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Honestly, I never really cared too much for SilvaGunner at all, really. Like I guess the whole 'bait-and-switch' tactic to trick people into listening to a joke music track instead of the real song you're looking for is kind of funny, but honestly, it got old quick. My friends at school are obsessed with the channel and even went as far to put a folder on my laptop containing a bunch of their 'rips' without me knowing, and honestly at this point, I'm beyond caring about it.

Thank you for saying it better than I could. And the fact that I couldn't trust half of music videos my friends would post made it much, much worse. You can't even tell if a video is from the real SilvaGunner, or Siivagunner, and that honestly is very goddamn annoying when I just want to listen to some video game music.

Protip: The real SilvaGunner channel was banned a long time ago, so if you see a channel called SiIvaGunner at all it's the troll one. The non-troll channel is now GilvaSunner.

I understand where you are coming from and I don't necessarily disagree, but let's take a little history/social studies lesson.

When one uses the word Oriental, one conjures up images associated with its poetic meaning, like exotic spices and incense while a gong rings in the background of a richly colored red palace where the maids are sleazily smoking opium and dining on chicken feet whilst sipping green tea. This is from marketing and historic use of the word.

And that can be a little patronizing, or maybe excluding is the word. What I mean is that by using the term Orient, some people find it too synonymous with foreign, alien, and exotic, which appears to divide people even more. In a world where we want to feel more included and with the crowd, Orient suddenly feels like a special label to distinguish us away from that crowd.

Using the word Asian or Eastern has less depth than Oriental, which can be a positive or negative depending on who you're asking.

The example I used in the second paragraph is a stretch, but my point is to show that Oriental has much more weight and meaning than Asian and Eastern. For instance, Asian Market has a different connotation than Oriental Market, or Eastern Medicine vs Oriental Medicine.

I don't think I really know anyone that would be actually upset with the term Orient, and that's coming from a Chinese person with many Korean, Japanese, and Chinese friends. There are other much more offensive and derogatory words like Chink or Jap that we'd prefer to never hear.

The term Orient itself is outdated anyways, people usually use it now for restaurant names and small businesses. I don't think it's coming back, and enough people find it demeaning for it to remain that way.

I hope this helps to clear a few things. The word is about context and historical use. In our modern world where racial issues are a topic of heavy discussion, Oriental can definitely get a bit confusing. Almost like Persian and Iranian. Just note that the opinion on this will differ drastically, both with Asians and non-Asians.

Some interesting articles to read:

LA Times – The term 'Oriental' is outdated, but is it racist?

Luck Peach – An Official Complaint Against Oriental Ramen

Even the Wikipedia page is worth a read for a more neutral and historical interpretation.

How did I not notice this until now? Thank you.
Edit: Did not mean to triple post

I think Trump is the better choice when it came to our election. My biggest reason in thinking this is the fact that he wishes to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Also, watching everyone freak out about Trump being president is kinda fun to watch.
Edit: A PDF that lists all of Trumps plans

Having a complex plot doesn't make a work of fiction automatically good.

Imo Pokemon Sun and Moon are not "deconstructions" of the series in the sense that they defy the traditional concepts of the games, they're deconstructions in the sense that they're the most shallow entries in the series gameplay wise.

Nice job guys for downvoting him for an actual unpopular opinion that he wasn't even a dick about.

Denuvo anti pirate causes performance issues.

The term "overrated" is the new "stop liking what I don't like!"

If I wanna buy the console version of a game over the PC version then hey that's my choice, stop being an unironic PC gaming elitist. The new Doom doesn't even have very interesting mods to begin with.

Till this day, I have trouble understanding why Todd Howard and (in extension) Bethesda are hated for making mistakes/actions that almost every other major gaming company has made. People act like Howard was the first to lie to peoples faces about a game. Or the Beth was the first company to completely change the gameplay/genre of a beloved franchise. I'm confused as to whether Todd's lies are seen as a meme or an actual criticism of something that many others have done on an even worse scale (Peter Molynuex and most recently Sean Murray).

I don't like Lillie. (PKMN) She's very annoying to me.

There's nothing wrong with passive voice and it should be used more often.

Ben Garrison, a comic artist who was bullied by racist trolls and the alt-right, has now pandered to the people he once hated. I have no idea why he did a 180 besides voting for Trump over Clinton.

I hate series when doesn't end becuase is becoming worse by time instead are dragging off it for years. i'm looking at you Supernatural.

It's called Seasonal Rot, and the Simpsons and Spongebob are especially infamous for it.

GTA 4 is the best game in its series
Self Deprecation is unfunny
I Love Social Commentary

Overwatch deserved GOTY last night. I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but the salt is real on YouTube and Reddit.

…Did you expect anything else from YouTube and Reddit?

I genuinely love the US and it flatters me when i see foreign countries interested in my country and its culture.

Didn't Overwatch win though?

Think Chowz' point is that people are incredibly butthurt about the fact it did, saying it didn't deserve to win

Yep, you hit the nail on the head.

There's something about Death Stranding that kinda gives off this vibe that it just might fail miserably. Maybe it's just the "overhyping" of whatever Death Stranding is, but the "overhyping" might lead it to be a No Man's Sky situation where it's probably just too good to be true. Don't get me wrong I'm definitely interested in what Kojima's going to be putting out with "Norman Reedus and the Funky Fetus" featuring Guillermo del Toro, but I'm just saying this as a word of caution.

I'm generally trying to stay optimistic with Death Standing but also being cautious with it and hoping that over hype doesn't make it fail. I can relate to you on being cautious with the game but while I do have a part of me that has the same nagging feeling of it failing most of me thinks the game would be good. Not so good that whatever hype it will generate it would match, but a good game that would please most people.

People should stop caring about The Game Awards becuase the event is literally MTV Awards of videogames without wanted sound like a hipster some games that are mainstream won example SFV won the best fighting game becuase is mainstream meanwhile games like Guilty Gear Xrd,Blazblue and The King Fighters XIV are better than SFV in content wise.

Actually, I should care because it's one of the biggest events for gamers out there. I put it among the ranks of E3 and TGS.

Well that's your opinion and i respect that. I personally think that event only serves for marketing purposes and sell games with price tag saying "play the GOTY", along the fact i don't need event to tell wich game for me was the best of year besides the only reason i watch the event is for the new trailers of the upcoming games.

I find the death stranding hype to be worrysome because everyone is praising it like the new jesus simply because of hideo kojima without even knowing what the hell kind of game it is. How many more times do we need to go through a watchdogs, a colonial marines, and a no mans sky before people stop going wild on prerelease marketing that has very little solid ground on it being trustworthy.

I got no negative or positive opinion on Castro's death.

I don't like where the Resident Evil series is going with 7, in fact, my hopes for the future of the franchise are lower now than ever before.

The one positive I can say about the game is that they are trying to go back to RE's horror routes. Granted I haven't seen any demos of the game yet so I have no idea how well or terrible they are.

Pizzagate is a hoax from the start. Those moronic right-wingers are easily falling for the epic internet troll known as Podesta.

I don't get why people are confused about how King Crimson's powers from JoJo work. I guess to a newcomer, it's kind of weird to hear how it 'erases time', but in theory, it really does make sense and isn't that complex to understand.

I will say in advance I realize how odd this will likely sound to some people, but to be 100% honest… I'm not really all that into "hardcore" sexual stuff. I vastly prefer softcore as I feel it gives my mind more stimulation when there's still some explicit stuff being hidden away. Like for example some hardcore sexual image of someone just getting banged on both ends… really doesn't do anything for me. But a softcore image of someone showing quite a bit of skin but still carefully covering the "naughty bits"? That's hot. Like I'll take something like this over a "hardcore" sexual image any day:

(amount of people surprised I used that kind of pic: 0 )

I don't think Moana deserves a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. I mean, I thought it was pretty good, but it's definitely not on the level of recent animated movies like Zootopia or Inside Out.

I disagree with the idea of churches. Not religion in and of itself, but organized churches.

Religion is, at its core, a very personal belief that shapes one's views of morality and the world. No religion is truly objective. The issue that churches create is telling people what to believe about religion, instead of allowing them the important task of coming to their own conclusions. I've met far too many Christians who don't give a damn about theology and just took whatever their (likely ultraconservative) pastor told them without question, and their religious beliefs tend to be a confused, nonsensical mishmash of their own ideas and whatever the church instilled into them. What's the point of religion if your beliefs are mostly just your pastor's, rather than your own?

I also have issues with strict interpretations of religious texts for the same reason, but that's another opinion entirely.

Regular show is pure cringe to me now but that wasn't always the case.
Remember when they used to have that very fluid, elastic animation style in the early seasons? That's when I most loved Regular show. The writing and character felt like they actually belonged in the series as opposed to being put there to forced a reaction out of the audience.
Mordecai and Rigby had such well established character roles and great chemistry alongside the other characters. The cartoon had a soul.

But now with the newest seasons and the more consistent animation models, the whole formula fell apart for me. All the unnecessary side characters and action/ drama plots felt forced and just stupid. Nothing felt natural watching the episodes. Even the way characters spoke felt like "acting" instead of just casual conversation like in episode 1.

I'm happy it's ending cus I was just tired of all the cringey shit they were putting in the series. It's impossible to watch it in the new seasons for me.

Resident Evil 5 and 6 are good games

I think legalizing gay marriage across the entire united states was the dumbest move obama could have made as it turned the argument from a one of personal rights being denied to one of state autonomy.being infringed, giving up the moral high ground for what will likely be a temporary "victory".

Clinton wasn't actually that bad.

Progressives need to remember that the U.S. is a very right-wing country, so you need to seize what you can get. The 2016 Democratic platform was the furthest left it's been in years, both socially and economically, plus there are at least 2-3 SCOTUS seats up for grabs in the next 4 years.

The constant false equivalency between Clinton and Trump this cycle was incredibly damaging, and we are all going to pay for it. No hyperbole.

People are not too sensitive nowadays.

I see it all over the internet, but especially here: emotions are constantly demonised as 'for the SJWS', which carries along with it extra baggage.

If anything, the blitheness with with someone like Trump was normalised in the political landscape (again, on this website) proves that people nowadays are desensitised to horrible events. Today I saw a Riff-Raff thread in which users were mocking those protesting against Trump's election, despite the fact that there are very real concerns by those in the LGBTQ+ about having a Republican SCOTUS for the next 25-30 years. Don't forget that Trump signals "DEMAGOGUERY" in flashing neon letters, and the 2016 GOP platform supports gay conversion therapy.

(before you say that Riffraff is shitposting: the thread in question had people drop their personas and express their actual reactions to the protests)

No. People freaking out over an election – in which the winner lost the popular vote by 3 million – are apparently "irrational". The only solution is to sit on your arse and be smug about people who face the possibility of having their civil rights curtailed by a hyper-dogmatic right-wing administration. Or, in non-PC terms: "a disgusting symptom of classic bullying psychology."

This is the exact opposite of 'sensitive': people nowadays are so bloody detached to the very real pain felt by others that they feel the need to mock and laugh at tangible threats.

If that is 'rationality', then I don't want to be rational.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: I get that chan-culture is a leg on the stool of this website and it does affect a lot of its discourse. You can probably guess that I despise chan-culture with my heart, and think it is far more damaging than that blogging website used by teenage girls that many chan-types are so hilariously terrified of.

I get that chan-culture's toxic masculinity (an actual concept, not the buzzword you think it is) discourages behaviour other than detached cynicism.

(ironically, this itself is a childish attitude and not one of well-adjusted, mature people. Whether you like it or not, adults DO have emotions and rolling your eyes instead of dealing with them will only make things worse)

I get that a politician having 'meme magic' exempts them from needing foreign policy experience and the decorum required to not start wars.

The forums tend to be more reflective in this regard, for which I'm grateful. I've disliked the blase nature of 4chan culture for a long time, but the past 2 years have blown that disagreement far past civility, into a complete chasm. I feel like I've been going steadily crazy over this time, as street violence has grown on all sides, and the bulk of online commentary devolves into 'haha we've gotten back at the SJWs' rather than the fact that someone who fits most of the 14 Points of Fascism has glided into political prominence.

If 'SJWs' are what made you vote for Trump, then you are every bit as sensitive as you claim they are. And that 'smug liberalism' is only going to get worse once Trump rapidly turns into the worse president in centuries, if not ever.

Can you imagine the words "We told you so" written into the sky with mushroom cloud smoke? That's going to be the level of 'smug liberalism' in a post-Trump world. Providing we are all alive, that is.

This rant kind of wandered towards the end, so I'll attempt to wrap it up: emotions are not intrinsically bad. Certain kinds of emotion can be; when both sides promote fear and trigger-happy behaviour, which both left and right have admittedly done, then things can only get bad (to what extent is the argument).

But people on the internet turn the opposite belief to 11, and seem to argue that emotions full-stop are bad. They seem to think that 'scepticism' means being an insufferable dick about things, instead of admitting that you don't always know the answer. This attitude is also why the arts are constantly demonised, which is a downright dystopian attitude to have. (people constantly reference 1984, but do you realise that demonising the arts and emotion is a central point in Fahrenheit 451?)

You know what? Smugness and apathy are also emotions. Compassion is an emotion, and it isn't bad.

Something being biased doesn't automatically discount it. EVERYTHING is biased. The extent and context of the bias expressed is key.

Rant end.

I hate elves.
No real reason, I just fucking hate them.
With their pointy ears, their stupid smug nature, and the fact that elves are almost always shown as these 'all knowing, super intelligent' races, while dwarves are either shown as drunk racists or extinct. They annoy the shit out of me so much.
Some examples would be elves in Dwarf Fortress (AKA a bunch of magical hippies who are completely useless), the elves in LOTR (who are treated as the most noble race on the entire fucking planet), and the elves in the Elder Scrolls (where there are three types of the stupid fucks)

Anyone that wants the future POTUS to fail just so they can act smug about it, should leave the country. Like him or not, wanting the whole nation to collapse because you didn't get your way is childish and arrogant.
Talking to you, KYM comments section/Reddit.

To be fair, the POTUS failing does not mean the country will collapse. Depending on who you ask, Obama and Bush failed as president and here we are. From what I've seen, people hoping Trump will fail are not hoping for America's collapse but for him to not be able to get what he wants done, done.

Not defending the but here's a real unpopular opinion: Acting like people who are audibly upset at the results of the election are the equivalent of a child complaining about "not getting what they want" when the POTUS can have a real and potentially damaging effect on the country and the lives in it is the childish thing.

To be fair, the POTUS failing does not mean the country will collapse.

Never said it did. I'm talking about the people that want it to, just to prove a point.

I also never said that merely being upset about the election is childish; that happens every year and should be expected. Elections are a pretty big deal, so it makes sense some people would be upset. I'm specifically talking about the people who actively want Trump to not only fail, but also seriously damage the country and/or claim that he somehow already has, just so they can say "I told you so!!!".
Putting your own ego over the success of the country is childish at best, and borderline treason at worst.