The Hero Complex

So after awhile of not posting stuff, I had a thought. So here it is,

In movies, books, cave drawings, and especially video games; the main character has the largest largest ego. Doesn't matter what the story could be about, pirates, ninjas, or space ninja pirates. The main character wants to take on this journey by himself. This usually ends with the super ridiculously close, near death expirence, one second on the clock and yet saves the world. I understand that they do it. They get the job done, but is it necessarry?

Now, in movies this problem seems to solve itself sometimes. The explain why it's only the one or few people. However, there are still movies that do this. In Lord of the rings, frodo half way through the first movie, he's like "Hey, I'm going to ditch this armed escort and simply walk into mordor" Not the brightest of all ideas.

In video games, it becomes so much worse. One of my favorite game series, Mass Effect, has this syndronme bad. The main character (you) is faced with a mission to save the galaxy. So natuarally, you would look around and say "I'll take you and you." Two people? To save the galaxy? I personally wouldn't think that would be a great strategy. I would like an army, or at least some sort of religious deity. Just some sort of insurance that I won't have to die.

Now why do they do this? Is it just the glory or tying to be a hero? What I think it is, is that when faced with a perilous mission, you loose all reasoning and logic abillities. So they think to themselves "Terrorists, explosives, 4 hours, no bathroom breaks... Yeah, I got it." I just don't see why. You could finish the movie, video game, or book in half the time. "Who are you?" "Well I'm the bad guy" "Well we are the good guys (my army)" "Oh... well there are quite a few of you... How about we call it a draw?" "Yeah, sounds good."

Facebook Wars

Lately facebook has been turning into a war zone for people who are to lazy to fight in person, or rather now have the convenience of fighting while they are on their phones in a bathroom or waiting room.The worst thing I notice is how people decide they win. Let me be clear, no one wins a fight on facebook. It is a mess of vulgarity and obscenity (Fanciest sentence I have ever written). People fight on and on and on simply because they can.

What happen to the good ol' days? You would either talk behind their back or confront them directly. Now you can post a passive aggressive status that doesn't name the person, but everyone knows who it's about. Another way is to "troll" on other people's statuses and just be an @$#. So now you've just started a fight, what happens? Well, all hell breaks out. People start yelling at each other (yelling on facebook is a remarkable feat if you think about it), calling names and such. Then all your friends back you up, and all their friends back them up. When you add all these people, it creates a mess. The responses don't line up. After awhile, it just looks like people posting a bulletin about the meanest and most ignorant things you can think of to say.

So now someone has to be declared a winner, which is usually whoever gets deleted from a friends list. Even then, they have not won. Person A: "They deleted me! hah! couldn't handle being wrong anymore could ya! wish I could say I'll miss you." Person B: "Didn't want to bother finishing you off. You're not worth the effort. oh, and darling, you're not that pretty. Get over yourself" Now tell me, did anyone win? NO, because everyone is ignorant. There are times when a winner is obvious, but the other person still has to pretend like they won.

I hate facebook drama. Hopefully if you're reading this you do too. I have one request for anyone reading this, STOP TRYING TO FIGHT PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK. IT'S DUMB AND USELESS. Sorry for the rant. Next blog will be funnier.

-End Line

The sequel: about time

I have not blogged in god knows how long. It has been mostly due to lack of internet and laziness. Mostly laziness. Luckily amidst my sleep deprived journey through my phones app market, I found the blogger app. And there was great rejoicing. So now that I have this I will apply myself more to blog and tell the world how I feel about, well anything. Mostly nerdy stuff though, I love being nerdy. I will also be stretching out to Facebook to publish these blogs. Hopefully I can create a following enough to justify my future plans. Anyway, if you read this, thanks for your time.