Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2."
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I actually like the windows 8 start menu that covers the entire screen. I find it more convenient and faster than the traditional start menu in the corner.
For example: when you're playing a first person shooter, opening any menu will generally put your mouse directly into the center of your screen. The same applies with hitting the windows button. When I press it and the start screen comes up, I have to barely move my mouse to click what I want.
Too many Facepunchers jump to insults when faced with an even slightly controversial opinion, even when that opinion is explained in fair detail.
[QUOTE=Amaurus;49142297]I actually like the windows 8 start menu that covers the entire screen. I find it more convenient and faster than the traditional start menu in the corner.
For example: when you're playing a first person shooter, opening any menu will generally put your mouse directly into the center of your screen. The same applies with hitting the windows button. When I press it and the start screen comes up, I have to barely move my mouse to click what I want.[/QUOTE]
doesn't apply if you don't have a windows key like me tho, clicking down in that area regardless
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49142251]Guns are threat to peoples safety and should be heavily regulated by the government.[/QUOTE]
counterpoint: safety is overrated and the practice of getting rid of anything dangerous is poisonous to society
most crime has its roots in socioeconomic factors and you'll do a much better job of making a country safe by keeping unemployment low
[QUOTE=Amaurus;49142297]I actually like the windows 8 start menu that covers the entire screen. I find it more convenient and faster than the traditional start menu in the corner.[/QUOTE]
I actually prefer the start screen on Windows 10 over the start menu myself. If I'm going into my start menu I'm clearly looking for something so it obscuring whatever menus I have open is a complete non-issue and being able to see more of my start menu stuff is quite useful at that point.
Being drunk is one of the greatest feelings ever. If it wasnt for hangovers I'd probably be blackout drunk very weekend.
I dislike most kpop. I like CL and 2NE1, but I find Kpop way more bearable with the lyrics as remixes like
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7do808o2LU[/media]
[QUOTE=Killer monkey;49142724]Being drunk is one of the greatest feelings ever. If it wasnt for hangovers I'd probably be blackout drunk very weekend.[/QUOTE]
getting drunk is great
being drunk kind of sucks
it's like being normal, but you can't go anywhere for the rest of the night and you suck at everything
plus it's followed by becoming sober and I become incredibly pessimistic when I'm coming down from alcohol
plus I'm only in my early twenties and hangovers are already nuclear
there's nothing worse than being glued to your friend's ratty couch at 9am because every time you stand up the room starts to spin
You can't simply say "Your Logical Fallacy is _____" to an argument you have to explain why and back it up with substance
and even then some people are just having fun and not arguing who cares
[QUOTE=Aldawolf;49143201]You can't simply say "Your Logical Fallacy is _____" to an argument you have to explain why and back it up with substance [/QUOTE]
you can, I've seen several several great debates where that happened. plus, you've got an anime avatar, so clearly you're wrong. furthermore, my favorite librarian says that pointing out logical fallacies is a great way to argue - not to mention the fact that if we start making well structured arguments today, soon we'll be spending every waking hour planning and writing tedious posts and society will collapse.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49143446]you can, I've seen several several great debates where that happened. plus, you've got an anime avatar, so clearly you're wrong. furthermore, my favorite librarian says that pointing out logical fallacies is a great way to argue - not to mention the fact that if we start making well structured arguments today, soon we'll be spending every waking hour planning and writing tedious posts and society will collapse.[/QUOTE]
this a clear example of a sore nipple fallacy
[editline]ass[/editline]
SHILL
[QUOTE=wauterboi;49142264]I'll talk about it here since it's been about a week or two after the shitstorm I caused in the Anita Sarkeesian thread.
I flat out stopped responding because people were straight up treating me like I was an idiot for my feminist views and my feminist questions. In the past, when I've taken the alternate side, I usually end up with a lot of agreeance.
I dunno, I think part of it is that a lot of people are genuinely tired of the feminist movement and I don't blame people for feeling so annoyed, but to an extent I didn't really think like a lot of people were opening up - at least not enough to try and break things down for me so that I'd understand their point of view. I wasn't trying to call anyone out or trying to be mean or anything and it bothers me a little bit that there was a lot of that aggression that came after everything I said. Dunno.
I try to look at both sides and take the best of both sides, because I think both sides are onto something in the debate when it comes to things like feminism and feminism as it pertains to video games, but I've yet to really find that safe place where I can talk and ask questions. The bigger thing is I kind of want to be allowed to be wrong and I want others to be allowed to be wrong as well, as long as people are focused on debating fairly without becoming too aggressive about it. Because I'm not focused on tearing people down - that's the biggest problem I have with the new feminism - I'm not trying to turn my ideology into a weapon to beat down on others.[/QUOTE]
To be honest when talking about feminism in an anita sarkeesian thread people one way or another associate feminism with her. Speaking in defense of feminism there seems like a defense of anita which is going to heavily color how they view those statements.
Hard to blame them considering that even if you ignore her incredibly shitty politics and views she is still a hack and a fraud.
Even if she had a legit point to make I wouldn't want to hear it from her because I consider her to be a the above and would rather listen to literally anybody else.
[QUOTE=Aldawolf;49141881]Facepunch has becoming much more right wing, the entire Sensationalist Headlines forum is full of flat out reactionary stuff on race, feminism and refugees
apparently this is an unpopular opinion because I got "called out" on it in said subforum.[/QUOTE]
About a year a go, everyone from Europe would bitch out people from the United States and Canada for complaining about illegal immigration, now the tables are flipped :v:
Honestly, most of the things I'm seeing on SH are pretty valid as most things are entering a point where it seems everyone is just blocking out the other group and refusing to acknowledge anything may be wrong.
tbh I don't get why people make fun of the appearances of people they don't like in SH. Like, why?
[QUOTE=Murky42;49144219]To be honest when talking about feminism in an anita sarkeesian thread people one way or another associate feminism with her. Speaking in defense of feminism there seems like a defense of anita which is going to heavily color how they view those statements.
Hard to blame them considering that even if you ignore her incredibly shitty politics and views she is still a hack and a fraud.
Even if she had a legit point to make I wouldn't want to hear it from her because I consider her to be a the above and would rather listen to literally anybody else.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I straight up said that I dislike Anita Sarkeesian because she doesn't really focus on building people up but instead of breaking people down. I tried to distance myself as much from her as possible on that basis.
[editline]18th November 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49144337]tbh I don't get why people make fun of the appearances of people they don't like in SH. Like, why?[/QUOTE]
It's easy to ignore the argument in favor of an easy way to make the other person look awkward and yourself to be [I]too cool[/I].
Fortunately, this hasn't happened to me.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49144337]tbh I don't get why people make fun of the appearances of people they don't like in SH. Like, why?[/QUOTE]
The best way to know you won an argument is if the other side resorts to calling you names or talking about how you look or whatever (guess in the Internet's case this would be what your avatar is of.)
If by person you mean like a political figure or someone they don't like or whatever it's basically stems from the same field. It usually either is along the lines of: you don't have an argument against it, or, you want to dehumanize the other person so others will think your side is the more rational.
[QUOTE=splenda;49144399]The best way to know you won an argument is if the other side resorts to calling you names or talking about how you look or whatever (guess in the Internet's case this would be what your avatar is of.)
If by person you mean like a political figure or someone they don't like or whatever it's basically stems from the same field. It usually either is along the lines of: you don't have an argument against it, or, you want to dehumanize the other person so others will think your side is the more rational.[/QUOTE]
"I'm not going to take political advice from someone who has an anime girl for an avatar"
I always thought statements like these were funny, because usually the person saying this is trying to look so much cooler than others as a more social, realistic person. But does any of that really matter when you come to an online forum that's centered around Garry's Mod? It just turns into a pissing contest that no one can prove, no one should have to prove, and no one can truly value on the internet. All that really matters is the argument, unless they're injecting themselves into their argument or are being especially contradictory.
we're all losers here pretty much
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49144505]we're all losers here pretty much[/QUOTE]
I feel like it's more that people who think it's cool to act cooler than another person need to realize their discussion is on a forum for a mod for a computer video game that came out in 2005.
[QUOTE=splenda;49144514]I feel like it's more that people who think it's cool to act cooler than another person need to realize their discussion is on a forum for a mod for a computer video game that came out in 2005.[/QUOTE]
that has literally no relevance to anything
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49144578]that has literally no relevance to anything[/QUOTE]
Neither does bringing up that someone has an anime avatar or their appearance I suppose
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49144593]Neither does bringing up that someone has an anime avatar or their appearance I suppose[/QUOTE]
the value of a person's appearance is dramatically underrated by people who are ugly
your outward presentation is largely a product of effort, practice, and mentality. It's not some exclusive genetic celebrity club, it's a sign of whether or not somebody cares about themselves and is a direct outward reflection of their personality.
and you can certainly judge someone by which media they choose to represent themselves. Why wouldn't that be important?
there's no reason why you shouldn't use either of those facets as evidence to judge a person by. Obviously they have no impact on an objective argument, but people mostly come here to shoot the shit and people generally never base their beliefs on facts anyway.
i guess but if someone's smart enough to have a good point then who gives a shit about what their avatar is or what they're wearing. it really shouldn't go beyond anything other than first impressions.
there's a huge difference between white-nationalism and being both white and nationalist
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49144578]that has literally no relevance to anything[/QUOTE]
I think it does. It does warrant what kind of demographic you're talking to.
[QUOTE=Qaus;49144735]there's a huge difference between white-nationalism and being both white and nationalist[/QUOTE]
Nothing wrong with white pride months. Just as silly as having pride based on any other skin tone.
[QUOTE=The golden;49144666]
With bonus points for removal of punctuation and capitalization, and an extra point for the obligatory "lol" at the end just to really make it look like their opinion is beneath you.[/QUOTE]
This sounds strangely progressive.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49144802]Nothing wrong with white pride months. Just as silly as having pride based on any other skin tone.[/QUOTE]
this isn't what i meant.
[editline]19th November 2015[/editline]
but to play off of what you said, i think pride months are absolutely stupid.
everyone should be proud of their race and heritage from jan 1st through dec 31st. dedicating a month to such things means that there's something very wrong with people.
I hate calling transvestites a she. You know its cool that you "gender-identify" yourself as a female, but your entire biological make up is based off your born gender. Anywhere from brain structure (besides that quip that makes you feel like a woman, but you're a dude, but you want everyone just to be oblivious to the world around them, and just call you ma'am) to bone structure, tone of the voice and the dangling thing between your legs.
Tits and hormones is not what makes a woman.
So when someone chastises me and tells me "She is not a he, she is a she!" I quip back with "No, he is a she". Then i get reprimanded because I find that popping some pills and springing some mosquito bite tits does not excuse you from your gender.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;49144927]I hate calling transvestites a she. You know its cool that you "gender-identify" yourself as a female, but your entire biological make up is based off your born gender. Anywhere from brain structure (besides that quip that makes you feel like a woman, but you're a dude, but you want everyone just to be oblivious to the world around them, and just call you ma'am) to bone structure, tone of the voice and the dangling thing between your legs.
Tits and hormones is not what makes a woman.
So when someone chastises me and tells me "She is not a he, she is a she!" I quip back with "No, he is a she". Then i get reprimanded because I find that popping some pills and springing some mosquito bite tits does not excuse you from your gender.[/QUOTE]
I see where you're coming with this. Sort of.... I disagree with an aspect or two but i get what you mean.
It really does piss me off how anal and butt hurt people get when you use gender terms or identity for people and they go off on one saying that they identify as something else that isn't a male or female.
I still believe there is just MALE & FEMALE. Regardless of whether you're a female that wants to be a male or vice versa. If you wish to be a male, but you are a female, but WANT to be considered and identified as a male, i will respect your wishes and call you a male with the terms he/him and whatever....
But if you identify as some stupid ass thing like "genderless" biologically or spiritually. I will not call you by your special snowflake status because you are just asking way too much. I will call you he or she depending on what genitals you have and if you don't declare either your preferred gender term that is either male or female.
[QUOTE=greeley;49144985]I see where you're coming with this. Sort of.... I disagree with an aspect or two but i get what you mean.
It really does piss me off how anal and butt hurt people get when you use gender terms or identity for people and they go off on one saying that they identify as something else that isn't a male or female.
I still believe there is just MALE & FEMALE. Regardless of whether you're a female that wants to be a male or vice versa. If you wish to be a male, but you are a female, but WANT to be considered and identified as a male, i will respect your wishes and call you a male with the terms he/him and whatever....
But if you identify as some stupid ass thing like "genderless" biologically or spiritually. I will not call you by your special snowflake status because you are just asking way too much. I will call you he or she depending on what genitals you have and if you don't declare either your preferred gender term that is either male or female.[/QUOTE]
I feel ya, and I don't have any qualms with the LGBT community. If they wish to go through the arduous treatment into switching their gender, then power to them. I will call them whatever gender they will identify with. But the thing that always bothers me, is not the niceties or political correct values of the situation. Its the fact that you pretty much have to do this.
But this only seems to apply to their community. Say a furry walks up to you, and they align themself with a dog. Do you start barking to them? Do you refer to them as a dog? They like to think of themselves as a canine, but you know they're not. I have no problems calling them a dog, they want to be a dog. Then woof woof.
If they want to be a different gender, go for it. Free country isnt it?
I know this is an unpopular bit here. But how is it wrong? Why can a male be a female and viseversa. But neither one of them can be a Bovine if they wished to be species fluid?
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