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Post by The Barber on May 1, 2023 3:58:19 GMT -5
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle is a great game, people either just don’t know the mechanics of it like getting the enemies to move, or hate on it because it was an AVGN episode. It was originally a Roger Rabbit game. That is why there are multicolored Sylvester's in the game (they were supposed to be weasels). The original Final Fantasy on the NES is unplayable. If I defeat an enemy, the next guy up should attack the next enemy, NOT say 'MISSED' because he attacked a dead opponent. Speaking of Final Fantasy, I never beat Final Fantasy 7 because it was way too long and I tried one of the games on the PS2, but stopped after nearly 30 minutes because the monsters kept attacking me when I was still trying to figure out what to do. Tetris is the greatest video game of all time. Bar none. I wouldn't pay more than $5 for any NES cartridge or more than $10 for Genesis/Super Nintendo game no matter how rare the game is. Besides, I'd rather play an old video game on an emulator than the original system because 'Nintendo Hard' is legit and I don't have time or patience to deal with that crap now.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 27, 2023 7:03:39 GMT -5
"...but on a related note - as a white guy, I fundamentally think I am ill-equipped to understand what makes a good or bad rap song or album or rapper anyway." To "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay : I've always hated the stereotype that white people can't accurately judge rap music because of their skin color. Yes, you can.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 27, 2023 6:59:44 GMT -5
Dismissing an artist because they don't write their own songs is as ridiculous as dismissing an actor for not writing their own scripts.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 22, 2023 6:50:48 GMT -5
If you like a genre of music that I don't, so what? Enjoy what you like. That being typed...
Top 40 music (and pop music in general) is fine for what it is.
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys and Katy Perry are all worthy of a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.
The music that people describe as 'just plain noise' is rap. But to me, its death metal. BTW, metal fans are tied with classical music fans as the most snobbish musical fan base of all time.
The Beatles have great songs if someone else sings them.
Bossanova is garbage.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 20, 2023 7:29:20 GMT -5
The answer, much to the dismay of this board, is Hulk Hogan. He was at the head of two of the biggest boom periods of wrestling for two different companies. He is the icon of mainstream wrestling. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage is a distant second. Ric Flair...a distant third.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 18, 2023 8:00:00 GMT -5
I mean, I'd like to say I'm not too bad at fighting games, but get the f*** out of here with those chain throw combos, Tekken. No one can remember all those inputs. There are those that can remember every one of those plus what can be cancelled mid-animation to drop a surprise on your opponent. I hated Killer Instinct because of the combo breakers that I couldn't pull off when the computer was comboing the crap out of me, yet could be pulled on me when I finally got a combo to work. Great soundtrack, though.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 18, 2023 7:38:49 GMT -5
The HHH, Big Show, and Undertaker themes on Vol. 4 were alternate versions, different from what was used on TV. Were there any other differences in the Triple H theme other than that one line? Does it even qualify as an alt version if its just one line? Again, this is me being nit picky! The theme used for TV had the singer sound like he was on the telephone. Mark Henry's TV theme had Mark do more backing vocals during the chorus, I think.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 10, 2023 2:34:28 GMT -5
I think James Stephanie Sterling said it best: "Buying Hogwarts Legacy doesn't make you transphobic or a bigot. But you can't call yourself a trans ally either." I think that applies to any conscious monetary consumption of official Harry Potter content where JK Rowling gets some sort of compensation or royalties. Stuff like watching the movies on basic cable, buying fan-made merch, or even buying Hogwarts Legacy used, not so much. Most of the big corporations and stars you admire have some big skeletons in their closets. No one is immune. Protesting against all of them would require being a hermit in the middle of nowhere.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 10:51:39 GMT -5
If I got harassed and someone told me "Yeah but people who I ride the bus with do not believe you deserve dignity and wouldn't have sex with you" I think I'd try to fight them. I think you are taking my posts way out of context. I'm not harassing that person at all. I am telling you that this is what people are saying about the issue. If you have a disagreement with someone and your first instinct is to fight, that is not a good sign, either.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 10:50:37 GMT -5
My main reason for getting the Network (thrice!) was to delve into ECW. But there are so many gaps that I feel like I can't really get into it the same as the WCW stuff. I don't understand why they don't post ad much of the library as possible at this point. I get a sense that Paul Heyman didn't clear anything that he used on the program.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 10:40:54 GMT -5
How are you gonna look at the old dude, likely with brain damage, harassing a woman in public for no reason and say to yourself "maybe he's making some points on transgender issues in America" I never said he did.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 10:38:37 GMT -5
I'm not understanding your second point, however.
I'm glad you said this, because it's super important! I genuinely thing it's overlooked by lots of well-meaning people.
So earlier you wrote this: You also said that you support people being open, which is great! But the problem is that these ideas are sort of at odds: you accepting what you see as the norm, which in turn is a) defining what being open means for people, and b)pinning the other party's response on the trans person if they go about their openness in a way that goes against this. Ignoring that this upfront openness doesn't actually mitigate hate, it perpetuates the idea that the minority needs to comply with what a majority expects for their own safety/well-being. This mindset can be seen throughout history applied to different racial, gender, religious, and sexual groups, with unfortunate consequences for those expected to comply.
So going with an alleged truth because the the alternative seems unrealistic in the present is how progress grinds to an absolute halt and people get hurt. Social progress is often an uphill battle against ingrained mindsets and norms. Caring about equality means not giving up simply because the ideal result seems unrealistic.
I hope that's legible. I'm on mobile and the interface is less-than-friendly towards revisions.
My reply button screwed up again. Your post is very legible. If I had wrote this on my phone, it would be full of misspelled words and emojis. But, you make a great point about marginalized groups being forced to comply and I will quote you to other people to see what they will say. In the land of bad takes, man. We may have found the monarch. But seriously, don't do that. I am not calling other people names.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 10:22:53 GMT -5
Umm...no. No disrespect sir, but you need to read my posts more thoroughly. I said that this board has many posts telling trans people that it is ok to not tell anyone that they are trans and that nothing will happen to them if they don't. I said that it is a good idea to say that they are because you never know how someone is going to react, especially if they get involved with said person. I think this board has a bad tendency to live in a bubble. I work, ride the bus with, and live in the neighborhood of people who don't consider trans women women because I have asked them about it before. I'm not a sir also no those posts don't exist and also you worry a lot about the possible mechanics of being deceived into being with a trans woman for someone whose every word on this topic ensures you will never have to deal with that conundrum. I don't know what bus you ride where this is a thing people will just talk about, but find a new bus. I might add that I am not being snarky with you, so please do not be snarky with me Thank you. Guys, we’re not going to start lecturing to people how they allegedly *should* go about presenting or defining their gender identities, that’s their f***ing business. Either some of you knock that off, or the thread’s done and warnings may be handed out. Let’s keep it primarily based on the incident at hand, alright? OK. I'll add one more time that Rick Steiner is a moron who didn't apparently wash his ring gear or towels and used them constantly. That should tell you all you need to know about him. I'm not understanding your second point, however.
I'm glad you said this, because it's super important! I genuinely thing it's overlooked by lots of well-meaning people.
So earlier you wrote this: You also said that you support people being open, which is great! But the problem is that these ideas are sort of at odds: you accepting what you see as the norm, which in turn is a) defining what being open means for people, and b)pinning the other party's response on the trans person if they go about their openness in a way that goes against this. Ignoring that this upfront openness doesn't actually mitigate hate, it perpetuates the idea that the minority needs to comply with what a majority expects for their own safety/well-being. This mindset can be seen throughout history applied to different racial, gender, religious, and sexual groups, with unfortunate consequences for those expected to comply.
So going with an alleged truth because the the alternative seems unrealistic in the present is how progress grinds to an absolute halt and people get hurt. Social progress is often an uphill battle against ingrained mindsets and norms. Caring about equality means not giving up simply because the ideal result seems unrealistic.
I hope that's legible. I'm on mobile and the interface is less-than-friendly towards revisions.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 10:16:53 GMT -5
Ok. No problem. The board has said (if I am misquoting, please tell me) that no trans person should tell other people that they are trans and that every straight man won't mind it if they are and that is not realistic. I'd rather a trans person be up front about it than get deep into a relationship with an idiotic bigot who nobody know how that person will react. Nobody said literally any of that. Toates Madhackrviper : "I made the mistake of looking deep into the replies to replies and saw some guy saying the usual dumb shit transphobe say, and finished it with "ask any straight man if they'd date Gisele Shaw, they'd say no". Which yes, is dumb because a womanhood doesn't come from whether men want to date you, but its also absurd on its face because look at her." Most of them men I know disagree with this statement. Ok. No problem. The board has said (if I am misquoting, please tell me) that no trans person should tell other people that they are trans and that every straight man won't mind it if they are and that is not realistic. I'd rather a trans person be up front about it than get deep into a relationship with an idiotic bigot who nobody know how that person will react. Quote the person that said that. I don't think anyone said that. 🤔 Look at the quote above. Then may I ask, what should a man do if he finds out that the person he is with is trans? Just shrug his shoulders? I hate to tell you this, but that won't be most men's reactions. I'm not agreeing with it, but it's the truth. Not be a jerk off seems to be the answer here. It really shouldn't be that difficult to do, but it seems like it is for a lot of people in today's society. That is true for most topics in society. Umm...no. No disrespect sir, but you need to read my posts more thoroughly. I said that this board has many posts telling trans people that it is ok to not tell anyone that they are trans and that nothing will happen to them if they don't. I said that it is a good idea to say that they are because you never know how someone is going to react, especially if they get involved with said person. I think this board has a bad tendency to live in a bubble. I work, ride the bus with, and live in the neighborhood of people who don't consider trans women women because I have asked them about it before. I'm not a sir also no those posts don't exist and also you worry a lot about the possible mechanics of being deceived into being with a trans woman for someone whose every word on this topic ensures you will never have to deal with that conundrum. I don't know what bus you ride where this is a thing people will just talk about, but find a new bus. I live in the South. They are on every bus I know of.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 9:51:09 GMT -5
Frankly, if a cis woman received harassment and someone derailed the thread to talk about how they weren't f***able this thread would have already been nuked from orbit. Falling for this weird shifting-over of discourse into how "most men" [citation needed] don't want to have sex with trans women and taking the bait on replying was a bad call but seriously this is gross off-topic stuff from someone who's projected the unrelated fact they don't want to be with a trans woman into everyone else's problem. A trans woman got harassed and her gender is being boiled down to its palatability to some guy and the people he's talked to. This is gross as f***. Umm...no. No disrespect sir, but you need to read my posts more thoroughly. I said that this board has many posts telling trans people that it is ok to not tell anyone that they are trans and that nothing will happen to them if they don't. I said that it is a good idea to say that they are because you never know how someone is going to react, especially if they get involved with said person. I think this board has a bad tendency to live in a bubble. I work, ride the bus with, and live in the neighborhood of people who don't consider trans women women because I have asked them about it before.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 9:45:57 GMT -5
The thread got locked briefly before I could edit my post. Can you like explain all of your points because I have no clue what you're going on about. Giselle has already said she's trans so I dunno where you're coming from. Ok. No problem. The board has said (if I am misquoting, please tell me) that no trans person should tell other people that they are trans and that every straight man won't mind it if they are and that is not realistic. I'd rather a trans person be up front about it than get deep into a relationship with an idiotic bigot who nobody know how that person will react.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 9:42:02 GMT -5
No disrespect to anyone here, but some of the things you guys are saying is setting a bad precedent. Yes, in a perfect world, it wouldn't matter if someone has changed their sex. But in this imperfect world, a trans person who doesn't disclose that they are trans is setting themselves up for trouble. Most straight men will see Gisele as a man regardless of how many surgeries Gisele has had. lol trans people that fully “disclose” who they are also get massive amounts of abuse. Get lost with this victim-blaming shit. Tans women are women. There was a problem with the reply button so my original response never went through. I am not 'victim blaming'. I am fully ok with trans community being open about being trans and any hate they get is uncalled for. However, not telling a potential partner early on is not ok. I am not saying that they should be subject to any harm, but realistically, you don't know how most men would react in that situation, so it's best to get it out of the way before anything bad could happen. I mean, if you had the love of your life leaves you because she (I assume you are a straight male) found out that you once slept with a black woman, wouldn't you like to have known that before you gave your heart to this woman? That is why I have told potential sexual partners that I was with other races of women because some have said that they have a problem with it.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 9:33:49 GMT -5
I'd hate to tell you this, but The fact you just don't have a reply to tell me makes this post absolute poetry. The thread got locked briefly before I could edit my post.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 9:33:05 GMT -5
locking this for 10 minutes so everyone can take a breather. thread's re-open play nice, no one wants to miss mania weekend here. To be fair, I'm assuming we are all talking like we are having a nice conversation over coffee in a coffee shop. Then may I ask, what should a man do if he finds out that the person he is with is trans? Just shrug his shoulders? I hate to tell you this, but that won't be most men's reactions. I'm not agreeing with it, but it's the truth. Politely decline in a way that doesn't diminish someone else's personhood, maybe? Or more importantly, if he was attracted to this person before, he could ask himself what has actually changed based on the revelation? Figure out why he allows himself to throw up the barrier in the first place? You point to the imperfect world and shrugging your own shoulders in the face of something that you don't agree with because its some sort of alleged majority opinion. But here's the thing: that attitude does dick-all to actually end or even minimize those things. Just rolling with it makes marginalizing outgroups easier. I agree that a polite decline is the way to go. My guess is that they feel like they are being lied to by not revealing that they were originally a different sex (yes, I agree that if a person has had some sort of cosmetic plastic surgery that that should be told to potential partners beforehand as well). I'm not understanding your second point, however.
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Post by The Barber on Apr 1, 2023 8:50:08 GMT -5
No disrespect, but this is an incredibly bad take. Bigots will be bigots regardless of what their chosen outgroup does; it's one of the reasons some folks aren't public about gender identity. The idea trans people are setting themselves up for trouble by waiting to disclose their identity puts the responsibility for these reactions on them and not the folks harboring baseless hate. And the idea that immediately disclosing gender identity somehow generates less negative attention from bigots is wishful thinking at best and naive at worst. You ever notice how to some people, trans people who go stealth are "liars" but if they're open and up front about it they're "shoving their agenda in your face"? They should be open about it and any abuse they may face is horrible. I support anyone who is gay, straight, lesbian, etc. being open about themselves. Then may I ask, what should a man do if he finds out that the person he is with is trans? Just shrug his shoulders? I hate to tell you this, but that won't be most men's reactions. I'm not agreeing with it, but it's the truth. Okay so putting aside that trans panic defenses are f***ing garbage and awful, Gisele was not having sex with Rick Steiner. Gisele was doing a public signing as a wrestler who people like at a wrestling convention, and he yelled at her at her table while she was doing her job. That's not about sex, that's not about genitals, that's not about any of what you're talking about. That's hatred. That's simple, pure hatred, and honestly with you bringing out the idea of "trans people are deceivers to men in relationships" you're not actually proving much better than ol' Rick is. Just absolutely despicable posting here. Like I typed earlier, Rick was in the wrong about what he did. I am not making excuses for it and to assume that I am is a huge misnomer on your part. Questioning the trans movement doesn't make one bigoted (just like everything else on Earth should be questioned). Then may I ask, what should a man do if he finds out that the person he is with is trans? Just shrug his shoulders? Yes. Yes he should. The end. I love this weird shit where we have to pretend that straight men don't date and aren't attracted to trans women when I know so many trans women who get lonely straight dudes in their twitter DMs just f***ing drooling over them constantly. If you just don't know any trans people you end up with zero scale of just how attracted to trans women many, many straight men are. Which is all also not getting into the idea of trans women who are attracted to. Other women? Like why the f*** is this woman's dignity being centered around if men would date her as a singular stake-in-the-ground issue for why people in this thread are saying Wrong Things? I'd hate to tell you this, but most men don't want to be with a trans woman because they feel that they are still men in their eyes. I talk to many people (both men and women) who feel that way and not just a small minority of people. No disrespect to anyone here, but some of the things you guys are saying is setting a bad precedent. Yes, in a perfect world, it wouldn't matter if someone has changed their sex. But in this imperfect world, a trans person who doesn't disclose that they are trans is setting themselves up for trouble. Most straight men will see Gisele as a man regardless of how many surgeries Gisele has had. lol trans people that fully “disclose” who they are also get massive amounts of abuse. Get lost with this victim-blaming shit. Tans women are women.
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