How does being affected by mutagens cause you to be recognized as a master of the art of invisible combat? How does a head-band over the eye or forehead make you invisible? Isn't that what Pirates do? How does misinterpreting the bible make Jesus a ninja? That's right, I hate ninja-turtles and I feel no remorse when Michael Bay rapes these "Hero-turtles" violently.
Welcome to another lesson from your favorite The Economy Guru. I am glad that based on some comments that clever people realized Naruto is wipe-out losses. So as an reward to these Naruto haters, today I am teaching you all what is Quantitative Easing 3 :
...One expert said people in the economy have no clear sense of the goals of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. But with the pronouncements on QE3, that has changed
...Fed takes open-ended approach in its third attempt to stimulate the US economy
Last Thursday; the Federal Reserve released a statement announcing a third round of "quantitative easing", or QE3; to stimulate the economy. Here 's a quick run-through of what that means.
Q: What is quantitative easing?
Short answer: It's an unconventional monetary tool used by central banks to stimulate the economy.
Answer that might make sense: Normally, when there's a recession, or the economy is limping along, the Federal Reserve or Fed will reduce short-term interest rates in order to spur more lending and spending. But right now, the Fed has cut interest rates as far as they can go and the economy is still struggling. This is known as the "zero bound". The Fed can't go any lower.
So, instead, the central bank can try quantitative easing. Since the Fed can just create dollars out of thin air, it can buy up assets like long-term Treasuries or mortgage-backed securities from commercial banks and other institutions.
This pumps money into the US economy and reduces long-term interest rates further. When long-term interest rates go down, investors have more incentive to spend their money now. In theory.
Q: Hasn't the Fed already tried quantitative easing?
Yes. Twice, in fact. In late November 2008, after the financial crisis hit, the Fed started buying up mortgage~backed securities and Treasury bills in order to boost the economy. By June 2010, the bank had bought about US$2.1 trillion worth of assets.
At this point, the Fed halted its actions, figuring that it had done enough.
But when the economy started weakening that summer, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke resumed the programme in August 2010, buying up another US$600 billion in assets in order to maintain the Fed's balance sheet. (Remember, the bank is holding a bunch of debt that slowly matures, so if the Fed does nothing, all that money it injected into the economy will eventually get sucked back out again.) This was known as QE2.
Q: Did QE1 and QE2 actually boost the US economy?
Academics have been churning out plenty of research on this question. The first round of quantitative easing appeared to be effective in preventing the economy from sinking into a giant depression. Economists say this was because everyone realised the Fed would do whatever it took to avoid deflation. It was essentially a giant confidence boost. The economy stopped sliding and inflation slowly rose. But the effects seemed to dwindle as the years went by. Experts are much more divided on how much QE2 has helped.
In theory, quantitative easing should work in two ways. First, it injects more cash into banks, allowing them to lend more. And second, it lowers interest rates - if the Fed buys up a bunch of mortgage-backed securities, for example, that should make it cheaper to borrow money to buy a house. In practice, interest rates do drop. But it's hard to figure out whether this translates into a boost to the actual economy. After all, low mortgage rates can only do so much if banks are scarred by the housing bubble and remain tightfisted about lending.
Q: How does quantitative easing help the
economy?
In his testimony to Congress in June, Mr Bernanke explained why QE3 might bolster the economy. It would reduce the cost of borrowing money for corporations, bring down mortgage rates even further and potentially boost the stock market, increasing Wealth effects for consumers to spur more spending. (He did say, however, that he would much prefer to have additional help from Congress.)
Not everyone is convinced, though. Early this month, Professor Michael Woodford, a pre-eminent monetary theorist at Columbia University, released a long paper arguing that more quantitative easing is likely to be ineffective - because Mr Bernanke is acting too sporadically. The Fed will buy up US$600 billion worth of assets, hoping for a jolt, but people in the economy have no clear sense of what Mr Bernanke's goals are. Does he want a certain level of inflation? Will he start hiking interest rates if the economy starts growing? If so, when? That level of uncertainty can be paralysing.
Q: Is there a way to make QE3 work better?
The Fed is doing two things to try to improve QE3. First, the central bank will keep short-term interest rates low until mid-2015. Second, it will buy up US$85 billion (S$104 billion) worth of assets each month between now and the end of the year. But, unlike QE1 or QE2, this new round of purchases will be more open-ended. That's an important change. Here's the key bit from the Fed statement: "If the outlook for the labour market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved."
The purchases will continue until morale improves. What's more, the Fed noted that it will continue its policy of easy money "for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens".
In essence, Mr Bernanke is now taking Prof Woodford's advice - or at least part of it. (Note that the Fed did not set an explicit target for the economy, it left that vague.) The Fed is not just buying up a fixed quantity of assets and hoping that the economy lurches forward. It is saying that it will keep buying up assets and won't stop until things look better. Now we'll see if that actually shifts expectations and bolsters growth.
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Anonymous2012-09-18 5:25
Masashi Kishimoto wanted to create a ninja anime that doesn't even act, wear, do, fight, etc. like a real fucking ninja. That's why Narutard anime is gay and a failure.
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Anonymous2012-09-22 10:50
I think I know why Narutard have so many fans
It went like this :
1. Wacthes anime
2. Think it's awesome
3. Be a narutard nerd
4. Episodes dragging on and on
5. Got bored
6. Other people seems interested with that anime
7. Think it's awesome
8. REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER
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Lolzers2012-09-23 1:10
Naruto > One Piece > Bleach
Fuck you all.
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Solaris 2012-09-25 23:34
It the same logic as action figure marketing, The only difference are these entertaining companies use the idea of clumsy dark horse "ninja" as a product to sell to stupid youngsters and delinquents who either have too much pocket/extortion money or have a well-to-do parents. They know that a lot of young people in this generation are underachiever flunkee or youths who needs a sense of belonging. So they make use of the Power of Art plus printing and audiovisual media entertainment in their weekly sales to brain wash them. Just like you are watching another popular "in" things like Dragonball Z or Supah Ninjas. They convince you that the only way you look sensational is to buy and wear their ninja's headbands which profit the businessmen who sells them. - People always like to impress in front of their friends right ?
That why Naruto's fan are really pitiful bunch of brainwashed zombies - TOTALLY IGNORANCE and full of WILLFUL BLINDNESS. No surprisingly this world is full of such craps because of them plus they always try to bring down other manga and putting themselves high above others just like the main character NARUTO ! From my point of view, all I see is a vain yellow-hair brawn trying to seek fame and attention !
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Anonymous2012-09-27 6:38
live
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Anonymous2012-09-29 23:18
Whoever created that shitty anime must have eat shit all day and get the idea of creating shitty anime from that shit. Naruto shit.
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naruto sucks2012-09-30 2:40
Masashi kishimoto is a shitty writter and he's also gay
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NARUTO TEACHES MORALS2012-09-30 2:47
naruto teaches kids morals such as
Every single problem can be solved with violence and emotional flashbacks.
You must always tell your enermy what your super secret technique is going to do to them.
In order to do a technique, you must always announce it in a very loud and clear voice.
Do not call a fat kid “fat”. He might have steroids that can give him butterfly wings.
The most efficient way to carry out covert operations is by being dressed in bright colors and running around on trees.
Projectiles of any sort are useless. There is no such thing as firearms.
When pressed into a corner, close your eyes and have a flashback.
Child abuse and training are the same thing.
Fire is ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. Yes, even to grass, ice, bug and steel-type people.
Dolls, gigantic fans, flutes, sand and pieces of paper that explode make very good weapons.
You are helpless to turn the tables on an opponent as long as the cool music doesn’t come on.
On the flip side, your instincts and ability to put up any sort of fight are immediately nullified the moment the scary music comes on. If you hear snake dudes ~fight~ theme (essentially Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on steroids) you’re SCREWED.
It is common sense to send twelve year olds to do battle against professional terrorists.
Crushes NEVER go away on their own. And you MUST have one or you’re not a complete human being.
You are powerless to make any difference without a tragic childhood to fuel your anger.
Never trust your family members, no matter how nice they seem. They are either 1: There to oppress and traumatise you, 2: There to go on killing sprees which may or may not include you, 3: Dead or 4: Any combination of the above.
“Death” is merely a temporary condition of quantum superposition where it is unknown whether you are dead or not until finally a watcher collapses the wave function and you turn out to be alive after all. Exceptions are rare.
Some things are just better with holes in them. Pipes, for example. And cheese. And plot.
Ninja battles are the #1 cause of deforestation.
90% of the world’s wars, death and property damage are due to overgrown traumatized children becoming crazy supervillains and could be pre-emptively nullified by counseling.
Don’t run away or go back on your word. It’s your ninja way of life... haha, sucker.
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Anonymous2012-09-30 2:48
• naruto is the proof that anyone can put out unoriginal, poorly written trash, and it will become succesful... and twilight to, I say it sucks because the plot is predictable, repititive, and a cliche storyline that doesn't move, that even rips off from storylines in other mangas.There is also ignorance of cast,gay shit he puts in there,his drawings,experienced "ninjas" losing to kids is hilarious ,even though they don't look nor act like ninjas,the 3 main characters are annoying as hell(my opinion) even when there grown up,
and thats because its still going on.
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Anonymous2012-09-30 2:50
A typical Narutard reaction to this FACTS:
1-They call you gay.
2-They call you nerd.
3-They tell you to get a life.
4-They shut up and start to think.
5-They go to a corner crying, entering autist mode.
6-They stand up oblivious to the previous conversation.
Seriously, all they do is insulting haters, like as if that makes Naruto good, and then telling you to get a life when they don't follow that advice. And when they finnaly run out of insults, they start to think and notice the truth and begin to cry.
But the funny part is the rinse and repeat from the show continues on them, since they forget all that, and remain narutards, forgetting the whole conversation
A typical Narutard reaction to this FACTS:
1-They call you gay.
2-They call you nerd.
3-They tell you to get a life.
4-They shut up and start to think.
5-They go to a corner crying, entering autist mode.
6-They stand up oblivious to the previous conversation.
Seriously, all they do is insulting haters, like as if that makes Naruto good, and then telling you to get a life when they don't follow that advice. And when they finnaly run out of insults, they start to think and notice the truth and begin to cry.
But the funny part is the rinse and repeat from the show continues on them, since they forget all that, and remain narutards, forgetting the whole conversation
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NARUTARDS NEED A LIFE.
Its a FUCKING show, not a religion. Get a god damn life, do something other then obsess over a mediocre show
WHY NARUTO SUCKS
1-Anime about ninjas ? but where the ninjas?!
Ninjas, masters of poison and stealth, are depicted as wizards who use magic instead of shuriqens and swords and have a code of honor forbidding poison. Really, this is just Harry Potter in anime...
Flying hopping jumping zooming emos is more like it
2-to many flashbacks
3-its so repetitive,200+ episode and its still the same bullshit,every arc is like ``where is sasuke``.The plot is gay and repedetive.
They take about 170 episodes to tell a story half as interesting as Elfen lied, wich takes only 20 or so episodes... Talk about fillers
4-to many fillers
5-its all about sasgay
They say Sasuke more often than Naruto. They care more about sasuke than naruto. Why is the anime name Naruto again? Something about him being the main character?
6-the creator loves putting gay shit.
7-the main chartacter is the worst character,also gets beat up pretty much all the time still the narutards think hes badass.is it because of the gay orange jumpsuit.
8-its so predicteble
9-its not original,rips-off to many animes.
10-they can pass episodes doing nothing and hell pass 6 episodes trying to seal orochimaru.
11-pokemon without gay animals, just leave the gay and replace animals with wanna be ninjas.
12-It inspires Sasunaru yaoi
13-you cannot hide in orange.
14-the annimation is poor
15-characters are undeveloped.
16-The narutards ..omg the narutards ..they are the ones that give anime watchers a bad name and rep
17-Dialog sucks
18-in japan they made a list of the 50 best animes of all time and guess what naruto aint on it lmao
19-narutards believe just beccause naruto is a hit in america it would be also world wide but they are so wrong in selling shounen mangas of all time, its still way behind slam dunk,kuirokuchi,one piece and dragon ball not forgetting many others..
20- the ratings in japan suck, animes like dragon ball kai and one piece have better rating not to mention other animes.
21- what happend to the other characters ?All kishimoto cares about is sasuke and naruto, the only ones beling developed.
22-when they are fighting,somene has to go and explain every fucking little detail there is even if it was so easy to understand,they still need to explain us
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naruto is gay2012-09-30 2:53
NARUTARDS SUFFER FROM :
1) Saying Baka, believe it ,Dattebayo alot.
2) SOME fangirls squeel and die due to major yaoi substance in Naruto.
3) Over-power their characters,say they could beat characters they have no chance at all against
4) wearing orange jumpsuits and plastic headbands and think there ninjas
5) every morning they eat a bowl of ramen like there fucking idol naruto
6) when someone says something bad about naruto they pretend they could do the cock sucking no jutsu.
7)making to much stupid amv
8)treating naruto like a god
9)there 0.0 cock grows when they see sakura, they also have wet dreams about her . LOL
10)they think naruto is the best show in the world also think it is the best selling manga of all time when its not.
11)they say that amateratsu's flame is 7Xtimes hotter han the sun!!!!!(narutopwnall autory)
12ºThey say madara can kill goku/allucard/superman etc but cant finish naruto/sasuke or rule the naruto world come on if he can kill goku as u say konoha would be a piece of cake =D
13º they say shows like dbz,bleach,onepiece,hellsing ect... are more immature and more anoing than naruto
14- also narutards think they know more then the guy that created the manga, they are sad.
15- They were brain washed by a wannabe ninja
GOD SAVE US FROM THE STUPIDITY OF NARUTARDS.
10 REASONS WHY NARUTO IS A GAY ANIME.
1-they have guys that look like girls-haku
2-naruto loves transforming into a girl.
3-a charcter named sai loves talking about dicks with his belly showing all the time.
4-orochimaru wanted sasukes body,there is even a scan of orochimaru hugging sasuke..
5-naruto made jiraiya horny once...... jiraiya even says naruto has a sexy body.
6-kakashi attacked sticking fingers up narutos ass.
7-naruto passed out for sasuke
8-naruto confessed to sasuke they will die together and share the same pain.
9-naruto loves sasuke so much that all he does is chase sasuke.
10.naruto and sasuke kissed(only chars to kiss on that show)
11.Kishimoto said that Naruto has a higher chance of getting gay with Sasuke(we already
12. Naruto hyprventilates on hearing Sasuke's name
see that)
13.Im not sure if it’s a filler or a movie but there is a scene where naruto sticks a stick in
his ass.
14. episode 194
• 15. Naruto was supposed to be a Shounen Ai (boyxboy) manga with kishi intending NaruSasu but Shounen Jump said "NO!!!!!!" Personally I think Kishi is a little homosexual or atleast bi. This episode was fanservice for fangirls! THIS IS SHOUNEN DAMN IT!!! Not being a discriminator I'm just not for it.
16. Naruto kissed a male,is obessed with the same male till today to a moment where naruto hyprventilates because of him and told him they will die together plus also transforms into a girl.
17.sasusai.chapter 347,There is a part in the manga where you see sai and sasuke naked in top of each other.
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Anonymous2012-09-30 2:55
Naruto is an anime/manga by Masashi Kishimoto, who started out to be quite enjoyable, you know, for a twelve year old's story, and then fell harder than a chicken egg dropped off the Empire State Building. It is about the wonderful life of Sasuke in an imaginary world where they have radios, computers and TVs, but no guns for some reason, and all the secret files on both special agents and S-Rank enemies are kept on pieces of paper and the only people who actually do things you might expect a ninja to do are the ANBU who quickly degenerate into cannon fodder. Despite the fact that the OBD is part of the Naruto forums, many OBDers detest the series for its consistent shittiness, especially the direction the manga has been taking since the time-skip.
And let's not even get started on the Uchihas. Those poor excuse for Mary Sues deserves their own spin-off where it can be properly shat on just because have very fancy pink-eye. But then again, Uchihas=Shit
As if the series had not already plumbed the depths of idiocy and shittiness, recently Naruto gave a fascinating response to pressure. He wants to (for some idiotic reason) "save" Sasuke, but his friends have started to come to their senses and want to kill the fag. Others still encourage him to save Sasuke. What does Naruto do in response to this conflict? Does he suck it up, make his decision like a man, and take out Sasuke? Does he even stick to his guns and continue to try and save Sasuke?
No. He falls on the ground and hyperventilates. Seriously his mentors got killed and his village got destroyed yet he didn't even break down, rather he hyperventilates for his long lost ex.
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The New Complexity Science2012-09-30 23:00
Emphasis has to shift from controlling the system, to adjusting parameters to influence how the system unfolds
WHAT? Naruto prostrate in front of Raikage to beg for mercy for his lesbian inmate ? Itachi kill his Uchiha 's clan just to save his brother's ass and Obito turned to dark side because Rin is dead ?!! It is because of these kind of poppycock and mess that the new science called Complexity Science was born !
IN his speech at the National Academy of Sciences, President Obama stressed the importance of an "appreciation of complexity" to the audience. This cryptic remark underscores the fact that complexity science is now the rage in government and public policy.
The realization that social, political and economic systems - that is to say, human systems - are best understood as complex systems that are dynamic, adaptable, emergent, self-organized and non-linear, has resulted in new tools and techniques being available to policymakers.
For example, in 2010, Danish forces operating in Helmand, Afghanistan, experimented successfully with self-synchronized social networks to manage their operations and intelligence activities, in contrast to the more traditional hierarchical, top-down command structures used in battle-space management.
Globally, city planners are adopting techniques used in the analysis of complex fluid flows in the hopes of better understanding, anticipating and managing traffic flows. Agent-based models based on complexity science have augmented conventional epidemiologic models that (wrongly) assume that the probability of infection is normally distributed in populations that are homogenous.
And in the national security enterprise, network-analysis methods are being used to identify associations of terrorists and to map the networks of terrorist cells.
Given that government officials are increasingly encountering a daunting class of problems that involve complex systems, the emergence of complexity science has been timely and fortuitous. But the full benefits cannot be reaped unless there are accompanying shifts in the mindsets and expectations of policymakers.
From clockwork to network
GIVEN that all complex systems have features in common, the main attraction of complexity science to policymakers is that the full suite of policy tools derived from it can be universally applied to a wide range of policy problems spanning pandemics, traffic jams, terrorism and so on.
While the versatility and effectiveness of complexity approaches remain to be seen, there is no denying the growing prevalence of complexity thinking in public policy. Yet complexity science is based on a world view that is at odds with how policymakers typically see the world.
The world view of the policymaker is that of the Newtonian "world machine", to use physicist-writer Fritjof Capra's term. The world is seen as a machine comprising basic parts interacting in predictable albeit complicated ways, where the machine is driven by the twin imperatives of rationality and efficiency. Furthermore, an understanding of how the machine works can be gleaned from an understanding of how the individual components work.
Finally, the machine tends towards equilibrium, and any deviation from equilibrium can be rectified by the turning of a dial or the pushing of a lever. In such a world view, the policymaker 's role is to turn the dials and push the levers.
The world view that underpins complexity science and complex systems could not be more different: the universe is no longer seen as a (more or less) stable and predictable machine, the understanding of which can be derived from the study of its parts. Instead, it is an integrated and indivisible whole, a complex system of dynamic relationships that also enmesh the policymaker, and where micro-changes in its environment can be amplified in the system's output. Furthermore, it is a system that is dynamic and may not settle on an equilibrium state, if even such a state exists.
The unresolved contradiction arising from holding a mechanistic, deterministic world view while applying complexity-based policy tools will result in a superficial, problematic and ultimately failed adoption of complexity thinking in public policy.
Whither the policymaker?
CLEARLY, complexity science has provided new processes for tackling problems. However, the recommendations made by complexity researchers to policymakers can best be described as unpalatable. For example, given that complex systems are adaptable and self-organizing, it may be that sometimes the best thing for policymakers to do is nothing, to just let the system "sort itself out".
This runs counter to the abiding image of the policymaker as a hero taking aggressive action to solve economic problems or societal woes. Policymakers have an in-built "action bias" and the people they serve expect them to "do something, anything" in a crisis.
And yet a major implication of complexity science can best be summed up in a line from Winnie The Pooh: Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing.
There is also the problem of attribution and evaluating how policymakers perform. In complex systems, where small changes can have big effects, big changes small effects, and where effects have unanticipated causes, it is difficult to disentangle what the policymaker does from the system's inherent dynamics. This characteristic of complex systems can result in policymakers claiming undeserved credit on the one
hand, as well as being wrongfully blamed on the other.
Finally, complexity science necessitates a shift in mindset away from the deterministic to the probabilistic. It focuses on identifying and analyzing trends and probabilities, rather than predicting specific events. Applied to public policy, this changes the name of the policy game from algorithms to heuristics. When it comes to complex systems, the emphasis must therefore shift from doing something to control the system, to shifting the system's parameters to influence how the system unfolds. If policymakers wish to operate effectively under conditions of complexity, then it is necessary for them to move beyond determinism and abandon the reassuring myth of control.
The continued uncritical application of policy tools based on complexity science, absent an appreciation of its underlying assumptions, will likely result in unrealized opportunities at best, and a misapplication of tools at worst. May God bless the United States of America.
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Anonymous2012-10-01 12:04
First, you can't hide in orange. Second, ninjas don't run around shouting dattebayo. Third, the animation suck dick. Fourth, no storyline. Fifth, emo ninjas. Sixth, unrealistic. Seventh, the episodes. Eight, repetitive jokes. Nine, ninjas don't fight using chakras and unrealistic combat move. Tenth, SasuNaru, really? Eleventh, what the fuck. Twelve, too much gayness, the gay meter is just not enough for the gayness of that anime. AND, the face reaction, they all went like : OMG !! OH NOO !! AAAHHH !!
Wtf man, wtf.
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Anonymous2012-10-01 12:08
How come they call Naruto a HERO??!!
Heroes don't cry because of his BFF DIED. But Naruto, he just cried like a big baby when Gaara died, and then simply blames Gaara's death at some random old granny. And when Granny Chiyo died, Naruto was just like : oh..okay...WHO CARES? GAARA'S BACK
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Anonymous2012-10-02 6:33
Ninjas are supposed to be violent. Gayruto anime ruined it all and gave a bad name to the REAL ninjas. How come Gayruto is rated PG? I think even babies can watch that shitty anime. Here are all the animes that deserved to be rated PG ( I don't really watch some of the animes that I suggest here but, as long as it is more violent than that shitty kiddy anime ) : Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece and many more violent anime.
Kishimoto doesn't even know how to make REAL jokes. Sakura punching Naruto and all that are shits. It's not even funny.
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Anonymous2012-10-02 10:02
The fact that naruto sucks is an axiom
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Naruto is animal and sick2012-10-05 6:08
After reading Naruto, I finally understand that only animals after being released into the open world will react in a violently manner. I would not said that Naruto is even an human cos human are intelligent being who channeled their fervor and energy to better the society and themselves positively, not wasting time eating his ramen, playing poker with clones, or dream of his BF, indulging in vulgarity, belittling other and finally desired for being leader to seek his "own" limelight.
In fact, I can even correctly deducted that Kishi + Naruto both of them is SICK : a person who display sign of disorder are often happen to those who feel insecure, inadequate, behave impulsively and irrationally at times. When one is abnormal, they are incognizant and have an senseless gut which cause them to do silly and hateful things that challenge public tolerance and forbearance through words and action. Good people with an sanity mind and heart will never do things that animal called Naruto will do. The creation of Naruto is really an tragic moment on humanity!
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Anonymous2012-10-06 8:26
Really Kishi?? REALLY? Let Obito fucking kill everyone because Kakashi did NOT save Rin? Really?
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CoFesta2012-10-10 3:02
J-fans who want to check out the latest popular trend in Japan best animation, manga and game should visit CoFesta Festival : http://www.cofesta.jp , the fact that Naruto didn't appear in the festival just proved that it really suck ;D
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Anonymous2012-10-13 22:55
American dubbed = Piece of shit. I mean, seriously?? Naruto sounds like he has a bad cold throughout the entire episode.
Japanese = little better...
Manga = There ya go.
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You got to give kishi a thumb up - he has the rhetorical ability to twist and make most of his profligate characters' reason for their atrocities' act as something that seem justifiable and normal, even if one had to commit murder to "save" the world (This idea keep appear most of the time in Naruto's manga). And nartuards should seriously asked themselves this question : you mean you are alright with watching these kind of boisterous idea and immaturity from Naruto that is totally devoid of all commonsense and you think that being eccentric like dig your nose is more entertaining and acceptable ?
Still it just amuses me how much bland, ugly people like Naruto are such exhibitionists in life : This is what the world needs, to see more shocking attitude of narcissistic people who are only good at being contempt and defiance behavior which is portrayed as a savior ! No wonder nowadays most of the society are degenerate with such antics. Naruto is just nothing more than an cheap shot at notoriety.
The storyline...it's terrible. Flashbacks, flashbacks everywhere.
All action and bullshit and stuff. Naruto seems to be more like a kiddy show to me e.e Too much fight, It's not even violent. The comedic scenes also suck. Terribly.
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Is Naruto Crazy ?2012-10-30 23:20
JUST what was Kishimoto thinking when he make mind boggling idea for all of us to see? Kabuto want to be just like Orochimaru so that he can discovered the meaning of his existence and he keep experimenting himself with his master's DNA, Sasuke went nuts on the world so is Obito because their loved one dead. Still Obito is the most outstanding one with his "I don't care" philosophy : I didn't kill Kakashi and take back my eye because I don't care, I plotted against my teacher and his wife because I don't care (which is most foolish, instead of coming up with a plan, he could've kidnapping Kushina and snatched the Kyuubi instead of going through hell to retrieve it now). All I care about is to revive Rin in a dream world which could be done a lot easier if done by rinnegan or edo tensei.And it seen nothing wrong or illogical in what they had done. Whatever their own views, many more sober-minded folk may be muttering that it was a "crazy" thing to do.
"Crazy" is a word the dictionary says is derived from the 14th century Middle English word "crasen", meaning to crush or shatter - perhaps as in shattering the mould or breaking away from the old? The duo may well embrace this definition of crazy.
But the word also sounds closer to "akrasia", the Greek for intemperance, acting against one's better judgment, or lacking control over oneself.
So akrasia is the antonym to "autonomy" from the Greek "auto" and "nomia", meaning self- law or self-governance.
If akrasia is the opposite of self-governance, then it is misdirected autonomy in the sense of wilfully doing something one knows is likely to have bad consequences. In short, one knows better what consequences will rashness have in war. This so called Naruto knows or should know better than to parade himself like making dare-devil dash when doing mission out there.
How do akrasia come about? Socrates debated this in the dialogue written by Plato called Protagoras. He surmised that there can, in fact, be no such thing as akrasia. It is logically impossible, he reasoned, since bad things harm one, which makes one unhappy, so no one chooses bad things since no one wants to be unhappy. Thus, no one goes willingly towards the bad, which is why akrasia is imaginary, Socrates said.
But few people behave as rationally as Socrates might think. Every day, millions of people behave in ways they know are bad for themselves - like eat unhealthy food,smoking and only looking for girls etc.This explain why Naruto is such an appeal to majority of people.
Aristotle put a different spin to akrasia, arguing that it stems from opinion, not reason as Socrates imagined. For example, reasoning from known facts, I know smoking is bad for me. But reason also tells me that some smokers have the genetic fortitude such that they will never develop lung cancer. Next, I form the opinion that I might be among such people, so I smoke.
So the akrasia in smoking flows not from reason - which would align only with the good, Socrates said - but from opinion, which may or may not be aligned with what is good for me.
Let's go back to Naruto. Was a person's akrasia due to opinion? The main character Naruto said: "One day I'm going to get the Hokage name and then I'm going to surpass all the previous Hokages !! And then, And then !! The village recognize my strength !! " Fight from the start, this is naruto's only one track-mind desire !
In other words, the reason that Naruto have that arrogant way of doing even if it cause offence like challenging Susuke, Kiba, Gaara and Tsunade is simple : Naruto never feel that he is in anyway inferior to them, regardless their opinion on Naruto and Naruto's display of "strength" is trying to prove that he is something more than them and of course Naruto try to hog the spotlight.
But wait, you may say. Perhaps Naruto's act is just another rational one to gain fame - or infamy - in the so called ninja's where hierarchy like jounin and chuunin existed and in order to become hokage, you have to rise to the rank of jounin by complete S-rank mission and select by the group of jounin from hidden leaf village, attention is the limiting factor. Personal branding for "hokage" through the unusual, egregious or grotesque may grab some influence. Seen in this light, when Naruto throw a tantrum when he was given an insignificant mission is considered as an "crazy" and "hungry" move just like a desperate guy who want to laid a girl and bang her with the only difference of Naruto who want fast-tracked promotion to become hokage, so the most straightforward way to do that to gather eyeballs and predominant for more lasting fame. Power-hungry might be the best words to use on Naruto.
Just like in the real world, in the internet age where youngsters have gone on to earn millions - think Justin Bieber - after posting YouTube clips of themselves, megastar fame with megabucks to match is achievable through positive or negative spotlight.
So while more sober or just older people might think these brats are crazy, this could all be just a well reasoned move from which the "cool" achievement, in their opinion, trumps the bad. They might change that opinion at 40 - or not - depending if they make it big in some way from their fame.
Still, what kind of individuals might be willing to resort to such an "akratic" move ? Modern psychology sheds some light on this with the concept of "hyperbolic discounting".
Psychologists have done experiments to show that people prefer a smaller reward given sooner, rather than a bigger one given later. The later the reward, the more greatly its value is discounted.
It is reflected in the attitude that we ought to "eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die". Enjoy first, and suffer the consequences later.
Such views might explain the mental process and behaviour of drug addicts and habitual gamblers, groups who lack the self-control to say "no" to their bad habits. Numerous experiments have shown that these people show a tendency towards "hyperbolic discounting" with respect to issues of self-control, just like Tsunade in the story.
They value the pleasure of the drug high now or the rush at the poker table today, much more than the mundane rewards in the future of a day's honest work. They choose smaller payoffs now over larger payoffs in the future.
In real life, many ordinary folk similarly underestimate the future consequences of gluttony, inebriation, rivalry, violence or any other vice or guilty fun.
So akrasia is likely to be seen in people who tend to choose smaller and sooner rewards over possibly larger but later ones.
Akrasia is not temporary insanity, impatience, impetuosity or irrationality - but just something that some people are more likely to do after reasoning through and forming an opinion about what is best for them now, without sufficient regard for the ill effects later, if any.
Craziness, it turns out, may have little to do with irrationality and everything to do with one's opinion of the virtues of an act.
Exhibitionism is, of course, not addiction to substance abuse or gambling. Naruto may or may not go on to win fame and his boyfriend Sasuke. Call me old-fashioned, but I would think few of us would call what they did wise anyway.Finally it seem the great writer Kishimoto has character which fall under the category of all combine three personality : Akrasia + Craziness + Exhibitionism, it is no wonder that his work "Naruto" is an success !