Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2."
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[QUOTE=Atlascore;49544301]The genetic differences between the "races" is superficial, it's just difference in appearances, things like skin color, facial features, height, etc.[/QUOTE]
Maybe you haven't noticed, but "superficial" differences between people actually have a fairly extreme effect on how they behave towards each other.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;49543822]Race isn't a thing. There are no "races." It's a term that was made up when whites found blacks and they decided they weren't good enough to be real people.
Everyone is human, that's your race. Unless someone is a darkelf or orc, they're the same race. How do you even define it? One race has different color skin and a slightly smaller nose?[/QUOTE]
You are triggering my inner biologist right now
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;49544360]So if children pick on Shorty McGee because he's short as fuck, does he suddenly become a new race of short people because he is treated differently? Do tall people become a new race at that point because they behave differently?
Race is arbitrary, and people are dumbasses. Welcome to earth![/QUOTE]
a better example would be if a bunch of really short humans colonized a geologically secluded area, and divulged from the human genetic mean until they were universally shorter than other people while establishing a unique culture, the combination of which made them visually distinct and immediately identifiable. Then, elements of their cultural history put them at odds with cultures which are home to taller people, leading to xenophobia on both sides, resulting in demographic isolation even in places where they intermingle.
Have I taken crazy pills or something? What fucking planet am I on?
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49544301]The genetic differences between the "races" is superficial, it's just difference in appearances, things like skin color, facial features, height, etc.[/QUOTE]
Unless you have sickle-cell anemia, live in a high altitude area (like Peru or Tibet), can consume dairy products, have a natural immunity to certain infectious diseases, have different body shapes due to climatic conditions, put on weight more easily, or possess different melanin counts.
In just about 10,000 years the impact of agriculture on human life and the massive number of different areas which humans have made their home has naturally led to a small number of genetic adaptions which over the course of many years has led to significant difference between various groups of people. Causes of these differences range from simply being in a different climate or altitude, to having a pastoral lifestyle, an agrarian one, or to what degree your society promotes outbreeding (such as through putting taboos on cousin marriage).
One can't just omit these differences, because they are discrete and empirically quantifiable.
The biological basis for the concept of race is actually not terribly important anyway. Race is important to distinguish and discuss because of the social and economic boundaries put in place by racism in the first place.
It's like if thousands of years ago all the people with small noses in the world gathered up the people with big noses and decided that they were an inferior people and enslaved them for a long period of history, we'd all be talking about nose size and nose-ism today because that kind of shit tends to have huge long term effects, despite the actual physical differences being superficial.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49544514]Your understanding of race is deeply flawed, they aren't clones, they share similar traits but there is still a ton of variation, Germans aren't all six foot tall blondes with blue eyes, nor would your "universally short race" be so uniform.[/QUOTE]
Feel free to replace the phrase "universally" with "(to a degree which would indicate statistical significance)"
furthermore, if someone was six feet tall, blonde, and had blue eyes, chances are excellent that you would be able to guess the homeland of their ancestors with decent accuracy. I think you're the one with the problematic conceptualizations here.
[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;49543822]Race isn't a thing. There are no "races." It's a term that was made up when whites found blacks and they decided they weren't good enough to be real people.
Everyone is human, that's your race. Unless someone is a darkelf or orc, they're the same race. How do you even define it? One race has different color skin and a slightly smaller nose?[/QUOTE]
The life of a black man living in the United States is different than the life of a white man living in the same area. It is in this sense that race exists, and it is in this sense that modern society recognizes race. By refusing to acknowledge this, you are trivializing the struggles of people whose lives are impacted by prejudice. You can't just go around saying that "race doesn't exist", because that implies that racism does not exist.
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I feel like I understand the sentiment of what you're saying, and I agree with it, but the way that you're saying it could be offensive.
-merge-
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49544172]They want special treatment and so hold onto the term.[/QUOTE]
what?
there are so many levels on which that doesn't make sense
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49544172]They want special treatment and so hold onto the term.[/QUOTE]
It really depends on who's being called "(background)-american"
Also, I think black people would like to not worry about being killed for just breathing wrong instead of getting special treatment.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49544172]They want special treatment and so hold onto the term.[/QUOTE]
ah yes 'they'
the collective black hivemind, telepathically making these conscious decisions together
why would "they" even need to keep alive that name in specific when they're already commonly referred to by a number of other equally "special" terms? has Rangergxi never seen someone call a guy black? even for a racial conspiracy this is fucking stupid
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49544172]They want special treatment and so hold onto the term.[/QUOTE]
A very select few do, some others don't. Most, though, are indifferent to it.
people who pronounce GUI as "gooey" are subhuman
[QUOTE=Mining Bill;49545682]people who pronounce GUI as "gooey" are subhuman[/QUOTE]
"Mysequel"
Uuuughhh
[QUOTE=Mining Bill;49545682]people who pronounce GUI as "gooey" are subhuman[/QUOTE]
I've always pronounced it 'G.U.I'
animated jifs are a core component of any well-designed jewey
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49546804]animated jifs are a core component of any well-designed jewey[/QUOTE]
:disgust:
[QUOTE=Mining Bill;49545682]people who pronounce GUI as "gooey" are subhuman[/QUOTE] That is really really petty to be frank.
[QUOTE=gokiyono;49546547]"Mysequel"
Uuuughhh[/QUOTE]
how the heck else is it said? ive never heard anything else before
[QUOTE=Steve Stump;49546987]That is really really petty to be frank.[/QUOTE]
[quote]Reasonable Opinions V5: "I can understand why Half-Life 2 is a critically acclaimed work even though I do not personally enjoy it"[/quote]
on an unrelated note, cel-shading makes everything look like cheap garbage.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49547598]on an unrelated note, cel-shading makes everything look like cheap garbage.[/QUOTE]
On the contrary, I think games like Wind Waker show that, when done right, cel shading can give a game a timeless art style and even make it look leagues better than a more realistically styled game.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49547598]on an unrelated note, cel-shading makes everything look like cheap garbage.[/QUOTE]
There are VERY few games that do it right, only ones I can think of is windwaker and the new guilty gear.
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Alien: Isolation was boring.
[QUOTE=Anti Christ;49547381]how the heck else is it said? ive never heard anything else before[/QUOTE]
My-es-que-el
The real question is, how do people get mysequel from it anyway?
[QUOTE=gokiyono;49549540]My-es-que-el
The real question is, how do people get mysequel from it anyway?[/QUOTE]
I've heard people pronounce it "sequel" in the past, and honestly that sounds less clunky than "S-Q-L".
mysequel and gooey have been used pretty much any time I've heard them be actually spoken about, they blend into normal spoken language better than saying letters.
i feel so immature because i'm secretly proud of the fact that i'm growing a beard and mustache at the age of 13
[QUOTE=Trixil;49551604]i feel so immature because i'm secretly proud of the fact that i'm growing a beard and mustache at the age of 13[/QUOTE]
if you start to feel mature at thirteen you're probably doing something wrong
no one is mature at 13. it's alright, early facial hair isn't COMPLETELY abnormal. im 17 and my face is practically hairless, facial hair is good looking if you treat it right
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