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1. Your love of animals + birds
I've always been into animals and nature as long as I can remember. The way ecosystems and individual organisms work is amazing and fascinating. The fact that it all happened through billions of year of chance happenings and evolutionary pressures makes it more of a miracle to me that any supposed religious happening. I also can't stand people who think humans are inherently 'better' or of more worth than other species. We're an animal too and just as much a part of the ecosystem - if the ecosystem collapses, so do we, no matter how much we'd like to deny it.
2. Batgirl
Batgirl doesn't interest me so much as Barbara Gordon. And then it's Barbara post Killing Joke. Not long after I saw Dark Knight and got into the whole Batman thing I read the blurb of Killing Joke on Wikipedia and immediately a story started forming in my head. In it Barbara was never Batgirl because she was maimed by the Joker at a much younger age. I could relate a bit because I doubt my knee will ever be 100% again, which will prevent me doing a lot of things I'd really love to. The Barbara I created was a budding ballet dancer and of course all that went down the drain when she was crippled - and of course, that's what the Joker wanted to happen. But the thing is, after a while in utter depression and darkness, she comes out of it, learns what she CAN do even though she's wheelchair bound and becomes this kick-arse young woman zooming around Gotham in a modified racing chair, able to defend herself with her Escrima skills and being a computer whizz who helps out Batman. I just admire it and it gives me a character to look up to. Admittedly, things are a bit easier for Babs because Bruce has set up a tidy trust fund for her, because he feels somewhat responsible for her predicament.
3. Intelligence
It really shits me that somehow being dumb has become cool. There is no excuse for being an idiot. In the western world every child has access to learning basic maths and language skills. If you can read and add up numbers, you can visit a library to learn the rest even if you don't go to school - and it's free! The lack of thinking causes so much uneccessary waste of resources.
4. Social-awareness
I'm not quite sure what that means. It's a phrase I've heard plenty of times, but I've never seen a definition. If anything I'd describe myself as more socially inept.
5. Childfree
I still maintain that I will have a child when I'm good and ready for one. And I'm quite aware that the likelihood is I'll never be ready. There are some nice things that go along with having kids - most which I can do with my nieces and nephews and friends kids, so I don't need my own. There are A LOT of reasons I can think of to not have kids though. From the fact that I don't know how to chage a nappy, kids are noisy and needy and smelly, Matt and I both agree that his genes probably shouldn't be passed on, to the big picture - having children just creates more rampant consumers in the world. Humans are biologically slow K breeders (like elephants, gorillas and whales) but due to our technology we've managed to multiply like R breeders (like rats and rabbits) and soon there won't be enough space and resources left for the other species sharing this planet. And as I've said earlier, even though many like to deny it, the fact still stands. If they ecosystem collapses, we go with it.
agent0fchaos.1. Your love of animals + birds
I've always been into animals and nature as long as I can remember. The way ecosystems and individual organisms work is amazing and fascinating. The fact that it all happened through billions of year of chance happenings and evolutionary pressures makes it more of a miracle to me that any supposed religious happening. I also can't stand people who think humans are inherently 'better' or of more worth than other species. We're an animal too and just as much a part of the ecosystem - if the ecosystem collapses, so do we, no matter how much we'd like to deny it.
2. Batgirl
Batgirl doesn't interest me so much as Barbara Gordon. And then it's Barbara post Killing Joke. Not long after I saw Dark Knight and got into the whole Batman thing I read the blurb of Killing Joke on Wikipedia and immediately a story started forming in my head. In it Barbara was never Batgirl because she was maimed by the Joker at a much younger age. I could relate a bit because I doubt my knee will ever be 100% again, which will prevent me doing a lot of things I'd really love to. The Barbara I created was a budding ballet dancer and of course all that went down the drain when she was crippled - and of course, that's what the Joker wanted to happen. But the thing is, after a while in utter depression and darkness, she comes out of it, learns what she CAN do even though she's wheelchair bound and becomes this kick-arse young woman zooming around Gotham in a modified racing chair, able to defend herself with her Escrima skills and being a computer whizz who helps out Batman. I just admire it and it gives me a character to look up to. Admittedly, things are a bit easier for Babs because Bruce has set up a tidy trust fund for her, because he feels somewhat responsible for her predicament.
3. Intelligence
It really shits me that somehow being dumb has become cool. There is no excuse for being an idiot. In the western world every child has access to learning basic maths and language skills. If you can read and add up numbers, you can visit a library to learn the rest even if you don't go to school - and it's free! The lack of thinking causes so much uneccessary waste of resources.
4. Social-awareness
I'm not quite sure what that means. It's a phrase I've heard plenty of times, but I've never seen a definition. If anything I'd describe myself as more socially inept.
5. Childfree
I still maintain that I will have a child when I'm good and ready for one. And I'm quite aware that the likelihood is I'll never be ready. There are some nice things that go along with having kids - most which I can do with my nieces and nephews and friends kids, so I don't need my own. There are A LOT of reasons I can think of to not have kids though. From the fact that I don't know how to chage a nappy, kids are noisy and needy and smelly, Matt and I both agree that his genes probably shouldn't be passed on, to the big picture - having children just creates more rampant consumers in the world. Humans are biologically slow K breeders (like elephants, gorillas and whales) but due to our technology we've managed to multiply like R breeders (like rats and rabbits) and soon there won't be enough space and resources left for the other species sharing this planet. And as I've said earlier, even though many like to deny it, the fact still stands. If they ecosystem collapses, we go with it.
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