for these reasons, we cant be friends...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWhiteDevil27
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for these reasons, we cant be friends...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheWhiteDevil27
TikTok
Texts / Instant Message/ WhatsApp etc etc - I use them all, and I hate that I use them. It makes it harder just to pick up the phone and call someone. My friendships have been reduced to writing sentences to each other. It's a vicious cycle.
K-pop
Mumble Rap
Mumble R&B
Mumble Hip-hop
Skinny Jeans (Which is bad for you it seems....No joke...lol...)
3D fighting games overtaking 2D
Now, I am not gonna make fun of people who like K pop, Mumble rap or wear skinny jeans.......I am just not fond of them. I don't want to sound like the bully who makes twitter post bashing these things; that aint me.
It is just.....trying to search through important hash-tags to see some Korean dudes dancing that have nothing to do with it lol.......
Mumble rap.....well, back in the day...we could actually hear what our favorite rappers were saying. Thus, their music resonated with us. Substance was huge back in the 90s. So, it is kind like.....Maybe they don't have much to say so mumble it, which is fine for people who are fans, not knocking you lol.
Skinny jeans......yeah man, tried it, muscle aches for days....Quads looked good in them I guess? But I looked like a Hulk Sprite MvC....even though I am not huge perse....
3D fighters overtaking 2D........I guess it has more to do with aesthetics than game-play. Capcom & SNK had some of the most beautiful sprites. These chunky SF characters are not my cup of tea lol. I feel 2D in general needs to make a come back. If they made a new 2D SF...Wow......
If I had to mention a category of games, it would be this:
"Battle Royale"
For me it is something very repetitive and boring at the same time, you kill, they kill you, you reappear in the menu and so on. :notrust::yawn:
and the worst thing is that almost many people talk about it.
I don't understand why many people like that, but well, everyone has their own tastes.:noworry:
":V" (yes. apparently is still a trend for some godforsaken reason. why did this had to become a thing...just let it die already. cheese)
Fortnite.
League of legends community(you know the community is bad that most vets recommend you to /mute all when the match even begins)
paywalls and bad implemented dlc(i recall that i bought one racing game and that car(which is cool) was behind a paywall which was season pass, that really ticked me off)
I guess I'm just not much of a fan of mobile games, specifically because of their overdone saturation of advertisements and microtransactions. I wish I could get into those types of games more but meh. I also don't like many trends involving horror based entertainment, like horror books, horror movies, horror video games, etc. When it comes to horror games I like Binding of Isaac and I plan on trying Bendy and the Ink Machine, but that's about it for me when it comes those types of games.
Same though, that's why i like the old PC games where you have to play the game and try some new things to unlock everything the game has to offer. (Especially fighting games where you have to finish the story mode to unlock a character and other stuff) I am not a huge fan of DLC games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brawllux
People complaining about pixel-sprite graphics.
Similarly, people claiming any game that doesn't have a realistic look is for kindergartners.
Microtransactions and/or overpriced DLC.
When you ask for advice on a game and the only response is "Get gud."
Similarly, people who lob insults at someone for being a "n00b."
The rapid increase in internet/social media slang. If you don't spend most of your day on social media to catch these words as they're created you won't understand what anyone is saying.
People who think graphic violence in a video game is fine, but nudity is crossing a line.
YouTube's copyright infringement policies (I guess "fair use" doesn't exist anymore).
Dabbing. I shiver in disgust every time I sneeze into my elbow
One trend I don't like anymore (especially since when I was younger and I used to think it was cool) is "Irony", or "Ironic comedy". Like as a literary device irony works wonders and creates suspense which just increases the quality and enjoyability of the work properly using it. The "Irony" I'm referring to is the excuse many people tend to use when trying to be funny or poorly attempt shock humor. It's not to say that there aren't good dark jokes, but honestly speaking irony has just been reduced to an excuse used by people who have no sense of comedic timing, or just social tact (sorry if this came off as rant-y, I just don't like it anymore).
Oh, and another trend, Evo, or competitive fighting trend.
I am not knocking anyone who likes it (Not my style). However, I grew up during the 80s. Games were not patched because Balrog's punch was off by 0.5 of a second before the animation finished. Characters were stronger than others, but nobody really cared. It was a good time. MvC2 was pretty unbalanced, but no one really cared because it was a damn good time lol.
Now, everything is too technical. DLC and season passes are a thing due to the tedious effort it takes to balance every character (Or attempt to....). Therefore, devs feel the need to be compensated for that workload. Back in the day (Back in my day sonny..), you could release like 60 character rosters, and it was a good time.
Dhalsim and Zangief were difficult to play with during the 90s. People used Game Genies and whatnot to win with them. Those who did it without it, got street cred. If one could master, or win with one of these characters, you got props. Nobody screamed "Balance," they simply had a good time.
Again, I am not knocking people who like the competitive fighting scene just because I don't. It is just not my cup of tea. I am a story/party game guy. I used to play stuff like SF 2 and KI for the endings lol.
Everyone I knew struggled to beat the game with Zangief, and I would tell them "He did a dance at the end" and everyone at school was like "Awwwww man....I gotta beat it but he is difficult to play with..." lol
I really don't like paid cosmetics in games especially MMOs and fighting games, the main reason why i play games is to personalize my character and unlock the coolest stuff i can find, sadly games have adopted a trend to make all cosmetics paid, i dont really want to spend 20 bucks on a game just to have to pay for the cosmetics afterwards, im looking at you Black Desert.
Safety pants, one of the most annoying inventions
Dangerous, stupid internet trends
Racism, sexism, etc
Edgelord content
Hate speech
Singleplayer games that need to be online
the whole "Horror Games for Children" thing
The printing press and mass literacy.
nuclear weapons
Undertale, literally it was only carried by the lore but gameplay wise was boring as hell
Everything becoming a smart device
DLCs, Tiktok, and Twitter. But the main thing i hate is DLCs because it's dumb to buy a digital product that isn't going to benefit you. It's better to just play the game and unlock something.:uhuh:
Ok for me it's Fortnitne, Overwatch, Call Of Duty (because of all the abusive underage players ok and the community is toxic as hell) this oversensitive lgbt extremists movement and the multiple gender and ******ity when there's only two male and female and hermaphrodites which have both gentiles, Gacha games/apps, over sensitivity on social media and Fan service that is pretty much what ticks me off.
anything tiktok related. i can't bear to see what that app is teaching people today. things like pink sauce, normalizing cheating and being mentally unhinged, it's a disaster.:uhuh:
ai is ruining everything now
I really dont like all that green stuff nowadays everyone pushing down my throat it makes me feel insecure and guilty I dont want to feel guilty Im not guilty Im just myself I eat meat so what animals die we all die so if they die to become meat at least theyre dying for a good purpose which is to fill my belly also that environment stuff is getting so boring why should i care about pollution I live in the city I dont care if the water pollutes because anyway anything is polluted nowadays so some people I know tell me Im desperate and hopeless no way Im just realistic we all are going to die some day at least let me die in piece there is nothing we can do why bothering they just want me to feel inferior but Im not Im a human being I have all the rights to dispose of this world as I wish it was meant for me and me only not animals Im a human being Im better than animals and I dont care if science thinks human beings are also animals thats BS I dont believe it about inventions I heard these vegan fanatics are pushing for alternative to vivisection thats dangerous we need to test things on mice because were really clos in terms of DMA to them so we need mice to test poisons on them or else we would ide
Sustainability and conservation are good goals. The problem with a lot of "green" movements is they don't accomplish what they say and are often feel good measures instead of anything that does anything useful.Quote:
Originally Posted by [WalterMcGrunge]
Windmills are a good example. They're made out of materials that are non-recyclable. Those giant blades are made out of expensive carbon fibers, are as tall as a multi-story building, and wear out after just a few years. They are BURIED in the ground to be disposed of. It takes more raw materials and fossil fuels to build and maintain a windmill then any amount of electricity they can generate. Not to mention they massacre the local bird populations.
Electric cars are made out of some of the least sustainable materials on the planet and that's without considering where electricity comes from. (I love the tech. I'm not anti-EV. I just don't think they're as "green" as everyone pretends)
Unfortunately, a lot of greens would rather virtue signal than do something useful and in fact many of these programs are harmful.
thats true all those things prove that humanity has no chance to make a sustainabalble life on this planet were just that dumb and we cannot go beyond that NEVER so why bothering when this planet will be too polluted we will just change planet and go to the moon that is why elon musk is a genius because he knew all of that all green environmentalists efforts are useless we should dispose of this planet as we please and forget about it every resolution is just utopia a bland ideal that will never solve anything because nobody actually cares and the single effort of some fanatics will never change the situation so again why bothering lets just die afterall were all going to die sometimes why being such hypocrites believing we can fix anything its all just stupid this green fashion must end I dont care about the world of course not everyone of us will be able to inhabit the moon so its good if there will be natural selection and that will be achieved with increasing poverty this means poor people will die and only rich people will be able to go to the moon and live there with even better comforts than here on earth that is legit and natural absolutely normal because how do you see if a person really deserves to live nowadays you see it by seeing how much money that person got if that person has no money then thats uninteresting loser if that person has lot of money then that person really deserves to live and rule on others nobody cant change that thats how it goes thats life the survival of the fittestQuote:
Originally Posted by Crazed Java
Some of the greatest movements in history came out of the darkest times. Would we have the Renaissance without the Dark Ages?
We live in a time when there is more information than ever at people's fingertips but I've never seen so many that would rather be told what to believe than do their own homework. I have to believe something better is coming.
There's a good chance I could become a grandfather in the next couple of years (or sooner!) so I have to believe the world will eventually get better. We have so much that could make our lives better, in many ways this is the best time to be alive in history, but so much of the US and Western Europe is wrapped up in self-loathing, instant gratification, and self-destructive habits.