Non-Gaming Hot Takes

[Yousef]

RC cola is tasty.

 

[tropicalavera]

You should be engaged in political discussions

I'll go one further: every discussion is political :3c

 

[ZombieFish]

Putting a video playing in the background while you game seems like overstimulating yourself and that's a bad baaaad feeling I don't understand why play the game with all the sounds in it while someone from entirely something else speaks in the background I find it too much information for the brain a more focused singular task is better.

I’m kinda conflicted about this. If I’m playing something with a story I care about at all, at least for the first time, or something where atmosphere and immersion are a big part of the draw, I single-task it, no exceptions. But for everything else, I want a podcast on too at least. Is it a bad habit? Am I killing my own attention span? Maybe. Does it matter much? To me? Not so much.

 

[Pandaprewmaster325]

I’m kinda conflicted about this. If I’m playing something with a story I care about at all, at least for the first time, or something where atmosphere and immersion are a big part of the draw, I single-task it, no exceptions. But for everything else, I want a podcast on too at least. Is it a bad habit? Am I killing my own attention span? Maybe. Does it matter much? To me? Not so much.

Each to his own mate.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

You should be engaged in political discussions

I don't wanna get too spicy, but I want to add that as an American I feel going out and voting (if you reasonably can) is a responsibility. Too many people here complain about politics but then stay home and don't vote.

And that's all I have to say about politics, don't want to push the matter too much.

 

[ZombieFish]

I don't wanna get too spicy, but I want to add that as an American I feel going out and voting (if you reasonably can) is a responsibility. Too many people here complain about politics but then stay home and don't vote.

And that's all I have to say about politics, don't want to push the matter too much.

Time was Diddy would kill you if you didn’t. I think he’s busy lately though.

Post automatically merged: Feb 15, 2025

Come to think, was the oil maybe just for the levers of voting machines?

 

[Gamma]

Putting a video playing in the background while you game seems like overstimulating yourself and that's a bad baaaad feeling I don't understand why play the game with all the sounds in it while someone from entirely something else speaks in the background I find it too much information for the brain a more focused singular task is better.

I agree, although I enjoy listening to a podcast when I feel like grinding in a JRPG, my head starts to hurt after paying attention to both things at once.

 

[downloadingshit]

Putting a video playing in the background while you game seems like overstimulating yourself and that's a bad baaaad feeling I don't understand why play the game with all the sounds in it while someone from entirely something else speaks in the background I find it too much information for the brain a more focused singular task is better.

It depends on the game for me, something like 2hu or a game that requires my concentration oh absolutely I can't, but mindlessly grinding in an RPG or playing something more laid back like The Sims then I can

 

[IDMTINP]

I don't wanna get too spicy, but I want to add that as an American I feel going out and voting (if you reasonably can) is a responsibility. Too many people here complain about politics but then stay home and don't vote.

And that's all I have to say about politics, don't want to push the matter too much.

I don't want to push the matter either, especially because I know this is a forum people partly appreciate as a refuge from the hot turmoil of the outside world, so I will leave it as a spoiler for anyone who wants to consent to read it.

Spoiler: Hot Take (about politics)

To not "get political" or to attempt political "neutrality" IS a political decision with measurable consequences. Think back to the civil rights movement. To be "neutral" about it was to defend the status quo. Here in the in the US, I'd say it's gotten to a situation where it's impossible to attempt political neutrality. Humans are not neutrons, even a paraplegic takes from the limited resources, and in a capitalist society, you vote with your lifestyle.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

It's good to be negative a lot of the time

 

[Tonberry]

It's good to be negative a lot of the time

It’s not. In fact, it’s actively harmful for your health.

Stress and anxiety messes up your hormones, tension messes up your muscles and skeleton and gives you physical ailments like nausea and headaches.
Negative energy affects your immune system, making you more susceptible to illness in general.
Anxiety and poorly treated/regulated anger can wreak havoc on your digestive system, making you physically ill.
And all of the above affects your heart.

There’s nothing wrong or inherently bad about feeling sad or depressed, and everyone does at different periods of their life, but you should never ever actively seek out negative emotion, because it’s terrible for your health in almost every single way.

 

[Kamako]

Nobody knows what they're talking about.
Every individual knows at least one thing you do not.
That two facts that should negate one another can paradoxically be true simultaneously, and being unable to reconcile those facts, is perhaps the greatest source of discontent one can experience beyond lacking a fundamental need.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Anger is, more often than not, a weakness and not a strength. Conversely, kindness is a show of true strength. Far too many people think angry and violent equals tough guy and kind and generous equals wussy, when it's the other way around.

Probably not a very hot take here, but it would be among a lot of people I know IRL.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Transformers is boring

 

[Kamako]

Transformers is boring

Transformers One (2024) was pretty good doeee

But otherwise, hard agree

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Everyone online is a guy unless otherwise stated

 

[Kamako]

Everyone online is a guy unless otherwise stated

Absolutely.

 

[Dyne]

Everyone online is a guy unless otherwise stated

wise words to live by.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Everyone online is a guy unless otherwise stated

Girl is an acronym

Guy
In
Real
Life

 

[Jotaro]

a hot and controversial take at the same time

for me, words on their own don't matter. Its the intent behind them that matters. Talking a lot, without substance, means nothing, back it up and don't backstab others behind their backs.

In other words, fellas, when in real life, women, say, they want a nice guy, with a good heart and height doesn't matter to them, they mean the opposite, oh, and body count, does matter (the less bodies a chick has, the better actually), a lot.

Summary: be yourself, dress well, have a good hygiene, focus on you, stay in shape, don't live for their opinions, do it, for you, you can be both good when it needed, and act tuff, when it needed as well, stay sharp, don't change yourselves, and in the right time, the good chick will appear, the chick who will love you, and not your wallets.

God bless all of ya.

 

[Prism_Red]

Summary: be yourself, dress well, have a good hygiene, focus on you, stay in shape, don't live for their opinions, do it, for you, you can be both good when it needed, and act tuff, when it needed as well, stay sharp, don't change yourselves, and in the right time, the good chick will appear, the chick who will love you, and not your wallets.

God bless all of ya.

Then you realized you are ugly so no chick ever approach you anyway despite all the effort.

Source: me

 

[Antilocal123]

Then you realized you are ugly so no chick ever approach you anyway despite all the effort.

Source: me

You’ll find a guy/girl one day bro trust me, I'm a 3/10 on a good day, and I found someone for a while so it can happen ?

Post automatically merged: Feb 17, 2025

As for the main topic, Lil B unironically has higher highs than MF DOOM.

 

[NatalieZaki]

Jenny Death is ass I'm so sorry I always see people calling it Death Grips's best project but dude I cannot stand like half the track list. Like yeah On GP and Centuries of Damn are absolutely incredible, but the voice effect on Why A Bitch Gotta Lie is ear grating, Pss Pss is so methodical and dull, and The Powers That B is just audio sludge, it sounds like the music is throwing up after drinking way too much. And like Disc 1 of the project is so much better, the Bjork samples make it such a cool listen, the very glitchy production is something I wish they explored more. (but they just broke up so whoops guess we're never getting that) Like Billy Not Really is just a straight up banger and the vocal sample barrage at the end of Big Dipper is so good. But everyone always tosses Disc 1 aside and only ever talk about Jenny Death. I hate that album so much.

 

[Tonberry]

Jenny Death is ass I'm so sorry I always see people calling it Death Grips's best project but dude I cannot stand like half the track list. Like yeah On GP and Centuries of Damn are absolutely incredible, but the voice effect on Why A Bitch Gotta Lie is ear grating, Pss Pss is so methodical and dull, and The Powers That B is just audio sludge, it sounds like the music is throwing up after drinking way too much. And like Disc 1 of the project is so much better, the Bjork samples make it such a cool listen, the very glitchy production is something I wish they explored more. (but they just broke up so whoops guess we're never getting that) Like Billy Not Really is just a straight up banger and the vocal sample barrage at the end of Big Dipper is so good. But everyone always tosses Disc 1 aside and only ever talk about Jenny Death. I hate that album so much.

You should post this in the newfangled shiny 'Musical Hot Takes' thread :D

 

[NatalieZaki]

You should post this in the newfangled shiny 'Musical Hot Takes' thread :D

aight im just gonna copy paste cause im not typing all that again