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

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49449896]Feminism is in favor of egalitarianism for fuck's sake why do guys have to get so butthurt because feminism has 'Fem' in the name and is primarily focused on women you don't see white people getting all fucking ass sweaty because the NAACP is focused on black people and not white people's problems[/QUOTE] Calm your nipples. I think the term feminism has been poisoned. I'm fully supportive of equal rights for everyone, but the inherent trait of calling it "feminism" is mislabeling the cause if it actually is egalitarianism. Not even opening the can of worms that the 'Feminazi' types have created.

[QUOTE=kyle877;49449936]Calm your nipples. I think the term feminism has been poisoned. I'm fully supportive of equal rights for everyone, but the inherent trait of calling it "feminism" is mislabeling the cause if it actually is egalitarianism. Not even opening the can of worms that the 'Feminazi' types have created.[/QUOTE] It can and should be taken back. To let the word die because it's "poisioned" and trying to move to a new word sounds really convoluted in my opinion. "Oh, we're not called feminists anymore because there were asshole feminists. Also, Muslims have changed their names too because there were terrorists. Oh, and white people aren't called white people any more because there were some bad white people." Where do we draw the line?

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49449948]It can and should be taken back. To let the word die because it's "poisioned" and trying to move to a new word sounds really convoluted in my opinion. "Oh, we're not called feminists anymore because there were asshole feminists. Also, Muslims have changed their names too because there were terrorists. Oh, and white people aren't called white people any more because there were some bad white people." Where do we draw the line?[/QUOTE] The line where one is a movement and the other is are entire races and cultures of people is a start Was that a serious question? Edit: To cling to a term that's become poisoned and incorrect in this day and age only invites further misuse of what was once a good term. It's unfortunate but because of the fact that people tend to remember the bad than the good more people are going to associate the word 'feminism' not with a noble cause, but with the troglodytes that are responsible for bastardizing the cause and warping it into the disgusting thing that it's becoming. It'd be far more beneficial in the long term to take up a banner that is more cohesive, properly reflecting your movement, than to cling to the gangrenous limb of the old name.

[QUOTE=kyle877;49449957]The line where one is a movement and the other is are entire races and cultures of people is a start Was that a serious question? Edit: To cling to a term that's become poisoned and incorrect in this day and age only invites further misuse of what was once a good term. It's unfortunate but because of the fact that people tend to remember the bad than the good more people are going to associate the word 'feminism' not with a noble cause, but with the troglodytes that are responsible for bastardizing the cause and warping it into the disgusting thing that it's becoming. It'd be far more beneficial in the long term to take up a banner that is more cohesive, properly reflecting your movement, than to cling to the gangrenous limb of the old name.[/QUOTE] And what happens if they follow you into that new name? And then the next? And then the next? And then the next? What if those people are [I]inevitable[/I], like the Tea Party in the Republican party, and the best way to show distance while not repeatedly starting over and trying to attract people to your endlessly changing name is to stop changing your name, stand tall, and say, "I'm not like this other person, but I subscribe to the base ideology." If I hear you're a Christian, I have an expectation for what you are and I won't think instantly, "Oh, he's a Westboro Baptist Church Christian!" If you say you're a Republican, I'm not going to think, "Oh, he's Rick Santorum!" [I]Some[/I] people might, but I would argue that all of that bullshit comes from the fact that people won't use their voices to plainly express separation between to two subsets of the set. In other words: people who are lazy and don't want to scare away the extreme people of their group - people who value the people on their side of the spectrum instead of the other side. All I needed to do to fit into the "feminist" mindset was to see that someone rational can and will refer to themselves as feminist in spite of all of the crazies that have taken over the word. If more people did that, the word wouldn't be so poisoned. The crazies would look crazy, and feminism wouldn't be their synonym. People have an idea of what a feminist cause is and lump them all together - including all of the good stuff - which is why I think leaving the term is like leaving some necessary pieces behind. It's going to be hard to re-own that stuff without looking feminist, so just say you are and show people that being a feminist doesn't mean that you suck.

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49450012]And what happens if they follow you into that new name? And then the next? And then the next? And then the next? What if those people are [I]inevitable[/I], like the Tea Party in the Republican party, and the best way to show distance while not repeatedly starting over and trying to attract people to your endlessly changing name is to stop changing your name, stand tall, and say, "I'm not like this other person, but I subscribe to the base ideology." If I hear you're a Christian, I have an expectation for what you are and I won't think instantly, "Oh, he's a Westboro Baptist Church Christian!" If you say you're a Republican, I'm not going to think, "Oh, he's Rick Santorum!" [I]Some[/I] people might, but I would argue that all of that bullshit comes from the fact that people won't use their voices to plainly express separation between to two subsets of the set. In other words: people who are lazy and don't want to scare away the extreme people of their group - people who value the people on their side of the spectrum instead of the other side. All I needed to do to fit into the "feminist" mindset was to see that someone rational can and will refer to themselves as feminist in spite of all of the crazies that have taken over the word. If more people did that, the word wouldn't be so poisoned. The crazies would look crazy, and feminism wouldn't be their synonym. People have an idea of what a feminist cause is and lump them all together - including all of the good stuff - which is why I think leaving the term is like leaving some necessary pieces behind. It's going to be hard to re-own that stuff without looking feminist, so just say you are and show people that being a feminist doesn't mean that you suck.[/QUOTE] The first thing stopping them from following is the fact that egalitarianism is, by definition, equal for all. It does not emphasize the struggle of either men or women. The word is pure, free of any inherent connotation both in form and function. Balanced, if you will. I also see it having potential, depending on how things turn out, with preventing the tables being flipped and men being the 'downtrodden gender', so to speak. I did not choose this term out of hatred for the term feminism. I see it as a check to root out problems that do, and could, exist.

[QUOTE=kyle877;49450049]The first thing stopping them from following is the fact that egalitarianism is, by definition, equal for all. It does not emphasize the struggle of either men or women. The word is pure, free of any inherent connotation both in form and function. Balanced, if you will. I also see it having potential, depending on how things turn out, with preventing the tables being flipped and men being the 'downtrodden gender', so to speak. I did not choose this term out of hatred for the term feminism. I see it as a check to root out problems that do, and could, exist.[/QUOTE] When you put it like that, I totally get it. But when it's like people who would otherwise be feminist just don't want to sound like the asshole feminists - they're exactly why feminism sucks so much. The most obnoxious of a group speaks up and if everyone else leaves, they're all that remains to endlessly fester into garbage.

Pale people are more attractive to me than people with darker skin tones

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49450420]Pale people are more attractive to me than people with darker skin tones[/QUOTE] I'm a lover all races, but man are black people just absolutely beautiful - all skin-tones.

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49450474]I'm a lover all races, but man are black people just absolutely beautiful - all skin-tones.[/QUOTE] Lil B said it best. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83p69JhDnwU[/media]

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49449731]The problem is that they kind of take part in hijacking the word. People should be calling them out for [I]not[/I] being feminist and being exactly what they fail to be. "You're not feminist, I am. Watch me." It's intellectually lazy to say "feminists suck".[/QUOTE] Its the intellectuals in colleges calling for crazy stuff. [url]https://youtu.be/im25MN5AwIc?t=23m41s[/url]

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49450601]Its the intellectuals in colleges calling for crazy stuff. [url]https://youtu.be/im25MN5AwIc?t=23m41s[/url][/QUOTE] I wonder if you read my post - this stuff is the problem. Throwing the label away leaves it to forever rot with these people and get worse. Keeping the label and fighting against the problem inspires people to join in on a fight for feminist ideals while also attacking the hijackers. It's like if I posted a video of a group of local Republicans and said, "See? Republicans are a bunch of bullshit!" It's the close-minded intellectually lazy inability to disconfirm that makes people feel too uncomfortable when their labels don't work as easily when they want to. It's easier to say all than some. "All Muslims are terrorists" is a lot easier to process than it is to say it's a far more complicated situation, but it doesn't make it any more correct. Same thing with feminism, except because people are ditching the label, the population of assholes is increasing proportionally. In reality, I believe more people are feminist than they're willing to admit, and we should focus on taking the label back.

[QUOTE=Skyward;49437231]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.[/QUOTE] THIS RIGHT HERE I cannot get into Witcher 3 at all, which is a shame: its winning nearly every GOTY.

For me it's fallout 4, I refunded it. Very little depth and very little interest for me.

I like vaporwave

I don't see the point of watching people stream games. I can understand if it's a tournament or something but why just watch some person play a game for two hours when you can just play it yourself?

[QUOTE=Anderan;49451376]I don't see the point of watching people stream games. I can understand if it's a tournament or something but why just watch some person play a game for two hours when you can just play it yourself?[/QUOTE] commentary/insights

[QUOTE=Anderan;49451376]I don't see the point of watching people stream games. I can understand if it's a tournament or something but why just watch some person play a game for two hours when you can just play it yourself?[/QUOTE] You've never watched a friend play a game?

[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;49451403]commentary/insights[/QUOTE] I wish this hadn't made playthroughs without commentary so difficult to find. More often than not I'll think I've found a simple playthrough of just the game and some noisy shit cunt chimes in with some slur of bullshit and I have to keep looking.

Its even worse when the streamer is fucking annoying like pronouncing things in a bullshit way to appear highly energetic

[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;49451410]You've never watched a friend play a game?[/QUOTE] I'm more referring to "professional streamers" but honestly I get bored even watching my own friends play games after 20 or 30 minutes unless they're particularly good at the game. I'd much rather be playing the game than watching them. [QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;49451403]commentary/insights[/QUOTE] Maybe I'm alone in not really caring about what some stranger on the internet has to say about a game I like. I can understand a 20 minute highlight video on YouTube where they express their opinion but I just don't see the fun in watching other people, even people I like, play games for several hours and maybe saying 5 or 6 noteworthy things.

[QUOTE=Anderan;49451376]I don't see the point of watching people stream games. I can understand if it's a tournament or something but why just watch some person play a game for two hours when you can just play it yourself?[/QUOTE] Might not have the game on hand/don't have the skill the streamer has. I don't have a N64 anymore and I can't speedrun, so I watch people do it who are good at it.

Yeah but its different when the streamer just sucks, I get the appeal of watching someone professional play because he's experienced and can pull off stunts that impress you, if the streamer doesnt have that you're better off playing yourself. That's just my opinion though.

[QUOTE=Anderan;49451521] Maybe I'm alone in not really caring about what some stranger on the internet has to say about a game I like. I can understand a 20 minute highlight video on YouTube where they express their opinion but I just don't see the fun in watching other people, even people I like, play games for several hours and maybe saying 5 or 6 noteworthy things.[/QUOTE] not even necessarily just commentary about the game, think of them as a general entertainer (jokes, stories, etc) using the game as backdrop not to mention for some of the more popular competitive games (league, dota, hearthstone, starcarft) people watch streamers to get better at the game

[QUOTE=Anderan;49451521]I'm more referring to "professional streamers" but honestly I get bored even watching my own friends play games after 20 or 30 minutes unless they're particularly good at the game. I'd much rather be playing the game than watching them.[/QUOTE] I usually watch more casual streams like Vinesauce and Maximilian play games instead of playing them myself because I'm usually not in the mood to play games at that moment. Like if I'm tired or working on something and using it as background noise. I basically treat it like tv, a from of entertainment that doesn't require me to do much other than watch and/or listen to.

[QUOTE=gokiyono;49447152]Gotta be honest They seem oddly specific in the workplaces they are promoting Like how they are never promoting carpenting and roadworking for women[/QUOTE] I know I'm really late on this but they actually do promote degendering jobs. So they want to remove the stigma of both male nurses and female road workers (including everything else but you know just examples.). You just don't hear about it because it doesn't fit the Internet's agenda of anti feminism. Also stuff like getting women in combat roles, which boils down to them putting their lives at risk for their country, and even leading the fight to overturn centuries old laws put in place by men that give women the edge in child custody cases. Feminism is not just "let's make our lives better and just not deal with stuff that's not fun." [editline]4th January 2016[/editline] Stuff like engineering is just nicer to put on an ad than saying something like "this is what a septic tank cleaner looks like" and showing a picture of a women covered in feces.

[QUOTE=wauterboi;49450698] It's like if I posted a video of a group of local Republicans and said, "See? Republicans are a bunch of bullshit!"[/QUOTE] Some random guy or a Republican party leader such as Trump or the RPC head? Even then, the Republican party is an organization, not an ideology/movement. If the most respected members within a movement and the intelligentsia that define the movement are insane than the movement is rotten. To a large extent it has become a hatred of men. [QUOTE=splenda;49451752]Feminism is not just "let's make our lives better and just not deal with stuff that's not fun.".[/QUOTE] Feminism does nothing about conscription and the selective service system. They don't seek to abolish it (easy way out) and they don't seek equality that requires that women also sign up. This is a major issue and yet nothing is done about it. Feminism is a huge movement and has the resources to do something about it but yet this blatant double standard that affects 150+ million people in the US alone is ignored.

people shouldn't say that feminism got hijacked because it didn't. it's a word to describe something and if radicals misuse it then it's more an expression of stupidity than 'tainting' a word. if people can't see that feminism = egalitarianism (with a focus on gender issues) then they're just about as stupid as the people that abuse the word imo. [editline]4th January 2016[/editline] in fact i wouldn't even use the term "radical feminist" because that implies these crazies are feminists, call them "female supremacists" or something else that immediately implies something negative.

I'm not sure about conscription. I mean, generally speaking men have a stronger physique than women and are able to endure more exhausting tasks. I think putting men on the battlefield instead of women is a better choice because of this reason. That said I'm not against the idea of conscripting women because if men have to do their duties then so do women. I just think that women are better put in other tasks than something physically enduring because men, with the same level of training, could generally perform the same tasks for a longer duration. Is that sexism?

[QUOTE=Recurracy;49452012]I'm not sure about conscription. I mean, generally speaking men have a stronger physique than women and are able to endure more exhausting tasks. I think putting men on the battlefield instead of women is a better choice because of this reason. That said I'm not against the idea of conscripting women because if men have to do their duties then so do women. I just think that women are better put in other tasks than something physically enduring because men, with the same level of training, could generally perform the same tasks for a longer duration. Is that sexism?[/QUOTE] conscription requirements should be based off of physical/mental strength/health and nothing more. basing it off of gender or sex (among other things) not only limits the potential strength of the country's armed forces, but it could literally potentially harm it. [editline]4th January 2016[/editline] worst case scenario: imagine a weird cultural shift in a country where the majority of men decide to seek more scholarly or sedentary jobs while women start seeking hard labor? in a gender/sex based system the armed forces of that country would be considerably weakened while a country that bases their conscription requirements on physical strength goes unchanged.

I certainly agree with basing the decisions for conscripts based on mental health. If I were to be conscripted and they'd put me on the battlefield I can almost assure you that I'd be a detriment to the rest of the soldiers, if not a liability at best