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

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49484238][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__e2VLp6gwyk/SeWT-PY8qJI/AAAAAAAADFQ/OE_IOypofH0/s320/BR9.jpg[/img] iran, 70s[/QUOTE] And then fundamentalist Islam went on the rise and even seized power. Dunno what you're saying. Islam fucked up Persia. Sure they spread its culture and bureaucracy but the backwards ideas of Islam eroded it.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49485963]And then fundamentalist Islam went on the rise and even seized power. Dunno what you're saying. [/QUOTE] It looks like he was just showing a picture as evidence of this, since "pictures speak 1,000 words" etc etc.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49485963]And then fundamentalist Islam went on the rise and even seized power. Dunno what you're saying. Islam fucked up Persia. Sure they spread its culture and bureaucracy but the backwards ideas of Islam eroded it.[/QUOTE] jesus christ dude [editline]8th January 2016[/editline] i was agreeing with him you freaking dolt [editline]8th January 2016[/editline] "zukriuchen is posting i must disagree no matter what"

[QUOTE=Qaus;49484114] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2oyweqZ7WM[/media][/QUOTE] [video=youtube;wodCloEJdgs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wodCloEJdgs[/video]

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;49486171]jesus christ dude [/QUOTE] Apologies, still, the Islamic world would be better without Islam. It holds the naturally progressive Persian culture back. [QUOTE=Vodkavia;49486418]I agree with what you're saying 99.9%, But fundamentalism doesn't sit in a box on its own. Religion comes same background as people; killing, racism, sexism, rape, enslavement etc. Religion doesn't exist in 2016 because today's ideas cured them of fundamentalism, it exists because religions of today are fundamentally different religions than what was only available in the bronze age.[/QUOTE] Sam Harris made the point best. We don't see radical Jainists trying to conquer the world. Keep in mind, the original founders of the faiths established an Empire.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49486502]Apologies, still, the Islamic world would be better without Islam.[/QUOTE] it just wouldn't be there at all

[QUOTE=Qaus;49484114]I was talking about pretty much just the dark ages and before then. Obviously Muslim countries have a couple hundred years of catching up to do, but that doesn't undo what Christianity did ages ago. [editline]8th January 2016[/editline] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2oyweqZ7WM[/media][/QUOTE] It wouldn't sound so great to recreate the following songs on the SNES imo: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlY8Di_Pb4U&list=PLFEAB09AB60D54F4F&index=5[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6eXA4boRcY&index=12&list=PLFEAB09AB60D54F4F[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeHui01Svjo&list=PLFEAB09AB60D54F4F&index=17[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLk04DibLWs[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUvOE1xil7g[/media] They sound great because they have that Frequency Modulation tinge - it's a unique sound that you can't really forget. [I]That's the Sega Genesis.[/I] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCA0Fvrg4s[/media] It's the same thing with the Commodore 64. It rules because it has a specific sound you can't mistake for anything else and it sounds great. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAPpVplHiDE&list=PL9D912B0F33E8C5CA&index=8[/media] Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of SNES OST's that are awesome, but they use samples to create their sounds and it's not synthesized. It's not as fun as modelling your synths and it doesn't have the metallic last breaths of chiptune in video games. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALAoPgc9sz8[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7O1oxvmMdw[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWMN91gMD_4[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSn1f-Xz8go[/media] You can see how you can use the synthetic identity make some really cool sounds. It's not always better, and the person who's making cross-platform games needs to understand how to use Megadrive-Funk in his work, but when it does come together it sounds so much better than a Super Nintendo game.

sega definitely wins it for me in this case with that neat sound tech, but it's just that I played on the snes instead of the nes, it stuck with me longer [editline]8th January 2016[/editline] case in point [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-xOY0lEVaw[/media] [editline]8th January 2016[/editline] that lead synth sounds badass [editline]8th January 2016[/editline] but then theres this abomination [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlV1p7bhAUY[/media]

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49477902]I'm pretty sure that that's actually the entire point of his character. [sp]Kylo desperately wants to be the kind of evil badass that Vader was, but he isn't. He tries his hardest to be this cool intimidating badass but he always fails and it shows in subtle ways. People get to him easily, and he throws fits when he doesn't get his way. Vader would choke you for your failure, not because he's angry so much as because you failed him, but Kylo will just get pissy and smash stuff, and it creates this air that he's just juvenile. You get the sense that people don't respect him. Even soldiers who experience his company in depth, like the two patrolling guards who witness his shitfit, are just like they're stuck with this spoiled kid but they can't do anything about it. It even goes in to his costume. Vader wore the suit because he needed it. Kylo wears his mask and modulates his voice so he can be scary like Vader, but it just clashes because underneath the mask he's still a whiny kid. Vader struggled because his actions were dark but he wanted to be good deep down. Kylo struggles because he wants to be dark but isn't, and he doesn't fit in to that mold. He manifests his self doubt and anger that he's not this super cool badass on Han, and he does that thing that happened not for any practical or solid reason but because he has it in his head that if he can do that, then he can truly be the evil badass he wants to be. He's just an insecure wanna-be kid being manipulated, thoroughly in denial of that fact. I think it's the whole point. He wants to be Vader, but he's just a wanna-be, and the fact that he's a wanna-be badass prevents him from ever being badass.[/sp] In a way, it mirrors real life. Like imagine if you were making this new Star Wars movie that's supposed to live up to the original trilogy and you have to create a villain that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the most iconic villain in any movie [I]ever.[/I] A character that is thoroughly ingrained in our culture and in the nostalgic minds of everyone who grew up with those movies. You can't do it. So they don't try. Instead, they do their own thing, with someone who tries. :v:[/QUOTE] I'm actually gonna say this, but Kylo Ren [sp]looking like a normal human being under the mask is a bit scary rather than silly. Under the mask, people expect him to have scars or facial marks that indicate that he's been through hell and that no one should mess with him. The fact that he looks like a pasty guy gives off the sign that says "I'm normal." Without his cloak, his robes, and his mask, he could blend well in a crowd with nothing but the Force and just kill someone without being noticed. THAT was what the Sith did before they took over the galaxy. Hide in the shadows to smother the light.[/sp] [QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49477067]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?[/QUOTE] It's pretty dumb, but with an interesting concept. A world where monsters of myth roam the human world and co-exist with man under some laws is some nice world building. Too bad it's ruined at the fact that the monsters have horrible names (Mia the Lamia, Papi the Harpy, [I]Lizzy the lizardwoman.[/I]), the copy/paste of dumb harem tropes, a bland protagonist, and mood backlash littered throughout. I do like some of the side characters though, particularly the M.O.N. members in both the anime and the manga.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;49486071]Islam didn't fuck anything up, it's religious fundamentalism that did, Islam isn't a special case because every religion is susceptible to the awful affects of fundamentalists seizing control.[/QUOTE] Eh, I think some religions can be more prone to fundamentalism than other. Hard to be progressive when your religion is based around a central unchanging text, especially if it's supposedly the word of God himself. Also "fundamentalism" in the broad sense of taking the literal interpretation of scripture isn't a bad thing by definition, but it is if your scripture is terrible in the first place.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49485963]And then fundamentalist Islam went on the rise and even seized power. Dunno what you're saying. Islam fucked up Persia. Sure they spread its culture and bureaucracy but the backwards ideas of Islam eroded it.[/QUOTE] And why would Islam be the problem? If Persia/Iran never became Muslim what makes you say there wouldn't have been a theocratic Zoroastrian republic? Probably sounds like a neckbeardish thing to say, but religion is definitely a tool, and it is usually tied to culture however Persia has done a good job at keeping a distinct culture even after the fall of the Sassanians, but powerful clerics can still shape public opinion. And like all religions, no Muslim is able to actually follow the Qu'ran 100% because there is just so much in it that you have to follow, which means the nature of the religion CAN CHANGE and in fact it has changed plenty of times in the past 1400 years. Mind you homosexual relations were tolerated in Iran in the 1970's meanwhile homosexual sex was illegal in half of the united states during that time.

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49485963]And then fundamentalist Islam went on the rise and even seized power. Dunno what you're saying. Islam fucked up Persia. Sure they spread its culture and bureaucracy but the backwards ideas of Islam eroded it.[/QUOTE] lmao do you seriously think Persia has been in a long decline since the 7th century?

Clothing companies should stop using the lack of clothing to sell clothes. It just seems counter-intuitive if i'm honest to myself.

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;49489842]lmao do you seriously think Persia has been in a long decline since the 7th century?[/QUOTE] It's a widely known fact that Persia was a godly Christian country before the Muslims invaded in 1979 and renamed it to Iran

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;49489842]lmao do you seriously think Persia has been in a long decline since the 7th century?[/QUOTE] Persia ends up recovering from the past incident, but then some more invaders come along and fuck things up just as they escape from it. Arabick invasions, the Mongol Invasions, Timurids, Russians, etc. Then you get to the 20th century and things were getting better until fundamentalist Moslem clergy took over the country and drove it into the ground.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;49487755]You're also describing both Christianity and Judaism with that statement..[/QUOTE] I know. But Judaism, Christianity and Islam aren't the only religions on Earth. What I'm saying is that if you have a holy book filled with ass-backwards barbaric stuff there will always be people coming back to that, even if the mainstream view is to ignore those parts.

If you don't believe that there can ever be bad cops, and you willingly ignore police systematically shooting, beating, raping, and murdering innocent people, then you are part of the problem. You will always be part of the problem.

Salt is overused in most recipies.

Pizza is best as a square. [url]http://i.imgur.com/TjorcYV.jpg[/url] I don't get the affinity that people have for circles.

[QUOTE=TAU!;49493030]If you don't believe that there can ever be bad cops, and you willingly ignore police systematically shooting, beating, raping, and murdering innocent people, then you are part of the problem. You will always be part of the problem.[/QUOTE] I believe the systematic corruption goes as deep as the city and county levels and that's it.

I'm not scared of death as long as its not painless and instant. I mean, it would be cool to see what happens after death right?

I kind of like Adam Ruins Everything. A bit funny, and a but informative.

[QUOTE=Verideth;49494149]I'm not scared of death as long as its not painless and instant. I mean, it would be cool to see what happens after death right?[/QUOTE] Well realizing there's nothing there will be kind of a bummer.

[QUOTE=_Axel;49494476]Well realizing there's nothing there will be kind of a bummer.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't bother me, I'd be dead.

[QUOTE=_Axel;49494476]Well realizing there's nothing there will be kind of a bummer.[/QUOTE] Going to a place without an omniscient eye always watching me and without the spirit of everyone who's ever died? Atleast I'll be able to finally fap in peace.

When I die I really want to be aware that it's coming. For some reason the thought of dying instantaneously and not being aware of it really scares me.

All these new gimmicky "hoverboard" vehicles like the flammable two-wheeler are stupid and dangerous. It's so much easier to fall off and injure yourself on them.

I guess it's unpopular here to think that the idea that the brain creates consciousness, while a reasonable proposal based on what we know, isn't empirically proven and thus shouldn't be taken as a fact (not that we should also adhere to any other theory since the current one is the one most supported by evidence). Like I understand why it's believed, because when someone has certain thoughts or feels certain emotions it makes specific parts of the brain light up, and when parts of the brain are destroyed, the person's personality is altered. But it seems like putting a causation onto a correlation, it's reasonable as I said, but not proof and I believe that this idea can and will be eventually proven or debunked. Not within our lifetimes maybe, since our current ability to understand exactly what's going on in our noggins is limited by our technology, but eventually.

I think there are quite a few people who are too quick to diagnose themselves with "conditions". Of course there's the typical idiot who says they have OCD because *gasp* they like having a tidy house. On the other house, there's also stuff like depression where people seriously jump to conclusions too quickly. "I woke up on Friday and I felt like shit. UGH I HATE BEING DEPRESSED!!!" Um hi. We all have bad days. By your definition, everyone has depression and we all need therapists.

[QUOTE=Rebi;49495091]I guess it's unpopular here to think that the idea that the brain creates consciousness, while a reasonable proposal based on what we know, isn't empirically proven and thus shouldn't be taken as a fact (not that we should also adhere to any other theory since the current one is the one most supported by evidence). Like I understand why it's believed, because when someone has certain thoughts or feels certain emotions it makes specific parts of the brain light up, and when parts of the brain are destroyed, the person's personality is altered. But it seems like putting a causation onto a correlation, it's reasonable as I said, but not proof and I believe that this idea can and will be eventually proven or debunked. Not within our lifetimes maybe, since our current ability to understand exactly what's going on in our noggins is limited by our technology, but eventually.[/QUOTE] I don't get it. What would the alternative be exactly? Some sort of immaterial entity that for some obscure reason only acts upon human bodies? I don't see how that would work without shitting on the principle of causality.