Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=Teracotta;44203413]everything so far[/QUOTE]
seriously though, I was in a mental state similar to yours for a long time; its something I'm personally ashamed of. I didn't think there was any worth in human life and didn't see any goal in life aside from the gaining of power--in your case the form thereof being money. The funny thing is, the catalyst of me maturing into an actual thinking, feeling human being was the realization of just how much effort and time it takes to age a person to adult life. From there I started noticing the differences between people, and that (if you pardon the cliche) everyone really is unique and different. I became more outgoing and genuinely friendly as well as immeasurably happier and just plain better as a human being. I know there's a good chance you're not serious or just trolling, but if you're serious I do seriously hope you can come to realize the beauty of human life and find a goal to work towards that makes you happy in the practicing of the way rather than the end itself.
[editline]11th March 2014[/editline]
ontopic: I thought bioshock infinite wasn't all that fun :v:
[QUOTE=Teracotta;44203413]I have my birth certificate.[/quote]
does it say "19 years old, or possibly low 20s"
[QUOTE=Teracotta;44203413]How'd that whole compromised account go? Maybe having 12345 as a password wasn't too smart huh.[/QUOTE]
pfff hahah that is sad retort
got called on mah bullshit, better bring up something irrelevant to save face
[editline]11th March 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=strayebyrd;44203550]I think the issue is you've provided completely zero evidence for claims you are making.[/QUOTE]
I think the real issue is actually that he's either a lying, edgy 16-year-old or just an awful person who doesn't know enough to understand that, or both.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;44196161]It's funny how simple people really are. I'm talking head games. Going out on the street, being able to talk to anyone and influence the conversation how you want. People really pride themselves on being smart, independent, and all that jazz when really we're so easily influenced. Such an interesting day and age to live in.[/QUOTE]
careful guys, he's ~inside our heads~
It is so much more fun when mods come in to throw their weight around.
[editline]11th March 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=Agent 47;44204244]Gonna snip this[/QUOTE]
I get where you are coming from, but I've honestly never had a problem with social interaction. Most of my previous jobs have actually required a really good grasp on it. I just genuinely place personal finance ahead of other people.
Maybe he's already handwaved this away with some stupid contrived explanation, I'm not sure because his posts are simply too stupid for me to do anything but skim over, but has nobody pointed out that PMCs generally only hire people with extensive military experience anyway?
People who treat FP, especially SH, like High School Debate Club are fucking morons. I'm so sick of seeing the "omg logical fallacy/strawman!!! Entire opinion invalidated" hand wave
No idea why people expect so much out of dumb nerds that can barely handle light, friendly discussion let alone an argument
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;44205267]People who treat FP, especially SH, like High School Debate Club are fucking morons. I'm so sick of seeing the "omg logical fallacy/strawman!!! Entire opinion invalidated" hand wave
No idea why people expect so much out of dumb nerds that can barely handle light, friendly discussion let alone an argument[/QUOTE]
"People who catch my shitty arguments suck!!!"
The way everything turns into super serious arguments in SH is what makes me hate that section so much
I go to a thread to talk about my own personal experience with something related to the thread? "Nice anecdotal evidence", "Show me statistics that prove that", etc
I mean what happened to posting about stuff just like you'd have a normal conversation with someone irl?
[QUOTE=God's Pimp Hand;44204144]Contrary to what a lot of pessimists like to think, human civilization is improving and we are becoming less violent.[/QUOTE]
I think the real issue is that it just seems to happen so slowly in areas that people acclimate to any change before they would ever have noticed it has really improved.
[QUOTE=SIRIUS;44205410]"People who catch my shitty arguments suck!!!"[/QUOTE]
That would be a good response if I actually spent time arguing with Debate Club nerds
Instead I just duck out when they show up because I know just how repetitive and childish the argument is about to get
[editline]11th March 2014[/editline]
I mean look at the random jump in logic in that post. I complain about SH's main flaw, obviously I'm just a pissed off SH debater who can't carry an argument.
Another reason people hate SH, shit like that.
What I don't like in SH are the people who try to dominate the argument with their overly-strong personalities. Essentially, a lot of posts in SH boil down to "Duh", "Anyone who disagrees with me is an idiot" instead of actually enjoyable conversation with helpful guidance to different perspectives.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44203905]Civilization does not happen by accident.[/QUOTE]
How does it happen, in your view? Not disagreeing. Just curious.
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;44206202]How does it happen, in your view? Not disagreeing. Just curious.[/QUOTE]
Sobotnik is a hard-core creationist
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44203905]Civilization does not happen by accident.[/QUOTE]
So efficiency is artificial?
Yeah [B]no[/B], that's false in all facets of biology.
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;44206202]How does it happen, in your view? Not disagreeing. Just curious.[/QUOTE]
Basically my view is that the boundaries between civilization and non-civilization are blurred and to move into one is a slow and gradual process. Institutions are organic entities which build upon and are gradually changed to match any changes in the social or economic environment.
For instance, the swap to agriculture came about over a process of thousands of years as hunter-gathering became less attractive and farming became more attractive to take up as a means of subsistence (as large game became scarce and farming yields improved). People would plant crops and still hunt, but they would spend more time gathering crops and planting, followed by sowing, then maintaining the crops, and finally things such as irrigation and crop rotation.
Same for the economics, political systems, social institutions, etc. They change slowly (in recent years it has only accelerated due to the diffusion of technology, ideas, etc speeding up.) in response to the needs of the population, as opposed to being imposed from the top down.
Essentially, when you mess with how things have always been done (and I don't mean at all, I mean actively trying to do social engineering on a large and ambitious scale), you have to expect some sort of consequences. Revolutions degenerate into violence if the people have little experience of participatory politics. It takes decades of experience with a new system for a country to even get used to it, and any rapid collapse or change to it is bound to end in calamity. Same happens with trying to put a block on progress too. A gulf grows between the rulers and ruled if you try to impose or halt change.
Rather than try to change a societal norm rapidly, you should try to understand why it already exists, if it has changed, how much it has changed, the rate of change, why it changed, and if speeding up or slowing down the rate of change is what the population desires.
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[QUOTE=Mbbird;44206407]So efficiency is artificial?
Yeah [B]no[/B], that's false in all facets of biology.[/QUOTE]
Well. Yeah. Biology isn't efficient at all:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1a1Ek-HD0[/media]
Even then, that's irrelevant. Civilization isn't about efficiency.
Perhaps a quip about efficiency is not the most convenient one liner to drop in a debate contra creationism, but faith is the opposite of logic, so I don't have much to worry about.
[QUOTE=Mbbird;44206534]Perhaps a quip about efficiency is not the most convenient one liner to drop in a debate contra creationism, but faith is the opposite of logic, so I don't have much to worry about.[/QUOTE]
This doesn't even make any sense. Are you accusing me of being a creationist?
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;44206670]This doesn't even make any sense. Are you accusing me of being a creationist?[/QUOTE]
I thought I'd learned something new today with
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;44206313]Sobotnik is a hard-core creationist[/QUOTE]
I'm not used to creationists making any sense, and while it's clear to me what you meant now, "civilization does not happen on accident" sounds super creationist [I]at first glance[/I]. Presently, to answer your question, not anymore.
[QUOTE=Mbbird;44206715]I thought I'd learned something new today with
I'm not used to creationists making any sense, and while it's clear to me what you meant now, "civilization does not happen on accident" sounds super creationist [I]at first glance[/I]. Presently, to answer your question, not anymore.[/QUOTE]
It means more that Civilization has a lot of precusors and steps before it.
And by civilization, I define it as a society in which more people die of old age and disease than to starvation, and more from starvation than violence.
I'm probably going to get a lot of flak for this, but furiously masturbating to dickgirls is gay.
Some people will say "No shit", but there are people who are willing to convince you that it's 100% straight.
I hate futas, I think they're nasty
[QUOTE=Killer900;44210183]I hate futas, I think they're nasty[/QUOTE]
Know what's worse? Crotchtits, someone mentioned it on my bus, and then somebody else proceeded to look it up on their phone and KINDLY show it to everybody.
Also I bet I may have tempted at least one person to go look it up, sorry.
I think that sexuality in the 21st century literally does not matter.
I mean, let's ignore the obvious fact that gay/trans/queer people are getting fucking killed or denied rights just for the sake of my argument. My point is that whatever gets your dick hard shouldn't affect your personality, lifestyle, or anything, really. This isn't my way of telling people who are flamboyant to fuck off, by the way.
Like, when I tell people that I've had boners over dudes [I]and[/I] girls, they're like "oh, you don't look the type." I really don't get that. I should be able to fuck whoever I want and people shouldn't judge me for it.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;44210334]I think that sexuality in the 21st century literally does not matter.
I mean, let's ignore the obvious fact that gay/trans/queer people are getting fucking killed or denied rights just for the sake of my argument. My point is that whatever gets your dick hard shouldn't affect your personality, lifestyle, or anything, really. This isn't my way of telling people who are flamboyant to fuck off, by the way.
Like, when I tell people that I've had boners over dudes [I]and[/I] girls, they're like "oh, you don't look the type." I really don't get that. I should be able to fuck whoever I want and people shouldn't judge me for it.[/QUOTE]
A lot of people, especially in America, still think that if you belong to a special group you're supposed to also follow a certain fashion style. I think it's like a cultural thing or something.
Neither Feminism nor Masculism should exist and rather people should work towards general human rights, rather than splitting our rights by gender.
They both fight for equality (often), while still visibly showing that there's a line between the sexes.
[QUOTE=Mbbird;44206407]So efficiency is artificial?
Yeah [B]no[/B], that's false in all facets of biology.[/QUOTE]
I think he means people will tend to group up and form societies, which they have done a lot of times historically.
I like 'Two and a half men', and 'Big Bang Theory'.
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;44205267]People who treat FP, especially SH, like High School Debate Club are fucking morons. I'm so sick of seeing the "omg logical fallacy/strawman!!! Entire opinion invalidated" hand wave
No idea why people expect so much out of dumb nerds that can barely handle light, friendly discussion let alone an argument[/QUOTE]
[url]https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem[/url]
I am sensing a lot of ad hominem in this post, please rewrite it or your entire opinion is invalidated.
Buy this and hang it up next to your computer if you ever plan on arguing with the BIG DOGS of SH:
[img]http://puu.sh/7sokT.jpg[/img]
Also toss in any of these select buzzwords every sentence:
-Misogyny
-Homophobia
-Mundane
-Dogmatic
-Transphobia
-Binary
-Arbitrary
[QUOTE=Datzy;44210409]Neither Feminism nor Masculism should exist and rather people should work towards general human rights, rather than splitting our rights by gender.
They both fight for equality (often), while still visibly showing that there's a line between the sexes.[/QUOTE]
Well the reason Feminism exists seems to me a little more obvious than the 'masculism' you speak of. Men do tend to get the upper hand and occupy most of the positions of power in the world and women tend to get a lot of shit directed at them just because they have tits and a vag by religion and culture and employers and many more. Obviously there are many different kinds of both feminism and masculism but the more..... palatable kinds do tend to be working towards what you say - working towards rights for both sexes and human rights in general. There was a good quote by I think one of the suffragettes that was along the lines of 'We must free the men to free ourselves' or 'Once we have freed ourselves we must free the men'. Can't hunt it down right now, though.
[QUOTE=Teracotta;44181642]Old enough to shoot people for money right now. Not sure what else you're asking for.[/QUOTE]
lol why are you still talking
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