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Dexter
There seem to be lots of things missing or that just plain don't work.
That's not a question. Its a statement. It's an honest mistake to be sure, but maybe its a sign that you should start spending more time thinking about how you might improve yourself and a little less time nitpicking every little detail of any given website.
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For those that don't know, Dexter is a Showtime program wherein the title character is a serial killer who kills serial killers. It's part suspense, part horror, I guess, and part character study.
The acting is good, even though one or more of the characters may annoy the shit out of you. The suspense is also very good. Even though you anticipate that things will sort themselves out, you're still left on the edge of your seat trying to figure out how, specifically in the second season when Dexter's world starts to fall apart.
There is usually one major story arc through each season which goes through the hunt for a particularly bad serial killer, and throughout the season there are mini-arcs where Dexter takes out some of the easier to find targets. This keeps the plot moving along while giving you something to enjoy during each episode. The major serial killer has, so far, always been interesting and has had significant, plot altering effects on Dexter in ways that the lesser killers do not.
Anyway, I highly recommend at least checking the show out. However, because there is the main story arc in every season, you probably won't enjoy it as much unless you start from the beginning. With that said, I got into the show by watching a random episode from Season 4, so maybe you'll like it no matter where you start.
I know a lot of people who are into this show but I've personally never seen an episode. As a result, I can't help but picture: everytime I hear about it.
And Jennifer Carpenter's [Deb] acting will always annoy the shit out of me.
That'd be the one!
It's her mouth, mainly. And I don't just mean that she curses all the time. Her mouth moves in a weird way and her lips are all thin and bleh. You know Dexter married her in real life? Why didn't he hook up with Rita? Deb is not hot at all. And she reminds me why I don't like women.
I know a lot of people who are into this show but I've personally never seen an episode. As a result, I can't help but picture: everytime I hear about it.
wow so much hating on deb. I like her character. I do not think she is overacting and I enjoy her characters cursing and other little idiosyncrasies. She is one of my favourite female characters on tv right now.
I especially like that throughout the last couple of seasons Deb has really come into her own. In the earlier episodes Deb relied on Dexter to feed her clues in order to format her theories and win a spot in homicide and later as a detective, however, now she has greater confidence in herself and is relying much more heavily on her cop instinct to figure out pieces of the puzzle. Deb greater confidence in her work, however, comes at a price to Dexter who dark secrets are slowly being revealed.
I think that next season will bring an ever more interesting twist on their relationship. I think Debra will discover pieces of Dexter's dark passenger and being to suspect her brother however her love and protective sisterly instinct will leave her at a cross road.
with that said I must admit that finding out that michael c. hall and jennifer carpenter are together was surprisizning. Dexter definitely has the higher mate value.
Virginia:
wow so much hating on deb. I like her character. I do not think she is overacting and I enjoy her characters cursing and other little idiosyncrasies. She is one of my favourite female characters on tv right now.
I especially like that throughout the last couple of seasons Deb has really come into her own. In the earlier episodes Deb relied on Dexter to feed her clues in order to format her theories and win a spot in homicide and later as a detective, however, now she has greater confidence in herself and is relying much more heavily on her cop instinct to figure out pieces of the puzzle. Deb greater confidence in her work, however, comes at a price to Dexter who dark secrets are slowly being revealed.
I think that next season will bring an ever more interesting twist on their relationship. I think Debra will discover pieces of Dexter's dark passenger and being to suspect her brother however her love and protective sisterly instinct will leave her at a cross road.
with that said I must admit that finding out that michael c. hall and jennifer carpenter are together was surprisizning. Dexter definitely has the higher mate value.
You're crazy. She's a horrible cop with shit for instincts. She feeds off of Dexter and Lundy for most of her career, and the only other time she finds anything is by staying up the entire night looking for clues. Hard work is her only virtue. She has no raw talent. Dexter blinks and he's already figured it out while she flips shit accusing anyone and everyone of everything until something sticks.
And it's all because she's a woman. She's emotional. She's what other women would be like if they didn't get embarrassed by themselves. She cries just about every episode, and if she isn't crying, she's screaming with that slack jawed, thin-lipped stroke victim's expression she always makes. She rail thin, unattractive, and terrible at her job. What a lousy character. She's the worst female character on TV, not the best, and it's because she's the most female character on TV.
By the way, V, I need you to find me an article or a paper on adaptive behavior. I watched a piece the other night concerning a recent study where people based their contentedness with a painting on whether or not they could exchange it later. Those who knew they couldn't exchange it were more happy with it, which is pretty obvious, but I wanted to see what you could dig up.
ultron: By the way, V, I need you to find me an article or a paper on adaptive behavior. I watched a piece the other night concerning a recent study where people based their contentedness with a painting on whether or not they could exchange it later. Those who knew they couldn't exchange it were more happy with it, which is pretty obvious, but I wanted to see what you could dig up. Thaaaaaanks.
There are tons of these types of studies in social psychology. I am somewhat familiar with this one. What particularly are you interested in?
I also know other factors such as concept of time similar to reduction of choices also influences contentedness. When given a task, whether it be really tedious and boring or highly enjoyable, a person will enjoy the task more when there concept is skewed in such a way that they believe the time passed more quickly then those whose perception of time was normal. People who were lead to feel there task took much longer to complete, even if it was enjoyable, tended to feel less contentedness about the task.
Is it the factors themselves that you are interested in regarding contentedness, the underlying mechanisms involved, or the evolutionary causation for these heuristical types of assessments.
If I had to assume an evolutionary explanation I would say that people enjoy simplicity. Knowing that you do not need to make a decision later on down the road reduces cognitive workload. One does not have to store as much information about the item because they will not have to recall that information again at a later date. There is evidence for this in various nonhuman primates. One study showed that chimps when given the choice prefer simple and more familiar items even if the only difference is the color.
"Dexter actor Michael C. Hall revealed Wednesday he has been battling cancer, but said he’s almost finished with treatment and the disease is in remission."
There are tons of these types of studies in social psychology. I am somewhat familiar with this one. What particularly are you interested in?
I also know other factors such as concept of time similar to reduction of choices also influences contentedness. When given a task, whether it be really tedious and boring or highly enjoyable, a person will enjoy the task more when there concept is skewed in such a way that they believe the time passed more quickly then those whose perception of time was normal. People who were lead to feel there task took much longer to complete, even if it was enjoyable, tended to feel less contentedness about the task.
Is it the factors themselves that you are interested in regarding contentedness, the underlying mechanisms involved, or the evolutionary causation for these heuristical types of assessments.
If I had to assume an evolutionary explanation I would say that people enjoy simplicity. Knowing that you do not need to make a decision later on down the road reduces cognitive workload. One does not have to store as much information about the item because they will not have to recall that information again at a later date. There is evidence for this in various nonhuman primates. One study showed that chimps when given the choice prefer simple and more familiar items even if the only difference is the color.
Thanks for that. It was interesting.
I didn't need anything in particular from the article. I've read ones like it relating to cognitive dissonance before, but I wanted this particular article because I was talking about it with someone and I like to have sources when talking about something.
Xandy: "Dexter actor Michael C. Hall revealed Wednesday he has been battling cancer, but said he’s almost finished with treatment and the disease is in remission."
