Unpopular Opinions V6 You know maybe fascism wasn't all that it was cracked up to be - General

[QUOTE=Thlis;50601884]I am starting to believe that if you are an SJW you are 5 times more likely to advocate killing other people.[/QUOTE] it'd be more accurate to say being an asshole with a keyboard means you're more likely to wish death to people.

i don't give a fuck what anybody says, waterboy was one of the best films ever made in modern history

[QUOTE=Laferio;50602482]i don't give a fuck what anybody says, waterboy was one of the best films ever made in modern history[/QUOTE] and here I thought posting under the influence was bannable :vs:

[QUOTE=Swiket;50601676]what if eating kale and drinking water with stevia in it makes them happy??? HUH????[/QUOTE] That's fine dog, by all means have at it, put the kale IN the water if that's what you like. Long as it makes you happy.

[QUOTE=Rudevinny;50603135]"Adulting" just reminds me of those Owlturd comics where Shen bemoans about procrastination and not being very productive. Life's cruel and you would rather play video games, take a number. They're not as trite as Dorkly's "VIDYA GAME LOGIC AMIRITE" scribbles, but dangerously close.[/QUOTE] Dorkly is the Seth MacFarlane of video game humor

[QUOTE=Thlis;50601884]I am starting to believe that if you are an SJW you are 5 times more likely to advocate killing other people.[/QUOTE] I don't know how the people you're talking about can even type with straw for hands Also here's something unpopular. Killing off the 3.5mm jack in phones isn't necessarily a bad thing, we stand to gain a lot on the technical side in quality, headphones that currently need batteries (sound cancelling) won't need batteries, and ofc it allows for a bigger battery in the phone too. The bad thing is that its successor on iphones will most likely be proprietary apple bullshit. On other phones it'll be the much more reasonable usb C

i'll never understand the appeal to competitive smash

[QUOTE=Blazedol;50604657]i'll never understand the appeal to competitive smash[/QUOTE] I'm not a super high-level player but I find it preferable to other fighting games because it's very easy to start but has tons of depth. Most fighting games to me are more walls where to go from just spamming to actually knowing what you're doing takes truckloads of reading and effort. Character diversity is sweet too, and it's very easy to switch characters.

So I just finished reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand for the first time and can someone else who has actually read it tell me why it's so universally derided because I liked it? It seems to me that pretty much everyone who criticises the book completely misses the point of it.

Regardless of the message, it's completely valid to criticize Rand's poor writing skills and pacing because if there's one thing she's not good at, it's those. Ayn Rand should have pulled a Confucius and instead focused on shorter more impactful phrases and philosophy than writing a whole book where roughly a third of it is filler. [editline]27th June 2016[/editline] [quote]1 – It’s long and long-winded. Rand never fails to use four pages where one could do the job better. 2 – It’s preachy. One of the main characters gives a THREE HOUR speech. Seriously, the chapter claims the speech took three hours. 3 – The plot is OK. It has its moments, but the long diatribes detract from it. Also, it reminds me of “Mission Impossible 2” where there seemed to be a large number of silly “glamour shots” focusing on Tom Cruise’s hair. Rand does that IN PRINT. Editing out 50% of the book would make for a much better story while retaining all the meaning.[/quote] [[URL="http://www.kevingunn.org?p=372"]x[/URL]]

[QUOTE=Sector 7;50601668]"extremely generic" doesn't even begin to describe it. exercise for those at home: name as many Avatar characters as you can that aren't the protagonist[/QUOTE] Michelle Rodriguez as Michelle Rodriguez. Sigourney Weaver as Sigourney Weaver. Gruff Military Man #4,389

[QUOTE=Qaus;50604981]Regardless of the message, it's completely valid to criticize Rand's poor writing skills and pacing because if there's one thing she's not good at, it's those. Ayn Rand should have pulled a Confucius and instead focused on shorter more impactful phrases and philosophy than writing a whole book where roughly a third of it is filler. [editline]27th June 2016[/editline] [[URL="http://www.kevingunn.org?p=372"]x[/URL]][/QUOTE] I can't disagree with any of that, John Galt's 3 hour speech almost had me dying of boredom. But the philosophical points aside I think the length of the book actually contributes to it's status as an epic, in the same vane as War and Peace. I feel that a lot of criticism is levelled at the message of the book rather than the book itself, which is why I wanted to ask people who had actually read it. Although personally I found it pretty hard to disagree with many of the philosophical points made in the novel, even if they are presented in a fairly radical and extreme context.

I grind my teeth when I hear or see people refer to video games as "vidya." [editline]27th June 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Qaus;50604981]Regardless of the message, it's completely valid to criticize Rand's poor writing skills and pacing because if there's one thing she's not good at, it's those. Ayn Rand should have pulled a Confucius and instead focused on shorter more impactful phrases and philosophy than writing a whole book where roughly a third of it is filler. [editline]27th June 2016[/editline] [[URL="http://www.kevingunn.org?p=372"]x[/URL]][/QUOTE] Ayn Rand can't describe a bridge her characters' train is passing over without spending forty pages lecturing the reader on the length of the bridge, the quality of the metal, the spacing of the rivets, the timeline of its construction, the challenges faced by the engineers, the political and bureaucratic obstacles of permitting the bridge, the public reactions to the bridge's construction, the jeers of all the people who expected it to fail, and the smoothness with which the train passed over it.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;50605117]Ayn Rand can't describe a bridge her characters' train is passing over without spending forty pages lecturing the reader on the length of the bridge, the quality of the metal, the spacing of the rivets, the timeline of its construction, the challenges faced by the engineers, the political and bureaucratic obstacles of permitting the bridge, the public reactions to the bridge's construction, the jeers of all the people who expected it to fail, and the smoothness with which the train passed over it.[/QUOTE] This kind of thing can be done well though.

[QUOTE=Kljunas;50605650]This kind of thing can be done well though.[/QUOTE] Can; wasnt. Rand is a svery self-congratulatory writer. She spends so much time reveling in the rhetoric that she forgets the principles of telling a good story. From page to page, chapter to chapter, the plot and characters are lost to meandering, redundant speeches and metaphors. Dozens of pages can go by before she remembers what she was actually doing and resumes the narration. Atlas Shrugged has the feel of a personal manifesto that was written long before any actual story, and simply had character names and a rough plot sewn in after the fact to clumsily tie everything together. Thirty pages or so into a speech about money or work ethic or some shit, she'll throw in a quick, "so and so said," just to remind the reader that this is actually supposed to be a story and not a lecture.

didn't she also go on public healthcare when she got sick at some point? what a leech

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;50605117]I grind my teeth when I hear or see people refer to video games as "vidya." [editline]27th June 2016[/editline] Ayn Rand can't describe a bridge her characters' train is passing over without spending forty pages lecturing the reader on the length of the bridge, the quality of the metal, the spacing of the rivets, the timeline of its construction, the challenges faced by the engineers, the political and bureaucratic obstacles of permitting the bridge, the public reactions to the bridge's construction, the jeers of all the people who expected it to fail, and the smoothness with which the train passed over it.[/QUOTE] But there is a reason why she does this, it's to emphasize the power and determination of the individual in the face of adversity and to conquer nature. As well as to highlight the perfection which can be achieved through sheer human effort. [QUOTE=Big Dumb American;50605799]Can; wasnt. Rand is a svery self-congratulatory writer. She spends so much time reveling in the rhetoric that she forgets the principles of telling a good story. From page to page, chapter to chapter, the plot and characters are lost to meandering, redundant speeches and metaphors. Dozens of pages can go by before she remembers what she was actually doing and resumes the narration. Atlas Shrugged has the feel of a personal manifesto that was written long before any actual story, and simply had character names and a rough plot sewn in after the fact to clumsily tie everything together. Thirty pages or so into a speech about money or work ethic or some shit, she'll throw in a quick, "so and so said," just to remind the reader that this is actually supposed to be a story and not a lecture.[/QUOTE] You are right there though, the main characters talk to each other as if they're all professors giving philosophy lectures. Which does get really tiresome after a while, not least because no one ever talks like that, especially in some of the contexts and situations in which the characters do.

Donald Trump would make a decent president (or at least better than Shillary)

[QUOTE=Blazedol;50604657]i'll never understand the appeal to competitive smash[/QUOTE] The game is simply more accessible for beginners to at least grasp the concept of Smash competitively and know the ins and outs of a character. Playing other fighting games on a competitive level such as MvC or Skullgirls or Blazblue involve you memorizing huge combo strings to max out damage. Smash characters have like only 20 different moves on average and combos are only 3 to 4 strings at most. One can get into Sm4sh without knowing much on the technical side of things too.

[QUOTE=Cub;50606417]Donald Trump would make a decent president (or at least better than Shillary)[/QUOTE] But... how,?

Too much hysteria over brexit from all angles

[QUOTE=burgerdemon;50609128]Too much hysteria over brexit from all angles[/QUOTE] okay but phrase it like this "Too much hysteria over the sterling dropping to the lowest value since 1985" "Too much hysteria over the prime minister resigning with no plan" "Too much hysteria over Boris Johnson very publicly not having a plan either" and now you look ridiculous

i've been reading a lot of orson scott card for some reason and it seems like every single book stars the same high functioning autistic 15 year old [editline]28th June 2016[/editline] unpopular opinions version book discussion

[QUOTE=Cone;50609994]okay but phrase it like this "Too much hysteria over the sterling dropping to the lowest value since 1985" "Too much hysteria over the prime minister resigning with no plan" "Too much hysteria over Boris Johnson very publicly not having a plan either" and now you look ridiculous[/QUOTE] idk i think people will look back and laugh at the reactions from people especially online.

the idea that stand up can't be used to be persuasive/make a point is dumb.

[QUOTE=Blazedol;50610853]the idea that stand up can't be used to be persuasive/make a point is dumb.[/QUOTE] Of course it [i]can[/i] be used to make a point - but it [i]shouldn't[/i] be used to make a point. Every time I hear someone say "I trust [comedy show] more than the news!" I die a little inside; comedy is another form of sensationalism, and it is in no way incentivized towards telling the truth. [sp]also john oliver is a hack[/sp]

[QUOTE=Sector 7;50611170]Of course it [i]can[/i] be used to make a point - but it [i]shouldn't[/i] be used to make a point. Every time I hear someone say "I trust [comedy show] more than the news!" I die a little inside; comedy is another form of sensationalism, and it is in no way incentivized towards telling the truth. [sp]also john oliver is a hack[/sp][/QUOTE] he said comedy can be used to make a point, but you're talking strictly about comedy as journalism. nothing about the former is inherently malicious

[QUOTE=Laferio;50602482]i don't give a fuck what anybody says, waterboy was one of the best films ever made in modern history[/QUOTE] But did it take 12 years to make

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would benefit from a lotta guns. Considering that we're looking at an American wizarding school, I cannot help but think that given America's natural affinity to firearms, Ilvermorny's take on potion crafting would instead be used for magic bullets in the most literal sense. Plus, given how easy it is to mispronounce a certain incantation, you can't mispronounce a .45.

Tarantino has made 2.5 good movies. Eh, let's call it 3.