Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=ImpSnob;45539270]is Libertarianism was everything is a moral matter not political?[/QUOTE]
That doesn't make grammatical sense.
i'm tired you know what i mean
[QUOTE=ImpSnob;45539295]i'm tired you know what i mean[/QUOTE]
No I don't. Your previous post sounded like your language centers had been damaged.
Is that the political view that everything is a moral matter and up to the person not the government?
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;45539334]Film class takes the prize for me. Easily the most fun I've ever had in school.[/QUOTE]
I guess I should've added that it depends on what type of education you're getting.
[QUOTE=ImpSnob;45539343]Is that the political view that everything is a moral matter and up to the person not the government?[/QUOTE]
Libertarianism, at least where I live, means that the government should not put taxes, regulations and restrictions on businesses. You are thinking of Liberalism which is for personal equality and individuality.
ok sorry i am a dumb
nmv my political and financial knowledge isn't good enough yet to make a decision on my thoughts on Libertarianism
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;45539377]Season 4 of The Walking Dead was fucking awesome and easily the best season of the four.
While we're talking about The Walking Dead, the first episode gets waaaaaaaay too much praise.[/QUOTE]
every single episode gets more praise than it deserves (which is zero)
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;45539176]It's still above quite a few other forums though.[/QUOTE]
Just because there are worse out there doesn't mean we're good.
Like, the main forum I used before FP is Total War Center. Mods have gotten demodded over less than what Craptakset did, and if you acted like Starpluck you would get demodded as well.
In addition to that, while there are many users who primary language isn't English, the post quality are honestly a lot higher there. Although, there was a bad period for a few months after the release of Total War: Rome II (and for a few months before).
It's seriously amazing when I go from one minute posting there, where I really have to put thought into what I'm saying, and then here where I can fucking swear up a shit storm and just sorta say whatever (swearing isn't allowed there due to ad related things, even then, for a site like that it really isn't needed).
But at the same time it is similar to Facepunch. There is a bit of elitism (Golds vs. Blues here, Citizens vs. Non-Citizen there), people tend to stick only to a select few boards, there's lots of internet debates (oh the politics ones are great, especially when a self proclaimed Neo-Nazi joins in).
Maybe I'm just reading too much into this, because at the end of the day, I love both forums equally. Which is to say I like them a lot.
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I think Last of Us was a shitty game with horrible repetitive gameplay and a sub-par story. The hype train took that game to success and the only reason it looks good to everyone because Naughty Dog was making the game.
I love shitty games, Sonic '06 is my Holy Grail.
Ocarina of Time. I hate that game it's got a non existent story which is held together by fanboys and text boxes that everyone skips, the story to Super Mario is more entertaining than that. The game is extremely boring and it likes to waste time everywhere.
EDIT: To clarify I've played Ocarina of Time plenty of times each time trying to see if this time it will redeem itself.
[QUOTE=no1dead;45539808]Ocarina of Time. Wow I hate that game it's got a non existent story which is held together by fanboys and text boxes that everyone skips, the story to Super Mario is more entertaining than that. The game is extremely boring and it likes to waste time everywhere.[/QUOTE]
you skip every text box and complain about a non existing story, nice
I can't stand Zero Punctuation. The writing may be well worded, but I really dislike listening to a video game review that almost never actually contains any review of any video games.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45539837]you skip every text box and complain about a non existing story, nice[/QUOTE]
I myself have played the game a bunch of times to try and get the game to redeem itself and it never works, I have played the game without skipping the text boxes and it's an absolute bore.
There is no truth or objectivity in history
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;45540105]There is no truth or objectivity in history[/QUOTE]
the second world war has been distorted in many regards looking back on it
the germans were punished for their misdeeds, yet the soviets were allowed to practice widespread genocide and conquer half of europe
the japanese had nukes dropped on them, yet if any nuclear weapons were used against america i can assure you that would have been recorded down as a war crime
[QUOTE=Emperorconor;45540217]the second world war has been distorted in many regards looking back on it
the germans were punished for their misdeeds, yet the soviets were allowed to practice widespread genocide and conquer half of europe
the japanese had nukes dropped on them, yet if any nuclear weapons were used against america i can assure you that would have been recorded down as a war crime[/QUOTE]
you're just mad that you were proven wrong in SH. It happens to the best of us. Take a few hours off and come back then :)
[QUOTE=bdd458;45540472]you're just mad that you were proven wrong in SH. It happens to the best of us. Take a few hours off and come back then :)[/QUOTE]
how can one be condescending with such a poor understanding of history
[QUOTE=Emperorconor;45540217]the second world war has been distorted in many regards looking back on it
the germans were punished for their misdeeds, yet the soviets were allowed to practice widespread genocide and conquer half of europe
the japanese had nukes dropped on them, yet if any nuclear weapons were used against america i can assure you that would have been recorded down as a war crime[/QUOTE]
If there were no nukes and operation downfall went through, it's quite likely even more lives would have been lost.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;45540529]If there were no nukes and operation downfall went through, it's quite likely even more lives would have been lost.[/QUOTE]
to save you some time I'll just link you to the SH thread.
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1413438[/url]
enjoy.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;45540529]If there were no nukes and operation downfall went through, it's quite likely even more lives would have been lost.[/QUOTE]
the problem is largely that this is a hypothetical
what if you dropped two nukes on japan and they didn't surrender? what then?
what if you invaded and they immediately surrendered?
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;45540529]If there were no nukes and operation downfall went through, it's quite likely even more lives would have been lost.[/QUOTE]
Well the firebombings killed more people and the Soviet Union was destroying the remaining million or so Japanese in China so they probably would have surrendered anyway without the atomic bomb.
[QUOTE=Emperorconor;45540544]the problem is largely that this is a hypothetical
what if you dropped two nukes on japan and they didn't surrender? what then?
what if you invaded and they immediately surrendered?[/QUOTE]
Obviously we'd be in the long haul then, but considering Japan couldn't really retaliate to that in any meaningful manner other than throwing every last Japanese Citizen at us. Showing them our full strength, yeah it scared them shitless. It couldn't have happened any other way. Its like saying if the US launched nukes at the Soviets during the Cold War that what if the Soviets decided not to fire rockets back.
and no, they really wouldn't have surrendered. To believe that as a possibility is ridiculous. The fact that the Japanese Military had been training civilians in case of a mainland attack, the fact that they were prepared for a mainland attack, and the fact that their culture at the time revolved around a 'warrior' sort of deal, and that being defeated by the enemy was dishonorable, that it was more honorable to kill yourself (even if you were a civilian) than be captured shows a lot about who we were fighting against.
They weren't planning on surrendering. They were preparing to be invaded and were teaching civilians how to fight. End of story.
[QUOTE=Sharker;45540569]They weren't planning on surrendering. They were preparing to be invaded and were teaching civilians how to fight. End of story.[/QUOTE]
they were trying to get a third party to mediate a peace
i mean the government knew they couldn't win, all of that shit was for propaganda
no fuel, no food, no trained men, no communications, no industry, and perhaps a loss of will to fight
the government already knew by 1945 they had fucked up hard, their problem was trying to find peace on favourable terms while the americans demanded unconditional surrender, throwing away hundreds of thousands of lives in a pointless campaign to seize Okinawa and willing to waste more on a mainland invasion
people say "the bombs were meant to save lives", but that was a secondary goal. if they wanted to save lives, they would have immediately called a ceasefire and gotten a third party and tried to work out a treaty. unconditional surrender was wanted, no matter the human cost
of course the japanese were busy building their own empire, but somehow their atrocities justifies those of the americans?
[QUOTE=bdd458;45540541]to save you some time I'll just link you to the SH thread.
[url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1413438[/url]
enjoy.[/QUOTE]Good to see that he still has it in him to shit up threads
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;45539851]I can't stand Zero Punctuation. The writing may be well worded, but I really dislike listening to a video game review that almost never actually contains any review of any video games.[/QUOTE]
They're not really reviews. You're supposed to watch after you finish the game and then nod to everything he says. The jokes also work much better when you know exactly what he's talking about.
I love ZP, but then again, he was never a serious reviewer. He spoils a lot and his reviews aren't informative. They're just a funny recap of the games you've played. If you're looking for advice before buying a game, ZP isn't where you go.
I can't stand valve. They make up events that galvanize users into spending money (limited time badges, limited time in-game items, limited time wallpapers, etc). Every time they give one of their games away they fuck up the store page somehow. They NEVER announce future or immediate downtimes (gotta visit /r/steam to verify them). Their customer service is asinine (a 2,000+ post thread about this popped up on /r/games a few weeks ago). During one of the panels at dev days, a valve employee claimed that TF2 unboxing is not gambling (lolwut). Their steam service sniffs anywhere on your hard drive for hacks (what's the point in doing this?). I could ramble on about their shortcomings but eh.
[QUOTE=Drury;45541467]They're not really reviews. You're supposed to watch after you finish the game and then nod to everything he says. The jokes also work much better when you know exactly what he's talking about.
I love ZP, but then again, he was never a serious reviewer. He spoils a lot and his reviews aren't informative. They're just a funny recap of the games you've played. If you're looking for advice before buying a game, ZP isn't where you go.[/QUOTE]
It's gotten to the point where he often doesn't even talk about the games at all though, pretty much every one of his LoZ videos is "every Legend of Zelda game is the exact same and that's why I haven't played any of them", and nearly every one of his videos involving a shooter is "did this game involve Americans? Well since you mentioned it let me tell you how much I hate Americans".
I will admit I liked his look at Mirror's Edge though, because it was one where not only did he actually talk about the game's mechanics, but he admitted what nobody else would: they were clunky as hell.
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