Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46634359]You're 17, how the fuck do you still have this mindset?[/QUOTE]
With how I've grown up and how I was treated through my life it tends to contribute to that.
dude u like linking park? theyre sick
Thinking of Linkin Park makes me remember about the Naruto AMV days.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46638329]I don't think Linkin Park is as bad as everyone says they are, but I don't actively seek out their music.
Crawling is still terrible. I remember loving it when it was new, though.[/QUOTE]
Meteora is a great album and I refuse to associate myself with anyone who says otherwise.
yea Linkin Park are not terrible and if u weren't into them in high school you're a liar. Pretty incredible they're still absolutely massive and selling out world-wide arena tours and stuff.
FP is not as half as liberal as it thinks. Hell, if anything, it seems to have gotten even more conservative than I remember it. Knee-jerk reactions to some controversial topics (even to the point of making the ones that shouldn't be controversial feel like it), double standards, and I shouldn't even have to mention the blatant racism and xenophobia.
Examples? The threads about Thor and Captain America "turning" into a woman and a black man, respectively, got dumbed to hell and back, mostly by people who don't even read comics, who then proceeded to cry about political correctness even though those heroes were simply passing on the mantle to other characters, which is commonplace in comic books. FPers make a huge deal out of a "PC push" that doesn't even exist anymore, and you can't mention that you'd like to see more female/racially diverse characters without being labeled a SJW unironically. No, just because I dislike some portrayals of those groups in mass media it doesn't mean I'm seriously offended by that, or that I'm a batshit insane feminist.
And what about that thread on a cigarette ban we had a while ago? Even though it's still a bit controversial, the prevailing opinion on drugs seems to be "it's your body, it's your choice", yet that thread got a shitload of winners right away. While not exactly for the same reasons, I see the same thing happening whenever a thread on possible side-effects of weed is posted. Everyone seems to shower those in winners out of spite for stoners and weed culture, then proceed to talk about how much they hate those, and about how they always defend weed no matter what, even if the stoners already posting in the thread aren't doing anything close to that. Last thread like that I remember had people completely ignoring the fact that the study was poorly done and used strange measurements (and, correct me if I'm wrong, a small group of participants?), which would've grabbed the attention of everyone if it was on any other subject. The people who extensively complain about stoners blindly believing in anything pro-weed, are the same people who don't question most things that go against it.
As for the racism, all you need to do is take a quick look at SH. So much shit that'd get you all sorts of weird and disgusted looks if mentioned IRL gets posted there everyday, it's ridiculous. And what's worse is that some posts might as well be saying "whites are better", but because they're well structured and tip-toe around the subject, get people to agree. And no, don't try to tell me that all this is limited to Sensationalist Headlines- it just so happens that SH is the place where most FPers get to express their opinions on those topics. And even if it only happened there, it's still the most viewed section, with most of the popular threads.
Sorry for the rant, I probably ramble on at some points, but I just really felt like writing about this
I'm glad someone said it before I did. When it comes to those kinds of topics, most of FP just doesn't know what the hell they're talking about (racial issues, especially.)
Honestly, if there's one place where FP's liberalism really seems to die, it's trans threads. Those bring out some AWFUL posters.
I'm fine with the shift. You couldn't hold a conservative opinion here without being bashed to hell and back less than six months ago.
[QUOTE=TAU!;46639011]I'm glad someone said it before I did. When it comes to those kinds of topics, most of FP just doesn't know what the hell they're talking about (racial issues, especially.)[/QUOTE]I wish people were less reluctant to actually trying to debate. Many just go "imagine being this guy" or basically just calling the other person dumb without actually providing evidence.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;46638936]FP is not as half as liberal as it thinks. Hell, if anything, it seems to have gotten even more conservative than I remember it. Knee-jerk reactions to some controversial topics (even to the point of making the ones that shouldn't be controversial feel like it), double standards, and I shouldn't even have to mention the blatant racism and xenophoby.
Examples? The threads about Thor and Captain America "turning" into a woman and a black man, respectively, got dumbed to hell and back, mostly by people who don't even read comics, who then proceeded to cry about political correctness even though those heroes were simply passing on the mantle to other characters, which is commonplace in comic books. FPers make a huge deal out of a "PC push" that doesn't even exist anymore, and you can't mention that you'd like to see more female/racially diverse characters without being labeled a SJW unironically. No, just because I dislike some portrayals of those groups in mass media it doesn't mean I'm seriously offended by that, or that I'm a batshit insane feminist.
And what about that thread on a cigarette ban we had a while ago? Even though it's still a bit controversial, the prevailing opinion on drugs seems to be "it's your body, it's your choice", yet that thread got a shitload of winners right away. While not exactly for the same reasons, I see the same thing happening whenever a thread on possible side-effects of weed is posted. Everyone seems to shower those in winners out of spite for stoners and weed culture, then proceed to talk about how much they hate those, and about how they always defend weed no matter what, even if the stoners already posting in the thread aren't doing anything close to that. Last thread like that I remember had people completely ignoring the fact that the study was poorly done and used strange measurements (and, correct me if I'm wrong, a small group of participants?), which would've grabbed the attention of everyone if it was on any other subject. The people who extensively complain about stoners blindly believing in anything pro-weed, are the same people who don't question most things that go against it.
As for the racism, all you need to do is take a quick look at SH. So much shit that'd get you all sorts of weird and disgusted looks if mentioned IRL gets posted there everyday, it's ridiculous. And what's worse is that some posts might as well be saying "whites are better", but because they're well structured and tip-toe around the subject, get people to agree. And no, don't try to tell me that all this is limited to Sensationalist Headlines- it just so happens that SH is the place where most FPers get to express their opinions on those topics. And even if it only happened there, it's still the most viewed section, with most of the popular threads.
Sorry for the rant, I probably ramble on at some points, but I just really felt like writing about this[/QUOTE]
Facepunch also really likes to defend pedos, but you are just a SJW ultra feminist if you defend minorities, lol.
[QUOTE=U.S.S.R;46639031]I'm fine with the shift. You couldn't hold a conservative opinion here without being bashed to hell and back less than six months ago.[/QUOTE]
And now you can't have a liberal one without being bashed to hell and back.
Heck I'm a centrist and people here act like I'm some evil left wing radical.
[editline]4th December 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=CrucialSeBBi;46639054]Facepunch also really likes to defend pedos, but you are just a SJW ultra feminist if you defend minorities, lol.[/QUOTE]
We like pretending people who disagree with the majority are pedophiles just as much.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;46639055]And now you can't have a liberal one without being bashed to hell and back.
Heck I'm a centrist and people here act like I'm some evil left wing radical.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't quite describe you as a centrist socially. But overall if someone starts calling you a sjw or something. Safe to say you've won.
I'm prolly wrong on that first bit though. Don't really remember enough of your posts to really make that call.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46639019]Honestly, if there's one place where FP's liberalism really seems to die, it's trans threads. Those bring out some AWFUL posters.[/QUOTE]
That and any thread concerning Muslims.
I wish there was a happy medium here, because honestly shit wasn't good with the more liberal bullies either. Because lets just be honest, a lot of them were banned for good reasons.
Some shit here is just so blatant I don't know how someone hasn't gone full Hitler on Sensationalist Headlines. Especially with the fucking Europeans being racist or prejudiced as fuck and feel they are morally justified.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;46639073]I wouldn't quite describe you as a centrist socially. But overall if someone starts calling you a sjw or something. Safe to say you've won.[/QUOTE]
I'll admit, I'm a bit leftist socially and a bit rightist economically, I'm just a bit too in-between to be either left or right on whole. But I'm still a lot less radical than pretty much anyone else here.
Also, since we're on the topic, this is the most ironic thing I've ever read:
[QUOTE=V12US;46629098]The whole SJW movement seems to be nothing more than an excuse to harass, insult and bully whoever they believe to be the great evil of the moment[/QUOTE]
Because people totally talk about SJWs for reasons other than to have an excuse to harass, insult and bully whoever they believe to be the great evil of whatever their persecution complex is acting up about.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;46639111]I
Because people totally talk about SJWs for reasons other than to have an excuse to harass, insult and bully whoever they believe to be the great evil of whatever their persecution complex is acting up about.[/QUOTE]
Maybe to some people, but there are some people who identify as SJWs who happen to be very toxic individuals, and individuals that claim themselves to be of a certain mindset can ruin a whole movement in the eyes of people. People who say everybody is like that is just being unfair. I wouldn't even say its a huge minority, just a small very vocal minority.
IMO I think being a SJW is just being overzealous. Wanting equality or being a feminist is not bad at all, but FP just pulls their ebin SJW card whenever someone disagrees with them regarding racial issues and etc
[QUOTE=CrucialSeBBi;46639173]IMO I think being a SJW is just being overzealous. Wanting equality or being a feminist is not bad at all, but FP just pulls their ebin SJW card whenever someone disagrees with them regarding racial issues and etc[/QUOTE]
But at the same time it gets really tiring to hear SJW being used as an insult because of some wackos.
[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;46639182]But at the same time it gets really tiring to hear SJW being used as an insult because of some wackos.[/QUOTE]
That's what I said in my post
I honestly believe there's nothing wrong with kids being exposed to sex and violence in entertainment. The real problem with that is their lack of understanding, and a lack of guidance from parental figures. The best thing to do is make sure kids understand the difference between reality and fantasy (when it comes to violence), and inform them on sex education, puberty, etc. You can't just shelter kids from these things, which they're exposed to all the time (film, video games, tv shows, books, etc) and expect them to not be curious about it, or even question it until they reach their classroom. To expand on that, even if they do ask about it at school, they likely won't be informed 100% (if they go to a religious school, or one that's poorly equipped, they won't be getting much if any information at all.)
[QUOTE=CrucialSeBBi;46639205]That's what I said in my post[/QUOTE]
Sorry, studying for finals and posting isn't doing wonders on me at the moment.
Speaking of unpopular opinions and finals, If some people study as hard as they do on one day of the week before finals on a couple of weeks during the semester, they wouldn't look like damned zombies on the day of the final.
Shits not healthy at all. Not that I'm judging people's habits, but it just seems counter productive to cram that much.
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;46638936]FP is not as half as liberal as it thinks. Hell, if anything, it seems to have gotten even more conservative than I remember it. Knee-jerk reactions to some controversial topics (even to the point of making the ones that shouldn't be controversial feel like it), double standards, and I shouldn't even have to mention the blatant racism and xenophobia.
Examples? The threads about Thor and Captain America "turning" into a woman and a black man, respectively, got dumbed to hell and back, mostly by people who don't even read comics, who then proceeded to cry about political correctness even though those heroes were simply passing on the mantle to other characters, which is commonplace in comic books. FPers make a huge deal out of a "PC push" that doesn't even exist anymore, and you can't mention that you'd like to see more female/racially diverse characters without being labeled a SJW unironically. No, just because I dislike some portrayals of those groups in mass media it doesn't mean I'm seriously offended by that, or that I'm a batshit insane feminist.
And what about that thread on a cigarette ban we had a while ago? Even though it's still a bit controversial, the prevailing opinion on drugs seems to be "it's your body, it's your choice", yet that thread got a shitload of winners right away. While not exactly for the same reasons, I see the same thing happening whenever a thread on possible side-effects of weed is posted. Everyone seems to shower those in winners out of spite for stoners and weed culture, then proceed to talk about how much they hate those, and about how they always defend weed no matter what, even if the stoners already posting in the thread aren't doing anything close to that. Last thread like that I remember had people completely ignoring the fact that the study was poorly done and used strange measurements (and, correct me if I'm wrong, a small group of participants?), which would've grabbed the attention of everyone if it was on any other subject. The people who extensively complain about stoners blindly believing in anything pro-weed, are the same people who don't question most things that go against it.
As for the racism, all you need to do is take a quick look at SH. So much shit that'd get you all sorts of weird and disgusted looks if mentioned IRL gets posted there everyday, it's ridiculous. And what's worse is that some posts might as well be saying "whites are better", but because they're well structured and tip-toe around the subject, get people to agree. And no, don't try to tell me that all this is limited to Sensationalist Headlines- it just so happens that SH is the place where most FPers get to express their opinions on those topics. And even if it only happened there, it's still the most viewed section, with most of the popular threads.
Sorry for the rant, I probably ramble on at some points, but I just really felt like writing about this[/QUOTE]
Don't forget the thread where people were defending a man who raped two underage girls (but it's ok because they """"consented""")
[QUOTE=Leo the Leo;46639092]That and any thread concerning Muslims.[/QUOTE]
Whenever I go to SH and see a Romani-related thread I know it will be a shitstorm.
[QUOTE=Hat-Wearing Man;46639725]Whenever I go to SH and see a Romani-related thread I know it will be a shitstorm[/QUOTE]
The anti-romani/gypsy circlejerk that is European FP is funny and saddening at the same time.
[QUOTE=sphinxa279;46636140]Nah m8
Age of Empires II: HD Edition[/QUOTE]
AoEII:HD would be great if it didn't run like ass. As far as I'm aware they still have yet to fix the performance issues that plague people running multimonitor setups. Last time I tried playing it I got around 10-12fps at the start of the game and that slowly dropped down to 3-4fps the farther I got.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;46639040]I wish people were less reluctant to actually trying to debate. Many just go "imagine being this guy" or basically just calling the other person dumb without actually providing evidence.[/QUOTE]
What really pisses me off is people who come into the thread and go "omg this thread is disgusting" and then leave, that's not contributing literally anything
[QUOTE=Samiam22;46639833]What really pisses me off is people who come into the thread and go "omg this thread is disgusting" and then leave, that's not contributing literally anything[/QUOTE]
same with "is this a real post".
[QUOTE=The golden;46640105]Report them for spam. That usually gets a "Why reply?" ban reason.[/QUOTE]
If people actually bother reporting them at least. I see tons of bannable things go unbanned simply because I was apparently the only person to bother reporting it. Far too few people actually make use of the report system.
Dogs are probably my least favorite pet.
Worst part is I can't quite put my finger on why. But I just prefer cats, fish, lizards, frogs, snakes, arthropods, crustaceans, and even plants more. (Dunno if I count plants as pets, but w/e. they're used to make fish tanks, terrariums, and yards look pretty)
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