travis' brain dump

So I was browsing around the internet and saw an article titled ‘ avatar blues ‘ on cnn. Since the Na’vi are blue it intrigued me to find out what this article could be about. Nothing could prepare me for what I was about to read. Evidently, the weak minded are at it again in their complete failure to grasp reality and accept the life they have been given in this world. I personally blame parents for this.

An example to begin… there is a fan forum site “Avatar Forums” and one of the topics is “Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible” and it has received thousands of posts from people experiencing depression and other people trying to help them cope. Really!? Seriously!? This topic became so popular that admins had to create a second thread so people could continue to post.

Be prepared, I couldn’t make stuff up this rich to save my life (or end it, LOL):

“That’s all I have been doing as of late, searching the Internet for more info about ‘Avatar.’ I guess that helps. It’s so hard  I can’t force myself to think that it’s just a movie, and to get over it, that living like the Na’vi will never happen. I think I need a rebound movie” – Elequin

“Ever since I went to see ‘Avatar’ I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na’vi made me want to be one of them. I can’t stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all the tears and shivers I got from it. I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in ‘Avatar.’” – Mike

“When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed … gray. It was like my whole life, everything I’ve done and worked for, lost its meaning. It just seems so … meaningless. I still don’t really see any reason to keep … doing things at all. I live in a dying world.” – Eltu (Ivar Hill) (17)

“Once can say my depression was twofold: I was depressed because I really wanted to live in Pandora, which seemed like such a perfect place, but I was also depressed and disgusted with the sight of our world, what we have done to Earth. I so much wanted to escape reality.” – Eltu (Ivar Hill) (17)

You have got to be kidding me… It’s like Emo Hippy Tree Huggers from Hell who have lost the will to live because of a movie have been unleashed on our world!? ROFLMAO! Quite honestly I think these people are a prime example of individuals who need to seek therapy. Actually, they don’t need therapy, they just need a good slap across the head and a dose of reality.

*THIS* is what our world is turning into. A bunch of whipped individuals who don’t have the will to live because their parents were too soft on them and didn’t prepare them for the world outside their little bubble. *THIS* is the result of philosophies of “Everyone is a winner”, lack of discipline in the home, lack of proper family structure and the readiness to throw medication at a child whenever they exhibit behavior that isn’t up to par.

 To quote Chris, “Dear Diary, Current Mood: apathetic. My life sucks. Diary, sometimes you’re the only one that ever gets me.” ROFLMAO!

Seriously, if you want to be disgusted with the world you live in that is one thing. But instead of acting out, begging for attention and feeling that there is nothing you can do because that’s what you’ve been indoctrinated with in your life, take some time to realize that resolving these issues starts with *YOU*. Suck it up, drop the Emo “everything is soooo…. Gray” attitude and learn to start helping fix the issues at hand.

For the record: Discipline in the home does not mean beating your kids down, but it does mean actually doing something to keep your kids in line and teach them about actions, consequences and responsibility. Seriously, it’s OK to smack your kids on the rear end when they’ve earned it. Complete and total failure to give them solid structure turns them into this. If you don’t believe me, just wait a few years and you’ll see the results. Of course by then it’ll be too late and you might as well just start your own Emo blog. 🙂