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Roweidekhalicon
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[2011-06-02 23:14:56 +0000 UTC]
"Meh"
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
Favourites: 70; Deviations: 32; Watchers: 58
Watching: 107; Pageviews: 11541; Comments Made: 3895; Friends: 107
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Banksy, Luis Royo, Anton Pieck, ...Favorite bands / musical artists: Lots
Favorite books: Anna Karenina, Little Women, Lord of the Rings, Thorgal (comic),...
Favorite writers: Jane Austen, H.P. Lovecraft, Oscar Wilde, Terry Pratchett, many more
Favorite games: The Elder scrolls series, Dragon Age series, Anachronox, Syberia, Fallout series, VTM: Bloodlines
Favorite gaming platform: PC
Tools of the Trade: Pencil
Other Interests: Everything!
# About me
I like drawing and I would like to get better at it. I'm not an artist, I joined mainly to look at other people's art and to submit things when I feel brave enough : )Current Residence: Belgium
Favourite genre of music: All?
# Comments
Comments: 1309
Happy birthday! Hope you've had an awesome day and that the rest of your year is fantastic!
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And as usual, I type a long response while the forum thread is being closed.
Here is what I was going to say in response to your last post:
Unless you are being manipulated by brain control technology, then yes, you are responsible for liking what you like, even if the preference has an unconscious or genetic origin.
What I mean about justification not being required is that hate, as a genuine emotional response, is not a logical thought process based on analysis of empirical data. It is a neuro-chemical reaction. Demanding that people defend their hatred with logic is counter productive and, in my mind, counter intuitive. You can be asked to defend a specific belief. Example, I hate X because I believe Y. Perhaps Y is an erroneous belief. But if Y is factually true, you cannot objectively say that "reason Y is not justification for hating X". You cannot justify emotional reactions.
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Ah, thanks for getting back to me, because I really wanted to know what you meant!
That makes perfect sense of course. I was wondering how it related to your quote, but it may not? As the exact same thing can be said about liking things. It's not usually a rational thing (though people try to rationalize both their likes and dislikes usually).
I suppose in a decent discussion, asking someone why they hate something may at least help them think about it and see that their hate is unfounded. That could then help them to stop hating and feel more neutral about whatever it is they hated. (not common, but I've seen it happen)
Thanks!
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Asking why someone hates something is a great idea, I agree. Asking them to justify it, or worse, telling them they have no justification is not a good idea.
It is a good discussion to have. Too bad the OP was flaky.
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Ah, true!
Ah well, I don't usually expect interesting conversation on the dA forums
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whhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tthhhhhaaaaannnnnnkyou.
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Thank you so much for the donation and the llama! It is greatly appreciated. ^-^
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Thank you so much for the donation! It really means a lot! I did mention on my page if you give at least ten points you get a llama, so I gave you a llama. :3
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Ah, thanks!
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You're welcome. :3
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thank you so much for the 
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That icon looks like you're annoyed that everyone's saying "thanks!" "thanks!" "thanks for the pooooints!" but then i hovered over it and it said "I salute you!" xD
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I'm never annoyed at people thanking me
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You're welcome
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Thank you for the donation! Much appreciated :3..
*Makes a journal for you*
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No problem 
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Happy Birthday! 
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Hey, I'd like to thank you for the points. Much appreciated.
Also, I like how you draw your art with a graphite pencil. So realistic.
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thank you so much for the points, it means so much to me
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I love your art! C:
't Is schattig C:
M'n favoriet is 'Nightmares'
En btw je avatar wat is het, ik kan het niet ziieeen!
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Bedankt!
Mijn avatar? Wat er gebeurd wanneer je 's nachts in de regen foto's neemt van lantaarnpalen, door het raam van een auto. 
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Hahaha serieus
Nee, ik denk niet dat ik dat eruit had gehaald
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You're welcome. Such cute drawings!
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You're welcome. You have a nice gallery.
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Why thank ya, although I barely posted anything and am new to digital stuff XD
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You're welcome! Mooie tekeningen!
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