Comments for Adam Hunault

Comment on REVIEW: Star Trek Into Darkness by Adam

Adam — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:51:09 +0000

Thanks! Your post is great, I left you a comment.

Comment on REVIEW: Star Trek Into Darkness by Chris Hammons

Chris Hammons — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:14:22 +0000

Good review. Haven’t seen it yet. Thought you might enjoy this take on Star Trek.

http://reflectionandchoice.org/2013/05/17/three-reasons-why-star-trek-endures/#more-9276

Comment on Shatner vs. Nimoy for Best Star Trek Into Darkness Tie-In Commercial by Teresa Jusino

Teresa Jusino — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:37:03 +0000

Definitely Nimoy. Him singing Bilbo Baggins was way more hilarious than Shatner fighting a Gorn.

Comment on Scenes That Make Star Trek Great: O’Brien and Captain Maxwell Sing “The Minstrel Boy” by diariorc.com

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Comment on An Interesting Solution to an Old Problem by Http://Jabministries.Com/

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Comment on Scenes that Make Star Trek Great: Spock Dies by smoothreentry

smoothreentry — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:20:26 +0000

That scene is definitely iconic. I recently wrote that Nicholas Meyer is the ultimate Star Trek badass: http://wp.me/p2Pdiy-LQ

Comment on Draw a Dinosaur Day by Adam

Adam — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:52:06 +0000

It should be! You’re the one who taught me how to draw!

Comment on Draw a Dinosaur Day by CarsenDactyl

CarsenDactyl — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:28:22 +0000

Awesomesauce! Awesomesaur?

Comment on Adieu to Facebook by Adam

Adam — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:54:31 +0000

I feel like what you’re suggesting is basically what I tried to do up to now, unsuccessfully. But all I really feel about this is that I made the decision that was right for me. People have told me that they don’t get it, and people have told me that they completely understand and that they’re thinking about getting rid of their own social networking accounts too. That’s all great, and I love to see where others fall on this argument, but it’s kind of beside the point. I wasn’t trying to make any universal statement about the value of social networking, just explain why I personally didn’t like it and wasn’t going to use it.

Comment on Adieu to Facebook by CarsenDactyl

CarsenDactyl — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:51:14 +0000

Your critiques of Facebook and other social media make a lot of sense, and I basically agree with all of them, except that despite whatever evil schemes Facebook has to turn the consumer into a product, we still have choices about how we use Facebook. People can be annoying and stupid about how they use social media. Or they can be just as articulate and clear-headed as when writing for any other context.

I completely missed the marathon post and debate you refer to, and it sounds like you weren’t treated well in the way you got some feedback. I do agree that the structure of Facebook makes it easy for this to happen, and it can get nasty real fast. I can see why you would want to distance yourself from those types of interactions. And I’m sorry that it happened to you.

I can’t help but wonder, though, another important part is that you felt bad about using Facebook in a sloppy way that didn’t fit with your sense of personal integrity. That’s not a problem with Facebook, it’s a lapse in mindfulness and a moment of laziness (which may be facilitated by the structure of Facebook). Some people are completely mindless and lazy about using Facebook, and some people are restrained and thoughtful. I would put both of us in the latter category. And, like you, I’ve had sloppy Facebook moments in which my posts or comments fall outside of my own sense of personal integrity. It seems like those who criticized you in aggressive and hurtful ways were also experiencing a lapse in personal integrity.

For me, choosing to use social media in constructive and intentional ways helps to shape the internet in ways that I can feel positively about and that can enrich my life. I find my interactions via Facebook to be primarily rich and meaningful (while sometimes they are silly and frivolous). It’s the choices I make that shape my experience with Facebook and make it a positive, healthy, and connected space to engage with people and ideas.

I hate a lot of things about Facebook, but the concept of it as a tool is powerful. I pick up that tool and use it how I choose, and for my own benefit (and the benefit of my friends). The cost of using that tool is a loss of personal privacy and ownership of intellectual property. To me, that’s the worst thing about Facebook.

As far as making people into products goes, well, that’s another facet of capitalism that I can stand against in the same ways I fight against being manipulated by advertising. I think this is similar in some ways to your ideas around boycotting. I suppose I use a boycotting strategy when I ignore all banner adds and Facebook adds and never add Facebook apps when they are required to read particular articles or whatever. I feel like I can do my boycotting on that scale, and that way I can still engage with the parts of Facebook that bring me a lot of connection and joy.

Anyway, I’m not trying to convince you to rejoin the cult of Facebook. I guess I’m just pointing out that an alternative strategy is to try to increase the positive aspects of it through choices made in using it rather than by opting out. That’s my 2 cents for the moment.