Hot takes

[fake-kun]

Unless someone reads your mind

Nobody can do that, so my point still stands.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

*Removes mask* I knew it, you are Ghetsis

NEIN

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I have two that are related:

1. The intention behind a good deed doesn't matter. If someone donates to a charity, does it matter if they did it out of the goodness of their heart or to make themselves look better? The end result is the same.

I think the issue is when someone wants to appear virtuous publicly. Donating is about helping people not to fulfil one's ego nor to convince oneself that they're not being greedy (some think that giving two bucks to a homeless person in the street would forgive some misdeed they've done prior).

I also think that fundamentally speaking "the end justifies the means" could be a dangerous mindset.

2. Thought crime isn't real. You can have the most vile, morally reprehensible thoughts, but unless you actually act on them, they mean nothing.

I think that "thought crime" is mostly referring to the book 1984 where you could be arrested if you have a differing opinion.

It's not to take itself literally (since mind reading isn't possible) but It's actually about citizens being allowed to criticise or disagree with the higher ups in a country without risking prison. This is why journalism freedom is protected (despite the number of clickbait articles).

So usually when someone talks about thought crime it's more about not being able to emit any opinions nor questioning towards a governmental entity.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

*Removes mask* I knew it, you are Ghetsis

Also Team Plasma isn't outed at being no better than Team Rocket or other teams as they're only telling to liberate pokémons only as a way to weaken any opponent?

Either way, the whole "Pokémon is animal abuse" rhetoric is just some Peta-level of basic media analysis that was somehow popular in the mid to late 2000's that was being mocked by the Internet (especially when they seem to care more about virtual creatures than real ones).

 

[fake-kun]

I think the issue is when someone wants to appear virtuous publicly. Donating is about helping people not to fulfil one's ego nor to convince oneself that they're not being greedy (some think that giving two bucks to a homeless person in the street would forgive some misdeed they've done prior).

I also think that fundamentally speaking "the end justifies the means" could be a dangerous mindset.

I don't see how my take is indicative of such a mindset.

I think that "thought crime" is mostly referring to the book 1984 where you could be arrested if you have a differing opinion.

It's not to take itself literally (since mind reading isn't possible) but It's actually about citizens being allowed to criticise or disagree with the higher ups in a country without risking prison. This is why journalism freedom is protected (despite the number of clickbait articles).

So usually when someone talks about thought crime it's more about not being able to emit any opinions nor questioning towards a governmental entity.

My use of the term has more to do with the concept of "bad thoughts" and the idea that having them makes you a bad person, rather than how it's used in 1984.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I don't see how my take is indicative of such a mindset.

I mean famous people acting like they're generous is merely just appearing virtuous. This is the main thing I'm criticising about that. Especially when some of these (internet) celebrities gets outed as being not so good people.

Charity, despite what it's meant to be, is a business like another.

My use of the term has more to do with the concept of "bad thoughts" and the idea that having them makes you a bad person, rather than how it's used in 1984.

Well, some people could imply that if someone just disagrees with them they're de facto having a "bad mindset" or being a bad person (without telling it directly).

On the Internet (especially in Social Media) there are many who loves that.

 

[fake-kun]

I mean famous people acting like they're generous is merely just appearing virtuous. This is the main thing I'm criticising about that. Especially when some of these (internet) celebrities gets outed as being not so good people.

Charity, despite what it's meant to be, is a business like another.

I think using charity as an example muddied my point a bit. I believe that if someone acts like a good person (and by "acts" I mean general behavior, not just how they act in public), it doesn't really matter whether they're actually a good person deep down or just a pragmatic egoist.

Rich people may act superficially virtuous in public, but they still do terrible things most of the time, so my view doesn't apply to them.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

It doesn't really matter whether they're actually a good person deep down or just a pragmatic egoist.

Well personally it kinda does.

Rich people may act superficially virtuous in public, but they still do terrible things most of the time, so my view doesn't apply to them.

I'd say that it's not just them but most people on Earth. You never have someone generous without something else expected in return.

Even a friendship or a couple is also about doing efforts for the other and the other way around in exchange.

 

[fake-kun]

Well personally it kinda does.

Why?

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Why?

Simply because it's just hypocrisy.

In fact a big donations that is anonymous is much better and more humble.

 

[fake-kun]

Simply because it's just hypocrisy.

It's only hypocrisy if criticize other people's good deeds because they had "wrong intentions."

In fact a big donations that is anonymous is much better and more humble.

Why does it matter? What does humbleness have to do with anything?

 

[MasterEn]

I mean famous people acting like they're generous is merely just appearing virtuous. This is the main thing I'm criticising about that. Especially when some of these (internet) celebrities gets outed as being not so good people.

Charity, despite what it's meant to be, is a business like another.


Well, some people could imply that if someone just disagrees with them they're de facto having a "bad mindset" or being a bad person (without telling it directly).

On the Internet (especially in Social Media) there are many who loves that.

if i remember correctly, it was either electronic arts or ubisoft had a few years ago, donated some money to a charity, and announced that they did, and said that they did this to build up enough god will with the consumers and critics. basically trying to do the thing that you can do in fable 1 where you donate money to the temple of avo and change your moral alignment to being ultra good despite all of the horrible things that you did before hand.

 

[Gold]

I have two that are related:

1. The intention behind a good deed doesn't matter. If someone donates to a charity, does it matter if they did it out of the goodness of their heart or to make themselves look better? The end result is the same.

2. Thought crime isn't real. You can have the most vile, morally reprehensible thoughts, but unless you actually act on them, they mean nothing.

I agree with both of your points. If we were all 100% transparent with our thoughts and feelings who wouldn't look a little mad?

 

[PrismRed]

I have two that are related:

1. The intention behind a good deed doesn't matter. If someone donates to a charity, does it matter if they did it out of the goodness of their heart or to make themselves look better? The end result is the same.

2. Thought crime isn't real. You can have the most vile, morally reprehensible thoughts, but unless you actually act on them, they mean nothing.

1. It doesn't matter because in the end, the charity doesn't go to my pocket.

2. Agreed

 

[Viviana Santos]

What are your controversial opinions on Anime and Manga? it can be any subject like your unpopular opinions on the industry in general, or an anime or manga or a franchise in general. I want to known your spicy takes. Anyway, my hot take is that Post-Timeskip One Piece Fucking Sucks.

 

[Iguana-0]

I'm not a big fan of the Dragon Ball series. I like the Movies [Except Evolution] but i'm not huge into the show by any means. [I'm probably gonna get my IP leaked for this]

 

[Graw]

Anime stories are silly and require too much suspension of disbelief to take seriously.

 

[RageBurner]

Not sure if it is a hot take, but I deeply dislike the Isekai subgenre.

 

[J.F.C]

Every Shounen Jump Anime or Manga made post 1999 sucks ass.
Evangelion isn't a subversion just because it was the first Mecha anime you watched.
Miyazaki is right about Modern Anime.
Ufotable are the most overrated anime studio right now, Trigger, Shaft, Madhouse, Bones and Science Saru are still miles ahead of them.

 

[Tonberry]

The entire industry/landscape seems to be filled with so much easy, safe, bland wish-fulfilment garbage nowadays, which is so insanely uninteresting that it makes me fall asleep on the spot.

I know it's a stereotype, but the whole "I was a loser IRL but I got transported into another world and now I'm the best apparently" thing is just awful.
I get that the world is pretty bleak, but these escapism-fueled stories are derivative and just straight up not fun, but it sells because people relate to the misunderstood loser main characters. It's like Coldsteel the Hedgehog levels of dumb.

I also really hate how almost every single fantasy world in contemporary anime has this weird video game-inspired logic to everything. It's fun occasionally but nowadays it just feels like an easy excuse to not have to explain your world. It's especially common in isekai, which I assume is because it's mostly written by nerds whose entire frame of reference are video games.

 

[fake-kun]

Hayao Miyazaki is overrated.

 

[J.F.C]

Man you people have some lurkwarm takes.

 

[Tonberry]

Miyazaki is right about Modern Anime.

That's a misquote but what he's actually saying is even better.
He implies that the industry has stagnated because it's run by otakus who make things only for otakus, so there's little room for true artistic expression in what's popular.

Hayao Miyazaki is overrated.

That's interesting, I'd really like to hear why you feel that way if you want to explain. I think he's one of the few who ever "got it" when it comes to the really big director names. But I get that it's different for everyone.

 

[Viviana Santos]

The entire industry/landscape seems to be filled with so much easy, safe, bland wish-fulfilment garbage nowadays, which is so insanely uninteresting that it makes me fall asleep on the spot.

I know it's a stereotype, but the whole "I was a loser IRL but I got transported into another world and now I'm the best apparently" thing is just awful.
I get that the world is pretty bleak, but these escapism-fueled stories are derivative and just straight up not fun, but it sells because people relate to the misunderstood loser main characters. It's like Coldsteel the Hedgehog levels of dumb.

I also really hate how almost every single fantasy world in contemporary anime has this weird video game-inspired logic to everything. It's fun occasionally but nowadays it just feels like an easy excuse to not have to explain your world. It's especially common in isekai, which I assume is because it's mostly written by nerds whose entire frame of reference are video games.

 

[J.F.C]

He implies that the industry has stagnated because it's run by otakus who make things only for otakus, so there's little room for true artistic expression in what's popular.

Yes that's what i meant when i said he was right.