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[quote]want2getlean wrote:

[quote]RSGZ wrote:

[quote]want2getlean wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
Just a question I wanted to ask here…but has anyone else noticed that a lot of kids lately don’t seem to be as “quick” as we were mentally? It isn’t just on this site either…but the average person seems to be dulling down. I think technology is going to screw us if it hasn’t already.[/quote]

I think ‘technology is going to screw us if it hasn’t already’ could only come from the dullest of minds.[/quote]

?

Really?

Tech has a whole bunch of benefits - including making life so easy for people that they no longer have to use their brains.[/quote]

Technology provides a platform for personal and intellectual advancement unmatched and unprecedented.

Anti-intellectualism arises from social ills, not an abundance of means.
Not to mention that those with high cultural capital have always been in the extreme minority throughout human history.
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Technology allowed to get out of hand in terms of doing more work for us will lead to weaknesses in those areas. We already see that. How many phone numbers does the average person even remember anymore? I bet the average person couldn’t rattle off the phone numbers of 8 of their closest friends today without looking at their phone.

What happens if you lose the phone?

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]want2getlean wrote:

[quote]RSGZ wrote:

[quote]want2getlean wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:
Just a question I wanted to ask here…but has anyone else noticed that a lot of kids lately don’t seem to be as “quick” as we were mentally? It isn’t just on this site either…but the average person seems to be dulling down. I think technology is going to screw us if it hasn’t already.[/quote]

I think ‘technology is going to screw us if it hasn’t already’ could only come from the dullest of minds.[/quote]

?

Really?

Tech has a whole bunch of benefits - including making life so easy for people that they no longer have to use their brains.[/quote]

Technology provides a platform for personal and intellectual advancement unmatched and unprecedented.

Anti-intellectualism arises from social ills, not an abundance of means.
Not to mention that those with high cultural capital have always been in the extreme minority throughout human history.
[/quote]

Technology allowed to get out of hand in terms of doing more work for us will lead to weaknesses in those areas. We already see that. How many phone numbers does the average person even remember anymore? I bet the average person couldn’t rattle off the phone numbers of 8 of their closest friends today without looking at their phone.

What happens if you lose the phone?[/quote]

‘Not having to memorize 8 numbers’ ‘leading to weakness in those areas’ is as asinine as claiming that not having to hunt and chasey prey is weakening our athletes.
Means are just that, means. It’s human utilization and response that is to criticize.

Bottom line, ‘dull’ people have always existed and probably will.
If you think this is something of new, you’re either a dull person living through nostalgia, or a childish and myopic person trying to maintain a fragile collective status quo.

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[quote]want2getlean wrote:
‘Not having to memorize 8 numbers’ ‘leading to weakness in those areas’ is as asinine as claiming that not having to hunt and chasey prey is weakening our athletes.
[/quote]

That analogy doesn’t bear out at all (besides, that problem would be easily dealt with by having Usain and co. chase a deer past the finish line). Over-reliance on technology can and is leading to under-use of the mind, a decline in general physical standards and addictive behaviour patterns (which I believe is responsible for the first two). You can see this every day for yourself.

Here in the age of the iphone, we are in a position where we more or less have a second brain in our back pockets. If we rely on our “synthetic brains” to retrieve facts and figures, then our natural brains are going to suffer. It’s not necessarily a generational phenom, though.

[quote]
Means are just that, means. It’s human utilization and response that is to criticize. [/quote]

And yet it is undoubtedly human utilization and response that dictates how those means develop.

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[quote]roybot wrote:
Over-reliance on technology can and is leading to under-use of the mind, a decline in general physical standards and addictive behaviour patterns [/quote]

Dementia is on the decline and life expectancy is at an all time high.
If by ‘physical standards’ you mean obesity, again, it’s due to socioeconomical factors (unhealthy foods are cheaper to produce and are pushed upon the poor) and an uneducated choice of consumption on the other end.

If by ‘physical standards’ you simply mean ‘the modern man can’t run a 5 minute mile and deadlift 600lbs’, there’s absolutely no need for it in modern society.

[quote]roybot wrote:
If we rely on our “synthetic brains” to retrieve facts and figures, then our natural brains are going to suffer. [/quote]

If you rely on your ‘synthetic brains’ you’re making an active conscious decision to do so.

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I’m not kidding when I say everything is getting better ever year.

I’m so bloody optimistic I don’t even believe close to anything they say about pollution or over-population.

I swear we’ve been “on the brink” of disaster according to so many people for so long we should have all died three times already.

Quote me that in 30 years we’ll still have the same stuff in the news about the world about to end because of how evil we’ve been…but things will be pretty much the same.
Except better, as I said before.

The best advice on this is from the Grand Master himself, Robert A. Heinlein:
“Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.”

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IN BEFORE SOMEONE WISHES IT IS RATED “R”!

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Marvel is doing a Symbiote crossover event in the Spider-Man books, hopefully we get Eddie Brock back with his Symbiote so they can be Venom again. I dislike how Marvel got rid of Eddie, then gave the suit to The Scorpion, before being used by the US as a weapon being worn by a legless Flash THompson; Eddie and the Parasite are Venom it is their hatred of Peter Parker that bonded them(Eddie because he was shown to a fraud during the Sin Eater storyine and the suit because it felt rejected by Peter).

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[quote]Robert A wrote:
I’ll just leave this here.

And this:
http://abobosbigadventure.com/[/quote]
That looks amazing

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[quote] want2getlean wrote:

Dementia is on the decline and life expectancy is at an all time high. [/quote]

We aren’t talking about improvements in medical care, though; we are talking about use/ abuse of personal technology: iphones, internet, etc.

It’s about as active and conscious a decision as someone eating themselves into obesity.

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[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
They should just drop Chuck Norris then. He won’t be missed.

You know movie studios are on board with getting PG-13 ratings because it means more sales and more money. So I’m sure it was easy for Norris to get a PG-13 rating.[/quote]

I don’t think they should drop him outright. They should give him an epic entrance then kill him off straightaway as a nod to his invincible image.

[/quote]Yeah, Norris would walk up to the Expendables and say something about how swearing is bad for the kids. Schwarzenegger would pull out his shotgun, tell him to fuck off and blow his head off.
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That would be such an epic scene.

If that is good enough to convince me to go see the movie at the cinema, then fuck Yes!
[/quote]

I don’t understand how Chuck Norris has so much say in this. Why would he sign up for a movie like The Expendables in the first place if he was so against the tone, and why would Stallone want him?

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[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
They should just drop Chuck Norris then. He won’t be missed.

You know movie studios are on board with getting PG-13 ratings because it means more sales and more money. So I’m sure it was easy for Norris to get a PG-13 rating.[/quote]

I don’t think they should drop him outright. They should give him an epic entrance then kill him off straightaway as a nod to his invincible image.

[/quote]Yeah, Norris would walk up to the Expendables and say something about how swearing is bad for the kids. Schwarzenegger would pull out his shotgun, tell him to fuck off and blow his head off.
[/quote]

That would be such an epic scene.

If that is good enough to convince me to go see the movie at the cinema, then fuck Yes!
[/quote]

I don’t understand how Chuck Norris has so much say in this. Why would he sign up for a movie like The Expendables in the first place if he was so against the tone, and why would Stallone want him?[/quote]

My God man. Did you just start using the internet today?
I’m fucking outta here. Chuck Norris will kill me for even responding to this pussy-fart shit.

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[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
They should just drop Chuck Norris then. He won’t be missed.

You know movie studios are on board with getting PG-13 ratings because it means more sales and more money. So I’m sure it was easy for Norris to get a PG-13 rating.[/quote]

I don’t think they should drop him outright. They should give him an epic entrance then kill him off straightaway as a nod to his invincible image.

[/quote]Yeah, Norris would walk up to the Expendables and say something about how swearing is bad for the kids. Schwarzenegger would pull out his shotgun, tell him to fuck off and blow his head off.
[/quote]

That would be such an epic scene.

If that is good enough to convince me to go see the movie at the cinema, then fuck Yes!
[/quote]

I don’t understand how Chuck Norris has so much say in this. Why would he sign up for a movie like The Expendables in the first place if he was so against the tone, and why would Stallone want him?[/quote]

My God man. Did you just start using the internet today?
I’m fucking outta here. Chuck Norris will kill me for even responding to this pussy-fart shit.[/quote]

I’m sorry - Chuck has destroyed any meme-cred he had by insisting on a no rude word clause in a movie that demands ridiculous amounts of swearing and bloodshed. It won’t stop there, mark my words. The guns will probably expel bubbles instead of bullets and there’ll be a heavy moral lesson at the the end to the kids that mindless OTT violence isn’t the answer (yes, yes it is).

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Just looking at Chuck Norris is cursing.

In every language on earth…even braille.

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[quote]Nards wrote:
Just looking at Chuck Norris is cursing.

In every language on earth…even braille.[/quote]

Expendables fans will be cursing at Chuck Norris in every language on earth.

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Fascinating…

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I didn’t even like the first Expendables movie that much.

It was supposed to be an 80s action tribute…where was Jason Statham in the 80s? Sucking men’s (CENSORED) for money to get in the pool.

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[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
They should just drop Chuck Norris then. He won’t be missed.

You know movie studios are on board with getting PG-13 ratings because it means more sales and more money. So I’m sure it was easy for Norris to get a PG-13 rating.[/quote]

I don’t think they should drop him outright. They should give him an epic entrance then kill him off straightaway as a nod to his invincible image.

[/quote]Yeah, Norris would walk up to the Expendables and say something about how swearing is bad for the kids. Schwarzenegger would pull out his shotgun, tell him to fuck off and blow his head off.
[/quote]

That would be such an epic scene.

If that is good enough to convince me to go see the movie at the cinema, then fuck Yes!
[/quote]

I don’t understand how Chuck Norris has so much say in this. Why would he sign up for a movie like The Expendables in the first place if he was so against the tone, and why would Stallone want him?[/quote]

He doesn’t. Going to PG-13 will mean an ultimately bigger box office/DVD sales because of all the young kids who wanted to watch the first one, snuck in, finally saw it, etc. Plus it may open the door for toys/comics/merchandising. I doubt it is a case of Chuck coming on and managing to steer the project. I suspect it is a case of letting Chuck be the “face”/scapegoait of a decision to make a hell of a lot of money.

Also,

If Chuck Norris is ever late, time better slow the fuck down.

Regards,

Robert A

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
I am referring more to high school age.
[/quote]
It is at least ridiculously easy to cheat on school assignments. Back in the day you at least had to type it again yourself. Now you can just copy anything. If you never have to think you don’t get smart.

And cheating on tests has probably never been easier. You could probably get away with even two five minute bathroom breaks during a long exam and bring a phone with access to thousand-page books, old exams and even wikipedia.

But I think the number one reason you find highschoolers dumber than before was that you were dumber in high school than you are now.

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[quote]Robert A wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
They should just drop Chuck Norris then. He won’t be missed.

You know movie studios are on board with getting PG-13 ratings because it means more sales and more money. So I’m sure it was easy for Norris to get a PG-13 rating.[/quote]

I don’t think they should drop him outright. They should give him an epic entrance then kill him off straightaway as a nod to his invincible image.

[/quote]Yeah, Norris would walk up to the Expendables and say something about how swearing is bad for the kids. Schwarzenegger would pull out his shotgun, tell him to fuck off and blow his head off.
[/quote]

That would be such an epic scene.

If that is good enough to convince me to go see the movie at the cinema, then fuck Yes!
[/quote]

I don’t understand how Chuck Norris has so much say in this. Why would he sign up for a movie like The Expendables in the first place if he was so against the tone, and why would Stallone want him?[/quote]

He doesn’t. Going to PG-13 will mean an ultimately bigger box office/DVD sales because of all the young kids who wanted to watch the first one, snuck in, finally saw it, etc. Plus it may open the door for toys/comics/merchandising. I doubt it is a case of Chuck coming on and managing to steer the project. I suspect it is a case of letting Chuck be the “face”/scapegoait of a decision to make a hell of a lot of money.

Also,

If Chuck Norris is ever late, time better slow the fuck down.

Regards,

Robert A[/quote]

I don’t see Stallone selling out that easily. The Expendables was in development for years: it was his dream project and, no matter how it turned out, he worked his balls off to make a modern action movie with the spirit of the '80s running through its veins.

It was intended as a return to old school action so it mystifies me that they’d want to turn the sequel into the sort of movie they were trying to take a stand against. If they wanted money they could’ve sold the first movie on the cast alone, but that wasn’t what they were trying to do.

Maybe the decision to lower the rating has come from higher up and Stallone has little say in it.
On his own merits, Chuck Norris has never been an A-Lister (most of his filmography is straight-to-DVD fare) but the massive pop-cultural appeal from his “facts” sort of makes him the ultimate action star.

As he’s a devout Christian and someone who tries to be a responsible role model for kids, I can see Norris wanting a lower rating, but I don’t see him getting his way unless they were planning it in advance.

Whatever the explanation is, I think it’s a bad move whenever they try to shoehorn a movie into a certain rating. The higher the rating, the more freedom they have. Now, not every movie needs to be ‘R’, but it’s better to allow the content to sit naturally between,say, two classifications and make minor adjustments instead of ripping the guts out of it to make money.