I finally suspended my account at Despair.nu. I was sick of getting half-arsed comments and sick of giving it too. It was a good lesson to learn though, to be reminded that while an elevated comments count may momentarily boost self-esteem, it’s really ashes in one’s mouth when you realise the majority of comments are done via obligation rather than genuine interest. Incredibly intuitive you might think, but I needed the process hammered into me.

In other news, an article on me and an article for you. Furthermore, I pine to write more freely, more personally yet I cannot do so when I feel uncomfortable having it displayed to people whom I don’t want reading it. So as a reminder registration is open. Please identify yourself, preferably with a URL to your site/blog. You will only have access to private entries once I know who you are.

Edit: Comments are now threaded for easier replies thanks to the updated version of this script.

I’ve been busying myself lately, in terms of online activity, with this thread. I disliked how it eventually became so convoluted, but it’s just so frustrating that the user “Angel” keeps arguing and justifying her incredibly thinly veiled prejudices and racist opinions, and conveying the air of snobbery. I can’t bear to read the whole thing through again, though I feel I could have probably more concisely worded everything in hindsight. It’s just incredulous that people of our generation, someone presumably intelligent, can harbour such narrow and bigoted opinions. But maybe it’s just parental brainwashing? I know my parents are at least somewhat racist, and if I was more obedient, perhaps I would be sharing the same views as them?

Edit: Holy shit, she started a new thread. *head-desk*

I’ve been reading excerpts (from a book that I don’t own basically ^^;) of The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. It’s absolutely fascinating read. While ultimately, my (waning) gut feeling says that his incredibly driven argument that religion has no place might still be either too premature or too extreme, it is nonetheless very convincing and a delight to read. As an essayist had said, Dawkins is not at scientist who merely explains and offers answers, but he actually puts forth scientific arguments. Very intriguing indeed.