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[QUOTE=Vodkavia;52926722]I mean what do you call it when as a result of societal conditions, certain races end up being marginalized? like doing measurably worse purely as a result of their race and nothing to do with their actions, choices or character? If this mistreatment purely on the basis of race isn't racism what is it? Also how does saying "I don't like x race for dating" any different than any generalized statement about a race? That kind of statement requires one to have created a list of traits about millions or billions of people and blanket applied that to all of them. Like people talk about these racial attraction crap like its inherent but its not, no one is born with a "racial sexuality" because race itself is a social construct and like any taste you can question it, expand it and evolve it. and to be the question further, because I these are tough questions, what cost does it really incur to not close yourself off like that? Then think about the opportunity cost. It's an entirely real possibility someone who would make the perfect SO for you is just going to end up dating someone else because you just made a decision about them before you even met them.[/QUOTE] I've gotten rejected by girls because they weren't interested in asian guys Like whatever then just go find someone else lol, you ain't gonna change their mindset, so ain't no point for me to moot over such a point I mean its fucking dating, you get rejected for a million a one reasons, if you let something so small get in the way then dating is gonna be real difficult

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;52926722]I mean what do you call it when as a result of societal conditions, certain races end up being marginalized? like doing measurably worse purely as a result of their race and nothing to do with their actions, choices or character? If this mistreatment purely on the basis of race isn't racism what is it? Also how does saying "I don't like x race for dating" any different than any generalized statement about a race? That kind of statement requires one to have created a list of traits about millions or billions of people and blanket applied that to all of them. Like people talk about these racial attraction crap like its inherent but its not, no one is born with a "racial sexuality" because race itself is a social construct and like any taste you can question it, expand it and evolve it. and to be the question further, because I these are tough questions, what cost does it really incur to not close yourself off like that? Then think about the opportunity cost. It's an entirely real possibility someone who would make the perfect SO for you is just going to end up dating someone else because you just made a decision about them before you even met them.[/QUOTE] Black girls don't get my dick hard It's just how my mind works, i don't feel sexually Interested in black women. That's literally it

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;52926253]Depends on your motivation behind it tbh. I remember in HS when that topic came up a lot of people said they wouldn't date black women and as to why it pretty much boiled down to stereotypes about them being ghetto af. I would certainly call that racist.[/QUOTE] Ghetto culture is shit, regardless of your race. It’s also annoyingly prevalent. [editline]27th November 2017[/editline] The one exception being when it’s done ironically as satire.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;52926722]It's an entirely real possibility someone who would make the perfect SO for you is just going to end up dating someone else because you just made a decision about them before you even met them.[/QUOTE] Sure, if you plan on never having sex. [editline]a[/editline] If you tried this argument to try and get a gay man to date a woman you'd get laughed right the fuck out of the room. [editline]a[/editline] Contrary to your belief, yes, people have their own tastes that have nothing to do with stereotypes or society. I know a black woman who's very nice, funny, and has a good few similar tastes as me, but if she asked to date and I was single? I'd still say no, because I'm not the kind of person who dates for fun and I know I wouldn't spend my life with her just because I know she's not sexually attractive to me.

[QUOTE=AlbertWesker;52926933]Ghetto culture is shit, regardless of your race. It’s also annoyingly prevalent. [editline]27th November 2017[/editline] The one exception being when it’s done ironically as satire.[/QUOTE] I never said that it was or wasn't. Just that assuming all black people fall under it was racist reasoning.

I've noticed that I'm not attracted to the majority of black women, but in spite of that some of the very hottest women I've ever known are black. It's like my attraction to white women is linear, but to black women it's exponential.

-snip putting in mad thread-

[QUOTE=Jarokwa;52926142]Is Fantastic Beasts suddenly considered awful or something? Loved the first one and will likely love the second one even if Depp isn't the ideal Grindelwald.[/QUOTE] It felt quite aimless for a large chunk of the movie. I enjoyed it myself nonetheless though and I'm definitely looking forward to the second. Especially if what I've read about it thus far means it's going to end in what I hope it means. Potential spoilers if you have no idea what the second one's about yet: [sp]The duel between Grindelwald and Dumbledore.[/sp]

nah really though fuck Pepto Bismol its just terrible. the attempt to chew a tablet makes me dry heave and its just tasteless chalk. I'd rather ride a stomach flu on a BRAT diet than take one an hour a day.

Theme park sims these days need more RCT1 style deaths

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;52926722]rant[/QUOTE] With this and previous posts in mind, I feel like you'd have a go at someone if they said they weren't attracted to fat people Or a trans person who had a lot of features of the gender they're not oriented towards. Or alternatively, for rejecting an attractive trans person due to a want of biological children. If you don't feel attracted to asians because they're percieved as weak willed or good at math, that's racist. It's ingorant. Saying you don't feel attracted to asians because the look of them doesn't wet your jimmies.. I think you're making an overly broad statement, but as much as it might be "technically" racism, it's not the sort that's a problem. Would you consider someone racist if were dressing swimsuit models and wanted the orange suit on the black woman and the black suit on the white woman because it complimented their skin better? I think people who're way to sensitive on issues like this undermine real and relevant arguments

[QUOTE=SebiWarrior;52926917]Black girls don't get my dick hard It's just how my mind works, i don't feel sexually Interested in black women. That's literally it[/QUOTE] that dick ain't right bruh

[QUOTE=Bertie;52929165]that dick ain't right bruh[/QUOTE] It could be a result of the society I live in, Italy is like 98% white after all Mind you, i believe black skin is fucking badass, but it does not equal boner for me

I'm rock hard with any woman with an average cup size and a tomboyish personality, but yeah I admit I do find asian woman to be higher on my attractiveness scale.

Bethesda games moving forward are most likely not going to be worth it. Not for anyone who's been complaining since the release of Skyrim about the dumbing down of both franchises. And for people finding themselves incapable of accepting Skyrim and Fallout 4 and the direction they're heading in, it's best to just accept both series' as being dead to you right now than getting disappointed again and again.

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;52934203]Bethesda games moving forward are most likely not going to be worth it. Not for anyone who's been complaining since the release of Skyrim about the dumbing down of both franchises. And for people finding themselves incapable of accepting Skyrim and Fallout 4 and the direction they're heading in, it's best to just accept both series' as being dead to you right now than getting disappointed again and again.[/QUOTE] Bethesda's dev pipeline is probably really tailored to how their games play by this point. I don't see them breaking from their own mold.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;52934254]But I liked Skyrim and Fallout 4[/QUOTE] That post wasn't directed towards you at all then, it was directed towards people who fundamentally dislike the Bethesda formula and keep hoping they'll improve it when they clearly have no intention.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;52934254]But I liked Skyrim and Fallout 4[/QUOTE] You can like both without disagreeing with me. It's hard to argue that both games are more simple in mechanics and design than their predecessors. Skyrim is closer than any game preceding it in its series to a hack and slash as opposed to an RPG, and Fallout 4 took it even further by being basically Far Cry: Post Apocalypse edition with a kiddie pool's worth of RPG mechanics. You can like both of those just fine, maybe even prefer them, but a huge portion of the audience is constantly hooting and hollering for a return to at least the level of complexity that was present in Oblivion. Those fans want a game that is an RPG [I]first[/I], not second, nor last, the same way Deus Ex 1 is very clearly a RPG [I]first[/I], and FPS second. And those fans consistently get taken for a ride, buying in to the latest Bethesda game hype, buying it day 1, playing it through, maybe it seems like hot shit for a while, but then eventually they discover how shallow it really is compared to what they wanted, that it is not the resurrection of the Bethesda RPG, and disappointed, they wait and hope the next game will bring back the magic. The last Bethesda game that could really be considered to meet that standard for fans was Oblivion. Sure, New Vegas tided them over and if the rumors of Obsidian producing another Fallout turn out to be true then that will tide them over once more because Obsidian is still in the business of RPGs first and foremost. But that's Obsidian. Bethesda hasn't personally scratched that itch since [I]2006[/I]. And like how Valve will never just outright say "Yeah HL3 isn't happening", Bethesda can't just tell their RPG hungry fans to piss off we're not interested anymore. But real talk, I give up, Bethesda isn't in what I would call the ~true~ RPG business anymore and they haven't been for about 10 years now. I think that's plenty of time to conclude that it's time to move on and find something else, like Tyranny, or Wasteland 2, or whatever else.

Obsidian, still da king after all these years

People have been ragging on bethesda dumbing down since [del]Obliv...[/del] Probably morrowind, because that had things missing from daggerfall. I do wonder if they'd be better off if they actually gave their next tes game to the old Obsidian.

Bethesda should just give up all pretense of making RPG's, every game since at least Skyrim has had shitty gameplay and even shittier roleplaying. they coast off of doing lots of things and genres poorly rather than doing anything well, and that's become so ingrained with their brand that their fans have developed Stockholm syndrome over it

[QUOTE=The golden;52935169]I really enjoyed Morrowind and its expansions and I really enjoyed Oblivion and all its content so I can say that those are purchases I'm happy with. I remember several times where I felt kinda ripped off while playing Skyrim and the more I played it the more I realized how empty and poorly written the game actually was. [B]I believe Dawnguard is the only well-written piece of story for Skyrim[/B] and so was the only thing I actually bought after Skyrim. I have not bought another Bethesda product since and that's not looking like it's going to change. I have bought and am subscribed to Elder Scrolls Online but I feel that's actually a decent game. It's not made by Bethesda though so go figure.[/QUOTE] Good thing this is the Unpopular Opinions Thread, because ohh boy! In all Seriousness, some unpopular opinion, I thought Croc 2 was the better of the Croc duology. And I liked Fallout: Brotherhood of steel, I feel like i've sinned to many by saying this, but it was my first fallout game i've ever played, what a way to start the series, eh?

I hate when some games have empty protagonists where "the player is supposed to project themselves into their shoes!" I don't want that, I want the protagonist to have his/her own identity with at least a tiny amount of personality regardless of if you never hear/see them.

[QUOTE=xZippy;52936367]I hate when some games have empty protagonists where "the player is supposed to project themselves into their shoes!" I don't want that, I want the protagonist to have his/her own identity with at least a tiny amount of personality regardless of if you never hear/see them.[/QUOTE] I liked the protagonist in Prey for this reason, you're a silent amnesiac but multiple characters are digital backups of your brain and the interactions with people who used to know you reveal a lot about the player character.

[QUOTE=xZippy;52936367]I hate when some games have empty protagonists where "the player is supposed to project themselves into their shoes!" I don't want that, I want the protagonist to have his/her own identity with at least a tiny amount of personality regardless of if you never hear/see them.[/QUOTE] being totally silent is a personality trait in itself, and it probably encourages certain people to say their own imaginings of the answers out loud. Plus, They changed Halo's protagonist from -I'll only say something if it's absolutely necessary or really badass- (and he'd be gloriously succinct about it) to -Always concerned- and it fukin ruins the character.

On the topic of Christmas (and i guess toys in general), I can't help but think that we need Tomy to get back into the tabletop pinball business. Moose Mountain is just.... :vomit:

More than 95% of Doctor Who ranges from mediocre to awful. I don't know how people can sit through so much shit for so very few good episodes. It's like a longer running version of Highlander.

dan bull's raps are more cringe than good

[QUOTE=Cone;52934897]Bethesda should just give up all pretense of making RPG's, every game since at least Skyrim[/quote] This is literally only two games :thinking: [quote]has had shitty gameplay and even shittier roleplaying. they coast off of doing lots of things and genres poorly rather than doing anything well, and that's become so ingrained with their brand that their fans have developed Stockholm syndrome over it[/QUOTE] It's really not that at all. I've yet to find an RPG that follows the same standard formula of: 1.) Super open world, to the point where if I get distracted and accidentally fuck off in the wrong direction I won't be coming back to the MQ for a good while. 2.) First person. Unless we're talking about some Dark Souls-level shit where 90% of interaction with world NPCs is attacking them in some way and the combat wouldn't work very well in first person, I don't want to play in third person. Still trying to finish a Witcher game some day. 3.) A shitload of world interactivity in the sense that if I cast some spell or something at a table covered in objects, I expect those objects to go fucking flying. If I see someone I don't like, let me fucking stab them. If I want to do some dumb shit like drop a bucket on someone's head, lemme do that shit. The world is my sandbox, even if I'm running with an alternate start mod and roleplaying as some random shitty hunter with amnesia. 4.) Moddability to the point where if I have a problem with the game, someone else probably has too and has also probably released a fix for it from minor to major issues. Also, the ability to outright create whole new games, essentially, within this one. 5.) [B]Let me be my own character[/B]. This is one of the reasons FO4 is so fucked to me, why it's at the bottom of my Bethesda games list, why I won't be buying Fallout 4 VR unless the F4NV mod works with it. I've tried to do gimmick runs before, once as a raider, once as an old cowboy-type guy. But you know what? They don't work. I've already got an established personality that can't be remedied without mods making dialogue silent and rewriting and fixing all of the game's dialogue. This is something New Vegas excelled in, and is why it's easily my favorite Bethesda-formula game in existence, despite not even being fucking made by Bethesda. and there's probably more shit deep down at the core that I play these games for, but I guarantee you, it's not because they're "doing lots of things and genres poorly" so much as "nobody is even trying to do anything similar because if they did I'd be flocking to it." If Obsidian released something similar gameplay-wise without any Fallout branding at all, I would buy the everloving fuck out of it because they've taken the Bethesda formula and made something actually good out of it, despite the gross Fallout 3 engine quirks that came with it. Realtalk, if you've come across anything meeting that criteria I'd love to hear about it because, while the older games are still good to me, FO4 is a joke, Obsidian isn't working on a new Fallout as far as we know and they seem to have an isometric boner for franchises they create, and I'd like to play something I haven't spent hundreds of hours in.

[QUOTE=gk99;52945095] 5.) [B]Let me be my own character[/B]. This is one of the reasons FO4 is so fucked to me, why it's at the bottom of my Bethesda games list, why I won't be buying Fallout 4 VR unless the F4NV mod works with it. I've tried to do gimmick runs before, once as a raider, once as an old cowboy-type guy. But you know what? They don't work. I've already got an established personality that can't be remedied without mods making dialogue silent and rewriting and fixing all of the game's dialogue. This is something New Vegas excelled in, and is why it's easily my favorite Bethesda-formula game in existence, despite not even being fucking made by Bethesda.[/quote] [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/18946/?]Since you mentioned modding...[/url]