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[Menstrual Gear Solid 4 (Metal Gear Solid 4 Parody)]

This is very good - I like the animation and clearly a lot of effort has gone into it. I have taken just 1 star off as it is not my (favorite) type of humor, but still quite eye catching! Great game to parody ofc - there's just something special about Metal Gear Solid, menstrual or otherwise!... Great work!

FlumpyTripod responds:

Thanks.

[Authentic Life]

I concur that the description was more interesting than the video, nevertheless it works as a package. So I give it 4/5.
As for the discussion; I think it comes to various personal and circumstantial factors. Logically if the machine 'virtual' life = 'authentic' life, then you would incur a traveling for moving between realities (as, there is no such thing as 'free' movement). Therefore to minimize energy wastage, you may as well stay in this 'authentic' reality. Otherwise, if you were stuck in the 'virtual' reality, you would still incur a cost to move. Therefore, economically moving is not advisable in that case.

Philosophically - we are emotionally attached to that which we hold dear as reality and comfort; you will feel familiar with those who understand your experiences, places of living etc. So you must sacrifice familiarity to move to a new 'better' version with different sources of 'comfort'. It is a risk, and as humans we would be suspicious of such promises - so in reality we may stay here on earth.

That's that! Thanks for the great post and work. Keep thinking ^^ . . .

GoodL responds:

Thank you so much!

The concept that you seem to be describing there, from what i understand, is called status quo bias, meaning people will be hesitant to change from what they have always known/believed/etc. And this is something that I definitely recognize the validity in. What I think is important to note here is that I don't mean to suggest that EVERYONE would make the same choice that I would (specifically, choosing to enter the Experience Machine). Instead, a big part of my criticism of Nozick here is that he seems to suggest that everyone would make the same decision that he would, and completely overlooks, as you said, personal and circumstantial factors. He says that anyone put in that position would say no to the machine just because HE thinks there is something more to life than (or rather, intrinsic goods other than) happiness.

Another thing to consider in Nozick's experiment is that he says to assume that everyone will be entering the machines, ignoring the logistics of things like machine maintenance. So if you assume that to be the case, then I believe that for most people there wouldn't be much to the world if it were completely devoid of all other people. Considering that the world would be fundamentally changed by the existence of the Experience Machine, status quo bias would hold very little weight since the status quo would cease to exist.

Thanks again, I really appreciate all those stars and the supportive words, as well as your contribution to the discussion. It means a lot to me! :)

[The INFRINGERS | Being Prepared]

I only watched this episode to start with, but it looks awesome --Probably what SuperFriends would be like if they weren't semi-invincible. Then again, these guys may be all the 'other' superheroes that just don't get the time in the spotlight . . . Great work! Looking forward to more of these ^^

RocketAdrift responds:

Thanks! These guys are definitely the 'other' superheroes.

[Depressed?Watch this..]

Great work! The audio is what let it down - it sounds like it echoing from far away. Since the clip is about mental health maybe it could be better just to record it without any modifications to the microphone sound. Short and sweet

vinara128 responds:

thank you,will improve :D