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Post by Pounce de León on Aug 21, 2019 12:02:20 GMT
Thanos is an overhyped villain Really? I mean, who?
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Post by Sifr on Aug 22, 2019 0:39:54 GMT
Fast and the furious is one of the dumbest and most juvenile movie franchises in existence. Is that an unpopular opinion though? I always figured people enjoy them as a "so bad it's good" type of flick.
The first movie was the only one I'd consider somewhat decent (aside from being a blatant rip-off of Point Break), but the trashy sequels ultimately ruined it by association.
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Post by Lavochkin on Aug 22, 2019 1:43:44 GMT
The sequels are pretty much just dumb entertainment, with Vin Diesel being more indestructible than superman. Him being able to "win" a fight against the Rock in one of them was LOL.
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Post by Lavochkin on Aug 22, 2019 3:22:21 GMT
I've only seen one of the movies and laughed myself to tears in the movie theater Some of the biggest laugh to tears i've had in the cinema were from the sex scenes in the "Cranked" movies and from a few deaths in the more recent "Final Destination" ones. Speaking of sex scenes, some other real funny ones I've seen (tho not in the cinema) were the ones from "The Room". Three hilarious sex scenes within the first 30 mins of a flick is a sure sign of a winner.
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Post by Vortex13 on Aug 26, 2019 20:21:01 GMT
Using science fiction/fantasy species as an allegory for obvious real world social/political issues is skirting my tolerance levels enough as it is but when writers, who are supposedly all for inclusivity and tolerance, turn around and use other science fiction/fantasy species as the butt of a joke or make sweeping (often negative) generalizations about said races it comes across as rather hypocritical. Not only does it take me out of my suspension of disbelief for the given setting, but it makes me question the writer's sincerity when it comes to those previously mentioned allegories.
This is further pushed into the realm of ridiculousness when writers make some vague (or even blatant) declaration that said races are inferior to humans, or human-like qualities. Obviously, fictional species ≠ real world cultural groups but if the writing behind a given work is intent on making the setting believable enough so as to inject allegories into it, then it should logically apply that same level of 'conviction' to the rest of the created universe.
A perfect example of what I'm talking about is evident in Mass Effect, the original trilogy:
1) The treatment of the Krogan versus the Rachni. On one hand the narrative wants us to cheer on the Krogan when they push for removal of the Genophage, it wants us to side with them in fighting against systematic racism and oppression forced upon them by the Council. Game three is especially blatant with it's emotional manipulation in trying to get players to side with the Krogan demand of a cure. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, the writers want to give the setting an allegory of an oppressed people, not dissimilar to groups of people in the real world (up to and including forced population controls). The break down of this writer soapbox occurs (to me at least) when the same considerations aren't given to the Rachni, who are presented in not an identical light but in a situation quite near to were the Krogan are depicted.
Both are distrusted by the rest of the galaxy, both had their populations curtailed to the point of species extinction/decline, and both are given NPCs to speak to the player to ask for consideration of a second chance. The difference is that while the player can choose to spare the queen the game doesn't go out of it's way to congratulate the player on what a good choice their making with all the emotional payoff like it does with the Krogan. Indeed it even goes in the other direction as certain major NPCs are incredulous to the player's choice to spare the Rachni; Joker even makes offhanded comments about how he wouldn't mind "nuking the hive from orbit" or going on about how creepy the scary space bugs are, but no such derision is offered when the player chooses to side with the Krogan; at least not in anyway where said NPC is not also a racist caricature (a la the Salarian Dalatrass).
2) The discrepancy between the Hanar and the Asari. Two separate species, both initially coming across as aloof to the player and humanity in general, yet only the Asari are given the depth to flush them out as complex individuals with dynamic personalities and goals while the Hanar are reduced to "Big Stupid Jellyfish" and Blasto memes. That in and of itself is only a minor qualm with the writing, and if that was the only discrepancy I wouldn't mention it, but this preferential treatment is taken to eleven in game three.
Here the narrative will have the players' avatar jump down Joker's throat for even vaguely throwing shade at the Asari after the fall of their home planet regardless of Renegade/Paragon stance, while on the other hand it will actually let players say that the loss of the Hanar home world (and all the Drell living there as well) to the Reapers is something "They brought upon themselves" in the form of a Renegade dialog option while even the Paragon players will casually shrug at the staggering loss of life without even batting an eye. With the later Citadel DLC this is only compounded with constant jabs at the Hanar in terms of player interaction with the Blasto caricature while the Asari remain free of such generalization.
Obviously in both listed examples one of the two species in question is humanoid and the other is not, but this casual disregard of another sentient species within the realm of this science fiction universe comes across rather disingenuous of the writers. If they want me to take their analogies and depictions seriously then what applies to one set should apply to all. What kind of message are they sending when they say that one should stand up and fight for the rights of other oppressed peoples… except those groups? That we should be accepting and understanding towards all, except when we generalize and make fun of an entire group of people based on appearance and/or general perspectives of the world?
Again, I get that races like the Rachni and Hanar are science fiction creations, but if the writers are going to be selective in how their analogs for real world issues are supposed to be viewed when it comes to a given setting then why should I take those so-called "comparisons to the real world" at all seriously when those same writers turn right around in the next scene and do the exact opposite of what they are soapboxing for to another group of fictional beings?
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Post by ScumbagShepurd on Aug 28, 2019 3:33:38 GMT
human babies are ugly as fuck. Annoying, too. animal babies are way cuter but still annoying.
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Post by boxofscreaming on Aug 31, 2019 21:33:19 GMT
Mullets are cool.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Aug 31, 2019 21:45:51 GMT
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Post by seven on Sept 1, 2019 8:15:09 GMT
People who go to bed and sleep with socks on are next level messed up.
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Post by Sifr on Sept 1, 2019 8:15:39 GMT
MacGyver had a mullet.
MacGyver is cool.
By the transitive property, Mullets must therefore be cool, QED.
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 1, 2019 8:51:27 GMT
People who go to bed and sleep with socks on are next level messed up. I feel the opposite.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 1, 2019 8:52:44 GMT
People who go to bed and sleep with socks on are next level messed up. I couldn't go to bed and sleep with socks on even if my life depended on it. So uncomfortable and wrong.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 1, 2019 9:25:04 GMT
People who go to bed and sleep with socks on are next level messed up. I feel the opposite. You are not people.
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Post by Son of Dorn on Sept 1, 2019 10:19:19 GMT
People who go to bed and sleep with socks on are next level messed up. Socks on or off, I'm too tired to notice when I go to bed.
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Post by Lavochkin on Sept 1, 2019 16:05:46 GMT
Yeah, you lowly humans are beneath me.
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Post by Beerfish on Sept 1, 2019 16:23:38 GMT
I sleep with socks on ....and sandals on the socks
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 1, 2019 20:49:42 GMT
Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell are wrong.
Their hypothesis is that a small government that doesn't involve itself with the "free" market, will make things better. One of the reasons, they argue, is that the market will favor the producer that provides the best quality, lowest price and best deliveries. Sounds self evident. Until you realize that is not at all the game that the big multinational corporations play. Instead, they play 'strategies', often resembling pseudo-religions held by CEOs and board. One of the many things they do, is they always buy from the supplier that pays its workers the lowest wages. Doesn't matter how much they have to pay, or how low the quality is, or how long they have to wait for it.
That's why I'm not in favor of a 'lean' government. I want a powerful government that enforces a level playing field, for business and individuals. With a 'lean' government, we will be living in a Tyranny ruled by the likes of Google.
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Post by Beerfish on Sept 1, 2019 21:03:44 GMT
Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell are wrong. Their hypothesis is that a small government that doesn't involve itself with the "free" market, will make things better. One of the reasons, they argue, is that the market will favor the producer that provides the best quality, lowest price and best deliveries. Sounds self evident. Until you realize that is not at all the game that the big multinational corporations play. Instead, they play 'strategies', often resembling pseudo-religions held by CEOs and board. One of the many things they do, is they always buy from the supplier that pays its workers the lowest wages. Doesn't matter how much they have to pay, or how low the quality is, or how long they have to wait for it. That's why I'm not in favor of a 'lean' government. I want a powerful government that enforces a level playing field, for business and individuals. With a 'lean' government, we will be living in a Tyranny ruled by the likes of Google. The biggest cheats of political systems or ideologies are those that espouse that system. The time for small government is past because we have allowed companies to become so massive and gigantic. Many Economists are still talking and basing all of their theory on the 19th century scenario of the industrial revolution.
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Post by ScumbagShepurd on Sept 4, 2019 12:28:02 GMT
Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell are wrong. Their hypothesis is that a small government that doesn't involve itself with the "free" market, will make things better. One of the reasons, they argue, is that the market will favor the producer that provides the best quality, lowest price and best deliveries. Sounds self evident. Until you realize that is not at all the game that the big multinational corporations play. Instead, they play 'strategies', often resembling pseudo-religions held by CEOs and board. One of the many things they do, is they always buy from the supplier that pays its workers the lowest wages. Doesn't matter how much they have to pay, or how low the quality is, or how long they have to wait for it. That's why I'm not in favor of a 'lean' government. I want a powerful government that enforces a level playing field, for business and individuals. With a 'lean' government, we will be living in a Tyranny ruled by the likes of Google. that is some incomprehensible pile of weak arguments and conspiracy theories (preudo-religions? WTF?). we never, ever lived under tyranny of corporations. We, however, lived multiple times under tyranny of big governments. So yeah, the negative bias towards big governments is way more justified than the bias against corporations. Friedman is somewhat wrong not because of what you said, but because institutional economists like Ronald Coase proved: - that free market, if left completely alone, tends to favour the growth of monopolies that eventually kill free market
- that some industries and businesses are better off to be ruled (at least to some extent) by government. Like most of roads, for example.
- that some side effects of business activity (like the impact on ecology etc.) cannot be effectively resolved by free market alone, it needs a third-party actor like government.
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Post by B. Hieronymus Da on Sept 4, 2019 19:30:03 GMT
Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell are wrong. Their hypothesis is that a small government that doesn't involve itself with the "free" market, will make things better. One of the reasons, they argue, is that the market will favor the producer that provides the best quality, lowest price and best deliveries. Sounds self evident. Until you realize that is not at all the game that the big multinational corporations play. Instead, they play 'strategies', often resembling pseudo-religions held by CEOs and board. One of the many things they do, is they always buy from the supplier that pays its workers the lowest wages. Doesn't matter how much they have to pay, or how low the quality is, or how long they have to wait for it. That's why I'm not in favor of a 'lean' government. I want a powerful government that enforces a level playing field, for business and individuals. With a 'lean' government, we will be living in a Tyranny ruled by the likes of Google. that is some incomprehensible pile of weak arguments and conspiracy theories (preudo-religions? WTF?). we never, ever lived under tyranny of corporations. We, however, lived multiple times under tyranny of big governments. So yeah, the negative bias towards big governments is way more justified than the bias against corporations. Friedman is somewhat wrong not because of what you said, but because institutional economists like Ronald Coase proved: - that free market, if left completely alone, tends to favour the growth of monopolies that eventually kill free market
- that some industries and businesses are better off to be ruled (at least to some extent) by government. Like most of roads, for example.
- that some side effects of business activity (like the impact on ecology etc.) cannot be effectively resolved by free market alone, it needs a third-party actor like government.
The things you are talking about are well known by most people. And while they can also serve as basis for an argument for strong government, that wasn't what I had in mind. The thing I mentioned is directly linked to Friedman and not well known. That the best performing actor isn't favored, because very big corporations can (and do) create their own environments. The strategies may have different goals, including maximizing personal bonuses and short term dividends, but often aim to affect the corporation's competitiveness, market position and profitability in the long term. The reason I said the beliefs underlying these strategies " resembles" pseudo-religions, is that while there is often a strong consensus, they seem to lack substance. With absence of positive feedback, silent doubts make the beliefs change over time, just like fashion. As for tyranny of corporations, "tyranny" is maybe slightly hyperbolic, but what about "not yet"? I hear that Google is determined to decide next election. There are worrying trends that have nothing to do with doing immediate business. Like Chase Manhattan and PayPal un-personing people, and social media corps doing the same. Or ask some third world populations about United Fruit, Monsanto, Shell etc. I consider myself solidly Right-wing. The things I value are freedoms and markets. I believe in investing in (but not supporting, there is a difference) and defending people and common heritage. I can easily see that the society itself need to take care of this. Which means the Government, the Flag, the idea of a sovereign nation governed by its own laws. There is no Freedom if someone else can take you as a slave. There is no Market if someone else can just take your stuff. And what good is freedom and market if someone can poison your land and water? I like laws. Sensible laws. There are two 'tribal' right-wing ideas I don't support: 1- That Global Warming is a fraud. 2- That a lean government is a good idea.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Sept 5, 2019 15:06:03 GMT
Weird unpopular opinion: I do think that our lives have a meaning, in fact a very defined specific one.
I think life is the way to combat chaos and randomness, more intelligent life forms create more complex order than simpler ones. I think human life is the final step of billions of years of evolution to create the ultimate lifeform with the highest potential in order. That is Artificial Intelligence.
I think in a way we are tools, and we are the last set of tools to finish the work, it took humans to get it done, to make the jump from carbon based biological lifeforms formed by billion of years of natural selection evolution to precise design.
Even if its hard to predict what will happen to humanity after letting a fully self learning matrix loose, I think it has the absolute highest priority to create one.
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Post by HYR on Sept 7, 2019 2:53:52 GMT
Relating to discussion taking place above, here's my unpopular opinion (maybe not as unpopular as people think though)...
... coming in hot...
... Free-markets do not exist under capitalism (not by any reasonable definition of what it means to be "free") -!! It will always trend towards the concentration of wealth into the hands of one or a few in any given industry, no matter how "open" or "competitive" it starts out, because unbridled concentration of your profits is not a bug but the main feature ("You're FREE to make all the money you want exploiting labor value from your workers as a businessman (which, obviously, everybody and anybody can just get up and go do) -!").
*Edit 1* To which the response will be "But you think it's free under SOCIALISM???" To which I say: well, no, not completely, but that topic warrants its own whole other conversation, and for now let's stay focused on this topic before running ahead in another direction.
*Edit 2* just realized that my sig has good synergy with this post rofl
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Post by N7Pathfinder on Sept 7, 2019 15:39:30 GMT
I think the new Lion King remake is getting a little TOO much hate. I mean, as a Lion King fanboy, I think the remake doesn't do enough to add to the original story or have any legit reason for existing, but at the same time, I didn't find it a bad movie. The effects were great aside from the lip-sync problem, some of the ideas and new lines were pretty solid, even if I wished they expanded on them. And it may just be the nostalgia, but there's something about hearing the classic music again that just put a huge smile on my face.
So, not perfect, but definitely not worth ALL that hate.
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Post by Vortex13 on Sept 9, 2019 22:00:26 GMT
All this green energy hubablu worrying about clean energy and wanting to shut down fossil fuels to save the planet.
Want clean energy? One that has negligible waste issues and can more than meet the world's energy needs currently reliant on said fossil fuels?
Nuclear Power.
But of course that's not what environmentalist groups want. They would rather use unreliable energy sources like wind and solar power; which are niche sources in the absolute best of circumstances.
Opponents to nuclear like to point at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and the Fukushima Daiichi leak in Japan but those are:
1.The result of the Communist Bloc famously cutting production corners, deliberately ignoring safety procedures and then trying to cover up the problem.
2. Inadequate training and operator error. The design of the safety systems actually was dealing with the problem but under trained personnel actually forced open vents because of mis-information.
3. Was a manageable leak, and was only an issue in the first place because both a tsunami and earthquake hit the power plant at nearly the same time. Even then it was cleaned up quickly and the danger mitigated.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Sept 10, 2019 9:20:53 GMT
^ Let's also remember that there have been over 2000 (!) nuclear detonations on this planet since Hiroshima! That number is staggering... While I don't trust nuclear plants because people DO make mistakes all the time, cut corners etc, wind energy suck too! Ask anybody who lives close to one of these huge ugly and noisy turbine how they like that... If they are built into the forest, everything around them gets butchered during construction and remains an eye sore thanks to maintenance roads. Solar? Needs a lot of space because the government doesn't give a crap anymore about putting them on roofs where they would make sense. And they can get blindingly bright. I think they are also NOT clean to produce in the first place. Ocean hydro energy? Fucks with sea creaturs, I think.
There is no good solution. Just upsides and downsides to them all.
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