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Aren't 14 year-olds usually harder, better, faster and stronger than adults? Plus the medical conditions (not the uncommon ones, I mean the type of conditions every adult gets with rare exceptions) make being a 14 year-old quite easier.Zetion said:
Just my 2-cents, I may be arguing my point the wrong way but I feel that they aren't equal.
Twilight Princess vs. Ocarina of Time - this is certainly debatable either way. Ocarina pushed the franchise and the medium as a whole forward in a way that hasn't been repeated. TP wasn't so much of a revelation; rather, it built upon the mechanics of Ocarina after the departures, some better advised than others, of Wind Waker. Hookshot. Boomerang. Just about all of the same weapons and items returned. A lot of the same bosses (and they were much, much easier), and the same themes for the dungeons - forest, desert, volcano, water temple, etc (though a Zelda game without a water temple is like an FPS without a gun - and I've copywritten that, so no T-shirts for you, mister!)crimsonshrouds said:
However... the last time I played through each, I did find TP to be the more fulfilling experience, and not simply because it's a more modern game. Speaking of which...
Do you think your opinion of Sunshine vs. 64 may have to do with the respective eras which produced these games? Mario 64, as wonderful a game and groundbreaking an achievement for 3D gaming as it was, simply doesn't look very good when played today. It's also buggy, sometimes to an annoying degree. But personally, I find Sunshine to be the weakest of the canon, 2D or 3D, unless you're counting New Super Mario Brothers. I hated the water-canon mechanic, and I never understood how firing a water pistol at the ground was supposed to make one fly. The objectives weren't overall as challenging or as fun for me as its predecessor, and the Yoshi sections were virtually un-playable for me.
But that's just me.
Going out to a restaurant or a movie theater with friends is no more "social" than say, staying at home and playing games with said friends. You're still enjoying time with friends. Hell, I'd even go so far as to say that gaming is more of a social activity than eating out or going to movies, because playing games with someone has a direct impact on the experience of the other people you're playing with. Eating with someone else doesn't make the food taste any better, and I'd hardly consider movies to be a social experience, seeing as how talking during a movie is a big no-no. But if you're playing a game with someone, you can help them, compete with them, and no one's going to get pissed at you for talking to them.
People place way too much importance on sports that they watch. You don't really have anything to celebrate if "your team" won the World/Stanley/Grey/Whatever Cup, unless you play for said team, or know someone that does.
Potential employers should always include their job's wages and specific duties in their job description. That way, potential employees won't have to waste time with an interview only to find out that a job doesn't pay squat unless you can successfully push people into buying crap.
Physical education in school should be mandatory for everyone, except those who are unable to participate because of physical/mental disabilities. There should be a greater emphasis on teaching students how to take care of their bodies, as opposed to just playing European Handball and getting a 95. Placing a greater importance on physical health could result in people getting sick/injured less often, and help reduce health care costs.
Families shouldn't be forced to "eat as a family." People should eat when they're hungry, as opposed to at a specific time set upon by someone else.
Family/office potluck, buffets, are more trouble than they're worth, seeing as how people don't like when you just eat whatever you like and leave the rest behind. People shouldn't be forced to put random crap in their bodies just because someone else made food and doesn't want there to be any leftovers. "You have to try this cake!" and "You have to finish off the potatoes, there's not that many left!" are so frustrating to hear.
Graduating college isn't worth celebrating until you actually use your diploma to get a job.
Being from a country isn't something someone should be proud of. It's not something that they earned/worked for. It was just thrown upon them at birth. Being proud of what country you're from is like being proud of your natural hair colour.
People place way too much importance on sports that they watch. You don't really have anything to celebrate if "your team" won the World/Stanley/Grey/Whatever Cup, unless you play for said team, or know someone that does.
Potential employers should always include their job's wages and specific duties in their job description. That way, potential employees won't have to waste time with an interview only to find out that a job doesn't pay squat unless you can successfully push people into buying crap.
Physical education in school should be mandatory for everyone, except those who are unable to participate because of physical/mental disabilities. There should be a greater emphasis on teaching students how to take care of their bodies, as opposed to just playing European Handball and getting a 95. Placing a greater importance on physical health could result in people getting sick/injured less often, and help reduce health care costs.
Families shouldn't be forced to "eat as a family." People should eat when they're hungry, as opposed to at a specific time set upon by someone else.
Family/office potluck, buffets, are more trouble than they're worth, seeing as how people don't like when you just eat whatever you like and leave the rest behind. People shouldn't be forced to put random crap in their bodies just because someone else made food and doesn't want there to be any leftovers. "You have to try this cake!" and "You have to finish off the potatoes, there's not that many left!" are so frustrating to hear.
Graduating college isn't worth celebrating until you actually use your diploma to get a job.
Being from a country isn't something someone should be proud of. It's not something that they earned/worked for. It was just thrown upon them at birth. Being proud of what country you're from is like being proud of your natural hair colour.
I agree with your views. Leave the running of a country to people who are educated in how to run the country.samonix said:
Because professional athletes are overpaid? Or is there another reason you think professional sports should be banned?mercifulwrath said:
Do you think that your opinion may be controversial/unpopular due to a lack of pragmatism? How would we achieve free cars and medicine and food, and how would we convince everyone to work if there were no financial incentive? These aren't rhetorical questions - I'm genuinely interested.The Lesbian Flower said:
Because professional athletes are overpaid? Or is there another reason you think professional sports should be banned?[/quote]mercifulwrath said:
Of course they're overpaid. There are men being paid millions of dollars to hit a ball. Then there are the ones that take that money and act like assholes.
What I don't get is that we live in a country where people don't want their sons or daughters going off to war and ruining their lives by dying, yet they are content in wanting them to grow up to be one of these overpaid idiots in sports.
Oh come what did greenland do to you?gummibear76 said:
OT, i feel repeat offenders of crimes should have whats lets them do there crimes taken from them, examples: rapists should have their genitals removed, robbers should have a tracking chip/collar on them that if they remove shit gets real uncomfortable real fast and then your ass gets thrown back into jail, and murders will be killed in the court room right away with a bullet in the head, also if they commit 2 or more murders executed after the first trial.
I believe you should have a bit more confidence that your post took before you hit the back button and hit "post" three timesAra69 said:
I also believe I'm posting too much on this forum.
That's quite a generalization you have for the "westernized" woman. What about the women who contradict your definition? The women who are capable of supporting themselves (and possibly even raising a family, ie. single mothers) without the assistance of a man? I'm not denying that there are a lot of women who fit your definition, but it just seems to me that you're profoundly underestimating (and blatantly ignoring) how capable many women are.Zaik said:
Furthermore, you contend that men are mentally superior to women, but standardized test scores over the past several decades seem to indicate otherwise. I'm aware that this isn't exactly the most ideal way to measure intelligence, but it's worth noting.
Moreover, you suggest that these characteristics of "personality disorders, insecurities, and parental issues" are more common in women (at least, that's what I'm inferring), while ignoring the fact that men often face the same issues. I don't have any statistics, but I can't imagine that the number of women who suffer from these problems would be significantly higher than the number of men who do.
And finally, would you not admit that it's very possible that your strong feelings on this matter could simply be a result of not having known that many strong, independent, capable females throughout your life? It goes without saying that your opinions of the sexes are going to be heavily influenced by the culture that surrounds you, and since you're from North America, the depiction of women in our society has never been very positive, more often than not depicting women as weak, clingy individuals who (as you contend) need a man to survive. If one couples this together with your own personal interactions with females who fit this mold, then it's no means surprising that this is your opinion.
However, this does not mean that all North American women fit this mold. I personally believe that the majority of women fall somewhere in between your definition of the "westernized woman", and the strong, independent women that I mentioned earlier on.
Where to start....
People under the influence of any mind altering substance (drugs, alcohol, etc) should be held 100% responsible for their actions by both other members of the public and the law. Unless it can be proven that they did not willingly take the substance, or were actually ignorant of its affect (medication) then they should be treated as if they are sober.
The act of getting drunk/high is a concious one, we all know the risks, if we take those risks we should also be held responsible for what we do in that state.
Sometimes a life isn't work saving or living and people shouldn't be made to feel bad about it. A parent shouldn't have their entire life destroyed because of bad luck with their child having the mental capacity of a toddler when he is thirty. Nobody should spend the rest of their life wiping their child's ass. Nobody should spend their entire life having their ass wiped for them, unable to comprehend anything beyond mealtime and naptime.
If you are going to suffer more from the cure than the disease, or if there is no cure just a long painful death then you should absolutely have the right to die quickly and painlessly.
It is okay to be uncomfortable or not to like someone for any arbitrary reason... be it the colour of their skin, their religion, their sexuality, their choice of clothing, or the fact they like Justin Bieber. It is NOT okay to act on that in any way other than to avoid contact with them.
Isreal was a dumb idea when the Allies created it. It is still a dumb idea. Taking the bullied teenager (Jews) out of the playground they are bullied in, putting them into the playground of their primary school and telling them "Take this stick and hit anyone who comes near you, we won't stop you" is not a way to solve a problem.
There must be absolute seperation between church and state. Religous institutions must be treated like any other business. If they are a registered charity they must prove they provide their service openly to anyone who needs it without mention of faith from their members or any of their promotional materials. No education system which recieves any state funding at all should be permitted to endorse any religion, and must be required only to teach proven scientific theories. Religion should be taught, but only as "Religous Education" which covers all major world religion, their cultures, customes and interactions from an accademic perspective. Goverment must provide freedom of relgion to all its citizens without any mention of a specific faith in any document or procedure.
People under the influence of any mind altering substance (drugs, alcohol, etc) should be held 100% responsible for their actions by both other members of the public and the law. Unless it can be proven that they did not willingly take the substance, or were actually ignorant of its affect (medication) then they should be treated as if they are sober.
The act of getting drunk/high is a concious one, we all know the risks, if we take those risks we should also be held responsible for what we do in that state.
Sometimes a life isn't work saving or living and people shouldn't be made to feel bad about it. A parent shouldn't have their entire life destroyed because of bad luck with their child having the mental capacity of a toddler when he is thirty. Nobody should spend the rest of their life wiping their child's ass. Nobody should spend their entire life having their ass wiped for them, unable to comprehend anything beyond mealtime and naptime.
If you are going to suffer more from the cure than the disease, or if there is no cure just a long painful death then you should absolutely have the right to die quickly and painlessly.
It is okay to be uncomfortable or not to like someone for any arbitrary reason... be it the colour of their skin, their religion, their sexuality, their choice of clothing, or the fact they like Justin Bieber. It is NOT okay to act on that in any way other than to avoid contact with them.
Isreal was a dumb idea when the Allies created it. It is still a dumb idea. Taking the bullied teenager (Jews) out of the playground they are bullied in, putting them into the playground of their primary school and telling them "Take this stick and hit anyone who comes near you, we won't stop you" is not a way to solve a problem.
There must be absolute seperation between church and state. Religous institutions must be treated like any other business. If they are a registered charity they must prove they provide their service openly to anyone who needs it without mention of faith from their members or any of their promotional materials. No education system which recieves any state funding at all should be permitted to endorse any religion, and must be required only to teach proven scientific theories. Religion should be taught, but only as "Religous Education" which covers all major world religion, their cultures, customes and interactions from an accademic perspective. Goverment must provide freedom of relgion to all its citizens without any mention of a specific faith in any document or procedure.
And another thing - you mentioned that you believe an average male is going to be more capable than an average female at whatever sort of task you give them. What are you basing this on? It just seems to be an irrational, chauvinist sentiment which has no evidence to back it up other than your feeling on the matter.Zaik said:
Here is a controversial (judging by the posts in the site against religion) opinion of mine that alot of people on this site probably wont like very much (I mean no offense though) -
I don't quite understand people who go on about religion being the scum of the earth every chance they get. I just don't get how someone can put so much effort into hating something and get nothing out of it. I mean, what do you really achieve by ranting about how religion held up the progress of the world and how you might have hover cars at this point in time of some apparent dickhead said there was a God. I'd say you don't achieve much. All you achieve is hating something that is not going to change. Ever. Religion is not going to disappear as some people wildly hope it will. And you know what? Will that really change the problems of the world? Is religion the prime reason why this world has so many troubles? Let me give you the hard truth. No. It is not. Drug abuse, alcohol abuse, spouse abuse, racism, greed, power abuse, immorality, cruelty, poverty, depression, even climate change. Those are some of the real problems in the world. And what problems out of that list will disappear if religion is gone? None of them. Granted there are power hungry and greedy people in religious circles but if there was no religion then they'd just find another way of abusing people. In-fact, religion helps these problems, and I wont go into this too much, but so much aide goes to Africa and poverty stricken countries because of churches. And yeah, you're going to get crackpot places like the Westboro Baptist Church, and there is a few of them, but really, you're going to get that with most things. It certainly does not mean that religion is evil just because of a few loudmouths. Also, get over the fact people try shove it down other people's throats. Do you rant and rave about telemarketers the same as you do about religion. Granted, it's annoying and I hate it as well, but as adults we should be able to ignore something and move on.
Also get over that scientific discovery may have been held back during the middle ages because of some people abusing their power (religion was just the face that they put on it, not the actual problem). Whining about it will not change it. Get over it. I'm sorry that power hungry people have denied you your hover cars, but complaining about it is not going to get you them back.
Anyway, TL;DR - Grow up and stop trying to stomp out religion like it's actually going to make the world a better place. And certainly stop going on about it in forums like religion is the most evil thing on the earth. You do exactly the same thing as religious people by stuffing it down someone's throat.
I don't quite understand people who go on about religion being the scum of the earth every chance they get. I just don't get how someone can put so much effort into hating something and get nothing out of it. I mean, what do you really achieve by ranting about how religion held up the progress of the world and how you might have hover cars at this point in time of some apparent dickhead said there was a God. I'd say you don't achieve much. All you achieve is hating something that is not going to change. Ever. Religion is not going to disappear as some people wildly hope it will. And you know what? Will that really change the problems of the world? Is religion the prime reason why this world has so many troubles? Let me give you the hard truth. No. It is not. Drug abuse, alcohol abuse, spouse abuse, racism, greed, power abuse, immorality, cruelty, poverty, depression, even climate change. Those are some of the real problems in the world. And what problems out of that list will disappear if religion is gone? None of them. Granted there are power hungry and greedy people in religious circles but if there was no religion then they'd just find another way of abusing people. In-fact, religion helps these problems, and I wont go into this too much, but so much aide goes to Africa and poverty stricken countries because of churches. And yeah, you're going to get crackpot places like the Westboro Baptist Church, and there is a few of them, but really, you're going to get that with most things. It certainly does not mean that religion is evil just because of a few loudmouths. Also, get over the fact people try shove it down other people's throats. Do you rant and rave about telemarketers the same as you do about religion. Granted, it's annoying and I hate it as well, but as adults we should be able to ignore something and move on.
Also get over that scientific discovery may have been held back during the middle ages because of some people abusing their power (religion was just the face that they put on it, not the actual problem). Whining about it will not change it. Get over it. I'm sorry that power hungry people have denied you your hover cars, but complaining about it is not going to get you them back.
Anyway, TL;DR - Grow up and stop trying to stomp out religion like it's actually going to make the world a better place. And certainly stop going on about it in forums like religion is the most evil thing on the earth. You do exactly the same thing as religious people by stuffing it down someone's throat.
Mario 64 confused the shit out of me, and I still don't know why. That caused me not to like it from the start.crimsonshrouds said:
OT: I don't feel humans deserve a second chance (meaning: colonizing elsewhere, starting over, etc.). We keep the sick alive (get passed your emotions and think in terms of bettering a species; it's why farmers kill runts of animal litters... and I don't mean sick as in with colds), we suck the planet dry for resources, we kill absolutely everything else... we're dicks.
Dur hur hur! *slow, uneven clapping* Funny loud man make people angry! Loud man make whole THREAD unhappy! Hur hur... Make them dance, loud man!Zaik said:
You were off to a good start, but it petered out there towards the end. Certainly you could try a little harder!
On Topic: My controversial opinions? Let's see...
I'm a straight man who is both a Feminist and a voracious supporter of gay rights...
I'm a completely straight edged guy who thinks prostitution should be legalized, marijuana should be legalized and other, harder drugs should be decriminalized...
I think religion should be WAY more separate from government than it is, and am an Atheist myself, but I fully endorse anyone's right to practice whatever they like, and am fully in support of even *gasp* CHRISTIANITY. Because a loving your neighbor and gettin' down with Jesus will NEVER be a bad thing in my book!
I'll do some nerdy ones... Silent Hill 1 is better than Silent Hill 2, and I thought Inception was overwhelmingly mediocre. Oh, and Bioware rocks forever (admittedly only halfway controversial).
OK... One more... How 'bout an embarrassing, legitimately controversial one? Here goes...
Necrophilia isn't that strange and it's not evil.
*shifty eyes* *runs back into dimly lit cave, crying*
14 year old boys don't have "empty calories" like alcohol to gorge themselves on. Its called a beer gut for a reason.Nouw said: