Unpopular Opinions V5: "I still don't like Half Life 2."
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[QUOTE=SoftHearted;49431273]Other games have given you the option to go the pacifist way. I think Undertale was only one of the few out there that actually focused on that. Witcher 3 is a good example of those games. There are parts in particular where you can talk to people into settling a agreement instead of just decapitating them in the spot. Although is necessary to kill most of the time to actually progress in the game.
It's funny how Undertale itself even emphasizes at one point that not all problems can be solved the nicer way. Sometimes you have to take harsh decisions.[/QUOTE]
I think the way Iji handles a pacifist run is far more interesting. Instead of being a 2d platformer/shooter like it is if you just play it normally it ends up becoming a puzzle platformer instead. A pacifist run doesn't simply rely on avoiding all enemies. Certain parts actually require you to do things completely differently than you otherwise would and the story actually changes pretty significantly too.
Apparently this is unpopular here, but being agendered is definitely a thing.
[QUOTE=AtomicSans;49432973]Apparently this is unpopular here, but being agendered is definitely a thing.[/QUOTE]
this is a thread for opinions though
[QUOTE=Qaus;49434180]this is a thread for opinions though[/QUOTE]
i'm pretty sure agenders existence is more a matter of opinion than fact
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49434290]i'm pretty sure agenders existence is more a matter of opinion than fact[/QUOTE]
facts are a matter of opinion
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49434377]facts are a matter of opinion[/QUOTE]
oh shit
The American revolution was unjustified.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49435442]The American revolution was unjustified.[/QUOTE]
The Brits treated their colonies pretty fucking shitty
[QUOTE=proch;49435470]The Brits treated their colonies pretty fucking shitty[/QUOTE]
People in Britain proper payed way more taxes and the fact that the Brits just defended the colonies against France kinda justifies an increase.
Taxation without representation [B]-[/B] The Americans did that after the war
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom [B]-[/B] Americans didn't free black slaves that helped with the fighting like the Brits did, Fears of abolition drove the war onward, only white landowners could vote
Boston Massacre [B]-[/B] An angry mob armed with pitchforks, swords and flintlocks drove soldiers into a corner
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[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49435442]The American revolution was unjustified.[/QUOTE]
As was any war of independence in the New World who cares
it's pretty clear that the US was better off without England no matter how you look at it
Mainly the monopolization of trade involving sugar and tea. The "taxation" did not involve the actual taxes themselves, but that tariffs and taxes were extraordinarily high for non-British goods. This, more or less, would have led to the destruction of an export-based economy like the 13 colonies, as they would rely entirely on one company (headed by a single government) to stay steady, which we all know is impossibly optimistic.
i doubt that britain would have retained the trade and tariff duties for long, the ideas of free trade were already making headway and british politicians mostly abolished those things after the Napoleonic wars. there's also mentioning that if they remained a part of the british empire then slavery would have been ended about 30 years earlier.
the american revolution seems convoluted and bizarre in that they overthrew a regime that treated them rather leniently with a lot of autonomy. soon afterwards they very nearly collapsed multiple times throughout their early history and remained a backwater until the latter half of the 19th century.
RedLetterMedia is incredibly unfunny and obnoxious
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49436194]A backwater? That wasn't exactly unique to the USA during that era, the entirety of the Americas was a backwater back then.[/QUOTE]
i think the more important thing is how incredibly unstable the early united states was.
they came out of the revolutionary war bankrupt and with little holding the new nation together. a few taxes led to major rebellions, while over the course of the 19th century american politicians tried desperately to prevent a civil war that ultimately killed a great deal of people and nearly led to the country collapsing altogether.
The US wouldn't have collapsed after the Civil War lol, there were too many institutions that would have to be broken up.
The Confederacy would have survived all of a decade before it would get sucked into its own butthole, there's a whole reason why the congress after the revolutionary war scrambled to get rid of the Articles of Confederation.
I want to like The Witcher 3 but just can't get into it. At all.
There's parts of it I adore. The look and feel of the world is great and amazingly well realized, it's visually gorgeous, and the writing is fantastic, [I]but god damn.[/I] I don't like the feel of the combat, the leveling and upgrade system is hot garbage, the controls and movement are janky (and yes I tried the alternate movement scheme), and this is probably because I didn't play 1 or 2, but I genuinely don't find Geralt compelling as a character at all.
It's really disappointing because on paper I should have loved this game. I'm actually jealous of people that get a lot out of it because I really wish I did. But as it stands, I pick it up, try and get into it, and slowly realize that it's probably the last thing I want to be doing.
I didn't like Clerks
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49436478]The US wouldn't have collapsed after the Civil War lol, there were too many institutions that would have to be broken up.[/QUOTE]
it's more of the fact that the usa split in half for five years and actually broke down into a bloody civil war that was the problem. the first 80 odd years of us history (1770s-1860s) was basically that of a young and unstable republic that ultimately broke down into civil war.
like if a few extra bad decisions had been made after independence from britain, the USA could have quite easily broken up.
the USA only really matured and became a real country once the federal government got strong and began rapidly expanding the scope of its powers in the late 19th century. after the civil war it was pretty much impossible for it to dissolve, or even for the central government to lose any powers.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49435442]The American revolution was unjustified.[/QUOTE]
The British were making blatant abuses against the Colonial peoples. We had zero representation in the parliament and had to actively attack the British government to make them even consider allowing the colonies a shred of minor representation in the parliament. Not to mention that the British were more than likely planning to repeal the legislatures and appoint British-born governors to Colonial positions.
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Oh yeah, and the outrageously overpriced tariffs and attempts to prevent colonial traders from importing and exporting to any country that wasn't Britain.
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[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49436478]The US wouldn't have collapsed after the Civil War lol, there were too many institutions that would have to be broken up.
The Confederacy would have survived all of a decade before it would get sucked into its own butthole, there's a whole reason why the congress after the revolutionary war scrambled to get rid of the Articles of Confederation.[/QUOTE]
I've always proposed that if the Confederacy had won the war, they would either have to industrialize incredibly fast to prevent collapse or become a little-sister state dependent on US industry.
Really the only way the Confederacy could have survived was becoming tied up in Northern industry like they were before the war.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49436122]i doubt that britain would have retained the trade and tariff duties for long, the ideas of free trade were already making headway and british politicians mostly abolished those things after the Napoleonic wars. there's also mentioning that if they remained a part of the british empire then slavery would have been ended about 30 years earlier.
the american revolution seems convoluted and bizarre in that they overthrew a regime that treated them rather leniently with a lot of autonomy. soon afterwards they very nearly collapsed multiple times throughout their early history and remained a backwater until the latter half of the 19th century.[/QUOTE]
And yet they eventually grew to be a superpower, and arguably the most relevant country in the world. That's what matters in the end, not that the beginning of the existence of a countru is troublesone (it always is)
[QUOTE=proch;49438954]The american lust for liberty and power that sparked the revolution brought them there.[/QUOTE]
It was a landed class and some merchants that didn't want to listen to some far-away landed class.
Also, the revolution only succeeded thanks to the support of France.
Success is success, regardless of means. If anything, they saw an opportunity with France as ally and they took it.
And colonists and British Mainlanders weren't exactly equal, as L'Citizen pointed out.
Facts are not a matter of opinion ahhhhhhhhh stop trying to be edgy.
If I see a tree and everyone else I ask sees a tree, there is a tree. It's not a case of "xD well the human eyes are not perfect so that could be a horse distorted by light woahhh!!!!!"
If I assassinate someone and in the future they are remembered as being famous, people would say "[name] was assassinated by [me]" and that would be fact. It's not "but what if he was already dying from an unknown disease, surely he was already being killed woahhhhh" or "its an opinion bcos did u assassinate him or did the bullet woahh". Stop.
90% of everyone who pretends to ironically be a weeaboo pedophile turns out to actually be a weeaboo pedophile
Even after almost a year Hotline Miami 2 still leaves a sour taste in my mouth, the gameplay mind you, soundtrack is good.
[QUOTE=Hypoxide;49439045]Facts are not a matter of opinion ahhhhhhhhh stop trying to be edgy.
If I see a tree and everyone else I ask sees a tree, there is a tree. It's not a case of "xD well the human eyes are not perfect so that could be a horse distorted by light woahhh!!!!!"
If I assassinate someone and in the future they are remembered as being famous, people would say "[name] was assassinated by [me]" and that would be fact. It's not "but what if he was already dying from an unknown disease, surely he was already being killed woahhhhh" or "its an opinion bcos did u assassinate him or did the bullet woahh". Stop.[/QUOTE]
I don't think you understand the concept
[QUOTE=L'Citizen;49438610]The British were making blatant abuses against the Colonial peoples. We had zero representation in the parliament and had to actively attack the British government to make them even consider allowing the colonies a shred of minor representation in the parliament. Not to mention that the British were more than likely planning to repeal the legislatures and appoint British-born governors to Colonial positions.[/QUOTE]
to be honest the americans didn't really need representation in the british parliament for two main reasons:
1: they were already autonomous with a great deal of self-government already
2: virtually the only laws that were contested were ones that american aristocrats used to benefit themselves at the expense of everyone else (british governors kept blocking gerrymandering laws which pissed off big landowners and politicians)
americans paid barely any taxes, had largely autonomous self-government, and enjoyed a great deal of social and political freedoms anyways. and then there's the great irony in that a war was fought for "freedom", while at the same time they deemed it necessary to deprive millions of african slaves their freedom.
I don't like salt on soft pretzels. Melted cheese tastes much better, especially if it's not the fake dipping kind and actually shredded colby-jack and mozzarella over the top.
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