Twitch

So, I don't know how nerdy you are. If you are even a tad nerdy, like in a video game kinda way, and have some idea of what is happening on the internets or a little bit into pokémon, you probably know that there's this thing called 'twitch' and thousands of people around the world are playing the same game of pokémon!

They successfully beat pokémon red version together and are now trying pokémon crystal. I played for a little bit yesterday, but I was a little annoyed. I was asking 'how do we ever get things done??' and if I didn't explain this it'd be confusing. So, there is one game and /everyone/ i controlling it. There are two modes 'anarchy' and 'democracy'. In 'anarchy' literally every input is completed, leading to . . . anarchy. lol. This is mostly because there are people trying to be counter-productive. In democracy mode every 15-45 seconds the game will take a poll for what the next move(s) should be. However, if it is a tie the poll starts over. So, there can often be many ties and nothing happening, especially since it is hard with the lag to input the same multi-move command. So either way, if there are a number of people controlling it, with varying opinions, the results are less than optimal.

I was thinking about this briefly:

Life is like "TwitchPlaysPokemon".

I mean that in that, there is a reason, a purpose, or at the very least goals for your life. However, it gets difficult to accomplish these things when there are so many people trying to have input into what you do. In addition to what you think you should do are friends and family. With just them you may be better off. However, there are also the trolls and those who want to hurt you, make you fail, disorient you.

This becomes even more severe when you realize the multitude of people and the messages in the world that are trying to persuade you this way or that. How could you ever follow a single path when what is cool is constantly changing, when the culture tells you to pursue one thing when your family, friends, and God tell you otherwise?

I have also thought extensively about what 'Frozen' is really saying, but that is for later.

Ttyl.

D.Fa