Why is /jp/ so smart?

File: 7 KB, 284x284, (´･ω･｀).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:53:11 2012 No.9319860 [Reply] [Original]

Why is /jp/ so smart?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:54:27 2012 No.9319866 (´･ω･｀;;)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:54:27 2012 No.9319868 File: 131 KB, 798x704, czirno.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Cirno descendants.

>>	nght_f !kNGhTSucXc Sat Jul 7 20:54:41 2012 No.9319869 Lots of shitposting savants.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:54:56 2012 No.9319870 I think ZUN!bar and Pygma-chan were /jp/'s original power couple.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:54:56 2012 No.9319871 I'm dumb as HELL

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:55:42 2012 No.9319874 When has /jp/ demonstrated intelligence?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:55:56 2012 No.9319879 >>9319860 Sucking cock gives special powers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:55:56 2012 No.9319881 Because of glorious Nippon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:56:11 2012 No.9319883 Because you are stupid. Think about that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:56:13 2012 No.9319891 >>9319883 That really hurts my feelings.

Nephew Yama !XanaDuh0e2 Sat Jul 7 20:57:43 2012 No.9319901
File: 80 KB, 640x464, all my spaghetti.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Since I've changed colleges I've been trying to change my reputation of comic relief character to that of the smart guy of the class...

It actually feels nice as HELL to be that guy...
The obaasans love me...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:58:42 2012 No.9319913 >>9319901 I hope you're not planning to change your archetype on /jp/!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 20:59:16 2012 No.9319919 >>9319891 I wasn't trying to, just answering the question. Sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:00:00 2012 No.9319931 Jokes aside, /jp/ is pretty intelligent when compared to the likes of a board like /v/.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:00:16 2012 No.9319924 >>9319919 I forgive you.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:01:30 2012 No.9319934 File: 44 KB, 1024x1024, 1341648515544.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9319919 >>9319924 get a room you guys

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:01:30 2012 No.9319935 >>9319924 >>9319919 now kiss each other and make love

>>	Nephew Yama !XanaDuh0e2 Sat Jul 7 21:01:45 2012 No.9319940 >>9319913 naw... pretending to be smart at college is already hard as HELL... a single joke I made the other day almost ruined the whole reputation I've been building the entire semester...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:05:15 2012 No.9319969 File: 354 KB, 199x177, 1334106789945.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9319940

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:07:30 2012 No.9319988 >>9319874 On topics like religion and taking it easy

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:08:15 2012 No.9319993 >>9319935 i agree with this.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:08:45 2012 No.9319994 >>9319874 I love discussing philosophies with /jp/ however it's usually not on topic and makes me feel like a shitposter

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:09:00 2012 No.9320002 >>9319997 God bless wikipedia

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:09:01 2012 No.9319997 /jp/ does seem to be rather educated in things completely unrelated to the topic of this board. Theoretical physics, history, biochemistry, you name it. There always seems to be an expert around when someone asks a tough question.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:10:15 2012 No.9320003 >>9319997 Why are those people even here? Is there something about Touhou and VNs which attract intellectuals?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:11:30 2012 No.9320015 >>9320003 /g/ immigrants

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:12:15 2012 No.9320021 We read SICP.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:12:45 2012 No.9320027 >>9320021 >>>/prog/

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:14:03 2012 No.9320044 >>9320027 Anyone who uses a text board is mentally retarded

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:15:47 2012 No.9320045

I always feel inferior because it seems like everyone who posts seriously on 4chan has a degree in everything. Everyone knows all this shit about math and science and I don't know much of anything. Not only does everyone seem to know everything, they also always claim it's basic high school material. When I was in high school we didn't learn shit. If I try to learn math on my own, I don't even understand it anyway.

I'm pretty sure my IQ is far below average as well, but I'm too afraid to take a test and verify this. I always read very slowly. Often, I also forget what I was just thinking about. Basically, I'm a moron and am the biggest fool on the site. I am even more foolish than shitposters. They're generally smart people who are just pretending to be idiots for brief entertainment -- or at least, that's how it seems.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:16:03 2012 No.9320054 >>9320044 WOOOOOOOHOO TELL THAT TO 2CH GO ON

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:17:02 2012 No.9320064 >>9320045 I can sympathize with all of this except for the reading part. I've always been a good reader.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:17:32 2012 No.9320055 >They're generally smart people who are just pretending to be idiots for brief entertainment -- or at least, that's how it seems. Well if you believe that you are definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:17:32 2012 No.9320056 >>9320045 You sound pretty moe. Wanna go out with me?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:17:47 2012 No.9320059 >>9320045 I never made it to high school.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:18:17 2012 No.9320067 >>9320044 say that to my face fucker not online see what happens

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:19:47 2012 No.9320075 >>9320045 Don't feel inferior just because of that. Remember that knowledge doesn't necessarily equal intelligence. Unrealized potential doesn't display itself as anything. I don't really know what to say about your weak memory and slow reading speed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:20:17 2012 No.9320079 Because we're not the usual idiots. We couldn't be redditors or goons or any of the other kinds of fool, so we fall squarely in the middle of what makes 4chan unique.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:21:02 2012 No.9320089 >>9320079 Because we are being ironic?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:21:47 2012 No.9320087 File: 497 KB, 665x706, mar263.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Some mushrooms can be good for your immune system.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:26:48 2012 No.9320132

Intelligence isn't all it's cracked up to be. Don't get me wrong--while it does have its perks, what I mean to say is that smarts rarely bestow you with anything concretely beneficial unless you have the drive to actually accomplish something with them. Just for the sake of argument I will say that I have tested quite high on several IQ tests, but I hold neither riches nor recognition because I do nothing with myself.

Forensics, detective work, neuroscience, I've tried them all only to quit in due time. It's too bad.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:28:02 2012 No.9320152 >>9320045 Nobody knows everything, but everybody knows something. I am sure there are areas you are better at than the so called smart people.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:28:48 2012 No.9320149

>>9320089

That's not irony. I am 100% serious.

Anyone who can't find a home in places like that is bound to be different, and the format of an anonymous board is such that positive differences rise to the top.

Of course, when we get invaded by redditors/goons/farkers/whatever other kind of retard, post quality temporarily falls into the basement.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:29:32 2012 No.9320160 I'm really dumb. wwww

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:30:17 2012 No.9320168 >>9320079 >>9320132 This is where this turns into an obnoxious circlejerk. What a horrible idea for a thread in the first place. If you have anymore consolation for people not as brilliant as you hold yourself to be, please save it for your blog.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:30:34 2012 No.9320169 >>9320149 "Temporarily," huh... The only thing I fear is that those invaders become residents. Could it have happened already?

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:30:49 2012 No.9320172

>>9319901
Tried that too, it never worked. I always fell into the old patterns. In my last years, I just gave up on socializing.
And then there was this weird dude who thought he could bond with me by asking me to parade every t-shirt I possessed (like 20-30, all of which customs). Since back then I changed t-shirts once to twice per week, that meant we would have very short discussions 7 times per month for 4 months, after which we completely ignored each other.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:31:04 2012 No.9320187 >>9320178 ｗｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:31:20 2012 No.9320178 /jp/ is CRAZY

>>	None !DQN/aQg2wY Sat Jul 7 21:34:19 2012 No.9320209 >>9320169 SA migrants on 4chan? That's impossible.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:36:19 2012 No.9320217 File: 79 KB, 740x373, extended_mind.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9320002

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:39:04 2012 No.9320244 >>9320217 That wasn't unny; it's just observational 'humor' and restatement of things people already know with expectation you'll laugh if you sympathise. There isn't even a joke. Why does Randall suck so hard?

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:39:19 2012 No.9320239
File: 102 KB, 807x719, blackbest.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>9320045
>I am even more foolish than shitposters. They're generally smart people who are just pretending to be idiots for brief entertainment.

Haha, what?

There's maybe 3 shitposters who aren't autistic finnish retards living off welfare.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:40:04 2012 No.9320253 >>9320217 That wasn't funny; it's just observational 'humor' and restatement of things people already know with expectation you'll laugh if you sympathise. There isn't even a joke. Why does Randall suck so hard?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:40:19 2012 No.9320245 >>9320239 Come on, have you never posted "wich 2hu wud u fuq" ironically once or twice?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:41:04 2012 No.9320258 File: 107 KB, 452x264, ron-paul-racist.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9320245 ...Yes? Not even that long ago, either: >>9316149 Why does that matter?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:41:04 2012 No.9320260 >>9320253 I'm more pissed by the fact that everyone seems to define intelligence by how much miscellaneous shit you know.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:41:20 2012 No.9320255 >>9320244 "What is a car" is the punchline. It's funny because he exaggerated the degree to which he depends on the internet. Let's all admire his comedic genius.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:42:04 2012 No.9320267 >>9320258 >[shitposters] are generally smart people who are just pretending to be idiots for brief entertainment. I don't know if you're smart or not, but you get the point.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:43:19 2012 No.9320268 I ironically make on topic threads.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:44:04 2012 No.9320272

>>9320253
Much of humor is dependent on the disposition you have towards the joking person. Thus one would follow that I likely have a higher expectation of xkcd than you do. Whether or not the joke is funny is a different matter.
I agree with you, this particular one is not very funny, but it does get the point right, which is why I saved it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:45:05 2012 No.9320285 >>9320260 Where it should be how much more shit you can do

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:45:34 2012 No.9320279
File: 74 KB, 1280x720, [Commie] Accel World - 03 [7CB826BE].mkv_snapshot_00.01_[2012.04.21_00.20.01].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>9320267
My sleep deprivation must be getting the best of me because I have no idea where you're going with this.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:45:51 2012 No.9320283

>>9320245

There's no such thing as doing that "ironically". People parrot stupid catchphrases specifically because they're kitschy and 'ironic' to begin with. You aren't any different from the morons who went around saying a'ight and quoting Austin Powers and South Park in the mid-90's.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:46:50 2012 No.9320292 >>9320272 You are trying way too hard.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:47:05 2012 No.9320303 >>9320285 No, it should be heuristics, you dimpweed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:47:51 2012 No.9320300 >>9320292 You're right. I'm sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:47:51 2012 No.9320301 >>9320268 So what does that mean? You intend to make the board shittier by making an on topic thread, and instead it makes the board better? Or you try to make the board better with an on topic thread and it becomes shittier?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:48:20 2012 No.9320304 >>9320283 Don't take that post so seriously. I used the word "ironically" ironically. Actually, I don't even know what ironic means in the sense of posting.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:49:05 2012 No.9320309 I like to think I tread the line between average and smart but will never achieve my potential because of lack of will power.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:49:06 2012 No.9320315

>>9320301
It means I'm so used to shitposting that when I make on topic threads I don't really want too but I sit back and go "haha look, they are really talking about it! what a bunch of idiots, they don't even know I didn't really want to make a serious thread!"

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:50:21 2012 No.9320317 >>9320300 Why are you apologizing when the opposing party is a double-posting autist who thought it would be a good idea to overanalyze an image you innocently posted? Gee, that sure isn't trying hard.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:50:36 2012 No.9320324 >>9320045 I can relate. I have a bachelor, speak about 3 languages, etc; but as soon as one person is better than me, everyone just seems to be overwhelmingly better than me. I think that's what they call an inferiority complex.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:53:36 2012 No.9320346

>>9320309
That's what I mean. Having intelligence doesn't automatically make somebody a better person or his life easier and more fulfilling in comparison to someone who isn't as sharp. Ambition and hard work are infinitely more reliable. Being smart isn't that great.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:53:36 2012 No.9320347 >>9320317 I was hoping the evade another confrontation. Listen, I'm in a weird mood right now, which adds to my usual problems. I ... I don't know. Sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:55:21 2012 No.9320357 >>9320346 >intelligence doesn't automatically make somebody a better person Yes it does. lack of motivation is being dumb.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:55:51 2012 No.9320361 >>9320317 >double-posting autist Sorry, some of us like to proof-read our posts and hold ourselves to higher standard of grammar than you do, shitposter.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:56:21 2012 No.9320365 >>9320347 Er, sorry. I didn't mean to pester you further. Please feel better. >>9320346 Not to mention all the burdens that knowing comes with.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:56:21 2012 No.9320366 >>9320346 I am better than all of you now suck my cock

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 21:59:22 2012 No.9320390 >>9320361 I am an editor by trade. You can't accuse me of being loose in the grammatical department. Look, I just thought you were being kind of mean. This isn't something to fight about. Sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:00:36 2012 No.9320398 >>9320366 >just beg to suck my dick and eat my bodily waste, so that maybe an iota of my greatness could pass onto you.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:02:38 2012 No.9320416

>>9320304
>ironic means in the sense of posting.
It's an understanding between the speaker and the audience (or I guess the poster and the rest of /jp/). By that, I mean it's generally understood that you're not typing "LOL THATS SO FUNNY xD!!!" as a legitimate response to the content within the post, but as a comment about the post or about the type of person who would post that sort of thing.

Thus it functions as metacommentary (i.e. commentary about the thread) instead of participatory commentary. There is a difference between good and bad commentary of that nature, though (e.g. the "LOL (...)" would usually be bad metacommentary, but in certain contexts it might work). Obviously this position is opposed to >>9320283, so you may not agree.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:04:08 2012 No.9320438
File: 339 KB, 398x384, 1341001275040.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>ITT idiots who think they're smart.

No smart person would be on 4chan and that's a fact. This place spreads idiocy and sloth like the plague.

Compare yourself to an actual intellectual like Stephen Hawking and kill yourself.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:05:08 2012 No.9320441 >>9320303 Sorry but I lack on those, can't tell differences since they are similar hassles.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:06:53 2012 No.9320456 I'm smart and talented. And as a smart and talented person I know that intelligence and talent don't matter at all

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:07:38 2012 No.9320464 >>9320438 >>9320398 who the FUCK are you quoting?

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:08:39 2012 No.9320473

>>9320416
Thank you! That was an excellent explanation. Do you by any chance hold a PhD in shitposting?

>Thus it functions as metacommentary ... instead of participatory commentary
While I did know that, what I never understood was why it's called "ironic" shitposting. What's so ironic here? I don't get it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:10:54 2012 No.9320484 >>9320464 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22ITT+idiots+who+think+they%27re+smart.%22 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22just+beg+to+suck+my+dick+and+eat+my+bodily+waste%2C+so+that+maybe+an+iota+of +my+greatness+could+pass+onto+you.%22

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:11:09 2012 No.9320486 >>9320473 >ironic >1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:12:13 2012 No.9320495 >>9320438 If we are so bad, then get out. It is not us, it is you.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:12:57 2012 No.9320500 >>9320441 similar != identical. >>9320486 japanese have the same word for irony, sarcasm and satire, therefore it's canon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:12:57 2012 No.9320501 >>9320486 Oh, right. Verbal irony. Sarcasm. I'm always thinking of irony as in situational irony.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:19:30 2012 No.9320558

>>9320473
It's the understanding between speaker and audience I mentioned in the first paragraph. The assumption for irony is that two parties know something another isn't privy to. Sometimes these two parties are the writer and audience, sometimes it's a character or group of characters and the audience, et cetera, but there's a third party that's ignorant of the humorous aspect of the situation. The third party in this case would be the person being responded to since you assume (at least for the purpose of humor) that person doesn't know the content he has posted is stupid, childish or, more simply, hated here.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:21:45 2012 No.9320571 >>9320558 Yeah, adding sixty emotes to your retarded post is really subtle. They'll never have a clue.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:21:45 2012 No.9320572 File: 324 KB, 400x300, 1309541701971.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9320495 Pssh, I invented that line.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:24:45 2012 No.9320584 >>9320571 It doesn't matter if you alert them or not after you've made the joke. All that matters is the assumption they don't know beforehand. The assumption may be wrong, of course, but that's irrelevant to irony.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:25:15 2012 No.9320589 What is the meaning of life /jp/?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:26:31 2012 No.9320595 >>9320584 Or, to be more accurate, it's irrelevant in the immediacy of the joke.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:26:46 2012 No.9320600 Not relying on the educational system.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:27:01 2012 No.9320617 >>9320589 not to die now so you can die later

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:30:32 2012 No.9320637 >>9320584 No, but if you needed a horde of clown making honking noise every time you made a joke you should probably die right now.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:31:02 2012 No.9320647 >>9320589 to enjoyee your lifetime.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:32:02 2012 No.9320650 >>9320589 To entertain me.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:42:48 2012 No.9320723

>>9320637
Describing something isn't the same thing as approving of every instance of it. Not every single ironic shitpost is like the example I used (that was admittedly horrible and obvious to illustrate rather broadly the class of comments I was talking about).

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:52:36 2012 No.9320777 File: 782 KB, 800x1184, 1327119927325.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm dumb and my favorite touhou is a math genius. Funny how that works.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:57:35 2012 No.9320813 >>9320777 Opposites attract?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 22:57:35 2012 No.9320815 File: 71 KB, 1280x720, 1318478037813.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] That one guy who is an entomologist on /jp/.... One of the best posters to ever grace 4chan

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:00:06 2012 No.9320839 >>9320815 Is that the guy who always wrote the long stories about turning certain bugs or objects into little girls?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:15:52 2012 No.9320960 Back in the old days of 4chan people use to say 4chan was "where smart people go to act dumb." So I guess thats the reason, /jp/ also seems to have a more veteran userbase.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:16:08 2012 No.9320969

>>9320589
I have thought long and hard about said question.
I figured that it is very broad and that many similar things about life and the universe can be asked in a similar manner.
So I started to back-peddle the question until I could find one I could successfully answer.

What is the meaning of life?
What is the meaning of all life and the life of any living thing all together?
If the entire universe was dead and just floating matter, would there be a meaning or reason to bring even a speck of life into it?
What is the meaning to all the matter in the universe?
If there is no life, does the floating matter and energy serve a purpose or have a meaning? If there was nothing, would there be a reason or would there bring a meaning to have something? What if there is truly nothing and the universe is now empty and devoid of everything and anything? Complete nothingness. Would there be a purpose to bring something into existence?
What is the meaning of existence?
This is the last question I reached. Is there meaning to any existence at all?

My current conclusion is yes, and it is to simply exist. To bring an existence to nonexistence. For nothingness cannot exist without a something. Nonexistence can't exist or even be a concept without an existence. Everything has and needs an opposite. So that's us, an existence. An existence to nonexistence.

Sorry if this all sounds stupid or makes no sense. It's probably not deep or intellectual. I just thought I would share my thoughts on this subject with /jp/. I never really shared them with anyone else.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:19:39 2012 No.9320984 >>9320813 That doesn't work with intelligence. Believe you me.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:21:54 2012 No.9321008

>>9320839
Yes, that's the exact guy.
His expert knowledge on the littlest details about insects comes into fruition when he sexualizes them in ways I thought impossible. Using the inane features of bugs and their mating habits and putting them into humanoid monstergirl settings is truly glorious.

If we had insect, animal, etc. experts working alongside with monstergirl artists, we can truly create something new and marvelous.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:22:39 2012 No.9321018 >>9320969 >It's probably not deep or intellectual. It's not. You must first learn from the masters on the subject to make it so. Go read some philosophy.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:22:39 2012 No.9321020 >>9320777 I'm smart and my favorite Touhou is pretty dumb.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:23:10 2012 No.9321027

>>9320245
What is your favorite Touhou character and what characteristics do you think that make her likable?

I'm completely serious.

Mine's Keine because she one of the few characters that didn't look that bad on the original games, she transforms into a creature and I think that she looks really cute in her hakutaku mode, and I'm very avid of reading so I always imagine she's looking over me and tracking my progress.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:23:10 2012 No.9321035 File: 163 KB, 513x699, seanly.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Is this true?

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:25:24 2012 No.9321052

>>9320969
Everyone seems to be fixated on attributing a meaning to life and existence, but does there really need to be a reason behind these things? I don't know if there's an ultimate entity who orchestrates the universe with a plan in mind, but unless that's the case I think the explanation behind the things that be is that well, there isn't any. If you ask me, we aren't here to fulfill a purpose. We aren't here to serve a higher will. We aren't pre-programmed, nor does fate urge us onward--we aren't meant to do anything in particular. There is no meaning to life, and there doesn't need to be, either. Our existences are mere chance occurrences in the grand course of time.

But since you're here, you might as well enjoy yourself. Life is a blank canvas. Paint your own picture.

Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:28:23 2012 No.9321075
File: 29 KB, 216x190, nopatchy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>9321035
Scientists:
* We discovered that a significant portion of a population of rats (around 60%) who were under overcrowding conditions developed what is believed to be some sort of aggresive behavior.

Newspapers:
* Rats are going to murder you in your slumber!
Scientists at some prestigious university discovered that rats are the most aggressive animals in the world.

tl;dr no

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:29:38 2012 No.9321089 >>9321035 Considering that about 90% of all renowned philosophers aren't...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:30:23 2012 No.9321097 >>9321035 Intense brain activity consumes a lot of calories. That could lead to hunger, I suppose. But as >>9321075 said, it's mostly sensationalism at work.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:30:39 2012 No.9321098 >>9320003 /g/ is what got me into Touhou and weeaboo media.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:33:09 2012 No.9321121 >>9321018 Ok. I think I will.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:36:12 2012 No.9321133 >>9319860 because we are nerds. Nerds are smart. Plus we don't watch all that fucking jersey shore shit!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:37:27 2012 No.9321147 >>9320003 autism this is so obvious, why are you even asking this

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:38:12 2012 No.9321152 What's the actual relationship between /jp/ and /prog/ though? Besides a bunch of linux users using `` " for quotes and the occasional SICP shitpost, there seems to be some sharing of userbase going on.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:39:27 2012 No.9321164 >>9321152 It's just an epic meme

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:39:27 2012 No.9321166 >>9321152 There are a bunch of autists here who enjoy programming. That's it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:40:12 2012 No.9321171 >>9321152 i remember someone posted once on /prog/ a paper where they explained why neckbeards like us liked japanese media but i can't recall the exact name right now basically, >>9321147

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:43:13 2012 No.9321193 >>9321166 There's no way you can enjoy programming without being an autist. Unless you're some sort of Java code monkey, but they're like autists wearing business suits so I guess we're all autists after all

Y10NRDY !kxh.1oTAkU Sat Jul 7 23:46:42 2012 No.9321214

>>9319860
I think a large percentage of /jp/ users, maybe especially NEETs, spend an inordinate amount of their free time exploring pursuits that actually interest them, rather than those imposed on them by a job or even a formal education.

Naturally smart people with a ton of time on their hands will ALWAYS tend towards hyper-analysis of themselves and the world around them, ultimately leading themselves to reading others interpretations of the same situations, either through literature, discussion, or philosophy.

To say nothing of most of our hobbies being related in one way or another to technology and budget demands that the upkeep and maintenance of technology be conducted in the least expensive method available, i.e. ourselves.

People who have been NEETs for years and years have read, have studied, have learned... and all of their own volition, which is the purest source of education - enrichment.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:48:57 2012 No.9321232 >>9321214 What's a good way to enrich and educate oneself? Just to do a lot of reading?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:50:59 2012 No.9321253 >>9321232 What the fuck do you want to do?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:51:44 2012 No.9321259 >>9321232 Yeah, just lots of reading.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:52:29 2012 No.9321264 >>9321253 I just want to learn. >>9321259 Books? The Internet? Both?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:55:30 2012 No.9321283 >>9321264 Fine, you want to read, then read. Anything that interests you. Try that shit out for yourself.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:55:30 2012 No.9321284 >>9321264 If you have to ask, you're too dumb to learn, sorry.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 7 23:55:59 2012 No.9321286 >>9321264 If you're doing math or programming then doing a lot of exercises and practicing is crucial. Think it's like getting good at Touhou or beating a videogame, except it's no fun at all.

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:00:14 2012 No.9321320

>>9321284
Oh, don't be like that. You learn by asking questions. I'm just not very well informed of my resources. I might as well plan things out properly instead of jumping in headfirst. Even for things as simple as "learning," there are different methods that more experienced people could advise me on.

What I'd like to do is to sharpen my intelligence in general. Will general reading help me get there? I guess that's what I'm asking.

>>9321286
Yes, that's probably to be expected. I want to be well-rounded in my approach though, so I'll probably have to change things up every now and then.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:02:14 2012 No.9321336 >>9321286 fuck you fagstorm math is fun

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:02:14 2012 No.9321342 >>9321286 But getting good at Touhou isn't fun either

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:04:29 2012 No.9321354 >>9321342 hell, touhou isn't as fun as most people make it look it's only good for killing some time the only good thing to come of it was the setting and the girls

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:05:29 2012 No.9321362

>>9321336
Sorry, highschool math is fun if you learn on your own I guess.
But I just can't imagine learning the high level maths that are actually useful through a book being any fun.
Unless you're trying to get into the academic world, math books were meant to be as unreadable and confusing as possible.

But that's just me

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:06:17 2012 No.9321369 >>9321354 I enjoy the lighthearted stories.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 00:07:16 2012 No.9321377 >>9321354 If you can kill time with it then it's doing it's job well, I guess. Most old videogames are like that, playing is not always fun but looking back it feels like an accomplishment.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 01:28:28 2012 No.9321879 what a gay thread

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 03:04:37 2012 No.9322596 >>9320087 Some mushrooms can alter your mental state aiding you with depression and they can even get rid of headaches.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 04:34:37 2012 No.9323136 >>9321133 Please, explain to me how preferring one stupid show over another makes one a being of superior intellect? What makes animu fans any better than Jersey Shore fans? Other than, you know, you don't like it or whatever.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 04:47:14 2012 No.9323194 >>9323136 Come on, some series are more intelligent than others.

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 07:30:18 2012 No.9323701

>>9321035
a) The sample is too small.
b) The fat people are usually not the smart people. There are overlappings of course.
c) Eating makes happy. After doing work, it is quite prudent to "reward" oneself with food. They should have compared the "overeating" habit of thinkers with the eating trends amongst workers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 07:34:03 2012 No.9323715 >>9323194 Taste is not indicative of intelligence. I know a girl doing a masters in Chemical Engineering and her favourite book is the Hunger Games. (she's my sister obviously)

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 07:50:36 2012 No.9323756 >>9323715 You're talking about a different intelligence. There's the intelligence where you laugh at complexity and learn to do things quickly, and there's the intelligence where you can appreciate things like truth and ideas.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 07:52:07 2012 No.9323760 /jp/ is bunch of idiots

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 08:01:38 2012 No.9323779 >>9323756 What's truth, please?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 08:02:07 2012 No.9323784 >>9323715 Women can't be intelligent, so I don't see what you are trying to prove. Have you fucked yet?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 08:03:22 2012 No.9323785 Scientists have proven, if you make an argument and add "It's proven by scientists", then the other person is more likely to belive you.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 08:04:08 2012 No.9323788 >>9323779 The words of our Holy Saint IGNUcius are the truth, wisdom, and law.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 08:06:07 2012 No.9323798 >>9323779 It's just an example there. Being able to do chemical engineering (of course we assume that requires a somewhat sharp mind) doesn't have to mean you would be able to care about a well done story. It's two different types of mental ability.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 08:27:23 2012 No.9323863 File: 46 KB, 882x665, 1329711103418182.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I read because it's all I can do. I'm a huge social failure. My transcript is very good but it's of no use because I dislike dealing with people.

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 18:56:46 2012 No.9327043

>>9323798
I'm still not agreeing with you. I think you'd be hardpressed finding a direct connection between intelligence and tastes.
If anything, you could say it was a sign of your development, but that would be a very elitist viewpoint, putting one kind of tastes above all others.
To prove my point, age should not affect your intelligence, and yet people are reported changing their tastes while growing up.
Even I, a person that puts familiarity first and tastes last, have different "interests" now than I did a couple of years ago.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 18:57:46 2012 No.9327049 >>9327043 Damnit, forgot to bump. This is awkward.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 19:03:35 2012 No.9327074 >>9327049 QUICK DELETE YOUR POST BEFORE SOMEONE POINTS IT OUT.

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 19:18:36 2012 No.9327136
File: 15 KB, 250x249, 1333132270002.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>9327043
>I think you'd be hardpressed finding a direct connection between 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and tastes.

>If anything, you could say it was a sign of your 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

You mean like the 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 of your 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 19:33:40 2012 No.9327208

>>9327136
No, I don't. I wanted to add that development probably wasn't the right word, but that didn't seem to be good for the flow of the text so I left it out.
As far as I understand matters, your intelligence does not really change all that much during your life - it is only your knowledge and point of view that change. Of course I'm no scientist, so I may very well be wrong.
But even IF I am wrong, just imagine 2 extremes, one very shallow piece of entertainment media, one very, deep one. I guarantee you that there would be an overlap of the prospective audiences. I am saying "prospective" because both items would need to be known at a sufficient level to actually attract anybody.
Thus liking (or disliking) something cannot serve as measurement of one's intelligence, no matter how hard people try to convince you of this.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 20:20:33 2012 No.9327464 File: 59 KB, 600x450, 9999999999.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9320054 2ch is japanese reddit, fuck them

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 8 21:10:40 2012 No.9327774 >>9321342 >>9321354 >>9321377 Wow, fuck you guys. I fucking love Touhou, Dodonpachi, Ketsui, Battle Garegga, etc I'm addicted to the adrenaline rush and sheer destruction of it all.

Anonymous Sun Jul 8 21:18:25 2012 No.9327811

>>9327774
You need to understand that there are people here that have lost their sense of fun.
This is not supposed to be a joke or anything, but depressive (and other) disorders can be pretty good at shutting one down emotionally.

The point is not what I want to do with the day, but what will get me to the end of the day.

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:36:28 2012 No.9331086

>>9320969
>Is there meaning to any existence at all?

>My current conclusion is yes, and it is to simply exist. To bring an existence to nonexistence.
Of all the interesting things that matter can do, you only care about its effect on nothing? The only important thing you see about existence is that it creates a nice contrast to lack of existence?

Without a God, there can be no divine will or meaning behind it all. A very common unconscious atheist belief is the belief in nature. This expresses itself in phrases such as "That's unnatural", meaning that nature did not plan for this to happen - when the truth is that there is no transcient, natural overmind that planned anything at all - unless you believe in that sort of thing. It is also this nature which you are currently trying to derive your meaning from.

So, if there is neither God nor nature, that leaves you.

Does your life (or life in general) mean anything to you? Then that shall be your answer.

Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:49:28 2012 No.9331128
File: 90 KB, 925x768, 1316834718426.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Debating on the meaning of life makes no sense.

What the fuck do people even mean by that? Is there some endgame goal like in some computer game or something that we should try to achieve? Of course not, you fucking nerds. The only way you could believe in a "meaning" to life is if you were some kind of religious nutjob.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:50:58 2012 No.9331135 >>9331128 guess what, a sense of spirituality and desire for something greater exist in every human being even you, moron

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:51:13 2012 No.9331136 I'm very dumb and lazy actually.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:51:13 2012 No.9331137 >>9327464 >2ch is japanese reddit Why do you try to accomplish by always saying that?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:52:14 2012 No.9331145 >>9331135 My cock will exist greater in you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:52:14 2012 No.9331146 >>9331137 What*

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:53:00 2012 No.9331150 File: 52 KB, 305x315, 1336808103594.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9331145 you call "that" a cock? haha it looks like a fucking pencil

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:53:29 2012 No.9331148 >>9331145 Thus i achieve spirituality and fill my desire.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 08:57:59 2012 No.9331163 >>9331150 You fool! Not believing in empiricism! I shall give you lessons. Before you draw another foolish hypothesis.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 09:07:15 2012 No.9331191 >>9321214 What the fuck ? someone that actually makes sense on /jp/ ? I would suck your cock, dude.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 9 09:24:35 2012 No.9331253 >>9331128 no one actually cares about it, we were just messing with that dude who claimed he learned the meaning of life like some retard.

Reply to thread

Name
E-mail
Subject
Comment
Action

Advanced search
Text to find
Subject [?]Search by post subject. Leave empty for any.
Username [?]Search for user name. Leave empty for any user name.
Tripcode [?]Search for tripcode. Leave empty for any.
Email [?]Search by email. Leave empty for any.
Filename [?]Search by image filename. Leave empty for any.
From Date [?]Enter what date to start searching from. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
To Date [?]Enter what date to start searching until. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
Image hash
Search in	All Posts OPs Only
Deleted posts	Show all posts Show only deleted posts Only show non-deleted posts
Internal posts	Show all posts Show only internal posts Show only archived posts
Order	New posts first Old posts first
Capcode	All Posts Only by Users Only by Mods Only by Admins Only by Developers
Results	Posts Threads
Action	[ Simple ]

/jp/ - Otaku Culture