Poll of the Day > ITT: Unpopular opinions

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Questionmarktarius posted...

Unsweetened is best chocolate.

Youre a monster

argonautweakend posted...

i don't like the song "american pie" by don mclean.

I never have, really. I find it annoying and the overuse of generic americana tropes gets on my nerves.

I might actually find a better use for 8:33 of my life i'll never get back, because im not moleman, so it hits extra hard.

Well, you're browsing PotD so your time couldn't have been THAT valuable.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

LinkPizza posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

I_Always_Die posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

i legit feel bad for people who didnt enjoy BotW

I legit feel bad for people who feel their sense of self threatened by other people not enjoying the things they enjoy. It seems to speak of some deep-seated insecurities.

thats... a huge reach and nothing in that post speaks of any of that lol

Its not a huge reach at all. DBS is intolerant of people having a different opinion about a game.

Is DBS also IAD?

At this point, who cares?

lmao remember when you bought me fallout 4

thanks buddy
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Here is a doozy of one:

Where I live there is a huge homeless problem. There is a ton of crime from this. Many of these people are mentally ill, and too far gone to ever be productive members of society. Drug use is rampant, rape is rampant, trash and needles everywhere, and it's just a really bad situation over all.

Anyways, I feel the homeless should be rounded up and evaluated. If they have have skills and can learn, put them through a school and work program. Help them get a job and not be homeless. If they've only committed non-violent crimes, let it slide to an extent. If they are mentally ill but can still do SOMETHING with their lives, help them. If there are drug addicts who want to really recover and move on, help them.

As for the rest... The violent, the drug addicts who are too far gone, the mentally ill who could never live a normal life... I hate to say this but maybe euthanasia is the best option. The mentally ill are just going to suffer until they inevitably starve or freeze to death, the violent are going to keep committing crimes; If they were euthanized and their organs used for those in need, they would at least bring some good to society as a whole.

Of course, the above proposal really can be a slippery slope as far as human rights and all that go. Like, who gets to decide if someone is capable enough to live and die?
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I_Always_Die posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

LinkPizza posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

I_Always_Die posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

i legit feel bad for people who didnt enjoy BotW

I legit feel bad for people who feel their sense of self threatened by other people not enjoying the things they enjoy. It seems to speak of some deep-seated insecurities.

thats... a huge reach and nothing in that post speaks of any of that lol

Its not a huge reach at all. DBS is intolerant of people having a different opinion about a game.

Is DBS also IAD?

At this point, who cares?

lmao remember when you bought me fallout 4

thanks buddy

I remember buying it for people. No idea anymore who I bought it for.

Unpopular opinion -- There's no place in a civilized society for alcohol. And once humanity evolves past alcohol use and other substance abuse, countless other issues will greatly diminish or vanish as well.

Idris Elba is absurdly overrated.

The first MCU Avengers film sucked. In general, I've found that the DCEU isn't nearly as far behind the MCU as people like to claim. And Fox's newer X-Men films have been pretty damn enjoyable.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a good Shia LeBeouf film.

Thanks to the Goosebumps movies, I'm starting to like Jack Black again.

WhiskeyDisk posted...

George Zimmerman did nothing wrong.

Really depends on what we're talking about. Zimmerman did a lot of stuff besides defending himself against Trayvon Martin.

CarefreeDude posted...

Here is a doozy of one:

Where I live there is a huge homeless problem. There is a ton of crime from this. Many of these people are mentally ill, and too far gone to ever be productive members of society. Drug use is rampant, rape is rampant, trash and needles everywhere, and it's just a really bad situation over all.

Anyways, I feel the homeless should be rounded up and evaluated. If they have have skills and can learn, put them through a school and work program. Help them get a job and not be homeless. If they've only committed non-violent crimes, let it slide to an extent. If they are mentally ill but can still do SOMETHING with their lives, help them. If there are drug addicts who want to really recover and move on, help them.

As for the rest... The violent, the drug addicts who are too far gone, the mentally ill who could never live a normal life... I hate to say this but maybe euthanasia is the best option. The mentally ill are just going to suffer until they inevitably starve or freeze to death, the violent are going to keep committing crimes; If they were euthanized and their organs used for those in need, they would at least bring some good to society as a whole.

Of course, the above proposal really can be a slippery slope as far as human rights and all that go. Like, who gets to decide if someone is capable enough to live and die?

Not for nothing, but a lot of people are homeless either because they struggle finding/maintaining employment or, in many cases, because they're not paid enough. It's not just a matter of substance abuse and mental illness.
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Zeus posted...

Really depends on what we're talking about. Zimmerman did a lot of stuff besides defending himself against Trayvon Martin.

Perhaps, but how much of the post-Trayvon shit has been obsessed people foaming at the mouth to make something stick? I probably wouldn't have straight up shot the kid, but under the circumstances I would have beaten the shit out of him. The kid left the situation to safety, but came back around to show how tough he was, and IMO that's the risk any youngblood makes when they assume that just because they're crazy, the guy they're fucking with isn't crazier.
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Zeus posted...

Not for nothing, but a lot of people are homeless either because they struggle finding/maintaining employment or, in many cases, because they're not paid enough. It's not just a matter of substance abuse and mental illness.

I've seen this a lot in my area. People just aren't making enough. And it sucks because many of them are trying so hard. And even trying to get multiple jobs just to not end up on the streets...
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Tax refunds don't matter because they're just an illusion of getting more money.
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KJ StErOiDs posted...

Tax refunds don't matter because they're just an illusion of getting more money.

You are right that they dont matter. But they sure do help...
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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Zeus posted...

Really depends on what we're talking about. Zimmerman did a lot of stuff besides defending himself against Trayvon Martin.

Perhaps, but how much of the post-Trayvon shit has been obsessed people foaming at the mouth to make something stick?

Well, Zimmerman allegedly threatened an ex with a gun and attempted to profit on the Trayvon incident by selling the gun he used to kill Trayvon, among other things. Sure, a lot of the stuff he did wouldn't be particularly noteworthy if he hadn't shot Trayvon, but he hasn't exactly faded into the background after his 15 minutes of fame.

KJ StErOiDs posted...

Tax refunds don't matter because they're just an illusion of getting more money.

It also matters in that you lost access to that capital until you got your refund check, meaning that the government was able to make money on your money instead of you.
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Programmers, farmers, and engineers, etc. should be the majority voice of government.
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A high-altitude evergreen forest view is better than an ocean view.
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We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.
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Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

Do you pay taxes?

There are way too many bald guys with beards now.

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

There are way too many bald guys with beards now.

I think there are just way too many beards. It's like living in the 1870s.
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Firewerx posted...

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

There are way too many bald guys with beards now.

I think there are just way too many beards. It's like living in the 1870s.

Yeah. It's really out of control. The Amish have never been so fashionable.

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation
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MICHALECOLE posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

Do you pay taxes?

Are you asking if I personally pay taxes? Of course.

Are you asking if a civilian should need to pay taxes? Again, of course.
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PS has no good console exclusives.
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Valiant_Kaiser posted...

Firewerx posted...

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

There are way too many bald guys with beards now.

I think there are just way too many beards. It's like living in the 1870s.

Yeah. It's really out of control. The Amish have never been so fashionable.

Im bald and have a beard. I started losing my hair so I cut the middleman and started shaving my head.

Noop_Noop posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation

So what if youre mentally, physically, or emotionally disabled and cannot serve one of these positions? Youre just branded as a non citizen and cant vote, despite it being within your legal rights as a citizen of your country?

WastelandCowboy posted...

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

Firewerx posted...

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

There are way too many bald guys with beards now.

I think there are just way too many beards. It's like living in the 1870s.

Yeah. It's really out of control. The Amish have never been so fashionable.

Im bald and have a beard. I started losing my hair so I cut the middleman and started shaving my head.

I've been scraping the blade of a Gillette across my head stubble for years, but I found that when I grew a beard it looked like I'd put my head on upside down.
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Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

An interesting idea, but I don't think it's altogether practical. For one thing, public service jobs are already pretty bloated with a bunch of unnecessary bureaucracy, and that would only get worse if enough jobs had to be added for everyone to be able to spend four years in one (and if said jobs weren't added, then you've got the government picking who's allowed to vote, at which point you should abandon all pretense of democracy altogether). For another, you're talking about making people delay their actual educations and careers by four years if they want to vote, which would inevitably result in fewer, less-qualified professionals, as well as a voting base that's less educated overall, even if they have more experience in public service matters. Neither are a good thing.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

Firewerx posted...

Valiant_Kaiser posted...

There are way too many bald guys with beards now.

I think there are just way too many beards. It's like living in the 1870s.

Yeah. It's really out of control. The Amish have never been so fashionable.

Im bald and have a beard. I started losing my hair so I cut the middleman and started shaving my head.

Noop_Noop posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation

So what if youre mentally, physically, or emotionally disabled and cannot serve one of these positions? Youre just branded as a non citizen and cant vote, despite it being within your legal rights as a citizen of your country?

Like I said, its a wide blanket, and I named a few.

There is no physical disability short of death that would limit you from EVERY public service job available.

There are very few mental disabilities that would do the same unless you're vegetative and yeah, vegetative people probably shouldn't vote.

And you're branded as a civilian, which means you're welcome to dwell here and take advantage of what the country has to offer. But, since you didn't spend time busting your ass in menial employment in service to the state, proving your dedication to it, you don't get to have a voice in it.
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Noop_Noop posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation

So you want immigrants to come in and have to work government jobs for four years, without be able to vote, but still pay taxes, even though you have a huge amount of people claiming they are stealing jobs already?

MICHALECOLE posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation

So you want immigrants to come in and have to work government jobs for four years, without be able to vote, but still pay taxes, even though you have a huge amount of people claiming they are stealing jobs already?

Uh, what? Who mentioned immigrants? I'm saying I want this rule for everybody, including the native born population.

You're not paying taxes so you can vote. Youre paying them to use and maintain public services. Don't Like it? Take a fucking public service job or gtfo. Prove to us that you have the nations interest at heart and I'm happy for you to have a say in it.
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adjl posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

An interesting idea, but I don't think it's altogether practical. For one thing, public service jobs are already pretty bloated with a bunch of unnecessary bureaucracy, and that would only get worse if enough jobs had to be added for everyone to be able to spend four years in one (and if said jobs weren't added, then you've got the government picking who's allowed to vote, at which point you should abandon all pretense of democracy altogether). For another, you're talking about making people delay their actual educations and careers by four years if they want to vote, which would inevitably result in fewer, less-qualified professionals, as well as a voting base that's less educated overall, even if they have more experience in public service matters. Neither are a good thing.

im sorry i couldnt understand any of this or take the time to dump on it because words dont really mean anything, right?
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Noop_Noop posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation

So you want immigrants to come in and have to work government jobs for four years, without be able to vote, but still pay taxes, even though you have a huge amount of people claiming they are stealing jobs already?

Uh, what? Who mentioned immigrants? I'm saying I want this rule for everybody, including the native born population.

You're not paying taxes so you can vote. Youre paying them to use and maintain public services. Don't Like it? Take a fucking public service job or gtfo. Prove to us that you have the nations interest at heart and I'm happy for you to have a say in it.

The crux of this idea is that youre delaying the career and continued education of citizens just so they can vote. They probably wont be able to vote until theyre 21/22, assuming they start a public service position at age 18. Great, now they can vote.

Now, they have to make a decision of either staying in their public service position which they will likely have to do as they will be supporting themselves/family and will have bills to pay so they will probably not want to leave this paying job to go to college for 4/8 years. Maybe they part-timed working and school. In any case, why would they leave their paying job to do something else?

Now you have possible lifers in a public service job that they started solely because they wanted to vote and theyre not passionate about, but are just doing because it pays the bills. What about all the other positions that are needed, like retail, food service, etc? Sucks to be them, because apparently, your job doesnt qualify as serving the public so you dont get to vote.

FFXIII was a good game despite having pacing problems.

Last Jedi was the third best movie in the series
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

MICHALECOLE posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

WastelandCowboy posted...

Noop_Noop posted...

We should make a clear distinction between citizen and civilian.

4 years of public service should be a requirement for citizenship. Otherwise you don't vote and you don't run for office.

What would qualify as public service?

Its a pretty wide range, but ill name a few

Military
Police
Fire
Judiciary (clerical work etc.)
Public education
Sanitation

So you want immigrants to come in and have to work government jobs for four years, without be able to vote, but still pay taxes, even though you have a huge amount of people claiming they are stealing jobs already?

Uh, what? Who mentioned immigrants? I'm saying I want this rule for everybody, including the native born population.

You're not paying taxes so you can vote. Youre paying them to use and maintain public services. Don't Like it? Take a fucking public service job or gtfo. Prove to us that you have the nations interest at heart and I'm happy for you to have a say in it.

The crux of this idea is that youre delaying the career and continued education of citizens just so they can vote. They probably wont be able to vote until theyre 21/22, assuming they start a public service position at age 18. Great, now they can vote.

Now, they have to make a decision of either staying in their public service position which they will likely have to do as they will be supporting themselves/family and will have bills to pay so they will probably not want to leave this paying job to go to college for 4/8 years. Maybe they part-timed working and school. In any case, why would they leave their paying job to do something else?

Now you have possible lifers in a public service job that they started solely because they wanted to vote and theyre not passionate about, but are just doing because it pays the bills. What about all the other positions that are needed, like retail, food service, etc? Sucks to be them, because apparently, your job doesnt qualify as serving the public so you dont get to vote.

huh? delaying what? forcing what? you cant work and go to school? you cant work 2 jobs? thats odd, because ive done both of those things. didnt realize i was breaking a fundamental universal law.

I also never specified an age range, you did that.

what i want is for the citizen population of my country to prove their dedication to it before they are given a voice in it. if your interest is only in yourself then by all means, take care of yourself. if your interest is in your country then by all means, take care of your country.

its an unpopular opinion, as the topic requested, made more unpopular by the far left leaning and self centered tendencies of the average potder

id say i fucking nailed it
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@WastelandCowboy

hell, let me throw this at you

would it make you feel better if i said 4 years of 40 hours a week would be acceptible, or 8 years of 20 hours a week, or 16 years of 10. i really dont care about timeframes. it comes out to a bit over 8000 hours (and im happy to round down to that). if you have the dedication you'll get it done. if you dont you wont.

how many of the current career politicians in the world (or country) right now do you think would be where they are if it required ~8000 hours of menial, shit-paying public service in order to be allowed to begin their careers?
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Noop_Noop posted...

huh? delaying what? forcing what? you cant work and go to school? you cant work 2 jobs? thats odd, because ive done both of those things. didnt realize i was breaking a fundamental universal law.

I also never specified an age range, you did that.

what i want is for the citizen population of my country to prove their dedication to it before they are given a voice in it. if your interest is only in yourself then by all means, take care of yourself. if your interest is in your country then by all means, take care of your country.

its an unpopular opinion, as the topic requested, made more unpopular by the far left leaning and self centered tendencies of the average potder

id say i fucking nailed it

Did you not read? I said they could work and go to school. I never said they couldn't work two jobs. And we're not talking about you - we're talking about the rest of the country.

Oh please. If people want to participate in their country's election systems for their city, county, state, country and vote as soon as they can (which you can almost guarantee they will because it'll be hammered into them by the shitty state of the country), they'll start working as soon as they can.

https://www.snagajob.com/resources/legal-age-to-work/

First, if youre under 18 you need to know that federal laws regulate the type of work you can do. Non-agricultural jobs require you to be at least 14 years of age. Fourteen- and 15-year-olds may not work more than three hours a day and 18 hours a week during the school year. During the summer and on school holidays, you can work eight hours a day and 40 hours a week, but there are time limits. You may not work later than 7 p.m. during the school year or later than 9 p.m. between June 1 and Labor Day. Bummer.

So, right off the bat, they won't be able to work more than 3 hours a day during the school year and only 40 hours a week during summer and school holidays. If they max out these hours for those four years, working through spring break, summer break, and winter break, that puts them at around 4,400 hours, but this is at the cost of their teenage years, possibly their studies, development, hobbies, etc, but hey, they're halfway there.

What you want, even though you're not admitting it because this'd make you intolerant and/or arrogant, is that you want to limit the people voting. You want a specific group of people voting. Not the entirety of the country including both men and women of all races and creeds (most of which fought valiantly for this right to vote), but just people that have served the country, as they may have a different mindset after serving the country. Maybe they will, maybe they won't, but that's a gamble you inherently want to risk, apparently.

Furthermore, how arrogant can you be to suggest that people working in non-service jobs aren't proving their dedication to their country? I mean, seriously?! It is every citizen's right to question their government and to not blindly follow in the footsteps of their leaders. And you want to restrict them from voting, just because of their opinions?

There is nothing wrong with only having an interest in yourself. With how little Congress and DC seem to care about everyone else but themselves and their own agendas, the average citizen should be caring about themselves, but certainly no-one else is. Certainly not their senators or representatives. They only care about their party, their agendas, their pocketbooks, and making sure legislation that conflicts with their agenda and their party is blocked.

Yes, it's a very unpopular opinion, but you'd be foolish to think that this opinion is only that of one side and not both of them. Not to mention that both conservatives and liberals are self-centered - not just conservatives.

Timothy Dalton was the best bond

Cold chicken tastes better than heated chicken
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Vacationing at a tropical resort does not sound appealing.
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KJ StErOiDs posted...

Vacationing at a tropical resort does not sound appealing.

I somewhat agree, especially after having vacationed at tropical resorts in the past.
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Despite its many flaws, I liked Aliens Colonial Marines. Coop was especially fun.
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I couldn't give less crap about the environmental future of our world. I have no stake in it and you can't force me to care
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Taco Bell food tastes terrible. If you say it does, it's the social programming designed as marketing that's talking.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Taco Bell food tastes terrible. If you say it does, it's the social programming designed as marketing that's talking.

Weird. I feel the same way about mint-chocolate-chip ice cream
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Metalsonic66 posted...

I feel the same way about mint-chocolate-chip ice cream

That's a different kind of abomination.
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no really, does anyone else find Mario Odyssey to be kinda hard to control?
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Metalsonic66 posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

Taco Bell food tastes terrible. If you say it does, it's the social programming designed as marketing that's talking.

Weird. I feel the same way about mint-chocolate-chip ice cream

Huh. Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Lokarin posted...

no really, does anyone else find Mario Odyssey to be kinda hard to control?

If by hard to control you mean not as good as galaxy or sunshine

Then yes

MICHALECOLE posted...

Lokarin posted...

no really, does anyone else find Mario Odyssey to be kinda hard to control?

If by hard to control you mean not as good as galaxy or sunshine

Then yes

Ya, Mario moves like he's powering through molasses and the jumping on cappy is kinda awkward

But it could just be 'cuz I'm not used to controlling the Switch
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Esports are more enjoyable to watch than traditional sports.
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Zeus posted...

Huh. Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

Just mail a postcard to 123 Fake Street
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The white is the tastiest part of the egg.
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Pink beans taste better than pinto beans and red beans.