Opinions You Just Don't Understand
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I don't understand the opinion that the cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is good, or worth watching. I've seen clips of it on the web and I don't see how it's any different to a million other bland cartoons. What's so particular about it? Maybe Hasbro have just got that good at marketing.
I don't comprehend the inner workings of a deeply-entrenched conspiracy theorist. See: Truthism.
Beyond that, though, I can see the appeal and basis behind every opinion.
Beyond that, though, I can see the appeal and basis behind every opinion.
If marketing was the answer for quality, Colonial Marines would be a critical success right now.Reeve said:
I don't understand smokers.
I don't understand the opinion that the world would be better of if the male gene just died of and woman ruled the world.
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There does come a point where an experienced company can do marketing so well that it affects the perception of the product, but I don't believe that's the case with Hasbro and MLP. The show is genuinely entertaining and lighthearted, yet is entirely aware of how silly it can get by subverting expectations.Reeve said:
On the subject, I don't understand these politicians that throw around phrases like "legitimate rape."
Just... just.. no. Error. Error. Does not compute.
If everyone's done rolling their eyes at the topic I'd like to say I can't understand people who listen to rap music about materialistic crap. Though I may just be thinking that because of that one asshat blaring his ipod on the bus. Sherbert is delicious and anyone who says otherwise does not have a tongue!
This so much. My friends tell me I gotta train my tongue with spicy cheetos even though there are perfectly good regular cheetos available. Fuck that. You can burn your own buds off.Arakasi said:
I've got nothing against women being able to show their chests in public, but you have to understand- from the male perspective, women's breasts are HUGELY sexual. It's hard to describe how big a deal and turn on they are for men- many even find them the most erotic erogenous zone on the female body. It goes far beyond the level of attraction one sex has in the differences of the other, like say long flowing hair on women or a rugged stubble on a man (very VERY broad examples here, I know).Lilani said:
Have you ever seen that video of that race car driver who crashes his car because he caught a glimpse of a woman flashing him as the car shot past the rushing blur of the crowd? That's what it's like!
Seriously though- people rallying against breastfeeding in public need to get over themselves though. That's what they're for.
I feel I need to point out that is a massive Straw man. The argument is the guy thinks the show isn't good but has good marketing so people think it's good. Not that the marketing is good so the product is good. Call of Duty and Dead island are good examples of this.TheRussian said:
As is Aliens Colonial Marines. Good marketing doesn't mean a good product, but the guy also didn't say that.Easton Dark said:
Oh, I understand now. It must be late, because I had no idea what I was thinking earlier. Is it OK if I edit my original statement so I sound like less of a moron?Eddie the head said:
This is obviously not rage-inducing, but I don't understand the appeal of cartoons.
Not animation as a visual medium, but, you know. Cartoons. I don't understand the appeal of them, to kids or to ANYONE.
I have a friend, in his early thirties, and he and his mother both still watch cartoons. Simply... do not get it. At all.
This might be because I was raised not being allowed to watch TV, so I "missed out" on cartoons. Not that I mourn it, because I simply. Do not. See. The appeal.
At all.
I don't have any more serious rage-inducing "do not understands" because, sadly, I tend to be able to understand a lot of the lunacy people do.
Not animation as a visual medium, but, you know. Cartoons. I don't understand the appeal of them, to kids or to ANYONE.
I have a friend, in his early thirties, and he and his mother both still watch cartoons. Simply... do not get it. At all.
This might be because I was raised not being allowed to watch TV, so I "missed out" on cartoons. Not that I mourn it, because I simply. Do not. See. The appeal.
At all.
I don't have any more serious rage-inducing "do not understands" because, sadly, I tend to be able to understand a lot of the lunacy people do.
I don't care. I was just pointing out that you made a Straw man. If you want to admit your original statement was wrong and go back and change it go ahead. We need more people who can admit to fault.TheRussian said:Oh, I understand now. It must be late, because I had no idea what I was thinking earlier. Is it OK if I edit my original statement so I sound like less of a moron?Eddie the head said:
This is the story all about how, my life got flipped, turned upside down. I'd like to take a minute, just sit down there, and tell you how I became a creationist through massive trauma and lies from a source I trusted at a young age.BiscuitTrouser said:
It started when I was 13 and holding the corpse of my 3-day-old brother. He just died, SIDS and all that. After that, my family got religion in a big, big way. To put it bluntly, the Independent Fundamental Southern Baptist Church we attended was roughly 2-3 steps short of Westboro. One day my dad comes home with this video tape of an Evangelist by the name of Kent Hovind (Who is now in jail for tax evasion). This guy sucked in my whole family for years. He never even truly made a point, he just gave us cause to doubt and our newfound zeal did the rest. Suddenly, I believe the earth is 6000 years old because I want it to be. I want this book and faith to which I've now devoted my life to be absolute and infallible because if it isn't then there wasn't a reason for cold unmoving infants to be in my arms. I want the entirety of civilization to be founded on lies and only I and a select few truly understand how wicked and foolish these other people are for not seeing the light of God.
My Dad started producing those videos. This was 10 years ago, so we weren't just always having them burned onto dvd's, oh no. We were recording them on vhs, which required them to be playing. So every...single...day...I had these words and thoughts drilled into my head. Repeat something long enough, and it takes hold. Doesn't matter what it is. The experience was somewhat reminiscent of Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World and the conditioning of the populace. To this day, I have a gut reaction that I'm being lied to when I hear about evolution, even though I've long since determined where the lies were truly coming from. My brother did not eventually reject the indoctrination and still to this day abjectly believes that evolution is a lie.
So that's how one becomes a creationist.
OT: This silly idea that some arbitrary words are offensive or crude and are somehow corrupting society with their presence. The word fuck and many others like it do not hurt anyone.
I obviously can't change your tastes (and I wouldn't particularly want to), but if you are actually interested in knowing why, I would have to say the whole is memetic in nature, and I'm not just talking internet jokes. I mean, you've got the 6 main characters who people can relate and attach to, a simple mythology that people can take anywhere (and I mean anywhere), and of course, those one liners that get repeated on all the YouTube videos.Reeve said:
Pile on the whole message of "everyone has their faults, but that doesn't give you an excuse to be a dick" that fits in really well with a (God I hate saying this) post-9/11 world, and the popularity makes a bit more sense.
EDIT: OT: Um, I don't like egg salad that much. That means everyone who likes egg salad is wrong, right?
Um...no? I'm not a homophobic, and thus can only assume, but I doubt that the only thing that homophobic people think about is gay sex. I mean I don't think 1950's America was constantly thinking about such things and I think its fair to say that the society was homophobic at the time. They just felt it was wrong, doesn't mean they thought about it all the time. Case in point, I think bear bile farming is wrong [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBpV1G68-vw], but I don't constantly go around thinking about Moon Bears in crush cages with tubes sticking out of their stomachs.boots said:
OP: Its not a big issue, but a pet peeve of mine would be the ideas some people have about "Reverse Racism" and how Racism is "privilege plus power". Their right, there is no such thing as "Reverse Racism" because that would be called acceptance or tolerance. What "Reverse" Racism is describing is nothing more than regular old racism. There is nothing "reverse" about a White person being the target of racism. Both this case [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King#Beating_with_batons:_events_on_the_Holliday_video] and this case [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Reginald_Denny] are equally racist(and violent).
In regards to racism is "privilege plus power", that is complete nonsense. Racism is the dislike/hatred or like/admiration[footnote]See: "Yellow Fever" and/or "Jungle Fever".[/footnote] for a person based on their Race. I think what people who believe this are describing is Institutional Racism, which more accurately fits into the concept of "privilege plus power".
You do realize the Charlie Brooker quote is a joke, correct? It's not meant to make people seriously think that homophobes seriously think of gay sex all the time. It's nothing more than satire.Helmholtz Watson said:
I know it can be difficult to read sarcasm on the internet (I'm not trying to sound like an asshole, it seriously can be difficult at times), but that one is clearly satirical in nature.