Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2."
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[QUOTE=Genericenemy;49279469]Filters on emulators are unnecessary and do horrible things to the image. Just get an IPS display and calibrate it.[/QUOTE]
Proper point scaling often looks best on emulators. Well for 2d at least. For 3d stuff point scaling looks bad and increasing the internal rendering resolution looks far better. (Same with texture filtering stuff and AA usually looks better too.)
[QUOTE=kyle877;49279340]fashion stuff[/t]
This embodies everything i hate about the FULS ideals.[/QUOTE]
Just as I think that others shouldn't impose their views on fashion to the point that they can't associate with the "unfashionable", you shouldn't go as far as to say these people are "tryhards". But hey, unpopular opinion, I guess.
The only problem that I've had with the fashion thread is the weird subjectiveness-being-presented-as-objectiveness that I'm not really understanding, but I'm not going to be quick to label all of them assholes or anything. People that I thought were fashionable and good looking didn't vibe well in there, so I took it as, "ah, different standards" and left.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;49279552]Just as I think that others shouldn't impose their views on fashion to the point that they can't associate with the "unfashionable", you shouldn't go as far as to say these people are "tryhards". But hey, unpopular opinion, I guess.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I should've specified that it's what I think. I wouldn't even go as far to say that I think them, as a person, are try-hards, just that I don't like their fashion sense.
I'm not the type to judge an entire person by what they're wearing, or how they look. I'll judge their outfit, but I won't immediately think "Oh wow, those shoes with those pants? That guy [I]must[/I] be a scumbag." People that act like that are absolutely shallow.
[QUOTE=kyle877;49279340]I'mma try and pick out pictures that aren't of actual FP'ers, 'cuz I don't wanna be a huge dick. Now I'm not saying every single example in there is trash, but I certainly think it looks absolutely ridiculous.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/6IzgXMF.jpg[/t]
I actually think this guy looks okay, but the way he has his pants over his boots(?) looks garbage, especially with that color.
[t]http://i59.tinypic.com/1zx19tt.jpg[/t]
Or wearing pants that are too short to actually reach the top of your shoes. It makes you look like you accidentally bought a pair of kids pants, but are too shy to go back and return them.
[t]http://images0.chictopia.com/photos/mckenneth/6283478279/gold-sweater-sweater_400.jpg[/t]
This embodies everything i hate about the FULS ideals.[/QUOTE]
where do these pictures come from? what posts? is anyone actually promoting really short jeans or were they talking about the shoe? i know the last pic is from splenda's post where he was talking about color theory, not the outfit
[QUOTE=kyle877;49279567]Yeah, I should've specified that it's what I think. I wouldn't even go as far to say that I think them, as a person, are try-hards, just that I don't like their fashion sense.
I'm not the type to judge an entire person by what they're wearing, or how they look. I'll judge their outfit, but I won't immediately think "Oh wow, those shoes with those pants? That guy [I]must[/I] be a scumbag." People that act like that are absolutely shallow.[/QUOTE]
Well, yeah, that's kind of the behavior that I'm not into, but you can't fight that by being the same thing. That's hypocrisy.
While it's not completely warranted, though, you might want to consider their intentions too, and the types of people that go into that thread. A lot of them are blunt because that's how their mindset is reinforced - if someone says you look like shit, the idea is that you should deal with it and get better. That's [I]really[/I] helpful for some people. I just don't think it's accessible for someone like me and I still have little problems with it (again, the presentation of subjectivity as objectivity and the extent of impunity) but if you're walking into that thread, you're kind of asking for their opinion.
The moment why I stopped reading was when people were advocating some quote, something like "Your hair? Looks like [I]go to the fucking gym[/I] on top." That's the kind of excess that I know immediately puts people on their defenses (both rightfully and wrongfully so) and sets them up to fail - negative reinforcement doesn't work for everyone, and neither does positive. Constructive criticism is a better course.
I saw someone say not to button up your coat even if its cold and I just closed out of the thread because that's ridiculous and defeats the purpose of wearing a coat imo.
Basically how I see it is that people in your everyday life tend not to care about what you're wearing and you should just wear what you think is confortable and makes you look good and if that means you want to get some advice on your wardrobe so be it.
So I guess my big issue is similar to Waterboi's in that a lot of people there seem to treat their opinion as objective fact, which is sad because fashion is one of the most subjective things around.
[editline]9th December 2015[/editline]
Like seriously, unless you're going to some formal or semi-formal event most people wont care what you're wearing as long as you don't smell and your clothes are clean since they have just as much shit in their lives to worry about as you do, so they don't really care if you wear a graphic t-shirt, or a nice button up.
It blows my mind how people can say that proper grammar and punctuation in your posts matter because "presentation is important", then go on about how fashion is pointless
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;48974105]Be a scarf wearing hipster or a generic douch with spiked hair.
I'll stick with being unfashionable.[/QUOTE]
Mens fashion is awful.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49279821]Mens fashion is awful.[/QUOTE]
yeah man those are literally the only 2 things you can do as a male as far as fashion is concerned. really nailed it there.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49279821]Mens fashion is awful.[/QUOTE]
nobody wears scarves or spikes their hair anymore btw
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49279815]It blows my mind how people can say that proper grammar and punctuation in your posts matter because "presentation is important", then go on about how fashion is pointless[/QUOTE]
I totally believe first impressions are important, and fashion is too, but there's so many ways to skin that cat that it becomes hard to believe people who present their opinions with such harshness. I remember asking in that thread if polos would look nice and people agreed on calling polos a "cop-out". I think that's silly.
There's probably a spectrum that goes from extremely gross and unfashionable to extremely fashionable, and I'm cool with sitting on the moderate right side of that spectrum with all of my popular friends that wear polos and other things that would be found "unfashionable" in that thread. If the goal is to look nice enough for better social interaction, then that's where my standards are - nothing more or less.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;49279870]I totally believe first impressions are important, and fashion is too, but there's so many ways to skin that cat that it becomes hard to believe people who present their opinions with such harshness. I remember asking in that thread if polos would look nice and people agreed on calling polos a "cop-out". I think that's silly.
There's probably a spectrum that goes from extremely gross and unfashionable to extremely fashionable, and I'm cool with sitting on the moderate right side of that spectrum with all of my popular friends that wear polos and other things that would be found "unfashionable" in that thread. If the goal is to look nice enough for better social interaction, then that's where my standards are - nothing more or less.[/QUOTE]
People are blunt with their advice, that's all. But just like with any other discussion you don't have to take every opinion as if it were the unquestionable truth. Let's say some guy on there dislikes your jacket, big deal. Way too many people take this sort of feedback personally and get defensive over nothing
Also consider that there's plenty of people in that thread. The only things I'd say most people there agree on are that cargo shorts and polos are a bit eehh, and even then it's not everyone.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49279502]I cant really comment on fashion because I can't dress for shit.[/QUOTE]
don't discount your opinion on any subject, this is how bad things happen.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49279994][B]People are blunt with their advice, that's all.[/B] But just like with any other discussion you don't have to take every opinion as if it were the unquestionable truth. Let's say some guy on there dislikes your jacket, big deal. Way too many people take this sort of feedback personally and get defensive over nothing
Also consider that there's plenty of people in that thread. The only things I'd say most people there agree on are that cargo shorts and polos are a bit eehh, and even then it's not everyone.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I personally felt like people were trying to help in they way they have personally been helped, and like I said I think the people in the thread are cool with that articulation, but it doesn't work for me. Dunno - I can take a lot of harsh words as long as there's reinforcement that says, "hey, there's light at the end of this tunnel", and with a lot of the styles people were showing me with the weird objectiveness that people were expressing, I was disinterested without meaning to offend.
The thing is that while I was inquisitive, it wasn't a defense. I started getting defensive when I saw the harm it could do to others - specifically when people started defending the fat-shaming comment. I'm all for people losing weight and I'm all for not kidding around when it comes to weight. I've seen how it can be destructive and how people can have this defense mechanism that never allows them to take it seriously. But at the same time, you've gotta defuse those defense mechanisms and being blunt when it comes to things like that and other things can force people into really bad mindsets and exasperate their already huge defenses. With some of the people that I personally know, verbal abuse about that kind of thing has pushed them into a corner of "not being good enough", or hating themselves, or wanting to spite everyone else, or all three bunched up into one. And even if the people are well-intentioned or don't see a value in their words, they're still responsible to an extent that I'd find guilty.
Like I said in the past, I'm [I]totally[/I] against rewarding people for nothing. I like reality. Don't patronize me and don't destroy me. Just give me the honest truth, point out some things I'm picking up well and some things I need to work on, and just reaffirm that there's a light at the end of this tunnel. In the hypothetical example of the big guy with the haircut, you could say, "Yeah, you've got a good haircut and fashion thing down, but what would help things along is if you honestly lost some weight. Hate to say it, but it's honesty that will not only help your image but your health, confidence, and give you some practice in self-motivation." Soften the blow so you don't strike a person into their defenses.
I love memes
you'd have to be really boring to not like teh epik maymays
Real quick on the subject of cyberbullying:
Back when I was in Elementary school, I would get made fun of at school and come home only to be made fun of on the internet, with people sending me shock stuff and telling me to commit suicide. It carried on through Middle School. In High School, I was the moderator of a Garry's Mod server and there was one girl in the userbase that was consistently harassed by everyone and referred to by awful things, alienating her to the point where she didn't want to play the game anymore.
I look at it as yeah, it's true that I shouldn't have been on the net at such an early age and yeah, I did contribute to some of the treatment I got by being stupid, but two wrongs don't make a right. I don't look at things so binary, saying one person should change and the other one should get away as the perfect and unchangeable hero. Everyone should be making changes to be better regardless of guilt.
Honestly, I just want a place where I can hang out on the net with like-minded people. Even past actual harassment, Facepunch has some serious problems and I'll admit to sharing some of them. A lot of accusations, a lot of inability to be wrong, a lot of uppity "I'm more social than you" attitudes... it's just lame. I legitimately think people on Facepunch are cool, and I've met some of the most important people in my life on the internet - people who ended up becoming a girlfriend, or people who ended up becoming role models and best friends. The internet fostered my ability to create things - especially music - and the internet provides some really great experiences. To try and deny that and say it's not only normal but [I]should[/I] be normal for it to be a shitflinging warzone is something that I think is depressing and the source of the problem. The only reason why it has to suck so much is because people let it suck.
In Star Wars the Empire was a better government than the Republic.
Empire owns, fuck underdogs
The rebel alliance are just a bunch of edgy teenagers tbh
also it's weird af that most people I know (even me) went from hating memes to loving them in such a weird way in a span of like, 2 years. not complaining tho, and I ofc don't like all of them.
I've always loved the Empire. Rebel scum etc...
[QUOTE=bdd458;49282840]I've always loved the Empire. Rebel scum etc...[/QUOTE]
[IMG]https://facepunch.com/image.php?u=488708&dateline=1448254429[/IMG]
Nice try there buddy.
[QUOTE=kilerabv;49282853][IMG]https://facepunch.com/image.php?u=488708&dateline=1448254429[/IMG]
Nice try there buddy.[/QUOTE]
whatca talking about?
The rebels just want to screw over hard working family men like Gary.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cizlx6ODhuE[/media]
best of robot chicken?
I totally believe that Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be the main antagonist of the prequels but lucas weenied out under pressure
I hate everything about Super Smash Bros for Wii U/3DS, the game just feels like a whole bunch of wasted potential.
I am not a fan of the 2016 Godzilla design
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49283793]I am not a fan of the 2016 Godzilla design[/QUOTE]
the only real critique i had of it is that he looked like a big goofy dog from behind
[QUOTE=Bathtub;49283811]the only real critique i had of it is that he looked like a big goofy dog from behind[/QUOTE]
You're thinking of 2014, 2016 is [url=https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12289548_1728724760689934_3804602796666566935_n.jpg?oh=6f76838bf75192f3137fbb896cc257ef&oe=56E28AAF]this[/url] (note: contrast WAY up, original was super shadowy)
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