hot take: the capitalist cultural construction of “humans are naturally greedy and self-centered” is just an attenuated version of the feudal christian construction of “humans are inherently sinful”; both are designed to make people internalize cultural problems and externalize morality.
wait, what was that? creepy men are saying rape culture is natural? white ethno-nationalists are saying humans naturally organize into ethnic identity groups hostile to those unlike them? abled people are saying that humans naturally ‘abandon the weak to die’? what could it all possibly mean?
the whole “i used to be a teen who hated authority only to grow up to become the authority that hates teens” is a bad bad thing that practically every other generation has fallen into and we all need to make an extremely conscious effort not to repeat the fucking pattern
Studies have shown that the shift starts to happen around age 30. If you’re close to that, make a conscious effort to be open to and accepting of younger people. I’m 31 and paying close attention to how I react to young people and new trends and shit and trying to keep myself from developing those thought patterns.
im playin breath of the wild and checking out the newer DLC and one of the pieces of DLC equipment i could look for was on Satori Mountain, which was presumably named after the Satoru Iwata. on the mountain, there’s a beautiful pond with a single cherry blossom tree. it’s genuinely one of the most peaceful places in the game
i was getting all emotional because, of course, i miss Iwata. we all do.
so i plucked the chest outta the ground (buried in front of the tree), and it came back down, rolled into me, and smacked me in the face, which kind of snapped me out of the legit-i-almost-started-crying state of mind i was in.
it reminded me that Iwata, while we should respect him and honor what he gave to us while he was alive, will always want us to have fun. that was his goal in life, and i took that chest smacking me in the face as Iwata telling me “c’mon, buddy, buck up. there’s a beautiful, expansive world waiting for you to explore. dont waste your time crying here!”
i miss Iwata, and i think the best way to honor his legacy is to be happy and have fun with what he left us.
