Unpopular Opinions and (Friendly) Rant thread

[Mahek_The_Assassin_Silent_Killer]

Unpopular opinion:
Psychology, Psychiatry and the DSM-V are complete bogus we shouldn't take serious.

^This person:
Ignores ICD-11 existing
Ignores that psychiatrists need to go to med school too
Ignores that a lot of people here and in the world are neurodivergent/have physical and mental health conditions

 

[AppleMaker]

Tbf Matpat did get a ton of shit over the years for his theories (one of the first which being about how Sonic was slow funnily enough)

The thing is - Matpat's legacy is mostly viewed as something good and nostalgic despite all controversies, while powerscalers are often get slandered and even harassed over nothing, despite most of them are also just overanalyzing media. I just wanted to point out such hypocrisy lots of people have and their attempts to justify their hatred for people they know nothing about

 

[AppleMaker]

Also I don't understand one thing about commentary YouTubers - why are they often say stuff like "they admitted to it"? Like, you already have lots of proof and testimonies/witnesses on your side, why do you make an accent on that one specific bit of information? Does it even matter what perpetrator says about their actions, if you have more than enough evidence to know they actually did it? Why commentary YouTubers are often end up sounding like confession is the worst part of any situation, rather than action itself? I don't think those actions would magically disappear/never happen in the first place, if the perpetrator haven't told about it to anyone. Maybe there's something more to it that I just missed?

 

[Kurokitomo]

Unpopular opinion:
Psychology, Psychiatry and the DSM-V are complete bogus we shouldn't take serious.

Why?

 

[Vzearr]

Unpopular opinion:
Psychology, Psychiatry and the DSM-V are complete bogus we shouldn't take serious.

Huh.

 

[LegendariumOfLies]

Unpopular opinion:
Psychology, Psychiatry and the DSM-V are complete bogus we shouldn't take serious.

That isn't unpopular opinion that's proven - well at least Pyschology, I'm not sure about the other two:

 

[MaskedDragon908]

Unpopular opinion:
Psychology, Psychiatry and the DSM-V are complete bogus we shouldn't take serious.

Why?

 

[MochOath]

"powerscaling is stupid, you weren't meant to overanalyze media in this way" yeah, thats why it's fun asshole, overanalyzing dumb things is fun

id guess the vast majority of "anti-powerscaling" people see it as too beneath them to even try to understand in the first place

a whole lot of criticism is, "powerscalers are so stupid because they all do..."
- A person who has never seriously engaged in powerscaling

 

[IDK3465]

id guess the vast majority of "anti-powerscaling" people see it as too beneath them to even try to understand in the first place

a whole lot of criticism is, "powerscalers are so stupid because they all do..."
- A person who has never seriously engaged in powerscaling

People can sometimes be way too eager to generalize entire communities based on a random comment or post they see
Like, people will see someone go "erm, actually " to their fun crossover fanart of Luffy fighting Naruto, and assume every single powerscaler is an abnoxious asshole that can't simply enjoy media, all based on that one interaction that is only reflective of like 4% of the community

 

[Vzearr]

People can sometimes be way too eager to generalize entire communities based on a random comment or post they see
Like, people will see someone go "erm, actually " to their fun crossover fanart of Luffy fighting Naruto, and assume every single powerscaler is an abnoxious asshole that can't simply enjoy media, all based on that one interaction that is only reflective of like 4% of the community

I'm an obnoxious asshole who speaks for the whole power scaling community when I say, WE are obnoxious assholes.

 

[Just a Random Butler]

I'm an obnoxious asshole who speaks for the whole power scaling community when I say, WE are obnoxious assholes.

WE? WHO'S WE???

Joking aside, it is true that there are a lot of obnoxious assholes in the community, so it doesn't help the stereotypes.

 

[MaskedDragon908]

Joking aside, it is true that there are a lot of obnoxious assholes in the community, so it doesn't help the stereotypes.

Sad fact of life.
To be honest, a lot people are generally reasonable until you start talking about something they deeply care about.
Attacks on scaling tend be taken personally by a lot of people, best seen with popular franchises and the school of piranhas that follow them.

Here's an Unpopular Opinion: It's best to try and detach yourself from your favorite verse when discussing scaling.
If you can't trust anyone else with the scaling, it's a good sign that you're in too deep.

 

[FinePoint]

Unpopular opinion:
Psychology, Psychiatry and the DSM-V are complete bogus we shouldn't take serious.

This is actually based and true, btw.

 

[Vzearr]

This is actually based and true, btw.

Prove it.

 

[FinePoint]

Prove it.

I can't 'prove' it since the reach of the subject here is wider than any scientific experiment can reasonably capture.

I can give you something to think about, though:

We often categorize mental illness based on behaviors, but certain behaviors can be caused by a lot of different things.

In traditional medicine, we can typically find a root cause eventually. Your kidney hurts because there's a nail in it.

But without the technology to fully map the brain, we're missing that. What if, for example, you were born with brain damage that made it very hard for you to socialize, but through great effort you learned how anyway? You definitely have some kind of disorder, but it would never be diagnosed because your behavior doesn't reflect it anymore.

In contrast, even if you stopped feeling pain from the nail in your kidney, a scan would tell us for certain it was still there.

As a whole, a person's behavior and their mind are immensely complicated to a degree we lack the ability to fully comprehend, and to put certain behavioral patterns into certain boxes is only useful for the sake of quickly conveying them to others, but if presented as the 'cause' of symptoms it falls short of ever proving that.

 

[EddisherSound]

Friendly Rant
Looks inside
Debating the legitimacy of a medical practice

???

 

[LegendariumOfLies]

???

Trust me - this is better than it used to be

 

[AppleMaker]

I can't 'prove' it since the reach of the subject here is wider than any scientific experiment can reasonably capture.

I can give you something to think about, though:

We often categorize mental illness based on behaviors, but certain behaviors can be caused by a lot of different things.

In traditional medicine, we can typically find a root cause eventually. Your kidney hurts because there's a nail in it.

But without the technology to fully map the brain, we're missing that. What if, for example, you were born with brain damage that made it very hard for you to socialize, but through great effort you learned how anyway? You definitely have some kind of disorder, but it would never be diagnosed because your behavior doesn't reflect it anymore.

In contrast, even if you stopped feeling pain from the nail in your kidney, a scan would tell us for certain it was still there.

As a whole, a person's behavior and their mind are immensely complicated to a degree we lack the ability to fully comprehend, and to put certain behavioral patterns into certain boxes is only useful for the sake of quickly conveying them to others, but if presented as the 'cause' of symptoms it falls short of ever proving that.

Well, I guess some knowledge gaps and current limitations are complately valid reasons to completely disregard an entire branch of medicine, even though it isn't that old either

 

[MaskedDragon908]

Trust me - this is better than it used to be

Flashbacks intensify

Agreed

 

[AppleMaker]

Flashbacks intensify

Agreed

Well, I still remember how everyone clowned on me because I was suffering

 

[MaskedDragon908]

Well, I still remember how everyone clowned on me because I was suffering

One of the many reasons that Masked hasn't been active for the past three years.

 

[TheGreatJedi13]

I can't 'prove' it since the reach of the subject here is wider than any scientific experiment can reasonably capture.

I can give you something to think about, though:

We often categorize mental illness based on behaviors, but certain behaviors can be caused by a lot of different things.

In traditional medicine, we can typically find a root cause eventually. Your kidney hurts because there's a nail in it.

But without the technology to fully map the brain, we're missing that. What if, for example, you were born with brain damage that made it very hard for you to socialize, but through great effort you learned how anyway? You definitely have some kind of disorder, but it would never be diagnosed because your behavior doesn't reflect it anymore.

In contrast, even if you stopped feeling pain from the nail in your kidney, a scan would tell us for certain it was still there.

As a whole, a person's behavior and their mind are immensely complicated to a degree we lack the ability to fully comprehend, and to put certain behavioral patterns into certain boxes is only useful for the sake of quickly conveying them to others, but if presented as the 'cause' of symptoms it falls short of ever proving that.

I disagree with some of the analogies here, but I do agree that Psychology, DSM-V, and Psychiatry have major flaws in them enough to make some practitioners to go against the traditional methods. But that same flaw isn't something traditional medicine is exempt from. Misdiagnosis happens even with medicine's fancy new devices

 

[DivineAura44]

Random music takes I had in my head.

1. Lianne La Havas' self titled is the best Neo-Soul album this decade. (Lahai and Why Lawd are great tho)
2. Discography wise, Saba > A$AP Rocky
3. While Beyoncé is better vocally, Solange is just as talented, if not better than her older sister at songwriting.

 

[Nierre]

Lianne La Havas' self titled is the best Neo-Soul album this decade. (Lahai and Why Lawd are great tho)

ur telling me Monica by Jack Harlow isn't the best of the decade???

 

[FinePoint]

Well, I guess some knowledge gaps and current limitations are complately valid reasons to completely disregard an entire branch of medicine, even though it isn't that old either

Well, I (and presumably Homie) are being over-dramatic here for the sake of the meme, I believe.

Obviously a flawed system can still have use.

 

[FinePoint]

I disagree with some of the analogies here, but I do agree that Psychology, DSM-V, and Psychiatry have major flaws in them enough to make some practitioners to go against the traditional methods. But that same flaw isn't something traditional medicine is exempt from. Misdiagnosis happens even with medicine's fancy new devices

That's true, but the point is that the general practice for mental illness is different than for other illness.

If you're diagnosed with a physical issue it's valid (in most cases) to say that issue is causing your symptoms.

In contrast, if you're diagnosed with a mental issue it's more valid (in most cases) to say your diagnosis is caused by your symptoms. If that makes sense.

I do know that in traditional medicine there's some diagnoses which do the same thing, like entire types of pain being categorized as unspecified, and these sorts of diagnoses can feel just as unhelpful in that they don't really offer any inherent solution or cause.

 

[DivineAura44]

ur telling me Monica by Jack Harlow isn't the best of the decade???

You said you thought Most Indubitably had the best Neo Soul album of the decade? I guess

 

[Rex_Eckles]

Deadpool and Wolverine is the worse movie I've ever seen.







I've seen the Rise of Skywalkers.

 

[LephyrTheRevanchist]

Deadpool and Wolverine is the worse movie I've ever seen.







I've seen the Rise of Skywalkers.

Jeez, tough crowd

 

[Rex_Eckles]

Jeez, tough crowd

I walked out.

 

[Nierre]

I walked out.

dang what didn't you like about it

 

[Rex_Eckles]

dang what didn't you like about it

Where to start?
Anchor beings make no sense, Wolverine barely gets anything in the movie, Deadpool is an annoying, genuinely evil person that constantly breaks my immersion by telling me how awesome the movie is. None of the side characters have anything approaching character traits, characters constantly make idiotic decisions to facilitate the plot. The movie forgets that Logan takes place after the year it takes place, so they don't need a new Wolverine, they can just get the one that's still alive or stop his death. Also, Deadpool claims they won't disrespect the ending of Logan, yet will still desecrate his corpse in a music video. I also don't think the costumes look very good.


Oh, and Cassandra Nova is a terrible villain.

 

[AppleMaker]

Well, since we returned to casual hot takes, here's one from me - I dislike gacha games and microtransactions in general. That's why I'm so hesitant to learn the lore/scale of characters from Hoyoverse and even participate in matches involving them, since I genuinely believe such monetization system had ruined gaming industry the moment it was created and I don't want to support it. The only microtransactions I could tolerate, are cosmetic ones, otherwise it's a huge red flag for me and I won't even bother to try this game if it have something like this

 

[MochOath]

disliking microtransactions is a freezing cold take

 

[AppleMaker]

disliking microtransactions is a freezing cold take

You mean it's a bad take or just way too basic?

 

[Vzearr]

You mean it's a bad take or just way too basic?

Basic.

 

[AppleMaker]

Ngl, I'm happy this is a still a common thing nowadays, since I thought lots of people are already normalized that thing and calling out publisher's greediness could end in a crap ton of backlash from fans of those games

 

[AppleMaker]

I barely see anyone complaining about microtransactions in games like everyone used to, reviewers are often times don't see it as a problem or don't even mention it at all

 

[Just a Random Butler]

I barely see anyone complaining about microtransactions in games like everyone used to, reviewers are often times don't see it as a problem or don't even mention it at all

A lot of people do, but I think many have just reluctantly accepted it that it's a thing that will be staying.

Which I understand is not a good thing, but nothing we can do about it, unfortunately. At least not that I know of... most we can do is be vocal about it.

 

[DivineAura44]

dang what didn't you like about it

Unrelated but what's your prediction for Bully before it comes out on a scale from 1-10?
Also what do you think will be the best thing to drop tomorrow?