A Double Standard

-this is long post but I haven't said anything in a while so shove it and read-

-I broke it down into readable paragraphs you butts-

Being a close friend of Simon, the Movie Wonder Boy a.k.a. Movie Critic Butthole, I recognize and appreciate a good film when I see one. Knowing him has significantly raised my standard of movie viewing and I am immensely appreciative of that.

However, there are those films that I have come to love which, I admit, are horrid films. Here you ought to be asking, "How can I love a film that is not a good film?" I honestly don't know.

After obtaining this higher standard of movie watching, I realized that I just could not watch bad movies in the same way as before. Before, I could watch a bad movie, and say, "whoa, that was weird and still leave the film satisfied that I came into contact with that movie. Nowadays, if I watch a bad film, I want to massacre the crew of the film for shaming the art of film-making and making a bad name for everyone who enjoys/works in/or lives by films. (that last statement is an hyperbole, but...)

This inability to even enjoy a bad film in the slightest kind of got me sad, because sometimes, I want to enjoy films which may not have the best character development, or storyline, or directing, or acting, or continuity, or whatever. I want to enjoy a cool film as it is. Two prime examples are Operation Endgame and Smokin' Aces. These are awesome movies, but absolutely horrible.

So how can I reconcile my higher standard for films with my desire to enjoy cool but bad films? SIMPLE! Create for myself a double standard! When I watch normal films, I will put on my critical douschebag glasses (yes, I spell my dousche with an "s" hence further proving my douscheness) and enjoy a good film as it meets all the criteria for a good film. AND when I watch a film just for the coolness value of it, I turn off everything in my brain that tells me whether this is a good film or not, and just enjoy it completely for the characters, action, and corny dialogue.

Now, this idea of a double standard got me thinking about double standards in other areas of my life. What if I apply this concept of double standards into a more important area of my life, like-I don't know-my faith. What would happen? What if when I chilled with Christians, I put on my Christian standards, talking about Christian things, loving them, and knowing more about theology. Tying it to my analogy, this would be the higher standard. Because here, you are involving the ultimate Truth in your life. You are speaking about, relating to, and immersing yourself in the ultimate TRUTH, which is God.

Now, let's say you go talk to your pagan friends. Here, what if I now lower my standards and take out the ULTIMATE TRUTH in the conversations and I essentially give less to my pagan friends than to my Christian friends. Then, I think you are loving your non-Christian friends a buttload less than you are loving your Christian friends. (yes buttload is a legitimate adjective, I'd cite my sources but this isn't an academic paper) Why do you pagan friends not deserve your best? WHY NOT?!

Now, I am just talking abstractly and I am not providing any real ways on how to do this but I just want you to think about it, (all five of you readers, unless my follower in Sweden died or got bored of me, in which case, all four of you) and try to bring the ULTIMATE TRUTH!!! with you everywhere you go. AND YOU BETTER FREAKING NOT TRY TO HIDE THAT LITTLE LIGHT OF YOURS UNDER YOUR STUPID BUSHEL OF EMBARASSMENT OR SHAME.

Now, it's time for me to not listen to my own rant. right?