Let's see if I can piss off absolutely everyone here.
Final Fantasy IV is the second worst in the series after III. XIII is a good game.
Jurassic Park is one of the most boring films I've ever seen.
The only fun Metroid game is the first one.
There's plenty of good country and rap out there.
Hotline Miami is the least fun I've ever had with a game from a humble bundle.
Breaking Bad, The Big Bang Theory, and South Park were never good shows.
There were good Sonic games (plural) between Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Sonic Generations.
Looking down on others just for their religion makes you exactly as bad as a racist.
I say the above line as an atheist.
There are 721 Pokemon.
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+1 on rap and country, most of the good stuff's not mainstream or is underground, or is from the past.
+1 on BB, TBBT, and SP...I think SP was funny in the early stages, when what it was doing was new and groundbreaking.
-1 on the line about religion; racism is far worse than being anti-religion especially since most religious prescribe racism as part of their doctrine.
Not bothered about the rest.
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That is just blatantly not true. Plenty of religions have terrible things to say about nonbelievers, but I can't think of any where discrimination based on race is encouraged in whatever they use as a holy text. You're combining two groups that you don't like because you can think of some number of cases where religious people are also racist, while ignoring the fact that when you take such a broad category as "religious," almost any other group of people will have religious members. Might as well go on to say that most religious people are women, since more of the population is female. Or that most criminals are religious. Or hell, say that most racists are religious. At least those statements would be true, albeit misleading.
But to claim that it's part of most religious doctrines? That sounds exactly like the kind of garbage that racists use to defend their beliefs. Even if you can dig up some quotes that sound bad out of context (the context being thousands of years ago), everyone knows that most of the people you're talking about have never actually bothered to read that whole book. And everyone also knows that it's not the book that's important, it's the message that the book is trying to teach.
But no, you can think of a few crappy blac- er, religious people and so you've decided to discriminate against all of them because of it. Oh, you probably have a few friends who are bla- er, religious and you think they're great. But they're obviously the exception that proves the rule.
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...K...where to begin? Christians and the Crusades, Muslims and Jihad, EVERYONE versus Jews...all made it acceptable to kill each other based on religion and race.
Have you studied history, or the basis for warfare and cultural biases?
Christians enslaving Africans because it was the "work of god", and their duty to raise them to their level (which is hopelessly ironic)same is true of just about any indigenous culture. At least pagans were honest; they just wanted slave labor.
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Pretty nice list of religious wars you have there. You know what's not there? Race wars. The crusades were about taking back the holy land. Jihad was used to spread Islam by force. The Jews... well, Hitler was a complete nutcase and his motives weren't religious in nature, so let's just leave him out. Aside from that, though, nobody's actively tried to wipe them all out, just take away their religion or their land.
And really, that's what the history of warfare is all about. It has never been "our religion says we need to wipe out this race specifically." It's always been "we need to wipe out this other religion," or "we need this land, let's run them out." I feel like you're forming your argument from the position that there's no difference between "of Jewish descent" and "follower of Judaism," or no difference between "Arab" and "Muslim," but that's clearly incorrect. Yeah, it often happens that people in one place share both a religion and a race, but that doesn't mean that declaring war on that place or that religion is racially motivated.
As for your work of god stuff, no. You're wrong, go read a history book. The people spreading religion in Africa were never the same people trading slaves, and the Catholic Church has historically been anti-slavery, especially if the enslaved person happens to be a believer. In fact, there was a lot of worry that baptizing a slave would make him a free man under church law and a good number of US states had to pass laws saying that no, baptism is not a way out of slavery.
All this is pretty irrelevant overall, though, because now you're just dragging up old examples of specific bad things that certain blac- er, religious people did in the past and using it to justify the fact that you dislike all bla- er, religious people.
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1.I was not referring to any specific wars but rather periods of conflict in which groups of people used religious justification to carry out acts of violence, whether that be forced exile and pogroms against Jewish people(in this case ethnic Jews who also practiced Judaism), Moors and Spaniards killing each other during the Reconquista era, up to and including full-scale wars like the Crusades.
Interestingly despite your Godwin-invoking reference to Hitler I wasn't even thinking of WW2.There are countless examples throughout history of religion and race being used together to justify violence against a people. The Christians versus the indigenous population of North and South America is a rather prominent one from my country of origin's history. (Read this article on the religious [christian] origins of Manifest Destiny if you need something concrete: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/mandestiny.htm)
And lest we forget:The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his famous "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" in response to a public statement by eight prominent local church leaders (including the bishops of the Catholic, Episcopal, and Methodist churches), who had denounced him as an "extremist" and "outsider." Only after this letter was written did elements of the white catholic and protestant churches join the Civil Rights movement.
You do realize that prior to the Reformation all christians were Catholics, yes? Hence all the christians who kept slaves, serfs, etc were all justifying it based on their holy book:
JUSTIFICATION IN THE BIBLE
OLD TESTAMENT
"Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. " -- Genesis 9:25-27
"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom. If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him. If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master. But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.' If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will belong to his master forever." -- Exodus 21:2-6
"When a slave owner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished. But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner's property." -- Exodus 21:20-21.
"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." -- Leviticus 25:44-45
NEW TESTAMENT
"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives." -- Matthew 24:45-46.
"Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful to them on the ground that they are members of the church; rather they must serve them all the more, since those who benefit by their service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these duties. Whoever teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness, is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions, and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain." -- 1 Timothy 6:1-5.
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart." -- Ephesians 6:5-6.
"Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men." -- 1 Peter 2:13
"Slaves, accept the authority of your masters with all deference, not only those who are kind and gentle but also those who are harsh. For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for it, you have God's approval." -- 1 Peter 2:18-29.
All I really need to do to justify my argument is quote this though:
Genesis 9:25-27: "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japeth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave'. "
Christians traditionally believed that Canaan had settled in Africa. The dark skin of Africans became associated with this "curse of Ham." Thus slavery of Africans became religiously justifiable.
It is clear from all the New Testament material that slavery was a basic part of the social and economic environment. Many of the early Christians were slaves. In several Pauline epistles, and the First Epistle of Peter, slaves are admonished to obey their masters, as to the Lord, and not to men.[42][43][44][45][46] Masters were also told to serve their slaves in the same way. The basic principle was "you have the same Master in heaven, and with him there is no partiality."[47] Peter was aware that there were masters that were gentle and masters that were harsh; slaves in the latter situation were to make sure that their behaviour was beyond reproach, and if punished for doing right, to endure the suffering as Christ also endured it.[48] The key theological text is Paul's declaration in his letter to the Galatian churches that (NIV version) "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus",[49] suggesting that Christians take off these titles because they are now clothed in Christ.[50]
Nevertheless, early Christianity rarely criticised the actual institution of slavery. Though the Pentateuch gave protection to fugitive slaves,[65] the Roman church often condemned with anathema slaves who fled from their masters, and refused them Eucharistic communion.[66]
About to go watch Doctor Who, may come back and continue this.
Continuing...it's obviously not only xtians who justify slavery, and yes it's true that abolitionists in the United States used their own christian verses to justify their anti-slavery stance.
From Islam:
Question:
Does Islam condone slavery? Does Islamic teaching allow Muslim men to keep women as sex slaves?
Summary Answer:
Islam neither ignores nor condemns slavery. In fact, a large part of the Sharia is dedicated to the practice.
Muslims are encouraged to live in the way of Muhammad, who was a slave owner and trader. He captured slaves in battle. He had sex with his slaves. And he instructed his men to do the same. The Qur'an actually devotes more verses to making sure that Muslim men know they can keep women as sex slaves (4) than it does to telling them to pray five times a day (0).
The Qur'an:
Qur'an (33:50) - "O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers; and those (slaves) whom thy right hand possesses out of the prisoners of war whom Allah has assigned to thee" This is one of several personal-sounding verses "from Allah" narrated by Muhammad - in this case allowing himself a virtually unlimited supply of sex partners. Other Muslims are restrained to four wives, but, following the example of their prophet, may also have sex with any number of slaves, as the following verse make clear:
Qur'an (23:5-6) - "..who abstain from sex, except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess..." This verse permits the slave-owner to have sex with his slaves. See also Qur'an (70:29-30). The Quran is a small book, so if Allah used valuable space to repeat the same point four times, then sex slavery must be very important to him.
Qur'an (4:24) - "And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess." Even sex with married slaves is permissible.
Qur'an (8:69) - "But (now) enjoy what ye took in war, lawful and good" A reference to war booty, of which slaves were a part. The Muslim slave master may enjoy his "catch" because (according to verse 71) "Allah gave you mastery over them."
Qur'an (24:32) - "And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves..." Breeding slaves based on fitness.
Qur'an (2:178) - "O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the murdered; the freeman for the freeman, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female." The message of this verse, which prescribes the rules of retaliation for murder, is that all humans are not created equal. The human value of a slave is less than that of a free person (and a woman's worth is also distinguished from that of a man's).
Qur'an (16:75) - "Allah sets forth the Parable (of two men: one) a slave under the dominion of another; He has no power of any sort; and (the other) a man on whom We have bestowed goodly favours from Ourselves, and he spends thereof (freely), privately and publicly: are the two equal? (By no means;) praise be to Allah." Yet another confirmation that the slave is is not equal to the master. In this case it is plain that the slave owes his status to Allah's will. (According to 16:71, the owner should be careful about insulting Allah by bestowing Allah's gifts on slaves - those whom the god of Islam has not favored).
And notably: Another myth about Islamic slavery is that it was not race-based. In fact it was. Muhammad's father-in-law, Umar, in his role as caliph, declared that Arabs could not be taken as slaves and even had all Arab slaves freed on his deathbed. This helped propel the vast Islamic campaign to capture slaves in Africa, Europe and Asia for importing into the Middle East.
The greatest slave rebellion in human history took place in Basra, Iraq beginning in 869. A half-million African slaves staged a courageous uprising against their Arab-Islamic masters that lasted fifteen years before being brutally suppressed. See Zanj Rebellion
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Wait, did you just call Godwin's law? Because I didn't compare anything to Hitler. You may want to look up what Godwin's law is before you start calling it.
As for the rest of your post, would you do me a favor and delete all your quotes that don't mention race? Because the concept of slavery has absolutely nothing to do with what you were trying to argue ("most religious prescribe racism as part of their doctrine") and I'm not going to bother to slog through all the irrelevant crap that you copy and pasted from World Future Fund and Religion of Peace if you can't be bothered to dig through it enough to find the relevant bits.
I do like how your last quote there undermines your whole argument too. It straight up defines slaves as "those whom the god of Islam has not favored" with no mention of race at all
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I'm confused about Tomb Raider 2013 being offensive to women...
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Thus why I consider my opinion unpopular. :p
I felt that by making Lara "realistic" (in quotes for a reason there too), they were insinuating females are only realistic when they're whiny airheads. Most of the banter between Lara and her shipmates made me cringe. She was behaving like the most aggravating teen girl I could fathom. Worse than that, once in game, she was so whiny I would've slapped her had she been standing next to me.
Yet the "real" gritty male characters don't have to whine and moan to be realistic. They're a-okay to look in the face of danger without flinching, but if a female does that, the devs are trying too hard to make a strong female lead to pander to some demographic. Suuure.
Lara may have been superhuman before, but so are a hell of a lot "realistic" male leads. Besides, I fail to see how taking a character who was brave, fearless, and loved by plenty of females and replacing her with that new "Lara" is a positive in any way. I don't know a single female gamer who found old Lara offensive. If anything, it was empowering playing a character who feared nothing and could do absolutely anything, no matter the odds.
edit: I think I'm setting a new personal record with how many times I can bitch about this game in a week.
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Despite not being bothered by gore, I actually agree with that. They were clearly adding in as much gore as possible for the sake of adding gore. It added nothing to the game for me. Despite having loads of... unique... deaths in the older games, the developers never seemed to feel the need to paint everything red and show Lara writhing around a while. What would've been gruesome in those was over quickly and without innards spraying around. Got the point across to not do that again with her, but didn't try to make you vomit just to bring in the "hurr durr M games make me a grown-up" crowd.
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Hmm, I always thought that, for the specific reason that the main character isn't a "badass gritty cool killer", the game was much more enjoyable as I could feel the need for survival, instead of the usual "I got guns so no worries".
I don't consider games where the main character is gritty and fearless as realistic, because in most of these situations, a "normal" person wouldn't act as a badass person, and would rather concentrate on surviving... Just as, in my opinion, the developers of TR2013 truly captured.
On the other hand, you don't enjoy playing realistic games, so that's totally understandable. ^^
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That last sentence is a very good point. I liked how the ridiculous the old ones were. I fully admit they were ridiculous too and won't ever try to deny that (the original TR has a guy firing 2 Uzis while riding a skateboard in an underground skate park in a mine leading to an Atlantean pyramid... what? lol). But at the same time, that was the Lara I looked up to as a kid. Not because I wanted to go shooting everything, but because she was brave and fearless, and I wanted to be just like that, accomplishing anything I set my mind to.
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Ah, yes, I see your point.
I personally never have played any other TR games before, only watched gameplays. I was warned that TR2013 was VERY unrelated to the previous ones as well. After playing it, well, it has become one of my favorite games.
I also kinda agree about Lara being a bit too whiny for a supposedly "true survivor". I felt that she should have been more surviving and less panicking/freaking out.
The next Tomb Raider game to be released seems a bit more "gritty survivor", though. Maybe that will bring back the earlier installment's feel of fearlessness. ;)
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Tombs are optional... in Tomb Raider. :(
And the puzzles from the old games are non-existent.
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Yeah the tombs were super disappointing, still enjoyed the graphics & gameplay though. I hope to finish it once I get my new graphics card (old one stopped being able to play it for some reason).
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It was a nice looking game. I'll give it that as a rare positive remark. I didn't like it being so stealthy though, nor did I like being forced into using bow & arrows so much (dual pistols are too iconic for me). :/ But I don't like bow & arrow gameplay in anything really (also an unpopular opinion, I think? lol). I did like the climbing axe mechanic; it kinda reminded me of having to slam the action button during a jump to grab a ledge in the old games.
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that's why i don't feel like playing the new one xD meanwhile i couldnt resist to revisit tomb raider 1 recently, meanwhile tb1 we kill arround 6 humans during playthrough, the latest tomb raider kills arround 600~
Hopefully Rise of Tomb Raider will return to origins but i dont think so :(
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i love the old Lara, Tomb Raider 3 was one of my first HARD games, probably the first using such an awesome 3D world, an Lara being able to go almost fucking everywhere was great.
also Duals, duals are always badass... and you are even more badass if you can shoot duals while jumping like freaking ninja.
The new lara is more "human" and that is meh... specially when the devs used scripted events to make here "feel" things... like the first time you get out of the cave, you have to cross trough a log... well, lara is scared as fuck (as probably every one will be) which i fine, because she is also injured, so you cross it, all scared... now you are supposed to keep moving, but if you decide to go back, just for the sake of it, and cross the log again, guess what? YOU ARE A FUCKING FEARLESS ATHLETE ACROBAT NOW! fuck immersion, right in the face... i almost stoped playing for that (yes, maybe i'm overreacting, bt that really rustled my jimmies)
final, the old Lara can kick nathan drake's ass every time...
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Oh that was definitely me. I dunno why I complain about it so much. :p
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Exclusives aren't worth 400 bucks (or whatever the price is I don't even know).
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Well, I was more referring to PS3 (you can get it for $200) I agree $400 is ridiculous for not being so versatile like PC, but $200 (even cheaper if you got it used) for a bunch of good exclusives, (my favorites: Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Kingdom Hearts, Sly Cooper, Motorstorm, Jak and Daxter, InFamous, Ratchet and Clank, Skate etc.) I think that is a decent deal.
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You forgot that you need to buy the console AND the games, right?
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Yes but you don't do the same for pc, do you? The games I named, you could get for around $100 used and at most $200 if in newer condition. I got UNcharted 1, 2, and 3 for $10 and the rest of the games you could get for around that, or less.
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"Steam curators and new store layout sucks hard."
Not sure if that's unpopular honestly. My feed is filled with, "New Steam is terrible, isn't it?" Then again, I don't visit the Steam forums, so maybe the rest of the users like it. shrugs
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Consoles may be useless to you, but people have preferences...
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Mind telling why, though?
Consoles are expensive, the games are expensive. The FPS is locked at 30. Basically, the only reason I'd want a console would be for the exclusives.
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Exclusives are a primary reason, but think people have many different situations, such as friends on Consoles, prefer laid back gaming and such, luckily these new consoles can produce 60 fps more now and such but of course if you play on the PC platform and then you play for graphics and exceptional smooth gameplay but do remember that Consoles have a fixed cost with fixed specs, but PC can be expensive in regards to upgrade, but I personally like to game all platforms and my reasons would be exclusives and friends, mainly exclusives.
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Lel who cares what everybody thinks, you don't even know what they think ("probably thinks") you just assume. That's not something to worry about.
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Never drank or smoked, and I never want to do it.
I don't care what people think, I am who I am and that's it. :P
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I'm the same, except I did get very slightly buzzed once (in my own home, kinda out of curiosity). I hated how it felt however, put the drink down, and never did it again.
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I do like particular drinks. I do like wheat beer. I do love fedderwasser. I do love mead(plain, spiced, melomel, etc.)
My consumption of alcohol is still far below average.
I'm not telling you should drunk yourselves unconscious and womit rainbows of joy of being drunk, but maybe you are a "insert random beverage" person and you will never know it. It will not change your state of mind, you will not be a different guy, you will not see the world in true colors... which doesn't mean you can't enjoy sip of your favourite "insert random beverage" once a while.
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I like socially drinking, BUT never more than I should.
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Saying "I think cannabis isn't a drug" is like saying "I think water isn't a liquid" --
-- Cannabis is per definition a drug. There is nothing to have opinions about.
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Scientifically yes it's a drug, however I meant "drug" in it's derogatory meaning. Caffeine, or heck even sugar is a drug too.
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agree, agree, agree... BUT!
My opinion: either make pot legal - or make tobacco illegal! And honestly - I am for the latter! Even though here in US people mostly smoke in designated areas only (mostly, not always) - I hate going past that "area" and breath those fumes. And I just have no way of avoiding one of those on my way to/from work. >.<
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I agree, fuck cigarettes, way too many people smoke here and they start at a very young age, all because they probably aren't mentally strong enough to not smoke in the presence of their smoking friends.
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you're right they should all be banned. Unfortunately I'm a smoker too but I take extra care not to disturb others as I know it's annoying. (always standing further away in bus stops etc, never throwing cigarette butts on the floor, not smoking in the presence of children at all, using mints and deodorant to avoid smelling all 'smokey') that's probably all that I can do to make the situation better haha.
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I don't vote in elections
I like to read about conspiracy theories just to make fun of it
I hate when the game is constantly telling me I should use controller instead of mouse&keyboard
I think marijuana should be fully legalized and yet I hate all these potheads with their "Peace" ending of every sentence and other stuff
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I know a lot of people who like Hawaii pizza and I like it too.
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OP: "I think some costume girly movies are kinda cool (BBC Pride and Prejudice, Atonement etc)" YES, BBC miniseries are amazing. Netflix has a lot to offer, recommend North and South, Bleak House (modern one with Gillian Anderson), The Way We Live Now, and Great Expectations.
"I think art (classical music, poetry, literature altogether, theater, painting) is dead and humanity just lost one of the most important part of its heritage" On the contrary, there are some very exciting things happening in the worlds of poetry and literature, though I can't speak on theatre and the rest with any sort of authority.
"I thought LOTR was a bit boring. " The book or the films? Or both?
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LOTR movies, I'd never bother reading the books, not a fantasy-literature person.
About the art thing, believe me I could argue for days about it but I won't start now :D
Good to see that I'm not the only one who likes costume dramas! haha
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You don't read fantasy literature...fair enough, though I am curious as to what you do read:).
I maintain that as far as literature goes there are lot of good ideas and interesting developments going on, particularly in "weird fiction" and other more oeuvre genres. It's not always to my taste but I respect that people are pushing the format in new and different ways.
I don't really keep up with modern and post-modern art; I used to hang out with lots of artsy types and they'd always roll their eyes at me when I said how much I love the Renaissance painters but couldn't be bothered to care about the latest would-be Jackson Pollock or Andy Warhol.
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haha you seem like an interesting person
Although human experiments, eww also USA is great, well they have their moments. As a vegetarian myself I'd never force anybody to be a veggy, usually people come to me and harass me "why are you vegetarian?" "how can you not eat meat?" "you're pretentious" etc, it's fkin annoying. I've been a vegetarian for so long I even forgot about it, but people remind me all the time.
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Oh yeah, when I was vegetarian (and it was worse when I was vegan) I'd get so much negativity from people outside of those in my circle of friends and others who lived the lifestyle. I worked in a food co-op/vegan cafe so it was really easy for me to eat amazing vegan and vegetarian dishes and cook for myself and my partner. Getting called pretentious happened a lot, which always amused me since I never preached about it nor made much mention of it unless directly asked. Hohum, people's own insecurities coming to the surface.
I started eating meat again because I was striving for a more balanced diet and, tbh, after 7 years I just really missed the taste. I regret neither going vegetarian and vegan nor eating meat again.
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"Why not experiments on, say, murderers and rapists?"
I like that idea. :p
And while I most certainly don't condone torturing animals, I like eating meat and wearing leather and fur, and think people need to just leave me/others like me the hell alone about it; after all, I don't pick on them for having different eating habits and such (not using leather really doesn't make sense to me though - if I'm going to eat the cow anyway, why waste the hide by throwing it away?).
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'Hating people for their religion, political views, the way they look (including being fat and such) or dress is just as bad as being racist...'
http://i.imgur.com/FdNdCz1.png.
So... sometimes it too can be justified?
Or maybe it's high time we concede that hatred and violence are never justified; and that people hating each other are simply misguided and incited into their hatred by someone willing to profit from their infighting?
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As Marquise de Merteuil put it, 'The role I was condemned to gave me the perfect opportunity to listen and observe. Not to what people told me, which naturally was of no interest, but to whatever it was they were trying to hide. I learned how to look cheerful while under the table I stuck a fork into the back of my hand.'
I mean, here I am, implying that hatred comes from lack of understanding in the broadest sense, and that nations/races/religions/cultures/diets never beget bad people on their own; and now you're saying that it's okay to hate as long as you keep your mouth shut and smile. Sometimes a person is only obnoxious because someone presumed they'd be obnoxious and subconsciously spit in their face when respectfully saying 'Hello'. There's a limited supply of respect inside of you, and you can only force so much; especially when by reinforcing your hatred over and over again by recalling the events and people that caused it and reflecting on them you're condemning yourself to confirmation bias, effectively blocking out every single instance or person who could defuse that hatred. If you don't agree with the idea of 'objectively justified racism/nationalism/whatever' (and that would be wise), then you no longer live in a 'us versus them' world - which means that every single person is a blank slate, with the same chances of being good or bad as any other person before or after them, regardless of their race or lifestyle choice; and if you don't think they are, you're one of the reasons that might be the case. And if it's objectively not the case, I'd suggest looking for objective reasons first and foremost before jumping at 'there's something wrong with the place they grew up in'.
Also, I think you're conflating criticising people and insulting them. I'm referring to this passage: 'For some reason it is not okay to insult people because of things they didn't choose (like skin colour), but it is okay to insult them because of their life choices (like political views).' I think your heart is in the right place and you actually meant to say that it's never okay to insult people, but there actually are objectively and demonstrably bad life choices (killing your kids because you don't believe in vaccination?) - and people who keep making those despite all the evidence presented by others might actually deserve the criticism directed at them.
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So by the mere virtue of inadvertently/reluctantly coming into contact with you some people go from being 99% bad to just 50% bad or lower (depending on your views on human nature in general)? Damn, you could make a fortune in the rehabilitation business. :þ
To be clear, I genuinely hope that's how it works and that you really do throw your presumptions out of the window the moment you actually come into contact with a real person. That you really stop being cautious when you're talking to them, and stop fearing that your initial impression might be false and that they might be as bad at baking pies as the 99% before them. Because sticking forks into the back of your hand doesn't work when you're making a subconscious decision; so it would only take just one unfortunate coincidence for your suspicion to manifest itself in giving someone else (of a less suspicious nationality) an advantage over that person that could result in a tragedy; or it would take just one trigger for something like Ferguson to happen.
I'm sorry for rambling so much. It just bugs me when I see smiles fade away from the faces of fine Scottish shopkeeping ladies just because the chap behind me happened to greet them with a faint Eastern European accent.
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"Hating people for their religion" vs "Atheism is the religion of 21 century. And it's the worst religion after Islam" vs "but they should stop forcing their beliefs on others"
Hate is as blind as presumptions about stuff you know nothing about. Yeah, yeah, I know. You are well informed and stuff and you sure know why Islam is a shitty religion. Judging people and stuff is what leads to sexism, racism, hate, etc. It all has the "one is better than the other" mentality.
"Social networks are terrible."
Indeed. And most of the time, they are not really social. Basically only networks. Of profiles. Of people. Who are mostly not social. ^^
"Marijuana shouldn't be banned."
Since people are responsible and show that they can handle alcohol in a responsible way, it should freely be handed out to whoever needs some weed.
"But USA is great (don't mean their government though)"
Most countries are. Most governments aren't.
"As a person who drinks and smokes a lot - alcohol and cigarettes suck."
Can't agree more!
"What vegetarians and vegans do is nice, but they should stop forcing their beliefs on others and lashing out at people who eat meat, wear fur, etc."
As a vegan myself, I was accused of forcing my beliefs on others more than I could count. And it always happens like this: "You don't eat meat? O.O" - some funny jokes about vegetarians - "But, protein, bla, bla. Humans need meat. I do not eat meat much." - First defense - "And always from trustworthy sources." - First lie - Then comes me, giving some facts about first world diseases, meds in meat, meat in religions and after that, I get called "militant or hawkish".
"Experiments on animals should be stopped though. Why not experiments on, say, murderers and rapists?"
Moralty comes in. I can't even explain you in short words why this thinking is dangerous. It has to do with limits and liberty and stuff.
"I don't really like modern feminists, but I think they make a lot of valid points. Women and men are still not equals."
And vice versa. Afro nationalities and white folks are not equal. Disabled and non-disabled are not equal. Homosexuals and heterosexuals? Feminism is extremism. If fighting for equality, why not for everybody? Since equality can only be established if everybody is treated equally. Otherwise, there is only equality in genders. Picking out one to fight for seems to be oppositional to establishing equality.
My unpopular opinion. :)
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"So experimenting on creatures that are smaller and weaker than humans, who can't defend themselves and are treated like shit because they are not oh-so-valuable human individuals is OK in terms of morality[...]"
Sorry, I did not explain myself well there! :) I agree on your statement, that experiments on animals have to stop! They have to! STOP! Most of them are ineffective and not giving valuable information that can be transferred to humans. Even if they did, I for myself actually do not want to use any cosmetic that is so packed with chemicals, that it needs to be tested. Water, olive oil, ph neutral soap, etc never hurt me. Most people also do look best when not wearing cosmetics. Being happy, enjoying life makes people look awesome. Smiling makes people look awesome. And yet, has never had to be tested on animals upfront. So, we both agree on that point. :)
There is just another thing, that people forget when they say "we should use murderers or rapists" instead. First thing is, there are always innocent people. America, for example (not because its enemy no.1, simply for example reasons) has a great history of putting innocent people to death or locking them away for a long time. When I was in Tombstone-Arizona, I saw an old grave from western times that stated:
"He was right,
we were wrong.
We hung him up
and now hes gone."
A great statement, afterwards. So, what if WE decide that some murderer has to face experiments for the rest of his miserable life and after 10 years we find out, he was always innocent? What does this make us? Aren't we criminals then? There are always people who are falsly punished which is simply called ... yeah ... a mistake. But we decided that. So its our responsibilty.
Also, lets forget that there are innocent people for a moment. There is a murderer who confessed his crimes, who is to choose which fate he shall face? He murdered, so he has blood and violence on his hands. When we torture him for his crimes, don't we have blood and violence on our hands? Wouldn't it be better to break the chain of violence before it reaches us? And why murderers and rapist? I know, because those are the highest crimes one can commit. But, thats subjective. For example, I never faced a murderer or rapist (or did not realize it), so they do not really bother me. But there are constantly people who park there cars in front of my door, even if its prohibited. It is prohibited, since in an emergency case, there is not enough space for a fire truck or ambulance. But they do it, because it only takes 3 minutes till they got their cigarettes or newspapers from the shop. And since everybody only needs 3 minutes, there is constantly a parked car. Now, lets say I have a heart attack but manage to call an ambulance but they do not reach me in time, because the street is blocked by ignorant assholes (not murderers or rapist) and I die because of their ignorance. Shouldn't they have to face torture, too? Where do we draw the line? People who do not pick up their dogs poop should at least face 2 days of experiments.
Sorry for the long text, I just wanted to point out, that if we can take away ones right, we can take away everyones rights. Since we just have to justify it. Thats what I meant with morals, it has also to do with equality. Everyone has rights. And thats good. Locking away people prevents them to harm us for the while they are locked away, but torturing them would only be vengeance, payback, vendetta. :)
Again, sorry for the long text. Thought it might be useful to make myself clear.
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Issue with modern day feminists is that they are NOT fighting for equal rights, they are fighting for their gender superiority. Im for equal rights, but not for the current day feminist movement which is akin to the extremist side of any religion.
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I genuinely liked Van Sant's Gerry.
Being kind to people doesn't work... but we do it anyway because we think it could help us transcend our animal cruelty and make us into übermensch or something.
We need fewer games and a higher entry barrier for game developers.
People with different tastes in music shouldn't date each other.
Linear games are often much better than games with freedom thanks to the more focussed narrative of the former.
Playing a co-op game is better than snogging.
There should be a game written in blank verse.
Feminism has no place in first-world countries and none of its allegedly valid points has any weight until male circumcision is banned.
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I think that piracy is an entirely victimless crime
I think that most AAA games are terribly boring and generic
I think that arguments for better female characters in games is stupid because most game characters in general are horribly written
I think that voting is pointless because power corrupts indefinitely
I think that there are a lot more good animes than western shows which tend to be painfully generic (and 90% are cop shows)
Final Fantasy 8 is the 3rd worst game I've ever played 1 being Anubis II and 2 being Action 52
SAO, DBZ, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, AoT, Soul Eater, Fairy Tail, Code Geass, and just about every other shonen are complete shit
Mobas aren't fun in the slightest, and MMOs are all grindy and boring
Dark souls isn't hard it's just clunky as all hell
Persona 3 is a good bit better than Persona 4
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I think in your first statement you meant digital (games/video/music) piracy? Then I agree.
But don't get me started on modern sea pirates, especially Somalia...
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I think people should not get involved in Peoples creations in regards to creating female characters in how they want it rather than what the creator wants, I dislike limiting Creativity.
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+1 on that, I'd rather see people pushing for actual diversity in games, rather than gender equality of gun toting space mercenaries.
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Most of our presidents in America have been worse then Hitler.
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Than*. Get it right!
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-I think $60 is too much for a game and games should be AT MOST $50 or $40.
-I liked Mirror's Edge a lot.
-I am fine with gays, but I don't like that they call their union "marriage". A new term should have been made because marriage is the union of a man and a woman.
-America's education system is crap.
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I think pricing a video game should be measured on the content the game produces.
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"I thought LOTR was a bit boring......I like Gone Home, Dear Esther (one of my favorites) and basically all walking simulators."
And you didn't love the LOTR trilogy?!? It's basically a (non-playable) walking simulator/simulation as well. ;)
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"In my opinion bundles hurt the gaming industry, they hurt it bad."
How is that? Bundles and sale have brought a lot of profits to developers, affordable games to many people, and with humble bundle has brought a lot of money to charity too.
If it were really hurting the industry no one would do or promote bundles, and it would be visible negative results.
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I dislike Beyonce - she is horrible and disgustingly overrated.
I think Halo 2 is one of the most overrated games around.
I don't really find Jessica Nigri attractive.
Sports are overrated.
Although most pop music is mediocre at best, I think B*Witched is a very good pop group.
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I loved E.Y.E: Divine Cybermacy
For me, anime or any other kind of animation is better than any show with real people
I love the otters but i hate when someone start to talk about otters with me
... Sometimes i think that shemales/androgynous are pretty cute
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Let's express a few unpopular opinions to make some people cringe! (gaming and non-gaming related, well mostly gaming) I updated the list because I have nothing better to do in the gloomy Aberdeen at 22:05 in the evening.
I hate dubstep, actually I listened to dubstep before it was cool. It was just a random underground UK electronic music genre, not particularly well-liked back then. Real dubstep I think what became of dubstep sucks.
I don't like blonde girls, dunno it's just not my thing.
I didn't like Half Life 2 and the Mass Effect games. They were a bit cheesy and uninteresting for me.
I actually enjoyed (and still enjoy) Post Apocaliptic Mayhem
I think Anita Sarskeesian has some valid points, and although her show has it's flaws it's still a welcome initiative.
In my opinion bundles hurt the gaming industry, they hurt it bad.
I actually pay full price for the (few) games I like.
I actually like EA games, they contributed hugely to the gaming industry and even if they mess up sometimes they still reserve recognition for that (same for Uplay)
I like that Bethesda games sometimes come out stupidly dumb, and feature less (FO3, FONV, TES games) because they give the implementation of features to the modders, and they make the game much much better anyway.
I think MOBAs and MMORPGs are dumb, and for me gaming is still not a social activity. (like reading a book isn't social either)
I like the community of L4D2, never had a problem with them. (even strangers)
I think under 18 we shouldn't sell coffee and energy drinks.
I like Gone Home, Dear Esther (one of my favorites) and basically all walking simulators.
I have no problem with gay people and lesbians whatever, but for some reasons I just can't get to like transvestites.
I think people shouldn't eat meat at all
I think cannabis isn't a drug (there I said it)
I think alcohol is the worst mainstream drug one can have. (Still, I couldn't say no to a nice old-fashioned George Dickel)
I think Hamas and Palestine should stop bombing Israel (whooaah dude but Israel is the REAL terrorist, fuck jews (khm I mean zionists!) -- probably the most unpopular opinion ever
I think communism is a pretty cool concept
I hate anime and I don't understand why people like it.
I think some costume girly movies are kinda cool (BBC Pride and Prejudice, Atonement etc)
I hated 47 Ronin so bad that I stopped watching movies for two months after seeing it.
I think Buddhism has one of the best philosophies I've seen in a religion (with Sufism (a sect of Islam) a close second)
I think art (classical music, poetry, literature altogether, theater, painting) is dead and humanity just lost one of the most important part of its heritage
I don't like Friends, Big Bang Theory or How I Met Your Mother, I think Community and Arrested Development are the best series ever.
I haven't seen any of the Star Wars movies and I don't think I will ever watch them.
I thought LOTR was a bit boring.
Anyway let's hear some unpopular opinions guys! Knock yourselves out :)
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