Unpopular Opinions

[crimson5pheonix]

Oh, I nearly forgot, bacon is horrible. It tastes bad and it's horrible for you. I don't understand putting bacon on everything.

 

[Asclepion]

Pandas are a useless animal and should be allowed to go extinct.

What "use" is any creature, including humans? Usually, living is considered an end in itself, not least by humans.

I am not placing judgement on the value of a panda's life. What I am saying is that pandas as a species are poorly suited to survival, and are entirely dependent on human intervention to live.

 

[Azure23]

- The ending of the legend of Korra made sense and my wife and I saw it coming.

- Dyed hair is just hotter, sorry if all my adolescent crushes were anime characters.

- Game of Thrones is a bad show, I stopped watching at the start of this season because every original line and change is cringeworthy.

- I don't particularly believe in cultural relativism, I think it's a concept that is ultimately used to justify inhumane behavior.

- I enjoyed The Order 1886 (got it used and returned within a week for a full refund).

- I think cats are better than dogs, still love both, I just think that if a cat loves you, it means more.

- I didn't believe that the Gamejournopros were a shadowy cabal of SJW's dictating the future of games journalism.

- I think FF7 holds up in terms of gameplay and narrative and I find it's Lego character models charming.

- Invincible really is the best superhero comic in the universe (as it so boldly claims on every cover).

- Reality has a liberal bias.

 

[Asclepion]

I'm sorry, but that's like saying that if you wrap a rope around my neck and start to strangle me, I've evolved poorly to cope with the rigors of life without you NOT killing me.

A better analogy would be if you sat down in front of a steamroller, and every time the townsfolk moved you away from it you went back and sat in the same place.

 

[Rattja]

Well my opinion is that we value life far too much and we should stop trying to save everyone and let nature do its thing. Or at least stop having so many children because we are too many already.


In general I don't see death as such a bad thing, it's just a part of it all. It's not good, it's not bad, it just is.

I don't think suicide is a cowardly act, and I prefer to disregard the opinions of those that call it such. People with severe mental disorders, terminally ill people, people with no positive future despite having no disorder or illness, I believe, should consider suicide. Which is more expensive: a crematorial funeral, or the afflicted to continue being a burden to family and society because these people are incapable of recovering or smartening up?

In any case, I think those that commit suicide (preferably by their own choice as opposed to coerced into it) should be lauded as heroes, as they effectively step aside for more useful, productive people to step in and advance humanity.

This is close to what I feel as well. You do not choose to be born into this world, but you can choose to leave it, and you should be allowed to do so if you so desire regardless of reason. Many tend to label it as a selfish act, without realizing that keeping someone in this world against their will just because you want to is just as selfish if not even more so.
That being said, I do understand the problems around it, and exactly how it would be done is a bit tricky.

 

[Asclepion]

OK, but we're still the ones who brought he steamroller to the party. Unless you want to argue that after millions of years the panda suddenly became unsuited to its environment, and not that the environment is changing... and I'd like to hear that argument to be honest.

Don't get me wrong - if someone mowed down every dolphin in the world with a machine gun, the loss would be a terrible tragedy. Whales, Giant Tortoises, etc are all wonderful, and evolution is no justification for callous behavior towards the other beings that we share the world with.

 

[Ryallen]

- I think FF7 holds up in terms of gameplay and narrative and I find it's Lego character models charming.

I find it funny that this is considered an unpopular opinion now.

OP: Alright, time to get some shit off of my chest:

I didn't like TLoU. I found all of the characters that I met to be boring and unlikable with little to no redeeming value. Tess was a ***** who deserved to die, Sam and Henry were screaming to be killed, Joel and Ellie went through predictable arcs, and the only character I liked was Bill, and only because he turned the Infected in his town into his personal security system.

I found the ending of Mass Effect 3 to be an unintentional but nevertheless interesting statement on the overall place of mankind and freewill in the big scheme of things, in that we are not in control of everything that happens to us and that those who do not believe in victims of circumstance have never been one.

I know that the "Friendzone" exists because I had a friend in high school who was in it. How do I know he was in the Friendzone? Because not once did he ever complain about being in love with this girl and being relegated to friend status despite her knowledge of his feelings for her.

World peace in an inherently good but impossible goal to achieve based simply on the chaotic nature of humans and how likely it is that there will be that one bastard who embodies everything wrong with the world born at some point in history. Humans are too random and sporadic in nature for this to not happen.

I don't like bacon because I grew up on Winnie the Poo and I identified with Piglet the most.

In Gurren Lagann I think that Yoko was a ***** and the ending was one of the worst endings in fictional history and if anyone disagrees with me I will calmly and loudly scream why I am right at them in a voice reminiscent of The Great Kamina with well thought-out reasons (in my opinion) that I have yet to see rebuked.

I hate it when people complain about how much they hate the popular thing right now because there are always people who are like that and they always hang out around the parts of the internet where I am no matter where I hide. I don't care if you hate PewDiePie or Justin Bieber or Frozen or whatever else is popular to you. Because if you've said it, then I've already heard it too many times for one person to handle with any reasonable standard of sanity.

Time travel is impossible simply because when it was created, time was altered to the timeline that we now exist in. If time travel was ever invented, it has already been used and the only proof I need is that we exist with our current history.

I've never seen the use in philosophy because it cannot possibly aid you in any way, shape, or form. Whatever messages that you could ever find in philosophy I've already discovered through an entire childhood of television. I don't care if humans are fundamentally evil or not, I don't care what the nature of morality is, and I don't care what the purpose of life is. They are cool questions to ponder over, but if you honestly attempt to make it your living, I will simply say good luck and walk away shaking my head.

Christ, that got really weird on me. I apologize.

 

[kris40k]

This is starting to sound like a case of eugenics or genocide, but unless these people show a genuine desire to work and/or attain higher education (so they become people of higher value), they should be killed.

tl;dr: if the slackers cannot or will not serve in life, their deaths and organs can serve others.

Eugenics would be based on genetics, genocide is typically of a particular ethnic group, but yeah, I think it applies here; I can't come up with another appropriate term for the mass slaughter of a designated undesirable group.

I'm sorry, but that's like saying that if you wrap a rope around my neck and start to strangle me, I've evolved poorly to cope with the rigors of life without you NOT killing me.

A better analogy would be if you sat down in front of a steamroller, and every time the townsfolk moved you away from it you went back and sat in the same place.

OK, but we're still the ones who brought he steamroller to the party. Unless you want to argue that after millions of years the panda suddenly became unsuited to its environment, and not that the environment is changing... and I'd like to hear that argument to be honest.

@Rattja: At best, death is a mystery we all have to face... why the rush?

This dude is talking about becoming Hitler 2.0 and you guys are arguing about pandas... ya'll mothers need priorities.

 

[Muspelheim]

I believe that the death penalty is the only just punishment for crimes of exceptional cruelty, and that the headsman is still a neccessary role in human life.

To weigh it off slightly, I also believe that being anti-enviromental is not being practical; it's being short-sighted. That no matter how irritating militant enviromentalists are, it is not an excuse to deplete and poison the earth that we grow our bread in. Bread that we all need to eat.

To add to that; "robotic bees" are going to be utterly, utterly useless compared to the genuine article, and resources spent on them instead of maintaining a healthy bee stock are wasted resources.

 

[TakerFoxx]

A utopian society is not only impossible, but an inherently dreadful concept and is far worse than the chaotic, imperfect world we live in now.

 

[Zontar]

- Reality has a liberal bias.

Depends on which definition one is using for "Liberal" on this one. If it's the European one, then yes this is fairly true. If it's the New World Commonwealth one (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) less so. If it's the American one, not really.

OT: some more for me would be pretty much any Blizzard game. I just don't enjoy them.

 

[Evonisia]

Guardians of the Galaxy is the worst version of The Avengers in the MCU, and that's largely because the main character is a massive bellend.

 

[Hero of Lime]

My biggest "unpopular opinion" would be that the Pokemon gen 5 games (Black and White/Black 2/White 2) are easily the best in the series. Best story, best characters, a good region, great new features, and excellent music. The gen 5 Pokemon themselves are terribly underrated in general.

On the topic of Pokemon, X and Y are such a huge step down from previous Pokemon games. The only reason it got so much hype around it was because of 3D graphics and pandering to the "genwunner" crowd. The visuals are excellent, and many of the new features are great, but the game itself was so bland to me. I've played through it three times now, and I only enjoyed it on my first playthrough because it was felt fresh at first.

Judging by so many responses on this thread, it may not be super unpopular to say that the Star Wars prequels weren't bad. I like the original trilogy more, but not by a huge margin.

Even though I haven't played a new Call of Duty since Black Ops 2, there series overall does not deserve the hate it got at its prime, and the overall dislike it continues to get. Compared to Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty handles yearly releases much better in my opinion.

Heavily customizable characters are killing the potential to make new gaming icons. Maybe the huge icons of the past cannot be made today, but that does not mean developers should not try anyway.

I preferred school uniforms back when I went to Catholic elementary and high school. I don't really miss it now too much, but back then people thought I was crazy for liking uniforms. I guess I figured it was always nice not having to worry about looking "cool" when everyone else had to wear the same thing.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I thought Devil May Cry 2 was a good game.

Not as good as 1, 3 (my favorite), or 4, of course, but still a good game on its own merits.

 

[Ihateregistering1]

I think Batman Begins is the best of the 3 Batman movies, followed by Dark Knight and then Rises.

I think "Winter Soldier" is the best out of all the Marvel Movies that have been released, and the Winter Soldier himself (despite having a grand total of about 5 lines) is a better villain and more intimidating than Loki, Ultron, Iron Monger, and Malekith put together.

"Amazing Spider-Man", despite its flaws, was light years better than "Spider-Man 3" (actually I think most people who aren't named Moviebob have this opinion, so maybe it's not unpopular).

Some breeds of dogs should be banned from reproducing, not because they are dangerous, but because we've messed them up so badly that the breed needs to essentially be 'reset' (French and English Bulldogs, Pugs, etc.). Also Chihuahuas, but that's just because I hate them.

Not all cultures are equal (and yes I know that "equal" is arbitrary).

The only game I ever liked (and I've been gaming since I was six) that is one of Nintendo's iconic IP games is...Mario Teaches Typing.

 

[Johnny Thunder]

World hunger, amongst other problems, is the result of overpopulation, and the solution is to decrease the population - feeding them without doing something to stop population growth is just postponing the problem.

Religion is not the source of the worlds big problems (it's more of a tool for the elite to rally the masses).

I believe anyone who thinks of themselves as a category (American patriot, muslim, feminist, Xbox fanboy, et cetera) beyond reasonable levels is suffering from insecurity issues.

I don't like Naughty Dog games.

Garrus Vakarian is one of my least favourite Mass Effect characters. And I don't like FemShep's voice either.

 

[Spider RedNight]

-Fuck Handsome Jack.

He took my loot based shoot-'em up and filled it with the same type of self absorbed inanity that I hate on the internet. The Borderlands universe just became a stage for "What's Handsome Jack going to do next?!".

- On the same token, fuck people's general attitudes now.

The "If you don't agree with me, you're stupid and wrong" mindset that everyone seems to have now isn't brilliant, it isn't revolutionary, you're not a trailblazer since you're absolutely following a well-worn trail that almost 80% of the net population follows now.

People can have different opinions, and you can address them. That's great. That's discourse. But to de-evolve into insults and rage doesn't fix anything. It doesn't open minds. It creates divides and we get no where in a conversation. It takes no effort to stay as a moody 12 year old kid who only knows curses and dismissal as ways of 'communicating'. It takes stronger people to be ready to be proven wrong or find new ways of thinking.

Whoooaaaa shots fired. More Handsome Jack for me, then~

Also I find it interesting that you say "people can have different opinions" then turn around and say "to devolve into insults... doesn't fix anything" as you say "fuck this and fuck that". That just piqued my interest, is all xD

 

[PainInTheAssInternet]

Star Wars has aged poorly, and the thing that really props it up is its excellent cast. It has a terrible story, and 8 year olds can come up with more consistent, convincing, and deep lore.

I think the acting is awful on top of all that. Harrison Ford in particular.

Gamers will not partake in some kind of uprising against the poor practices of the industry. In fact, they will continue to support them while bemoaning them.
Gamers like to bemoan things above all else.

 

[13e thr33]

I think of AMD as a dying company, releasing stock overclocked versions of gpus and cpus just to barely compete.

 

[baddude1337]

I think the Halo games are subpar at best, I do like the universe of Halo, but the games themselves for the most part suck in terms of gameplay and their story. Halo 4 especially was a travesty for also redesigning the visuals of the characters/weapons/enemies etc for no reason.

I own and really like my Pebble smartwatch, despite most people seeming to think the idea of a smartwatch is pretty stupid.

I enjoy the Resident Evil movies as good popcorn flicks.

I thought The Dark Knight Rises was an absolutely awful film. Bane in particular was utter shit. His voice made him sound hilarious and he was nothing at all like Bane. On a similar note, I didn't think Batman & Robin was that bad of a film.

Walking Dead is a horrifically overhyped piece of shit. I don't get how anybody stuck with it after the truly awful season 2.

The Hobbit 3 was an utterly shitty and a mess of a movie, I didn't like a single thing about it. It was an awful conclusion to the trilogy.

Prometheus is single handedly the worst movie I have ever seen. I hear so many people say how much they like it and how deep and meaningful it is. I just don't get how. It's not a good Alien movie as it isn't faithful to it or make sense as a prequel to it, the plot is paper thin (even the set up of how they found the planet), the characters are all unlikeable idiots who make stupid decisions a child would not do, and yet these are meant to the scientists. Plot macguffins are all used to cover up it's story failing constantly. The pacing was a mess, the story was a mess.. Everything was a mess. Watching it literally makes me angry at how stupid a film it is.

On a similar note, Ridley Scott is a crap director who got lucky with the first Alien movie. Bar that, and maybe Gladiator, all his other films have been crap (yes, that includes Blade Runner, which had a stupid plot, alongside Deckard and his romance plot making no sense at all).