Treblaine said:
Snotnarok said:
Okay the way he stated is thing, this how I feel it's actually been said
"Ung I HATE CALL OF DUTY! It's so crappy for so reason and so bla bla bla"
Well as I said, I am giving the OP the benefit of the doubt that he has been reasonably honest so will not submit to your line of speculation.
You have to be careful with generalisations and stereotypes, just because something is common doesn't make it a rule.
I'd go as far as to say that IF he were they type of person to proclaim such disdain openly like that then he would not then come here with his sob story. Or if he did then the whole story could be a fabrication, maybe he is a 40 year old librarian, who knows, who cares.
Look at this as a case study, this is a point to discuss regardless of the actualities at the centre. Let's not lose track of the issue here that the OP has brought up which is peer discrimination over popular games, what does this mean, other experiences, possible solutions.
I think You would be better off to give specific examples of people you claim went further than the OP in damning condemnation of MW2 or similar games. Do they not deserve their opinion and the right to express it? Or is the rule of the mob absolute? And failure to conform to the norm will rightly lead to them being ostracised?
What good is there in keeping our feelings bottled up? And also what good is there in reacting cruelly against those who release them?
I say far better, speak your mind but when you do OPEN your mind, yet only if others are willing to take the time to make a reasonable case for you.
I don't love halo, but I used to hate it. I can now appreciate it for what it is and more importantly realise WHY I hated it. Can't go into that now.
You should be careful of hate, like fear it is most of all destructive towards you as it makes you unable to appreciate things because you don't want to experience them.
You read me like I'm trying to tear the OP apart, I'm saying that if you complain about a something popular people
MIGHT not like you for it. I personally do not care what people like or dislike, voice your opinions all you want that's not gonna bother me. I don't care what consoles people play, what religion they are, what sexual field you play in. I'm actually very passive when it comes to what other people think or do.
I'm referring to his "friends" and their possible view. I'm not gonna hop on the mob band wagon and just see it from one persons side of the story. I'm not burning him, I'm giving REASONS why this could be, and if you find that distasteful then perhaps you're not reading me right or perhaps my poor explaining abilities are showing through, it's hard to intemperate and explain via text alone sometimes.
But if you think a bunch of people in school are going to logically hear you out or instead gang up on you and make fun of you then I don't know what kind of school you went to, I was called a ****** several times (and attacked a few other times) for just being the quiet kid in the back of the room who'd draw stuff. Who stuck up for me when a bunch of people surrounded my desk and started threatening me and shoving me? No one, because they were too busy saying "fight fight fight fight". People get into a mindset and that mindset gets out of control quickly. I know what it's like to be on the bad side of people for doing literally nothing, but sometimes simple reactions or tones of voice hell the way you do your hair will set people to target you and if you think that's wrong well I've lived through it and I can tell you I'm very, very right.
Your right to voice your opinion will likely get your sign shoved up your ass if you're not careful what you say to certain people, or the majority I suppose. Is that fair? No but life isn't fair and sometimes people need to weigh the benifits to keep their mouths shut vs voicing their opinion.
Why is that? Because people are assholes, and assholes make mobs and mob mentality can be a dangerous thing.
My friends found out I was asexual, I didn't tell them, I told no one but a small community online where I was under an alias. I kept it bottled up as you stated and I was confused, depressed, scared and I had no idea what to do or how to handle this.
Well, guess what they were gonna do? Be good friends and hear my side of the story over a cup of tea? No they planned to corner me in my room and pin me down and tell me to stop being such a deviant and that I better clean up my act. Real good for someone in my miserable state at that point, barely understanding what he is or already scared of what people think.
You tell me what bit of that is fair and just, fair doesn't always work, fair doesn't always happen. What saves you is what you chose to say and HOW you say it. Do I like any of this? Is it fair? Call me jaded but I really just find that it's fine to voice your opinion, but if you're disagreeing with a group, you keep those thoughts well thought, non-antagonizing and just be calm and cool. Because you may have a right to disagree, but they don't have to give you any ground. :\
Again, I'm not trying to be vicious, there may be bile in what I've said but I must insist that it's just from my experiences from being bullied and it's directed
strictly at those who did it to me, not you or the OP. I'm the nasty reality check I guess, fair doesn't exist is what I've experienced.
