#Isaiah's thoughts

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On Contamination By Ideas

Let's set aside, for the moment, the issue of giving JKR monetary encouragement in her bigotry. I consider that question settled: anyone who's decided to pay for Hogwarts Legacy has made a bad choice. That's not the issue I'm addressing here, so let's say someone has pirated it.

Hogwarts Legacy has harmful ideas in it. Hogwarts Legacy has many, very harmful ideas in it.

From the slaves that want to be slaves to the people who just want equal rights and also their shofar back but for some reason go about this by kidnapping innocents, HL is full of terrible ideas.

People are going to play this game.

Even if they didn't, frankly, they would still be exposed to harmful ideas from some other source. There is no way to avoid harmful ideas.

"We should at least avoid what we can!" some people say, and this is an understandable argument.

But consider: better than trying to avoid contact with harmful ideas is learning to think critically about them when, inevitably, you encounter them. Since harmful ideas can't be entirely avoided, wouldn't it be nice to practice recognizing them as harmful so they can't dig their way into your subconscious while you're not looking?

People are going to play Hogwarts Legacy.

People are going to read Lovecraft.

People are going to read the Christian bible.

People are going to enjoy media that contains harmful ideas. If there is any media that is completely free of harmful ideas, I have yet to encounter it!

Critical thinking is the salvation of decent people here. We have to be able to spot the poison so we don't internalize it, otherwise our only two choices are "consume media uncritically" and "consume no media at all." Rather than pushing people towards option two, it seems more useful to encourage critical engagement with whatever media a person wants to enjoy.

People are going to enjoy media that contains harmful ideas.

It doesn't have to taint their worldview.

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Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[perfectfeelings]

Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[thoughtkick]

Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[quotefeeling]

Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[molotovgrifter]

these pics are so funny to me because pj did not get the memo. he even threw in the surfs up but still did not point. "hey lets all point and not tell pj." sick fucks. lmfao.

[wiirocku]

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV) - “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

[perfectquote]

Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[thehopefulquotes]

Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[duusheen]

expendable

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Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[r26yz]

its been a while since i made some fankids, this was fun :D

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Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[surqrised]

Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel

[thebramblewood]

Helena, you just had to go and make it even more awkward at the end, didn't you?

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Helena: Ulrike?

Ulrike: Shit! I mean, hey. You are here. It's so fucking dark I thought maybe you'd already cleared out.

Helena: What are you doing here?

Ulrike: Well, I do still live here. Technically. I texted you Monday about coming to pack up the rest of my stuff.

Helena: Sorry, I haven't really... Wait, what's today?

Ulrike: Thursday. That must've been one hell of a party if you're still recovering. Helena, are you okay? You look like hell, and that voicemail... Hold on, are those my splatter tarps? No offense, but this looks insane.

Helena: [defensive] I have a migraine. It's called improvisation.

Ulrike: A migraine? I've never known you to-

Helena: I don't want to talk about it.

Ulrike: Fine. Let's get this over with. We've got a moving truck outside.

Helena: We?

Ulrike: Well, I figured you'd already be gone, so I called in reinforcements...

Isaiah: 'Sup, H.

Ange: The brawn has arrived.

Isaiah: Sorry to bust in on you, but we were promised food in exchange for our labor. We're just doing as we're told.

Ange: On that note, any leftovers you need help getting rid of?

Ulrike: I meant I'd buy you a pizza afterward, dummies, not that you could raid the fridge upon arrival.

Isaiah: But we're hungry now!

Ange: And we need our strength!

Helena: [sighs resignedly] It's okay. I haven't quite gotten the hang of cooking for one again anyway.

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Don’t ever feel bad for making a decision that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You are responsible for your happiness.

Isaiah Henkel