Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!

[pythonmegapixel]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

Yes, it is, but I was actually just going for the sound difference in the O and A. And you'll want to pronounce the A like in "bra" and not as in "automobile". The "au" combination as in German doesn't really exist in an English word, that's why I was focused on the basic difference between the very first letter. Wikipedia lists "vow" as an acutal word for comparison of the vowel (actually diphthong; double-vowel as a single element).

The "a" in "bra" is pronounced the same as the "ar" in "Park" (which is a word in both German and English).

 

A better analogy would be the word "out", which translates roughly to "aus" in German. The pronunciation of the first syllable is the same for both.

[Bombastinator]

50 minutes ago, Benji said:

Yes, it is, but I was actually just going for the sound difference in the O and A. And you'll want to pronounce the A like in "bra" and not as in "automobile". The "au" combination as in German doesn't really exist in an English word, that's why I was focused on the basic difference between the very first letter. Wikipedia lists "vow" as an acutal word for comparison of the vowel (actually diphthong; double-vowel as a single element).

There’s some linguistic spelling system that actors amongst others use to describe such things.  I understand it even includes click languages.  It’s probably the most useful tool to describe this.  I’m not familiar with how it works though. I heard about it on a documentary on the making of some Mamet film I think.  Apparently John Hurt studied it.

[Bombastinator]

Just now, Benji said:

The linguistic spelling system that you'll see (sometimes even on Wikipedia pages) on how to pronounce something is called the "IPA" which stands for International Phonetic Alphabet. It has been used for over 100 years.

Could be it.  It’s apparently huge.

[Bombastinator]

10 minutes ago, SGT-AMD said:

108 years in Amateur Radio

The one mentioned I hadn’t heard about until I watched that documentary.  Could be that still.  Aparently it’s wildly sensitive.  They had examples of the same word in the same language spoken by people in the same city and they didn’t even look similar. Apparently it doesn’t exclusively use the Greek alphabet.  Russian and other characters are used as well.

Edited February 28, 2021 by Bombastinator

[The_russian]

11 hours ago, Benji said:

What I think he was going for is the fact that "ow" in English is pronounced like an open-mid back rounded vowel (think "autism" or "automobile", which is not what Audi sounds like), while the German pronunciation of Audi is an open front unrounded vowel (think of the word "bra").

Not exactly on topic, but um... those are supposed to be pronounced differently? I pronounce the "ow" in automobile and bra the same way... but apparently I pronounce quiet a few things weird. 

 

11 hours ago, pythonmegapixel said:

A better analogy would be the word "out", which translates roughly to "aus" in German. The pronunciation of the first syllable is the same for both.

So the beginning of "out" would be the correct way to pronounce Audi, right? I think I've only heard someone pronounce it differently once, and it really threw me off. 

[pythonmegapixel]

2 hours ago, The_russian said:

So the beginning of "out" would be the correct way to pronounce Audi, right? I think I've only heard someone pronounce it differently once, and it really threw me off. 

I believe that's correct, yes.

 

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Another unpopular opinion:

 

Handwriting-style fonts for user interfaces are terrible. (loads of people seem to have them on their phones; I don't understand how they use it)

[Quackers101]

if apple is related to science?

[The_russian]

Remembered another one I was going to mention before: most profile pics that are gifs are annoying as f*ck and we should have the option to have the gifs show up as just a static picture instead. I often have the forum page pulled up on a second monitor while working or doing something else, and it’s distracting as hell to see a spinning RGB parrot in my peripheral vision, to the point where I have started just opening a new tab and keeping the window on that. There are exceptions ( @wkdpaul ‘s comes to mind), but in general I don’t understand why people would choose a fast looping gif as their profile pic and how other people aren’t annoyed by it.

[pythonmegapixel]

1 minute ago, The_russian said:

we should have the option to have the gifs show up as just a static picture instead.

You can get a firefox extension that does that. I haven't yet found a satisfactory alternative for chrome unfortunately

 

Here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggleanigif/

[Arika]

On 2/27/2021 at 1:28 PM, Donut417 said:

BMW attracts a certain type of driver as well. They start with an A and end with a hole. 

On 2/27/2021 at 1:29 PM, PlayStation 2 said:

BMW drivers are fucking dickheads, no qualms about it. I'm not afraid to say it.

To add to it, most hot hatchback owners are completely fucking insufferable. They're the same BMW driver-type but they can't be seen in something as p O s H as a used 2006 BMW 328i. Like yes, I get it, your hairdryer-sounding 4-cylinder makes more power than a V6 Skyline did in 2003. Welcome to 15 years of technological advancement from your "Used from the Factory" 2018 Subaru WRX STI.

On 2/27/2021 at 1:38 PM, Bombastinator said:

The whole bmw driver phenomena was a stereotype. Such things change by time and area.  Currently in my area the drivers to watch out for are well polished 4wheel drive truck with bed covers.

 

i know i'm late to the shit on BMW train, but I have something very important:

 

[Spindel]

"Story driven" computer/video games are lackluster and boring.

 

People that praise stories in games obviously need to read more books, because if they did they would realize how embarrassingly bad stories are in ALL games. 

 

Game play firstly and atmosphere/world secondly is what makes a great game great. 

 

This quote from John Carmack from the 90ies (i think) encapsulate it very well

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Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important.

 

 

[Belac F]

2 hours ago, Spindel said:

"Story driven" computer/video games are lackluster and boring.

 

People that praise stories in games obviously need to read more books, because if they did they would realize how embarrassingly bad stories are in ALL games. 

 

Game play firstly and atmosphere/world secondly is what makes a great game great. 

 

This quote from John Carmack from the 90ies (i think) encapsulate it very well

 

 

Most of the time. But I still think undertale is better than most movies and books ive read, because you determine the outcome

[SolarNova]

On 2/25/2021 at 2:17 PM, wkdpaul said:

* thread cleaned *

 

As the title said ; 'non-offensive'

 

That would include conspiracies and/or dismissing whole segments of science because of "beliefs".

*points* Zuckerberg ! ... no wait. .Dorsey ! ..no wait ...

 

[WhitetailAni]

DisplayPort 2.0 isn't out yet because 16K TVs aren't available yet.

[Andreas Lilja]

MMA and boxing is boring and stupid. 

[FakeNSA]

5 minutes ago, Benji said:

I thought I was the only one who thought that. No sport that is deliberately designed to harm/injure people is interesting to me and they deserve to fade out of existence.

That is, indeed, an unpopular opinion.

Personally, I grew up in low-contact martial arts (pads, no head hits, etc) and I would never want to compete in MMA, but I respect the effort put in, and I am frequently fascinated by the skill on display.

It may have (often serious) health consequences down the line, but the same could be said for american football, which I find faaaaar less interesting.

To each their own!

[Quackers101]

34 minutes ago, FakeNSA said:

It may have (often serious) health consequences down the line, but the same could be said for american football, which I find faaaaar less interesting.

To each their own!

American football using their head as an disadvantage.

So many brain injures and some deaths, and how bad practices are used. Like with the some american school trainers, there to fuck you up like the rest of the USA.

[whm1974]

3 hours ago, Quackers101 said:

American football using their head as an disadvantage.

So many brain injures and some deaths, and how bad practices are used. Like with the some american school trainers, there to fuck you up like the rest of the USA.

Speaking of American football, didn't Congress banned a football Tactic around the early 20th Century, due causing major injuries.

[Bombastinator]

6 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

Speaking of American football, didn't Congress banned a football Tactic around the early 20th Century, due causing major injuries.

A bunch of them. There are dozens of rules like that.  You may be referring to “spearing” but there are so many it’s hard to tell.  There was a famous early one for example called the flying wedge that used to get a lot of people killed.  

[pythonmegapixel]

Another opinion to add to the list.

 

The "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of the Simpsons aren't all that great when compared to the rest of the season they are in.

 

I also don't subscribe to the philosophy of "everything after season X was terrible" - I believe it has been a gradual decline, and everything up to about season 13-17 was perfectly watchable, though most of the absolute classics are of course in seasons 3-9 which are usually described as the prime of the series. Even in the most recent seasons there are some excellent episodes.

[Bombastinator]

4 hours ago, Benji said:

I thought I was the only one who thought that. No sport that is deliberately designed to harm/injure people is interesting to me and they deserve to fade out of existence.

They are generally designed to reduce injury.  Before boxing there was bare knuckle boxing, which had an even higher injury rate.  It is limited though.  Olympic boxing is significantly safer than pro boxing because headgear is used.  

[Vishera]

On 9/13/2020 at 4:31 PM, pythonmegapixel said:

I believe that ice cream is better if it is allowed to melt for a short time before eating.

That's what i call milkshake

[whm1974]

1 hour ago, Bombastinator said:

A bunch of them. There are dozens of rules like that.  You may be referring to “spearing” but there are so many it’s hard to tell.  There was a famous early one for example called the flying wedge that used to get a lot of people killed.  

If I can recall, The Flying Wedge is the one mentioned by name at time.

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, whm1974 said:

If I can recall, The Flying Wedge is the one mentioned by name at time.

Flying wedge was old.  Like leather helmet days old. Been illegal for a long time.  The rule about illegal formations was going after the flying wedge though its been used for other things as well.  The flying wedge was so effective it more or less ruined football as well.  It killed a lot of people.  The kickoff would happen and the entire team would link arms in a wedge formation with the ball carrier behind it.  The only way to stop it was to break the wedge.  A lot of people got trampled and killed trying.  The eventual demise came when a college player was sewing suitcase handles to the uniforms of the team.  

[Donut417]

9 hours ago, Spindel said:

Story driven" computer/video games are lackluster and boring.

I have to disagree. I wouldn't say they are all good but games like Portal 2 and Half Life had great stories. Though not every game thats story driven is good. But there are those that are.