Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=Alice3173;41956120]I'm far from a regular person and I can't stand them. Whether they're just being ironic or not, it doesn't make them any funnier to me. I put them about on the same level as most LPers such as the Yogscast.[/QUOTE]
Then you're not the right kind of not regular.
Transgender people need to stop expecting society to bend over backwards to accommodate them. Oh sure, let's all fucking stop what we're doing and put our lives on hold because a man isn't allowed to use the women's restroom. Seriously, we're just [I]beginning[/I] to get equal rights for gays, and here come these people expecting special privileges, and throwing a tantrum when someone uses the wrong pronoun. It's conceited and rude.
I don't like people who label themselves as nerds because they picked up and Ipod or smartphone or browses Facebook.
[QUOTE=slayer64;41956740] throwing a tantrum when someone uses the wrong pronoun. [/QUOTE]
You're either deeply exaggerating or all of your encounters with trans people have been Tumblr if that's what you seriously think.
People who automatically assume tumblr or reddit are completely dumb are generalizing it. You can find awesome things to learn on tumblr when you look at tags you're interested in, and reddit is a great place to talk about your hobbies and interests as long as you don't go to any of the default subreddits.
[QUOTE=slayer64;41956740]Transgender people need to stop expecting society to bend over backwards to accommodate them. Oh sure, let's all fucking stop what we're doing and put our lives on hold because a man isn't allowed to use the women's restroom. Seriously, we're just [I]beginning[/I] to get equal rights for gays, and here come these people expecting special privileges, and throwing a tantrum when someone uses the wrong pronoun. It's conceited and rude.[/QUOTE]
you know what else is rude?
making a passive aggressive forum post generalizing an entire group based off of like 3 people on an internet forum
I hate when someone starts an argument on social issues in a thread that it isn't related to social issues at all.
[QUOTE=slayer64;41956740]Transgender people need to stop expecting society to bend over backwards to accommodate them. Oh sure, let's all fucking stop what we're doing and put our lives on hold because a man isn't allowed to use the women's restroom. Seriously, we're just [I]beginning[/I] to get equal rights for gays, and here come these people expecting special privileges, and throwing a tantrum when someone uses the wrong pronoun. It's conceited and rude.[/QUOTE]
So, people who are trans shouldn't get respectable and humane treatment just because they're on the farther end of the scale? How the hell does this work? This is literally saying "oh you're further back and you get the sharper end of the stick, but you gotta wait patiently."
I don't really like first person shooters, and personally am mildly confused as to why they're super popular.
Not that I'm some sort of party wrecker that'd say they should be banned or anything, but it does kind of unsettle me that the most popular games around involve shooting people in the face. I have less of a problem with it when the enemies are very clearly non-human.
I think that anyone who tries to dismiss a viewpoint on race relations or poverty on the sole basis that the person it came from is what they consider to be "privileged" needs to shove pinecones up their ass and drink coolant.
[QUOTE=Derubermensch;41957614]I think that anyone who tries to dismiss a viewpoint on race relations or poverty on the sole basis that the person it came from is what they consider to be "privileged" needs to shove pinecones up their ass and drink coolant.[/QUOTE]
Telling someone to drink poison is more or less telling that said person to commit suicide, which is extremely shallow.
[QUOTE=Derubermensch;41957614]I think that anyone who tries to dismiss a viewpoint on race relations or poverty on the sole basis that the person it came from is what they consider to be "privileged" needs to shove pinecones up their ass and drink coolant.[/QUOTE]
depends on their point, though
if it's something stupid like "i don't have those kind of problems" then yeah, you can dismiss what they're saying.
Someone's probably gonna toss a brick in my window and set my dog on fire for this, but people over-romanticize the original two Banjo Kazooie games. I'm by no means saying they're bad, or even not good, just that people are a bit overly-nostalgic about them.
[QUOTE=slayer64;41956740]Seriously, we're just [I]beginning[/I] to get equal rights for gays, and here come these people expecting special privileges, and throwing a tantrum when someone uses the wrong pronoun. [/QUOTE]
I just want to get this straight.
Because gay people are starting to get equal rights, no one else should try until gays have finished in the spotlight or something?
[QUOTE]It's conceited and rude.[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of your posting style. You do this in like most threads that you find.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;41959069]Someone's probably gonna toss a brick in my window and set my dog on fire for this, but people over-romanticize the original two Banjo Kazooie games. I'm by no means saying they're bad, or even not good, just that people are a bit overly-nostalgic about them.[/QUOTE]
I think it's because there's almost no 3D platformers made anymore. Banjo-Kazooie stands at the top of its genre, since I honestly can't name more than three or so 3D platformers of its ilk made since DK64. I'm talking about the exploration-based 3D platformers, although like I said there's only a handful of 3D platformers made at all since the N64 era.
Personally I'm incredibly hyped for A Hat in Time, which makes me wonder why more aren't made, since people clearly want them. All Hat in Time had to say was "hey, remember those platformers you liked? this like like that" and it was showered with money that it deserves with what we've seen so far of it.
[QUOTE=Reds;41959451]I think it's because there's almost no 3D platformers made anymore. Banjo-Kazooie stands at the top of its genre, since I honestly can't name more than three or so 3D platformers of its ilk made since DK64. I'm talking about the exploration-based 3D platformers, although like I said there's only a handful of 3D platformers made at all since the N64 era.
Personally I'm incredibly hyped for A Hat in Time, which makes me wonder why more aren't made, since people clearly want them. All Hat in Time had to say was "hey, remember those platformers you liked? this like like that" and it was showered with money that it deserves with what we've seen so far of it.[/QUOTE]
I have to disagree because I honestly think 3D platformers aren't all that great either, I never felt like the mechanics translated perfectly from 2D to 3D, and they usually had a lot of control and camera problems. But whether you like em or not is just subjective.
I also have to disagree adamantly on A Hat in Time simply because of the developer's long track record, not to mention the fact that very little of it has actually been shown, and what has I again just personally don't feel is all that good.
[editline]25th August 2013[/editline]
Let me try to phrase my statements on 3D platformers a bit better: I'm sorry if it sounded like I said I really dislike them, I wouldn't say they're really all that bad, I do think they can be quite good games, and some of the better games I've played fall into that genre, but in general they have some fairly inherent issues and I wouldn't really call them a perfect genre. Which it feels like some people have taken to considering them, possibly because of their recent scarcity.
The only innovation Call of Duty has made in the past 5 years was Riot Shields.
Attack on titan is waaay overrated.
It's just so overly dramatic, in the end i dont even care if someone dies, or cries, or screams, or gets angry because the do it all the time.
And every little detail or action is accompanied by dramatic music. I just think it gets ridiculous in the end, and i can't take it seriously.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41957803]depends on their point, though
if it's something stupid like "i don't have those kind of problems" then yeah, you can dismiss what they're saying.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps context is needed. I am quite conscious of the fact that I grew up under fairly fortunate circumstances. However, I was arguing an economic issue with someone and he basically said that I can't have an opinion on economic issues because I've never been dirt poor. What I'm saying is that the privilege card is issued way too easily by a lot of people.
[QUOTE=The Jack;41945616]I don't see why i get so many dumbs by giving an opinion that's supposed to be unpopular. Perhaps i will tell you who i think isn't stupid;
Easy going Agnostics who aren't upset by imaginary problems like race or abortions. [/QUOTE]
literally everything wrong with FP
have an opinion? dumb
see anything as a problem? dumb
defend your beliefs? dumb
have an opinion not as radical or, god forbid, contrary to the popularly accepted one of FP? evil incarnate.
if there's ever, for example, a thread about homosexuality, if your post is perceived of implying anything short of absolutely equal rights which pretty much acknowledge gay or lesbian people pretty much superior to straight people, you are instantly vilified into something worse than Hitler
I remember when being straight up militant atheist used to be the cool thing to do back in the day on FP, and everyone was furiously jerking themselves and each other off about how god is so not real and the bible is fiction but then these same people started doing it on reddit and now being an easy going agnostic who doesn't have an opinion except for those that have already been carefully crafted for the user and prepared for consumption is the minimal acceptable norm of being recognized as someone who does not deserve complete social exile and usually death
[QUOTE=Mastahamma;41965219]literally everything wrong with FP
have an opinion? dumb
see anything as a problem? dumb
defend your beliefs? dumb
have an opinion not as radical or, god forbid, contrary to the popularly accepted one of FP? evil incarnate.
if there's ever, for example, a thread about homosexuality, if your post is perceived of implying anything short of absolutely equal rights which pretty much acknowledge gay or lesbian people pretty much superior to straight people, you are instantly vilified into something worse than Hitler
I remember when being straight up militant atheist used to be the cool thing to do back in the day on FP, and everyone was furiously jerking themselves and each other off about how god is so not real and the bible is fiction but then these same people started doing it on reddit and now being an easy going agnostic who doesn't have an opinion except for those that have already been carefully crafted for the user and prepared for consumption is the minimal acceptable norm of being recognized as someone who does not deserve complete social exile and usually death[/QUOTE]
lol
[QUOTE=Mastahamma;41965219]literally everything wrong with FP
have an opinion? dumb
see anything as a problem? dumb
defend your beliefs? dumb
have an opinion not as radical or, god forbid, contrary to the popularly accepted one of FP? evil incarnate.
if there's ever, for example, a thread about homosexuality, if your post is perceived of implying anything short of absolutely equal rights which pretty much acknowledge gay or lesbian people pretty much superior to straight people, you are instantly vilified into something worse than Hitler
I remember when being straight up militant atheist used to be the cool thing to do back in the day on FP, and everyone was furiously jerking themselves and each other off about how god is so not real and the bible is fiction but then these same people started doing it on reddit and now being an easy going agnostic who doesn't have an opinion except for those that have already been carefully crafted for the user and prepared for consumption is the minimal acceptable norm of being recognized as someone who does not deserve complete social exile and usually death[/QUOTE]
That's why I Stick to cracking Shitty Jokes.
When I see mostly improvement in the past, why am I to assume there is only calamity in the future?
I think that anyone who writes or types "lol" should be executed on the spot.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;41959069]Someone's probably gonna toss a brick in my window and set my dog on fire for this, but people over-romanticize the original two Banjo Kazooie games. I'm by no means saying they're bad, or even not good, just that people are a bit overly-nostalgic about them.[/QUOTE]
Every Jontron video ever.
Seems like every video he made was, "THIS GAME SUCKs, YOU KNOW WHAT DOESNT SUCK? BANJO KAZOOIE"
[QUOTE=RockmanYoshi;41935674]Anyways, the reason most like the Gamecube is because of it's awesome variety of games. You have good platformers (Mario Sunshine), great action/adventure games (GUN, Wind Waker, TTYD), some FPS games (Metroid Prime) and lots more.[/QUOTE]
how can you talk about great gamecube games and not mention Melee?
[QUOTE=The Jack;41945616]I don't see why i get so many dumbs by giving an opinion that's supposed to be unpopular. Perhaps i will tell you who i think isn't stupid;
Easy going Agnostics who aren't upset by imaginary problems like race or abortions.
People who don't express ideas that they know nothing about. Like "communism is evil" even though many people with that idea are relatively poor and would benefit from a socialist system. The same thing also applies to less important things like Character quotes from movies that people think they should live by such as "I have no regrets" which should be bullshit (and scary if it isn't) since we're often doing stuff we should regret.
Eh, my viewpoint realy depends on my state of mind. Sometimes I think my culture is wrong because of[I] this[/I] and [I]this[/I] and [I]that [/I]and othertimes i think it doesn't realy matter if the moon changes course because Lives don't realy mean anything in the long run.[/QUOTE]
How does living by having no regrets bullshit and scary? I don't regret anything I do, if I made a choice then I made it, if the outcome of that choice is something that I don't like then I live with it and learn from it and if I want, I'll try to change it if I don't like it. It makes no sense for me to be like "shit I regret doing that!" when if I don't like it I can learn from it and try to change the outcome of whatever I did.
For me, sitting there and regretting things just seems useless when you can just do something about it if you actually regret it that much.
My unpopular opinion though is people who say "things happen because they were meant to be" like people say that to justify stupid things so they don't have to actually think and be like "uhhh yeah the universe/god is the reason that happened, oh well" no, things happen because you want them to happen/ you did something to make it happen. (unless something happens to you because of someone else's choice then in that case it's because they made it happen) I don't even see how that brings comfort to people, like if my dad tomorrow died in a car accident then how does saying "well it was meant to be" make it easier? if that was true it would be harder because what kind of fucked up world would we live in if bad shit happened because the universe wanted it to happen? like hell I just hate bullshit things people say :v:
[QUOTE=Greenish_;41957548]I don't really like first person shooters, and personally am mildly confused as to why they're super popular.
Not that I'm some sort of party wrecker that'd say they should be banned or anything, but it does kind of unsettle me that the most popular games around involve shooting people in the face. I have less of a problem with it when the enemies are very clearly non-human.[/QUOTE]
I don't know about you but I find most video game enemies non-human to begin with. They rarely have any character and are just dime a dozen cannon fodder grunts thrown at you. They have no relation, no soul for you to feel bad for. Just drones, really. The same thing doesn't apply to say, [sp]Pavel from Metro.[/sp] That guy had some character and made you think twice about his fate. He felt more like a person.
I think of characters with actual depth in personality and deeper relations to me, as a player, as people. Maybe it's just me, idk.
[QUOTE='[Green];41970232']I don't know about you but I find most video game enemies non-human to begin with. They rarely have any character and are just dime a dozen cannon fodder grunts thrown at you. They have no relation, no soul for you to feel bad for. Just drones, really. The same thing doesn't apply to say, [sp]Pavel from Metro.[/sp] That guy had some character and made you think twice about his fate. He felt more like a person.
I think of characters with actual depth in personality and deeper relations to me, as a player, as people. Maybe it's just me, idk.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I mean I know there's a very distinct difference between typical fps enemies and actual people, it's pretty much just an appearances thing to me. I just think too much about it tbh, but that's just me.
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