Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2." - General

[QUOTE=ryfry99;49074241]I find the Undertale circlejerk annoying too.[/QUOTE] And that is totally understandable, as someone who really likes the game, the fanbase can be pretty damn annoying. I find the Fallout circlejerk more annoying not only because its 'bigger', but because the game isn't even out yet and people are already calling it the best game of the year. [editline]8th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Samiam22;49074902]Bethesda's stuff is hit and miss. On the one hand, you've got their bad writing like the whole DRAGONBORN PROPHECY and on the other, you have some pretty genuinely intriguing/interesting stuff like that one Dark Brotherhood quest from Oblivion, or the The Pitt DLC from FO3.[/QUOTE] Bethesda is terrible at making main storylines and characters. The only part of Skyrim/Fallout3 that I enjoyed were some specific sidequests (even tho so many in Skyrim were 'my x is stuck in that cave full of draugr, can u get it for me)

[QUOTE=GreenBH;49075576]Haven't you heard of emasculation? That is basically what the third and current wave is all about - destroying the [B]patriarchy.[/B] The first and second wave ideologies are mostly over and achieved in the west - though second still exists in some form. It's the third wave that's taking over your campuses, social media and the internet with all the SJW shit. I don't have a direct problem with feminism and I'm not a misogynist. I'm just trying to distinguish one ideology from a better alternative in the form of egalitarianism (in my opinion, which is regrettably unpopular) and making it clear which is which. Of course people are going to be put off from a term that contains a noun that relates to only one type of person. All the focus should really go to the one with a universal name.[/QUOTE] See, this is the kinda thing I was talking about earlier, just useless concern trolling/willful ignorance. If you really knew the first thing about the issue we're discussing, you wouldn't be making these cookie-cutter, babby's 1st antifeminist arguments. And if you really wanted to understand why what you're saying is wrong, you'd know by reading the previous posts on the subject from people who actually know what they're talking about. Literally no one cares about this "it should be called egalitarianism :(" garbage except for people who are desperately grasping at straws and looking for shitty "gotcha" arguments against social justice.

Can I be an egalitarian and a feminist at the same time? I support both movements.

are you talking about parenting or bdsm

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49075943]Spanking instills fear, not discipline.[/QUOTE] Especially when it comes to greater extremes of discipline* (beating the shit out of a child with extension cords/shoes/belts/etc = child abuse, not "discipline") used on children. Using different degrees of violence in order to get children to behave doesn't teach them anything valuable. It skews their views of love and can condition them to believe that violence is part of love. It'll also warp their view of what it means to be loved by their parents, and they'll likely get nostalgic about it in the future and cherry pick it in some weird way. They'll say things like "Hey, my parents hit me and I turned out great!", it's not great, and that's a horrible way to raise your kids. Although, this isn't to say that you should be calm and soft with your children whenever they do something stupid or plain wrong. I don't know all of the answers for parenting and raising kids, and trying to figure out the best discipline can be difficult. To start, kids can really take advantage of anything their parents do. Especially when they're raised in an environment that condones hitting your kids. If one day the parents just stop doing it at an earlier age, the child can just take advantage of that and feel like they can do whatever they want.

[QUOTE=Pigbear;49075718]tbh i feel that your title fits here [editline]8th November 2015[/editline] Seriously, this is a gaming forum, I know that we do discuss things OTHER than video games, but at it's heart, it's still a gaming forum, Complaining about people being hyped about something is like complaining about two people discussing a game, Its just because they really like it, If you hate how much they like it that's nice, But could you please not be a dick to them and call the things they like shit? You wouldn't like if I did that to a game that YOU liked.[/QUOTE] Well he's not WRONG about the avatar thing though. People on Facepunch can't seem to get a clue, I've seen WAY too many Undertale avatars that just senselessly spoil important moments from the game, like cmon fuckers if you like it so much [i]don't do that[/i].

[QUOTE=GreenBH;49075576]Haven't you heard of emasculation? That is basically what the third and current wave is all about - destroying the [B]patriarchy.[/B] The first and second wave ideologies are mostly over and achieved in the west - though second still exists in some form. It's the third wave that's taking over your campuses, social media and the internet with all the SJW shit. I don't have a direct problem with feminism and I'm not a misogynist. I'm just trying to distinguish one ideology from a better alternative in the form of egalitarianism (in my opinion, which is regrettably unpopular) and making it clear which is which. Of course people are going to be put off from a term that contains a noun that relates to only one type of person. All the focus should really go to the one with a universal name.[/QUOTE] Ok I know I'm late to the party but this post is directed at me and I probably have done the most research on this topic. The patriarchy, while it is a male figure, is not so much a symbol of masculinity, but is an oppressive force on all genders put there by current and historical gendered power structures. The "destroying the patriarchy" notion then is not about destroying masculinity, or emasculation, but is about removing these gendered power structures. The theoretical patriarchy affects men and women equally, some times they are beneficial, but most of the time, the effects are detrimental to both genders. My problem with the term egalitarianism, and I feel it's the same problem others have who are against it, is that it is the same thing as feminism, fighting for equal rights between sexes, but is for people who cannot wrap their head around being part of a movement that has the root "femen" in it. Thus, even though the end causes are the same, equality, and if you removed the overall names of the groups and just laid out their goals most people on both sides would agree, the fact that egalitarians cannot label themselves a certain word because they think feminism is still a female only movement shows an underlying disparity in the gender gap in those people's eyes. If equality is egalitarians main goal, and there is already a movement that has nearly identical goals but has been historically successful, then why don't egalitarians just join that historically successful movement has been fully legitimized in the academic and political world? [editline]8th November 2015[/editline] You also said you have done research on this topic but one of the most essential, and first thing most people learn about, is the patriarchy when doing research. While it is a theoretical cis, white, overtly masculine, well off, powerful man, destroying it does not mean destroying cis genders, people of european descent, [b]masculinity[/b], or rich people. All it means is destroying the notion that because someone was born with a penis and identifies with that penis that they have a greater implicit power than someone who does not fall in that category.

[QUOTE=TAU!;49075938]Can I be an egalitarian and a feminist at the same time? I support both movements.[/QUOTE] I know this seems left field but bear with me here. I have been reading about how scientists will be able to hook people up to computers. Meaning? Your brain, and the internet will be one. Meaning? You and I will become mini brains in a mega super brain. Only then we will all be equal in a borg like manner. [editline]8th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49075943]Spanking instills fear, not discipline.[/QUOTE] I once seen a mother and a child about to cross the street. The child ran in front of a car. She pulled him back and said "no no no" The child ran in front of the car three times. She did the "no no no" thing three times. The fourth time I kid ran out in front of a car, she grabbed him, spanked his ass and told him don't run out in the street without me. The child finally got the message.

[QUOTE=JohhnyCarson;49077055]I once seen a mother and a child about to cross the street. The child ran in front of a car. She pulled him back and said "no no no" The child ran in front of the car three times. She did the "no no no" thing three times. The fourth time I kid ran out in front of a car, she grabbed him, spanked his ass and told him don't run out in the street without me. The child finally got the message.[/QUOTE] but if there's no one around to spank them then they won't know what's wrong about running into the street other than the fact that it gets you spanked, rather than the fact that you'll get run the fuck over and die. it's basically like a stopgap solution until you get old enough to figure it out yourself

[QUOTE=Cone;49077479]but if there's no one around to spank them then they won't know what's wrong about running into the street other than the fact that it gets you spanked, rather than the fact that you'll get run the fuck over and die. it's basically like a stopgap solution until you get old enough to figure it out yourself[/QUOTE] It was an observation and an event I witnessed. It seems people both child and adult only understand social consequences and not actual consequences.

You shouldn't be upset by other people liking things. Enough people complaining about a circlejerk is a circlejerk in itself. If people are enthusiastically excited about a thing, but you are not excited about thing, then just be quiet. They're being happy and they're hurting no one. It's not your business.

[QUOTE=AtomicSans;49077684]You shouldn't be upset by other people liking things. Enough people complaining about a circlejerk is a circlejerk in itself. If people are enthusiastically excited about a thing, but you are not excited about thing, then just be quiet. They're being happy and they're hurting no one. It's not your business.[/QUOTE] I was enthusiastically excited about complaining about a circle jerk. Yet you didn't stay quiet you damned hypocrite1!1

[QUOTE=AtomicSans;49077684]...then just be quiet. They're being happy and they're hurting no one. It's not your business.[/QUOTE] Complaining about a circlejerk is also pretty harmless. The people that complain about the people that complain about a particular circlejerk are just as bad as the people they complain about.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49078359]Complaining about a circlejerk is also pretty harmless. The people that complain about the people that complain about a particular circlejerk are just as bad as the people they complain about.[/QUOTE] ugh, great. everyone line up for the anti-anti-anti-circlejerk. :unimpressed:

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49078406]ugh, great. everyone line up for the anti-anti-anti-circlejerk. :unimpressed:[/QUOTE] Wait, wait. In which direction am I supposed to be jerking it?

Also, Britain's flag is extremely attractive. The US flag is absolutely awful looking. [editline]8th November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Rangergxi;49078359]Complaining about a circlejerk is also pretty harmless. The people that complain about the people that complain about a particular circlejerk are just as bad as the people they complain about.[/QUOTE] :huh:

[QUOTE=kilerabv;49078417]Wait, wait. In which direction am I supposed to be jerking it?[/QUOTE] Triangular

[QUOTE=bdd458;49069630]The only good Bioshock is Infinite. [editline]7th November 2015[/editline] Mainly because I love the setting, not enough games use the 1910s.[/QUOTE] :vomit:

[QUOTE=GreenBH;49069658][B]Femin[/b]ism. [B]Femin[/B]ine. [B]Female.[/B] A goal can be achieved by many different ideologies in many different ways. Being against feminism doesn't necessarily mean you're against gender equality. People tend to look down on feminism not because of its end-goal but the way in which it tries to achieve that goal - [B]femini[/B]zation of the opposite sex. Feminism is an [I]ism[/I] as you probably know: And with every [I]ism[/I] comes an ization: To radicalize something in the name of radicalization is to make it radical, so to feminize something in the name of feminism is to make it feminine. If the male sex were to be feminized, perhaps there would be equality as [B]both men and women would be feminine[/B] - they would be [B]the same[/B] as they are so there would be no differences that naturally cause a level of conflict, even if it is hidden in a tiny cluster within oneself and their mind. So to think that anything not labelled feminism isn't gender equality is retarded. You could have masculinism trying to make women masculine. You could have an obscure third gender try to make both men and women the same as itself.[/QUOTE] I don't know why people think the word feminism containing 'fem' clearly means it's not for equality at all and is only for women and for hurting men or feminizing men or whatever bullshit what we call it has no bearing on what it actually is, I can call an axe a toothpick but it's still a fucking axe, that doesn't make it a toothpick oxymoron oxy oxyclean clearly oxymorons are meant to clean things [editline]e[/editline] stop paying attention to stupid semantics and wording in our broke ass language and pay more attention to the actual ideology the word represents

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49081588]I don't know why people think the word feminism containing 'fem' clearly means it's not for equality at all[/QUOTE] Having the movement for gender equality called be[B] fem[/B]inism justifies the idea that women are the only group that loses when it comes to gender norms and such. Too many feminists adopt this "male oppressor" mentality and this leads to mens issues being ignored. The huge numbers of homeless men and things such as conscription/the draft are practically never considered gender issues.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49081648]Having the movement for gender equality called be[B] fem[/B]inism justifies the idea that women are the only group that loses when it comes to gender norms and such. Too many feminists adopt this "male oppressor" mentality and this leads to mens issues being ignored. The huge numbers of homeless men and things such as conscription/the draft are practically never considered gender issues.[/QUOTE] You will only think that feminism justifies that women are the only group being oppressed if you just look at the word and not its definition or movement behind it, thus bringing back his point with oxymoron and oxyclean. It literally takes 5 seconds on Google scholar to find thousands of peer reviewed, university published articles that would be classified as feminist theory that directly talk about male problems. The "male oppressor" thing refers to the theoretical figure head of a patriarchy, which in feminsim is a male figurehead who oppresses both males and females alike. [editline]8th November 2015[/editline] Read my post earlier on the page for more detail because its basically the same post.

Too many people in the Western world are idiots

The problem with feminism nowadays is that it became less of a movement to promote women rights and more of a comfortable way for certain women to impose their own vision of womanhood about everything to everyone

[QUOTE=EliaMoroes;49081695]The problem with feminism nowadays is that it became less of a movement to promote women rights and more of a comfortable way for certain women to impose their own vision of womanhood about everything to everyone[/QUOTE] Its still pretty much about equal rights. If anything, the current wave is addressing more cross sectional/strictly male issues than ever before. Second wave feminism probably had the most pushing of views of womanhood out of any of the waves with the whole woman identified woman stuff.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49082699]If you deny climate change, you shouldn't be able to run for president. Puts way too many people in danger and with the evidence we have, if it's not crystal clear, you haven't got a clear enough head to run the country anyway.[/QUOTE] this is 100% the popular opinion

[QUOTE=Steve Stump;49081674]Too many people in the Western world are idiots[/QUOTE] Why is it always an Us vs. Them mentality? Do you honestly think thar the Eastern half of the planet is devoid of idiots? Or are you just exposed to human stupidity in your country, and just hope it's better elsewhere? People are people, there's just different kinds of stupidity going around.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;49083499]No it's not, at least in the US, there are still a lot of idiots here that don't accept Climate Change as fact.[/QUOTE] I think misinformation and a lack of awareness causes that. Take me for instance, originally it was global warming, then I think it became cold weather or some such, and my teacher then says they called it 'climate change' so that they could encompass both sides of it to legitimize it when apparently global warming wasn't right and they couldn't go back on what they said without looking silly. I think said teacher is kooky in the head, but that's an example of an average person being taught that climate change isn't a thing.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49083720]Country is the worst genre of music.[/QUOTE] related [video=youtube;FY8SwIvxj8o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8SwIvxj8o[/video]

[QUOTE=Linkuya;49083560]I think misinformation and a lack of awareness causes that. Take me for instance, originally it was global warming, then I think it became cold weather or some such, and my teacher then says they called it 'climate change' so that they could encompass both sides of it to legitimize it when apparently global warming wasn't right and they couldn't go back on what they said without looking silly. I think said teacher is kooky in the head, but that's an example of an average person being taught that climate change isn't a thing.[/QUOTE] No its the solution proposed to deal with it that is causing resistance. To the right, the way to deal with it is more taxes and more regulation. They HATE that. If combating climate change was made in a way that way profitable and didnt involve evil regulations and taxes, I ensure you they would take care of it yesterday. Don't believe me? Look at marijuana legalization. Its gained enough steam that corporations are bankrolling changes in the law to cash in on it. A good example would be the attempt of the monopoly in ohio. Make your solution profitable and it will manifest with no problems.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49083720]Country is the worst genre of music.[/QUOTE] There is no worst genre of music, hating a whole genre of music is stupid.