What really pisses you off? please no posts about nexus lol

[DesertDancer]

8 hours ago, Darkpig said:

Hmmm... kind of reminds me of this weird stereotype that men are all simple. Tell that to Stephen Hawking. Ironically enough men themselves tend to say that they themselves are simple that is to say while watching porn. Or is it? Could it be that the one function giving the mere idea of procreating intelligent life is simple? Yes, yes it is but I am of the perspective that all humans are simple.

 

That said the mind bending powers of boobs is news to me. I wouldn't know that because I am unfortunately flat. Aaand I'm going on a tangent again. So what does control people? I am of the mindset that people control people and not mindless body parts like breasts, vaginas or penises. I mean there have been cases of porn addiction and well this is mostly opinion on my part but the influences from others changes the way people behave much more than any sort of body part ever will.

 

So what does entertainment bring to the political table exactly? There are cases where cultures use plays and storytelling as a sort of education. I'm thinking it might have roots in that. Besides asking free thinkers to make a work of art without being political is like making stew with just water. If you can think of a work of media without politics I would totally take it back.

 

As for myself I might be more into punk rock myself given the corporate bullshit that happens on the regular.

The point was that just because I am a female doesn't mean I fit all the stereotypes and assumptions that people make. I read something earlier that pissed me off, someone assuming all women not from Russia were Feminist or some crap. 

 

I never heard of the stereotype that men are simple, just that they don't really show emotions (though I have meant plenty that do. My old best friend probably had way more emotions than I did lol). Humans can be really complex.

 

As for entertainment, nothing most of the time unless they are trying to kiss up and pretend that they are woke (while also still  do all sorts of shady things. We saw you hide Finn in those posters Disney when it came to the promotion in China). That's why I hate it so much, they often feel phony or movies and shows just feel kind of shallow and basic at this point or really biased.  They used to take creative risks; but now they are all afraid of offending everyone or they add a token character claiming that they are diverse even if the character wasn't well written and their only point or trait is their gender, sexuality, race, etc....

[Grey Cloud]

Currently Microsoft. Just had a W10 update and they were trying to get me to install MS Edge. It's bad enough that you have to download crap you don't want but to have it pushed in your face is a real 'fuck off Microsoft, I will always look for a third-party alternative as a matter of principle'.

 

My other current bugbear is every other website I visit and the 'we value your privacy' bollocks. Well obviously you do. That is why you want to dump all those cookies and assorted shite on my machine.

[ToJKa]

29 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

'fuck off Microsoft, I will always look for a third-party alternative as a matter of principle'.

 

So did Microsoft. They gave up their own browsers and based the new Edge off Chromium

[DesertDancer]

Oh  I read it just fine (not that you are the only one). You clearly said that Russia wasn't tainted with Feminist thus they were prettier because. But everyone has their own issue and no country perfect and there are plenty of patriots here as well (they actually been through Communism before, so they are past that point. Also made you sound less of a patriot to just run off. The war hasn't even begun yet. Now is the time for everyone to rise up. You think those other countries want people who was just leave when times are tough? Their unity is what made them stronger because as I said, they already been through this and expect you to fight as well. That's the key, the unity).

 

Why should we have to show emotions as women? Where is the logic in emotions and how does that lead to healthy behavior with that either? As you said, that doesn't lead to problem solving which part of the problem these days.  People are too emotional and that is causing problems as nobody is taking the time to calm down and think rationally, just react. I am sorry, but I was always told that crying doesn't help anyone and it's true in the long run, as when has anyone throwing a tantrum helped anyone ever? I always gotten into trouble when I did that. That is seen more as childish behavior and undisciplined. 

 

Why not actually look into the root of the problem, such as the education system (well that is a big part of it)? That's where problems start and where changes need to be made to fix it. When people actually stop and talk, that's when things can actually get down. 

[Grey Cloud]

46 minutes ago, ToJKa said:

They gave up their own browsers and based the new Edge off Chromium

But, but . . . they said it was a browser built especially for Windows 10. ?

[DesertDancer]

This is just boring now. Just the same old excuses and all that. Always expect others to do everything. That's why politics is lame in general.

 

As I said in the first post, I rather have entertainment anyway. 

[Nexussuckstwice]

2 hours ago, endgameaddic†ion said:

But when boys are raised without a father figure, they don't learn that trait and tend to become emotional because daddy isn't there to teach them how to solve problems instead of throwing a tantrum/fit when things don't go their way. They grow up with anger issues, depression, etc.

What a crapload of BS.

1. Your stereotypical "Single mom" in many cases turns out to be smarter, stronger and more reliable than many men (I have two such examples right in front of my eyes)

2. Majority of men in conservative America have obvious daddy issues specifically because even as adults they still treated by their bellowed father as little children and great disappointment:

 

Irony of manly patriarchal regimes lies in the fact that average man never own himself. There is always someone above: father, grandfather, priest, god, emperor, furher, boss or simply landowner. And if that was not enough than comes great ancestral tradition and entire society put a leash on you. You may drink beer, beat your wife, sell you children, sweat for your master and "die for your country" - but you will never be free. In hierarchical society you can not win.

 

1 hour ago, DesertDancer said:

Russia wasn't tainted with Feminist

It certainly was "tainted" thanks to the Revolution. It was time of great change in Russian history for both men and women. Before the Revolution they were treated by the aristocracy just like black people in the South. But Russian revolutionaries (with prominent women among them) were very progressive and till the 1970s Russian women enjoyed much better positions in society than American women (as well as Russian men finally uplifting from the bottom).

 

 

[Nexussuckstwice]

1 hour ago, endgameaddic†ion said:

parents pulling their kids out of these indoctrination camps for a school, and guys opting out of college because of this reason.

Our core institutions have value, even if all institutions are flawed. 

 

For all their imperfections, institutions are the best way to transmit what is good down the corridors of time. Civilization is more fragile than one might think; during my career in the military, I saw it destroyed in front of my eyes. We need to make institutions better and stronger, not tear them down. Virulent, take-no-prisoners attacks on the media, the judiciary, labor unions, universities, teachers, scientists, civil servants—pick your target—don’t help anyone. When you tear down institutions, you tear down the scaffolding on which society is built. Allowing institutions to erode—as we have allowed our educational system to erode—is as bad as tearing them down.

 

I have visited schools and spoken with students. I worry not only about budget cutbacks and funding inequities but also about classroom content. A proper understanding of our national story is absent. Students come away well versed in our flaws and shortcomings. They do not come away with an understanding of our higher ideals, our manifest contributions, our revolutionary aspirations. They do not come away with an understanding of the basic principles I have outlined. Or with an appreciation of how a thoughtful and clear-eyed person can also be—and indeed must be—a patriot.

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/james-mattis-the-enemy-within/600781/

[Nexussuckstwice]

3 minutes ago, endgameaddic†ion said:

 

There's always exceptions to everything. But if you think for a minute this isn't true, the one full of BS is you.

Here is what we seem to have forgotten:

America is not some finished work or failed project but an ongoing experiment. And it is an experiment that, by design, will never end. If parts of the machine are broken, then the responsibility of citizens is to fix the machine—not throw it away. The Founders, with their unsentimental assessment of human nature, brought forth a constitutional system robust enough to withstand great stress and yet capable of profound correction to address injustice. (The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. The Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.)

 

 

[Psalam]

16 minutes ago, Nexussuckstwice said:

Here is what we seem to have forgotten:

America is not some finished work or failed project but an ongoing experiment. And it is an experiment that, by design, will never end. If parts of the machine are broken, then the responsibility of citizens is to fix the machine—not throw it away. The Founders, with their unsentimental assessment of human nature, brought forth a constitutional system robust enough to withstand great stress and yet capable of profound correction to address injustice. (The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery. The Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.)

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, endgameaddic†ion said:

 

I completely agree. What's not broken doesn't need to be fixed. What is needs to be addressed. Not by govt, but by the people. We have long strayed from that path.

I take it that you mean something like what's found here:

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Grey Cloud]

Vor-fucking-tex.

[Darkpig]

5 hours ago, DesertDancer said:

The point was that just because I am a female doesn't mean I fit all the stereotypes and assumptions that people make. I read something earlier that pissed me off, someone assuming all women not from Russia were Feminist or some crap. 

Feminism is mostly safety and boring shit like that. Still I must address the women who think they should be in control of everything. And to that honey, those men only care about being dominated in the bedroom. I'll just get straight to the point: I'll leave that between men and women to fight it out.

5 hours ago, DesertDancer said:

I never heard of the stereotype that men are simple, just that they don't really show emotions (though I have meant plenty that do. My old best friend probably had way more emotions than I did lol). Humans can be really complex.

Kind of a cultural artifact that. Jobs and societies have become much more complex and people themselves have become more talkative in general.

5 hours ago, DesertDancer said:

As for entertainment, nothing most of the time unless they are trying to kiss up and pretend that they are woke (while also still  do all sorts of shady things. We saw you hide Finn in those posters Disney when it came to the promotion in China). That's why I hate it so much, they often feel phony or movies and shows just feel kind of shallow and basic at this point or really biased.  They used to take creative risks; but now they are all afraid of offending everyone or they add a token character claiming that they are diverse even if the character wasn't well written and their only point or trait is their gender, sexuality, race, etc....

Shallow... basic. That is Luke Skywalker in a nutshell. His backstory is I am Luke Skywalker and I am a heterosexual white male and my hobbies include farming and fighting evil empires. One of the newer Starwars has the same deal but they color in the female check box when filling out paperwork. Keep in mind people have been making shitty movies for a long time but people tend to view it with nostalgia goggles. Seriously the amount of shitty movies in the 80s will make your head spin. Do people deserve better? Maybe but I can't blame you for hating shallow characters.

[DesertDancer]

Ok here's a rant about what pisses me off. People don't know when to quit and shut up. They asked about what makes us mad and gave my answer. Don't care if you liked it or not as I already said in the first post I am not into politics or people person to begin with and just want entertainment, I have zero interests in debate on a modding/game site of all places. I just wanted to rant as people keep annoying me the past few months.

 

So unless it's about entertainment or mods, I have zero interests in interacting about any of this (I lost interest last night). Made that clear from the start. Waste your time quoting me; but I am going to ignore it if it's not entertainment. Gave my rant, my answer and I never change. Just letting people know so they can move on with their lives and I can  go back to what I care about here, looking for some good and interesting mods for my games. 

 

SO BRING ON THE GAMES!

[Darkpig]

Er... okay.

[FauxFurry]

41 minutes ago, DesertDancer said:

Ok here's a rant about what pisses me off. People don't know when to quit and shut up. They asked about what makes us mad and gave my answer. Don't care if you liked it or not as I already said in the first post I am not into politics or people person to begin with and just want entertainment, I have zero interests in debate on a modding/game site of all places. I just wanted to rant as people keep annoying me the past few months.

 

So unless it's about entertainment or mods, I have zero interests in interacting about any of this (I lost interest last night). Made that clear from the start. Waste your time quoting me; but I am going to ignore it if it's not entertainment. Gave my rant, my answer and I never change. Just letting people know so they can move on with their lives and I can  go back to what I care about here, looking for some good and interesting mods for my games. 

 

SO BRING ON THE GAMES!

Luckily for you (and everyone else who is likewise burned out on this political bickering), the politically themed mod infection seems to have largely cleared up recently as have the more overt political messaging/pandering in the games (or at least their start-up screens and store marketplace pages)themselves. 

 

I just finally got around to poking around Steam after spending a few weeks away from any modern game platform connected to the Internet in anyway and was pleasantly surprised not only by the general lack of condescending corporate guff but the fact that Sleeping Dogs still seems to be available to play. I guess I better get back to it while I can.

[Darkpig]

When people say that it is up to the younger generation to change things for the better. Change it yourself you old fogies!

[FauxFurry]

4 hours ago, Darkpig said:

When people say that it is up to the younger generation to change things for the better. Change it yourself you old fogies!

The 'Old Fogies' did that already when they were younger. Many of them would like to hold on to the changes which they made which they feel were for the better, to conserve them, as it were. 

They say that to young people because said young people are typically the ones who want something in the world to change therefore they should be the ones to do it, for better or worse. The only thing that the Old Fogies have to do is try to make sure that the young people don't mess things up too badly when trying to re-shape things in their own image nor regress things due to mistakenly believing that all change is positive.

 

One can always look forward to saying the same to the next generation of young people or being the one to not encourage them to be pro-active if one so chooses.

[Darkpig]

23 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

The 'Old Fogies' did that already when they were younger. Many of them would like to hold on to the changes which they made which they feel were for the better, to conserve them, as it were.

Assuming these people actually did anything. Nothing was ever gained without conflict. If you want to protect something prove me wrong else the streets will run wild with blackjack and hookers. Mmmm~ blackjack and hookers~

23 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

They say that to young people because said young people are typically the ones who want something in the world to change therefore they should be the ones to do it, for better or worse. The only thing that the Old Fogies have to do is try to make sure that the young people don't mess things up too badly when trying to re-shape things in their own image nor regress things due to mistakenly believing that all change is positive.

And you're saying old people aren't? Don't be ageist. Old people have hopes and dreams too. Also its called a school.

23 minutes ago, FauxFurry said:

One can always look forward to saying the same to the next generation of young people or being the one to not encourage them to be pro-active if one so chooses.

Encourage? My grandmother was a better influence than whomever decides to flap their gums wasting time talking about the future. Bring it to your local government representative if you feel like talking.

Spoiler

No she is not my grandmother. Rather that is a human lady in a wheelchair.

[TheOzoneHole]

It is nice to see people go out and peacefully demonstrate for things they believe in, even if I don't agree with them. I would just hope that those people remember that, as they are free to demonstrate, the rest of us are free to not demonstrate and, in fact, not agree with them.

 

And I'm pissed at myself for not going to bed 90 minutes ago the way I should have.

[steelpanther24]

On 6/13/2020 at 12:53 AM, TheOzoneHole said:

Проклятия! Выяснили меня товарищ Путин!

Umm, well at least one person got my multi layered comment (This was in response to someone saying Chicago's NFL team has been bad for a long time, but playing off the "Bear" name, implying the video relates to Russia........a  joke fails when it needs to be explained, doesn't it?  I thought it was super clever for the 6 seconds after I posted it....ah well if you always overestimate yourself, you will never have to suffer success.)

[wokking56]

On 11/3/2019 at 1:29 AM, Alkpaz said:

Now Supergirl I was okay with, I kinda looked over the overt political messages

I too enjoyed the first season and a half. I had no problem overlooking the fact that Jimmy Olsen was suddenly an adult black man rather than a white teenager. However when Supergirls sister met someone and instantly became a lesbian or later when Jimmy became a superhero it was to much BS for me to handle.

 

On 11/3/2019 at 1:29 AM, Alkpaz said:

"The Flash", maybe because it doesn't have political leanings in it, at least not ones I particularly noticed.

Again I enjoyed the flash for several seasons, but did we even watch the same show? I again ignored the fact that Iris was race swapped since it did not impact the story. Yet when Iris went from being a minor supporting character (like in the comics) to leading "team Flash" not to mention out thinking Barry, Cisco and Caitlin (highly intelligent and educated individuals) at every turn it lost me. There have been several scenes where Barry, Caitlin and/or Cisco have been contemplating how to handle a situation and Iris just off the cuff has the solution. Totally unbelievable, (Mary Sue much)???

[FauxFurry]

2 hours ago, TheOzoneHole said:

It is nice to see people go out and peacefully demonstrate for things they believe in, even if I don't agree with them. I would just hope that those people remember that, as they are free to demonstrate, the rest of us are free to not demonstrate and, in fact, not agree with them.

That last bit is likely to piss a lot of people off if they won't view it as the most foul of heresy. Anticipate them flooding this thread...nah, that's is a bit too silly a thing to say even for me.

That sort already considers this site itself to be heresy so they won't bother logging onto it long enough to create a membership to be able to criticize you for daring to disagree with them. You will find yourself relatively safe from 'cancellation' here.

[TheOzoneHole]

19 hours ago, FauxFurry said:

That last bit is likely to piss a lot of people off if they won't view it as the most foul of heresy. Anticipate them flooding this thread...nah, that's is a bit too silly a thing to say even for me.

That sort already considers this site itself to be heresy so they won't bother logging onto it long enough to create a membership to be able to criticize you for daring to disagree with them. You will find yourself relatively safe from 'cancellation' here.

Yeah, and the fun thing is I didn't even say what specifically I might disagree with them about, that makes it even more fun when they start screeching only to find out I actually agree with them and they just made themselves look really stupid for no reason at all.  I only a minor sadist, honest! 

[landess]

On 6/18/2020 at 12:42 AM, FauxFurry said:

young people are typically the ones who want something in the world to change

I fell into this trap myself. Basically not understanding the intricacies of things, my thoughts on change worked great for me, but screwed a lot of other people in the process because I didn't understand it completely. A knee jerk reaction is just that. After I spoke to others about 'change', I saw how my ideas would affect them and began to see the bigger picture.

 

Now if I'm interested in 'change', it's best to get all the facts (as many as I can) before proceeding and remembering to discuss the change and all it's effects I can grasp, hoping to refine the idea if possible so it's the best it can be, and not just a selfish want.

 

The 'ME' generation is great, till they need something from 'YOU'.

[RitualClarity]

34 minutes ago, landess said:

I fell into this trap myself. Basically not understanding the intricacies of things, my thoughts on change worked great for me, but screwed a lot of other people in the process because I didn't understand it completely. A knee jerk reaction is just that. After I spoke to others about 'change', I saw how my ideas would affect them and began to see the bigger picture.

 

Now if I'm interested in 'change', it's best to get all the facts (as many as I can) before proceeding and remembering to discuss the change and all it's effects I can grasp, hoping to refine the idea if possible so it's the best it can be, and not just a selfish want.

 

The 'ME' generation is great, till they need something from 'YOU'.

Change is a process, mistakes will be made. This is a fact. Don't stop because of it, reflect on what was bad, and correct it the best you can. Rinse and repeat.

 

You don't need all the answers, hell the "Experts" don't have all the answers... Just try to discover the best answers like everybody else. When you find something you think is good. Discuss it with other people from both sides of that subjects fence. This will help see if your improvement will stand up.  Find the problems in it, modify it and try again.