Unpopular Opinions 2.0

[Benja81]

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

Its not about the individual cases of people saying it, that would of course be very petty, since its a commonly used term. Again its the end result of it. Calling black people black basically means that their ancestors came from Africa. I do also understand that there are a ton of different countries and cultures in Africa, not just one. But the difference is that "Black" also has a very different connotation, because African Americans chose to turn it into a statement of power, to be proud of their "blackness" and I applaud that, because of what they have had to deal with in this country. But we all know "white power" has a very different meaning that I don't subscribe to. So its apples and oranges on that.

 

[Viri]

Its not about the individual cases of people saying it, that would of course be very petty, since its a commonly used term. Again its the end result of it. Calling black people black basically means that their ancestors came from Africa. I do also understand that there are a ton of different countries and cultures in Africa, not just one. But the difference is that "Black" also has a very different connotation, because African Americans chose to turn it into a statement of power, to be proud of their "blackness" and I applaud that, because of what they have had to deal with in this country. But we all know "white power" has a very different meaning that I don't subscribe to. So its apples and oranges on that.

Don't care, unless it's really super obvious what ethnicity someone is, they're just a black guy, white guy, Asian guy, etc to me at first.

 

[Deleted User]

Chase is probably one of the better Jojo OPs

 

[Benja81]

Don't care, unless it's really super obvious what ethnicity someone is, they're just a black guy, white guy, Asian guy, etc to me at first.

You are right there. It is part of the problem that you can't really always tell I suppose
As for the case with many African-Americans, there is no way to tell for sure other than 'Africa' because of how they were brought to America.

 

[Deleted member 512337]

Any kind of condiment except mayo tastes awful.
Cats are better than dogs
The wii is better than the gamecube.
Nintendo should make their consoles slightly more powerful.
90% of fast food resturants in america are dogshit.

 

[2shizukasensei88]

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

That's a popular opinion, smh npcs.

 

[UltraSUPRA]

That's a popular opinion, smh npcs.

*deep breaths*
*remembers the last thread*
*shuts mouth*

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

The new car smell is fucking disgusting

 

[vinstage]

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.

I don't think that's controversial. My friend supports Trump and his policies but she's able to distinguish his social front and his political policies hence why she's able to support him. She also digests a lot of conspiracy but she has her reasons for supporting him I genuinely could understand where she was coming from.
Just because I personally don't agree with Trump as a person despite being a good politician doesn't mean I'm about to leave her as a friend. I think if it was a case of her beliefs influenced her personality then you genuinely can't be their friend and if someone's political views get in the way of your friendship then that's not a friendship.
I think it works both ways about putting people's views down, I don't condemn her, I'd rather hear her out because I'm genuinely curious. So many people tell her she's wrong and she should stop supporting Trump especially as a black female but at the end of the day she's entitled to her own beliefs and views.

 

[scubersteve]

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.

this assumes you care more about the person you're banning than the community they're harming

 

[Deleted member 512337]

The switch lite is better than the regular switch

 

[Silent_Gunner]

this assumes you care more about the person you're banning than the community they're harming

The community can then tell the person why they're wrong. You know, like in an RPG when our heroes confront the final boss, and every party member tells said evil villain (who always has power said to be equal to a God, but loses to the Power of Friendship anyways) about why they're wrong? Kind of like that.

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Having a mod or whoever else in authority ban someone doesn't let the individuals in the community exercise their autonomy towards legitimate good. All it does is create an echo chamber, and do you really want another Tumblr, Twitter, REEEEEEEESetERA, GameFAQs forums, etc.?

 

[Kioku]

Oh boy. Unpopular opinions has turned into a petty banter shitfest.

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The switch lite is better than the regular switch

Until you get drift, or want to play it on the TV.

This whole ordeal of "let's release 'x' series title annually" has ruined the gaming market and oversaturated the market. I hope we have another video game crash.

 

[Deleted member 512337]

Oh boy. Unpopular opinions has turned into a petty banter shitfest.

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Until you get drift, or want to play it on the TV.

sticks are easy enough to fix but I shouldn't have to do it

 

[UltraSUPRA]

MegaMan X5 is the best MegaMan game.

 

[Deleted User]

Facts are facts, not matter how people feels about it

 

[Deleted User]

i've finally returned
Foam Earphones>Plastic Earphones>>>>>>>Rubber Earphones

 

[Drak0rex]

2+2=4
There are only 2 genders
If tomatoes are a fruit, then Ketchup is a smoothie.

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.

Maybe if trans people weren't always like "Hey everyone, look at me, I'm trans! Give me attention and treat me special" No one needs to know what you do with your gender bits, nor do they care.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

After Cyberpunk's big failure, I have to say something that, as a gamer who wants more out of these games at launch, is going to be contradictory to that wish:

I think devs should absolutely scale back on their ambition and cut content if it means putting out a higher quality product at launch or just in general.

I'm going to use the Batman Arkham games as an example; imagine that, in Batman Gotham Knights, they decide to put in Arkham City as an explorable area in addition to every room in Arkham Asylum; game comes out, and it's worse than Arkham Knight in this scenario because the devs were focusing so hard on trying to provide a bigger quantity of content as opposed to making sure what does go in there is fun, memorable, and worth going back to. Like, as opposed to Arkham City being included as an explorable area with stuff to do and everything, and Arkham Asylum being as explorable as it was in the original, tear all that out, and incorporate ideas from it into the singular Gotham city area to make the game more than just the "Arkham Knight mod where you can play as everyone other than Batman with an actual story and unique boss fights as opposed to just a player switch mod" and worth getting for diehard Batfans.

Cyberpunk had all of this hype and ambition coming up behind it, what with how much of the boundaries were being pushed by CDPR in more ways than one and how it seemed to be the Deus Ex game that we wish we got this generation as opposed to the lackluster Mankind Divided, which, while shorter and more incomplete, from what I've heard, doesn't have all of the bugs that Cyberpunk is apparently having. I know the Deus Ex MD had Human Revolution to build off of, but considering that Cyberpunk was in development for 8 years and that Deus Ex Human Revolution's development time was...late 2000's-2011?

I would have taken a singular, non-customizable character that was cool looking over the very involved and detailed character creation process that has you determining everything about your character under their clothes, if you know what I mean. The thing about character creators is that you want to be able to see the character. But if the game is primarily in first person, and is primarily a single-player experience? Then it doesn't matter as much. Do you think anyone would care about created characters in Soul Calibur if the game was in first-person?

 

[morvoran]

Unpopular opinions:

You shouldn't discriminate someone for the color of their skin.

If you are born in the US, you are an American. Not European American, African American, Indian American, etc.

It's ok to be white.

Saying, "it's ok to be white" is not a racist statement.

It's ok to be straight.

Saying, 'it's ok to be straight" is not a homophobic statement.

You shouldn't give others preferential treatment over anybody based on race, gender, sexuality, etc.

Merit should be the determining factor in hiring someone for a job.

Socialism/communism is not a better choice over democracy or a constitutional republic.

If your side cheats/steals an election, you shouldn't accept it as being fine just because you were brainwashed to thinking the other candidate is a horrible person, and you want your side to win.

Killing babies is wrong no matter how long they've been alive.