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I once went on tumblr and never dealt with ~sjws~ because I didn't talk about it or follow anyone related to the topic
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49171829]and on a similar note, i think we should have more big budget comedy games [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] perhaps not too similar[/QUOTE] The best comedy comes from low budget. It adds to the hilarity. [QUOTE]I think Tumblr is a little bit more, what's the word,[/QUOTE] I m starting to think the only moral way to deal with a fanatic is to scam them while pretending to be on their side. I mean, they don't wanna hear the truth. These people like being lied to. I mean fanatics in general including over the top left.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49172157]I once went on tumblr and never dealt with ~sjws~ because I didn't talk about it or follow anyone related to the topic[/QUOTE] this is what I was told, so I decided to give it a shot. What a big fat fucking lie, it always found a way to leak through. Whether it be through my friend's blog to a "Recommended" blog, that shit always somehow made it to my dash. [I]I was even told I can't make WWII jokes at all.[/I] I just gave up on it, it was ridiculous. [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] oh and on that SJW sort of mindset, I was reading the comments on a Humans of New York picture once and I shit you not, people were saying that the black man in the picture did not say anything racist because he was black. he said that he believes that all white people think they're above all black people. thats a racist belief, it doesn't matter if it's his experiences that lead him to those beliefs, its still a racist belief.
[QUOTE=bdd458;49172235] he said that he believes that all white people think they're above all black people. thats a racist belief, it doesn't matter if it's his experiences that lead him to those beliefs, its still a racist belief.[/QUOTE] Its absolutely stupid that the "anti-racist is anti-white" idiots have plenty of examples to use but thats our reality. Alternative right, Regressive left. Dark times.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49172331]I feel bad for you guys. I've been on Tumblr for the better part of three years and I almost never come across stuff like that.[/QUOTE] i wish I could have that experience, since there were a couple really cool blogs I was following, but somehow that shit always made my way to my dash.
"Let people kill themselves if they want to." Did this one come up yet?
[QUOTE=Benjimon007;49172507]"Let people kill themselves if they want to." Did this one come up yet?[/QUOTE] Euthanasia should be allowed and regulated. Even for depression. Better for the person if we allow them a pain-free death, more merciful than putting them in a situation where they could die an agonizing gunshot wound death, convulse on drugs for hours before dying or experience falling from 100 feet. Its your life and your choice. Of course I'd rather see a person go to a psychologist. [QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49171995]I think Tumblr is a little bit more, what's the word, I guess shitty, than people lead you on to believe. That might be unpopular or popular, who knows. The two major beliefs on Tumblr is that it's a haven for SJWs that can't even and are ridiculously extremist, and the other is that it's a blank slate of a website where it can be anything you want, and therefore is not about that at all....[/QUOTE] These insane Tumblr views are more widespread than people think. Whats happening on universities everywhere right now proves it.
To be honest this vague tumblr university boogeyman scare gets exaggerated a lot too, most uni people are the same as ever.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Q6eup9l.jpg[/IMG] stuff like this is really stupid since it trivializes rape. This was posted in my school which has no dress code other than don't let underwear be showing, girls regularly wear midriff bearing clothes
[QUOTE=RichyZ;49172752]universities have always had their share of hippies and pseudo-intellectuals they're also full of teenagers and early 20 year olds, it's not exactly rocket science as to why most students are dumb[/QUOTE] Its not the lack of knowledge. Its what they're learning. This safespace, patriarchy, rape culture stuff comes from academics.
Fallout 4 is another top tier game from my boys down the street. Morrowind was amazing, Oblivion was amazing, Skyrim was amazing, and Fallout 4 feels like another big step forward for them. They gotta be some of my favorite developers; their games just ooze good feels. [video=youtube;cp02n3PMm0U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp02n3PMm0U&list=PLE9B9838E778DD35D[/video] Everything from the music, visuals, sense of freedom, it's done with a real passion, I feel. Artistic and glorious at it's highest points. Sure they can be a bit ramshackle and less stable than they should be at times, but that oddly never bothered me. Discovered famous glitches like the whole 'giants in Skyrim sending people to the moon' are the greatest.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49172788]Its not the lack of knowledge. Its what they're learning. This safespace, patriarchy, rape culture stuff comes from academics.[/QUOTE] No university worth its salt teaches any "ugh I'm being stared at fuck the patriarchy" tumblr shit though. I did an English degree and we covered patriarchy by studying academic writings on the theory (which aren't like your stereotypical tumblr posts), novels it can be applied to and also arguments [I]against[/I] it. Nobody was indoctrinated into blindly believing this stuff. Just because something is taught doesn't mean there's a ridiculous bias in favour of it, you're always encouraged to consider different views.
[QUOTE=Mr_Ripper;49172034]This made me remember I had a Tumblr and I went to log on to it to check out if anything had happened. [t]http://i.imgur.com/XjB8kNn.png[/t] Fockin' wat[/QUOTE] this is my personal favorite thing I've seen on that background thing [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54123195/tumblr.png[/t]
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49171995]I think racial segregation is fundamentally wrong and so I voiced that. I was called a racist, I was told I was full of white entitlement, and I was told to kill myself.[/QUOTE] Well clearly the racists actually won in the civil rights movement if opposing segregation means you're racist. Like seriously do these people even think over what shit spews out of their mouths on even a basic level? Anyone who's not mentally challenged would realize that what they're saying doesn't remotely line up with reality here.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;49173235]Well clearly the racists actually won ...[/QUOTE] "You cannot be racist against white people, racism is power + privilege" This is a definition you'd probably see in a sociolgical textbook. Its something learned in an academic setting. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BUenCsG.png[/IMG] People take racist ideas like affirmative action and take them to the extreme. [QUOTE=splenda;49173378] People who argue that you are forced into a mindset in humanities classes just show that they have never actually taken a humanities class.[/QUOTE] With any class it depends on the professor.
[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;49172953]No university worth its salt teaches any "ugh I'm being stared at fuck the patriarchy" tumblr shit though. I did an English degree and we covered patriarchy by studying academic writings on the theory (which aren't like your stereotypical tumblr posts), novels it can be applied to and also arguments [I]against[/I] it. Nobody was indoctrinated into blindly believing this stuff. Just because something is taught doesn't mean there's a ridiculous bias in favour of it, you're always encouraged to consider different views.[/QUOTE] I'll one up you and say that I've taken gender studies courses at a top "progressive" university that has been in the news recently for progressive stuff and even in those classes we don't talk about tumblr shit. Even when we do it's the professors saying "these are misconceptions going around and this is why they are overall harmful for social progresses or just missing the point entirely." Like you said, you are not forced into a certain mindset. I could write a paper for a gender studies class about how white cis men are the most oppressed people on the planet right now and if I get enough academically published research to back up my claims and I wrote it well I would get an A on the paper. People who argue that you are forced into a mindset in humanities classes just show that they have never actually taken a humanities class. [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] I mean like the whole point to discussion sections in humanities classes is to create a discussion around the points made in whatever readings were assigned for that week of class. Discussions include arguments for and against what is told, and even professors will be like "I agree with parts of this paper but other parts I don't agree with, but it is up to you to make your own judgement on the evidence given." There are no real right/wrong answers for these types of classes, unlike STEM where there are concrete ways to go about stuff, and that's where the challenge in humanities courses comes in. [editline]23rd November 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Rangergxi;49173363] With any class it depends on the professor.[/QUOTE] At top universities it doesn't really. Like of course the professor will choose essays and papers that they think are academically stimulating and will spark discussions, but this does not mean they shove them down your throat in an attempt to brainwash you. Top universities distinguish themselves from other forms of schooling because they teach students to be critical of everything, even their own professors, and to form their own opinions using research either they did themselves, or that recognized academics did. I have taken many humanities classes, and have many friends who have taken many more humanities courses at various high level universities, and none of them have ever mentioned a professor who does not listen to the other side of things, or who says that everything they teach is 100% the truth and there are no other ways to look at things.
I really like crabs. I think they're nice animals and they're one of the few that I really feel uncomfortable about killing and eating. I think this all stemmed from seeing that one meme about the crab about to have its face cut off, and then also seeing the full gif of the crab getting its face cut off. It was a really sad gif and I think the crab was alive and conscious when it happened which makes it really sad for the crab because it probably hurt a lot.
I think non-white "safe spaces" are fine - so long as we get separate-but-equal "danger zones" for white men only, and white male allies, such as nasty bitches and cool token black dudes.
[QUOTE=Linkuya;49172791]Fallout 4 is another top tier game from my boys down the street. Morrowind was amazing, Oblivion was amazing, Skyrim was amazing, and Fallout 4 feels like another big step forward for them. They gotta be some of my favorite developers; their games just ooze good feels. [video=youtube;cp02n3PMm0U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp02n3PMm0U&list=PLE9B9838E778DD35D[/video] Everything from the music, visuals, sense of freedom, it's done with a real passion, I feel. Artistic and glorious at it's highest points. Sure they can be a bit ramshackle and less stable than they should be at times, but that oddly never bothered me. Discovered famous glitches like the whole 'giants in Skyrim sending people to the moon' are the greatest.[/QUOTE] My problem is that the game has a lot of performance problems for me and enemies every five steps. It kinda breaks my "ooh let's explore" feeling because I know as soon as I go into somewhere I'll have to pull out my gun and clear it out before getting to actually clear out the place. For example, the Combat Zone. Imagine if [sp]instead of getting shot on sight, they gave us some sort of fighter's guild style questline where you melee fight bitches in the ring[/sp] or something
[QUOTE=gk99;49174176]My problem is that the game has a lot of performance problems for me and enemies every five steps. It kinda breaks my "ooh let's explore" feeling because I know as soon as I go into somewhere I'll have to pull out my gun and clear it out before getting to actually clear out the place. For example, the Combat Zone. Imagine if [sp]instead of getting shot on sight, they gave us some sort of fighter's guild style questline where you melee fight bitches in the ring[/sp] or something[/QUOTE] That's what [sp] I expected to happen when I walked in. Was super confused when everyone started shooting.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;49172693]To be honest this vague tumblr university boogeyman scare gets exaggerated a lot too, most uni people are the same as ever.[/QUOTE] if anything that exaggeration helps give the real ones just as much extra sway as the circulation of pro-sjw stuff. i mean if half your social media is just people editorializing and joking and panicking 24/7 about how much power and control these dudes have, how they can and will ruin our way of life and are manipulating every facet of society, seems like people are far more likely to both make and give into ridiculous demands than if they thought it was just a bunch of hippies being about as convincing as hippies usually are the way the spread of information has changed us as a society is so bizarre
I don't get what's the deal with the hate on Kotaku.
People always underestimate the United Nations, I'd say they are one of the most important things to ever happen in the 20th century onward. Open, official dialogue between nations. The security council (they can do a lot of good when all 5 members are on board) The World Health Organization, establishing temporary protectorates to make sure nations transfer smoothly, etc. The League of Nations was just a test drive they don't count
[QUOTE=iAmaNewb;49175386]I don't get what's the deal with the hate on Kotaku.[/QUOTE] Terrible writers infamous for pushing their agendas or just writing dumb shit mostly
[QUOTE=Novangel;49176590]Terrible writers infamous for pushing their agendas or just writing dumb shit mostly[/QUOTE] Kotaku makes a lot of money for being a wrapper for other people's content.
[QUOTE=Benjimon007;49172507]"Let people kill themselves if they want to." Did this one come up yet?[/QUOTE] Yes if I remember correctly the popular conclusion at the time was: Suicidal people are often temporarily insane and not of sound mind and thus letting them commit suicide is immoral. However not allowing suicide when long term suffering is inevitable is also bad and professional euthanasia should be an option. [QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49171995]I think Tumblr is a little bit more, what's the word, I guess shitty, than people lead you on to believe.[/QUOTE] Honestly I genuinely wouldn't be all that surprised if a few violent extremists pop up out of those circles. [QUOTE=splenda;49173378]I'll one up you and say that I've taken gender studies courses at a top "progressive" university that has been in the news recently for progressive stuff and even in those classes we don't talk about tumblr shit.[/QUOTE] Just curious have you ever watched some of the videos that Lauren Southern has made on gender studies? She is partaking in a class and her criticisms of the class don't seem like lies to me.
[QUOTE=iAmaNewb;49175386]I don't get what's the deal with the hate on Kotaku.[/QUOTE] [t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/4d99ae743eddd0aade6fbc72a78175cd/tumblr_nwcif0VG4J1re1sgdo2_1280.png[/t][t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/7f56a5951d1850552ef70e51273cd0ef/tumblr_nwcif0VG4J1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t][t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/e03968c14682ef4427f69a823804f618/tumblr_nv5c4n1dx71re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t] [t]http://41.media.tumblr.com/64a700bc14add448f784f6684afc0bb9/tumblr_nv20vseNuF1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t][t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/c8be29f10a9c9b9799945f48e20bf43d/tumblr_nuxtb2cq1T1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t][t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/9789bc5bc861e246204669ca1510ea76/tumblr_nu61uvWLkD1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t] [t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/5cc0c9011d1fc321d0d98fc4fbddcd53/tumblr_nt77tkrDLd1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t][t]http://41.media.tumblr.com/b61a0736526ec8c274330d7964f06fe2/tumblr_nswb9cYw4j1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t][t]http://40.media.tumblr.com/2ac89d4517069290ce0c9294061918f3/tumblr_nsj8uycweK1re1sgdo1_1280.png[/t] Kotaku: The Gamer's Guide™ [editline]24th November 2015[/editline] [img]http://40.media.tumblr.com/aad823bdab9695ac6bc642e69b92b386/tumblr_ntm3bqSa1W1re1sgdo1_1280.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Murky42;49176973]Just curious have you ever watched some of the videos that Lauren Southern has made on gender studies? She is partaking in a class and her criticisms of the class don't seem like lies to me.[/QUOTE] No but I have taken and am currently taking gender studies courses at an university infamous for its ultra progressive professors and student base, and in none of these classes have things been taught in the absolutes, it's even discouraged to write in absolutes for some of the courses.
why would you spend money on gender studies courses
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49180044]why would you spend money on gender studies courses[/QUOTE] Because I've always been interested in gender theory and social issues? Are you really the type of person who judges people on what they find interesting? I hope whatever you are studying is something you love because I respect those who follow their dreams and passions rather than looking for a quick buck. I'm a computer science major, so I more or less have a hobby that is profitable, but I'm also very into topics such as music, art and art history, and gender theory. Being taught by some of the top gender theorists in the world excites me greatly, so I feel the fraction of my in-state tuition that is going to those classes is justified. Like I really hate to stoop to your level, but if you actually judge people for taking humanities classes you need to grow up. I have no respect for someone who is in a STEM or other profitable major just for monetary reasons, but have infinite respect for those who are humanities majors who truly love their field. I've always been told that true success is doing what you love, and I'm very interested in gender, so I'm more successful than a lot of the pure computer science majors at my school, even if they are not "wasting their money" on gender studies classes.
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