I've changed entirely from when I used to post on the forums. I've matured vastly. My views on lots of things are entirely different. I am an entirely different person than I was when I posted all but the last couple forums posts. Not to mention mood swings and stress have caused me to snap, argue, and generally act dumb.
To be blunt: I wasn't the brightest nor the most mature 14-and-under-year-old and honestly should never have been given permission to make an Enjin account -- or play online games in general -- as young and immature as I was. Please just keep this in mind when reading my posts and ANYTHING I have said prior to making this post. They are NOT an accurate representation of my opinions, thoughts, attitude, emotions, or personality anymore.
I am turning over a new leaf starting today, and acting much more like I do IRL and who I truly am.
Facebook Won’t Stop Dangerous Anti-Vaccine Hoaxes From Spreading
Fake news is bad enough, but pages claiming vaccines harm children is outright dangerous—and the company is doing nothing to stop them.
"Facebook puts anti-vaccine groups at the top of many vaccine-related searches on the platform, another failure of the world’s largest social media network to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform.
As Facebook grapples with how to handle hoaxes on its platform, the site still remains a hub for conspiracy theories about how vaccines cause autism or other diseases.
Facebook groups and pages devoted to promoting vaccine skepticism rank at the top of Facebook searches for vaccination-related terms like “vaccines,” helping those groups spread false claims that vaccines cause autism and the like.
The top results for vaccine information on Facebook, for example, returned “anti-vaxx” groups with names like “United Against Vaccines,” Vaccines Injury Stories,” “Vaccines Exposed,” and pages related to opposing mandatory vaccination rules.
The groups and pages push a hard line against vaccinations, often paired with pictures of babies and needles. The groups often include memes claiming that doctors don’t learn enough about vaccines in medical school to be trusted.
One Facebook page, “The Truth About Vaccines,” has more than 130,000 followers receiving posts with articles claiming, among other things, that children who don’t receive vaccines are healthier than those who do. The operator of another page, “Stop Mandatory Vaccination,” assured the page’s more than 110,000 followers in a post that they don’t need vaccinations."
It's depressing that groups like TACA, a leading autism support foundation, have been POLLUTED by anti-vaxxers like Jenny McCarthy. "TACA is frequently at odds with the scientific consensus about autism causes and treatments, with various spokespeople for the group having publicly indicated support for Andrew Wakefield, author of a FRAUDULENT research paper linking vaccines and autism, or advocating against mandatory vaccination."
There is a REASON that WAKEFIELD, WHOSE FAKE "RESEARCH" CLAIMING A LINK BETWEEN VACCINES AND AUTISM, had his MEDICAL LICENSE REVOKED. There is NO LINK between vaccines and autism. Wakefield's fake paper has resulted in DEATH. Choosing not to vaccinate PUTS INNOCENTS AT RISK...IT IS EFFECTIVELY MANSLAUGHTER AND AN ACT OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TO KNOWINGLY INCREASE THE RISK OF SPREADING DANGEROUS DISEASES THAT SHOULD BE EXTINCT BY CHOOSING NOT TO VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN.
Unless there is a SERIOUS MEDICAL REASON, such as severe allergic reaction, that your child(ren) can not/should not be vaccinated, you are OPENLY CHOOSING TO ENDANGER OTHERS' LIVES IF YOU *CHOOSE* NOT TO VACCINATE.
So I tried out Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, jumped into a Competitive match after winning a couple of 150cc Grand Prixs...and me, with the default 1000 competitive points, was matched up against loads of experienced-as-hell players that had OVER 8000 COMPETITIVE POINTS. I was completely destroyed, as expected, but somehow managed to get 9th due to a last-minute bullet bill. So here's the question, Nintendo: what the hell is up with your matchmaking? Does it even EXIST? I didn't pay for your $20 online multiplayer fee just to have to put up with your horrible matchmaking system.
So I was gonna keep my butt outta politics on Enjin (at least till I'm older) but I'm starting to get sick about people citing "the liberal media" and "the conservative media" on this godforsaken "forums website" (starting to turn into TWITTER for goodness sakes).
We get it, both of them are riddled with fake news and utter bullcrap. But I've just got one simple request: if you're gonna whine about FOX, whine about CNN too. And vice versa.
Take my word for it: I can't watch CNN for an hour without being disgusted by their bias, hypocrisy, and how they twist everything that comes out of a conservative's mouth. But after watching FOX for an hour, it becomes quite clear that they're doing the same thing from a conservative point of view vs a liberal one. (This applies to pretty much ANY biased news source, from Buzzfeed to NYT to InfoWars. I chose FOX and CNN in particular for this post because they're both very mainstream and very biased.)
TL;DR: All biased media sources lie. So shame them all, OK?
They're identical at a certain point, what separates Hitler's regime from Mao's really... not much at all. I believe the political spectrum is not a line, nor a compass, but it is a circle.
001. Real Name : Nope. Off to a great start!
002. Nickname[]: Whale & CQ are the big two.
003. Zodiac Sign : Armadillo. Get it? Because it's fake?
004. Male Or Female : Male
005. Elementary : Fun private school.
006. Middle School : Fun private school.
007. High School : More fun private school. Awesome teachers.
008. Hair Color : Not sure, really... It's dark.
009. Long Or Short : Long-ish for a guy but not even close to, like, surfer-level long.
010. Loud Or Quiet : Quiet. As. Heck.
011. Sweats Or Jeans : Jeans, 100%. It's even school uniform!
012. Phone Or Camera : Phone.
013. Health Freak : Nah, lots of metabolism (for now!).
014. Drink Or Smoke: Not now, not ever.
015. Do You Have A Crush On Someone: Not really tbh.
016. Political orientation: Pretty centrist.
017. Piercings: None, never will.
018. Tattoos: See directly above.
HAVE YOU EVER [BEEN IN]:
019. Airplane : Plenty of times.
020. Car Accident : Once as a kid.
021. Fist Fight : Fortunately, no. Not outside of the occasional scuffle w/ my brother.
FIRSTS:
022. First piercing: N/A.
023. First Best Friend : Not really sure, actually. Probs 1st grade-ish.
024. First Instrument played: Piano. Gave up a few years later
025. First award: Not sure, probs a participation award.
026. First Crush : Girl in 1st(?) grade. Probs my first best friend, actually.
027. First Language: English, my dudes.
028. First Big Vacation : Hawai'i at age 1. (maybe 2)
LASTS:
029. Last Person You Talked To : My dad.
030. Last Person You Texted : My dad.
031. Last Person You Watched : wat?
032. Last Food You Ate : Chili, just had it for dinner.
033. Last Movie You Watched : Avengers: Infinity War!
034. Last Song You listened To : IDK, but I'm a big fan of 80's/90's music.
035. Last Thing You Bought : Maybe some cookies? Not sure.
036. Last Person You Hugged : Not a clue. Not a big fan of hugging.
FAVES:
037. Food : Cheese.
038. Drinks : Root beer.
039. Clothing : Hoodies. Jeans are a close second.
040. Book : ehh something sci-fi
041. Colour: Green
042. Flower : Oxeye daisy
043: Music : Guardians of the Galaxy (1 and 2) playlists, Avicii, and TLT.
044. Movies : Star Wars is my favorite series, not sure if i have a fav movie.
045. Shoes : No preference, I've always worn Nike though.
046. Subjects : Science and math. Sorry, I'm a nerd! xD
IN THE PAST YEAR I ... :
047. [ ] Kissed In The Snow : I wish
048. [ ] Celebrated Halloween : Yep
049. [ ] Had Your Heart Broken : Nah
050. [ ] Went Over The Minutes On Your Cell Phone : Nah
051. [ ] Someone Questioned Your Sexual Orientation : No? That'd be odd.
052. [ ] Came Outta The Closet : I'm straight, so no.
053. [ ] Gotten Pregnant : LOL IM A GUY
054. [ ] Had An Abortion : See directly above.
055. [ ] Done Something You've Regretted : Definitely. Spouted lots of crap.
056. [ ] Broke A Promise : Most likely.
057. [ ] Kept A Secret : Ye.
058. [ ] Pretended To Be Happy : Yep.
059. [ ] Met Someone Who Changed Your Life : Definitely.
060. [ ] Pretended To Be Sick : I don't think so.
061. [ ] Left The Country : Yeah! Went to Canada.
062. [ ] Tried something you normally wouldn't like, and liked it. : Hugged.
063. [ ] Cried Over The Silliest Thing : Stress. Not *too* silly but hey.
064. [ ] Ran A Mile : I wish.
065. [ ] Went To The Beach : Yep! Not where I'm at though.
066. [ ] Stayed Single : Unfortunately, yes ;( no girlfriend yet.
CURRENTLY:
067. Eating : no
068. Drinking : no
069. Getting Ready To : present a thing
070. Listening To : my laptop overheating
071. Plans For Tomorrow/Today : sleep tonight, school tomorrow
072. Waiting For : SUMMER BREAAAAAAAAAK!
YOUR FUTURE:
073. Want Kids : No. I just feel like I'd be a bad parent.
074. Want To Get Married : Maybe. Haven't thought about it much as I've yet to even have a girlfriend.
075. Careers in mind : Engineering, especially computer/tech stuff.
WHICH IS BETTER ON A BOY/GIRL :
-- omitted, it's just weird --
HAVE YOU EVER:
083. Lost Glasses/Contacts : No. Without these glasses im next to blind.
084. Ran Away From Home : No.
085. Held A Weapon, For Self Defense : No.
086. Killed Somebody : Thankfully, no.
087. Broken Someone's Heart : Probably not.
088. Been Arrested : Nope, don't ever want to be.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
090. Yourself : I guess, yeah.
091. Miracles : Kinda.
092. Love At First Sight : Not really. Maybe just because I've yet to fall in love.
093. Heaven : Yes.
094. Santa Claus : DEFINITELY
096. Magic : Love magic tricks, but don't believe in real magic.
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is There One Person You Wanna Be With, Right Now : Not really. I kinda like being alone sometimes. Good chance to clear my mind and avoid socializing for a bit.
098. Are You Seriously Happy With Where You Are, In Life : I guess. There really isn't much I can do since I'm just a kid.
099. Do You Believe In God : Yes.
100. Post As 100 Truths And Tag five People:
I would but I only did this because i saw it on a friend's wall and figured "why not"
Gonna be trying to turn over a new leaf maturity-wise.
I've recently come to my senses and realized that my online presence has been a bit out of whack with how I act IRL (and, to be blunt, who I "really am") since I started playing multiplayer games, using Enjin, etc. when I was a mere 9 years old and knew of nothing of how to act maturely.
