Does Star Trek ever really win? #OldStarWarsGrudge
In terms of space cuties, yes.
Chances are the absolutely unique shape of the Star Trek logo is trademarked / copywritten. So that exact shape is protected; but a generic arrow is up for grabs.
File Under: Dumb stuff I know because making comics has required extensive copyright law study. . .
I don’t spend much time on social media not looking at tiddies. It’s a seven month old debate apparently. Not really worth rehashing now that I did the searching:
Military aesthetic has a tendency to inform pop culture, see also - Jin-Roh, Killzone, and Starship Troopers movie. That’s not even getting into the whole bizarre Nazi uniform fetishization lane of anime and manga, that long predates the current administration and social climate.
It takes so much effort to be approachable in this world. “Good deeds”, especially executed by me to strangers can be a beautiful feeling, whether it’s giving the less fortunate money or food. However, I’ve been finding it pretty exhausting and no longer with meaning, because I’ve come to accept and placed boundaries on most people, because they won’t care about you in return and there will have people that will prey on you and what you can do for them.
To revolve around the lives of others to justify my own existence seemed to have been a backwards way of living. Spending my life being a servant to others was a weight to carry and I didn’t want to be perceived as selfish. The same applies to the contribution of society. I guess selfishness is a part of our nature that can’t be wiped away. It always felt so very convenient, which I’ve never liked.
I suppose that holding those that are precious to you, that sort of selflessness would be more valid for me to pursue, giving my heart to someone.
It’s easy in America for society to mistake kindness for weakness. There can also be a dangerous line of kindness becoming transactional, which is something I grew up in my family. Fortunately, at a certain point years ago I finally noticed the pattern and put a stop to it.
Give freely because you want to, and expect nothing in return.
Having said that, lately I’ve been working on a renewed instructional course for kids who may be interested in cartooning or illustration, because a lot of what I’ve learned through the years I had to learn the hard way. If I can inspire some hope, and knock down the barriers I encountered through the years - I’ll feel better for it.
Especially since it feels to me that there is no community for it in my city. Any “community” are affluent suburbanites capitalizing on the limited opportunities here, gatekeeping like a motherfXker, and retreating back to their suburbs with the spoils. It makes some sense, since more affluent persons are afforded more opportunities to dabble in creative pursuits. The trouble is - not everyone with a creative impulse has the good fortune to win the birth lottery and be born to moneyed parentage.
I’m compiling every bit of data I can to demonstrate to hopefuls that they don’t need to go $150k into debt to make it, and that investing that money into a solid Plan B that will have a solid return on investment is the better bet.
Giving in ways that have meaning to you may be a better focus than the sort of abstract, “Volunteer at a soup kitchen” stuff that we see a lot of. If you have a skill, share it. Especially if you’re in an area where there’s not a whole hell of a lot of hope.
Only if you count a bicycle as a vehicle (I personally do, as does the state, but I know many who do not.)
I don’t have one because my state ID does everything a drivers license does short of letting me drive a car I don’t own because I live in a city and don’t need one for my day to day life so I don’t want the cash expense of owning one.