Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;44129687]She's still an awful musician/singer.
[editline]4th March 2014[/editline]
and she's weeeiiiiiird[/QUOTE]
While this stuff is subjective you could at least try to put forth a reason why you think something is awful.
Like for example
[video=youtube;tg7K6qiK92w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg7K6qiK92w[/video]
That's utterly disgusting how he makes drugging a girl and rape her sound normal, as if it's part of his day or something.
He doesn't like her music
What else is there to say
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44130749]He doesn't like her music
What else is there to say[/QUOTE]
"I don't like her music" and "She's awful" are two different things.
How
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44130817]How[/QUOTE]
"I like/dislike" is a statement worded as an opinion.
"This is good/bad" is worded as if it is objectively true, as in a fact, which in this case it is not.
Case in point: I can say "I like Ride to Hell: Retribution"* because that is an opinion, a personal taste, etc. I cannot however say "Ride to Hell: Retribution is a good game" because that is objectively false.
*I don't actually, just giving an example
I guess so, if you want to get literal about it.
But the majority of people, at least to my knowledge, know someone is actually stating an opinion when they say "This is bad" or "This sucks." Like, you say South Park has a bad sense of humor and isn't funny and whatnot, but I don't treat it like you're saying it as a fact, because I know you know it's an opinion. See what I'm saying?
[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;44129687]She's still an awful singer.[/QUOTE]
Lol Gaga is one of the best female vocalists in the music industry you know nothing.
[video=youtube;EH7VbWlsP54]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH7VbWlsP54[/video]
[video=youtube;NM51qOpwcIM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM[/video]
I don't see why people get up in arms about product placement unless it's hitting you over the head with it. Seeing a ford in a video game or a movie character drinking a Pepsi just makes it feel more real. And it helps fund the game/movie/whatever too.
I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't give a single soggy shit about whether Leonardo DiCaprio wins an Oscar or not.
[QUOTE=Trainbike;44131731]I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't give a single soggy shit about whether Leonardo DiCaprio wins an Oscar or not.[/QUOTE]
Trophies in general were always useless to me. Who gives a shit about what other people think.
[QUOTE=Blazedol;44131772]Trophies in general were always useless to me. Who gives a shit about what other people think.[/QUOTE]
It'd be a shitty world if no one cared what others think, at the very least when it comes to entertainment.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;44131967]It'd be a shitty world if no one cared what others think, at the very least when it comes to entertainment.[/QUOTE]
True, but that's just how I think.
Then again most people I know hate me so that probably has something to do with it.
I don't know where else to post this, but I guess this is a controversial topic.
Apparantly there's discrimination against white people in North America. When I first heard this, I laughed because I believe that there is no such thing as discrimination against a majority group in a location, especially white people.
But I'm hearing things about how employers in Canada try to get an equal ratio of Aboriginals to White people, and how Universities would choose an ethnic minority over white people, no matter the qualification.
Does anyone know the deal with this?
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44133437]I don't know where else to post this, but I guess this is a controversial topic.
Apparantly there's discrimination against white people in North America. When I first heard this, I laughed because I believe that there is no such thing as discrimination against a majority group in a location, especially white people.
But I'm hearing things about how employers in Canada try to get an equal ratio of Aboriginals to White people, and how Universities would choose an ethnic minority over white people, no matter the qualification.
Does anyone know the deal with this?[/QUOTE]
Its actually becoming a pretty common practice in America. My dad only got his first job at a railroad because of his dad, the company originally wanted to turn him away because he wasn't mexican/african american.
And if you say anything about it you're a racist apparently. Theres really no way to deal with it.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44133437]I don't know where else to post this, but I guess this is a controversial topic.
Apparantly there's discrimination against white people in North America. When I first heard this, I laughed because I believe that there is no such thing as discrimination against a majority group in a location, especially white people.
But I'm hearing things about how employers in [B]Canada try to get an equal ratio of Aboriginals[/B] to White people, and how Universities would choose an ethnic minority over white people, no matter the qualification.
Does anyone know the deal with this?[/QUOTE]
I thought Aboriginals were in Australia. Or are there Aboriginals in Canada too?
[QUOTE=Toyhobo;44134015]I thought Aboriginals were in Australia. Or are there Aboriginals in Canada too?[/QUOTE]
It's pretty much another word for native or indigenous I think.
I think b-movies / independent films come out with some of the best stuff
especially low budget horror films - you can find absolute gold if you look hard enough.
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World of Warcraft is great fun, one of the best pc games i've played in a long while.
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MGS4 was the best MGS for me - out of all of them, they're all incredible and it's my favourite game series but something about MGS4 was just perfect for me.
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I hate gay pride - i think it really undermines the lgbt image and just makes them look like a bunch of sex crazed freaks, which upsets me.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44133437]I don't know where else to post this, but I guess this is a controversial topic.
Apparantly there's discrimination against white people in North America. [B]When I first heard this, I laughed because I believe that there is no such thing as discrimination against a majority group in a location, especially white people.
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But I'm hearing things about how employers in Canada try to get an equal ratio of Aboriginals to White people, and how Universities would choose an ethnic minority over white people, no matter the qualification.
Does anyone know the deal with this?[/QUOTE]
uhh
what
[quote]Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category, "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated."[/quote] very first thing that came up, it doesn't mention majority groups are immune.
Brothers A Tale of Two Sons is a bad game. The control system is terrible and has been used in games in the past usually as a short minigame because most developers realise how shit it is. The brothers are unlikeable the older brother being very pushy and the younger brother being a cunt to everyone he can interact with. The story was also super contrived and predictable as fuck, and in the end they pull a fucking deus ex machina with the fucking bird.
It had some nice scenes like the giant battlefield or the besieged town, but as a game, both in gameplay and story, it was pretty bad and doesn't deserve anywhere near the praise it gets.
Soccer (football), is a fucking plague on humanity. The fans are racist, violent assholes, and I'm really glad we don't have that shit in north america.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44135967]Soccer (football), is a fucking plague on humanity. The fans are racist, violent assholes, and I'm really glad we don't have that shit in north america.[/QUOTE]
Also they love watching the most boring sport in the world.
Baseball is way better than American football and it disappoints me that our national pastime is gradually being overshadowed by a sport where a bunch of burly/fat men get into a formation, throw a ball and dog-pile on each other to get said ball just so they can get up and do the same thing over and over on different spots on the field until one side scores. Baseball may seem slower, but it's actually a lot more fun to watch.
I'm even wearing my Red Sox t-shirt today. Come at me, Yankees.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44135967]Soccer (football), is a fucking plague on humanity. The fans are racist, violent assholes, and I'm really glad we don't have that shit in north america.[/QUOTE]
Not really? If you look at various western European ultras groups then you'll find that they're largely opposed to racism, anti-semitism, fascism, homophobia and other social plights.
[QUOTE=Skyward;44135971]Also they love watching the most boring sport in the world.[/QUOTE]
It's significantly less boring than American Football.
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;44136101]Not really? If you look at various western European ultras groups then you'll find that they're largely opposed to racism, anti-semitism, fascism, homophobia and other social plights.
It's significantly less boring than American Football.[/QUOTE]
America's actually really really tolerant in regards to race. Europe is pretty intolerant in comparison.
Plus, most of the countries in Europe have an actual Fascist party, with membership sometimes comparable to our Green Party, which is telling I think.
Also, American Football is about hitting people and getting shit wrecked. Soccer is about players pretending to get hit, with like, 1 or 2 goals ever being scored.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44136291]America's actually really really tolerant in regards to race. Europe is pretty intolerant in comparison.[/QUOTE]
idk about european countries but america is not really tolerant at all
[editline]5th March 2014[/editline]
it loves labeling people, stereotypes and all. "black culture", "white culture", "mexican culture" and all that. you're listening to rap, that's black people music. you suck at dancing if you're white. i've never seen that kind of labeling anywhere else
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;44136309]idk about european countries but america is not really tolerant at all
[editline]5th March 2014[/editline]
it loves labeling people, stereotypes and all. "black culture", "white culture", "mexican culture" and all that. you're listening to rap, that's black people music. you suck at dancing if you're white. i've never seen that kind of labeling anywhere else[/QUOTE]
This is a pretty good measure of racial equality:
[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2013/05/racial-tolerance-map-hk-fix.jpg[/url]
America is really high up there, france and other european countries are way lower down in comparison.
Back onto soccer, one of the reasons its so shit is because they're dissolving the idea of "friendly rivalry". Sure there's some of it, but it's a lot more aggressive.
Just look at football hooliganism. That completely doesn't exist for any american sport.
[QUOTE=Skyward;44135971]Also they love watching the most boring sport in the world.[/QUOTE]
Golf and darts would like to say hello.
[QUOTE=Widow Engie;44136860]Golf and darts would like to say hello.[/QUOTE]
You got me on darts, but I'd rather watch golf over soccer any day.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44136291]America's actually really really tolerant in regards to race. Europe is pretty intolerant in comparison.
Plus, most of the countries in Europe have an actual Fascist party, with membership sometimes comparable to our Green Party, which is telling I think.
Also, American Football is about hitting people and getting shit wrecked. Soccer is about players pretending to get hit, with like, 1 or 2 goals ever being scored.[/QUOTE]
Have you even played Football? It's played at an incredible pace and is incredibly physical. The amount of goals scored doesn't tell the story of a match, you could have a game where both teams score boring tap ins and your assumption would be that it was exciting because of the high scoreline. You could have a scoreless game that was fast paced and filled with action and your assumption in this case would be that it was boring (which would be wrong). You're obviously picking and choosing stereotypes with the intention of smearing the sport.
And I wouldn't call American society more tolerant of race when black kids are still being shot at for simply existing in the US (but that's a completely different argument).
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44136556]Back onto soccer, one of the reasons its so shit is because they're dissolving the idea of "friendly rivalry". Sure there's some of it, but it's a lot more aggressive.
Just look at football hooliganism. That completely doesn't exist for any american sport.[/QUOTE]
Friendly rivalries still exist, rivalries only predominately matter on matchday. The last trouble I can remember at a football match was last year when Sunderland won at Newcastle.
Americans don't experience Football like we do because their clubs are spread around a continent. There are 92 clubs playing in professional football leagues in England alone (and this isn't including clubs that play at Conference level and below) compared to 19 in the US' MLS. There's a significant difference in attitudes between the nations that means the US isn't is as nearly ingrained in sporting culture as the UK (Football in the US goes back to around the 60s, Football here goes back to the 1860s).
Football hooliganism has also been in decline since the 80s but hooliganism exists due to the use of Football as a social meeting point and as a form of expression.
TL;DR
There's a massive history around European Football that you clearly don't understand.
[QUOTE=BananaFoam;44096403]That is because they are making a hell of a lot more than $40,000 a year.
Schooling in general in this country is awful. The blame shifts everywhere from the government to the teachers to the parents, but really it is a collective snowball of these things that fucks it up. Part of it is the stupid, shitty way the government handles education by basically giving more successful schools money because of graduation rates, even if those schools aren't actually [I]successful[/I] at creating good students because their grades are terrible. As long as they graduate, in the government's eyes they did a great job and they throw more money at them. This has caused many schools to adopt policy designed at passing as many students as possible. For example, my psych teacher spilled the beans to my class that he was told that if a student had an F, even if it was a 0%, (they didn't do ANY work whatsoever) that he had to bump it up to a 55% in the gradebook.
This has bred a society of uneducated dumbfucks. We spend so much time trying to force people through school instead of actually making them learn shit. People who don't [I]want[/I] to learn will not learn, and many countries have realized that already and put up other opportunities for education geared more towards those people. The US, on the other hand, has decided everyone needs the same basic curriculum that has remained unchanged for very nearly 100 years now. There's no way to avoid it, and the "No Child Left Behind" policy has ruined any effective education because instead of focusing on the students who excel and providing a better education for them, we have to pander to the lowest common denominator of students who don't care, meaning our actually smart people who have a chance at success are left in the dirt so the teachers can focus on lazy shitheads who don't want to learn and wont amount to anything in the current system.
Then there is a bit of the fault on the teachers, but that is true for everywhere. People are people, and it is unavoidable. However, it is understandable that many would get fed up with teaching on a yearly salary of $40,000, especially with how much work they are expected to do. My dad taught for 9 years. He did his best because he wanted to educate his pupil's to be productive people. I don't know how successful he was (but I have heard good things from his former students; they seemed to like him) but he caved in and quit once me and my brother were born because [I]it is too much work and you don't make enough money.[/I] You work from sunrise to sunset grading papers, planning, teaching, sitting in on meetings, e.t.c. It is no wonder most teachers hate it after a while.
Then it is the fault of our citizens and culture in general. Because of the aforementioned issues, most people graduated from highschool to find an uncaring world and because they weren't allowed to hone what skills and talents they were good at, they ended up work a dead-end job at fucking Arby's. Then they teach their kids that school is useless and it got them nowhere, perpetuating this cycle of apathy for education. And now you can't even make it by on just a highschool diploma. If you don't have a college diploma, you aren't getting anywhere. Yet college is very expensive, takes up a lot of time, and you aren't even guaranteed a job once you leave. This has led many to believe college is useless, and even people who go to college invariably waste it smoking weed and drinking beer and partying, resulting in expulsion.
It is no wonder this nation is a cesspool that is only getting worse. People are less and less educated with each generation because of these issues. The government's attempts to "help" the situation are only making it worse. I don't even know if it can be fixed. Like most problems in this country, the problems have been allowed to fester too long, like and infected wound. There isn't a way to treat it; it is too far gone. You could sever the limb, but if you did that for all the problems in this country there wouldn't be anything left.
America makes me sad. While I don't think it will be straight up apocalyptic or anything, I do feel like this society is falling from grace (hell, it never was [I]in[/I] grace to begin with) and standards are dropping. America's time in the limelight is over. This country may continue to dominate this planet for the next hundred years or even thousand, but it will be only an old remnant. A formality. A memorial to what could have been and what should have been but was not. All I can hope is that other places will learn from our mistakes and correct them before they happen.[/QUOTE]
i agree with you on some things, but not everyone who fails classes 'doesnt want to learn'
people have disabilities, emotional problems, sometimes school can be way too stressing for them to even function, if you leave those people behind, you are condemning them to a life where it's not even their fault the school system has failed them (and it still does 80% of the time because of incompetant school boards)
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