It's hard to say my meaning in the title, so let me explain some more.
Also keep in mind that I'm not targeting everyone as a group if I say something specific, only those who apply.
Anyway.
Something I have come to notice is that, out of a small number of "different" types of people, you have those who want to stand out. They want to stand out so badly and show how different they are from others. They want to show just how unique and special they are, and in a sense better because they aren't like others.
Perhaps I'm being too harsh. However, what bothers me is when certain people want to stand out so badly, that they will insist that whatever group they are with (straight, gay, furry, pony, whatever), it is just so awesome to them that they have to make sure everyone else knows that they are with that group.
Let me use some examples. For instance: I am definitely not a fan of "gay pride". When I say this I mean it in a sense that I don't like when people flaunt everything they have that is gay in other non-gay (or even gay) faces. I don't care if you're homosexual. I don't need to know that you're gay in every sense. If you're gay, awesome. But if you want to get in my face and say how awesome it is to be gay, then I have a little bit of a problem with that.
Another instance (at least while browsing the Internet and the forums), are furries. Once again, I don't care if you're a furry. However, if you're one of those outspoken furries who likes to post furry porn and make every little thing you like and relate it around furries, then you get on my nerves.
Keep in mind, I'm not targeting just those two groups, nor am I insulting them as a whole, or what they do is wrong, either in the sense of morals or even what they do. If they want to roll around in pride or perform stereotypical acts, that's their deal. However, I don't like to see it. I'm not talking about me stumbling upon a fapfolder and then shouting "GET THAT OUT OF HERE YOU PERVERT", rather I'm talking about browsing around on my own time in a normal location and all of a sudden: HEY GUYS LOOK WAHT I HAVE HERE and see an eyeful of gross genitalia.
Okay, perhaps I was focusing on more of a... personal issue. But I tend to get furry porn in my face so often from a day to day basis from furries who are oh-so generous to share, even to non-furries. But let me digress so it doesn't sound like I'm focusing on one party.
My whole rant here is that, I don't care how "unique" you may be from the crowd. You may be non-straight. You may be that "hawt gamr grl", but that doesn't mean you should brag about it. I don't shout to the world of how I'm such a straight Caucasian male. LOOK AT MY PORNOGRAPHY WORLD. I FIND WOMEN ATTRACTIVE! I AM SO STRAIGHT!So maybe it doesn't have the same effect to it, knowing that there are many, many straight Caucasian males. Regardless it has the same effect.
Although, despite on what your overall opinion may be on a situation, or even what your sexual or moral orientation may stem from, I suggest keeping it to yourself and to those who find it equally enticing as you do. It really does no good shoving your material down our throats when quite frankly, we don't want to taste it. So go ahead. Be homosexual, be straight, be a gamer girl or be a gamer guy. Be whatever the hell you want. But when you go to me and look at me in my uncaring-I-don't-give-a-****-eyes and tell me how awesome it is to be whatever you are, that is when my top starts to pop. That's when I get annoyed.
Damnit, where are my clapping gifs when I need them...
Ah, here's one!
I relate to all of that on so many levels.
More so the gamer girl issue than anything.
Jesus christ there aren't words for how annoying that is. And I'm a girl myself! I feel embarrassed saying I'm female on gaming forums these days because there's just so many of those types. "Oh look at me I'm a girl gamer! Yeah you heard me, I'm a GIRL who plays VIDEO GAMES. Didn't see THAT coming, did you BOYS? I have REAL BOOBS and everything!"
/presses palm to face
Although the immature little man-children who perpetuate the antique notion that "there are no girls on the internet, and there are certainly no girls who play games" definitely aren't helping stamp out those annoying women.
(Though don't let me get started on people who think that their porn/kinks are so special that they need to share them with everyone. I've known filterless people like that and... well let's just say there's a horrible amount of second-hand embarrassment that comes with being near them. e__e)
In the attempt to be unique, they pick a social group and become a completely over-the-top member.
I never really understood it.
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I am no psychologist but here I go...
maybe I am furry and act so strange is because I am so plain. IRL I got brown eyes, brown straight hair, white skin tone, average body shape (slightly feminine I have been told). I feel that my only unique feature is a lack of unique features.
Then again, I am no psychologist (and nether are yall, don't kid yourself)
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I am no psychologist but here I go...
maybe I am furry and act so strange is because I am so plain. IRL I got brown eyes, brown straight hair, white skin tone, average body shape (slightly feminine I have been told). I feel that my only unique feature is a lack of unique features.
Then again, I am no psychologist (and nether are yall, don't kid yourself)
"Against all the evil that Hell can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce; We will send unto them... only you."
Colored text indicates in-character statements/actions. Because Forum Games has basically just been a big open RP for a long time now and it's the only place I ever post anymore, when I post at all.
I have this same basic issue with Canada. Canada is basically like the US, except it's different because it's Canada. They have McDonald's too, except there's a maple leaf on the "M." So Canada is essentially the same as the US, except they have maple leaves and s***! Because they're Canada! And they're going to make sure you know they're different.
I have this same basic issue with Canada. Canada is basically like the US, except it's different because it's Canada. They have McDonald's too, except there's a maple leaf on the "M." So Canada is essentially the same as the US, except they have maple leaves and s***! Because they're Canada! And they're going to make sure you know they're different.
They also have drinkable lakes, apparently.
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"Against all the evil that Hell can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce; We will send unto them... only you."
Colored text indicates in-character statements/actions. Because Forum Games has basically just been a big open RP for a long time now and it's the only place I ever post anymore, when I post at all.
Having dominant genes doesn't signify that one is normal.
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"Against all the evil that Hell can conjure, all the wickedness that mankind can produce; We will send unto them... only you."
Colored text indicates in-character statements/actions. Because Forum Games has basically just been a big open RP for a long time now and it's the only place I ever post anymore, when I post at all.
I have no problem with opposing beliefs. I'm all for freedom of that.
I start having problems when you shove your beliefs in my face. I believe what I do for a reason. I respect other's beliefs. Just don't shove it in my face.
And I don't care about whoever's beliefs/opinions/life story. If someone decides to share those with me, I'll just try and leave so my time isn't wasted.
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However, if my post is long, please snip parts or put them in spoilers.
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Profanity does nothing except prove your immaturity.
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Now, now, children, your uncle DethPotato is here to tell you to be nice to each other regardless of each others' opinions. He is also coming here to tell you to either make a new thread regarding this topic, or get back on the main topic of this thread. Or, you could slightly change the topic of this thread so that your current discussion fits.
Everyone has seen the very numerous threads bashing the various features of 1.9, Notch, Mojang, etc. Can we turn down the hating? Just a little bit? Sure, everyone may not be pleased with enchanting, or potions, but really, is it at all realistic to expect that Notch will undo his work from the past several weeks and take these features out? One, that would infuriate far more players than it might pacify, and two, something like that is completely unprecedented in a game as popular as Minecraft. Complete feature removal? Forget about it. Nobody is forcing you to use enchantments and potions.
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Adding an XP bar does NOT, I repeat NOT turn Minecraft into an RPG. An RPG, to quote the dictionary, is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting and take those characters through a structured narrative or structured decision making.
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Fantasy elements are often found in RPGs, but the reverse is NOT true. Fantasy != RPG. XP bar + minor fantasy elements does not and WILL NEVER equal an RPG in Minecraft, since Minecraft is completely devoid of a plot whatsoever.
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Finally, at the end of the day, you have to give Notch and Mojang some credit for what they have accomplished. Minecraft has over 3 million users. If Mojang was making bad gameplay decisions, why is Minecraft one of the most popular video games of all time? Because Mojang knows what they are doing. The success of Minecraft is testament to it.
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tl;dr: If you cannot come up with a completely valid reason for claiming that 1.9 ruins Minecraft, please keep your mouth shut.
All my posts are lies I invent to get attention and feel special
I'M JUST SO NORMAL I CAN'T STAND IT, i almost throw up just writing that serial killer stuff
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Powers are for the weak. I have no powers. I mean - unless you count the power to blow minds with my weapons-grade philosophical insights. I'm a thought-o-coaster, I'm the conundrummer in a band called Life Puzzler.
Now, I have nothing wrong with wanting to stand out. Sometimes it's nice to have a little attention. I usually try to stand out by demonstrating skill. If I'm at a club or at a party or something and people are dancing, I'll go all-out and show off my mad moves. It feels good when people take notice. Eventually I step aside and let someone else have the spotlight. There's a difference in my mind between wanting positive attention like that and being an attention-*****, who's hungry for any form of attention, positive or negative.
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This enlightening post brought to you courtesy of a serious overabundance of free time.
Y'know, your post makes perfect sense. It's logical, it's truthful, it's clearly based on your own perceptions.
But then, everybody agreed with you, so the thread made considerably less sense. Hell, even I agreed with you. A post about conformity through non-conformity attracts conformity. :S
Also keep in mind that I'm not targeting everyone as a group if I say something specific, only those who apply.
Anyway.
Something I have come to notice is that, out of a small number of "different" types of people, you have those who want to stand out. They want to stand out so badly and show how different they are from others. They want to show just how unique and special they are, and in a sense better because they aren't like others.
Perhaps I'm being too harsh. However, what bothers me is when certain people want to stand out so badly, that they will insist that whatever group they are with (straight, gay, furry, pony, whatever), it is just so awesome to them that they have to make sure everyone else knows that they are with that group.
Let me use some examples. For instance: I am definitely not a fan of "gay pride". When I say this I mean it in a sense that I don't like when people flaunt everything they have that is gay in other non-gay (or even gay) faces. I don't care if you're homosexual. I don't need to know that you're gay in every sense. If you're gay, awesome. But if you want to get in my face and say how awesome it is to be gay, then I have a little bit of a problem with that.
Another instance (at least while browsing the Internet and the forums), are furries. Once again, I don't care if you're a furry. However, if you're one of those outspoken furries who likes to post furry porn and make every little thing you like and relate it around furries, then you get on my nerves.
Keep in mind, I'm not targeting just those two groups, nor am I insulting them as a whole, or what they do is wrong, either in the sense of morals or even what they do. If they want to roll around in pride or perform stereotypical acts, that's their deal. However, I don't like to see it. I'm not talking about me stumbling upon a fapfolder and then shouting "GET THAT OUT OF HERE YOU PERVERT", rather I'm talking about browsing around on my own time in a normal location and all of a sudden: HEY GUYS LOOK WAHT I HAVE HERE and see an eyeful of gross genitalia.
Okay, perhaps I was focusing on more of a... personal issue. But I tend to get furry porn in my face so often from a day to day basis from furries who are oh-so generous to share, even to non-furries. But let me digress so it doesn't sound like I'm focusing on one party.
My whole rant here is that, I don't care how "unique" you may be from the crowd. You may be non-straight. You may be that "hawt gamr grl", but that doesn't mean you should brag about it. I don't shout to the world of how I'm such a straight Caucasian male. LOOK AT MY PORNOGRAPHY WORLD. I FIND WOMEN ATTRACTIVE! I AM SO STRAIGHT!So maybe it doesn't have the same effect to it, knowing that there are many, many straight Caucasian males. Regardless it has the same effect.
Although, despite on what your overall opinion may be on a situation, or even what your sexual or moral orientation may stem from, I suggest keeping it to yourself and to those who find it equally enticing as you do. It really does no good shoving your material down our throats when quite frankly, we don't want to taste it. So go ahead. Be homosexual, be straight, be a gamer girl or be a gamer guy. Be whatever the hell you want. But when you go to me and look at me in my uncaring-I-don't-give-a-****-eyes and tell me how awesome it is to be whatever you are, that is when my top starts to pop. That's when I get annoyed.
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Definitely. I just wanted to choose a less obvious word.
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Despite our want to be different, we still are so similar.
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Also one thing people don't realize is that being original doesn't mean being different from everyone else. Being original is being yourself.
Roughly. Everyone looks like monkeys to me.
Ah, here's one!
I relate to all of that on so many levels.
More so the gamer girl issue than anything.
Jesus christ there aren't words for how annoying that is. And I'm a girl myself! I feel embarrassed saying I'm female on gaming forums these days because there's just so many of those types. "Oh look at me I'm a girl gamer! Yeah you heard me, I'm a GIRL who plays VIDEO GAMES. Didn't see THAT coming, did you BOYS? I have REAL BOOBS and everything!"
/presses palm to face
Although the immature little man-children who perpetuate the antique notion that "there are no girls on the internet, and there are certainly no girls who play games" definitely aren't helping stamp out those annoying women.
(Though don't let me get started on people who think that their porn/kinks are so special that they need to share them with everyone. I've known filterless people like that and... well let's just say there's a horrible amount of second-hand embarrassment that comes with being near them. e__e)
Always open to critique and suggestions. (:
I never really understood it.
maybe I am furry and act so strange is because I am so plain. IRL I got brown eyes, brown straight hair, white skin tone, average body shape (slightly feminine I have been told). I feel that my only unique feature is a lack of unique features.
Then again, I am no psychologist (and nether are yall, don't kid yourself)
*there may or may not be cake
There's a such thing as a "plain" human?
Wouldn't that require some standard of normality?
They also have drinkable lakes, apparently.
dominant genes
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Having dominant genes doesn't signify that one is normal.
Isn't heaving brown hair and white skin considered a dominant gene anyway? You know, compared to those who have blond hair and dark skin?
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I have no problem with opposing beliefs. I'm all for freedom of that.
I start having problems when you shove your beliefs in my face. I believe what I do for a reason. I respect other's beliefs. Just don't shove it in my face.
And I don't care about whoever's beliefs/opinions/life story. If someone decides to share those with me, I'll just try and leave so my time isn't wasted.
All my posts are lies I invent to get attention and feel special
I'M JUST SO NORMAL I CAN'T STAND IT, i almost throw up just writing that serial killer stuff
But then, everybody agreed with you, so the thread made considerably less sense. Hell, even I agreed with you. A post about conformity through non-conformity attracts conformity. :S