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

The problem with gun control in general is the means of which it is implemented. When people talk about "mental wellbeing" checkups, you have to ask yourself where the line is drawn. Some people say we should outlaw schizophrenics from owning firearms, but the truth in the matter is that schizophrenics are born with their issues, and are four times less likely to do any sort of violence compared to a normal person. Its the same with several other medical issues, even people with sociopathic or psychopathic issues actually tend to be less violent unless directly provoked into committing violence. Then you enter the examples of people stating we should have further background checks and yet this is once again something where you have to blatantly ask, how far must a background check go to prove itself worthy? With greater amount of restrictions and background checks, you are left with a problem in which those which could actually use firearms, such as those in lower class and high crime neighborhoods, become unable to obtain firearms for protection because the means of doing so is outside of their financial security limit. When do these restrictions become a problem? Eventually it will become more worthwhile for criminal groups to invest into the construction of illicit firearms which would of otherwise been illegal under the pre-restriction laws(see - Australian machine pistols), and thanks to these restrictions these groups find it easier to manufacture the weapons which the post-restriction laws aimed to prevent from being in their hands in the first place... But instead, they only took the less problematic and otherwise legal firearms and made them so hard to obtain for the common man that owning firearms overall is just not economically feasible for the common citizen. It is easier to have basic background checks, not discriminate against those with health issues(outside of 5150/known mental breakdowns within last two years), and have a tier system(Czech Republic style) for different weapons, and not get to pushy into someones' personal life.

Amy Schumer is completely unfunny

[QUOTE]but the truth in the matter is that schizophrenics are born with their issues,[/QUOTE] I disagree [url]http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jun/03-the-insanity-virus[/url] As for mental checks? No that was a challenge to the idea gun folks are crazy for just having firearms. If you getting checked up (or at least a certain percentage) as a requirement for fire arm ownership, and the anti firearm people are not, then who more likely to be a bit off?

[QUOTE=bdd458;49206377]Amy Schumer is completely unfunny[/QUOTE] as is Tina Fey. I don't find 30 Rock to be funny at all, it's the same joke repeating and it feels like the script was taken from a series of shitposts. Nobody 'acts' in that show, they all overdo it to the point of where it's cringeworthy. Tracy Morgan's character is usually given the excuse of "that's the point he's supposed to overdo it" but it's [I]NOT FUNNY[/I].

[QUOTE=bdd458;49206377]Amy Schumer is completely unfunny[/QUOTE] There's so many female comedians who are incredibly unfunny, I don't know why that is. It's unfortunate because it makes me shy away from women doing stand up

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;49206432]There's so many female comedians who are incredibly unfunny, I don't know why that is. It's unfortunate because it makes me shy away from women doing stand up[/QUOTE] Cause men needed humor as a mating tactic where women didnt. Sorry not my theory. Just one out there.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49206408]as is Tina Fey. I don't find 30 Rock to be funny at all, it's the same joke repeating and it feels like the script was taken from a series of shitposts. Nobody 'acts' in that show, they all overdo it to the point of where it's cringeworthy. Tracy Morgan's character is usually given the excuse of "that's the point he's supposed to overdo it" but it's [I]NOT FUNNY[/I].[/QUOTE] 30 Rock, as a scripted show, is funny. Tina Fey, stand-up, is about as funny as watching a baby cry. That said, sweet potatoes are awful.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;49206362]Some people say we should outlaw schizophrenics from owning firearms, but the truth in the matter is that schizophrenics are born with their issues,[B] and are four times less likely to do any sort of violence compared to a normal person.[/B][/QUOTE] [Citation needed] Here are peer-reviewed studies which have found the contrary: [url]http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.4.716[/url] [url]http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=183929[/url]

In both of those studies though it was accounted for that most instances of violence or rather increase in violence could be accounted for thanks to episodes of psychosis caused by substance abuse. Which all though drug abuse is just a part of life for some people, it's something which more then likely comes from social withdrawal from the stigma society has for those with health problems. We also find that the overwhelming majority of those with health problems like schizophrenia are non-violent, and in that respect... Why should everyone be punished because of a few?

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;49206932]In both of those studies though it was accounted for that most instances of violence or rather increase in violence could be accounted for thanks to episodes of psychosis caused by substance abuse. Which all though drug abuse is just a part of life for some people, it's something which more then likely comes from social withdrawal from the stigma society has for those with health problems. We also find that the overwhelming majority of those with health problems like schizophrenia are non-violent, and in that respect... Why should everyone be punished because of a few?[/QUOTE] If you count social withdraw as bad for emotional health, then it just confirms my view about how emotional health is key to a lot of issues in society.

[QUOTE=Vaught;49206595] That said, sweet potatoes are awful.[/QUOTE] Here's a pretty good reason why the death penalty is okay

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49206408]as is Tina Fey. I don't find 30 Rock to be funny at all, it's the same joke repeating and it feels like the script was taken from a series of shitposts. Nobody 'acts' in that show, they all overdo it to the point of where it's cringeworthy. Tracy Morgan's character is usually given the excuse of "that's the point he's supposed to overdo it" but it's [I]NOT FUNNY[/I].[/QUOTE] i'm not a huge fan of tina feys performances but as a writer shes great

I don't like spanking at all, but I feel like it's detractors must not have kids. I've dealt with kids and I can tell you spanking is the last thing I'd ever resort to but sometimes they give you no other fucking option. Take my sister for example. For months I've been trying to get my sister to be able to do basic chores. This has been extremely difficult every single time. She throws fits until the chore has been almost finished by my brother and picks up the remaining 5 things. I've tried to stop that, and get her to do shit on her own, and it doesn't work. I've talked to her, offered her rewards, yelled at her, grounded her, put her in time out, sent away her friends, took away her shit, everything I can possibly think of, and she still won't do it. A couple days ago I implemented a chores system where everyone has an assigned task to do monday, wednesday, and friday, and it's been working fine so far with my little brother, but with my little sister, she's been putting it off over and over and throwing fits and saying I'll do it later and all that shit. Today I grounded her for two hours while we ranted back and forth and she kept saying that I should let her go to her friends house because she promises she'll clean the moment she's back. I told her I didn't believe her, and she was adamant that she would. Well, when it turned out we'd have to wait until my dad got home with the trash bags, I decided to give her that one shot. Then when my parents get home, she's saying oh it's too late now, and hiding behind them and shit. She admitted she lied to me to my face. So what the fuck am I supposed to do? There comes a point where physical force is your only fucking option. If you don't believe that, please, work with kids and enlighten me as to what I'm not thinking of here.

I miss Disney's traditional animation

[QUOTE=flashn00b;49207443]I miss Disney's traditional animation[/QUOTE] I would like to see a return to feature length traditional animation that is more experimental and doesn't use the didney look [video=youtube;4Pa0pBfrev8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pa0pBfrev8[/video]

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49207263]I don't like spanking at all, but I feel like it's detractors must not have kids. I've dealt with kids and I can tell you spanking is the last thing I'd ever resort to but sometimes they give you no other fucking option. Take my sister for example. For months I've been trying to get my sister to be able to do basic chores. This has been extremely difficult every single time. She throws fits until the chore has been almost finished by my brother and picks up the remaining 5 things. I've tried to stop that, and get her to do shit on her own, and it doesn't work. I've talked to her, offered her rewards, yelled at her, grounded her, put her in time out, sent away her friends, took away her shit, everything I can possibly think of, and she still won't do it. A couple days ago I implemented a chores system where everyone has an assigned task to do monday, wednesday, and friday, and it's been working fine so far with my little brother, but with my little sister, she's been putting it off over and over and throwing fits and saying I'll do it later and all that shit. Today I grounded her for two hours while we ranted back and forth and she kept saying that I should let her go to her friends house because she promises she'll clean the moment she's back. I told her I didn't believe her, and she was adamant that she would. Well, when it turned out we'd have to wait until my dad got home with the trash bags, I decided to give her that one shot. Then when my parents get home, she's saying oh it's too late now, and hiding behind them and shit. She admitted she lied to me to my face. So what the fuck am I supposed to do? There comes a point where physical force is your only fucking option. If you don't believe that, please, work with kids and enlighten me as to what I'm not thinking of here.[/QUOTE] Why aren't your parents doing anything? It's their job to ground and manage their kids, regardless of what your role in their lives is. If you can't do anything, and they cant do anything, that's shit parenting on their end. Spanking doesn't solve shit parenting. And if they can't solve the kid through conventional means, then they either need to seriously crack down on it, or put up with it/ignore her immaturity until she's mature enough.

[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;49207609]Why aren't your parents doing anything? It's their job to ground and manage their kids, regardless of what your role in their lives is. If you can't do anything, and they cant do anything, that's shit parenting on their end. Spanking doesn't solve shit parenting. And if they can't solve the kid through conventional means, then they either need to seriously crack down on it, or put up with it/ignore her immaturity until she's mature enough.[/QUOTE] Basically they're not around much at all and tend to just let things stagnate so usually it falls to me to parent in their place, at least from my perspective. Anyway, you can't just led kids sit around and be shit. That's the entire point of what I'm doing. It's honestly easier for me to clean everything myself, having them help just slows shit down, but I make them help because if you don't they'll grow up lazy and shit and spoiled. If you just let a problem fester like that then it's just going to get worse and worse and worse. I think letting her grow up never having to lift a finger and actually mature is much more harmful to her than if I have to resort to spanking her.

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49207674]Basically they're not around much at all and tend to just let things stagnate so usually it falls to me to parent in their place, at least from my perspective. Anyway, you can't just led kids sit around and be shit. That's the entire point of what I'm doing. It's honestly easier for me to clean everything myself, having them help just slows shit down, but I make them help because if you don't they'll grow up lazy and shit and spoiled. If you just let a problem fester like that then it's just going to get worse and worse and worse. I think letting her grow up never having to lift a finger and actually mature is much more harmful to her than if I have to resort to spanking her.[/QUOTE] Honestly you shouldn't even be in this position. If both parents are away for such long times that they can't parent their kids, then something needs to change. Like all that happened when my siblings got spanked was make then harbor fear and hatred for their parents. Both of my older brothers moved out super young, dad hates second oldest brother, my sister is STILL a stuck-up snob years and years after she started acting this way, holds resentment for a parent who never harmed her because her father told her lies and said our mom spanked her, is probably moving out soon, and I guess I was the only one who got over it because I saw reason. Part of being a parent is dealing with "kid logic". No matter how you treat them, they will see themselves as right a huge majority of the time unless strong parenting was embodied EXTREMELY early in age. Spanking is just a way of saying "I give up", and while it can be effective in cases where the kid understands, I dont think your case is one of those.

[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;49206932]In both of those studies though it was accounted for that most instances of violence or rather increase in violence could be accounted for thanks to episodes of psychosis caused by substance abuse. Which all though drug abuse is just a part of life for some people, it's something which more then likely comes from social withdrawal from the stigma society has for those with health problems.[/QUOTE] Okay, so? Pick a random person with schizophrenia and a random person without, and you're more likely to have a violent crime perpetrated on your by one of those people, the schizophrenic. It's not like we can test, "Well, their tendency toward substance abuse means they perpetrate more violent crimes, [I]but they're not more violent by nature![/I]" That's not scientific. Also, still dunno where the "four times less likely" figure is coming from. Definitely seems to be untrue. [QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;49206932]We also find that the overwhelming majority of those with health problems like schizophrenia are non-violent, and in that respect... Why should everyone be punished because of a few?[/QUOTE] I didn't make any statement that they should be punished for it, I was arguing against your uncited quantitative claim.

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49207674]Basically they're not around much at all and tend to just let things stagnate so usually it falls to me to parent in their place, at least from my perspective. Anyway, you can't just led kids sit around and be shit. That's the entire point of what I'm doing. It's honestly easier for me to clean everything myself, having them help just slows shit down, but I make them help because if you don't they'll grow up lazy and shit and spoiled. If you just let a problem fester like that then it's just going to get worse and worse and worse. I think letting her grow up never having to lift a finger and actually mature is much more harmful to her than if I have to resort to spanking her.[/QUOTE] My opinion on this has kind of changed as I've been doing more research. [url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/moral-landscapes/201309/research-spanking-it-s-bad-all-kids]Check this out.[/url] [quote]Approaching this from a behaviorist perspective, [B]conditioning by punishment (pain) requires that the consequence always occur immediately after every instance.[/B] When you touch a hot stove with a bare hand, you get burned, period. This does not occur with the behaviors parents spank for—parents are often not around to see them or are not willing or able to spank immediately afterwards.[/quote] [quote][B]Spanking does not convey positive guidance[/B] on how to behave in a particular situation, only how not to behave if a threat of punishment is at hand. Children learn positive behaviors from practicing actions that work, ones that lead to a sense of belonging and competence. They internalize what they practice and what their family practices. They learn reasons for their actions from what they hear and are told, but active practice has the deepest impact.[/quote] [quote]It undermines trust. [B]Children trust their parents just a little less.[/B] They are more likely to step back from the relationship and build a self-protective shield around themselves in terms of relationships generally. Children can learn to mistrust the motives of others and become more threat reactive in social situations. [B]It can lead to aggressive expectations—they are ready to aggress first before they are aggressed against.[/B][/quote] Even if you're spanking them after talking to them, they might end up learning that your words are backed up by violence. "Listen to me or I'll kick your ass." This is only made worse if you're yelling at them all the time and not trying to explain to them what's up with what they're doing.

root beer "connoisseurs" are laughable boobs the difference between mug and ibc and a&w are noticeable but ultimately negligible and in the end you're drinking brown sugar water.

root beer tasted like toothpaste last time i tried it glad it's not a thing here

Root beer tastes like ass

On my trip to us I used to drink root beer everyday it reminds me of that fancy fluor-free toothpastes for kids that I used to use in pre-school im really digging that

what the fuck kind of toothpaste root beer are you guys drinking

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49208492]root beer tasted like toothpaste last time i tried it[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49208523]Root beer tastes like ass[/QUOTE] So ass tastes like toothpaste. Good to know then I suppose?

Speaking of strange-tasting drinks, I actually quite like sarsparilla. Perhaps not an unpopular opinion, more an unknown one, it seems that everyone I've talked to has only heard about it at best, and where I live, I have to go to a specific store because it's the only one that stocks it.

I never understood the whole root beer and tooth paste thing. Maybe it's because I only really drink A&W the god of root beer. [sp]Having to move away from an A&W restaurant was the saddest thing ever[/sp]

Koźlak beer best beer [editline]29th November 2015[/editline] Amber brewery best brewery

Beer tastes like what I assume urine tastes like.