Scootareader's Random Facts About His Life · 7:09pm Sep 28th, 2014
So, there I was, sitting at my work computer, when I suddenly realized, FIMFiction needs to know who I am! And how better to know who I am than through random facts about me?
Random Scootareader facts ho!
Fuck CGI. Seriously. I don't like seeing balloon people and objects in all my shows now. It's an art style, just like traditional animation and flash, but holy Celestia, really? A Winnie the Pooh reboot is the last non-CGI animated movie from Disney, made in 2011; before that was The Princess and the Frog, in 2009. What the hell is happening to our animated movies? 
I like CGI, don't get me wrong, but not when it's the only thing I see all the time. I get that it's easier to work with than hand-drawn shit, but there's really nothing worth the effort anymore? Flash is at least a meeting in the middle kind of animation style.
I saw a Mormon bicycling by on my walk to work a few days ago. Thank goodness I'd bought a coffee that morning.
I am repetitively about 30 minutes late on hourly checks thanks to FIMFiction at work. I'd have to estimate that I spend 7/8 of my day on this site. I think I might eventually get the attention of Human Resources with how much I do on this site on a work computer during working hours.
I just bought Hyrule Warriors on Friday. I pre-ordered it 2 days before that. I got to play it last night with my roommate. It's wonderful.
On Thursday, I bought Cave Story+. I have not regretted spending that $10 one tiny bit yet.
I love retro games greatly. A couple days ago, I bought Banjo-Kazooie for the Nintendo 64 and The Animaniacs Game Pack (which contains the illustrious Belchinator Too) for Windows 95. They just don't make current games that scratch that itch that the games I played as a kid do. Maybe I revel in nostalgia too much.
The Foal Free Press is probably the greatest site idea I'll see for a long time to come. I am excitedly anticipating whatever juicy rumors they manage to scrounge up.
I believe in free speech and all very strongly, but... I sometimes wish we could censor some people. I'm sure that some people feel the same way about me, though.
Social justice is not inherently a bad concept. Neither are those who fight for our rights--the literal social justice warriors. We need a more accurate term for those who abuse it, like "social justice bigots." That would be a great way to talk about them in code, too... "Hey guys, I love talking about BJSs." "Why did you put two S's together? Are you that retarded with the English language?" "No, it's an anagram. Reverse it." "So you mean SJBs. Or sSJB, technically. Damn, you're stupid."
Alternatively, we could agree that Social Justice Warrior has a codename of Super Jehovah's Witness or something. That could get around censorship and let us bash on Jehovah's Witnesses while simultaneously being able to discuss Gamergate without fear of repercussion.
I am a Mormon/Atheist/Pastafarian. I am baptized Mormon and still talk to the missionaries whenever they knock on my door and say, "Hey, we heard you're an inactive member of the church," but I don't ascribe to a higher power in the traditional sense, choosing instead to do it for, I guess, a sort of purity of self. Maybe that's not the right way to explain it. I believe in selflessness as taught by the less bothersome religions, but I don't believe in doing it for a higher power; thus, I desire to perform acts of good because I like making others happy, not because I want to please some deity who gets off on me suffering in his name.
Also, I'm Pastafarian because it explains a handful of questions that can't be answered by Mormons or Atheism, such as gravity. Spaghetti with meatballs is also my second-favorite meal choice. That's worthy of worship.
My roommate smokes entirely too much pot. When he initially moved in, it was to get away from everything he'd been involved in prior to his moving in with me; after he got employed for a while, his job basically screwed him over, and he started smoking pot basically every single hour, and when he isn't smoking pot, he's sleeping or smoking a cigarette instead. I worry about him greatly, since he never learned anything from taking meth and has told me that, presented with the opportunity, he may take it up again.
I also haven't seen him since I got up for work yesterday. His bed is in my room. I'd definitely say that worries me.
I wrote about 500 words yesterday. It has been about a month and a half since I released anything to read. I just can't seem to work up the motivation to put story words on paper; the 500 words yesterday is definitely a positive step, though.
I get to see my girlfriend again around Christmas; around March or May or some spring month that starts with M, she's moving up to Seattle and in with me. It's a good thing I'm not an active Mormon.
I'm currently watching a TV series called Metal Hurlant Chronicles. Before that was Dilbert. Before that was Penn & Teller: Bullshit! I would be keeping up on Adventure Time episodes, but I took to watching those with my girlfriend while she was visiting, so now it just doesn't feel right to watch them without her. 
I guess I'll have to wait till around Christmas.
What's with all the disrespect for Lauren Faust lately? I mean, what the fuck people? She created the entire thing that we know and love. I don't give a shit if she's on the team or not, her word still means something to me, and it means something to anyone whose life has been touched by her work. Show canon may take precedence over Faust canon, but have some fucking respect.
I've been watching the show since she was a part of it, and I remember how hard it hit the fandom when she had to leave. I knew plenty of bronies who left because she did. I know plenty of bronies who ought to leave because they don't recognize that she made a difference in my life and the lives of countless others.
This isn't even that whole "the show is degrading in quality" bullshit. I don't believe that. I just think that we should credit the fact that Lauren Faust is the person who created the ponies we know and love. The others who are shitting up what she established (you know, the writers) aren't doing it out of disrespect; they probably genuinely didn't know about what her ideas were, or what they wrote just seemed to make more sense to them. Why would you disrespect her by saying she's irrelevant?
Things don't get worse over time. We always perceive that they get worse over time, but there have been incredibly little marked declines in positives and incredibly little marked inclines in negatives. Police-related shootings have gone down, school shootings have gone down, and the quality of living in third-world countries has gone up. I guess the saying "bad things make good press" is relevant now more than ever.
I get the feeling that I'm a really big hypocrite when it comes to some things. I counsel others not to judge, yet I judge others myself; I am personally a pacifist, yet I encourage violence with justification; I get pissed off at others for not doing things, yet I'm too lazy to do those things in the first place. Maybe I'm just not cut out to be a good person. Maybe my hypocrisy is grounded in high ideals that I will never attain, yet always reach for. Either way, I hate myself when it comes to these things, and I wish I would just get better and practice what I preach.
I legitimately enjoy reading bad stories. That shiver that goes up my spine when I'm reading is something I look forward to. I read good stories sometimes, but the bulk of what I read is bad because I like it more. No offense to the good writers, but the bad writers are way funnier because their comedy is purely unintentional. Trying to be funny is like that kid in middle school who accidentally does something a little funny, so they keep doing it hoping someone will laugh at them again. In the case of stand-up comedy, maybe it works, maybe it doesn't--that's dependent on delivery, and comedy in writing is much the same. Unintentional comedy, on the other hoof, tends to always be funny to me because it's like seeing that dude trip and eat dirty shoe grit on the bus when the driver taps the brakes. You just can't really beat it.
Sometimes, I wish I was still as active in news as I used to be. I could be if I chose to, but there's just so much more that I have to do now. Having a job can be taxing on one's free time.
If you masturbated while reading this blog, you're a great friend. 
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If I remember right, you did something like a blog post recently about playing Cave Story again. Your blog post is probably actually the reason I bought it.
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I never said I was a guy.
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I identify as a "his;" that means little.
EDIT: Also, fuck. I don't even read my blog post titles.
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I don't read anything. Whenever I'm on this site, I cover my eyes.
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Here's another fact about Scootareader that he neglected to post in the above blog:
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Ah, it appears I'm going to have to defend myself.
I actually identify as agender, or neutrois. I don't find myself drawn toward male/masculine or female/feminine in any sense of either word group; I simply act as I am, not as I believe I should be one way or the other. Thus, I don't mind if others apply masculine or feminine pronouns to me; I will respond to either. The only reason I refer to myself as a "him" instead of an "it" is likely out of force of habit; I am physically a male, therefore it would stand to reason that you apply masculine pronouns to me. It's more convenient for the world at large.
Depending on where you interact with me, I will also roleplay as a female. I do both male and female roleplay interchangeably and don't mind what pronoun people call me as. If asked, I'll clarify that yes, I am physically a male, and most just draw their own conclusion that I identify as male. It's a lot easier than snubbing my nose and saying, "I'm actually agender. Please refer to me as an 'it.'"
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Oh, I wasn't asking/expecting you to defend/explain yourself. I kinda gathered from what you said before that this was the case. My position is simply to take people as I find them.
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If you'd been calling me out on bullshit, I'd like to imagine that I would be more agreeable in such a thing. 
Yeah, I guess even referring to myself in the masculine sense can tend to make things seem a little shady.
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It's whatever works for you.
Pastafarian Heaven: Ale, Beer, Wine, Parties and a stripper factory
Pastafarian Hell: (STALE)Ale, Beer, Wine, Parties and STD hookers
I don't see much of a difference also what defines a Mormon (Latter-Day Saint) from a Christian if you don't mind me asking
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Namely, the Latter-Day Saint believes in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. These are followed by no other religious group in the world.
These three books establish a lot of canon that isn't in the Bible. This results in a lot of differences in the concrete beliefs and rituals that Latter-Day Saints perform that are starkly different than Christians.
Things like:
-The godhead is a single being--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are a united entity, and the three function as different limbs of the same being, basically.
-There are actually three degrees to Heaven and no Hell (they refer to it as Outer Darkness); after all, some people are more righteous than others, but God loves you and never wants you to suffer
-There are modern-day Prophets who bring us revelation from God to this very day; the current Prophet is Thomas S. Monson, who gives speeches at the semi-annual General Conference
-Isrealites lived in the Americas
-After death, someone can be baptized in your place for your own sanctification; they refer to it as baptisms for the dead
That's just a few quick ones that I thought of off the top of my head. I was pretty active for a little over a year, but I've tapered off more recently. I work Sundays, and my job is crucial for hospitals to have quality of service, so I can't exactly escape to church.
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so the Mormons are a religious group that believes in the unity of three beings and focus not only on the bible but its behind the scenes and also dead baptisms.................................................and you can't leave why?
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Excommunication is an option, and they likely would excommunicate me if I told them I was pro-pre-marital sex, but I see no reason to care at this point in time.
I didn't ask to leave, silly.
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I have no retort for this.....that's just funny
Hmm, nah.
That entire section on Faust and the show... yes. So much yes.
There are certainly differences in how things were done when she was on board running things, but I still enjoy it. You've basically just put my entire opinion of the matter into a nice little package. Take one of these:
Also, your point on how much time you spend on it at work, pretty much the same here, but for classes. Good thing I'm smart enough to sit in the back.
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According to Faust, ponies age like real horses. According to For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils, it has been established (as far as we can tell) that ponies age as humans do. Most bronies don't even realize that Faust had made any statement that wasn't "humans are the basis of ponies."
It pisses me off, personally, that we feel so self-important that we would immediately assume that other intelligent beings must age like us. Faust said they were being self-important douches. The show stroked their egos.
As much as it angers me, though, facts are facts.
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Now I'm genuinely curious. What time did you come on board the pony train?
2491343 I came aboard during March-ish (can't remember when exactly) 2013. A friend of mine from Sweden had linked me a few pony memes and I gave him a bit of teasing for liking the show - nothing too serious, but just a bit of needling on how a man who loved a lot of crazy military stuff got into ponies. Eventually, he bet me that if I were to sit down and watch it objectively, I'd enjoy it. So, I sat down and watched the two-part premier... and then the third episode... and then the fourth... and suddenly, I'd finished season one and was onto season two.
I just don't know what went wrong!~
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I started in September of 2011.
You came in pretty late for having views on Faust similar to mine.
2491399 I just try to enjoy the show. I don't really get too much into the whole 'it changed so it sucks' thing. Sure, there's some things that I just don't freaking understand and make me want to bash my head against the wall (seriously, another episode where we tell Spike he's not worthless?! Can we move on and get the poor kid some character development? He's a cool dragon!).
You started watching around the time I started writing fanfiction lol. God, I was awful those days. Still am kinda meh, but all I can do is try to improve. Though, I shouldn't knock my beginnings too much, or I'd never have met the aforementioned Swede and have never given the show a chance.
Crazy how that works.
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Well, from the standpoint of someone who watched the show from before Faust left and has continued to keep on it since well after Faust left, I can say that what Faust started is continuing in its current iteration. I'm glad it's the way that it is, but I still respect Lauren Faust's word over that of any of the writers. That's my personal feelings on the matter.
2491434 I can definitely see her influence in it, though with notable differences (ohai thurr, Flash Waifu Stealer). But, for me, as long as they at least try to keep true to her vision for the show, I have no problem watching.
And yeah, Faust > Current writers. Nonbelievers can send their hate-mail anytime
2491434 I should also add that I'm doing my very best to be a good internet denizen and not discuss religion... I dealt with it for 12 years of Catholic schooling and now I'm in full "Who gives a shit" mode lol
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Well, Lauren Faust only wrote the first three episodes of the show--and not even all of episode 3. Everything else has been written by others. The list is over here.
Lauren Faust was mostly an advisor through seasons 1 and 2, and a few of her ideas have been changed by Hasbro or the writers for various reasons. One that I can find the source for is that Cadance was supposed to be a pegasus. I'm fairly certain that everything that seemed like a toy decision was something that she wouldn't be very happy about.
2491521 I can definitely see why the toy thing would be an issue. As for Cadence, I like CvBrony's headcanon in Rites to explain her. But that's mainly because he wrote that so damn well.
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In that light, I feel like they were at least trying to honor Faust canon and not just shit all over her idea of two immortal alicorns.
It was established in Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell that Cadance was, in fact, born a pegasus and was changed to a princess at a later time.
2491561 I still need to read that - so no spoilers!
And it is nice to see that they have enough respect to keep some of her vision alive.
Let me guess: you don't worship you're favorite food because it's human flesh and you are so dissapointed in humanity you can't bring yourself to worship anything related to it, besides for their food because spaghetti with meatballs is just that good.
I like reading bad fics because they make me feel better about myself. It reminds me that I may not be the best writer on this site, but I'm definitely not the worst.
Also, you should try Banjo-Tooie next.
I also miss the old animation. I like CGI, but as a person who wants to be an animator, I would prefer the old fashion hand-drawn stuff.
And Foal Free Press, where have you been my whole life?!
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Agener, uh? I think maybe I be like that too, or something similar, I don't know. I'm still trying to understand my mind. I think I've never refer myself as a she or he on this site, at least not that I remember.
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Actually, cow flesh, grain flesh jerky, and corn genitals are my favorite meal.
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Ah, I own Banjo-Tooie already. My brother didn't get the first game for some reason.
No Nuts & Bolts in this household, though. I have respect for game characters and myself.
Actually, the latter is debatable. I definitely respect game characters, though.
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It's not that I have any kind of sentimentality invested in the other users on this site. I just think it's fun to read about people being people. It's not exactly hearsay, like in high, and it isn't bullshit by the shovelful, like in the media. It's real humans making human errors, and I like to see that kind of thing. It reminds me that I'm not perfect, and who I would become if I was like them.
Maybe I'm picking the wrong words to express this.
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To address all three of your points, yes.
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Day by day, if I become the subject of ridicule, I'm totally cool with that. I don't take my life on the internet seriously, seeing as no one here knows me or should expect to know me, and anyone who talks to me isn't considering me on a deep, personal level. That's mostly my sentiments IRL, too. Holy shit, I think I've had this conversation before. 
I don't worry over what other users think of me.
Basically, I'm just a punching bag if people need it, or a shoulder to cry on, a friend to talk to, a voice of adversity in a group of head-nodders... you know, the guy that makes stuff fun or interesting.
I'm not all that smart, nor am I all that wise, and my daily interactions further prove that neither am I very smart, nor am I very wise. I'm okay with that; I still enjoy being alive and doing what I do. 
I have simple desires, you could say.
2494077 Well, make sure not to judge those big media news stories about people being flamed online, because while you've probably had a couple people online completely shit on you, I strongly doubt you've had thousands constantly bugging you and hacking your accounts.
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True enough. If they were to invade my devices, I'd probably be pretty miserable. I relish in my relative anonymity and hope I stay as such for a long time to come.
I have a lot of trouble handling stress, so if I let myself be stressed out by stuff like other users insulting me or attacking me, I'm going to end up in a lot of trouble. I'm better off pretending I'm someone I'm not at that point.
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When I was stuck at Job Corps. I was put into leadership because they saw my potential as a leader. I was charismatic enough, I guess.
I don't think I ever let my power go to my head. As far as general opinion of me went, it seems like I was considered really laid-back, which worked great for my roommates--basically, don't make me do paperwork and I'll turn the other cheek on certain things that are considered against the rules. Don't think you're privileged and I'll give you privileges, I guess.
Probably why I also never attained any higher leadership; I wasn't enough of a hard-ass to fall under their consideration. I like to think that, had I told them I was interested, they would have "promoted" me... but I told them I didn't want it. Maybe it was fear of the increased authority changing who I am. Maybe it was the lack of desire for increased attention (I was already getting more than I wanted where I was). Doesn't matter now. I told them I wasn't interested in moving up. I liked where I was.
Had another leadership position elsewhere as well. Likewise wasn't interested in moving up there. I took the position because I liked helping others, especially newbies, and that was what my leadership position let me do. I didn't want the authority. I guess I still don't. I like a little power, enough to let other people control their own lives and only use my authority when they are being stupid. If I get more power than that, I can't be certain I'd wield it as efficiently as I wield a little power.
Just a wall of text? No pictures? Sorry Scootareader, but...
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I'm sorry, I couldn't afford pictures in this blog.
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Then just do what I do: steal them!