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

[QUOTE=JohhnyCarson;49158971]If you look at the 2010 census map, the races are separating of their own accord. [IMG]http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001246601/map_common_race_xlarge.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE] There is a big difference between a higher then national average and saying only X race is allowed here. Also with the current SJW climate I would definitely not want to be the one explaining "nono we are saying this area may only have white people as a social experiment we aren't racist!".

Ok I see. No I am not saying forcing people. I am saying giving incentives. As for SJWs? Its a matter of intent. In the 1950s and before, it was inferiors versus non inferiors. What I saying is creating a safe place for people to be their own selves and mingle when affairs call for it. Like I said, if you got a predominantly all black force, patrolling a predominantly black city, then its safe to assume its the police officer gone out of control. The question of "Was it profiling?" wouldnt be involved. Being in an area where you are not the majority does't help self esteem. No I am not serious. I am stating this to be controversial.

[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;49158951]nerds love to complain that everyone is "too sensitive these days" yet i always see those exact same people on the internet fuming over shit like this, give me a fuckin break lol[/QUOTE] nah, I'm gonna stand by this one. Facebook was miles better before they implemented their built-in video player and before the 'facebook celebrity' thing rose in fashion. The site has a shit culture now, and the fact that hundreds of millions of people engage in it is a bad thing. You can't reasonably think that mass media is a "stupid, inconsequential little thing." It's a huge thing, and it has an impact on the way everybody thinks.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49159130]You can't reasonably think that mass media is a "stupid, inconsequential little thing." It's a huge thing, and it has an impact on the way everybody thinks.[/QUOTE] but you're not talking about manipulation by social media or facebook's bad practices, you're complaining about the crappy videos that the [I]users[/I] post

All problems with Facebook have to do with Facebook's approach to social networking, especially their algorithms that kill organic reach and allow popular things and people to dominate the conversation. That's not to say that I have a problem with popular things and people, but there's a good chance you're missing status updates from some of your friends and pages you like simply because they don't fit the algorithm and especially because they aren't forking out cash to fund Facebook and compete financially. It's a serious problem I have with Facebook and Twitter - instead of competing through intellectual connections and stuff like that, it's now a numbers game that people abuse by trying to fit the vague global conversation with references to pop culture and sensational headlines on top of stacks of dollar bills to kill off non-conformity. In other words, that reaction video to the Star Wars trailer will be prioritized over personal tweets, and that band is going to outrank your band because they paid up to reach their fans. Seriously, if you start a Facebook page you won't reach all your fans that voluntarily liked your page unless you pay for it. It's bullshit. And this algorithm takes place on a personal level between friends too. If Google+ emphasized organic reach, they could probably put up a good fight or cause Facebook and Twitter to make changes to accommodate, which would make me very happy.

[QUOTE=GreenBH;49158622]Facebook is a terrible way of keeping in contact with people. If you want to see your friends again, you're gonna have to get outdoors and look for them. I made a whole bunch of contacts during the summer which all formed into a group chat - guess who's the one that bothers to bump it in hopes of any further progress? In amongst all the emoji and vines, I just post normally while greentexting to tell stories or explain things. Always be the diamond in the rough.[/QUOTE] If you have the time/capability to go outside to meet up with those people, then you've missed the point of facebook. I use it to keep up with cousins who lives 5 states away, friends who have moved away, and some foreigners that visited my school. pretty damn hard to get in my car to visit those people, and I could text them, but why bother when facebook is a sort of lingua franca of social networks that most people have.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49159631]If you have the time/capability to go outside to meet up with those people, then you've missed the point of facebook. I use it to keep up with cousins who lives 5 states away, friends who have moved away, and some foreigners that visited my school. pretty damn hard to get in my car to visit those people, and I could text them, but why bother when facebook is a sort of lingua franca of social networks that most people have.[/QUOTE] I don't know why people look at social interactions on the internet as limiting when it's given me the ability to connect with some incredible people as well as old friends. My best friend is someone in Colorado that I've been friends with for over 6 or 7 years and I've never met him. Most of his best friends are people he's met through the internet as well. The idea that meeting people has to take place at parties, at school, and stuff like that is outdated when you've got the internet that can help you meet people that are more like you - [I]especially[/I] if you're not a super extroverted person. Also, all of my friends are just like me: super busy and doing all kinds of schoolwork and what not. The best way to keep in touch as our lives deviate away from each other and away from our city is through Facebook. It hasn't destroyed our lives - I think it's kept us more together than, say, my parents and their friends after they left high school. It's also given me job opportunities after high school, as people who used to go to school with me remember that I'm capable of doing certain work and approach me for odd jobs and what not despite not actually seeing them for [I]years[/I]. It's awesome.

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;49159631]If you have the time/capability to go outside to meet up with those people, then you've missed the point of facebook. I use it to keep up with cousins who lives 5 states away, friends who have moved away, and some foreigners that visited my school. pretty damn hard to get in my car to visit those people, and I could text them, but why bother when facebook is a sort of lingua franca of social networks that most people have.[/QUOTE] I was referring to local circles - why talk to someone over the internet waiting for the "Seen" message while you can go out and "accidentally" bump into them?

There are times when people go overboard with sexual orientations. Yes, I'm aware I'm walking on very dangerous lands by saying but let me explain. I know the sexualities that have a noticeable difference between each other. Hetero, Homo, Bi, Asexual, Pansexual, Poly etc. But when you expect me to know what the heck Recipsexuality is, we have a problem. For those of you who don't know, being Recipsexual apparently means you are only attracted to the person you're with when you know they're attracted to you. How is that a sexual orientation? "You know what I love most about you? You're attracted to me too." Well no shit, why would you be in a relationship with someone that doesn't have attractions towards you. And I'm speaking abiut general relationships here, not forced relationships. Honestly, I think I dislike the horty-torty attitude people have when others don't know their insanely specific sexual orientations (that in reality sometimes just sound like really subtle fetishes) over the orientations themselves. I'm sorry that I don't know what a Gyaramottelsexual is.

there isn't anything [I]that[/I] weird about hatsune miku concerts.

[QUOTE=Trixil;49160635]there isn't anything [I]that[/I] weird about hatsune miku concerts.[/QUOTE] I'm fairly sure the smell would be pretty weird, lol.

[QUOTE=Trixil;49160635]there isn't anything [I]that[/I] weird about hatsune miku concerts.[/QUOTE] :sick:

[QUOTE=Trixil;49160635]there isn't anything [I]that[/I] weird about hatsune miku concerts.[/QUOTE] Why on earth are there concerts for a fake voice?

[QUOTE=Unique_mask;49162197]Why on earth are there concerts for a fake voice?[/QUOTE] same reason people enjoy autotuned songs i suppose

One of my friends has FB, but keeps using up her data on her cell phone. Won't go up to her parents for more but apparently she still hates them. It's the only way to keep tabs on her so that she doesn't go over the edge. Plus it helps me memorize birthdays since I don't have a calendar of my own.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49162278]same reason people enjoy autotuned songs i suppose[/QUOTE] I think he means on the basis of people going to hologram concerts. When I go to a concert its to go experience a real life performance of a real life person(s) with other real life people. The whole Tupac and MJ thing was fine because they were real people. But I feel they don't do anything justice, and trying to replicate a real person in hologram is doing their legacy a disservice.

[QUOTE=Unique_mask;49162197]Why on earth are there concerts for a fake voice?[/QUOTE] Part of the fun of going to a concert is seeing the people you enjoy play music live, but also jumping around with like-minded people (probably friends) and fitting in. No offense, but I would imagine that people who like going to Hatsune Miku concerts are probably trying to take a break from people like yourself to spend time with people who can share the same fun as them.

Even though I think Overwatch looks cool, I'm still more interested in Gigantic and Paladins.

[B]I don't care if you don't read long posts. Skip ahead if you're not into long rants.[/B] [QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;49162748]I think he means on the basis of people going to hologram concerts. When I go to a concert its to go experience a real life performance of a real life person(s) with other real life people. The whole Tupac and MJ thing was fine because they were real people. But I feel they don't do anything justice, and trying to replicate a real person in hologram is doing their legacy a disservice.[/QUOTE] Why does it matter if they're real? If you can enjoy the sound of a robotic voice in the same way you can enjoy a real voice, does literal existence matter more than the experience? I'd say no, even though I don't particularly enjoy vocaloid music, save for one or two really experimental songs I've listened to that focused on the eccentricities of how synthetic they sound. (At that point I consider it small enjoyment of a novelty.) I can't remember the Gorillaz concert, but most of it was spent behind translucent screens that turned their figures into silhouettes. If you went to that concert and had a great time, and then found out afterwards that there weren't real people behind those screens and that those screens were simply monitors, would you then completely invalidate your entire experience? Eliminating the concept of being ripped-off, would it invalidate the fun that you had? How about cover bands? That's when different people other than the actual band play their music. They're catering to an audience that is well aware that they aren't the real thing, but want to have an experience that is similar to what the real thing would have been. It still caters an audience with the same interests and from what I understand they have the capacity to be fun. So at what point can an experience be contrived? When can we draw the line between, "that experience is completely nonsensical because it's not natural" and "that experience stems from a genuine performance"? And should we be drawing the line where it's being drawn now, where the band has to be on stage? What if they're being auto-tuned? What if they're lip-syncing? What if a solo singer is on stage singing a song that wasn't written by him with a backing track that wasn't produced or performed by him? [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIDqt2aUek]What if the singing itself was synthesized and produced by a DJ?[/url] What if that song was neat, and that style of singing was enjoyed? What if people wanted to celebrate this niche genre of music? Should they stay home because their experience is contrived? Here's my bigger criticism that comes from this whole talk about what's genuine and what isn't: I'm a hobbyist music producer that produces stuff that ranges from film score to EDM to Rock. I don't play any of the instruments - it's all input into a digital audio workstation. The most playing I'll do is improvisation on the keyboard to find notes or to come up with small portions of melodies and chord progressions. Am I not a genuine musician? Are the means to reach the end product more important than the end product? I don't think so - or at least I don't care. I don't care if Radiohead's music is "genuine" - I care if it sounds good. And it does. (Plus I like that it's so machine-like because that in itself can contribute to the artistic integrity of their music.) Would you criticize an artist for using Photoshop, or would you appreciate everything awesome that comes along with their tools? Would you call a chef that doesn't make everything from scratch a cheater, or enjoy the final results of their craft? And we can go even further down the rabbit hole with this - why is struggle such a treasured concept when we as a society can make things a lot easier for each other - probably endlessly? I can't be a [I]real[/I] musician because I focus on composition through electronic means, a painter can't be a [I]real[/I] painter if he uses Photoshop, because there's a struggle associated with working towards the end product with what's been set out before us. People who complain about the state that the United States are in often get misrepresented, misinterpreted, and unheard in place of name-calling and whatever. It's easier to present a narrative that hard work and struggles is what makes America so great - that people who don't work hard get left in the dust and that the people with true integrity will always come out on top - and deservedly! And then it becomes easier to look at the poor as deserving of their status, and that the dissenters are moochers. And the people that find alternative approaches to economy and society are attacked as being un-American, and that the one method of achieving greatness is the traditional American struggle. It is my opinion that enforcing struggle when it isn't necessary limits progress and keeps eyes away from what is important - the end. I find no productivity in labeling people non-musicians, non-artists, and anti-American, nor do I think it's fair to force everyone to "struggle" a certain way. [quote=From a friend]It's seen as validating the pursuit. Without the struggle, anyone could do it meaning it's not actually special . So and so was able to do this because they're a genius, I can't do that. Or, I can do this because I worked really hard, I'm important.[/quote]

when it comes to high-concept stuff like art, the struggle is definitely part of the performance. It's not part of the music, no - you can't hear struggle. Electronic music is absolutely valid as an art form. But a show is a performance. Once you cut away all the hype and the crowd and the lights and the smoke, the difference between prerecorded music and performed music is the difference between watching a band play and watching a computer sit there. I wouldn't watch somebody paint live, either. The act of playing an instrument is rooted in entertainment and you can't really compare it to putting on a musical lightshow.

But you're not watching a computer sit there. You're watching a hologram "sing" music you enjoy and all without the restrictions of reality. It isn't literal performance, but I think there's enough substance there to justify attendance. And people do go out to watch light shows, so its that plus a hologram singer plus subjectively good music. I don't think it's abnormal despite the fact that I wouldn't attend. The one thing I can really explain as bothersome to me is the lack of interaction that the "singer" would have with the audience. But then again, that can be accounted for with clever programming and real-time controls. I couldn't get into that regardless, but if people want to experience their favorite fictional character come to life, why stop them? Why point out that it's not a performance? It's suspended disbelief.

mark of the ninja sucked.

I was never that much invested in the whole GOTY debate that takes place around this time every year, but this time around I'm really invested in seeing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt getting the title I really feel its developers DESERVE it

[QUOTE=Unique_mask;49162197]Why on earth are there concerts for a fake voice?[/QUOTE] it's fun to image that your favorite music artist is real and before you ask, no, i am not one of those people who have sexual fantasies with a fictional character. tbh i'd like to go to one of those concerts too

Why the fuck do people care about what critic sites think on newly released games / movies / songs / books etc? Just play / watch / listen / read the fucking thing and stop making exceptions to the common rule of opinion not being fact.

[QUOTE=GreenBH;49166825]Why the fuck do people care about what critic sites think on newly released games / movies / songs / books etc? Just play / watch / listen / read the fucking thing and stop making exceptions to the common rule of opinion not being fact.[/QUOTE] because i want to see other people's opinions before wasting money and time on something that might not interest me or because i just like seeing a good, in-depth analysis of the media i watch, even if it's an analysis i don't particularly agree with

[QUOTE=GreenBH;49166825]Why the fuck do people care about what critic sites think on newly released games / movies / songs / books etc? Just play / watch / listen / read the fucking thing and stop making exceptions to the common rule of opinion not being fact.[/QUOTE] sorry for wanting to see the general opinion on a $60 game before i blindly spend that much money and support that developed/publisher

[QUOTE=Durrsly;49158060]though I don't browse really browse 8chan much anymore because the top boards are just awful.[/QUOTE] as if 4chan is any better or that the top boards on 8chan are the only boards you can visit.

As a Pink Floyd fan, I enjoy the Scissor Sisters rendition of Comfortably Numb. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRk5Gjl_cAg[/media]

[QUOTE=RichyZ;49167093]i said it in another thread but why do fallout fans feel as though there is some crusade against fallout 4 when critics both professional and otherwise rate it fairly high compared to other games also fallout 4 released and is still in a pretty ramshackle state, if ubisoft or ea released this there would be a huge backlash at the amount of gamebreaking bugs, progression blockers, fps issues, and frequent crashing[/QUOTE] I've yet to experience any errors.