Smite the Controversies by kasitl |  |
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NEOPIA CENTRAL- Eh, I thought I'd just add my two cents into all the controversies
that everyone is just so intent on arguing about. Personally, I think most of
the controversies are silly. I had a thought that perhaps I could help smite
some controversies, but knowing my luck I'll probably wind up starting more!
Please note that it may take me a while to get to the point of each argument,
but I get there eventually.
Meridell
"Oh no! Now that Darigan has won, all our pets will starve!" Personally,
I believe that claim to be a bunch of dung. Why? Meridell and Tyrannia are both
places that a rip in time has caused us to gain access too. Now, the time rip
to Tyrannia was discovered quite some time ago, and Tyrannia is a time long,
long before Meridell. Is food scare there? No. There is a food shop and apparently
some mysterious large creature that keeps laying quite gargantuous eggs that
keep breaking somehow. Since in prehistoric times the climate was much hotter
than it is now, that is how the egg can cook in the sun even though geographically
Tyrannia is too far north to have that kind of weather. (Eggs require a certain
temperature in order to cook.) Terror Mountain is proof of the time rip since
it is in the same geographical region but is frozen solid. Tyrannia is high
enough north to technically be in the areas of tundra and permafrost, yet it
has a climate similar to that of the equator. As far as I know, Neopia has always
been a fairly prosperous place, since long before the time rip to Meridell was
discovered. Before that, we had no prior knowledge of such a country, and yet
our pets had enough to eat. Therefor, I believe that our pets' futures are not
in any way threatened by the alleged "Destruction of Meridell that is fated
to come." (… Unless you live in Meridell, that is. Then, you have to pack your
furniture and move before Meridell gets blown up or rots or whatever.) However,
there is no concrete evidence that Meridell will in fact be destroyed. That
is only an inferred assumption that many of you have made. Who knows, maybe
once Darigan begins healing from the orb's power, he'll feel sympathetic for
Meridell's people and share the orb. … Hey, it could happen. They could be really
nice Neopians. We don't know for sure. Which leads me to my next topic:
"Oh, Darigan's people must be evil since they turned into mutants when
the orb was taken!" Again, this is something that we are not sure of all
the details about. Do we know exactly how a Neopet's genetics are made up? They
are quite mysterious creatures, after all. The situation of the Dariganians
reminds me of an episode of a science fiction series I enjoy. In the aforementioned
episode, there were creatures on a planet that depended on a sound to survive.
The sound was produced by a plant. When this plant got damaged by the Earthlings,
the sound that the plant produced was changed. The lack of the appropriate sound
made the aliens drop down in illness. It also caused the humans to be irritable
after prolonged exposure. Now, the humans couldn't hear the sound, so they didn't
know what was going on for a while. It could possibly be that the Dariganians
rely on a specific stimulus that the orb makes for health. Perhaps, due to prolonged
exposure to the supposed stimulus, they adapted into needing the stimulus and
the absence of the stimulus caused the process of DNA replication during cellular
mitosis to go wrong somewhere, resulting in the mutations they have undergone.
Or maybe the plants are what is dependent upon the stimulus from the orb for
proper development, and in the absence of the stimulus the plants produced a
chemical or something that, when absorbed by the body causes the aforementioned
errors in mitosis. Since this orb and the populations in question are from a
time frame we know nothing about, this could possibly be the case. I'm not trying
to say that this is a sure thing, but that is merely a hypothesis.
"Since food will be scarce, we should kill ugly or less popular pets for
food." Anyone who agrees with that statement is crazy. How would you feel
if someone killed and ate you just because you were ugly and there didn't happen
to be an omelette ready at the moment? (I know the writer of the article I was
referring to was joking, but still!) Also, no species of Neopet is ever
really ugly; beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Many people (myself included)
LIKE the way that Draiks, Krawks, and Tonus look. Personally, I happen to feel
that Draiks are much better-looking dragons than Scorchios are! Krawks look
awesome and Tonus are just as cute as (maybe cuter than) Poogles! Just because
these aren't as cute as Kacheeks are doesn't mean they are ugly or unworthy
of life at all! In fact, we NEED some pets that aren't so cute they could make
you vomit from the sickeningly-sweetness of their face! This adds a thing called
"variety." Perhaps you've heard of it. Also, if you detest a pet just because
it is not adorable, you are the one who deserves to be loathed because of you
shallowness. (Not a direct attack on the article this refers to, but a statement
of things that need to be said in general.)
Paint Brushes
"Ghost Paint Brushes kill your pet!" This is a silly accusation. Why
would they make a paint brush that kills your pet? It's a PAINT brush, NOT a
death brush. I'm sure you can repaint your pet to any color you desire after
painting your pet ghost. This must be the case, as you can go back to normal
from mutant and robot (I suppose). This goes the same for Rock, Glass, Gold,
Silver, Plushie, and Robot. They may look like artificial things but it is just
paint. For example, look at the Halloween and Christmas Zafara. The Halloween
one looks like a very realistic skeleton, but so does the guy that wanders around
theme parks in October that wears a bleeding grim reaper mask. It's just a costume.
And I did not see any controversy arise over the Christmas Zafara, as the angel
get up is a costume as well. A paint brush is exactly that: paint on a stick
with some kind of hair or synthetic fiber.
The Baby Paint Brush Okay, why anyone would want to paint their pet Baby,
I'll probably never understand, but I respect another person's decisions on
what they do to their pets, since I do not get told what to paint my pets nor
do I want to. I am not sure if this brush truly makes your pet younger or not.
I would suppose not, since it is called a paint brush, but as I said before;
we do not know how the pets are made up biologically. Either way, think about
your pet's personality and wishes before you paint it any color.
The Chia/Lupe Debate
Silly, silly, silly. This debate has been going on for ages, and it still is
going strong. I don't know why it started, but apparently someone said some
time ago that "Lupes eat Chias." I've seen people weigh the pros and cons of
each species; and the arguments are almost always biased. Now, seeing as I naturally
prefer wolves to jelly beans, I may be a bit biased as well, but at least I'm
clear-headed enough to say that this is frivolous argument only discussed for
the sake of arguing. (No offense intended by the jelly bean remark; it's just
that Chias look like jelly beans with hair to me.) From my conclusions, both
of the species in question, they are both generally sweet, loving creatures
that are loyal. There's no reason to fight over this. I mean, even though it
hurts when our cat or dog eats our hamster or bird, we can't really scold the
predatory animal for doing what God (or whatever creator/evolutionary theory
you believe in) intended for the animal to do. There is a thing called "instincts"
that animals have. What I'm surprised is that there aren't more cases of Grarrls,
Lupes, Aishas, Gelerts, Draiks, and other carnivores preying on Cybunnies, Usuls,
Ixi, and the like. But then again, THIS ISN'T THE REAL WORLD AND CHIAS AREN'T
REALLY GETTING EATEN BY LUPES SO YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR!
Chatspeak, Acronyms, and other Internet Etiquette Issues
*Sigh* You people like to fight over strange things. I agree with the notion
that chatspeak is stupid, though. I understand that some people use it to express
themselves, but do you really want to express yourself in such a moronic manner?
Really, it makes you sound like you are a preppie fourteen-year-old when you
use it. You may think you're being "original" by using chatspeak, but guess
what? Unless you are the person who made up, you're not. You're just being a
fad-hopper. If you want to express yourself and be unique, why not develop a
unique writing style? After all, some of the most well known writers developed
their own style, and that's but one of the reasons why they are so memorable.
But, you have the right to use chatspeak however much you so desire. Many people
will avoid you like the plague, but you can use it. I'm just glad that I don't
have to grade your homework.
Also, I've seen several other articles that mistake acronyms (lol, brb, etceteras)
for chatspeak. This is not chatspeak. An acronym is a "word" that is comprised
of the first letter of consecutive words in a name or phrase, and, in some to
most cases, acceptable in formal or semi-formal writing. Chatspeak is the butchering
of words such as "elite" to "l33t," "anyone" to "ne1", and so on.
How come some of you people don't even use at least minimal punctuation? It
is incredibly difficult to read several run-on sentences that are smashed together
with no beginning or end. Hey, this is the Internet, bad grammar and spelling
are forgivable, but still! No one is asking you to write a formal college-level
essay, but can you at least end your sentences in a period?! Heh, once someone
sent me a hate mail but since there was no punctuation, it was easily misinterpreted
as a cry for a chat. Please please PLEASE punctuate!
Well, that about sums up my odd little article. I can't think of anything else
to rant about. Hmmm… I wonder if Meridell is going to turn into Jelly World
now that the orb is gone? That would be a bit unusual.
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