I find that a break from listening to people talking about games online is sufficient for me. When I just play games myself I can ignore all the stupid whining and complaints people have about 'SJWs' and 'feminist propaganda'.Hannibal942 said:
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Of course, though approving some murders while condemning others is ridiculous. Either it's never okay or it's okay all the time. You can't cherry-pick.Malpraxis said:
I find Monty Pithon and the Holy Grail hopelessly unfunny. Sat through the whole thing and I don't think I even smiled once. (I love Life of Brian though).
I prefer the Star Wars prequels to the originals. Jar Jar is annoying and the dude that plays anakin can't act to save his life, but the lightsaber fights are sooooo much better. And Han Solo is the only interesting character in the originals.
I'm a straight male, and I read the twilight series when I was 16 (around 6 years ago, haven't seen/read it since then) and enjoyed it.
And not sure how unpopular or otherwise this is here, but in real life it is: I don't enjoy clubbing at all (unless I'm wrecked, but everything is fun in that condition).
I prefer the Star Wars prequels to the originals. Jar Jar is annoying and the dude that plays anakin can't act to save his life, but the lightsaber fights are sooooo much better. And Han Solo is the only interesting character in the originals.
I'm a straight male, and I read the twilight series when I was 16 (around 6 years ago, haven't seen/read it since then) and enjoyed it.
And not sure how unpopular or otherwise this is here, but in real life it is: I don't enjoy clubbing at all (unless I'm wrecked, but everything is fun in that condition).
Fine. In the interest of being less unpopular in a thread named "unpopular opinions" I'll rephrase my statement.IOwnTheSpire said:
If someone is caught on video committing a violent crime, that person should be apprehended, an express jury should be selected from random nearby people, who should be shown the footage, and if deemed guilty, that person should be executed by that very same crowd in a manner they find acceptable, which you could also call lynching.
If the crowd does find the defendant guilty, but doesn't want to lynch them, that person should enter immediately in an indentured servitude program for the state, which you could also call slavery.
So I guess from being okay with murder, I went to being in favour of lynching and slavery. That kind of backfired. Still, opinions, shmopinions.
Out of interest, if a gay couple (or an infertile couple) were to adopt, should they be allowed to marry in your scenario?McElroy said:
If a punishment is allowed, then it will be visited upon the innocent at some point. You've got to make your peace with this same set of events taking place against the innocent.Malpraxis said:
...At which point, what morally differentiates the state from the murderer? Both felt personally justified in taking innocent life.
Human beings are not a rational species. We are a species capable of rationality. Most of the time when it comes to debating logic and ideology, what we actually think and believe in gets bizarrely thrown out the window awfully quick. We can say how we're against harassment, yet defend it when it comes from someone "on our side". You can support petitions causing changes when it's for something you like, but when it's for something you don't support, then the people signing the petition are bullies. We say we have moral standards and beliefs. They go out the window in a millisecond when it comes to defending "Our side".
Right, I assume you want me off my high horse now.
Firefly is decent. It's a good show but it's not the second coming. And Malcolm Reynolds is a ****.
Bioshock 2 was a good game.
If you believe in stereotypes of any kind, you're weak minded. It doesn't matter how widely accepted these stereotypes are "All atheists are evil, all Americans are stupid, all Christians are brainswashed" if you accept them then that means you're too weak willed to view the world for what it is. Massive and complicated and can't be summed up with neat stereotypes.
If you view a human being in terms of how much they give to society, I'd like to know what you do that makes your life worth so much more than them. And if you view they're a waste of resources, I'd like you to kindly look at all that nice gaming equipment you have and tell me why all the resources that went into making that is justified. We can't use resources to keep people alive but we can use it to entertain you?
If you think you have the solution to a massive and complex problem, there's a 99% chance you're talking out of your ass.
Well fuck, back on the high horse.
Right, I assume you want me off my high horse now.
Firefly is decent. It's a good show but it's not the second coming. And Malcolm Reynolds is a ****.
Bioshock 2 was a good game.
If you believe in stereotypes of any kind, you're weak minded. It doesn't matter how widely accepted these stereotypes are "All atheists are evil, all Americans are stupid, all Christians are brainswashed" if you accept them then that means you're too weak willed to view the world for what it is. Massive and complicated and can't be summed up with neat stereotypes.
If you view a human being in terms of how much they give to society, I'd like to know what you do that makes your life worth so much more than them. And if you view they're a waste of resources, I'd like you to kindly look at all that nice gaming equipment you have and tell me why all the resources that went into making that is justified. We can't use resources to keep people alive but we can use it to entertain you?
If you think you have the solution to a massive and complex problem, there's a 99% chance you're talking out of your ass.
Well fuck, back on the high horse.
No kidding. I want to talk about sexism in gaming but I can't bring myself to make a thread about it because I just know it's going to blow up in my face.inu-kun said:
(I know that isn't what you meant, but it's a problem I DO have to deal with)
Why would you want to go down down down that road? you know it leads to a burning ring of fire.erttheking said:
It's an unpopular opinion thread isn't it? If I'm gonna say things that could potentially lead to flame wars I might as well say all of them.Reasonable Atheist said:
That is my opinion of Young Frankenstein. Everyone who talked about said something like how it was among the greatest comedies of all time. I watched it and at the end thought I watched some sort of foreign knock-off of the same name because I never smiled.angryfish said:
My point was that the Nolan films basically ignore and are even ashamed of their roots. That's got nothing to do with crazy written stories having come up over the years. If your villians are Scarecrow, Ra's Al Ghul, The Joker and Bane(plus 5 minutes of Talia Al Ghul!), Batman shouldn't feel out of place or unnecessary, but he does, because they're all reduced to just dudes. Even Joker felt like he was reduced to a guy who was just pretending to be "so crazy yo". DKR was also pretty dumb in that Goyer was trying to make some anti 1% statement, but then Batman swoops in and saves the day anyway, when he's like in the 1% of the 1%. The Nolan movies are good movies on their own merits, just not very good Superhero movies.Silvanus said:
Personally, I'm going to attribute this to David S Goyer, a man who is well known for not really liking or understanding comic books, to the point where he's quite happy to insult the very people who make up the core audience.
Oh boy do I have a few...
- I love Bioshock 2 as much as I do the entire Bioshock series (And by Sithis do I)
- I am agnostic towards religion and find religion to be like music, having different tastes can lead to some good discussion but find hardcore followers (theist or atheist) to annoying and a magnet for my anger...
- Gender to me is physical, period. If you want to identify as a man, have a sex change. I won't stop you and I will make a genuine attempt to call you the right pronouns but I won't set you up like some person who beat an army all by yourself.
- Anarchism, while I don't follow it, seem like trying to strive for world peace. Not exactly a bad ideal to strive for if you have the right intentions but you'd have a better chance fighting a bear with your arms and legs hacked off.
- People who see anime/manga as harem porn for people with underage schoolgirl fetishes are at best misinformed or at worst bigots. Granted, there is a bit of it that is just that but that's like me saying you are a satanist if you are into heavy metal.
- I loved X-Men: The Last Stand, I find the only complaint people have is 'my favourite character died!', so what? Itachi and Jiraiya died and Naruto wasn't shit because of it, it was shit because the story went to shit.
- The idea of being a vegan seems almost against nature to me. Are we not omnivores like nature intended?
- The wage gap is a load of shit and was debunked more times than I can count (by a feminist, Christina Hoff Sommers, no less!) and I still have to hear it thrown around as fact.
- The idea of being naked should not be seen as taboo, it's only natural.
- I don't see anything wrong with legal brothels, given it is consensual by both parties and only seen as a service provided by the Sex Worker for adequate pay.
- Top hats, trilbies and fedoras are f**king classy if worn right.
- Spiders are adorable.
- Star Wars is overrated.
- The Avengers is overrated.
- Megadeth is overrated.
- Five Nights at Freddy's lore is interesting but the game is boring.
- Morrowind is either put on a much too high pedestal or severely underrated.
- Oblivion is complete crap with Skyrim-grade story, Telly Tubby graphics, Troll Doll Annoying Fan and game mechanics that are meant for children who were bad at Fable.
- I, for some reason, greatly enjoyed Two Worlds.
- Ronnie James Dio > Ozzy Osbourne in vocals.
- Ronnie James Dio < Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath.
- The Load/Reload Era in Metallica was awesome.
- Linkin Park and Nickelback are great.
- I hate Panty and Stocking.
- Naruto's dub > Naruto's sub.
- Soul Eater's dub is painful to listen to.
- I hate sushi.
- I hate chicken.
- I love eating kangaroo.
- Cicero if hilarious.
- I hate hearing people complain that Mortal Kombat X's fatalities are too gruesome. The game is meant to be as gruesome as it gets without being taken seriously as a game that is meant for 12 year olds who don't know maturity yet. If you don't like gruesome, go back to the hug-box from whence you came.
- I love Bioshock 2 as much as I do the entire Bioshock series (And by Sithis do I)
- I am agnostic towards religion and find religion to be like music, having different tastes can lead to some good discussion but find hardcore followers (theist or atheist) to annoying and a magnet for my anger...
- Gender to me is physical, period. If you want to identify as a man, have a sex change. I won't stop you and I will make a genuine attempt to call you the right pronouns but I won't set you up like some person who beat an army all by yourself.
- Anarchism, while I don't follow it, seem like trying to strive for world peace. Not exactly a bad ideal to strive for if you have the right intentions but you'd have a better chance fighting a bear with your arms and legs hacked off.
- People who see anime/manga as harem porn for people with underage schoolgirl fetishes are at best misinformed or at worst bigots. Granted, there is a bit of it that is just that but that's like me saying you are a satanist if you are into heavy metal.
- I loved X-Men: The Last Stand, I find the only complaint people have is 'my favourite character died!', so what? Itachi and Jiraiya died and Naruto wasn't shit because of it, it was shit because the story went to shit.
- The idea of being a vegan seems almost against nature to me. Are we not omnivores like nature intended?
- The wage gap is a load of shit and was debunked more times than I can count (by a feminist, Christina Hoff Sommers, no less!) and I still have to hear it thrown around as fact.
- The idea of being naked should not be seen as taboo, it's only natural.
- I don't see anything wrong with legal brothels, given it is consensual by both parties and only seen as a service provided by the Sex Worker for adequate pay.
- Top hats, trilbies and fedoras are f**king classy if worn right.
- Spiders are adorable.
- Star Wars is overrated.
- The Avengers is overrated.
- Megadeth is overrated.
- Five Nights at Freddy's lore is interesting but the game is boring.
- Morrowind is either put on a much too high pedestal or severely underrated.
- Oblivion is complete crap with Skyrim-grade story, Telly Tubby graphics, Troll Doll Annoying Fan and game mechanics that are meant for children who were bad at Fable.
- I, for some reason, greatly enjoyed Two Worlds.
- Ronnie James Dio > Ozzy Osbourne in vocals.
- Ronnie James Dio < Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath.
- The Load/Reload Era in Metallica was awesome.
- Linkin Park and Nickelback are great.
- I hate Panty and Stocking.
- Naruto's dub > Naruto's sub.
- Soul Eater's dub is painful to listen to.
- I hate sushi.
- I hate chicken.
- I love eating kangaroo.
- Cicero if hilarious.
- I hate hearing people complain that Mortal Kombat X's fatalities are too gruesome. The game is meant to be as gruesome as it gets without being taken seriously as a game that is meant for 12 year olds who don't know maturity yet. If you don't like gruesome, go back to the hug-box from whence you came.
I have to ask, what is this weird juxtaposition between "natural" and "unnatural" in your opinions? Veganism is bad because it's unnatural? So is every facet of our society. Just a question.MrOmen said:
The maximum one should do in harming another person is doing the same amount of violence the person did in self-defence.
No amount of power should be allowed on a single person.
No amount of power should be allowed on few people.
Rating humans (and other species) by worth is the most damaging thing to ever have happened in human history.
Platons theory of ideas is correct to some extent, and it can be proven.
The Injustice League does not reign supreme.
No amount of power should be allowed on a single person.
No amount of power should be allowed on few people.
Rating humans (and other species) by worth is the most damaging thing to ever have happened in human history.
Platons theory of ideas is correct to some extent, and it can be proven.
The Injustice League does not reign supreme.
Honestly, 'natural' is subjective at best but I would say that 'natural' is more what as humans we should do rather than what 'morals' or 'society' tell us what we should do as they are both just subjective preferences that vary from culture. Veganism, as I have heard based on experiences with self-labeled vegans, is just what people believe as wrong rather than what the human body seems built for. As for society's facets as a whole, I can easily say that most of it is 'natural'. Censorship in regards to banning violent video games is something I tend to disagree with but the intent behind the banning is perfectly 'natural'. I mean, would you not want to protect your children if you believed the phrase 'Monkey see, monkey do'? What people believe is 'natural' is actually, in my opinion, a topic that is rarely discussed.DerangedHobo said: