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[Gomamon]

Good points. I'd have to agree and say that plenty of memes out there just don't make sense or are just plain stupid. And for the last one, I would totally be fine having a girlfriend, but I have no plans to have any children.

Yeah, i feel like most of memes are just bland and nothing to laugh at. Memes are supposed to be comical, whatever is contained. But i have seen some 2021 memes, and i feel so dead on the inside. Some of them are generalizing too.
Also, life is about finding your happiness so, if someone wants a partner or no, it's up to them. I hate those people who manipulate, control and posess you and decide your future instead of you deciding for yourself.

[Marzavis613]

2. I strongly dislike most of (wouldn't say all, but most of them) memes. (i will mention some before 2021 as well) Wojack memes are ugly to me and unappealing, i prefer when they were just "Feels" memes, yeah, they looked ugly back then as well, but were more tolerable because people didn't abuse them. That bearded guy with black haired girl (black haired boy counts as well) memes are unlikeable as well. Tide Pod challenge was harmful and made because people were really bored and empty on the inside, Harambe was meh as well, i don't hate the gorilla, but his memes were uncool to me. I also don't like Surreal Memes, i can't stand the grammar and the way characters look. I love cats, but i hate most of their memes though, and i feel like nothing is being taken seriously anymore, and i feel like most of cool fictional works right now have million memes, a person just existing or feeling an emotion is a meme as well. I think English is a really interesting language, but the memes kind of take away its fun and make it look less cooler than it is.
Sorry if i sound angry here by the way.

It's like they're desperate to make a meme that they think is funny, but it's not, like some random picture of a frog with the color saturation up high, or is colored blue, and with big bold text that says Arson. Memes can be funny, but not everything has to be a meme.

I can appreciate a reference to something I know, but they shouldn't be too obvious, nor jokes.

[Gomamon]

It's like they're desperate to make a meme that they think is funny, but it's not, like some random picture of a frog with the color saturation up high, or is colored blue, and with big bold text that says Arson. Memes can be funny, but not everything has to be a meme.

I can appreciate a reference to something I know, but they shouldn't be too obvious, nor jokes.

Yeah, exactly, it's kinda hard to have a normal conversation or take anything seriously, because every living thing and person is a meme, and it takes away the fun and seriousness of things and people that are actually great. Tsukihime is an awesome game, but i can't stand most of the fanbase's memes. I am not too keen into JoJo, but the memes are kinda cringe and i hate that "EVERYTHING IS A MOTHERF0CKING JOJO REFERENCE LOL" saying. Can we like something and someone without having to turn everything into a meme? I kinda miss when memes actually made a bit more sense and they weren't extremely popular, but that was why you could find more decent ones. I laugh at 2012 (made in 2012, not about the movie or year if that makes sense) memes, and i hope that isn't a bad thing, 2021 memes just seem unappealing and don't have anything to redeem themselves.

Sorry if i sound hypocritical.

[Marzavis613]

@Gomamon
It's alright, It is unfortunate that's how it is too much of the time.

[Ryu-God]

This is the only place I found that I can reply too.
But what's this about? Why can't I search nor download? I came here after six years of being inactive so maybe my account was on the verge of being deleted or something ?
"Ryu-God, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation." Sorry about this.

[Gomamon]

1. Life would be boring if only one language existed, no matter how much people wish for only one language to exist.
There are a lot of reasons why. Yes, i understand that not everyone is fluent in English and knows only few words, but i also know that not everyone speaks English, as popular as it is, there are some people who do not know even one word or letter. There are people who can actually live without that language. It is true that languages make your life easier though, but you don't need to go learning 100 languages. (assuming human brain can even reach and memorize that many)
Do i wish more people spoke English? A bit, however, i won't force anyone to go and learn it, there are some people who are okay with little knowledge of English and there are people who WANT to know more about it. Huge difference, not everyone has to know everything.
But do i wish English was the only language? As much as i like it, it's going to be a hard no. French, Portugal, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Mandarin, Greek, etc etc, there are a lot of cool languages to discover if someone is interested. Life would be really boring if only one language existed, yeah, way more people would understand each other, but it would still feel so wrong and empty. There are some foreign songs and games that are cool even if you don't understand anything. If only one language existed, there would likely be less shows, games etc. But likely, i say. And even if Japanese was the only language, or French, or whatever other language, life would still be boring, even if it was the coolest language in the world. Every country and language has some value, potential and something new to bring to the world. We don't need to know every language though, but we have to respect foreign cultures as much as we love our country/language, foreigners have changed the world in some way too, polyglots or not.

2. I dislike the words Gen Z, Millennial, Boomer. I don't hate the Gen Z, Millennials, Boomers but i dislike the way the words sound. It feels like people use it more as a way to insult someone rather than describing generation of people and i also dislike generalizations because not everyone is the same and not everyone likes the same things.

[Rm4999]

This one is more of a pet peeve of mine, but might as well get it out of the way. I find it very annoying that some people will often assume that just because something has anime styled art, it means its an actual anime or something like that. It would feel kinda strange for example, if people called Arcueid an "anime girl" just because she and the other Tsukihime characters are drawn in a similar art style. Yes, I know there is a Tsukihime anime, but it was originally a visual novel before having an anime adaptation of it. Just because something look likes anime does not always mean it is actual anime. Sorry if this post is a little confusing.

[Gomamon]

This one is more of a pet peeve of mine, but might as well get it out of the way. I find it very annoying that some people will often assume that just because something has anime styled art, it means its an actual anime or something like that. It would feel kinda strange for example, if people called Arcueid an "anime girl" just because she and the other Tsukihime characters are drawn in a similar art style. Yes, I know there is a Tsukihime anime, but it was originally a visual novel before having an anime adaptation of it. Just because something look likes anime does not always mean it is actual anime. Sorry if this post is a little confusing.

Exactly. Freaking exactly. You said what i am feeling.
I had KOF profile pictures on Wattpad, even talked about KOF, and guess what?
They thought it was an anime or show. Some guy, without even asking what it is said "I don't watch KOF." (Wtf?) Braindead people. This is why it's important to question and ask people questions, wrong assumptions can often make people angry.
Just because something looks like anime doesn't mean it is. I wish people would understand this.

[SombreroSonic]

- Windows 11 is ok
- Fallout 3 is a great game.
- You can still use windows XP

[yifferman]

i speack spanish better

[Rm4999]

1. I do not like Top Ramen or Cup of Noodles or anything similar. I get that its popular and its very affordable, but I'd rather have a sandwich instead.

2. I don't consider Nightcore to be a genre of music. All it is is just sped up versions of existing songs with anime girl pictures/thumbnails put on them. That doesn't mean they're bad to listen to, but if anything it should be considered a remix, not its own separate genre of music.

[Gomamon]

1. People don't say "if" enough.
They assume everyone will have the same life events as them. They always say "when you do this..." "when this happens to you..." etc etc, but they never use the word "if". It's always "when", "when", "when". It sounds like they're deciding your future, and it kind of feels annoying. Just because something happened to you and most of people around you doesn't mean it will happen to everyone else. Just because you and people around you did something, doesn't mean everyone else will do the same thing. Let people have their own lives and future, don't decide it for them, especially if it's something they will not like, aware of it or not. If someone decides not to do something their family did, that's completely okay. Life is about finding your path and seeing what will make you happy.

2. Similar to this, i hate those people who overreact when you say you don't want kids. I understand you love kids and all, but i don't feel the same. I don't hate them, but i don't want them. Can't people f0cking respect that not everyone will marry and have kids instead of getting shocked and angry as if they commited murder? Holy shit. Just because 90% of people are doing something doesn't always mean i will jump in as well. Either way, kids cost a lot. Diapers, clothes, food, beverages, toys, games, that sounds like a really difficult job and i feel like some people do not think twice about having kids so, they end up disappointed and unhappy. Either way, i am not a big fan of creating someone else in this world, i think it's a wicked world and people often have suic1dal thoughts and start feeling miserable when they grow up. Kids have to go through that after they grow up (though sometimes, some person's childhood can be a miserable time as well, i don't want to generalize), i have gone through that, other people have gone through that so, that's one more reason i don't want kids because i feel like i'll just be a bad father and they'll grow up miserable. It's not a phase and everyday thing, some people really don't enjoy life as much as they try to do. But not everyone understands.

[DJ_BORG]

- The Pocket Monsters/Pokemon anime is pretty good, people saying it isn't bad probably don't watch it in Japanese.
- Modern JRPGs should stop with the complete anime and throw in more western influences.
- The human characters in Dragon Ball are the best written and the most relatable characters in the franchise due to them going through real problems.
- Anime nowadays are pretty bad with a lot of generic writing and only using pretty characters to draw people in instead of actual storytelling and worldbuilding.
- Pokemon (the games) stopped being good around Gen 5.

[Gomamon]

- The human characters in Dragon Ball are the best written and the most relatable characters in the franchise due to them going through real problems.
- Anime nowadays are pretty bad with a lot of generic writing and only using pretty characters to draw people in instead of actual storytelling and worldbuilding.

I don't have enough experience and knowledge to comment on the other opinions, but i completely agree with you on these points.

Dragon Ball was more realistic than DBZ because you didn't have to care about power levels, and characters used strategy to defeat people who looked stronger. It isn't about having a higher power level, just strength, skill and strategy. Human characters were actually valuable and important back then, it wasn't all about Saiyans. DBZ is all about Saiyans and who has a higher power level, no strategy needed, which can often cause boring fight scenes. It's not necessarily bad, but it lacks something.

And i agree on the pretty anime characters thing, a lot of modern anime use lolicons, s3xualize underage characters (not always children, can be young teenagers as well, like 13-17 year old characters wearing bikinis and other revealing clothes can attract a lot of people because people are obsessed with teenagers, real and fictional) to appeal to people and gain their 15 minutes of fame. However, i don't want to make it sound like a pedophilia thing, sometimes, some anime use ***** girls as well to get their fame and attract people. (But better that than lolis in my opinion, i don't find children attractive and they cannot consent so, the s3xualizations of them gives a red flag. People are afraid to do illegal things and make it look obvious so, they do them in a "legal" way to make it look not illegal and to avoid getting in trouble.)

Yes, i do appreciate good characters, but plot and storytelling is important in fiction (not just anime, fiction in general) as well. Fiction needs plot, storytelling, description of how do things work and why are some people the way they are. Good characters mean nothing if the story is pretty boring and lacking. But also, s3xually attractive characters can be bland and lifeless as well. Life isn't all about being hot and handsome. Someone can not be s3xually attractive in any kind of way, but still be a likeable and realistic person.

[MaoujiRenkin]

This take might be controversial and probably might get me killed for saying it but: Studio DEEN is a fine animation studio and definitely nowhere near as bad as their haters make them out to be and personally the hate towards them is overexaggerated.
Their animation NOWADAYS is hit and miss, but back then they were not bad at all in this aspect (in fact I have a video to prove it).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Efso71jHs

[restfulcloud]

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[Supremescroll54]

Im not sure if anyone has feels this too or has already posted this but, I find smash melee a bit overrated. Now don't get me wrong it is a good game but I really don't get why the game got so much attention. I mean sure the game runs pretty fast for it being a gamecube game and has a ton of modes to but I really don't find myself playing it too often.

[DJ_BORG]

I completely see your point. I'm an ex-Melee player, but I really don't find Smash as a competitive game anymore after getting into fighters. I don't really like how hard people try to make a party game into a competitive fighter despite not being rooted in any sort of arcade or competitive culture like series such as Street Fighter were.

[Gomamon]

Note: I am not someone who gives English language lessons, but try to focus on the word 'seems'. I am not saying 'is', i am saying 'seems'. Two different words, but people can misuse them easily.

Japanese actually seems slightly easy, considering there are other languages i recognize the existence of.
Is Japanese the hardest language? No.
Is Japanese one of the hardest languages? Definitely, but it's not on the first place.
I can read 猫、黒、白、七、月、夜。I am not too familiar with Kanji, i do think it's difficult, but guess what. Japanese may have Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, however, i feel like there are languages with only one alphabet system that are way harder than Japanese, in my perspective.
I looked at images of Hindi and Korean letters and words. Even Indian. I feel like i would learn Japanese quicker than these three, call me insane, but i feel like Japanese's Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji words make it harder for me to get confused because a lot of them look different. Some look similar, but not all. In my opinion, and i don't want to sound rude, but Hindi, Korean and Indian letters look really difficult for me. When a lot of letters look really similar, it makes it harder to learn a language for me.
And i know it's my mother tongue, but i also find Montenegrin together with Serbian, Bosnian etc languages difficult as well, because almost every word has a gender and it makes it harder for foreigners. This is why i'm attracted to English, because not every word is gendered so, it feels way easier to talk to people. I am not sure about Russian and Bulgaria's difficulties though, i was never that interested in these languages, though i can enjoy Bulgarian songs.
It is difficult to learn two alphabets, but sometimes, one alphabet can be more difficult than two. In general, alphabet is difficult, because you need a lot of things to do and know to learn just one language. Alphabets, how are words pronounced, how to form sentences etc. It's like being born again, but i guess that's what makes learning languages beautiful as well, because you think and live in more ways than one.

I apologize if this isn't unpopular, but some people make Japanese sound harder than it actually is, and act like it's the hardest language.

[Rm4999]

Note: I am not someone who gives English language lessons, but try to focus on the word 'seems'. I am not saying 'is', i am saying 'seems'. Two different words, but people can misuse them easily.

Japanese actually seems slightly easy, considering there are other languages i recognize the existence of.
Is Japanese the hardest language? No.
Is Japanese one of the hardest languages? Definitely, but it's not on the first place.
I can read 猫、黒、白、七、月、夜。I am not too familiar with Kanji, i do think it's difficult, but guess what. Japanese may have Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji, however, i feel like there are languages with only one alphabet system that are way harder than Japanese, in my perspective.
I looked at images of Hindi and Korean letters and words. Even Indian. I feel like i would learn Japanese quicker than these three, call me insane, but i feel like Japanese's Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji words make it harder for me to get confused because a lot of them look different. Some look similar, but not all. In my opinion, and i don't want to sound rude, but Hindi, Korean and Indian letters look really difficult for me. When a lot of letters look really similar, it makes it harder to learn a language for me.
And i know it's my mother tongue, but i also find Montenegrin together with Serbian, Bosnian etc languages difficult as well, because almost every word has a gender and it makes it harder for foreigners. This is why i'm attracted to English, because not every word is gendered so, it feels way easier to talk to people. I am not sure about Russian and Bulgaria's difficulties though, i was never that interested in these languages, though i can enjoy Bulgarian songs.
It is difficult to learn two alphabets, but sometimes, one alphabet can be more difficult than two. In general, alphabet is difficult, because you need a lot of things to do and know to learn just one language. Alphabets, how are words pronounced, how to form sentences etc. It's like being born again, but i guess that's what makes learning languages beautiful as well, because you think and live in more ways than one.

I apologize if this isn't unpopular, but some people make Japanese sound harder than it actually is, and act like it's the hardest language.

I agree with this. I must say that's its kinda hard to learn Japanese. Trying to learn about Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana and all that. It's kinda overwhelming. When I studied it for a little bit, I found it a little easier to speak it rather than write it.