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[~Neri]

Youtube is showing me ads in French.

It has begun.

[Orange Wizard]

Wait, the French Revolution is a real thing!?

[~Neri]

Haven't you been watching the news?

[Gentlefish]

That guy from MIB in a Japanese commercial

[Gentlefish]

my girlfriend is upset at me for... Already having seen a video she shared with me and not having the proper reaction about it?

[My Name is Immaterial]

That can be an acceptable reason to be angry.
For instance, the Red Wedding.

[Orange Wizard]

I dunno. "Already having seen it" is kind of a bullshit reason to be upset, and "not having the proper reaction" is overwhelmingly subjective.

I mean, what if I thought [REDACTED] was a douchebag and totally deserved to be riddled with arrows?

[IcyTea31]

My current philosophy teacher doesn't accept koans as proper answers to her questions. Apparently only Western philosophy is ever allowed.

[hops]

On the topic of the Red Wedding, most of the deaths in ASoIaF doesn't really faze me since Tyrion is the only character I like, and even the. the degree to which he is being the universe's butt monkey has all but assured me that he'll probably stay alive longer just so that he can suffer more.

In fact, there a lot of characters in that series that I really want to get killed off with karmic deaths.

[Xantalos]

People like Tyrion?

[My Name is Immaterial]

In fact, there a lot of characters in that series that I really want to get killed off with karmic deaths.

Why yes, this would sum up my opinion to GoT, but I can't be bothered to actually reread the books and care about the characters.

[hops]

Tyrion and Varys are the only two in the series who aren't either complete douchebags or idiots. Or both.

[Xantalos]

Tyrion and Varys are the only two in the series who aren't either complete douchebags or idiots. Or both.

Pretty much only because Tyrion's only 99.8% douchebag though.

[Darvi]

Tyrion and Varys are the only two in the series who aren't either complete douchebags or idiots. Or both.

Pretty much only because Tyrion's only 99.8% douchebag though.

And most of that's genetic.

[Frumple]

My current philosophy teacher doesn't accept koans as proper answers to her questions. Apparently only Western philosophy is ever allowed.

I... would probably posit that it's not the origin of your answer so much as the, y'know, form. Koans are usually... specifically intended to be somewhat impenetrable. They're often not really answers to anything, last I checked. Most of them are very definitely going to violate one of the two primary virtues of philosophic writing (clarity and conciseness, especially the former).

If you wanted to explain their meaning through a more clear method, you'd probably be fine. You should be able to use koans as part of your answer, but if you're just dropping one and then not saying anything else on the subject or explaining your intent behind using one (what the koan means, why you are using it in this situation, etc.), then. Yeah, that's going to get rejected.