Unpopular Opinions 2.0

[ThatGamingAirman]

I wouldn’t even hesitate.

Good to know your morality

 

[Deleted User]

I really think it should be ok to ban someone just for being a White Nationalist or a Neo-Nazi.

When you take someone down, based on their ideas, even if said ideas are harmful, you dont get them to change, you get them to hide, which makes getting them to change harder.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

When you take someone down, based on their ideas, even if said ideas are harmful, you dont get them to change, you get them to hide, which makes getting them to change harder.

Yeah, it's kind of like the idea behind repression in Freud's psychoanalytic theory; if you repress what are, essentially, base desires as represented by the Id, and don't use the Ego to balance things out in a healthy way between it and the Superego, then you have someone who will, when they can't let their base ideas out, they will try more subtle ways to win others to their ideology in this scenario.

But that's Freud's view on psychotherapy.

 

[The Catboy]

When you take someone down, based on their ideas, even if said ideas are harmful, you dont get them to change, you get them to hide, which makes getting them to change harder.

I am gonna be honest with you, I am all for trying to help and change people but most of them the ones who join this site just end up trying to either trying to gather support or just harass members. I don’t really think most members are really that up for trying to change actual dangerous people and it’s a detriment on the community to expect us to do that. So maybe I could make it clearer, White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis trying to actively spread their beliefs on the community should be dealt with through warnings, suspensions, and banning. Maybe the staff already does this, I know they have taken reports in the past pretty seriously. But, I personally won’t hesitate banning them.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

I am gonna be honest with you, I am all for trying to help and change people but most of them the ones who join this site just end up trying to either trying to gather support or just harass members. I don’t really think most members are really that up for trying to change actual dangerous people and it’s a detriment on the community to expect us to do that. So maybe I could make it clearer, White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis trying to actively spread their beliefs on the community should be dealt with through warnings, suspensions, and banning. Maybe the staff already does this, I know they have taken reports in the past pretty seriously. But, I personally won’t hesitate banning them.

And I'll repeat: if you want to defeat the trolls (because IMO, a lot of people looked at videos and memes like "Ben Shapiro DESTROYS UGLY FEMINIST ABORTION SUPPORTER WITH FACTS AND LOGIC" and other things like that interview Jordan Peterson conducted by Cathy "so what you're saying is" Newman and saw all the people who get triggered and saw it as gold to discover), you're going to have to avoid biting the bait. A fisher isn't going to keep going to a lake when he isn't getting any game, food, or whatever else fishers get fish for, and bullies aren't going to gang up on someone who's unfazed by their harassment unless if it's a part of a malevolent scheme they plan to ramp up if their initial provocations bear no fruit.

The thing is, the trolls are pushing you to ban them and others. They're testing to see if you're the bigger man/woman/*insert whatever else here*. If they see you balk and shut everything down, or get some other kind of negative reaction that makes one look weak, they win. The only way to win is to just not feed them.

Otherwise, that leads to a situation where the OG unpopular opinions thread gets locked down.

 

[ThatGamingAirman]

I am gonna be honest with you, I am all for trying to help and change people but most of them the ones who join this site just end up trying to either trying to gather support or just harass members. I don’t really think most members are really that up for trying to change actual dangerous people and it’s a detriment on the community to expect us to do that. So maybe I could make it clearer, White Nationalists and Neo-Nazis trying to actively spread their beliefs on the community should be dealt with through warnings, suspensions, and banning. Maybe the staff already does this, I know they have taken reports in the past pretty seriously. But, I personally won’t hesitate banning them.

I most certainly agree but that defeats the purpose of political and opinionated threads because they also have the right too spread their beliefs it’s no different than people spreading their political beliefs

 

[The Catboy]

I most certainly agree but that defeats the purpose of political and opinionated threads because they also have the right too spread their beliefs it’s no different than people spreading their political beliefs

Unpopular opinion, I am not a fan of the political section. I understand why it’s there and the such, but not a fan. That being said, I am going to be honest, I kind of said what I needed to say and really don’t see any reason to change my opinion. For obvious reasons (being that I am trans,) I have issues with those kinds of people on the forums. Every time they join, they always end up harassing trans members and it’s really annoying to deal with.

 

[Stealphie]

Cheating in online games is fun, especially for games where you never get banned for it.

It ruins others's fun.

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Unpopular opinion, I am not a fan of the political section. I understand why it’s there and the such, but not a fan. That being said, I am going to be honest, I kind of said what I needed to say and really don’t see any reason to change my opinion. For obvious reasons (being that I am trans,) I have issues with those kinds of people on the forums. Every time they join, they always end up harassing trans members and it’s really annoying to deal with.

Not really unpopular. Most people that don't use it hate it. But yeah i agree that section is bad.

 

[ThatGamingAirman]

Unpopular opinion, I am not a fan of the political section. I understand why it’s there and the such, but not a fan. That being said, I am going to be honest, I kind of said what I needed to say and really don’t see any reason to change my opinion. For obvious reasons (being that I am trans,) I have issues with those kinds of people on the forums. Every time they join, they always end up harassing trans members and it’s really annoying to deal with.

I totally understand how you feel

 

[Deleted User]

any community seeking to thrive needs some degree of elitism and gatekeeping, sure, too much is bad, but i see it as body fat, it isnt healthy to have too much, but neither is having none

 

[Deleted member 512337]

Game Streaming is okay if its something like xCloud

(Probably unpopular around this circle of the web) Despite its glaring flaws, the Switch is the best Nintendo console, and I think more will agree once the thing goes 6 feet under.

I dislike when games "replace" other games. Even when they are "new" entries, they just kinda feel like the same shit. Fighting and sports game are the worst offenders.

A lot of "good" NES games are bad.

Mario 64 is shitty from the 30~ stars I bothered to get.

Odyssey is the best Mario Platformer.

Steve is the best Ultimate addition.

 

[Benja81]

alright, i will start
-4:3 is the best aspect ratio for general purpose handheld devices (such as phones), videogames, animation and movies, widescreen is better for productivity
-Eastern European art>>>Western European art
-The Beatles are just ok
-Most screens nowadays are too big, my sweet spots are 40" for tvs, 20" for monitors, 15" for laptops and 4" for phones
-Consoles should be standardized, having three different incompatible standards with one company behind each is not good for consumers, a single standard with many manufacturers is
-Both Android and iOS are shit

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semiofftopic, but i'd love to see smash's concept in fps form, just something like, ID Software Vs Valve would be absolute chaos, and probably a ton of fun

Gritting my teeth on the rest, yada yada, entitled to your opinion.
The logic of just one company for game systems doesn't add up though. That would just end up with $2,000 gaming systems due to no competition, aka monopoly.

 

[the_randomizer]

Unpopular opinion, if people can't agree to disagree on politics, serious topics, etc without being civil and still willing to be friends, they weren't really friends to begin with and you're better off without those people in your life. I don't care what peoples' views are, what they believe in or what political stances they have, if they're going to shit on you for having different opinions or don't agree with certain views, cut out those people in your life. They're clearly not willing to accept people for what they think or believe, so yeah, it's my opinion that either people be civil and learn to disagree and be friends, or cut out that negativity in your life. That's my humble, and controversial opinion.


On a lighter note, cloud gaming as a concept is a cop out and lazy lack of effort to port a game over to a console. Until ISP bandwidth caps are ruled illegal by the FCC, I'd rather pirate a game than turn to cloud gaming.

 

[Deleted User]

Gritting my teeth on the rest, yada yada, entitled to your opinion.
The logic of just one company for game systems doesn't add up though. That would just end up with $2,000 gaming systems due to no competition, aka monopoly.

i didnt say there should be only one company, i said there should be one standard

the current system has essentialy 3 competing standards (consoles) with one company behind each, all incompatible between each other

the system i propose has one standard, with a lot more manufacturers behind it (all making a different system, but within specifications of the standard), all compatible with each other

this has a lot of benefits
-developers only having to do one version of a given game
-more competition, as any company wanting to make a games system is now free of the worries noone will develop for their system, since it will have the same library all other systems have since day one
-cheaper prices for less developed countries, as a local company an make it, thus, lowering taxes since you wont pay import fees
-easier for consumers, no need to take exclusives into account when buying a new system, just buy what fits your budget or your aesthetic preferences
-more variation, as more companies are behind the standard, it's expected you get more choices on how you want your system to look
-more frequent updates, newer, smaller and more power efficient systems would release more often, instead of the current "wait a few years for the slim, then a few more for the more powerful one, then a few more for the next gen" instead, a next gen would be a newer, more up to date revision of the standard (kinda like msx 2, or, in the case of home video, the jump from dvd to bluray)

 

[Benja81]

i didnt say there should be only one company, i said there should be one standard

the current system has essentialy 3 competing standards (consoles) with one company behind each, all incompatible between each other

the system i propose has one standard, with a lot more manufacturers behind it (all making a different system, but within specifications of the standard), all compatible with each other

this has a lot of benefits
-developers only having to do one version of a given game
-more competition, as any company wanting to make a games system is now free of the worries noone will develop for their system, since it will have the same library all other systems have since day one
-cheaper prices for less developed countries, as a local company an make it, thus, lowering taxes since you wont pay import fees
-easier for consumers, no need to take exclusives into account when buying a new system, just buy what fits your budget or your aesthetic preferences
-more variation, as more companies are behind the standard, it's expected you get more choices on how you want your system to look
-more frequent updates, newer, smaller and more power efficient systems would release more often, instead of the current "wait a few years for the slim, then a few more for the more powerful one, then a few more for the next gen" instead, a next gen would be a newer, more up to date revision of the standard (kinda like msx 2, or, in the case of home video, the jump from dvd to bluray)

Ok that makes a lot more sense, it would possibly be better for all involved, assuming the companies could all agree on a format.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

"New normal" is an oxymoron.

 

[Benja81]

"New normal" is an oxymoron.

Thus the temptation for "funny" people to say it all the time.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

lets pray this shit doesn't get edgy again, anyway...

spacehamster is better than caddicarus

 

[Benja81]

The term "white people" is prejudice. No I don't think everyone who says the term "white people" is racist of course, but I'm sensitive to the topic being that I'm a "white person" in America, where its used the most I think. The reason its prejudice is because of the end result of it. It causes the descendants of peoples from many, many different countries and cultures and lumps them all in together, which has the inevitable effect, on maybe the less enlightened ones (unfortunately the majority), to think all "white people" are the same, or even similar. After all we don't refer to all who are neither "white" nor "black" as "brown people." I'm pretty sure that would be super racist.

 

[Viri]

The term "white people" is prejudice

Eh, I call my black friends "black" and they call me "white", none of us give a fuck.