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

Fried chicken is good but it sucks to eat because having greasy ass hands sucks.

I like to take the christian model of taking down an empire. Just implant new ideas that are completely opposite of all the ideas in that current society, make it "yummy" watch it spread and things change. With the internet, the best way to change a government isnt with fire arms, but with ideas.

[QUOTE=JohhnyCarson;49201167]Well education with time perspective is one thing. Translating the future oriented speak to someone who is present oriented would work. So it is possible. Beyond that no I dont see a cheaper way of doing it. Im sorry but everyone is on their own in this world. You cannot help others. Only yourself.[/QUOTE] Time is something politicians aren't fond of spending planning for the future. I agree wholeheartedly that it's a dog eat dog world, and that's why education reform and trying to improve the problem areas through long term planning isn't realistic and in sme cases near impossible

[QUOTE=ghghop;49201203]Time is something politicians aren't fond of spending planning for the future. I agree wholeheartedly that it's a dog eat dog world, and that's why education reform and trying to improve the problem areas through long term planning isn't realistic and in sme cases near impossible[/QUOTE] Well I do not have a solution for that specific problem. I do however have a solution for many problems for society in general. See above. My goal is to alter the meme sphere. I know I sound like an odd ball, but its the only weapon we got. What is needed is new ideas to shock the populace into new ways of thinking so progress may become possible.

[QUOTE=JohhnyCarson;49201209]My goal is to alter the meme sphere.[/QUOTE] and so a dramatic new chapter in human history was begun

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49201232]and so a dramatic new chapter in human history was begun[/QUOTE] We all need a purpose in life dude. Whats yours?

I don't like it when previously white characters become black and male characters become female in reboots (and similar things). It's just a stupid forced way to look progressive.

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;49201619]I don't like it when previously white characters become black and male characters become female in reboots (and similar things). It's just a stupid forced way to look progressive.[/QUOTE] i read that as "we cant think of a way to make a <minority> character look interesting, so we just repurposed an existing character with all the hard work already done, and made them a <minority>"

[QUOTE=Anti Christ;49201835]i read that as "we cant think of a way to make a <minority> character look interesting, so we just repurposed an existing character with all the hard work already done, and made them a <minority>"[/QUOTE] Average movie characters Jake Generic: The main guy, he has short brown hair, a handsome face, slight stubble and saves the day while showing little emotion. Emmy Swatson: The babe, she ends up falling in love with Jake in the end and they kiss, shes hot but also good at fighting. Suit Guy: He wears a suit, is the leader of a powerful evil institution that does bad things, he is middle aged and probably wears a suit. Tyrone Brown: Black guy

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49201178]the AC-130 pilots live in houses in the United States as well as their commanders and their mechanics and their political leaders and the owners of the information empires that support them the idea is that you go to their house and kill them[/QUOTE] No, they live in the skies forever, with their sky families. source: I saw a plane once.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;49201978]idunno i think you're exaggerating a lot, if anything I regularly give up on threads as soon as I open them because anything even tangentially related to guns will have someone from Europe going amurrica within 5 posts.[/QUOTE] And then they're dogpiled in literally one second.

cities are shit and fewer people should live in them

That may be happening.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49202414]cities are shit and fewer people should live in them[/QUOTE] I'd rather live in an area with better internet, better shipping routes, better access to good food, and better access to entertainment than being in the middle of nowhere with none of these options. The problem is [I]bad[/I] cities. Living in Las Vegas, I can say it's a bit crappy and I want to leave, but you get access to everything mentioned before. Living in New York, I'm sure things are different plus a ridiculous cost of living what with the demand to even exist in a room you can call your own.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;49202553]Unless you live in absolute bumfuck nowhere you don't need to live in a big city to get any of those amenities, you might have to compromise here and there but get real.[/QUOTE] I used to live in a town that wasn't a one horse town, it was a three chicken town. We had three chickens that just ran around. It was awful there.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;49202553]Unless you live in absolute bumfuck nowhere you don't need to live in a big city to get any of those amenities, [B]you might have to compromise here and there[/b] but get real.[/QUOTE] Correct! I don't want to compromise on any of those amenities alongside other things I didn't mention. I've had friends in Reno that have told me that the city shuts down before midnight. This isn't exclusive to Reno - I've driven around past Las Vegas and I've seen that there's hardly things open after it gets dark, and I'm someone that's constantly up during the night. That's another thing to go on the list. Also, time spent for shipping is one that I really emphasize, because from what I understand things ship through major cities and then trickle down to the smaller cities. I'd like my stuff ASAP, and since I like online shopping for music gear and other things, I don't want to have to put up with extra delays for not living in an important enough city. Oh, and that goes without saying that living in a big city has its benefits with work. Sure, there's competition, but that also means you've got a lot of opportunities to, say, help out with local businesses with websites. And then add a college to the mix? Sounds great! A lot of people in my college get hired right out of it to do cool stuff with the big companies here in Vegas. Don't get me wrong, I want out of here, but that doesn't mean I want out of here into nowhere. I want to be at least close to the action so I can reap the benefits. If that's what you're suggesting, then that's fine. But to suggest that I need to "get real" because you think living around New York is the same thing as living in New York in terms of benefits, then I think it's not really me that has to get real. Your geographic location dictates your lifestyle.

[QUOTE]Aliens is the best horror film[/QUOTE] I disagree. To get scared all I have to do is look at my debts.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;49202553]Unless you live in absolute bumfuck nowhere you don't need to live in a big city to get any of those amenities, you might have to compromise here and there but get real.[/QUOTE] Not true though. I lived in a town with around 8,000 people and while that's not a lot it definitely wasn't in "absolute bumfuck nowhere", and it had a ton of those issues. Plenty of places that internet companies barely reached and the only option was shitty satellite Internet. Crappy food because Walmarts and other big chains pushed local businesses out. Only one theater in town and it had avengers on for like 4 months, etc

The armed militia doesn't even need to actually strike for them to be useful. The mere threat of violence is often just as if not more useful then violence. The government knows damn well that if they go too far they will have to deal with guerilla fighters armed with guns in their own countries. Which means that if they want to go too far they have to have a DAMNED good reason to do so. Because even if they cannot possibly win they can still shutdown entire cities/businesses/etc and cause massive damage to society and economy.

MK Ultra is still in existence to some degree and our government is still doing active tests. This includes the biological agents being released in certain cities to test the capability of medical teams, using chems to induce psychological breakdowns, and operating COINTELPRO to stop dissidence. [QUOTE=Murky42;49203218]The armed militia doesn't even need to actually strike for them to be useful. The mere threat of violence is often just as if not more useful then violence. The government knows damn well that if they go too far they will have to deal with guerilla fighters armed with guns in their own countries. Which means that if they want to go too far they have to have a DAMNED good reason to do so. Because even if they cannot possibly win they can still shutdown entire cities/businesses/etc and cause massive damage to society and economy.[/QUOTE] Every militia that I have been with has operated on the philosophy of the "Striking Bayonet" in terms of operation. Basically, when you do an attack, it needs to be like a bayonet. Glazing the target doesn't do shit, you need to aim for the windpipe, the lungs, and the heart. You need to hit things which matter, and not the things which would otherwise only act to empower what you attack. In theory, a bayonet is a weapon which is a one way street. Bayonets do not have two handles, one end of a striking bayonet will always cause pain and damage. The value of the bayonets attack must be worth the value of the attacker. If your attack doesn't equate to something of equal or greater value, don't strike in the first place. This is why the 2nd Wave of the Militia Movement has changed it's doctrine to attacking key points of military infrastructure. Refueling plants? Bomb them. Telephone poles? Chainsaw them the fuck down. Transformers? Blow them up. Fiber optic cables? Tug on a few of them with a pair of pliers and some rubber boots. Your objective is not to win a decisive victory, but to make sure that whatever you do, will cost the enemy something of greater value then that of your very own life. It's because of these beliefs that the federal government has moved to a more relaxed attitude towards the Militia Movement, as going against the militia means dealing with infrastructure issues on the large scale in order to realistically prevent a small five man squad from going around and pretty much bringing down a power grid for a large city with nothing more then a few chainsaws and some cheap plastic explosives. It is also because of this that the Militia Movement understands now that assassinating political opponents will only act to strengthen Ted the Fed. It's easier to sabotage infrastructure, steal weapons, and cause general havoc via the internet then it is to set up an ambush on a governor and the like.

[QUOTE]It's because of these beliefs that the federal government has moved to a more relaxed attitude towards the Militia Movement, as going against the militia means dealing with infrastructure issues on the large scale in order to realistically prevent a small five man squad from going around and pretty much bringing down a power grid for a large city with nothing more then a few chainsaws and some cheap plastic explosives. [/QUOTE] I assume tactical suicide squirrels trained to nibble on the power lines will be more effective. Im half serious. Or a fast growing tree. That cause a big power outage in the 2000s.

[QUOTE=Vodkavia;49201978]idunno i think you're exaggerating a lot, if anything I regularly give up on threads as soon as I open them because anything even tangentially related to guns will have someone from Europe going amurrica within 5 posts.[/QUOTE] That is true as well, but we shouldn't be avoiding the fact that gun violence is far more common in America than elsewhere. Abandoning the thread is just what allows gun nuts to have their own personal echo chamber where they can pretend their is nothing wrong with guns so they can maintain their hobby.

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;49204070]That is true as well, but we shouldn't be avoiding the fact that gun violence is far more common in America than elsewhere. Abandoning the thread is just what allows gun nuts to have their own personal echo chamber where they can pretend their is nothing wrong with guns so they can maintain their hobby.[/QUOTE] I have noticed on both sides of the concern say both sides is nuts. Both agree they have something in similar. Both sides are insane. However, recently fire arm owners are required proof of good mental health before buying one. The anti gun are people who claim the other side are nuts by the mere virtue of not agreeing with their world view. Holding a belief that doesnt agree with yours doesnt mean insanity. It takes a doctor to at least certify bad mental health.

[QUOTE]private sales negate all of this and don't even need to be officiated by anything[/QUOTE] Still pointing out one side is getting checked for insanity. One isn't. Whatever the point is this. Insanity is not determined by someone holding an opposing view point. A great indicator however of insanity would be anti vax. That would be the measure. I try not to get upset or mad at people. I dont cuss or swear.

the US homicide rate is 3.8 per 100,000 per year which is about a third of the US car accident fatality rate, and about one-fifth of the Americas UN Region homicide rate considering how much violent overflow the US gets from conflicts south of the border and the drug trade, I think that's totally acceptable and not worth the massive legal upheaval and loss of liberties that gun control entails - and that's assuming that gun control helps prevent crime, which is dubious whenever people talk about murder in the US they usually compare it to safe and wealthy European nations, but in reality the United States is in 121st place for highest murder rate, and way way way behind a lot of countries with strict gun control such as Russia.

I believe in the paranormal and I believe Sithrak is God.

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49202414]cities are shit and fewer people should live in them[/QUOTE] But thats where jobs are

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49205783] whenever people talk about murder in the US they usually [B]compare it to safe and wealthy European nations[/B], but in reality the United States is in 121st place for highest murder rate, and way way way behind a lot of countries with strict gun control such as Russia.[/QUOTE] Yeah? You compare America to other developed countries. You use Russia as an example... [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechen%E2%80%93Russian_conflict[/url] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_consumption_in_Russia[/url] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_border[/url]

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;49204070]That is true as well, but we shouldn't be avoiding the fact that gun violence is far more common in America than elsewhere. Abandoning the thread is just what allows gun nuts to have their own personal echo chamber where they can pretend their is nothing wrong with guns so they can maintain their hobby.[/QUOTE] Writing off people who disagree with you as nuts and saying that any response they may have is part of an "echo chamber" whereas your side is infallible and objectively the right answer? Check. Ignoring the fact that guns have always been part of the American identity ever since kicking out the Brits and securing the western frontier? Check. Ignoring the fact that anti-gun folks pop up as regularly as pro-gun and also shit all over a thread with appeals to emotion and shit? Check. By the way, most of the people who even slightly hold up guns as some kind of sacred object like you claim are confined to the actual gun thread. I have guns but don't slobber all your your topics claiming I have fucking god powers by owning them, and I'm not some hurr durr anti-gubberment militia tard either, in fact I'd probably back up the government in a civil war haha. I think you're the problem here mate, nobody was even talking about guns until you barged in with your [i]guns are bad and americans should feel bad[/i] shit.

Bombing IS is ultimately not worth it as they will simply refuse to die out. Terrorism didn't die when Saddam died. Terrorism didn't die when Bin Laden was assassinated. Every time the biggest terrorist group takes a hit, it simply reforms under a new name. The collateral damage will cause more refugees to come running for Europe - including the ones who are fine under IS rule. This is how they get in and conduct attacks. The coalition is all under the interests of America being the alpha male of the world. Sorry, but some countries aren't free. Let the Third World nations be shitholes and accept that differences exist.