• Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=Sentomi;46589383]I'd rather swim 100 laps through a pool filled with razor blades and lemon juice[/QUOTE] I'm confused. You're acting like this isn't something everyone does.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;46589653]I'm confused. You're acting like this isn't something everyone does.[/QUOTE] No, no, no, it's actually one of my favorite past times on a hot day. I was just simply naming one of the things I enjoy more than white meat, was all.
unpopular among my aussie mates irl but oporto is pretty fuckin good
[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;46587533]So since it's Thanksgiving; I hate sports, and also I've never really liked turkey at all.[/QUOTE] This, and I can't say I like pie either. I pretty much just ate a very small sampling of turkey and stuffing, and a whole lot of mashed potatoes and gravy. And by a lot, I mean not very much at all because I don't eat much at all these days. What a lame holiday.
I don't like television. Brownies >>>>>>>>>>> cookies > cake > everything else > pie Brussels Sprouts are dope as fuck.
[QUOTE=Luxuria;46591195]unpopular among my aussie mates irl but oporto is pretty fuckin good[/QUOTE] Oporto's nuggets are the fucking shit.
[QUOTE=Sentomi;46589383]If you don't like turkey, you're probably eating white meat. Honestly, I don't know why anybody would pick white turkey meat, or white meat in general, over the superior dark meat master race (unless they're on a fucking insane diet). That shit is as dry as the Sahara Desert mid-summer. I'd rather swim 100 laps through a pool filled with razor blades and lemon juice than stick one piece of that inside my mouth. Words cannot even BEGIN to describe how much I hate the mere existence of white meat. Fuck white meat.[/QUOTE] Dark Meat is disgusting, takes like shit, and makes me nauseous. No thanks.
I will eat [highlight]any meat[/highlight] Because all meat is delicious.
[QUOTE=simzboy;46549467]I believe that WoW is much more enjoyable now than back in "Vanilla." Some aspects are questionable, but the game has evolved in a lot of great ways since then.[/QUOTE] When people say that they miss vanilla WoW, they really don't miss it. Vanilla WoW was a grindfest and trying to do anything took so long. The only thing they miss from the game was the social aspect. 40 people in a raid trying to take down Ragnaros or Onyxia took some socializing trying to find fourty people to do so.
Markiplier is just a slightly less annoying pewdiepie. he sucks but he'll never be as hated as pewdiepie
[QUOTE=Lunahammed;46597182]Markiplier is just a slightly less annoying pewdiepie. he sucks but he'll never be as hated as pewdiepie.[/QUOTE] he's actually a pretty cool/smart guy, that being said he's pretty damn obnoxious in his videos, sweet voice though
I honestly liked [sp]the first season and first two episodes of the second season[/sp] of [sp]My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic[/sp] before Kirsten Newlands' coup
[QUOTE=Griffster26;46597498]I honestly liked [sp]the first season and first two episodes of the second season[/sp] of [sp]My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic[/sp] before Kirsten Newlands' coup[/QUOTE] Prepare to be lynched several times.
[QUOTE=TAU!;46594907]I will eat [highlight]any meat[/highlight] Because all meat is delicious.[/QUOTE] You should be careful, you'll get an std that way.
[QUOTE=Griffster26;46597498]I honestly liked [sp]the first season and first two episodes of the second season[/sp] of [sp]My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic[/sp] before Kirsten Newlands' coup[/QUOTE] Tbh I thought it started off good, dropped off, and then became much better again in the latter half of third season
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;46598184]Tbh I thought it started off good, dropped off, and then became much better again in the latter half of third season[/QUOTE] Ah screw it, if we're on the subject: [sp]The first season was good, but the second one was better, however I never liked the S2 opener, don't get me wrong I liked the new character and John de Lancie clearly did a great job and had a grand time doing it, but the story just left a bad taste in my mouth. Season 3 was mostly forgettable, although the opening and finale were good for the most part, but the very end of the finale sucked. Haven't seen anything beyond that yet so I won't judge S4 or 5 because it's idiotic to judge something without at least a good understanding of it.[/sp]
I'm starting to wonder if something is up with the historical myopia of gender and sex studies. For instance, in the 19th and early 20th centuries the field of psychology was starting to come into existence. And a great number of psychoanalysts were very interested in the development of children. In particular, sexual development and sexual deviancy. What's odd is that there's a lack of reports or studies into "transgender" among children in that period. Psychoanalysts then would have picked this up almost immediately, because they were looking for just about everything when it came to sexual development and deviancy (often unethically). The fact that they didn't really find any cases of transgender boys/girls who threatened to cut their penis off or demanded different gendered pronouns seems to indicate that it seems to be a phenomenon largely restricted to adults (as at that time, whole bunches of studies and psychoanalysts were coming out and saying that transsexual adults were around). In other words, transgendered children haven't been around for very long.
[QUOTE=Deng;46600138]I'm starting to wonder if something is up with the historical myopia of gender and sex studies. For instance, in the 19th and early 20th centuries the field of psychology was starting to come into existence. And a great number of psychoanalysts were very interested in the development of children. In particular, sexual development and sexual deviancy. What's odd is that there's a lack of reports or studies into "transgender" among children in that period. Psychoanalysts then would have picked this up almost immediately, because they were looking for just about everything when it came to sexual development and deviancy (often unethically). The fact that they didn't really find any cases of transgender boys/girls who threatened to cut their penis off or demanded different gendered pronouns seems to indicate that it seems to be a phenomenon largely restricted to adults (as at that time, whole bunches of studies and psychoanalysts were coming out and saying that transsexual adults were around). In other words, transgendered children haven't been around for very long.[/QUOTE] Are you stupid? It's the same idea as someone being openly gay. You know. Something that didn't happen until fairly recently? What reason was there for this? Social acceptance. Being open about it in the past would have nearly guaranteed the transgender person got killed or at the very least horribly abused.
I like playing CSN:Z. And I don't care for King of the Hill.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;46600486]Are you stupid? It's the same idea as someone being openly gay. You know. Something that didn't happen until fairly recently? What reason was there for this? Social acceptance. Being open about it in the past would have nearly guaranteed the transgender person got killed or at the very least horribly abused.[/QUOTE] If you actually read what I wrote, there were psychoanalysts who were out looking for this sort of thing a good century ago (such as Sigmund Freud), and much of their efforts led to a variety of legislation which had homosexuals given heavy jail sentences or even execution to be abolished. The point is that while psychoanalysts were able to tease out a great deal of information about homosexuals and on the sexual development of children, they found nothing about transsexualism in children. Social acceptance has nothing to do with it, because these psychoanalysts were deliberately looking at people who were ostracized by society. In fact one of the first studies in this area was by John Money, who (on the assumption that gender identities were forced upon children) forced David Reimer to be turned into a girl and raised as one. The eventual result of this unethical experiment was a suicide.
[QUOTE=Deng;46600984]If you actually read what I wrote, there were psychoanalysts who were out looking for this sort of thing a good century ago (such as Sigmund Freud), and much of their efforts led to a variety of legislation which had homosexuals given heavy jail sentences or even execution to be abolished. The point is that while psychoanalysts were able to tease out a great deal of information about homosexuals and on the sexual development of children, they found nothing about transsexualism in children. Social acceptance has nothing to do with it, because these psychoanalysts were deliberately looking at people who were ostracized by society.[/QUOTE] Except we know that transgender people have existed for thousands of years. In some cultures they actually weren't ostracized and thus have been logged in their histories. And specialists have been studying the idea of transgenderism since the early 20th century at least. It's just a far more complicated topic than sexual preference so the field advances significantly slower. On top of that cultural stigma makes people more reluctant to be open about something such as being transgender. And to top it off some people aren't even aware that it is an issue for them until after they're aware of the subject anyways.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;46601071]Except we know that transgender people have existed for thousands of years. In some cultures they actually weren't ostracized and thus have been logged in their histories.[/QUOTE] Which cultures? There are none that I can immediately recall in which children have been reported as wishing to change from boy to girl and vice versa. There are cases among [B]adults[/B] such as Berdaches in the Americas, but these people weren't especially common. Many didn't even exist in a great number of tribes or states (the Incas and Aztec had no such concept). [quote]And specialists have been studying the idea of transgenderism since the early 20th century at least. It's just a far more complicated topic than sexual preference so the field advances significantly slower. On top of that cultural stigma makes people more reluctant to be open about something such as being transgender.[/quote] It's not an especially complicated topic. People knew homosexuals existed for thousands of years, and enacted legislation against them. Psychology began a good century ago and did not find anything. Cases of transsexual children that want to transition did not begin appearing until just a few decades ago. There are reports of children doing all kinds of crazy shit throughout history, but unless you look at adults, you do not find anything of the sort. Handwaving it away with "it wasn't socially acceptable so that's why people didn't come out" isn't really an answer. Projecting your views back in time onto history does not work because the evidence is simply lacking.
[QUOTE=Deng;46601142]Which cultures? There are none that I can immediately recall in which children have been reported as wishing to change from boy to girl and vice versa. There are cases among [b]adults[/b] such as Berdaches in the Americas, but these people weren't especially common. Many didn't even exist in a great number of tribes or states (the Incas and Aztec had no such concept). It's not an especially complicated topic. People knew homosexuals existed for thousands of years, and enacted legislation against them. Psychology began a good century ago and did not find anything. Cases of transsexual children that want to transition did not begin appearing until just a few decades ago. There are reports of children doing all kinds of crazy shit throughout history, but unless you look at adults, you do not find anything of the sort.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transgenderism_in_the_United_States#1800-1950[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history[/url] (Mostly about homosexuality but there's plenty on transgenderism as well.) Here's a good one: [QUOTE]Since at least the 1970s, anthropologists have described gender categories in some cultures which they could not adequately explain using a two-gender framework.[3] At the same time, feminists began to draw a distinction between (biological) sex and (social/psychological) gender. Contemporary gender theorists usually argue that a two-gender system is neither innate nor universal. A sex/gender system which recognizes only the following two social norms has been labeled "heteronormative".[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender[/url] You could at least attempt to read up on the subject before trying to disprove it. I'm barely even putting any effort into arguing against you and having no trouble finding things that argue against what you're trying to claim.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;46601188][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transgenderism_in_the_United_States#1800-1950[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history[/url] (Mostly about homosexuality but there's plenty on transgenderism as well.)[/quote] I read both and they have nothing on children. These cases are all from [b]adulthood[/b]. [quote]Here's a good one: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender[/url] You could at least attempt to read up on the subject before trying to disprove it. I'm barely even putting any effort into arguing against you and having no trouble finding things that argue against what you're trying to claim.[/QUOTE] Forgive me but you're moving elsewhere. The argument is that transsexualism did not exist in children prior to the 20th century. I mean, people did get their genitals or breasts chopped off before in history and wore a whole variety of clothing, but there's a distinct lack of it when it comes to transsexualism in children. The Victorians came up with all kinds of wacko crazy theories about children and development. And sorry, something as big as transsexualism in children would not be hushed up while Freud was talking about his poop theories.
I thought that was because transgender people (typically) start realizing the gender dysphoria when they hit puberty because that's when most of the changes that turn you into your gender are. Physiologically, male and female children are much more alike than male and female adults. Besides, history has had a big tradition of not giving a shit what non-adults think
[QUOTE=Samiam22;46603194]I thought that was because transgender people (typically) start realizing the gender dysphoria when they hit puberty because that's when most of the changes that turn you into your gender are. Physiologically, male and female children are much more alike than male and female adults.[/QUOTE] Actually quite a lot of transgender people realize that something is up at a very early age. (I don't know exact numbers but it's a very significant portion.) Whether they can actually figure it out without getting the impression they need to repress how they feel (usually due to environmental or societal influences) is another question however. Actually coming to terms with it and trying to do something about it though, that does seem to happen most commonly during the teens or early adulthood anymore.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;46603472]Actually quite a lot of transgender people realize that something is up at a very early age. (I don't know exact numbers but it's a very significant portion.) Whether they can actually figure it out without getting the impression they need to repress how they feel (usually due to environmental or societal influences) is another question however. Actually coming to terms with it and trying to do something about it though, that does seem to happen most commonly during the teens or early adulthood anymore.[/QUOTE] There's usually a reason why most psychologists, physicians, etc tend to limit treatment until teenage years you know, and its not for any malicious reasons.
I simply cannot take e-sports seriously. Don't get me wrong, I don't consider it to be easy or a waste of time or anything like that. I know anything done on such a competitive level requires dedication, hardwork and skill so I am not putting the individual players down. It is just that watching an e-sports tournament or even a single match has almost no appeal to me, even when I love the game they are playing. I quite enjoy certain LPs, but when it comes to doing it as a sport it just seems boring. For some reason I also get an air of "trying too hard", especially from organisers/commentators, trying to build up suspense, rivalries and while commentating, as if trying to emulate more mainstream sports and broadcasters. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not someone who is a die-hard fan of any team, but even when watching any match on TV I feel more excited and get more into it than a very important e-sports final. Even miraculous comebacks and impressive feats don't really generate any excitement for me. I think e-sports simply lacks any emotional appeal for me. I've thought about this for a while and I seriously cannot come up with why I feel this way. I don't think e-sports is not a legitimate competitive field or anything, but it just means absolutely nothing to me, even when gaming is such a big piece of my life. I'm posting this here in hopes that maybe someone else has some explanation for this, because so far I just don't know why exactly this is the case.
[QUOTE=bdd458;46592482]Dark Meat is disgusting, takes like shit, and makes me nauseous. No thanks.[/QUOTE] in my opinion it isnt
[QUOTE=Deng;46605885]There's usually a reason why most psychologists, physicians, etc tend to limit treatment until teenage years you know, and its not for any malicious reasons.[/QUOTE] You mean like just putting them on testosterone blockers (for mtf transgender people) or estrogen blockers (for ftm transgender people) to stave off puberty until the psychologist is certain that they won't have any regrets about their choice? Because I never said anything contrary to that. That is mostly to do with the person not being legally an adult combined with the therapist's guidelines generally being extremely strict about who can get HRT or not. It's not impossible though, depending on the country, for a transgender person to transition with HRT as early as 15-16. (Without HRT however they are free to transition whenever they want and the therapist will even encourage them to do so as a prerequisite of prescribed HRT.)
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