• Unpopular Opinions V6 You know maybe fascism wasn't all that it was cracked up to be
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[QUOTE=MaximLaHaxim;49981191]Criminals don't need prison time, they need mental help.[/QUOTE] maybe they need both
It depends on the criminal. Sometimes they need mental help. Sometimes they need economic help. And sometimes they're just legitimately terrible people that we have no way of helping yet or at all.
the point of prison isn't helping criminals become responsible citizens, it's keeping them away from the law-abiding public and I see no problem with that if you fuck up bad enough to end up in prison, the state has no obligation to help you, its only obligation is to separate you from everybody else [sp]of course there's a big problem with incarceration of non-violent criminals, like drug offenders, but that's a different breakfast entirely)[/sp]
I hate overtly sexual poses. In anything. Movies, anime, porn, I just hate anything that feels like it's purely forced and pandering to me like that. I'm not some sexual animal who needs to be constantly reminded you have an ass and have to exaggerate yourself to establish the fact. Not to say I hate all porn or the idea of fanservice in general, but I just want sexy casual cute stuff instead of someone trying to break their back 5 times over and act like it's all for me. Just god I despise it so much it completely ruins what would otherwise could have been a good thing
I think that gold members have an advantage over blues, their posts take up more screen space so what they have to say is more noticeable. [sp]I'm not salty about my blue status I swear[/sp]
people who complain about vaping are retards. It's a healthy alternative to smoking, and you're seriously gonna make fun of it because some people are annoying?
Its because idiots love to shit on anything for an oppertunity to call it edgy, which, ironically, is edgy, fuck that word
[QUOTE=AtomicSans;49981865]I think that gold members have an advantage over blues, their posts take up more screen space so what they have to say is more noticeable. [sp]I'm not salty about my blue status I swear[/sp][/QUOTE] Being a gold member used to be way more special. When I first joined, gold members were hand-picked by mods for doing something super whacky or something, then they made it so 2 years and 2000 posts (or something like that, can't remember exatly) got you gold and now there's gold members all over the shop.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;49982041]Being a gold member used to be way more special. When I first joined, gold members were hand-picked by mods for doing something super whacky or something, then they made it so 2 years and 2000 posts (or something like that, can't remember exatly) got you gold and now there's gold members all over the shop.[/QUOTE] 5 years, 2000 posts
[QUOTE=Novangel;49982055]5 years, 2000 posts[/QUOTE] right now, yes, but first it was 2 years and 2000 posts, as of december 2009 (auto upgrade). Gold membership was previously purchasable until the monkey_123 incident (oh fuck oh fuck we're going to be poor) in 2006. Between 06 and 09 gold membership was awarded for various reasons, and very rarely. In 2011 garry decided to make it 1,000 posts only for the auto upgrade, and that led to a lot of salt. Worse followed when purchasing gold was reopened. However, it was shortly changed to 5 years and 100 posts on july 12 of that same year. Now its 5 years and 2000 posts, after the shop got closed a couple years back.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;49982041]Being a gold member used to be way more special. When I first joined, gold members were hand-picked by mods for doing something super whacky or something, then they made it so 2 years and 2000 posts (or something like that, can't remember exatly) got you gold and now there's gold members all over the shop.[/QUOTE] when I first joined, misspelling any word would get you permanently banned and garry used to post in threads
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49982073]when I first joined, misspelling any word would get you permanently banned and garry used to post in threads[/QUOTE] I only remember the nose-picking guy avatar and the smartness system, and how it would deduct points based on misspellings and posted images for some reason. Smartness was a silly system. People who want it to come back are waxing nostalgic about something that wasn't really good or necessary to begin with.
[QUOTE=flashn00b;49979798]The Nintendo NX should aim for Witcher 3 on Ultra at 2160p30. My reasoning for this is because the Wii U didn't get much third party support because it pretty much amounted to Nintendo playing catch-up with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One existing, there's even less reason for said developers to make a Wii U game so I'd like to think that it would be good for Nintendo to armor their next system against the Playstation 5.[/QUOTE] Do you ever post anything in this thread that isn't totally idiotic? Nintendo focuses on more creative ways for the player to interact with the game than a simple controller. The WiiU has less third party support because that means it would take more work to port the game without it seeming like a lazy port. And since Nintendo focuses on keeping their console fairly cheap it's weaker than the others which means that newer games can't be as easily ported without having to redo the visuals. So good job totally missing the point, lol.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;49982165]I only remember the nose-picking guy avatar and the smartness system, and how it would deduct points based on misspellings and posted images for some reason. Smartness was a silly system. People who want it to come back are waxing nostalgic about something that wasn't really good or necessary to begin with.[/QUOTE] I'm still proud to have been banned for saying snigger
[QUOTE=Novangel;49982196]I'm still proud to have been banned for saying snigger[/QUOTE] Snigger Stick it in her pooper Get to the bunker proboards Am I missing anything?
[QUOTE=Samiam22;49982165]Smartness was a silly system. People who want it to come back are waxing nostalgic about something that wasn't really good or necessary to begin with.[/QUOTE] I remember people often said the smartness system improved their english writing
The idea of a smartness system makes me snigger, to be honest.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;49982285]Snigger Stick it in her pooper Get to the bunker proboards Am I missing anything?[/QUOTE] jbmod
I'm trying to lower my post quality so i post more so I get them delicious gold nuggies
[QUOTE=flashn00b;49979798]The Nintendo NX should aim for Witcher 3 on Ultra at 2160p30. My reasoning for this is because the Wii U didn't get much third party support because it pretty much amounted to Nintendo playing catch-up with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One existing, there's even less reason for said developers to make a Wii U game so I'd like to think that it would be good for Nintendo to armor their next system against the Playstation 5.[/QUOTE] NX is apparently comparable to Xbox One in power according to a handful of 'leaks', so don't hold your breath.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;49982285]Snigger Stick it in her pooper Get to the bunker proboards Am I missing anything?[/QUOTE] this is the source of my username
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49981901]people who complain about vaping are retards. It's a healthy alternative to smoking, and you're seriously gonna make fun of it because some people are annoying?[/QUOTE] Vaping is waaaaaay better than smoking, but I'm beyond sick of people pretending that it does not have any impact on people around them. Some of those monstrously overclocked units just shit out clouds of stuff.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;49982191]Do you ever post anything in this thread that isn't totally idiotic?[/QUOTE] The fact that they're totally idiotic shows how unpopular they are. Or do we require a thread for popular opinions?
[img]http://40.media.tumblr.com/d151d9526743c51bd81524c07d42f2cf/tumblr_nn9xfcoQk21tud87po1_500.png[/img] Not a fan of this kind of pixel art, where people are usually all stickly and lack any facial details. It's overused as hell.
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;49985953][img]http://40.media.tumblr.com/d151d9526743c51bd81524c07d42f2cf/tumblr_nn9xfcoQk21tud87po1_500.png[/img] Not a fan of this kind of pixel art, where people are usually all stickly and lack any facial details. It's overused as hell.[/QUOTE] Pixel art would be a lot better if we could somehow enforce the usage of the MS-DOS 256 color palette while restricting them to a resolution no larger than 640x400. Pixel art these days just seems like an excuse for bad graphics. In fact, i think the fact that I grew up with a Win9x system has me more... picky about pixel art.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49980968] IT degrees are about computers, in that you literally study up on the machines themselves and the developmental curriculum is more 'how-to' than 'how-and-why'.[/QUOTE] Sounds like the US IT degree is pretty awful then, because that's not at all what it is like here.
[QUOTE=Gimme20dollaz;49986706]For all the shit that people give Gawker and its subsidiaries, and it's well-deserved don't get me wrong, I do like the way Kotaku did their game reviews, forgoing the x-out-of-ten format for a binary "Yes, you should buy this game" or "No, don't buy this game" system. I think more sites should adapt that.[/QUOTE] I don't think any reviews can be perfect but I would honestly prefer to see a full review rather than 'I know how everyone thinks, plays games, and what they're tastes are so let me decide if everyone should buy this or not.' I'm asking a lot but I think, personally, an out-of-5 or out-of-10 with a group of reviewers, each having a different favourite genre would be best. e.g. 5 people, with favourites of RPGs, Shooters, Casual, Puzzle, Strategy each giving their honest review on the game and they give some game a 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to give a game a total of like an 8. Then again, I understand how it would be helpful to have 'Buy it, Buy it after X updates, buy it on sale, don't buy it', etc could be helpful at a quick glance for those who don't want to read multiple in-depth reviews. there's no way to make everyone happy with a review/purchase without them all buying the game themselves and having the option to return it tbh so idk
If I was gonna run a review website, my ratings would go - Buy no matter what - instant classic (Portal, Civ5, Dawn of War, Half-Life 2) - Buy if you enjoy the genre (Counter-Strike, Payday 2, Cities: Skylines) - Buy if you enjoy the subject matter (buggy-but-fun military simulators, STALKER, Total War series) - Don't buy - Avoid like the plague
[QUOTE=Sector 7;49987121]If I was gonna run a review website, my ratings would go - Buy no matter what - instant classic (Portal, Civ5, Dawn of War, Half-Life 2) - Buy if you enjoy the genre (Counter-Strike, Cities: Skylines) - Buy if you enjoy the subject matter (buggy-but-fun military simulators, STALKER, Total War series) - Don't buy - Avoid like the plague (Payday 2)[/QUOTE] you had something wrong there, fixed it for ya
[QUOTE=bdd458;49987775]you had something wrong there, fixed it for ya[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/nvb9oek.png[/img] I actually pre-ordered this (and Payday 1). I trusted Overkill. Excuse me, I need to go sob inconsolably.
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