Unpopular Opinions

[Kenbo Slice]

Cannibal Corpse's last two albums are their best, and they got more musically interesting since Chris Barnes' departure

Agreed hard, also I think touring with some younger bands influenced them on these last two albums quite a bit.

 

[Rastrelly]

In which department this useless brick of a character is better, may I ask?

Well they said she was the better Avatar, not the better character, and she is. Aang ended a war, Korra ended a non-bender uprising that aimed to remove bending form the world, saved the world from 10,000 years of darkness at the hand of Vaatu, defeated a group of anarchistic terrorists who had assassinated a world leader, and ended the dictatorial regime of an Earth Kingdom Hitler. Add that to bringing back the spirits and air bending, and she can pretty much run circles around Aang's accomplishments.

Well, basically, Aang solved the problem with bending-removal during uprising =) (one of reasons I hate LoK - too many Deus Ex machinas; Korra 2/3 of the time being in state of angry angst and 1/3 of the time getting her ass kicked to make more reasons for angry angst, and some sort of tiny bit of percent is some odd shite happens to make Korra and/or crew out alive).

 

[Johnny Impact]

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

Hum, interesting, there was a guy in my public speaking class who had his persuasive speech be telling us about why a smartwatch is useful and convenient. Actually made me consider buying one, though I had no money for it at the time and by the time I did I'd forgotten about it.

Funny story. My friends and I were sitting at PAX playing some board game. My brother-in-law checked his smart watch and discovered it had performed a search for "anal fisting" because it had misheard something one of us had said. It had also, naturally, added that request to its database of his personal tastes. Because who wouldn't want to wear a watch that tailored their user experience to include more anal fisting?

 

[Shadow flame master]

The Call of Duty series is pretty good, it's just that Activision needs to take in different directions (why did they have to cancel that third person shooter?).

Tumblr is okay as a blogging site.

Feminism and other social justice movements are needed, but they need to expand themselves instead of holding up in California and New York.

Deadspin is the only Gawker media site that's worth a damn. I find a lot of their columns to be fun reads and interesting.

Gamers will never actually group together to boycott anything to make a company change their bad business practices.

I find all kinds of sports to be somewhat interesting even though I don't really watch them until they reach their respective playoffs/finals.

People who believe that life would be easier for them in another country are delusional.

I don't trust Kickstarter at all, and just because these "spiritual successors" are popping up more and more will not make me a believer.

When VR finally gets big I want to play a shooter. A MMO style shooter like Destiny or Gun Gale Online.

It's fun watching people get butthurt every year when a new COD title is announced.

I prefer Call of Duty to Battlefield. I've never play Counter Strike or DOOM and I have no intention to do so either.

It's 2015 and people who believe that you'll get lynched if you come to the South are idiots. You'll most likely have people give you funny looks, and if you act like a complete dumbass, especially to the wrong person, then you'll get your ass kicked like any other place.

It's getting late so I'll end it here.

 

[Rastrelly]

Well, basically, Aang solved the problem with bending-removal during uprising =) (one of reasons I hate LoK - too many Deus Ex machinas; Korra 2/3 of the time being in state of angry angst and 1/3 of the time getting her ass kicked to make more reasons for angry angst, and some sort of tiny bit of percent is some odd shite happens to make Korra and/or crew out alive).

Well turns out that once you become an immortal spirit guide with access to the experiences of lots of other immortal spirit guides, reversing some blood bending's really easy. But if you're going to complain about Deus Ex Machinas, you should probably complain about the Avatar series as a whole, considering how many times spirits would show up to give Aang the answer to his problems, or the Avatar State would should up to solve all of his problems, or a giant turtle-island would show up to teach him an ancient bending technique so he wouldn't have to compromise his morals for the sake of doing his job.

I understand what you're talking about, and I'd completely ignore them the same way I ignored them in AtLA, buuuuut Korra takes much more 'serious' approach, and, IMO, fails HARD. Strange mix of original humorous adventure with serious bits here in there and attempted serious dramatic story just did not work, and this affected character actions - er, may I say they started to act dumb? In the first season we see a fleet without any anti-aircraft defences whatsoever. Huge organisations act like there are only their chief and a couple of minions. Large airfleet can now be easily built underground and noone will notice it. In AtLA this moments were irrelevant, but ALoK takes play in fantasy 30-es - espionage, military tactics and civil protection should be developed fast at that point, because cars, planes (or blimps, whatever), radios and AMBITIONS. Stuff we saw in the show makes us believe that no uprisings, fighting or political struggle happened in-between AtLA and Korra. In 70 years. Seriously? What I mean is - tone shift breaks immersion and makes some character traits which maybe would work in 'old' setting now turn into lead weights drowning all possible immersion, and Korra is the top of the iceberg, being mostly incompetent, passive when she should act and active when she shouldn't.

Captcha: no time to explain XD

 

[jhoroz]

I think Morrowind is dull, ugly and virtually unplayable without mods. I am continuously baffled as to why people think it's the best game in the series.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

Dragon Age 2 was better than Origins. I think that's probably enough.

I agree. Even with Alistair (Who is easily my favorite character in Origins, and by far the best part of that game for me), I felt that Dragon Age 2 had more interesting and likable companions, and vastly better character models, even with the Elves having pretty blatant Anime Eyes.

I also feel that, despite what seems to be the generally negative opinion on it here, I thought Dragon Age: Inquisition improved on both, for the most part. The world felt more alive, the dialogue and banter managed to get even wittier, and I had a ton of fun, even with the slew of sidequests.

I prefer Bioshock 2 to the original. I connected more to the story and the perspective of Subject Delta as a father trying to save his daughter, and as an extension save all of the Little Sisters. The streamlined gameplay helped.

Likewise, I consider the original Mass Effect to be a slog, much like Dragon Age: Origins, and similarly the only high point of that game is the companions. Otherwise, Mass Effect 2, and even Mass Effect 3 are generally an improvement. The actual shooting aspects are more fun, the abilities are not only more useful but a ton of fun, and the companions seem to have a wider range. At least, if they aren't named Jacob Taylor.

Can't think of much more than that at the moment.

 

[Twintix]

Huh. I do have some unpopular opinions, but one in particular I'll probably get lynched for, so I'll keep quiet on that one.

- I believe that a good chunk of the SJW blogs on Tumblr are created by trolls who want to further give other people a bad name. Which is pointless, because the vocal serious ones are doing a good job of that themselves. And really, doing things just to spite some random person on the Internet that you'll probably never meet in real life is ridiculously petty.

- Most feminists aren't these evil raging she-demons who want to destroy everything that the straight white man holds dear. Internet feminists shouldn't represent a whole group: It's too big, and honestly, every group has their fair share of nutjobs. The bigger the group is, the more nutjobs there are and the more we can see them.

- If people sometimes identify as boys and sometimes identify as girls, let them. I think that gender identity is an extremely complicated topic, and I don't get the "special snowflake" talk that gets thrown around. Yes, perhaps some are doing it for attention, but who are you to judge? Maybe some people do identify as both or neither.

- Maybe not an unpopular opinion around here, but anyway: If I read a manga and find a girl viciously beating up a boy being played for laughs, I'll immediately stop reading in disgust. This is a problem that manga in general has - This infuriating double standard that a woman doing horrible things to a man is somehow a concept so alien and unreal that it can be played for comedy. Look, guys, a woman beating and raping a man might not be as common as the other way around, but that doesn't mean that it never happens. And who knows, it might be more common than we think, but the victims don't dare speak up because they're afraid that they'll be mocked and laughed at. Because of shit like this.

- Overall, I'm growing tired of the "If you're not with us, you're against us!" attitude that some people have. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean I agree with the side that supposedly opposes you.

- I can't get into Game Of Thrones. The first book bored me to tears, and the TV show does not interest me. I don't see how this series got so popular.

Uh, that's some of them. I might have more, but that's it for now.

 

[djdomain]

Feminism has become plagued with pseudo-academics who whine about trivial first-world non-problems with false statistics and unsubstantiated anecdotal claims (gender pay gap, rape culture, etc) in order to profit from charitable donations and achieve undeserved celebrity status, when real injustices occur against women in much of the third-world that they brush off as not as important as their causes or use as a signal boost for their own ideals.

Whenever I see claims like this I have to wonder about how much exposure the individual has had to feminists IRL, as opposed to internet feminists. See, I always wonder this because, with a bit of research, you could find numerous examples of people doing exactly the kind of the things you complain aren't happening. Here's a good example from close to home, my wife is a feminist, as am I, but she obtained her degree in public health from Tulane University and is pursing a doctorate in biological anthropology, a local chapter of feminist social advocates raised money for her to take a trip to Saudi Arabia and give lectures in various classrooms (both middle and high school) on the health risks of genital mutilation (which she actually devoted a large portion of her thesis to), because it is a depressingly ubiquitous practice in some parts of the country. Sure, it's not the kind of thing that makes newspapers, but it helps. Real injustices occur everywhere, slavery is alive and well in America and most western countries, it's just become focused in the illegal sex trade and disproportionally effects women and children. You can likewise choose to believe rape culture doesn't exist, that's your prerogative, but I've experienced it first hand, the mistake so many people make when condemning the term is failing to understand it's full definition. It takes into account the culture that allows men and women in prison and the military to have ridiculously high rates of sexual assault, and absolutely no support structure to report their attacker and heal afterwards. Maybe you'll think I'm another SJW or whatever, but I've spent a good part of my life trying to make a positive change in the lives of others, so has my wife, so have the other feminists I know.

Call it the over-representation of the obnoxious minority then, but the feminists I described do exist, and they are the most represented by the media. In my opinion feminism is an ideology like religion, and as an example Christianity is all about believing in the alleged divinity of Jesus Christ, but it is split into several sects depending on how they have interpreted their holy texts (Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Jehovahs Witness, Westboro Batshits, etc). Likewise there are feminists who have different positions regarding sexuality, the patriarchy, gender differences and relations, and so on, splitting into different sects. What myself and most other people hate would what could be called radical feminism (or feminazi if don't feel like taking the high ground), completely discriminatory, authoritarian, intellectually dishonest, stubborn, and excluding anyone who doesn't completely agree (such as claiming that Christina H Sommers is not really a feminist but an anti-feminist). I have no problem with feminism that is based on egalitarian views, but I wish that these decent people would kick the parasitic radicals out of the limelight and stop funding them.

As to whether I think you're a SJW, I would ask if you personally believe that lying about a person or event is acceptable for promoting your personal ideals or because you believe the accused is enough of a scumbag that they're probably guilty of something. If not, then no I don't consider you a SJW.

 

[jamail77]

A lot of these don't seem so much unpopular as unpopular among small subsets of people a lot of you individually disagree with. I'd argue a lot of what you guys are posting is actually quite popular. As for me:

KOTOR may be good, but not so good that it's aged well. Actually, it was a bit overrated even for its time. The combat gameplay is especially dull, typical RPG "let the game do most of the fighting for me after I stack a succession of moves from a menu". Of course, I'm sure my real time one-to-one combat bias is showing here. Notable in that its based on D&D rules and is round based, it is competent enough to hold the game together just barely, but mostly because I've always been good at going through the motions. Story is good, just not all people make it out to be.

Turkey bacon is just as good as bacon bacon. If you think bacon bacon is better it's probably because the latter has been, well, lathered in extra oil, fat, whatever rather than any intrinsic taste superiority. Turkey bacon is supposed to be the healthier alternative, so it tends to go more un-lathered in that stuff. Take that away and it's just as good. [HEADING=3]Deal with it.[/HEADING]

I find it very likely that there is no such thing as a "math person" or a "science person" and we don't give as much credit to nurture, even self-nurture for the more assertive or latchkey kids, for our demonstrated aptitude in later life as we should[footnote]Especially when quite a few countries that lead in those fields seem to have widespread cultural beliefs about the relation between hard work, solid life foundations, and good education and one's ability in those fields.[/footnote]. It's gotten to the point I question how many people are misdiagnosed with learning or social disorders because of seriously improper upbringing that professionals don't know about.

Looks down at long list of replies. I may have had too much fun with this.

Batman Begins is better than The Dark Knight.

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

You two. I like you two. Out of the 3 Nolans it was definitely the most close to the Batman I know. What people love about that trilogy isn't what Batman is to me. What Batman is to me is actually much better than what we got which, to be fair, wasn't bad despite that.

Sushi is just awful.

Call of Duty is a good franchise, just merely plagued by a bad publisher.

Hmmm.

Steve Jobs was an asshole and a figurehead.

You can't deny that he was a good manager.
I compare him to modern day Edison. Not sure who would be modern Tesla though :/

Elon Musk?

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.

Microsoft isn't evil or incompetent, and Bill Gates is a nicer, more generous person then you or I will ever be.

No arguments here and I say that as an on-again, off-again diehard fan. Having seen some truly terrible stories though I think saying Star Wars is terrible is stretching it. It works well enough and it has this special atmosphere to it that keeps it serviceable despite its clear signs of age and derivative nature. What the franchise really needs is to go meta on itself. It still has a lot of potential there if you ask me. People like to cite KOTOR in this regard, but those games barely scratched the surface and, frankly, aren't as good as people like to remember them as if you ask me.

I don't know about anyone else, but, to me, plenty of people seem to think of Bill Gates as quite the stand up guy irrespective of their opinions on Microsoft (especially now that he's more detached from the company). I hear a lot about his charity efforts. Seems like a popular opinion to me. Heck, I remember when I was younger and my Dad asked my brother and I who we thought was the most generous person in the world. My brother immediately answered with Bill Gates and my Dad heartily agreed.

-Las Vegas is an uncomfortable hellhole in every conceivable way, with no redeeming qualities.
-Rich people are not ungenerous and selfish; the middle class is is the most entitled and hypocritical of the bunch.
[meh]
-Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is the only good one.

-I went to Las Vegas for the first time last year. I hope there is never a good reason for me to go back. I saw a sign that said "We have smoke free corridors" and I couldn't help thinking "Could you just get a smoke free building?"
-I'm curious on this one. Why does that fit the middle class best?
-There's a good one?

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.

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.

Nope. Aelinsaar's analogy works in this case. Like he said, we're saving them from us. A lot of what we know about pandas suggest that it is because of our encroachment on their habitat we put them in the predicament they are in the first place. Don't you find it suspicious that the diet their biology is suited for contrasts so greatly with what they are naturally consuming? And, they have to eat such a ridiculous amount of it too just to function because it's not what they're meant to eat for crying out loud.

Plenty of animals have adapted poorly in response to humans' expansive development over the years including humans themselves. Yet, I guarantee you not a single one of those species, as a whole, would have adapted anywhere nearly as poorly to the upcoming natural environmental shifts that came at the same time as we did if the former is all they had to deal with. With humanity's maladaptation to our own advancement you might as well argue we keep sitting in front of oncoming steamrollers.

Pandas do seem to have a stronger natural inclination towards laziness and indifference than most species, but some of that is definitely because of us. Their natural inclinations alone do not place them as a species poorly suited to survival. We pushed them to depend on us when we limited their options and strengthened their inclinations in a way nature wasn't going to short of an, I don't know, near extinction event.

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.

Impossible how? We have plenty of resources for the entire world to subsist on even with the absurd human population we've got. The only thing keeping that from getting to the people who need it and have earned it is a broken societal system.

By any chance is it dreadful because you imagine the most remotely possible utopian society to be one that is forced upon people and restricts freedom?

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.

While we do have too many humans about we do have the resources to accommodate them. Look at things as simple as worldwide food waste, un-lived in/empty homes, unused/misused/untapped manpower and compare them to the number of people without adequate food, shelter, or workforce. It's not like we didn't have these same problems when there were only 7 or so million people versus the 7 or so billion people we have now.

the most irritating and harmful fanatics are the "fundamentalist" atheists, not the theists.

[snip-a]

On that note, human beings are completely and utterly above all other life on Earth. Extending animal rights is a courtesy and a kindness, but the rights of animals end as soon as our convenience begins. Mankind's destiny is to rule this planet and expand out to colonize and control all others as well, so suspending our drive forward due to petty concerns is pointless. Pretending that animals are somehow equal to us when this is clearly not the case only saps us of our will to act decisively to achieve that destiny, and should be actively discourage whenever possible.

A global government power that is superior in authority to all other nations and can direct the entirety of the human race is not only inevitable but necessary.

[dee-doo-dah]

Psychological therapy is a pseudoscience.

[snip-a]

Developing advanced, eventually sentient AI or pursuing some kind of transhumanism is an incredibly stupid idea that can only end badly.

[dee-day]

We need a more conformist society. Telling people that they are special is not only dishonest but immoral, especially when they are children.

Sorry, about the line separations in advance if they look bad or are hard to navigate around. You had a lot of points I wanted to respond to, thought it might get messy, wanted to see how this formatting would come out.


Just wondering, what makes "fundamentalist" atheists worse exactly than their theist counterparts? Both seem just as bad to me.
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You know, there's no denying we can do such a higher number of things that other animals can't than there are number of species. How does that make us superior though? Just look at how we've written ourselves into a corner. Those abilities come at a cost.

We now live in a society that makes it so easy to separate us from what were once instincts that it takes tireless scientific research to confirm that "Yes, elephants can mourn their dead like we do".

I agree with you on prioritizing human life, but our accomplishments are not evidence of our superiority. As far as the current age of life on Earth is concerned we're just 5 minutes in to an experiment on whether a technological civilization as far along as ours can survive another 5 minutes. I think our crises easily balance out what we're capable of. Few species have the kind of potential to simultaneously thrive on the scale we can and kill themselves off so easily while leaving relatively long lasting monuments. The stability other species have is their advantage over us. Does that make us equal? No. Does that make us as superior as you suggest? No, I don't think that either.
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All that makes up psychological theory? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoGqb3LyST0#t=08]
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Now, Terminator. There's some pseudoscience
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Eh, without a better foundation in early childhood I don't think we rule out that every person has something to bring the table. There will always be someone better at what you do, but if you don't have the foundation to build upon your interests you can't rule out that you are indeed special among most people. This DOESN'T have to be built upon a non-competitive, participation award, whatever this phenomenon I've never witnessed is called by people mentality and it doesn't necessarily disprove the concept of limited aptitude or similarities in capability either.

I hate mayonnaise

Evil incarnate it is.

- Korra is the worst protagonist I've seen in a long time.

I can think of plenty of aspects of Korra that don't work, but you can't honestly be arguing she is the worst protagonist you've seen in a while. There is so much worse out there that I can only assume you've managed to avoid it all, which is so impressive it deserves the highest honors. I don't even have to go back a week to think of worse.

PC is not the ''ultimate platform'', there are no ultimate platform, because every platform has great games. Just play everything. If you only game on your PC, you're missing out on a lot of good stuff.

I was with you till you suggested multiple platform gaming for the sake of other good games. The fact that platforms have to sell themselves largely on exclusivity is pathetic. Don't hold games hostage for those of us who can't get every platform under the sun I say. Take away exclusivity and it makes abundantly clear these are all interchangable gaming machines with nothing really to set them apart that the other machine couldn't do just as well (assuming close enough specs).

Life is not sacred. First, it's quite clear life is merely a chemical accident. Second, I hate the hypocrisy of the life-is-sacred argument.

Clear how? The funny thing about the science of life is it is just as effectively used in support of the sanctity of life as it against it. As for hypocrisy, there are many ways people re-conciliate seeming contradictions...except for the ones you are cited...yeah, no way around those...except maybe the cold medicine one.

 

[Eddie the head]

The most unpopular opinion I can think of is these "Unpopular Opinions" threads are inherently uninteresting. And seemingly exist mostly to get a rise out of people, or to jack off peoples egos in some way. Whatever I only care enough to let you know how little I care.

 

[LetalisK]

-The Lego Movie was downright horrible. My wife and I would have gotten up and left in the middle of it if it weren't for the Batman scenes and the ending part is pretty cool. But it's not enough to salvage all the eye-rollingly unfunny and telegraphed jokes(ie wait, you're telling me this annoyingly perky cutesy kitty unicorn actually has anger issues? Nobody could have seen that coming...) I regret not leaving in the middle of it.

-Morrowind was a good game with interesting ideas when it came out and that's about it. It ages as well as milk does.

-Same goes for the original Deus Ex.

-Mass Effect 1 is a great game buried under a bunch of fluffy nonsense. Mass Effect 2 improved on it in almost every way except for the ending credits.

-I liked Man of Steel and am fine with what he did to Zod.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

A One World Government is eventually going to be necessary.

Given the production of the planet, we could already have a post scarcity economy and society if we wanted, and don't do so for selfish reasons.

Hard core Atheists fall into the same ideological traps as Fundamentalist religious folks, but tend to be more annoying online.

The WiiU is the only console worth owning. The PS4 and Xbox1 don't bring anything new to the table and have largely forgotten they're consoles.

Man of Steel was a better movie than the Christopher Reeves Superman films. This doesn't mean MoS was good.

Metacritic performs a useful function and is ultimately a good thing.

EDIT:
There hasn't been any good Anime released in the States in the last decade.[footnote]There might be a couple. If there are, I haven't seen them[/footnote]

 

[Casual Shinji]

I don't have unpopular opinions.

My opinions are shared by all.

I am the norm.

Suck it.

 

[Itsuki93]

- I prefer FF XIII over FF VII (FF Tactics is my favorite)

- I didn't like TLoU

- Skyrim is the weakest TES game (including ESO)

- I prefer the Star Wars prequels to the originals

- EA are a better company than Nintendo

 

[mrgerry123]

People who believe that life would be easier for them in another country are delusional.

Sorry, what? Living in the UK is much easier than living in ISIS controlled territory, living in fear of extremists. You have a benefits system, healthcare, police etc. Plenty of people would have an easier life if they lived somewhere else (and of course vice versa)

My one is that rape isn't that bad compared to torture, being murdered, imprisonment (in extreme circumstances), mutilation etc. A very unpopular opinion and I understand that it may vary on a case by case basis, my stance is on average it is not as bad as those listed above.

 

[13e thr33]

I don't have unpopular opinions.

My opinions are shared by all.

I am the norm.

Suck it.

That seems like an unpopular opinion to me.

 

[sagitel]

here goes nothing:

-i HATE starwars. everything in the universe from movies to games to the EU i hate. they are really really bad, the force is a very stupid idea and anybody who uses it is stupid. the movies were abominations that should burn in hell

-i dont think LoL community is that bad. *audience gasps* maybe its because of the server i play in or its because i dont play ranked. but the amount of trolls and flamers in my games are so low it doesnt even register. most games people are silent except for the pings

-i think skyrim was the best one in the series. yes the questlines suck and the cities are a little too empty. but aside that the game is just better than oblivion and morrowind.

-i hate witcher. dont think this one is unpopular. the combat stopped me from liking the games.

-i think kenway was the best AC protagonist ever. but thats not saying much

- i support torture. some people shouldnt be given a clean death. they shouldnt be shot and done with. they should leave a life of agony and despair

-i think the darksiders art was actually good. and i liked the comically big sword and pauldron and the overdesign in many aspects of that game.