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

Dust2 is an overrated map.

[QUOTE=REMBER;49467890]Dust2 is an overrated map.[/QUOTE] Dust2 is the worst map for competitive play

Dust 2 is probably the best map for competitive play but it's so goddamn boring looking. I'd wish it would just get reskinned at least.

I don't particularly care for Sony consoles any more.

[QUOTE=Qaus;49466552]Definitely, they're also ruining the term "militia". Militia aren't supposed to be anti-government, they're supposed to anti-government reform. [editline]5th January 2016[/editline] Reform of the huge-reorganization-of-everything or breaking-fundamental-rules variety.[/QUOTE] Why shouldn't the government reform? Reform is usually a pragmatic solution undertaken in response to changing conditions which make the old system unviable or a new one to become more favourable.

[QUOTE=Sobotnik;49468992]Why shouldn't the government reform? Reform is usually a pragmatic solution undertaken in response to changing conditions which make the old system unviable or a new one to become more favourable.[/QUOTE] a government that does extreme reform only under its own authority doesn't sound entirely stable or caring for its citizens opinions. if the only people that want an extreme reform are the authorities, then they would lose a fair vote.

[QUOTE=Qaus;49469054]a government that does extreme reform only under its own authority doesn't sound entirely stable or caring for its citizens opinions. if the only people that want an extreme reform are the authorities, then they would lose a fair vote.[/QUOTE] sometimes changing fundamental rules is something that a society has to do britain has massively changed in several major areas since the middle ages when our government first formed, and that was through changing fundamental rules.

North Korea is a viable threat and should be taken seriously. Though the DPRK would be wiped out in a conventional war, and their nuclear program is leagues behind France's or America's, they could still cause serious damage to South Korea and Japan. People make fun of the DPRK when they have their outbursts because they're very far away. If ISIS can commit something like the Paris attacks, the North Koreans could easily do something like that in the Republic of Korea. The DPRK doesn't need to fight a flat out conventional war or even launch a nuclear weapon to make life a living hell for people in the RoK/Japan, and that's what I think is unsettling.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;49463569]"Oh, he was just raised that way" Yeah, because obviously everyone is a robot that their parents program and they haven't got the brain capacity to ever change their way of thinking or flat out disagree with their parents. Fucking [B][I]awful[/I][/B] excuse.[/QUOTE] Except this does happen, I had a friend who was raised in a very racist home, and whenever he got called on his shit he would be like "Leave me alone I was raised like this" You can change your parents "programming", but some people don't want to.

[QUOTE=Killjoy;49468526]I don't particularly care for Sony consoles any more.[/QUOTE] My PS4 spends most of it's time gathering dust since I'm not really interested in most of it's exclusives and just about everything else I can get on Steam or PS3 cheaper and the PS3 version usually is only different visually with maybe a bit of a performance difference. The only games so far that I'm interested in that are only coming to PS4 in the U.S. are JoJo Eyes Of Heaven and Tekken 7.

People overreact too much over getting rare items in certain games. Would you freak out when you get a good paycheck from a job?

[QUOTE=Duckakku;49470280]People overreact too much over getting rare items in certain games. Would you freak out when you get a good paycheck from a job?[/QUOTE] getting a rare item in a video game is closer to winning a small lottery than it is getting a paycheck

[QUOTE=Bathtub;49470293]getting a rare item in a video game is closer to winning a small lottery than it is getting a paycheck[/QUOTE] My point is that people usually sell the rare items which they get for being lucky. Meanwhile people work their asses off to survive life.

so are you trying to say you think people who buy/sell expensive items in video games need to get a job or that they overreact

[QUOTE=Bathtub;49470341]so are you trying to say you think people who buy/sell expensive items in video games need to get a job or that they overreact[/QUOTE] They overreact.

if you get mad at people getting excited about good things in their life, chances are excellent that you're a dry-cunted emotional vampire.

Bernie Sanders' campaign is having a tough time because he doesn't fight back. As much as his supporters try to tout the idea of a "neutral, caring" candidate, it just makes him appear weak to the media and gives his competitors ammo. The fact that he said that he'd support the democratic nominee no matter what makes it so much easier for someone like Clinton to get the nomination, as the party will select someone who has more "worth" to them.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49471075]Bernie Sanders' campaign is having a tough time because he doesn't fight back. As much as his supporters try to tout the idea of a "neutral, caring" candidate, it just makes him appear weak to the media and gives his competitors ammo. The fact that he said that he'd support the democratic nominee no matter what makes it so much easier for someone like Clinton to get the nomination, as the party will select someone who has more "worth" to them.[/QUOTE] while we're at it, "feel the bern" is such a fucking stupid catchphrase.

I support neither and CANT STUMP THE TRUMP is pretty great

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49471159]while we're at it, "feel the bern" is such a fucking stupid catchphrase.[/QUOTE] Another big issue is that Sanders is relying entirely on social media and word-of-mouth for his advertising. When you do that, you run into stupid shit like "feel the bern" and rabid, foaming-at-the-lips supporters who drive people away rather than actually spark interest

[QUOTE=Sector 7;49471159]while we're at it, "feel the bern" is such a fucking stupid catchphrase.[/QUOTE] There's this parody page I follow on Facebook called "Barnie Sandlers" and it's great - their catchphrase is BARNSTORM 2016.

I don't like the rain at all.

I kinda don't like Mac n' Cheese. I can have like a bite or two before getting really sick of it.

Many sanders supporters can be a bit ignorant and uneducated imo, and could do with more skepticism, even though I do like him. though that's probably the same with all of the candidates, among the internet circles im a part of he's usually the most popular.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;49471550]"Can't stump the Trump" isn't Trump's catchphrase though, his is "Make America Great Again!" which is also super cheesy.[/QUOTE] I thought "Can't stump the Trump" is used by people supporting Trump ironically to see how far his ignorance can get him in the races.

[QUOTE=Fapplejack;49473423]I thought "Can't stump the Trump" is used by people supporting Trump ironically to see how far his ignorance can get him in the races.[/QUOTE] Supporting him ironically frightens me. He strikes me as someone who could legitimately irrevocably ruin the United States.

[QUOTE=kyle877;49474127]Supporting him ironically frightens me. He strikes me as someone who could legitimately irrevocably ruin the United States.[/QUOTE] the president doesn't really have nearly enough power to do that, he could TRY to get something that would do that through but congress would never pass it.

[QUOTE=Hypoxide;49462626]This isn't new, I'm not the first to say it and I don't expect to be the last. I don't like Undertale. That sentence alone will make people go fucking ballistic and that was one of my problems. The community. I expect people to jump in and say "NOT ALL FANS ARE LIKE THAT!!!" as if I'm brain-dead and think a small majority represents the entire community. But in terms of negativity, I think Undetale has one of the worst communities. Yeah there may be a 98% cool accepting community with 2% dickheads but that 2% is worse to me than the (random number, not my opinion) 10% of the FNAF community. Why? Yeah there are people who claim FNAF is the best series in the world but that applies to most series and while there are a few rude fans who DO NOT LIKE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, the worst thing I see is usually the forced integration. "You know what this game needs? FNAF MODELS!". But for Undertale the negative side of the community, however small the negative side is, is much worse. There's nearly just as much forced integration as FNAF but with surprisingly ruder fans, some of whom can be violent. I won't say "undertale fans use death threats!!!" because I see that a lot. It's just the anger I see when people don't like Undertale. OPINIONS? The worst part about this is the excuses. "Oh, you didn't like it? You obviously didn't engage with the characters enough." or "Oh, that's only because all the jokes went over your head!"[/QUOTE] People who are fragile enough to be unable to accept a differing opinion is not worth spending time with. "Unable" is simply an alias for "unwilling", though - they could take your opinion, but they specifically won't. It's made so many things really hard to get into. I had a friend that watched The Walking Dead who kept me up to date on what was happening in The Walking Dead despite the fact that I very explicitly said that I was uninterested in the show. Regardless, he'd talk to me endlessly about it. And then I'd say, "Hey, I'm [I]really[/I] not into this show. Stop talking about it", which would illicit a question: "How? It's such a good show!" My opinions shouldn't inhibit you from enjoying something. Consideration and fair dismissal is one thing, and relentless defense is another. The only time I don't have a problem with people bringing up something very often is when their fandom covers a lot of facets of life. It might sound like I'm making an excuse for myself, but I mention The Biggest Problem in the Universe a lot. The reason is that they constantly bring up problems for everything in life, from pedophiles to fries to diamonds to anti-vaxxers to the ability to disconfirm. Each problem is discussed with articles and statistics, so yeah, when someone starts discussing something I can totally relate what I've heard to it and bring it up in a way that isn't annoying. And I honestly don't give a shit if someone says "I don't like them". If someone is a huge Star Trek fan, I don't mind them bring it up or incorporating it into their identity as long as it's not with everything in their life or every conversation is about it. It's why I don't really give a shit about bronies. As long as they can function without saying, "Oh, that reminds me of Fluttershy's fur" (which I think is more uncommon than people think), it's fine. They can run around with the avatar and a pony name and make passing references every now and then until I say no, and then they can stop afterwards. It's when it's specifically [I]shoehorned[/I], or when they don't take no for an answer that it becomes a problem.

[QUOTE=proch;49471539]I support neither and CANT STUMP THE TRUMP is pretty great[/QUOTE] I like Nigel Farage's one in the UK. Can't barrage the Farage.

I don't really know what I expected, but Monster Musume is not as great in my opinion as everyone seems to think it is. I gave it a watch after people went fucking bananas over it and it's just a generic harem anime about a generic young man very pointedly not having sex with a selection of eager women, but with monster butts. It's, yeah, it's not for me. I don't really get how it's for anyone. I mean not that it's all that bad or whatever but I just wonder, who is in to this stuff, and [I]why?[/I] Why would you make it? Yeah, tits, but, I mean, porn exists, so, why not just make or watch porn?