The Unpopular Opinions thread

[Crowsie]

My eyes rolled into oblivion when I saw that simp had entered the modern internet vernacular. It's been slang in my culture for decades and seeing Gen Zers, internet funnymen, and people on the 'outside' (if you catch my drift) calling it annoying 'new lingo' has always irked me. I suppose I'm used to it, since bits and pieces out outdated slang ends up in their mouths, anyway. It just annoys me when I use said slang words in an appropriate context and some under-20 from the suburbs asks me why I'm using 'those stupid internet words'

Well dear, that's because I'm...

 

[Alolan_Apples]

I have no problem criticizing fandoms and fanbases, but I suggest that people should be respectful of others’ religions. Now political groups I’m 50/50 on. You may criticize each party or political group for what they done wrong, but to be extreme with your criticism (like making “Republican” synonymous with “white supremacy”) is not okay.

What I don’t get is why would the site staff on TBT would defend fandoms and hatedoms. There literally is a hatedom that wished that everyone from Game Freak get COVID-19 for making decisions the hatedom is unhappy with. Yet we can’t create threads criticizing these fandoms and hatedoms.

 

[Corrie]

I have no problem criticizing fandoms and fanbases, but I suggest that people should be respectful of others’ religions. Now political groups I’m 50/50 on. You may criticize each party or political group for what they done wrong, but to be extreme with your criticism (like making “Republican” synonymous with “white supremacy”) is not okay.

What I don’t get is why would the site staff on TBT would defend fandoms and hatedoms. There literally is a hatedom that wished that everyone from Game Freak get COVID-19 for making decisions the hatedom is unhappy with. Yet we can’t create threads criticizing these fandoms and hatedoms.

I mean, I don't like Gamefreak but wow, that's too far.

I agree with you about religion ONLY if they aren't using religion to spread/practice hate towards others. Then I'm not okay with it and I will criticize it.

 

[Alolan_Apples]

I mean, I don't like Gamefreak but wow, that's too far.

I agree with you about religion ONLY if they aren't using religion to spread/practice hate towards others. Then I'm not okay with it and I will criticize it.

Oh yeah, I’m not even making this up. There used to be a wiki called Toxic Fandoms and Hatedoms Wiki, which had pages on each fandom or hatedom and described everything wrong with them. The page that had the most reasons was the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Hatedom, at 73 reasons. A lot of them described their hatred towards Game Freak over their decision to cut over half of all Pokémon species and how they treated them (harassing them, making a false rape accusation, comparing them to Game Freak). The worst one of them all was the COVID-19 fact. Although the wiki is gone, I saved all 73 facts on my notes app. Here’s the exact quote:

When an employee at Game Freak was diagnosed with COVID-19, they felt no remorse for them and even crossed the line by claiming that they deserved it, as well as saying that everyone at Game Freak, including Masuda, should fall to the Coronavirus. You read that right.

If they made that wish 10 years later, that would be like wishing someone had cancer, but because they did that during the pandemic, that is no different to wishing that someone got sent to Auschwitz during the Holocaust (something so low that not even an average internet troll would do). And they’re doing this because not all Pokémon are included in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

I just remembered something that is pretty unpopular among those who like BotW for the most part: I LOVE the Master Kohga encounter. I thought it was a hilarious subversion and it’s what kept the yiga in my mind. If he were a competent villain he would’ve been ALRIGHT but IDK if I’d like him as much (there’s already a good chunk of Ganon/Demise followers that do the competent villain thing better).

 

[tumut]

"Let people enjoy things"

Well I enjoy critical analysis and being a hater so

dont let people enjoy things imo <3

 

[Corrie]

"Let people enjoy things"

Well I enjoy critical analysis and being a hater so

dont let people enjoy things imo <3

I always find that the people who say things like this usually are defending people who like potentially harmful things.

 

[tumut]

I always find that the people who say things like this usually are defending people who like potentially harmful things.

Exactly, people defending Steven Universe even tho it promotes fascist sympathy, hardcore nintendo fans just accepting certain anti-consumer moves by the company, or gross anime fans just acting like pedophilia is a fun meme "go to jail! xD hehe memes!" when its actually a huge issue in online communities and especially japan.

So yeah these kind of people need to be called tf out and "let people enjoy things uwu" is a garbage take

 

[Alolan_Apples]

Exactly, people defending Steven Universe even tho it promotes fascist sympathy, hardcore nintendo fans just accepting certain anti-consumer moves by the company, or gross anime fans just acting like pedophilia is a fun meme "go to jail! xD hehe memes!" when its actually a huge issue in online communities and especially japan.

So yeah these kind of people need to be called tf out and "let people enjoy things uwu" is a garbage take

What do you mean by anti-consumer moves? Like keeping games and products limited supply and limited edition, or game production issues like removing half of all Pokémon in Sword and Shield?

 

[tumut]

What do you mean by anti-consumer moves? Like keeping games and products limited supply and limited edition, or game production issues like removing half of all Pokémon in Sword and Shield?

Stuff like removing Tropical Freeze from the Wii U Eshop because it was $20 as a nintendo selects, same thing with Pikmin 3 until they put it back on after backlash.

Locking a decent chunk of content from SwSh behind a paywall, basically forcing the consumer to buy what in previous generations would've been the Emerald/Platinum/Crystal versions

Also limited run for a lazy collection of ports, region locking, etc.

 

[Corrie]

Stuff like removing Tropical Freeze from the Wii U Eshop because it was $20 as a nintendo selects, same thing with Pikmin 3 until they put it back on after backlash.

Locking a decent chunk of content from SwSh behind a paywall, basically forcing the consumer to buy what in previous generations would've been the Emerald/Platinum/Crystal versions

Also limited run for a lazy collection of ports, region locking, etc.

Gonna add paying for Nintendo's "servers" when they're not even servers like Sony/Microsoft have.

 

[Alienfish]

Gonna add paying for Nintendo's "servers" when they're not even servers like Sony/Microsoft have.

Oh yeah. Love how they just jumped on pay bandwagon when it's basically pay for 3ds/wii u capacity, too.

 

[Corrie]

Oh yeah. Love how they just jumped on pay bandwagon when it's basically pay for 3ds/wii u capacity, too.

I'm still butthurt about it. It's super scummy. I'm not savvy in this type of stuff but what exactly are we paying for with the Nintendo Switch Online? It's still players connecting with each other using their own wifi right?

 

[Alienfish]

I'm still butthurt about it. It's super scummy. I'm not savvy in this type of stuff but what exactly are we paying for with the Nintendo Switch Online? It's still players connecting with each other using their own wifi right?

Yep, you still need Wi-fi and it's as disconnecting as when I played on my 3DS. Honestly I've no idea other than they jumping on the paywall bandwagon like ps/xbox stuff.

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

You can make fun of me all you want, but listening to music on an MP3 Player or an iPod is superior to listening on your computer or phone. Go ahead, laugh. I'll listen on my MP3 player ad-free with 100% nostalgia and feel-good vibes.

 

[Holla]

You can make fun of me all you want, but listening to music on an MP3 Player or an iPod is superior to listening on your computer or phone. Go ahead, laugh. I'll listen on my MP3 player ad-free with 100% nostalgia and feel-good vibes.

Well, I pretty much use my phone as an ipod nowadays, (it does phone stuff too but I'm not very social), so I suppose I am the exception haha. But I do agree, I hate the idea of having to stream my music. Sure, I may have spent a ton of time (and money) over the last several years building my 3000+ collection of music, but to me it still beats having to rely on expensive crappy internet (no high speed or unlimited data available where I live) to stream and the bombardment of ads/paying a monthly subscription.

Back in the day (before literally everyone had a smartphone) I used an ipod alongside an old keyboard styled phone. Those phones just weren't very music friendly like iPods were. I still have my very first ipod somewhere it's a whopping 1GB I believe and before that I had an mp3 player that was 512mb.

 

[Corrie]

You can make fun of me all you want, but listening to music on an MP3 Player or an iPod is superior to listening on your computer or phone. Go ahead, laugh. I'll listen on my MP3 player ad-free with 100% nostalgia and feel-good vibes.

omg I still use my iPod too! I don't have any songs on my phone. It's annoying to download songs and put them on it but to me, it's way better than dealing with ads or having to pay for a subscription.

 

[Alienfish]

You can make fun of me all you want, but listening to music on an MP3 Player or an iPod is superior to listening on your computer or phone. Go ahead, laugh. I'll listen on my MP3 player ad-free with 100% nostalgia and feel-good vibes.

Yeah. I've had mp3players or ipods since I was like, 14, now 28 soon 29 and I'd never ever dream of getting paid steraming **** that gives nothing to creators. I always try to buy cds, merch, vinyls etc. with artist and musicians I love. I sometimes listen to music on youtube if it's older/rarer stuff I can't download or buy easily when I do stuff on computers or just blast my old ass winamp player with files innit.

Honestly, spotify killed the music more than piracy did.

 

[Corrie]

Yeah. I've had mp3players or ipods since I was like, 14, now 28 soon 29 and I'd never ever dream of getting paid steraming **** that gives nothing to creators. I always try to buy cds, merch, vinyls etc. with artist and musicians I love. I sometimes listen to music on youtube if it's older/rarer stuff I can't download or buy easily when I do stuff on computers or just blast my old ass winamp player with files innit.

Honestly, spotify killed the music more than piracy did.

WINAMP. There's a name I haven't heard in a long while!

It bugs me when people think they're top tier hot stuff for using Spotify... without realizing how little/nothing that company gives to the artists. I pirate so I'm at the bottom of the scum barrel but I own up to it at least.

 

[Alolan_Apples]

Living in a cottage is better than living in a mansion. Despite being small, not having much room to place everything, and can’t hold many people, they are easier to maintain, easier to decorate, and cost less to live.