unpopular opinions

[Wax]

8 hours ago, NerdyMunk said:

I don't know what it is, but a lot of people are doing things to the bottom of their ears - i.e., putting holes in them. I saw one person who works at Best Buy where he twisted or something to the bottom of his ears that made them look like testicles, and I don't want to see that shit. I wish people would stop doing stuff down there because sometimes it makes them look absolutely disgusting.

I don't mind stretchers or whatever, but I do agree it gets to a point where it just looks ridiculous. I wouldn't treat anyone differently for having ridiculous looking stuff in their ears, but there's nothing stopping other people from treating them differently - especially employers.

[Alexxx-Returns]

On 27/04/2016 at 11:19 AM, Saxon said:

They said they didn't mind Eminem. They were upset about Iggy Azalea, because she 'sounds too black'. She had, according to them, appropriated the black voice and made it palatable to white people, whilst avoiding the subjugation that black people suffer. They thought that she represented the oppressor stealing the voice of the subjugated and profiteering from it.

I think this is all pretty ludicrous. I put it to them that telling someone they're not allowed to sing in a certain style because of their race, no matter what that race is, is racist. Their response was that only white people can be racist, because 'racism is a power structure'.

And you can guarantee that if there were no white rappers, the same people would be saying "oh, so you're too good for black culture now?" or something to that effect.

[Cingal]

8 hours ago, AlastairSnowpaw said:

I really enjoy playing minecraft but I don't really care for the building aspect. i instead prefer the constant exploration and seeing all the new random made areas.

Also the menu music is great music to nap to.

Speaking of peaceful things i find riding an intense roller coaster calming and makes me feel very serene after.

 

Terraria is pretty good for exploration with very minor building aspects.

[Feelwell]

21 hours ago, MalletFace said:

But those will be post-millennials or whatever-they're-called-now.

I believe they're called "pretentious."

[MalletFace]

22 minutes ago, Feelwell the Rabbit said:

I believe they're called "pretentious."

I'd argue that they only generation defined by pretentiousness was the people born of and in the Victorian Era.

[Clove Darkwave]

The only generation officially recognized by the Census Bureau is "Baby Boomers" from 1946 to 1964. In my opinion, all of the media bullshit to draw lines in the sand centered around age can fuck off.

[Photoshop Amateur]

I believe that sugarcoating anything concerning flaws is pretty bad. People need to be as blunt as possible while offering straight advice

[Victor-933]

7 minutes ago, Photoshop Amateur said:

I believe that sugarcoating anything concerning flaws is pretty bad. People need to be as blunt as possible while offering straight advice

Fuck feelings. If someone being a fuckup or a shitbird they need to be called out. Anything else is just enabling their bullshit.

[Photoshop Amateur]

1 minute ago, Victor-933 said:

Fuck feelings. If someone being a fuckup or a shitbird they need to be called out. Anything else is just enabling their bullshit.

Yes! This is exactly my belief! The amount of times I get called a cunt or a dick for speaking the truth is insane but when people realize this shit and actually improve on something then their gratitude makes it all worth it.

 

[Clove Darkwave]

Learning how to say things to people in such a way that gets your point across with both bluntness and grace is a virtue many lack.

[DrGravitas]

2 hours ago, MalletFace said:

I'd argue that they only generation defined by pretentiousness was the people born of and in the Victorian Era.

[Summercat]

4 hours ago, Clove Darkwave said:

Learning how to say things to people in such a way that gets your point across with both bluntness and grace is a virtue many lack.

The problem is that people mistake being a cunt for being blunt.

And by that I mean the people being a cunt and trying to defend themselves by "I'm just telling it like it is". 

Certainly the mistakes can go the other way, but I've mainly dealt with the person posting the blunt statements being an arse. Not saying "If you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all", but if you keep being called an arse for being blunt, you might want to check your approach. 

/so many tickets about that...

[Endless/Nameless]

4 hours ago, Photoshop Amateur said:

I believe that sugarcoating anything concerning flaws is pretty bad. People need to be as blunt as possible while offering straight advice

4 hours ago, Clove Darkwave said:

Learning how to say things to people in such a way that gets your point across with both bluntness and grace is a virtue many lack.

14 minutes ago, Summercat said:

The problem is that people mistake being a cunt for being blunt.

There's a place for tact, and there's a place for bluntness. Hopefully one is able to use both.

But if i had to choose only one, well then more cunts please. Just tell it to me straight.

[Summercat]

Just now, Endless/Nameless said:

There's a place for tact, and there's a place for bluntness. Hopefully one is able to use both.

But if i had to choose only one, well then more cunts please. Just tell it to me straight.

You do realize you're not limited to those two options, and that you can make plain what you find wrong with someone's work without being a cunt, yes?

[Endless/Nameless]

Just now, Summercat said:

You do realize you're not limited to those two options, and that you can make plain what you find wrong with someone's work without being a cunt, yes?

Kinda what I meant. See below

1 minute ago, Endless/Nameless said:

Hopefully one is able to use both.

 

[Summercat]

Just now, Endless/Nameless said:

Kinda what I meant. See below

 

That's the thing, there's more than just those two options.

"Hey, why aren't you using a for-loop for this code?" is being straightforward without being a douche about it. Alternative statement version, "This code would be improved by using a for-loop." 

Neither are being over-tactful and protective of the other person's feelings, and neither are being a dick about it. 

[Endless/Nameless]

1 minute ago, Summercat said:

That's the thing, there's more than just those two options.

"Hey, why aren't you using a for-loop for this code?" is being straightforward without being a douche about it. Alternative statement version, "This code would be improved by using a for-loop." 

Neither are being over-tactful and protective of the other person's feelings, and neither are being a dick about it. 

I know. See below.

7 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

Hopefully one is able to use both.

Translation: "Hopefully you're a smart enough person to use both at once"

[Summercat]

Just now, Endless/Nameless said:

I know. See below.

Translation: "Hopefully you're a smart enough person to use both at once"

Hopefully, yes. It never negates that a lot of people don't know how to give advice, and many of the people I see complaining about how others are overly sensitive, are the ones who give advice in the worst possible manner.

[#00Buck]

1 minute ago, Endless/Nameless said:

I know. See below.

Translation: "Hopefully you're a smart enough person to use both at once"

Endless/Nameless you're my hero!!! 

[Endless/Nameless]

Just now, Summercat said:

Hopefully, yes. It never negates that a lot of people don't know how to give advice, and many of the people I see complaining about how others are overly sensitive, are the ones who give advice in the worst possible manner.

We're all incredibly flawed beings stumbling in the darkness.

Just now, #00Buck said:

Endless/Nameless you're my hero!!! 

I watch over you as you sleep.

[Summercat]

Just now, Endless/Nameless said:

We're all incredibly flawed beings stumbling in the darkness.

It'd be nice if some got the hint to open their eyes once in a while. 

[FenrirDarkWolf]

I'm much more blunt and sarcastic than I have tact

I blame all the black women than influenced my personality

(jk I love them)

[Saxon]

I think this discussion exhibits a lot of hypocrisy.

Users like Summercat are chiding other people for not respecting other people's sensitivies. How do they choose to do that? By calling them cunts of course.

If you're not going to be pussy-footed when you're talking-down to other people, you can't exactly act as though you've been wronged when other people treat you similarly in turn.

 

One must also understand that some people encourage aggressive criticism, by denying that the works they post contain any flaws, or posting work for critique without any intent to listen to criticism or redress any flaws. For instance one might post an excerpt of a code full of clear errors, only to repeatedly rebuff any suggestion that it is anything less than perfect.  This is going to make people angry, because you've wasted their time.

 

[Gator]

On 4/29/2016 at 8:15 PM, Photoshop Amateur said:

I believe that sugarcoating anything concerning flaws is pretty bad. People need to be as blunt as possible while offering straight advice

can i still sugarcoat gay advice?

as for unpopular opinions, uh.. i don't think self harm is a big deal most of the time.  by all means, if you think someone you care about is going through hard times, try to help him through them.  but i don't think a coping mechanism that inflicts minor injuries on oneself is something to call the psychiatrist about.

[Lucyfish]

Anybody who is "proud to be an American" is either really ignorant or really stupid.

[Kosha]

33 minutes ago, Lucyfish said:

Anybody who is "proud to be an American" is either really ignorant or really stupid.

Anyone proud of something they had no control over is either really ignorant or really stupid.

[DrGravitas]

14 hours ago, Kosha said:

Anyone proud of something they had no control over is either really ignorant or really stupid.

... gay pride is stupid then?

 

I can agree the blind nationalism is stupid, but this statement seems a bit too blanket.

[Endless/Nameless]

1 hour ago, DrGravitas said:

... gay pride is stupid then?

I never quite understood why any particular sexuality should be a point of pride...

Not that I really care. 

[DrGravitas]

26 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

I never quite understood why any particular sexuality should be a point of pride...

Not that I really care. 

Being proud without reason is better than being ashamed without reason, but neither are better than either felt with good reason.

[Endless/Nameless]

4 minutes ago, DrGravitas said:

Being proud without reason is better than being ashamed without reason, but neither are better than either felt with good reason.

Someone is wordy today!  I agree with the first half of that, but the second half went swoosh! right over my head. 

I understand it's a way for people to feel better about themselves (if they don't already), but pride itself implies that something is inherently better than another. 

[DrGravitas]

27 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

Someone is wordy today!  I agree with the first half of that, but the second half went swoosh! right over my head. 

I understand it's a way for people to feel better about themselves (if they don't already), but pride itself implies that something is inherently better than another. 

I always took it as the form of pride that means to cherish something. Like being proud of one's son or some such.

 

And yeah, I've been rather incoherent in my writing lately. Let's try:

(Proud with good reason || Ashamed with good reason) >> Proud without reason > Ashamed without reason

There! Much better! :V

[Saxon]

16 hours ago, Kosha said:

Anyone proud of something they had no control over is either really ignorant or really stupid.

So an immigrant to America, who is proud of their new citizenship, is entitled to be proud, but someone who was born there isn't?

[Endless/Nameless]

20 minutes ago, DrGravitas said:

I always took it as the form of pride that means to cherish something. Like being proud of one's son or some such.

Yeah I get that. 

20 minutes ago, DrGravitas said:

(Proud with good reason || Ashamed with good reason) >> Proud without reason > Ashamed without reason

There! Much better! :V

[Kosha]

2 hours ago, DrGravitas said:

... gay pride is stupid then?

oh man how am i going to say this without coming off as a shithead.

I think feeling strong feelings about yourself over something you had no control over is a stupid thing to do. Whether this feeling is pride or shame doesn't matter, you had no control over it so why should you feel so strongly about it. It's okay to love or hate these things, just don't let your feelings get too strong. I had no control over my flat feet, which I hate, but I don't feel shame since I had no control over it.

I think it's better to take pride in something you accomplished rather than something you are, personally.

[Dr. Doggo]

full communism and full capitalism are the two sides to the same oligarchical coin

[major lee snake]

Here's one that would probably get me banned for saying this.  PCs are worthless for gaming considering 1) all games are made for consoles, 2) consoles get all the exclusives, 3) Sony has monopolized Japanese development, 4) low quality ports can happen at random with no repercussions and 5) it's the only platform where developers can and will force their consumers into an ultimatum, such as the surprisingly ignored threat from Team Ninja about discontinuing PC games if anyone made porn mods for Dead or Alive.  PC is the only platform where anti-consumer practices still exist, because there is no one to defend such practices from happening.  Contest this, and you are labelled as entitled by the publishers.

[Kosha]

7 minutes ago, major lee snake said:

Here's one that would probably get me banned for saying this.

But why would you get banned for not being Politically Correct Mustard Rice?

[Endless/Nameless]

7 minutes ago, major lee snake said:

Here's one that would probably get me banned for saying this.  PCs are worthless for gaming considering 1) all games are made for consoles, 2) consoles get all the exclusives, 3) Sony has monopolized Japanese development, 4) low quality ports can happen at random with no repercussions and 5) it's the only platform where developers can and will force their consumers into an ultimatum, such as the surprisingly ignored threat from Team Ninja about discontinuing PC games if anyone made porn mods for Dead or Alive.  PC is the only platform where anti-consumer practices still exist, because there is no one to defend such practices from happening.  Contest this, and you are labelled as entitled by the publishers.

You forgot keyboard controls suck ass :V

[PastryOfApathy]

12 minutes ago, major lee snake said:

Here's one that would probably get me banned for saying this.  PCs are worthless for gaming considering 1) all games are made for consoles, 2) consoles get all the exclusives, 3) Sony has monopolized Japanese development, 4) low quality ports can happen at random with no repercussions and 5) it's the only platform where developers can and will force their consumers into an ultimatum, such as the surprisingly ignored threat from Team Ninja about discontinuing PC games if anyone made porn mods for Dead or Alive.  PC is the only platform where anti-consumer practices still exist, because there is no one to defend such practices from happening.  Contest this, and you are labelled as entitled by the publishers.

There's a difference between being contrarian, and being stupid.

Like I literally don't have time to explain how utterly wrong you are.

[Lucyfish]

PC actually has more exclusives than any console, excluding maybe Nintendo.


Also, unpopular opinion in gaming, playing any FPS with a controller is the worst. Keyboard is the only way to play FPS's, period. :3c

[Dr. Doggo]

12 minutes ago, Lucyfish said:

Also, unpopular opinion in gaming, playing any FPS with a controller is the worst. Keyboard is the only way to play FPS's, period. :3c

that's not an unpopular opinion but fuck playing dark souls or monster hunter with a keyboard or something

consoles are breddy gud for 3rd person melee-focused games

but even then USB controllers exist <3

27 minutes ago, major lee snake said:

Here's one that would probably get me banned for saying this.  PCs are worthless for gaming considering 1) all games are made for consoles, 2) consoles get all the exclusives, 3) Sony has monopolized Japanese development, 4) low quality ports can happen at random with no repercussions and 5) it's the only platform where developers can and will force their consumers into an ultimatum, such as the surprisingly ignored threat from Team Ninja about discontinuing PC games if anyone made porn mods for Dead or Alive.  PC is the only platform where anti-consumer practices still exist, because there is no one to defend such practices from happening.  Contest this, and you are labelled as entitled by the publishers.

i don't normally make empty "the fuck am i reading" posts but today is the day

[willow]

1 hour ago, Kosha said:

oh man how am i going to say this without coming off as a shithead.

I think feeling strong feelings about yourself over something you had no control over is a stupid thing to do. Whether this feeling is pride or shame doesn't matter, you had no control over it so why should you feel so strongly about it. It's okay to love or hate these things, just don't let your feelings get too strong. I had no control over my flat feet, which I hate, but I don't feel shame since I had no control over it.

I think it's better to take pride in something you accomplished rather than something you are, personally.

I think part of the problem though is that the idea of gay pride came out of a certain need the community had at the time, since everyone up until that point was basically like "you should be ashamed of yourself for being gay", people were either dying or being killed for it, and other things of that nature

I guess pride is kind of a bad word to use, but I don't think the English language has a word that has sort of the same connotations/intensity as pride but don't make it seem like you're just "proud of it" 

though I do agree with the last part about vein more proud of your achievement and such. 

 

[Saxon]

Furry pride guys.

 

Like a big lion pride.

 

Fur pile!

[PastryOfApathy]

57 minutes ago, Lucyfish said:

PC actually has more exclusives than any console, excluding maybe Nintendo.


Also, unpopular opinion in gaming, playing any FPS with a controller is the worst. Keyboard is the only way to play FPS's, period. :3c

butt guiz sony has a monopoly on all of glorious nippons superior games!!!1

u cant play dahk soulz 3 on your inferior baka gaijin pc machines can you!?!

[Lucyfish]

1 hour ago, Sir Gibby said:

that's not an unpopular opinion but fuck playing dark souls or monster hunter with a keyboard or something

consoles are breddy gud for 3rd person melee-focused games

but even then USB controllers exist <3

 

Oh yeah, Dark Souls is unplayable without a controller.

But for the FPS genre specifically, go keyboard or go home.

[Summercat]

1 hour ago, willow said:

I think part of the problem though is that the idea of gay pride came out of a certain need the community had at the time, since everyone up until that point was basically like "you should be ashamed of yourself for being gay", people were either dying or being killed for it, and other things of that nature

I guess pride is kind of a bad word to use, but I don't think the English language has a word that has sort of the same connotations/intensity as pride but don't make it seem like you're just "proud of it" 

though I do agree with the last part about vein more proud of your achievement and such. 

 

That's pretty much it. The opposite of shame is pride, for the most part. The only other good antonyms for shame are esteem and respect. , but considering the origin of the [Minority] Pride movements, they don't have as much impact in the message. 

[Lucyfish]

Actually the opposite of pride is humility, not shame. :3c *shot*

[Summercat]

1 hour ago, Sir Gibby said:

i don't normally make empty "the fuck am i reading" posts but today is the day

I'm just.

I regularly play games that simple would not work on the console. I suppose if you only consider some FPS and some racing, I guess you could think that - but Civilization Revolution was stripped down compared to 4 or 5; and similar games don't translate too well to console. RPGs can work on both, but strategy and tactical games general dont - and grand strategy games? No. Not in the slightest. Same thing for simulation games, or management ones.

As for the whole "more exclusives" bit, well if you only look at the console developers then maybe? You'd have to ignore all the smaller indie developers, or even the medium-scale devs who only do PC stuff. 

3 minutes ago, Lucyfish said:

Actually the opposite of pride is humility, not shame. :3c *shot*

But we are talking about the opposite of shame, not the opposite of pride, which has 'humility' down towards the bottom of the antonym list.

[#00Buck]

Video games are a waste of time. 

[FenrirDarkWolf]

4 hours ago, Saxon said:

Furry pride guys.

 

Like a big lion pride.

 

Fur pile!

can this turn gay?

Also I hate FPSes