it's sort of a non-sequitur because all i implied in the tag you're responding to is that i don't think it's healthy for people considering testosterone to talk themselves out of it because they're afraid of turning "ugly." and second, it's honestly very sad to me to hear that you may be considering only whether testosterone would make you pass, because i would like to ask if you have considered whether testosterone could make you happy? whether the effects of testosterone would be desirable to you regardless? maybe you have, but i do not know you and i cannot know you, anonymous question asker.

on this point i have no words to say that would be better than the ones from an essay by David Davis about what testosterone did for them, which I can't help but cite quite a large portion of. if this does not help you then i hope it helps anyone else who may read this, as i thought about ignoring this ask but then wondered how many others may feel the same way and could use a sincere response.

From "David Davis XII (2020)": It wasn’t until second puberty really kicked into gear this past January that I started to feel good. The things that I had been afraid of were coming to pass in and on my body and I was shocked, if you can believe it, to find them to be not only not horrifying but pleasurable. Where I was once almost hairless, follicles of white and fawn were sweeping up my thighs and toward my navel, feathering my forearms and knuckles and knees, like a time-lapse video of springtime shrouding a meadow. The ways that I weep and cum have evolved like Pokémon—similar enough to be recognizable, but different enough to merit, perhaps, new names. All my clothes feel new again, except for the shirts that no longer fit me.

Though there were aspects to these changes that were challenging, and even sad, I didn’t feel the pain of pointless suffering, which meant I could experience the sweetness along with the bitterness. For a few weeks in April, for example, my throat started to feel tight yet charged. As your voice deepens, there is a window of time where you can no longer hit the high notes, but the low ones haven’t shown up yet. I pictured my voice box like a brown paper package that had been shrunk down to two sizes too small. My access, such as it was, to Kate Bush, Christina Amphlett, and Donna Summer was gone forever. I miss it. There was even a day where I felt sad enough to cry over it. But I don’t regret that it had to happen, and I am starting to learn that growth is not a zero sum game.

It feels right, what’s happening to me, and long overdue. Over the past ten months, my sympathy for teenage cis boys, whose hair and horniness and hunger descend on the pre-androgenized body like a typewriter on paper—hard and fast, sometimes all at once and sometimes in tiny, concentrated stabs—has grown a thousandfold, for even as distressing as my first puberty was, it did not feel as dramatic as this one, though admittedly that could be because I don’t have to psychically leave my body to tolerate it. I feel a kinship with those boys and their zits and confusion and desires, reminding myself that when I am at a loss for what to do with my irritability, excitement, horniness (did I mention that?), sore throat, urge to move—to drive fast and punch walls, which as a grownup I can do with fewer consequences than teens can—that it’s because I am still getting used to a vitality I hadn’t felt since I was a little girl who wanted to be a little boy.

I have this memory from my freshman year of high school, clear as a bell in a quiet room, of seeing my reflection in the glass wall outside the girls’ lockers. I was in my very short cross-country uniform, so I could see my thighs, which I normally hid from myself and everyone else. They were becoming womanly, like everyone said they would, and I knew that they were not supposed to be like that, and it was unbearable, though of course I bore it. The knowledge that I was going the wrong way, known before I knew that trans people could do things to their bodies to correct them, or that people like that even existed, was one of the only bits of information my soupy, sedated mind could retain, pooled at the base of my brain like black ice, a sad and ominous awareness that someday something would have to be done about all this. At the time, I couldn’t imagine that something as anything other than drifting away in a cozy, well-insulated garage.

With my second puberty, the things I have spent my life fearing—having trained myself, as most queer people do, to hate and fear what I want—were finally happening to me. Even as I gave myself my weekly dose of testosterone cypionate, I was certain that my new form would be bad and hateful, that I would become more and more ugly with unnatural and unwelcome changes on my already unnatural and unwelcome body. It was hard for me to imagine looking uglier than I already did, but I knew it would happen. I had no point of reference for a puberty that wasn’t catastrophic, which should make clear, I hope, just how last-ditch HRT was for me.

Like other transsexuals, perhaps, I had to become one to truly understand how much I hated us. It took me a decade be graced with hormones, but I still believed, even if I was conscious enough of what that belief betrayed not to say it aloud, that I didn’t actually want what it would do to me. I’m going on HRT for the fat redistribution, I told myself. I’m not thrilled about the voice change or gaining (and losing) hair or the clit growth or the many real terrors of living as a transsexual among these cis demons, but what do I have to lose? I’ve already mutilated my body from years of self-harm and SM and surgery and substances and sickness, and anyway, I told myself, I’m already ugly and past 30. Who cares what I look like now? Who cares if this is the wrong choice?

The things I told myself about myself were the kind of things that I would never say to another trans person, especially another person on testosterone, and would recognize as virulently, violently transphobic were they coming from a cis person (which of course they do, all the time). But as HRT has continued to change me, I’ve begun to think like this less and less. T can’t take all the credit, because I’ve done a lot of work, over the past decade, to make my mind ready for this time. Still, where I was before, pleasure was almost impossible. I was hardly capable of it.

For the first time since my first puberty, I do not actively want to die. Limited though it may be by climate change, fascism, and family concerns that constrain how and where I live my life, I have begun to think about my future as mine, with curiosity and sometimes even anticipation. The great pleasure of medical transition has been an integration of pleasure itself into my life.

oh, and that man from the comic is Kim Kitsuragi from the video game Disco Elysium. he's just great. a great guy

Even though it's true that we really don't understand each other after reflection I think the real crux of the issue between my roommate and I is that she simply doesn't take anything I say seriously/believe what I say. And communication can't help at that point it's all her thing, there's nothing I can do on my end. The cognitive empathy on her part just isn't there and as long as what comes out of my mouth doesn't fit her understanding of me she will assume I'm lying and manipulating because frankly she legitimately doesn't grasp my full personhood. And when I keep saying the same things that dont make sense to her her mentality is that I'm toxic and she doesn't want to talk to me because she obviously feels it isn't going to get her anywhere. And she doesn't seem to grasp it but she's also like super traumatized and she's like aggressive to protect herself and then is immediately terrified of the conflict that arises as a result, even if nothing actually has anything to do with her being a bad person or anything and there is literally no condemnation. It feels like a zero sum game, like if there's conflict one of us has to be "bad" and if I'm not that person she assumes the only alternative is that it's her. Like the whole time I've been fully aware that she's just traumatized - even though her actions have been extremely damaging to me, even when they totally confuse me, ultimately I can see why she's acting how she is and I'm not like passing judgement or viewing her badly or like she's being intentionally cruel. It's just like, a depressing and unhealthy dynamic, and I'm concerned because I genuinely don't know if she has any ladders or believes she has any ladders to a better emotional state, so I just hope that she cares about herself enough to take care of herself. I preferred when we didn't talk but she could reach out to me if she needed something material.

so do you care about pansexuality at all or just annoyed by the instances, because i find the whole bi vs pan vs whatever drama super dumb, especially to be happening as avidly as it is during pride month.

of course I care about yall! identifying as pansexual is NOT inherently biphobic, or even kind of biphobic! I personally believe it's a synonym for bisexual, but as long as pansexuals aren't actually doing and saying biphobic stuff, we're cool and ur invited to go to pride with me if you want💖

on a more serious note: please dont get on my posts where I'm like, "a lot of pansexual people say this biphobic thing and I don't like it", and accuse me of being "panphobic" or "doing bi vs pan discourse"!!! 🙄 this is not a zero sum game and it's not my fault that other people online want to spend their whole pride month tweeting angrily about us lol I'm just vibing✌

Deltarune theory post

We all knew this was coming.

So, chapter 2 has introduced a lot of new info to us, and people have examined the game to bits already, so I figured, I will sum up all my own theories, theories that I believe have ground, and theories I dont fully believe, on one massive post! I will try to categorize them with characters. More will be, under the

SUSIE

Not much here honestly, she is still the resident tough girl with a soft heart underneath that rocky shell. Uncertain if she does have a home or has one thats unhealthy, as she doesnt call her parents. Other than that, theres no new material. Skip.

RALSEI

I dont trust Ralsei, but I dont think he's evil in any way. He knows of our existence, can separate us from Kris, names the town after us(the player). Additionally, he just sort of. Appears in the cyber world with no explanation. But also, he is a nice person. His first priority in all situations is the well being of others, and he has done nothing that puts anyone in danger, or benefits only himself in any way. However, his awareness of us means that he will eventually speak about it. And I dont trust him, because he might take the side of Kris, not us. Or even if he sides with us over Kris, I just have a bad feeling about him. The fact that the town is named after us though implies he is not just aware of us, but aware of the Survey scene with Gaster.

Some people pointed out that him mentioning Roaring only now, and him not turning to stone are suspicious, but his initial tale in ch1 includes "The World Dies", so it makes sense for him to not focus much on the details and instead put emphasis on "The Heroes Save The Day". Additionally, he says that the fountain in the castle town is made of Pure Darkness, and can sustain other darkners, since thats his fountain, it makes sense for him to be able to survive in other worlds and also explains why in ch1 he doesnt just shut his own fountain down(which wouldve restored the balance as well if the fountains were identical).

Tldr; good kid, kinda shady, but not malicious. Fully expect him to just "show up" in ch3.

SPAMTON G SPAMTON

Most recent tumblr sexyman has a lot of interesting dialouge, between projecting his past onto you and the telephone. When he leaves his shop, it turns greyscale, which is commonly related to G-Followers, and the addison that states that the phone had garbage noise(same description as when we use the phone), imply connection to Gaster. And both him and Jevil having similarities in their insanity, implies Gaster to be the knight. But knight, is another title later on.

During his fight Spamton talks as if he wants to free Kris too, they'll both be BIG and FREE together. He states at many points that he wont, and he cant force Kris to join him(but he can kill you 50% faster than similar products). And once he's freed, his body falls and goes limb with no wires to hold him up. He cant be free, but states that maybe we can be strong enough to be free. His lines paralell jevil in the "take me and may my power help you be free" sense.

Sidenote; Spamton G Spamton is a copycat. He dresses that way in order to imitate Swatch.

BERDLY

Oh god he's dead!! ....maybe. while neutral route shows his arm paralyzed and weird route has him not wake up, he is a monster. And when monsters die, they turn to dust in Undertale, if such is the case for Deltarune as well, its proof that Berdly is alive. Due to the story, its unlikely that we'll have berdly outright dead, as such would greatly shake the town that has "zero crime rate". A possibility is that getting hurt in the dark world causes your body part to be paralyzed for a while, similar to sleeping on your arm or having static all over your leg. And a "death" would cause you to be comotose for a while.

Otherwise, Berdly is a great written character, who suffers from insecurities and hides his inferiority complex with a superiority one. He cant even consider Noelle wants to help him as a friend because of his low self esteem, (certainly if someone knows his situation and still helps, its weird behaviour, no one without further motives would do that to him, its not like normal people would care about him if they knew he was a loser. So she must have a crush on him, that explains why she overlooks his inferiority). He cares a lot about Noelle, trying to help her despite being kinda bad at it, and has trouble rejecting her "crush" so he tries to make her happy despite not reciprocating those feelings.

He's a good kid. And as queen says "theres nothing wrong with him, he's just annoying."

KRIS

And here we go. Kris. Strap on.

Kris pranks us. At the end of ch1, after putting us in a cage, Kris is fully able to go to the kitchen, but takes the time to brandish a knife and smile. This is done to scare us. Kris, upon being possessed, has their it their first priority to prank us, like they prank Noelle by grabbing her under the bed.

Spamton fight is bothersome for Kris, because of the puppetry. Others arent aware, but Kris isnt free, they're like Spamton, and when Spamton is freed...he flops. That paralelling their experience(and probably explaining why kris HAS TO put us back), gets them shaken up for clear reasons. But also, here is something I havent seen anyone mentioning. While I dont think they are linked in any way, the basement is a dark and scary place, much like the places Kris and Noelle went to explore. Kids mention that Kris is afraid of that bunker in the forest. The Basement probably scares Kris because we are forcing them to go to a place they are afraid of, whatever scared Kris inside the bunker, must be important. I believe that whatever is inside The Bunker, is the reason why we are with Kris.

The Knight.... Kris...definately is not the knight. Spade King, Seam, and some others have met the Knight, but do not recognize Kris as the Knight. Spade King even shouts about how the fun gang cant stop the Knight's will. All of this, leads us to the conclusion that Kris can NOT be The Knight. Then, what about the ending? Will get to that after a short intermission.

DARK WORLDS

Dark worlds so far have a positive effect on the lightners, and help them get over their problems or at least help them acknowladge their issues. Berdly's insecurities, Noelle's lack of self assertion, Susie's agression are all things that are helped thanks to the dark worlds. Multiple dark worlds can exist for a short time, as we see both castle town and card world coexist without the world immediately collapsing. But in the long run, only The True Fountain can be open, as extra fountains will tip the balance eventually and Apocalypse happens. Got that? Good.

The ending of ch2

Starting from Kris ripping us out the events are as follows;

Kris crawls outside as Toriel goes to get sugar. Kris slashes the tires and goes back around the house. Toriel notices that someone is around and the tires are slashed. Kris comes back and puts us in. Then, Toriel asks Susie to stay overnight after saying the pie wont be ready until tomorrow. Afterwards she calls the cops about the situation before falling asleep, then Kris opens the door, and opens a dark fountain.

Ok well Kris opens fountains, Knight opens fountains, case closed! Not. We see Kris opening a fountain AFTER we learn all lightners can. This means that there is no proof to Kris being able to open fountains before. Additionally, Kris makes the job harder for themselves if they intend to cause the Roaring. Susie knows about the dark worlds afterall, and her being away would make things easier. Not to mention the cops.

So it is my belief that Kris opens the fountain for a specific purpose. To use the dark world. The fountain is opened right next to Toriel, and knowing her, she has plenty of issues that a dark world can help(such as being bitter and authoritive.). It makes most sense for Kris to make the fountain, have Toriel get therapy, and then close it again with Susie's help. It is unclear if Kris couldve asked Toriel to have Susie over, as we are there and without us, Kris sorta limps around.

And calling the cops could be part of their plan. The police force contains Undyne and Napstablook, we know Undyne is too busy watching over dog criminals(or catching them), and Napstablook...well. I dont have much for them, but overall, I dont see Napstablook as a character that would Narratively do much in chapter3 with Toriel, unless they talk about Asgore. Asgore is an ex-cop. It is reasonable to assume Asgore will be called to check up on them. And if Asgore comes, he'll enter the dark world, and also benefit from the family therapy(Asgore's issues being "selfless to a fault" and "ignoring his own problems").

Kris, by opening the fountain, could help family issues resolve. They might not get back together but the tension between them may soften, Asgore might learn to care of himself, and Toriel might learn to care of others.

THE KNIGHT

Well. Its not Kris. Not Ralsei. Not Susie. Not a darkner. Someone with access to library and the classroom... Gaster? Chara? Maybe. As of now, we dont have enough info to decide. But we can have a look. We know Chara exist in some capacity, as the japanese version of the "no one can choose who they are" talk has their own unique talking pattern. We know Gaster exists in some capacity, as Gaster performs the Survey, and the various gaster hints.

It could be that Gaster is the Knight, as both Jevil and Spamton seems to be driven mad by the same source, and one is told to be maddened by the Knight while other has Gaster sprinkled all over. When it comes to motives, Gaster might simply be opening the fountains as an experiment, he's a scientist and "dark darker yet darker" sorta paralells Spamton's "Its still dark, so dark". Might even explain "what do you two think", as it'd referr to Us and Kris or Us and Vessel. His "everywhere/when" form could allow him to enter those places. The word Egg when translated to windings gives us the movement of a Knight in chess, that'd be a solid "in your face" clue like Flowey calling himself "Prince of this world". But it doesnt seem like he'd be interested in the Roaring and causing the apocalypse.

It could be that Chara is the Knight. Having enough power to shove us into Kris showcases enough "realness" to effect the world, Queen narrates the knight's actions as "raising their hand and plunging their knife into the earth", Knife, Soul, chara adjacent enough. Their ghostness would allow them to create fountains there, as its not like we had to see chara for chars to put us in Kris. Motives could be that Chara hates the world and thus takes the role of The Roaring Knight. But its not like Chara to be tied to maddened greyscale glitched out monsters.

So, Knight is a loose thread still. But it makes sense. We are only 2/7 way there, and narratively, it makes sense for a knight reveal to be way later down the line.

And thats about it! Do tell if Ive missed anything you'd want to hear about. Might make an additional post later.

idk about her provoking anyone herself but her fans and armys are always at it, because her label basically cheated their way to sales or streams. girl couldnt even sell out her own iheartradio show and expect me to believe she has people buying her music like that? right. i think they basically bribed people with a carwash to buying music or something and that shouldnt be allowed but since the ppl around her label are the same 1s that own spotify i believe, of course. basically shes known as industry plant. and thats my extent of that. there's no point in army going after people unless they disrespect bts, and thats what her fans do. not saying other armys arent as childish but majority of the time i dont see them going after ppl for no reason. its usually bc unfair treatment of bts or lack of respect towards them

i wish ppl would see that theres more than enough room in this world to house both olivia rodrigo AND bts. this isnt a zero sum game. theres no need to denounce or insult one another for some feeling of superiority, you know?

people who say they hate or complain about capitalism  .....

lol but seriously here I fixed it for hurt feelings(a bit)

rich fine okay well say any hate train trendeaters ,or ignorant fellows doin the same that dont know how the world works

im sorry Ill calm down

Political Correctness has pushed us so far out of the realm of honest conversations that so many people are scared to talk openly about anything that might offend anyone around them.

im sorry about the dumb fuc* comment I dont necessarily think your a retar*

Unless of course you actually do think capitalism sucks. In that case I would ask you to kindly pack your shit and head off to Europe, China or anywhere other than America really.

Maybe you would be happier in North Korea or some other tyrannical state. I hear the soviets are making a comeback! And before you say anything about how great Canada is, I direct you back to my “pack your shit” statement a few sentences back.

No one is keeping you here! If you think they do it better somewhere else then by all means, be gone! :)

capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

common sense ~If I am capitalizing on a situation, I am simply using that situation to my benefit. Where we pervert the game is in the governance and regulation of capital and industry. When we begin picking and choosing winners and losers.Which is really part of why it bothers me when people vilify the word capitalist or capitalism. Furthermore, the system of capitalism has served to push forward technology and innovation and has free’d more people from the clutches of poverty than any other system before it.If you think about it, the person who tells you that capitalism is bad is actually trying to capitalize on your intellectual ignorance and sway you into thinking that their definition is the one you should believe.

We should applaud and protect a system that allows individuals to go out and create value in the world. But more importantly, a system that allows people to own the fruits of their labor. This is why capitalism is so important. Because in a capitalist system, the government protects the individual’s right to ownership of property. A fundamental tenet of a free society.

Generalizing all capitalists as bad would be like saying all humans are bad or ect

Whether in business, government, religion or life in general, people are prone to failure and greed, which eventually leads to an abuse of power.

That being said, assuming that all capitalist are bad and that they are all trying to get to the top solely by taking advantage of others is narrow minded, ignorant and impractical. The economy is not a zero sum game. It can expand and grow as new innovations are introduced to the market which means many people can succeed without others having to fail.

If you think business people and “capitalists” are bad people, then you should be willing to admit that people in general are bad, therefore the people that would teach you to hate a capitalist are also bad.

Isn’t your effort to convince me that capitalism is bad an attempt to capitalize on my ignorance on the true understanding of the word? Isn’t your effort to vilify the producers just an attempt to try and steal something you have not yet earned? What system would you suggest in its place? How should we treat the people and money of a country in order to produce a better outcome than what we are working towards today in America?

now here lets look at other ideas or ism’s

Socialism

We could just give everyone the things they need. You know, take from the rich and give to the poor and all that shit. Some might say that we are already living in a form of socialism now as we have welfare systems and social safety nets of which more than 50% of our population participate in. And on paper, it sounds like a great idea to just give people their basic subsistence, but in practice, it never works.

In a socialist world, there would be no accumulation of capital (wealth) and equality would abound! But the truth is that socialism has been tried (without success), time and time again, and you cannot guarantee an equal outcome for any large group of the earth’s population at any given time. What you can do is provide equal opportunity at success, which is really why America was so successful as an experiment in the first place.

That being said, I think everyone considers socialism to be a viable solution at one point in their intellectual evolution. Typically before they acquire any fundamental understanding of economics and free markets at scale. Don’t believe me? Just go ask someone on the street to share their hard earned paycheck with you. It likely won’t happen. But ask the same person for advice on how you should spend your money, and they will surely give it.

The truth is that at some point, the producers will quit producing and the entire system will collapse. Without compensation that is commensurate to the efforts, people eventually quit trying to produce and soon there are no goods or services (or anything else for that matter) to redistribute amongst the people.

Communism 

After socialism comes communism which is really just a natural progression of state controlled means of production and equal distribution of capital. Which never seems to actually get distributed equally funny enough. To each according to their needs, from each according to their abilities. Or some stupid shit like that. What actually ends up happening is that the separation between classes becomes extreme and you eliminate any chance at upward economic mobility.

Eventually you end up with some dictator who thinks they are a god. A self inflated ego who runs around breaking shit like some pissed off toddler who needs a nap. Seriously, Mao, Stalin, Castro, etc. They all ruled over a communist regime which lead to death and despair for millions of people. Yet surprisingly you still see these dumb antifa fucks running around with the hammer and sickle on their flags while criticising the swastika on others. like for some reason the genocide attached to one is acceptable while the other is repugnant. Because obviously, they get to set the rules in every debate.

Communism sucks the life out of its people by propping up a select few who hold all the power. Eventually a communist society devolves into mediocrity and tyranny. Completely divided into have and have not while espousing equality for all. No middle class, no ability to separate yourself or change your station in life

Fascism

At least with socialism and communism you get a cursory effort to provide for the people. With Fascism, all you get is fucked. Essentially this is a complete dictatorial control of a country and their entire economic system.Think Hitler and Mussolini here.Another key problem with Fascism is the propensity for violence. In a Fascist system, there can be no dissent or second party. Often, Fascist dictators rule through the threat of military violence, and through the subjugation of their people. Yet even in these corrupt systems, enterprising and conniving business owners will find ways to snuggle up to the people of power in order to earn favors and to gain an advantage in the market.

The problem is that America is no longer a purely capitalist society. We have evolved into a corporate oligarchy. A system where corporate money pulls the strings of all of the puppets in Washington. A system where the government itself is just a paid extension of the corporate crony machinery. A structure that has created greatness over the years, but one which is also now killing itself by suffocating the people who support it.

A truly capitalist society would strive to provide a level playing field so that its citizenry can compete freely. It would protect our ability to innovate and take risks on new ventures. Not seek to limit or diminish our potential for success. This is where regulators seek to find balance.

But instead we find our government striving to pick the winners and losers. Making investments or restricting industries in ways where the long term results cannot be predicted. And to write off that lack in leadership as a failure in a basic economic system is why I can plainly call you stupid for not understanding the nuance. At the very least it makes you ignorant and naive to the real problems we face as a society.

Would you rather have a dictator telling you what to do? A monarch? A tyrant? An out of control government? Wait, we might already have that one…

But seriously. Tell me when the other systems have ever worked? I’m waiting…

When has a nation ever given up their individual freedom and ended up better off because of it?

Actually, I could argue that we are moving away from the ideas of free market capitalism and fair competition, and moving towards a systematically skewed system of social equality in name only. Instead of working to protect equal opportunity and a fair shot at the pursuit of happiness, we are working to ensure equal outcomes on paper at the expense of freedom for all in practice.

Furthermore, we have seen time and time again that the road towards socialism, communism, or any economic model other than capitalism for that matter, inevitably lead to mass oppression, a military style police state, and total control of the people and ideas which might otherwise power a free society.

So if you ask me, I’d prefer to put my trust in the people and in the market itself. I would rather see more competition, more innovation, and less government interference. I would like to see less influence from the corporate elite in the lives of the average American, and more opportunity for each of us to pave our own path.

Because I would rather be in control of my own destiny –for better or worse– as opposed to surrendering control to someone who has never met me, yet somehow thinks they can make my decisions better than I can make them for myself.

I would rather be in control of my own fate. To be in control of my ability to not only fail, but to succeed beyond all of my wildest dreams.

And I’ll take that every day as opposed to putting my faith in a state controlled corporate machine.

We are what we are because we’ve allowed people to realize the benefits of risk and reward. Have we messed up along the way? Yes. Have we gotten it mostly right? You better fucking believe it.

And if we find a way to correct that path, as opposed to looking for ways to turn from it, then there is no limit to what we can accomplish. But, if we continue restricting capitalism as a principle and vilifying the producers of this nation, then we will ultimately drag the entire country down with them.

Imagine a teacher telling the “A” students to not try so hard because they were making the “D” students look bad instead of finding ways to bring the “D” students up a level or two. It’s a little simplistic but it is in essence what we are encouraging people to do by pretending that some other system might serve us better.

We must stop telling people that success and profit are evil. But we must also not teach them that profit is everything that matters. We must teach people to be accountable for their thoughts and behaviors. Teach them how to go out into the world and create value for themselves and others. Teach them to reinvest their intellectual capital in themselves in order to advance their own agenda as opposed to walking around blindly advancing someone else’s.

Because I personally hate the thought of being anything other than exceptional. I hate the idea of striving for just good enough.

So, what do you say? How about we go capitalize on everything that makes humanity great and remember that we are after all, just people. Let’s remember that the slave masters keep the slaves uneducated for a reason. And let’s all set the shackles of societal stupidity aside and go build something beautiful.

What I am trying to point out is that capitalism gives the average person (you and I) the best opportunity to carve our own path, to follow our own dreams and be rewarded according to our individual efforts in doing so. It is why America, has surpassed the rest of the world in innovation to this point, and why we were able to come so far in this country while others stagnate for centuries.

im sorry as well for replies after, got so mad with the kill yourself anon you cowards ,like your that mad you tell someone to kill themself for there opinions like okay???grow a pair and go off anon and get mental help ,what your parents never taught you to handle yourself and anger/feelings?

all of evening out with your girlfriend for the ask game!!

here we goo!!

honourable mention: what would you title a movie of your life?

oh this one is hard, ive never thought of it before. maybe "meet your maker" because i love making things, especially things that work! my friends say i can be scarily determined when i have a goal in mind

calm before the storm: do you like pete's screaming?

oh i LOVE petes screaming! its one of the things i miss the most in prehiatus music. i cant scream for shit, but i love the angry sound of it, and i think they always know exactly how to juxtapose it with the vocals and the music. hes really good at it too!!

switchblades and infidelity: what's the relationship with your ex like?

i havent really been in any romantic relationships before my current one save for this one pretty nice dude i was seeing before he broke it off. he was the only guy i had ever been in anything akin to a relationship with before i realised i was a lesbian and i have no idea how to broach that subject if he asks so i avoid him like the plague when i see him. i have an ex friend i think is more appropriate for this question, and the answer is i hate her guts.

pretty in punk: punk, emo, scene or goth?

punk! i love the aesthetic and the ethos, and i specifically love DIY or die energy! ive always been like that, and to this day if theres a choice between buying and DIY-ing i go with the latter. id be like "i want a leather jacket" and then try to figure out how to make one myself haha

growing up: do you like fall out boy's really old stuff?

i talk a lot of shit on eowyg, and i genuinely dont like it nearly as much as anything else (it doesnt quite sound like fall out boy without andy on drums and patrick on rhythm guitar) but im always a sucker for the diamond in the rough vibe of any early act, and with fall out boy, it makes me Feel Things.

the world's not waiting (for four tired boys in a broken down van): what's the longest journey you've been on?

probably the time i went to england when i was 13! funnily enough that was a year before i even got into fall out boy. i went for a girl guide camp, but, yknow, it was a flight across the pacific ocean. it took a while. i love travelling though, absolutely adore being in in between spaces.

short, fast, and loud: if you had to spend the rest of your life with only three other people, who would they be? why?

my best friend, tadj, my girlfriend, rose, and my other best friend, lincoln. these 3 people understand me better than almost anyone, and i understand them all just about as well. i know for sure they like my company, and i definitely like theirs. and i think theyd like each other too.

moving pictures: what's your favourite art form?

music! ive been playing music in some form or another since i was 8 at the oldest, so it means a lot to me as an art form! i love the specific way music is an intersection of math and science and art, and i love singing, and i love playing instruments, and i just love music! i also love poetry and lyricism, ive been writing poetry in some form or another since i was 14.

parker lewis can't lose (but i'm going to give it my best shot): what's your political standpoint?

im squarely on the left! im broadly an anarchist and a communist, although i do think socialism is a necessary step towards communism as a goal and i dont personally have much of a background with theory (i like to joke im a leftist because im poor and ask questions). i believe, fundamentally, that people are people. we can be good, or bad, but mostly were just people. capitalism is a zero sum game, which means for someone to gain, someone else has to lose, and i think everyone would agree that that sucks. i just dont think everyone realises it doesny have to be that way.

theres a generally accepted take that liberals (in the modern sense) tend to view the world as more abundant (like that, theres enough to go around, its not a zero sum game) than conservatives do, and i think this is probably true, but weirdly i think leftists tend to swing far to the other view, in that like, a lot of leftists seem to believe that like, in a more equal world wed all have to give a lot up. usually this position comes from people whose analysis is like, 3rd world focused, and i dont think theyre *entirely* wrong, like, a lot of modern luxuries require pretty horrible conditions, but i think the mistake comes in forgetting that those luxuries are like...good things? so preferably we can find a middle ground between like, using slave labor to get the metals for our computers and going full butlerian jihad

Sage advice from the big 2018 crash: Before every fomo, ask yourself some important questions

Jan 2018, I was riding high. Had just sold LTC for $300 several months after buying it for $40. A 700%+ gain in such a short time, it’s the kind of thing most stock market people only dream of. I had bought low and sold high. Damnit what a rush!

But I was not yet an experienced cryptonaut, and was suddenly reading about how big Ethereum was going to get, how it was going to rewrite the internet as we knew it, and how it would become so scare that it threatened Bitcoin’s dominance. I read, and I read, and I read some more. Ethereum was going to be like investing in Apple in 1982, but bigger, and faster. It would be a game changer unlike any other!

I did my own research

So what did I do? I bought in at $1310. I had to, after all. It was about to reach escape velocity, right? Right??

Narrator: “He would not, in fact, be right.”

You know the story. The Bull ended. ETH fell off a cliff. Week after week after painful week. $1100. $950. $750. $500

For those who haven’t experienced it before, watching your investment crater is numbing. It feels unreal. There’s a denialism that begins with “OMG I could have bought so much cheaper,” and steadily moves towards “This thing won’t go to zero… will it??”

When Eth finally bottomed i could have bought 13X the amount of ETH for the same Money. It was too early, in a market too bullish, too Irrational, and ETH was way too expensive.

So what did I do? I sucked in my teeth, shrugged my shoulders, and said “I still believe this is going to succeed.” I hodled, down 93%. And today, well you know where ETH stands.

I think it’s important for the n00bs and the Cardanonites and everyone else to remember a few important points with all the people asking now if Cardano is a buy or if they should buy in while the market is pumping. If you are going to do more than DCA, if you have a lump sum you want to drop on a coin, ask the following:

-If this doubles, will I sell some to ensure profits?

-If this triples and I sold some at double, will I be able to be grateful for my gains?

-If a big FUD incident happens (exchange hack, ban in a country, investigation by government etc.) will I be able to shrug it off?

-If the coin drops, will I regret getting in at this price? If it continues to only go up, will I regret sitting on the sidelines more?

Am I -only- putting in money I 100% dont need and can afford to 100% lose?

If there is a total crash, and my coin drops 75/85/95(!) %, will I have the belief in it and the confidence to know that I will hold on no matter what?

If any of these are a no, then think long and hard about fomoing. Anything could happen. Tether could blow up tomorrow. Maybe Binance gets hacked for 5 billion. Maybe Coinbase gets ransomewared. The future in uncertain and crypto can be downright terrifying at times.

As a wise man once said “This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin around.”

Make sure you aren’t either.

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im back

hi just thought id pop in with a status update! maybe i’ll break this down into categories. feel like im doing an email update (ew!) but this rly is probs the best way to structure this post...

work / school (?)

work has been....aite. idk what to say. idk if i have unrealistic expectations of what work is supposed to be, but the idealist in me thinks its wrong to not even try and find something that seems meaningful / is deeply fulfilling. i think im mature enough to get that work isnt supposed to be fun / exciting every single day but bro this daily grind / sense of dread / utter disinterest / feeling of futility / frustration / disenchantment surely isnt the correct state of affairs.....at least let me try and find something that is a better fit, thats more stimulating, that feels more NATURAL to me? i just dont think im cut out to be a lawyer. sure i sometimes like arguing and making my point and i like that everyone i work with is smart and interesting and generally kind and reasonable and i like the prestige of the job and feeling like ppl respect me and i like the decent pay and the humane hours but.....i feel unmotivated to be a good lawyer. i think i find it difficult / disingenuous to always 100% get behind my client and advocate for their best interests. i tend to see things from a zoomed out perspective, like WHY are we fighting, WHY cant we just settle, WHY are the claimants pursuing this absolutely crap and unmeritorious claim and WHY do we have to defend it when its stupid and bound to fail (cos access2justice i guess but still, WHY), WHY cant we just hash things out in a meeting instead of sending emails here and there and wasting time, WHY do we have to answer stupid questions, WHY WHY WHY

and i think public policy is sort of an answer to that....i think theres more questioning of why we do things and why a policy will or will not work, in a macro sense - what is good for society at large. whereas in law (at least in litigation) its how can we just move this case forward and help the client, which is often not the most productive thing to do in a macro sense - very much a zero sum game. i get that shitty / unmeritorious claims still need to be defended against and someone has to do it and I GET IT but i just dont think i want to be that person defending these claims...or bringing them for that matter.....ultimately i cant fully / sincerely separate the overarching sense of futility from the duty to do a good job.

sigh. well at least ive kind of figured out this isnt for me. which is scary cos being a lawyer in this firm is pretty much a career for life - truly an iron rice bowl, i could probably make partner in maybe 4 or 5 years and live a comfortable upper middle class life...but i cant bring myself to do that. i cant bring myself to not give myself a shot at doing something i actually find interesting, stimulating and that i care about deeply. call me crazy! we’ll see where this brings me in 5 years’ time....:) 

anyway most ppl at work (at least in my team) know that im most likely gonna leave soon. i rly only told 2 ppl (my boss cos he had to sign off on my testimonial and G cos she was quitting anyway)...but somehow ppl found out one way or another. i dont rly mind and ppl have been taking it pretty well and have been kind and encouraging (i guess why would they not take it well, im hardly indispensable) but i get a bit antsy thinking - what if i dont get in...then what? do i just put my head down and continue here (BUT IM SO SAD) or do i just quit without any prospects and try to find a policy-ish job??

idk. will have faith that God will put me where I need to be. he is in control of it all and I BELIEVE THIS !!! I am just a bit scared that his plan is different from what i  think i want....but this is just my human instinct and i know in my head that there is no reason to be scared cos his plan is always the better one. head knowledge just needs to translate to heart understanding and real trust / faith.

ermmm relationships...???

i started using...cmb...idk why i find this so cringey. i guess about a year ago i couldnt imagine doing this and i kept thinking EW what if ppl i know see me and they think im a desperate saddo who cant find a bf irl and has to resort to an app EW shes so lame and ugly and gross. and i realised that is so stupid no one actually thinks that way and its very backward and dumb and insecure of me to be thinking that. and anyway as i get older i rly dont quite give a shit what ppl think of me (at least i tell myself that....)

i suppose i was also inspired by csm who has been quite actively using apps and meeting ppl and taking real..strides..(LOL) in her dating life. i used to tell myself hey God will provide u with a mans if he wants u to be with a mans. but also God can use an app to do that...and if i dont step out in faith that he will do something and i dont take any action at all, how is God gonna work?? should i sit at home and expect a man to fall into my lap??

for some ppl it has been way easier, e.g. my parents meeting in uni and falling i love. i always wanted that - the organic relationship, the meet-cute, the friends to lovers thing. (i guess i tried that last one before and it didnt work...) but i think theres no point in romanticising relationships anymore. thats a very modern thing to do and its not necessarily a good thing? like who’s to say a relationship that had organic beginnings is intrinsically better than one that started from an app?

anyway i havent had much luck haha i think its hard to find genuine GCBs (or maybe theyre just not attracted to me....) although recently ive been talking to this one guy B for a week or two and its been...ok i guess. hes rly nice and seemed cool at first - we talked about travelling and hamilton and the office, which was a good start. he is thoughtful and kind and doesnt seem to be put off by my very slow replies (he replies so fast......its stressful a bit) and he does the whole good morning text thing (which i frankly find a bit bizarre, we barely know each other..?? and ive never even met him irl.. but its sweet i guess :))

but DUDE his english seems to be not great - at least thats the impression i get from texting him. which is an issue for me. i dont want it to be BUT IT IS...first red flag was when he said some weird thing about not wanting to wear a mask at work (not a literal mask - like he didnt know if he could be his ‘true self’) and the wording was very strange. then he said “the weekends are almost here” ?? the weekend is not a plural though? then he used the wrong tense a few times and his apostrophe usage was wrong (”Gods’ love” - bro there is one God). he also uses way too many commas which irks me.

i mean i get that text is supposed to be an informal medium - come on look at this post, there r hardly any capital letters and plenty of short forms and hardly any apostrophes but u see its CONSISTENT and its obviously cos of laziness / convenience - but i think his problem is a bit different...u can sort of tell if someone doesnt have a 100% strong grasp of english. those r basic grammar mistakes man...i get that i sound petty and stupid and this isnt a huge deal but i feel like im settling by even talking to him cos this is not something i wld normally tolerate but hey maybe im getting desperate with age :(:(:( urgh 

on the other hand maybe i just need to be more generous with ppl and l have an irrationally high standard for english cos i am a lawyer and my friends all speak well / text well?? maybe im just being too nitpicky?? honestly hes very nice  and communicative and straightforward and seems mature and very God-fearing and idk why hes still talking to me cos ive been a bit cold and slow to respond. hes very patient which i dont rly deserve.....i myself have a million flaws that are probably way worse and egregious (ahem PRIDE...ahem ego....ie the source of this dilemma in the first place...) so maybe i should just close one eye abt the bad grammar.

i also realised how fked up i am - confirmed my suspicion that i am naturally attracted to emotionally unavailable ppl / ppl that just seem distant / out of reach (thats my avoidant attachment style right there). i think there was one day he didnt text me at all and omg...i couldnt stop thinking what i did wrong...like did i piss him off by being too cold for too long...did he get scared off cos i said i wanted to do a masters (idk this seemed like an irrational leap but i was being irrational)..then i started being nicer to him and replied more promptly hahaha turns out he was just rly bz at work that day. omg this pattern is real i think i did this with xj also - was eager to speak when he was in japan but after meeting irll i was just over it... (i am drawn to distance like a moth to a flame and i am repelled by availability like....a fire by a fire extinguisher (??)). yucks i rly hate myself sometimes but yknow what at least im self aware and im trying to fix this...kind of.. gonna hash this avoidant thing out with my therapist at the next sesh.

on the topic of xj i got a bit nostalgic and wondered why we stopped speaking (surprise surprise it was my fault, didnt reply then felt it had been left to long to pick it up again...) went back to look at our texts and aw we rly got along so well, i do miss him as a friend and im sorry about how poorly i treated him especially in dec 2018 / jan 2019 sigh.....i was a real bitch....

anyway im just gonna see how things go with B... if he asks me out i prob will go... just to give it a shot. update if / when that happens!

EDIT - he asked me out lol we shall see how it goes. 

ongniel quidditch au

ok so my friend and i talk about hogwarts aus too much and i was yearning for a quidditch au and this happened sorry i got carried away lol

ok so daniel is 100% a gryffindor dun even fight me on this its Canon™

ong’s a gryffindor too, and is the keeper of the gryffindor quidditch team

here’s what happened lets go

quidditch season hasnt started but gryffindor are feeling the loss from last year because hufflepuff and ravenclaw were ON FIRE last year (where do they get those active first years,,,, we want sum of dat….)

seongwoo obv be feeling the determination theyRE GOING TO KILL IT!!! FROM THE BEGINNING!!! TO THE END!!! THE HOUSE CUP!!! IS GRYFFINDOR’S FOR THE TAKING!!!!

he also feeling the pressure because gryffindor are forgetting what it’s like to have a house cup win tbh

ok anyways

since he’s the keeper and everything he knows his team need to count on him yknow

he’s always extra early for team practices and spends all his free time practicing quidditch with some new teammate he persuaded one day (read: bribed)

prob went smthg like hey kiD!! HELP TOSS SOME QUAFFLES INTO THESE HOOPS FOR ME!!!

rip woojin lmfao ong’s always like lmao if thats u trying to score i might as well switch and play chaser instead

all in good fun he gives pointers to lil woojin on what to do to catch the keeper off guard

good practice for himself too

honestly though at some point woojin is prob thinking something like…. ong… shouldn’t u…. be studying…. for NEWTs…..

seongwoo : newts? haha what,,,,, are those ha,,,,ha,,, idk what ure talking bout

same

ok so one day after like 3 days of no sleep after trying to finish like 6 diff essays for all his subjects (don’t procrastinate friendos)

boi literally tired as fuck but still has the energy to drag his ass out to the quidditch pitch to practice

that saturday the slytherin and gryffindor captains scheduled a practice match to get into the groove of playing again before official matches starts

ofc he needs to show his best right off the bat

all his classmates tried to hold him back but his excuse was that he gotta train the newbie so he can do his best for the match

also secretly because it’s his last year he wants to show that it’s not been a waste and he’s become a very very reliable keeper and that gryffindor CAN win this year

so yes, he still goes to practice

remember boi on zero sleep and like 20 mins in woojin asks if he’s feeling okay since no sarcastic quips or anything

surprise surprise ong passes out but he like doesn’t go pancake because woojin manages to kind of stop him from doing so

still fucks up his wrist and ankle on landing though but he’s out of it and woojin is prob freaking tf out omg what am i gonna do ???

does the reasonable thing and sprints off to get madam pomfrey

hold your horses i know daniel hasnt come into this yet chill

ong has to stay in the hospital wing overnight bc of exhaustion but at least his wrist and ankle are okay right?

nah

he has to miss the practice match because his body isnt recovered enough for sports yet

he still goes to watch the match though

took a loooooot of convincing but madam pomfrey was finally like fine! bc he was being really loud and she wanted to shut him up hyahwhaghwhaha

when he gets to the pitch they had already begun playing and he sees kim donghan playing in his place and is reassured bc he was a natural even if he wasnt a regular

there’s other people from the two houses watching too

ta-daaa that’s when he meets daniel

daniel is an avid quidditch fanboy ok

always on top of quidditch news and never misses a game

this boy is the definition of House Pride he’s screaming the loudest and always gets hella hyped before matches

the type to walk up to people on the mornings of match day and tells them to cheer loudly for gryffindor to give them the support

gryffindor hasnt won a house cup in forever tbh but that doesnt phase him he just loves quidditch and is extremely passionate about the sport and his house so regardless of the result he will always remain their tru no.1 fan

about that practice match

lets be real we would all like to just sleep on saturday morning

daniel? practice match? give him the time and date and he’s there and prepared with snacks and drinks for the players he managed to get from the house elves what a considerate babu

he gets there extra early that morning because he knew there was a new first year playing and he wanted to cheer extra loud to give him confidence awwwwwawaw

but when he sees the team members arrive he notices

seongwoo isnt there?

that one fourth year boy is playing instead so he gets a little confused

seongwoo has never NOT played in any of their matches so he wondered why he wasn’t this time

he wasn’t even at the practice, even though everyone else on the team was

cue quidditch nerd daniel minutely freaking out lmao

he went through the possibilities in his head

team drama? detention? OVERSLEEPING??? decided to do a 180 and become studious???

WHAT HAPPENED THAT THEIR KEEPER ISN’T PLAYING

his brain was about to explode but he stops when he sees the familiar boy walk up to the top of the stands and get comfortable

he’s still really confused

why is he watching and not playing??

lmao the practice match started 5 mins ago but he’s too distracted bc he doesn’t know why THE ong seongwoo isnt participating in it

he debates going up to ask him about it

but like,,,, he never spoken to the dude before

what if he’s in a shit mood

screw it

abruptly gets up to go walk up to where ong is

prob trips on the way up, someone babyproof him

ong is so fixated on the match he doesn’t realise someone is standing next to him

when he does

“may i help u”

he recognizes him too

because like he’s always there at practices and is maybe a bit mad for quidditch

kind of endearing

daniel honestly prob gets caught off guard hayahahaHAHAHA

“just,,, wondering why you aren’t out there”

“eh, fucked up and slacked off with homework and now my body’s dealing with the consequences”

he cant help the frustration in his voice

daniel just kinda feels bad

bc he looks so,,, tired? and also kind of angry that he couldn’t play bc of his own carelessness

he’s always priding himself on being a reliable teammate but here he is missing matches smh

but he doesnt tell daniel that lol

“why are you sitting all the way up here? pretty sure you can get a better view from anywhere else”

ong prob jokingly says some shit like he cant let anyone else in his presence what a drama queen

he really likes the feel of the wind from high up

that’s why he plays quidditch, being up in the air just makes him feel free

anyways

daniel and him end up watching the rest of the match together

ong pointing out certain tendencies and habits his teammates have when playing

daniel pointing out how well the team work together and how he feels like this year is the year for gryffindor u feel

ong kind of just

??

“you really think so?”

bc why wouldnt he right

“it’s just that… gryffindor hasn’t won a house cup in a long time”

and tbh theyre all feeling it, no one says it though

just sucks that they KNOW theyre doing good but never seem to be able to come out on top

daniel looks at him like :O

YOU GOTTA BELIEVE MAN

LIKE

“YALL BEEN PRACTICING YOUR ASSES OFF AND THAT NEW CHASER GOT SOME POTENTIAL AND WORKS SO SO WELL WITH THE OTHER TWO AND OUR BEATERS ARE BACK BETTER THAN EVER NOW THAT OWLS ARE OVER ALSO OUR SEEKER HAS ALWAYS BEEN AMAZING AND WE HAVE YOU!!!!! YOU!!!!! MR RELIABLE KEEPER ALWAYS THERE TO COOLLY STOP THE OTHER HOUSE FROM SCORING”

lmfao he gets flustered after that and just quickly tells him to get better soon and to have faith in his team and himself

he constantly checks in with ong after that though

can’t really forget about the look on ong’s face when he talked about missing the game, even if it was a simple practice match

something in him just told him that ong was feeling shit about what happened when he couldn’t play

so he just tries to send positive vibes his way lol cute

even if it’s just walking by him in the great hall at breakfast and calling out for him not to slack off in class

or not to push himself too hard in practice

he prob even watches the team practice regularly and calls out “you guys did well today! we’re gonna win this year!!!”

just…. postive ball of sunshine spreading positivity

ong always spends some time after practice to talk to daniel to get to know him

its the least he can do bc daniel’s been so supportive of the team

daniel just hopes the dude remembers to take care of himself better tbh dont we all

ong won’t admit like ever but he 100% looks forward to daniel’s encouragement in the morning pfft

(and also totally wants to get to know daniel more other than him being a massive quidditch fan lol)

since then he finds himself working a lot harder to keep up with his workload in class so he can be on top of his game for quidditch

prob looks around in the crowd for daniel at games tbh hahAHAHHDAHA

this boi confident for matches he brings his A game all the time

both of them prob think its sad that they only really became friends in ong’s last year but hey better late then never right

Good Old Fashioned Motivational Projection

We work for a living, for a means, but what kind of living? What kind of means? Is it an extraordinary living, with an extraordinary means? OR Is it a ordinary living, with just an ordinary means? You know, the means to an end type of living. The type of living where you continue doing the things you don't like doing, in order to go on living, that is to go on doing the things you don't like doing. Work doesnt put the soul into you, you must put your soul into the work. Fighting for the chance just to breathe Not being deeply connected to survival makes you soft. The human being is a creature that degrades from lack of challenge and lack of work. Not taking ownership of your own life. Shit gets serious when you are faced with survival. Being complacent is a problem Human beings have domesticated themselves. We put ourselves in jails everyday… they’re called rooms, houses, apartments, etc. Seize back control, stop fucking around. RETURN TO PRINCIPLES! PASSION IS WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE! VISION! TRUST! INVESTMENT & PAYOFF WHEN SHIT IS FUCKED, THATS WHEN YOU NEED VISION THE MOST EXTREME OWNERSHIP, MASTERY, HARD FUCKING WORK WHEN YOU DONT NEED TO ALWAYS DO WHAT IS EMOTIONAL HARDEST RESEARCH PHASE - HARDWORK PHASE - BUILDING THE MOMENTUM (CONSISTENCY) THERE IS SOOOOOOOO MUCH TO DO! RISK! FUCKING GO ON THE ADVENTURE, FEEL ALIVE AND CONNECTED TO LIFE! "WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING?!" WHAT THE FUCK! CHASE THE HIGH QUALITY STUFF CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF DELIBERATELY, PRECISELY BECAUSE IT IS UNNECESSARY! WHATS YOUR ALTERNATIVE? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA GET IF YOU DONT CHALLENGE YOURSELF? IF YOU DONT ACCEPT THE HEROES JOURNEY!? BE FUCKING PASSIONATE FOR SURVIVAL! EXCLUDE EVERY OTHER STRATEGY TO STAY ON TRACK DOUBLE DOWN! NO MATTER WHAT! "FUCK EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I DONT NEED PERMISSION TO BE A BADASS!" LIFE IS A TOTALLY POINTLESS GAME THAT MUST BE PLAYED WITH DEAD SERIOUSNESS. ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT YOU PLAY THE GAME WITH SERIOUSNESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAN JOKE ABOUT IT. STOP ASKING PEOPLE TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT YOU DONT OUTSOURCE THE EXECUTIVE DECISION MAKING FOR YOUR LIFE! YOU TAKE COMPLETE ACTION AND YOU GO TO WORK! ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE A EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, THAT YOU YOURSELF CAN’T EVEN BELIEVE LIFE WILL BE SO AMAZING THAT YOU WONT HAVE MANY PEOPLE TO SHARE THE AMAZEMENT WITH BE COMFORTABLE BY YOURSELF SITTING ON AN INFINITE GOLD MINE OF MAGIC AND BEAUTY AND TRUTH AND LOVE, WHERE INFINITE INTELLIGENCE IS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS ALL THE TIME. YOUR DEEPEST DESIRE BECOMES WANTING TO SHARE AND MOVE HUMANITY FORWARD AN INFINITE GOLD MINE! IT CAN BE TAPPED INTO INFINITELY! LIFE IS A NON-ZERO SUM GAME. EVERYONE CAN TAP INTO THE INFINITE GOLD MINE! THE GOLD MINE IS INSIDE

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• A great day for me is not getting out of bed. I like to see how many snacks I can eat..and how many really bad TV shows I can watch – Gwen Stefani • A TV show is constant work, which is the great thing about it. – Seth Rogen • An actor gives voice to the many multitudes that we all contain. That’s why we love the movies, why we love TV shows: we watch different people portray an aspect of ourselves, maybe even one we don’t like. – Kristen Stewart • And I don’t think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you’re on. – Clay Aiken • And so as a director, as a leader, and myself as a director and a leader, I kind of try to make sure that we hold onto the vision and kind of corral it, but by the time you finish whatever the project is, a TV show, a series, a movie, a stage show, it should be a product of what all those people can do, and therefore, it can never be what you imagined it would be in the beginning. – Brian Henson • And the consumer doesn’t care. They don’t watch networks, they watch TV shows. – Dick Wolf • As an actor, you very rarely have the experience of picking up a script and getting a few pages into it and realizing that what you’re holding in your hands is not just a role on a TV show, but it’s one of those special parts that comes along, once or twice in a career. If you’re lucky, you get an opportunity to do something really memorable and to be part of one of those rare shows that passes into that special category. – Holt McCallany • At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It’s a gift. – Anthony Bourdain

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It’s overwhelming how much it was needed, that I didn’t know that’s what was needed. – Brian Michael Bendis • But long story short, I didn’t start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. – Demetri Martin • Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show. – Laura Linney • Critics say it’s illegal for Donald Trump to run for president while hosting a TV show. It’s also illegal to run for president if your hair wasn’t born in this country. – Conan O’Brien • Doing films as an actor, you spend maybe 40 percent of the year doing your chosen profession. If you are on a successful TV show, you spend 80 percent of your year doing the thing you love. – Christina Ricci • Dont take Portlandia too personally – Its just a stupid TV show – Greg Graffin • Especially for people who are unknown, it’s easier to get a TV show because you don’t have to put a certain amount of people in movie theaters for a box office weekend. It’s really difficult to get a great lead role in some big film, if nobody knows you. – Eve Hewson • Especially with the video games and social media we have now, I think that turning point from kid to sort of adult has gotten earlier with TV shows that are on right now and video games. They all contribute to that. – Gage Munroe • Even if you go out there and try to make the most vanilla, non-offensive TV show possible, people are going to criticize you for doing that. It’s just part of the game. You can’t let it get to you. – Thomas Sadoski • Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there’s always some trouble – you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face. – Drew Carey • Every single job I do. It sounds goofy but I did a music video for Fergie. I was in full on tattoos, ponytail, but it’s like even things like that they help other people to see you in a different light. They give me opportunities. I try and change the image with every job that I can, it’s just hard when you work on a TV show and you work so many months and trying to get away from that. – Milo Ventimiglia • Every TV show I’ve ever made, every game I’ve ever built, and every book I’ve ever published has had the common thread of building the biggest, brightest spotlight imaginable and then flipping it around to shine on you. – Elan Lee • Everyone has days where they don’t get their way, where you have to go to bed early or you have too much homework to do or you can’t eat the candy that you want or you miss your favorite TV show and, in those moments, you just want to tear the whole world down. – Alex Hirsch • Film and television are very different. On the TV show, we do seven or eight scenes a day, so time and money are of the essence, and we have zero room for creativity because you’ve got to do each scene in only five takes. Whereas, on a film, you have an entire day to film one scene, so you have so much time to choose how you want to fill in a scene. – Shailene Woodley • Going out hanging out with the troops, and you know it’s kind of all summed up in the TV show, I don’t what else I can say about it. It’s a great thing to do, something I’m definitely proud of. – Kid Rock • Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can’t really fake it. If you say, ‘Hey, I love what you guys are doing – you’re funny,’ then you’re in. It’s legit. – Wanda Sykes • Government and politics isn’t like a reality TV show. It’s not about voting the bad guys out of the house. You know, it’s about what do we need to take our country or our state or our city forward? And people, frankly, would be well advised to really get back into understanding politics. – Campbell Newman • Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of ‘The Simpsons.’ This was the late eighties, and there was a wave of articles about TV shows that were bad for America. Then we all started watching it and loved it. – Mindy Kaling • Hailey [as a character] was born when I left the courtroom and moved to New York for Cochran and Grace, my TV show with Johnnie Cochran. I moved with two boxes of clothes, a curling iron, and $300; I didn’t know a soul in the city, so I would come home at night and I’d be all alone and just write. I missed the courtroom and [what led me to the courtroom] so much I wrote about it. After my fiancé Keith’s murder, I had never thought I would have children – I thought that it was not God’s plan for me to have a family. – Nancy Grace • Here’s my proposal, which is based on the TV show Survivor: We put the entire Congress on an island. All the food on this island is locked inside a vault, which can be opened only by an ordinary American taxpayer named Bob. Every day, the congresspersons are given a section of the Tax Code, which they must rewrite so that Bob can understand it. If he can, he lets them eat that day; if he can’t, he doesn’t. – Dave Barry • Honestly, after doing a TV show for eight years and a cartoon for more than a decade, you are, financially speaking, in a very lucky position where you don’t have to work for the sake of working. And I decided to take advantage of that. – Mila Kunis • Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending. – John Hodgman • I acted in millions of TV shows. – Sebastian Bach • I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows. – Malin Akerman • I always looked at magazines. Ever since I was little I was obsessed with Elle magazine and the models. I would watch the model TV shows, like the specials on Milla Jovovich. – Katherine Bernhardt • I always wish the hotels were like they are in movies and TV shows, where if you’re in Paris, right outside your window is the Eiffel Tower. In Egypt, the pyramids are right there. In the movies, every hotel has a monument right outside your window. My hotel rooms overlook the garbage dumpster in the back alley. – Gilbert Gottfried • I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms. – Alan Ball • I believe I’m just getting started. The TV show is just the foundation…. If you’re open to the possibilities, your life gets grander, bigger, bolder! – Oprah Winfrey • I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings – they pay attention to which TV shows have the highest ratings, how many friends they have on Facebook, and it’s funny. The best shows often have low ratings and it is impossible to have thousands of real friends. – Boris Gelfand • I came down to Orange because I sold the Smothers Brothers a song called ‘Chocolate,’ and that gave me enough money to move down here. I was washing windows down in Orange County when they called me up and said they wanted me to do their TV show. – Pat Paulsen • I came into the ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ TV show with a level of confidence that I don’t think I would’ve had if I hadn’t been doing the podcast for three years already. I certainly had to figure out in those three years the sense of humor I wanted to do and the way to talk to celebrities without being incredibly intimidated by them. – Scott Aukerman • I can’t do anything I want to. I mean, I can’t have my own TV show. I can’t have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums. – Lou Reed • I definitely want to start my own production company at some point. I’m actually teaming up with Funny or Die to put together a TV show right now, that I can’t really talk about because it’s still in the very preliminary stages, but if it pans out this will be the first project under my production company, which I have yet to name. – Dave Franco • I did a lot of terrible TV shows and was really terrible in them, and I’ve done terrible films I was terrible in, but nobody really noticed. – George Clooney • I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn’t a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom and the main actress was meeting three different real people and then she was going to decide who was going to be on the episode. – Sean William Scott • I do a TV show about a priest in London, and he is also slightly beleaguered and is subject to fate and misfortune and daily difficulty. – Tom Hollander • I do think a lot of sexual violence stems from experiences in childhood or at puberty. Some people become sadistic after suffering early abuse at the hands of parents, relatives or friends. But for others, the seed is planted in the formative years by the conflation of images of violence with those of sexual arousal. Magazines, TV shows and, especially, slasher movies are masters at doing this. – Park Dietz • I do think that people get really emotionally involved in the TV shows that they love and I think that is fantastic. Of course they are going to have opinions. The other thing is that people project onto their television shows. They see a character and layer on many traits that are actually their own or their idea of what that character is. – Lisa Edelstein • I don’t care if I never do another TV show in my life. – Bobby Darin • I don’t really like to arrange shows by best performances. That’s why Emmy season is kind of a chore for me. Unlike movies, where it’s easier to decide who was the best performance, a TV show goes up and down, including characters/portrayals. – Hank Stuever • I don’t want my dad to say, ‘My daughter is an actress on a TV show.’ I want him to say, ‘My daughter cares about people.’ I would love to know that I’m a role model in Hollywood. – AnnaLynne McCord • I don’t want to be a TV star for the sake of being on TV. I want to have a TV show that’s based around my comedy. – Jim Gaffigan • I download TV shows more and more, especially from the US. – Julian Ovenden • I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad. – David Schwimmer • I find the film world very romantic. I want to try to be in more movies. When you’re on a TV show and you do the same thing for years and years, it can get a little bit boring. – Jane Levy • I found myself in Zurich Airport. I’d done a TV show, oddly enough, with Mavis Staples. 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I would always get to the very end [of the audition], but I wasn’t a perfect package of one thing. I wasn’t a cliche, and it always worked against me. I wasn’t pretty enough to play the popular girl, I wasn’t mousy enough to be the mousy girl. Then there was a TV show that Toni Collette was starring in. And when a role to play a girl who was struggling with identity came, I thought: “Oh, this is what I was supposed to do. Everything’s leading up to this moment.” I was 18. I was like, “This is it.” I didn’t get it. And I was devastated. – Brie Larson • I had told my agents that I never wanted to do an hour-long TV show. I said, “I’m not that stupid.” Because it’s the worst lifestyle in Hollywood. – Geena Davis • I hate remakes of TV shows – I didn’t like the new Charlie’s Angels at all – and I just don’t see the point of going back and doing the same thing over again. Baywatch was fun and successful, probably because we didn’t know what the heck we were doing. – Pamela Anderson • I hate those TV shows where characters talk about one thing, such as their patient on the operation table (let’s say they’re a doctor), then you realize they’re actually talking about actually talking about themselves. The patient’s open-heart surgery is nothing compared to their own messed-up heart or whatever. It’s selfish. And means they’re not concentrating, which is medical negligence. – Jaclyn Moriarty • I have a hit TV show. – Kim Kardashian • I have no plans to get an iPad. I know it will do more things than my Kindle, but I don’t want more things. If I want other stuff – movies, TV shows, weather forecasts, the forthcoming Josh Ritter album – I have my Mac. – Stephen King • I have not watched the TV show. I do not generally watch TV sci-fi drama shows. They make me itch. – Charles Stross • I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it’s going to be a different kind of television show. – John Hawkes • I just remember the early days of Tenacious D. There was no talk or thought about doing a TV show or a movie. – Jack Black • I just watch a lot of different films and different TV shows. Really for me, it’s just looking at how people react to different shows in different genres. For me, it’s more a study of people than a study of acting. – Sterling Beaumon • I keep it real normal, like I don’t try to act like a celebrity, or say that just because I’m on a TV show I can do other types of TV. I take it very seriously and I respect the art of acting. – Vinny Guadagnino • I know artists that have tried for a long time in the Christian industry and then they were on a TV show and all of the sudden the doors swing wide open. Christians want to connect with things that are mainstream.- Anthony Evans • I like doing both comedy and drama. I’m not really feeling more drawn to one over the other. I also like dramedies. I like movies and TV shows that are mixtures of the two. – Jane Levy • I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern… I’m pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular. – Simon Cowell • I like working on the house, small carpentry stuff. I also like working on the van. That’s about as quiet as my mind gets, I think. I always loved working on the How’s Your News? TV show and at Camp Jabberwocky too. – Chad Urmston • I love Godzilla, but my favorite was on this TV Show, Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot. I used to love the idea of having a giant robot under my control. That was like a dream come true for a kid. – Ice Cube • I love going to work, doing acting. I love when I’m done with a movie or a TV show. I love hitting the road or being in the studio or going on tour. That’s what I get off on. I don’t need to have my business in the press and all that stuff. I’m pretty low key. It’s all about the work for me. – Bryan Greenberg • I love hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach or just being a couch potato and binge watching TV shows or watching a good movie. – Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer • I love ‘Homeland.’ I think it’s such a well-done, well-acted TV show. – Victoria Justice • I love TV. I love being behind the scenes on a TV show but there’s something about, I don’t know there’s something very special when you’ve signed an artist and that first record comes in and it’s a good record. It is an indescribable feeling. – Simon Cowell • I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I’m a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called ‘Fame L.A.’ The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn’t very funny, so they asked me, ‘What else can you do?’ So I played a singer. – Christian Kane • I played some shows, but I’m disappointed it didn’t do better. I wish all my shows sold out, I wish I had sold more copies, I wish that a song was picked up to be in a TV show – whatever these little benchmarks are. You always want something more. – Eleanor Friedberger • I practice yoga at home to a TV show called ‘Inhale,’ taught by Steve Ross. I figured that if the people on the show could stretch that deep then I could too. I ended up pulling my hip flexor. But that’s how I met my husband. Paul was the physical therapist my coach called to meet with me after hours. – Danica Patrick • I push to be in good films and good TV shows. I don’t really pick and choose. I pick and choose what I will read for, and I’ve gotten to the point where I’m being offered stuff. – Darren Shahlavi • I rarely watch TV, and in the past two years, I’ve done three TV shows. It’s quite interesting. – Oliver Jackson-Cohen • I really like ‘Batman.’ Not the TV show, but the dark ‘Batman.’ – Denis Leary • I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific. – Caroline Corr • I sort of knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Even in high school, I was a big movie buff, very much into TV shows, and would critique them. – Lena Waithe • I spent my entire first pay cheque from Cracker, a TV show on ABC, on an Audi because my other car broke down and I needed to get to work. – Josh Hartnett • I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into the film world by doing certain things that my fans had been used to seeing me do. My dancing and singing gave me the confidence to act. – Julianne Hough • I started using the Internet in 1999. That was pretty late. But as soon as I did I just stopped watching TV. The idea of sitting down and waiting for a TV show at a certain time, I couldn’t do this anymore. The Internet is a better form of entertainment to me. – Tom Anderson • I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don’t be calculated about it and say, ‘Okay, I’m gonna tweet, and I’m gonna podcast, and I’m gonna do standup, and one of those things is going to lead me to my own TV show.’ I don’t think that should be the goal. – Scott Aukerman • I think my biggest problem was, as a celebrity on a TV show, you get an inflated ego and you think you’re the center of the universe. – Kirk Cameron • I think that it’s just extremely rare to see any kind of TV show that’s completely written by one person, regardless of what any showrunner will tell you. – Judy Greer • I think TV shows have usurped films! – Edie Campbell • I want to do more comedy… I’ve done a couple TV shows that had some comedy going on. – Sunny Mabrey • I wanted people to see that I really am a real person. I’m not just some guy who was on a TV show, some guy engulfed in the Hollywood life. I’m just a normal guy when it comes down to it. – Scotty McCreery • I wanted to end it now, like a bad TV show turned off in the middle. – Tawni O’Dell • I was able to make the jump to theaters without having a TV show. My passion for getting a TV show just plummeted. It was like I had already achieved what I wanted to achieve. – Jim Gaffigan • I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the reaction is just tears, crying, people going, ‘Oh my God, Oh my God.’ My fans are like: ‘Alright, Ed.’ – Ed Sheeran • I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that would really make your hair stand on end: “C-Students from Yale”. – Kurt Vonnegut • I’d always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving into the character for a few months, and then leaving it behind. I love the idea of that. – Shailene Woodley • I’d love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you’re meant to get. If the job that I’m meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I’m just happy to keep working. – Stark Sands • If by that you mean that I dislike celebrity magazines, prefer food to anorexia, refuse to watch TV shows about models, and hate the color pink, then yes. I am proud to be not really a girl. – John Green • If I did a TV show, it would have to be in North London because I’m a bit of a homebody, and my work takes me away from home enough. But yeah absolutely. Television has never been more exciting than it is now. – Simon Pegg • If I only did TV show, I’d probably not be the happiest girl. I love the show, but I’m an actor and I want to work on different things. TV lasts for so much of the year that you’re just aching to play a different part. And I love movies so much that I want to be a part of as many as I can. – Jane Levy • If you get on a TV show that’s successful, odds are that you’re playing the same character for as many years as the show is running, which can be its own blessing, but it can also be a curse because you’re playing the same thing and that can be tiresome. – Sarah Paulson • If you’re going to do a guest spot on television, they need bodies on those procedural TV shows. You’ve got to keep working, and that’s where a lot of the work is. – William Mapother • If you’re in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve to be told – which is what politicians do. But I would lose my autonomy, and to get things done I would have to compromise and get into the weeds of policy. I don’t know if I’m smart enough. – Tony Goldwyn • I’m a character-driven director, and I tend to fall in love with the characters in my movies and TV shows. – Doug Liman • I’m a guy here to play football. I’m not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I’m not into all that. – Randy Moss • I’m a huge fan of film primarily. But, you can get a great TV show and get attached to it. Making a great film is forever though; so I always want to be part of film. It’s my first love. – Aml Ameen • I’m actually really lazy. I tell myself, “Okay, you work six months out of the year and you have to get up at 4 a.m. …” I’ll relish the downtime by chilling on the couch and watching my favorite TV shows. – Liana Liberato • I’m always feeling like I don’t belong, no matter where I am. So I’m just searching for a family nonstop, and sometimes I find it in the mosh pit, sometimes I find it when I’m doing some French TV show with the president’s wife. – James Hetfield • I’m fortunate enough to act in a TV show that makes me a lot of money so I can pay for my own movies. I don’t have to wait for anybody and that’s more of what I like doing. But I still think that you don’t have to be connected in the industry to make your movie. You just have to write something that is meant to be made cheaply. – Mark Duplass • I’m in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out. – Neil Patrick Harris • I’m just saying stupid, funny things when I’m hanging out on the TV show. When I’m making music I’m in a completely different zone. – Chanel West Coast • I’m looking for a deal from one of you TV networks to give Snoop Dogg his own hood TV show where I can find America’s hottest hood artists. – Snoop Dogg • I’m not disciplined in terms of scheduling. I work best late at night, but I can’t do that when I’m on a TV show – our hours are roughly 10-6:30, so I have to go to sleep at a reasonable hour. So I’ll sometimes write fiction for an hour or two in the evenings, or several hours on the weekend afternoons – unless I’m actively writing a script for the show I’m working on, in which case there’s no time to write fiction at all. – Nick Antosca • I’m not going to watch two TV shows with vaginas in them unless somebody tells me why they’re different! – Ilana Glazer • I’m obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show. – Jenny Hval • I’m proud of everything I achieved with ‘Idol,’ and away from ‘Idol’ also. It’s just such a different show now to what it was when I was on it. I didn’t even know it was a TV show until the third audition. – Kelly Clarkson • I’m really excited about my TV show. I wrote it with my best friend. – Pell James • I’m scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can’t fall asleep. – Maurice Sendak • I’m so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it’s acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects. – Kyle Cassie • I’m used to seeing it, but it’s weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it’s kind of surreal to have one in your house. – Steven Wright • I’m very grateful for work especially in film industry. It’s highly competitive and there are a lot of people standing behind me jumping at the opportunity to only do one thing, like one movie or one TV show or one episode. – Famke Janssen • In California, they don’t throw their garbage away – they make it into TV shows. – Woody Allen • In France, anyone can use your music on like a TV show or whatever – they don’t need to ask permission. It’s almost like a child when it has its own life. – Thomas Mars • In some ways, a novel isn’t as structurally rigorous as a screenplay or a TV show, which have finite real estate. In a novel, you can more deeply illuminate a character’s interior and get away with digressions. – Howard Gordon • In the middle of Beaches there’s a scene from the “Laverne & Shirley” TV show so they see some history of my work in each film. – Garry Marshall • It is tough, every time. The ensemble is great. I would always ask Andrew, “Is this how Hollywood is? Is this how every TV show and movie is?” And he was like, “No, dude. This is not. Do not get used to this. Be thankful that this is how your first gig is.” – Steven Yeun • It was actually the production group that ended up producing the show for us…Every musician, especially in the hip-hop community, you always make these show recaps or vlogs, and essentially what “Touring’s Boring” was is, we tried to make our vlogs interesting and almost more like a TV show. That’s how we got discovered by TV. – Mike Stud • It was feminism that made it possible for women to go to the Ivy League and women to be astronauts and women to have their own TV shows. What happened, though, was that the generation after feminism, which is my generation, misunderstood what feminism was saying. – Debora Spar • It was such a bigger picture [ Westworld] than what I thought it was. It’s more of a revolution than a TV show. – Evan Rachel Wood • It’s a lot of hard work to do a weekly TV show. It’s certainly not fun. – Michael Moore • It’s a TV show. Only the emotional damage is real. – Steven Moffat • It’s actually much harder to develop a TV show than I had anticipated. – Diablo Cody • It’s also one thing to see a celebrity or some kind of character on a TV show being gay. It’s a totally different thing when you know your husband… not your husband, but your brother or your friend or the dude you hung out in high school was gay. I mean, that is what changes people’s minds, what changes people’s minds. – Andrew Sullivan • It’s fun being on a TV show and not having to wear heels. – Trieste Kelly Dunn • It’s hard to find success and it’s hard to find hit movies or hit TV shows and to stay relevant. I think it’s a very difficult thing for actors, because a lot of us get lost, frankly. – Dylan McDermott • It’s impossible to overvalue the importance of television – both in its serious and less serious functions. It’s one of our most important ways of finding out the truth – and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It’s also an immense bringer of joy – I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows – they actually make us HAPPY – Richard Curtis • It’s often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It’s best to leave the audience wanting more. – Vince Gilligan • It’s weird how with a TV show, you don’t have just the one ending – you have the many. – Vince Gilligan • I’ve always been fascinated, obsessed even, with books and TV shows about unsolved murders, cold cases, forensic science, mysteries, and so on. Many times when I get inspiration for my work, it’s from something in one of these books or TV shows, or perhaps some newspaper article about a specific case. – Scott Heim • I’ve always got five or six things that would either make a good feature or TV show. And you just never know. You go and you pitch and it may be exactly what they’re looking for, or they may stop you after two sentences and say, “Oh, we’ve already done something just like that.” – John Sayles • I’ve been careful to keep my life separate because it’s important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. I’m worth more than that. – Lisa Kudrow • I’ve had lots of things that didn’t work out, like TV shows. You learn a lot through mistakes – I learned that you have to be the captain of your ship. Actually, I own my ship. – Pamela Anderson • I’ve never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change. – Ian Somerhalder • I’ve only done two other TV shows [instead of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll], one was Rescue Me and the other was a show called The Job, which was at ABC and only on for two seasons. – Denis Leary • I’ve seen [Donald Trump] appear in a film or a TV show cameo or the tabloids, and he’s a grotesquely distasteful human being and always has been, always made me want to take a shower. But other people fell in love with him as a reality star. So does that mean that the entertainment industry is doing something wrong? I think reality TV answered that question a long time ago: Yes, it’s doing something terribly wrong. But there’s some great reality TV, and I’m not bagging on it completely. – Joss Whedon • I’ve seen [Trump] appear in a film or a TV show cameo or the tabloids, and he’s a grotesquely distasteful human being and always has been, always made me want to take a shower. – Joss Whedon • Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, “Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can take it over and run it,” and I was like, “Yes!” He’s always been so busy that I never dared to ask that, but it just worked out, time wise, that this was the season where we could probably do it, so I jumped at it. So, even though I’m busy with other stuff, I’m excited to be writing this. – John August • Just concentrate on the performers. Make sure you get the performers, and that’s it. That’s all we need to do.” And I was thinking, “Well what if you do both? Of course the performance is important, the writing is really important. But what if you could have the perfect marriage of making it look really slick as well?” I think that’s kind of what I tried to develop as a style, and Spaced was the first TV show I did where all the elements came together. – Edgar Wright • Knowing the right questions is better than knowing all the right answers” Caleb from Pretty Little Liars (TV Show) – Sara Shepard • L.A. ispolluted. It’s overpopulated. But it is very much home. It was inevitable for me, the moving back. I was living in San Francisco, and Joan broke it off with me, and I needed a place to live. I’d been divorced. And I needed to write movies and TV shows to earn a living. Alimony. All that. So I figured what the hell, I’ll go back to L.A. – James Ellroy • Launching a new TV show is probably one of the most difficult things that a writer can do. – George Meyer • Like we were saying, the fact that the relationships on the show are love-based, and in the sense that I wasn’t aware of how special it was in contrast to a lot of the other TV shows that are on right now. It was our audience members that pointed out the love that you see in the show is special. – Steve Zissis • More American young people can tell you where an island that the ‘Survivor’ TV series came from is located than can identify Afghanistan or Iraq. Ironically a TV show seems more real or at least more meaningful interesting or relevant than reality. – John Fahey • Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or… all the day-to-day press and the talk shows. – Judd Gregg • Most TV shows don’t reward you for paying attention. – Matt Groening • Movies, novels, TV shows – these are the water fountains of today. We thirst for stories which speak to us by representing us, but we go to the water fountains in the centre of town looking for that, and we’re turned away, sent to the ghetto. – Hal Duncan • My approach to ‘Star Trek’ was, ‘I know science fiction, and I know screen writing.’ That was very arrogant of me, but you really need to be a little bit arrogant to think that what you have to say is good enough to justify the expense of hundreds of thousands – now millions of dollars – to make an episode of the TV show. – David Gerrold • My boy, that was a TV show. I used a stunt double. I always use a stunt double. Except in love scenes. I insist on doing those myself. – William Shatner • My favorite TV show is probably ‘Glee.’ I’m a Gleek, like everyone – else!Victoria Justice • My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob. And proud of it. – Michael Ian Black • My TV show had been cancelled; nothing else had gone anywhere; some alliances I had made petered out and nothing came of them and I was looking at a long, long year ahead of me in which there was no work on the horizon, the phone wasn’t ringing. I had two kids, one of them a brand-new baby, and I didn’t know if I would be able to keep my house. – Tom Hanks • My wife is like, You finally get your own TV show, you can have any kind of car you want and you get a darned truck. But my brother and I have the same kind of truck now. – Jeff Foxworthy • My wife says I’m much happier when I’m not a regular on a TV show. – Alan Dale • Nasty is the new normal in Florida. Politics here is very gutterlike. It’s like a very bad reality TV show that still gets very high ratings. – Dan Gelber • Nira Park, who is my longtime producer and friend – I’ve know her since we did Spaced, the TV show – she gave me this script the last day of filming The World’s End. She said, “Take a look at this. It’s filming in London next year, and you might like to look at Jack.” I trust Nira implicitly. – Simon Pegg • Nobody’s talking about movies the way they’re talking about their favorite TV shows. – Steven Soderbergh • Obviously, in this day and age, with the TV shows, there are some really interesting ones. I’m not that interested in going and doing a network show, but like everybody else, trying to find something good. – Scott Speedman • Ok so there’s no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who’s strictly just an actor or actress. – Wanda Sykes • On Michael Moore TV show, when he went to the home of the guy who invented the car alarm and set off all the car alarms on the block… pretty funny. – P. J. O’Rourke • One day it was that I wanted to go make a movie with my kid and then another day it was that I wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and another day it was that I wanted to sit in the studio and figure something out. All those things manifested themselves into what the TV show was. – Casey Neistat • Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the ’50s. – Dan Aykroyd • People always ask about the transition from TV show to a movie, but it felt like just going to a different school. You don’t really notice the transition, when you’re in the moment. – Shailene Woodley • People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show. -Kim Kardashian • People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it’s on a TV show or in the real world. – Mandy Patinkin • People say that you want to be varied in your career, and I’ve done so many things and am very appreciative. But, the one thing I’ve never done and wanted to do was to be a regular on a TV show, where you get 22 weeks of the year to develop and play a character. I’ve done arcs of five or eight episodes on shows, but I’d like to have a character that’s rich enough and deep enough to want to explore and live with for a few years. Playing the same character, but doing different scenes seems very exciting to me. – Jim Piddock • Phil Harris and Pat Boone were once paired as guests on an episode of Andy Williams’ TV show. During a rehearsal break, Harris suggested the three of them go out for a drink. When Boone declined, explaining he did not drink, Harris asked Williams, “Andy, can you imagine getting up in the morning knowing that’s the best you’re going to feel all day?” – Andy Williams • So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn’t have an income. – Tippi Hedren • Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that’s a distant second. When I see a child clutching a book… to his or her tiny bosom, I’m moved. Children can possess a book in a way they can never possess a video game, a TV show, or a Darth Vader doll. A book comes alive when they read it. They give it life themselves by understanding it. – Chris Van Allsburg • Some TV shows are like really good novels in that there are enough episodes that you start to have your own feelings about how the characters should act. When the scriptwriters go slightly wrong, when they make the character make a left turn that he or she wouldn’t do, you know enough about the characters to say, “No, that’s not what she would do there. That’s wrong.” You can actually argue with a TV show in a way that you can’t do as much with movie – you inhabit a TV show in the way you inhabit a novel. – Nicholson Baker • Something economically changed. It used to be that you needed 20 million people to watch a TV show for it to be a hit. Now, with just a few million people watching, you’re considered very successful, for a lot of these streaming services, or cable channels. Now, that allows people to do much more creatively ambitious work, because it’s not lowest common denominator. – Judd Apatow • Sometimes directors get hired into TV shows, and it’s so formulaic and they’re a slave to whatever everybody wants them to do. But everyone came in with their own style, and it blended together with the Helix style that was set, and at the same time, they’re bringing their own ideas and their own input. It was really fun working with all of them. – Kyra Zagorsky • Sometimes you see auteur TV shows and movies, and those are great. – Akiva Goldsman • Sony and Nickelodeon knew they wanted to create a TV show that was a platform for a band they would have for Sony. They knew what they wanted, and it took two years of auditions and screen tests and countless people coming in and out the door until they finally settled on the four of us. – James Maslow • Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I’m finding that I’m enjoying television more than film, these days. That was my motivation to take a TV show. – Jaimie Alexander • Thanks to NBC News and thanks to the NBC primetime TV network, Donald Trump has been in living rooms for 11 years being who he is. The Donald Trump running for president is not an unknown quantity. The Donald Trump running for president is the Donald Trump everybody’s gotten to know, and quite a lot of people watch those Donald Trump TV shows, The Apprentice and whatever else on there. – Rush Limbaugh • The Baha’i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show. – Rainn Wilson • The bigger budget films only shoot about a page or two a day, so there’s very specific amount of time spent on detail and getting each tidbit exactly how they want it. In a movie or TV show, you shoot eight or ten pages and you aren’t afforded as much time to do each scene. – Dan Payne • The consumer mentality – we like something, what other flavor does it come in? We like that TV show, does it come in a book form? Does it come in a capsule? How about a soup? – Paul Reiser • The headmistress was a very well-respected theater teacher. She taught me what stage left and stage right were, what a director was, and what all these things meant, which was something I had no concept of. She sent me off to drama school, at age 18, and I stayed there for three years. Before I knew it, I was working on a TV show. – Robert Kazinsky • The Netflix brand for TV shows is really all about binge viewing. The ability to get hooked and watch episode after episode. – Reed Hastings • The only thing worse than a crappy TV show which Paddy Chayevsky couldn’t have conceived in his worst nightmare is two megacorps fighting over who thought of the crappy show first. – Judd Apatow • The really great thing about having two TV shows going on at the same time is that I can go to one and say that I have to go and visit the other and then I can just go home and they don’t know. – Matt Groening • The scheduling thing is really weird with TV shows. Certain projects haven’t been able to work out because of the schedule, so some of it is out of your control. You don’t have very many opportunities. There isn’t much time, so you want to make sure you’re going to be doing something that you really feel good about or that you’re going to have a good creative experience doing. You’re taking up vacation time from your job, so you want it to be meaningful. – Ty Burrell • ‘The Simpsons’ from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash ’60s sitcoms – you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention – and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and ’80s, things got very mild and toned down and… obsequious. – Matt Groening • The thing about working on a TV show is that it becomes, very quickly, all consuming. – Jonathan Nolan • The truth is that we have to, as American citizens, stop thinking that this life that we’re living, the things that we’re dealing with, is some reality TV show. This is real life, real children, real situations. – Stevie Wonder • The wonderful thing about a TV show is if you get picked up for another season, there’s no happily ever after. – Guy Branum • There are many films and TV shows I make where people find themselves in fantastical situations; as often as possible their reactions to it are very normal. – Joss Whedon • There were a lot of lessons of production to be learned. On the page, the biggest thing you learn on any TV show is how to write to your cast. You write the show at the beginning with certain voices in your head and you have a way that you think the characters will be, and then you have an actor go out there, and you start watching dailies and episodes. Then, you start realizing what they can do and what they can’t do, what they’re good at and what they’re not so good at, how they say things and what fits in their mouth, and you start tailoring the voice of the show to your cast. – Ronald D. Moore • There’s a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can’t meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible. – Tyler Perry • There’s two kinds of press that you get when you put out a TV show: The reviews, and the people that just decide what the reviews say. – Louis C. K. • This election ain’t no stinkin’ TV show. – Bradley Whitford • This is the contradiction we have in the media. We love vigilantes: Batman, Tarzan, Green Arrow – the comic books and the TV shows are filled with vigilantes. We love to promote it. Jesus Christ was a vigilante. We admire these people, but we don’t want to be associated with them. – Paul Watson • This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we’re not satisfied just watching television, we want to star in our own TV shows. We want you to discover us and put us in your own TV show, and we want television to be about us, finally. – Steven Spielberg • Those rosy memories we all share are actually memories from our favorite TV shows. We’ve confused our own childhoods with episodes of “Ozzie and Harriet,” “Father Knows Best,” and “The Brady Bunch.” In real life, Ozzie had a very visible mistress for years, Bud and Kitten on “Father Knows Best” grew up to become major druggies, and Mom on “The Brady Bunch” dated her fifteen-year-old fictional son. – Cynthia Heimel • To a certain degree, with a TV show, people are looking for a certain amount of familiarity. You don’t want to pull the rug out, but you also want to keep things fresh and keep changing it up. – Jonathan Nolan • To me, the greatest thing in the world is downloading TV shows on iTunes because there are no commercials, and yet if I were a working stiff, I could never afford to do this. But I don’t even think about money. – Stephen King • Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. – Dee Dee Myers • TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors, who are interpreting your work. With a novel, you only have ink, words and your reader. – Howard Gordon • TV is such a success nowadays because it gives back in a way that features can’t. If you go to a film, you only get two hours of great storytellers and performers, and you pay top dollar for that. If you’re subscribing to premium channels and you’re getting all of these amazing TV shows, and you’re watching them as you want, where you want, when you want, on what you want, I think that is the “the golden era of TV” in what television shows are offering to audiences. We’re giving them a lot more. It’s quality. – Milo Ventimiglia • TV series, there’s a lot of everybody talking to you and giving you input for the first couple episodes, and then they’re on such a crazy schedule that you get another episode on a Monday, you have to have it done by Friday and it becomes very solitary work usually, TV shows. – Mark Mothersbaugh • Veep is the best and most realistic political TV show out there. – Christopher Michael Cillizza • Way back in 1979, as a guest on a local TV show in Arkansas, then Hillary Rodham was quizzed about not taking her husband’s last name when they got married and keeping her job as a lawyer while being first lady of the state. – Tamara Keith • We did ‘The Simpsons Movie,’ which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us. So that’s why there hasn’t been a second movie. But I imagine if the show ever does go off the air, they’ll start doing movies. – Matt Groening • We may not have a sample size larger than one, or we may not have unlimited resources – it’s a TV show, and we generally turn these things around in about a week or so. – Jamie Hyneman • We now have a generation of people who in many cases feel that if they become chefs, they’ll get a TV show. They have a signature haircut, a year into the business, or a branding arrangement with a shoe company. I don’t really relate to that. I guess this is the world we live in now. – Anthony Bourdain • What if it was cats who invented technology, would they have TV shows starring rubber sqeaky toys? – Douglas Coupland • What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched ‘On the Waterfront’, just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing. – Vin Diesel • When I did TV shows and my other movies, I never try to do it for anybody. I just do what I think is good no matter what the genre is. – Will Gluck • When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist, and we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online. – Al Franken • When I open many books, or most leading women’s magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don’t find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there. – Bela Karolyi • When I planned my wedding the first time, my ex-husband and I, we were both struggling comics. I had a TV show that had gotten cancelled. Basically, I rented a wedding gown; the reception hall smelled like feet. – Sherri Shepherd • When I’m writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, “What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be in the kitchen, or an adult would be in the kitchen, and they hear the theme song come on and it would draw them back to the other room so that they would watch the show?” – Mark Mothersbaugh • When my TV show, ‘Sports Jobs with Junior Seau,’ assigned me to be a ‘Sports Illustrated’ reporter for a weekend, I didn’t realize I’d have to squeeze it in around another sports job. I had planned to retire from the NFL to enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a full-time reality TV star, but I wound up getting run over by a bull. – Junior Seau • When you do a TV show, the cumulative intimacy you develop with the audience through your characters is pretty profound. It may be the most profound storytelling there is, because the character gets to live and roll around in the audience’s mind week after week. – Howard Gordon • When you do a TV show, there’s always the fear that it will become tired and you’ll know exactly what’s going to happen.- Mads Mikkelsen • When you say, ‘I spent my summers at the Jersey Shore,’ people always say, ‘Oh, really?’ They think of the TV show. So I just say, ‘A cute little harbor town in New Jersey.’ – Taylor Swift • When you take on a TV show, you give trust to people that you really just met. – Katee Sackhoff • When you’re a regular on a TV show, they give you more of a backstory, so with these recurring gigs, you have to make up your own backstory. – Alan Dale • When you’re recording a TV show, you really feel like you’re in a bubble. – Judy Greer • When you’re writing for a TV show, what’s great is that you always know what actor you’re writing to. – Michael Brandt • Whether it’s being a leading man, making TV shows, being with my family, I’ve learned a lot. – Ashton Kutcher • Whoever calls and asks me to do stuff and obviously, with having your own TV show, people want you to get involved. They know you’re a stand-up comedian so they’re always looking for somebody funny to host an event. – Chelsea Handler • Writing for television is a great job. And it’s a job. Most people watch TV and have a comment about one or two moments of an episode – whether they love it or hate it or something in between. To come up with every moment of an entire season of a TV shows is heavy lifting. – Steven C. Harper • Writing pilots is such a specific thing. It’s not even really writing TV shows. A pilot is its own beast. – June Diane Raphael • You [Bill Maher] seem to have done alright with your TV show… I mean, I don’t get a sense… to the extent that they’re boycotting you, it’s because of your other wacky views rather than your particular views on religion. – Barack Obama • You and your scars. Please! You don’t kill youself like this!” I gesture, holding a wrist turned up to the ceiling, then pretending to cut across it with my other hand. “That’s just a cry for help. That’s just attention. Everbody knows that. Cutting across just gets you to the hospital. That’s just from movies and TV shows and stuff like that. You didn’t really try to kill yourself. you just wanted attention, but you screwed up. Try harder next time. – Barry Lyga • You can say “ass,” but you can’t say “asshole.” That’s why I always cringe when a character in a TV show refers to someone as an “ass.” Unless you’re British, calling someone an ass really doesn’t work. But those are the rules of television. You can be a dirtbag, but not a scumbag. – Gilbert Gottfried • You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you’re new. – Chris Hemsworth • You get a kind of familiarity on a set when you’re on a TV show. – Alia Shawkat • You know, a TV show is a slow build. – Ray Romano • You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That’s how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment – and watch it, I believe it will – this is how things go. – Nathan Fillion • You were doing a TV show – you don’t realise that you’re also making social commentary at the same time. – Amber Benson • You’ve got to do something to fill up your day. And I can only play so much guitar and watch so many TV shows. It fulfills me. There are two things about it I like: It makes me happy, and it makes other people happy. – Stephen King [clickbank-storefront-bestselling]

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