Post your unpopular opinions (not ignorant statements meant only to start fights, certain someone…) here.

[[classic swim]]

I can *kinda* get not being able to sell me deli fried chicken at 1AM... but when it’s SUMMER TIME and not even 9PM I mean come on.

 

I don’t live in New York or anywhere that matters to actual Americans but for a country that prides itself on overworking and underpaying late shift, why strip them of decent hours to eat.

Any of the dozens of times I’ve griped about my addiction, all my hotspots are really down the street for me to walk. Even if I didn’t admittedly have addiction problems, I would still bitch about Cinco de Mayo not having places open on a Sunday.

[The_annoying_one]

Gaming peaked with the PS2. So much since then has just been lackluster.

[André Toulon]

There should only be Styrofoam cups and paper plates in the world of disposables...there should be no paper cups and no Styrofoam plates. Paper cups don't keep your drink cold and styrofoam plates dissolve if the food is hotter than room temperature.

[The_annoying_one]

I can get by on just about 3 or 4 hours of sleep most nights. People who boast about getting a good night’s sleep are just show-offs.

[Mode 7]

I've never understood the appeal of R-Truth

[The_annoying_one]

Cheesy 90’s pop-rock is probably the best genre of music, altogether.

[Mode 7]

Cole slaw is gross, it's more like cold slop 🤢 

[The_annoying_one]

The best way to get slapped is to get directly in the face of an introvert. I don’t care who you are.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

Popular opinion: The Wizard is a terrible movie.

Possibly unpopular opinion: It however is satisfyingly entertaining.

[Mode 7]

That one type of fan that always says that if you don't like [insert favorite thing] then you have bad taste or you have no soul or whatever needs to be served with a nice tall glass of shut the fuck up.

[The_annoying_one]

I’m all for being a fan of things, but gatekeeping whatever you’re a fan of just kind of makes you a prick.

[The_annoying_one]

I love how certain words and phrases are an instant downvote on Reddit. I post those things just to fuck with people. I legit don’t care.

[[classic swim]]

On 3/15/2024 at 7:13 PM, [classic swim] said:

I’ve probably already already said a variant of this before.

^ Losing this was more important than losing Candy Cigarettes or any dipshit non healthy snack.

I only had one single bag of that before they discontinued and that was enough to tell me that was the best of the whole brand.

There’s a ‘Tangy Pickle’ flavor that’s... not entirely the same but it’s got a similar taste. Found it at the gas station awhile ago and not sure how long it’s existed.

But if I’m right and they both taste alike, I don’t see why they don’t just rebrand delicious cheeseburger flavored Doritos since nobody seems  to be interested in Pickle Flavor Doritos.

It’s likable to me but everyone else is gonna see the bag of chips and not want it.

[Insipid]

It's rather unfortunate that few people here will realize how truly unpopular this is: Derrida is the greatest western philosopher of all time.

[scoobdog]

Deconstruction tends to veer into self importance.

[Insipid]

18 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Deconstruction tends to veer into self importance.

Do elaborate.

I find deconstruction is very relevant in the current age of AI, where semantics are reduced to vector points and their pathways.

[scoobdog]

4 hours ago, Insipid said:

Do elaborate.

I find deconstruction is very relevant in the current age of AI, where semantics are reduced to vector points and their pathways.

It’s fine when it explores interconnectivity of its “deconstructed “ elements, and in that sense, even vectors exist in balance with their oppositional forces.  But seeking balance has a fundamental flaw that is frequently exploited by incomplete thought experiments: true balance can only be achieved in contained and controlled settings.  Eventually that search for balancing forces gives way to a desire to restrict those vectors to just one path.

[Insipid]

5 hours ago, scoobdog said:

It’s fine when it explores interconnectivity of its “deconstructed “ elements, and in that sense, even vectors exist in balance with their oppositional forces.  But seeking balance has a fundamental flaw that is frequently exploited by incomplete thought experiments: true balance can only be achieved in contained and controlled settings.  Eventually that search for balancing forces gives way to a desire to restrict those vectors to just one path.

I appreciate your input. My flaw was seeing deconstruction and LLM tokenization as the same, even though metaphorically that is a stretch. The mapping of LLM is indeed contained and controlled. Just because the vectors can change, it does not mean that eventually it can't permanently stay in one position.

Yes, this is an incomplete thought experiment, but it is a new frontier, philosophy integrating the nature of LLMs. And at least I'm not saying something like AI is the ubermensch.

Edited June 13 by Insipid

[scoobdog]

4 hours ago, Insipid said:

I appreciate your input. My flaw was seeing deconstruction and LLM tokenization as the same, even though metaphorically that is a stretch. The mapping of LLM is indeed contained and controlled. Just because the vectors can change, it does not mean that eventually it can't permanently stay in one position.

Yes, this is an incomplete thought experiment, but it is a new frontier, philosophy integrating the nature of LLMs. And at least I'm not saying something like AI is the ubermensch.

I wouln't call that a flaw.  My thing has always been a variation of deconstruction in language, so naturally, I can appreciate the idea of AI using tokens to automate a process I use myself.  Saying it's a stretch doesn't do justice to the true scope of deconstructionism.  More importantly, we're still early in the new AI reality - we may know that a rigidity trap is on the horizon, but we won't know how it will manifest itself.

[The_annoying_one]

I like cheese. I like steaks.

I hate cheesesteaks. 

[The_annoying_one]

People who literally have no idea how to just shut up are the bane of all fucking existence.

[Insipid]

Pizza tastes best the next day, reheated in a toaster oven.

[The_annoying_one]

All video games don’t need to be 50 or 60 hours long. I think I’m starting to prefer shorter games that I can finish within a week or so.

[The_annoying_one]

Pablo Honey > OK Computer

And I don’t really like Radiohead all that much to begin with.

[Mode 7]

4 minutes ago, The_annoying_one said:

Pablo Honey > OK Computer

And I don’t really like Radiohead all that much to begin with.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

38 minutes ago, Mode 7 said:

When I was in elementary school I was talking to some people and I mentioned I like the STP song and the girls thought I was talking about a TLC song of the same name.

[[classic swim]]

That’d be pretty funny if someone on the interstate decided to crash their car into another because it’d be funny to piss them off.

[André Toulon]

2 hours ago, [classic swim] said:

That’d be pretty funny if someone on the interstate decided to crash their car into another because it’d be funny to piss them off.

Every day struggle 

[Seight]

7 hours ago, [classic swim] said:

That’d be pretty funny if someone on the interstate decided to crash their car into another because it’d be funny to piss them off.

Fun Fact: In NASCAR this is called "being Carson Hocevar"

[[classic swim]]

Mafia 1’s reboot wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t good either in retrospect. Even discounting the Mafia 3 style coding.

I liked that there was no ambiguity as to whether Sam killed Paulie himself, but hated that they made Paulie an incel Joe Barbaro.

I liked that Tommy Angelo accepted his death gracefully, but hated how a guy gets a shotgun blast to the fucking stomach and gives a wimpy monologue to his kids before the credits.

[André Toulon]

5 hours ago, [classic swim] said:

Mafia 1’s reboot wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t good either in retrospect. Even discounting the Mafia 3 style coding.

I liked that there was no ambiguity as to whether Sam killed Paulie himself, but hated that they made Paulie an incel Joe Barbaro.

I liked that Tommy Angelo accepted his death gracefully, but hated how a guy gets a shotgun blast to the fucking stomach and gives a wimpy monologue to his kids before the credits.

Mafia 3 (maybe 4, the one in Louisiana) is the only Mafia game I've ever finished. Idk why.

Edited yesterday at 10:13 AM by André Toulon

[André Toulon]

Just now, André Toulon said:

Mafia 3 (maybe 4, the one in Louisiana) is the only Mafia game I've ever finished. Idk why.

Edit: Actually, I do know why.... Something cathartic about being called a nbomb in the street, just Molly whopping that mfer and walking off like "who's next".

[Mode 7]

I've never been a fan of Speedy Gonzales. He's always came off as really annoying to me and it doesn't help that he's always paired with Daffy Duck another character I've never been a fan of who is also very annoying. I prefer Speedy Gonzales cartoons with Sylvester.

[Doom Metal Alchemist]

23 hours ago, Mode 7 said:

I've never been a fan of Speedy Gonzales. He's always came off as really annoying to me and it doesn't help that he's always paired with Daffy Duck another character I've never been a fan of who is also very annoying. I prefer Speedy Gonzales cartoons with Sylvester.

???????????? I have literally never seen Speedy and Daffy paired together.

Wait, you don't like Daffy Duck??????? What Twilight Zone episode am I in right now?

[[classic swim]]

3 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

???????????? I have literally never seen Speedy and Daffy paired together.

They made those shorts later into the 60s and they were dog water.

[Mode 7]

7 minutes ago, [classic swim] said:

They made those shorts later into the 60s and they were dog water.

There was even a movie with these two granted it was a compilation but why not go with Daffy and Porky? Also those 60 shorts were ass.

[scoobdog]

5 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

Wait, you don't like Daffy Duck??????? What Twilight Zone episode am I in right now?

I don't like Daffy Duck.  When he was first introduced, he was a court jester type character that served as a foil for the likes of Fudd and Porky; he was a deliberate rebuttal to Disney's Donald, but he was unique enough to at least be somewhat innocuous particularly when paired with the more good natured Porky.  After he started getting paired up with Bugs, who unlike the other two isn't a straight man foil, he took on a more sarcastic persona that made him acerbic and, frankly, unlikeable.  He still does jester antics, like switching the hunting signs to "rabbit season", but now he also takes on a smugly superior and condescending attitude when Bugs inevitably turns the tables on him.  It makes him generally unsympathetic, especially comparison to Donald, who's generally reformed overtime to shed his perpetual victimhood to be a more nuanced and sympathetic character.