Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

AaronMk

Sky funeral

@harasha456

disclaimer: I hold no ill will to people who have nonstandard gender identities

That said I absolutely can’t stand the use of They/them pronouns.

not because of the identity but because of the grammar nightmare that using those words as pronouns creates. with all of the other exipronouns I can generally follow along with what your typing out. but with they them it just creates too many sentence breakdowns.

“They” is already a pretty standard pronoun arrangement besides gender. It’s typically also used as a formal pronoun or even as a pronoun to refer to something of an unspecified identity.

@Buttlord Wayne

@harasha456
I wonder if we should make a new pronoun for that. Like we can’t call them “it”, right?

“It” is also already a pronoun people chose to go by

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harasha456

K-5 wins

@AaronMk

“they went to the store” vs “zi went to the store” one is unambiguous the other needs clarification.

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AaronMk

Sky funeral

@harasha456

Maybe as a primary English speaker it would but to that I say, “get good”

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harasha456

K-5 wins

@AaronMk

unironically I’ve had this breakdown happen at least once in my life

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Butters Stotch

I miss Niko...

@AaronMk
And “it” usually prefers to animals and objects. Nope.

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AaronMk

Sky funeral

@harasha456

@AaronMk

unironically I’ve had this breakdown happen at least once in my life

You need to learn the German “Sie” then

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Twi Clown

Victory over chivalry

Most people tend to not distinguish all too well the fine line between true appreciation and condescending appreciation.

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Mr.Myoozik

Music/Charts Enthusiast

I don’t have a Tik Tok account and I’m glad that it’ll remain that way cause the userbase looks about the same as the Twitter/X userbase

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Twiface

Princess of the Moon

@Mr.Myoozik
I don’t have an account on either site, and I probably never will.

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Background Pony #967B

Laugh tracks make shows funnier. They don’t deserve the hatred over these years. If the jokes are funny the laugh track is well deserved.

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Twiface

Princess of the Moon

@Background Pony #967B
When they were first introduced they actually served an important purpose.

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Butters Stotch

I miss Niko...

@Background Pony #967B
Mr. Bean has the best laugh tracks.

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

@Background Pony #967B
If they are funny the audience would be laughing just as much without a laugh track. If anything, the laugh track makes it feel forced.

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Background Pony #6931

Deletion reason: Rule 6 spam

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Cosmas-the-Explorer

Explorer in Training

I’ll be honest, I feel like it’s too early to say Pokemon franchise has went downhill when Legends ZA hasnt even come out yet.

Like it was understanable before ZA came out to be worried for the future, I mean we could have had another Lets Go.

But I think theres also a high chance since Legends Arceus was quite well recieved that Legends ZA will have a good chance of continuing that high point.

It’s possible that SV was a sort of experimental phase and they may have learned valuable on making open world games.

I just feel like we dont need to be too pessimistic about Pokemon.

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
It’s been going downhill since gen 6. One or two decent games won’t save the franchise. A change in management and how Game Freak and the franchise as a whole is needed to save it.

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Butters Stotch

I miss Niko...

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
I always imagine Pokemon’s version of going downhill is like Stan Pines hosting Mystery Shack. He scams people but he kind of still provides entertainment anyway. How much did SV sell again?

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AaronMk

Sky funeral

I dunno going off the sales numbers and the games are still pretty strong. They’re not going to be asking any changes any time soon.

What perhaps you should do is do a bit of self introspection and decide if perhaps you have overgrown the games and should move on.

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Cosmas-the-Explorer

Explorer in Training

@AaronMk
I mean I haven’t played the new games but it does seem they are experimenting with new ideas. They’re not just doing the same old thing. They are definitely experimenting. Sometimes for the worse like with Scarlet being glitchy. But there’s also stuff to like that game too. And I think if they try to figure out what works and doesn’t work they might having pretty fun.

I certainly think TPC is far better than say Ubisoft or Activision not counting their copyright obsession of course.

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AaronMk

Sky funeral

@Cosmas-the-Explorer

My point remains unchanged: you (all) need to graduate from Pokemon or even Nintendo games largely

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

@AaronMk
What? What’s wrong with enjoying a family friendly franchise?

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Cosmas-the-Explorer

Explorer in Training

I’ll be honest I felt a little guilty I didn’t play “serious” rpgs like Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VII and only Pokemon. Thinking they had more complex themes and gameplay.

But be that as it may, Pokemon still manages to give some interesting themes of man’s relationship with nature and a simple but easily expandable gameplay loop that can’t be replicated with any other game.

I still want to play other JRPGs but I also know that Pokemon has its own appeals besides just being “kid’s first rpg”.

Where else can you can that chill vibe wandering the landscape?

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Butters Stotch

I miss Niko...

@AaronMk
Sorry, I can’t. Somehow even when I try to keep away, I eventually always find myself going back toward Pokemon. That and Kirby. Maybe it’s because I was born around the same year as Pokemon did.

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Meanlucario

Time to get spooky

@Cosmas-the-Explorer
Pokemon is a softer RPG, with the R being more team-building than in-game choices. And I think Monster Hunter does the humanity and nature thing better personally.

@Buttlord Wayne
Pokemon is a fun, lighthearted franchise. Nothing wrong with enjoying it, just like there’s nothing wrong not being interested in it.

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Cosmas-the-Explorer

Explorer in Training

@Meanlucario
Funny enough Pokemon Mystery Dungeon unlike the more niche Mystery Dungeons, the thing that stands out is not just the storytelling but also you can get different members pokemon on your team.

The team aspect seems to be one of Pokemon’s greatest features.

Though in Pokemon’s defense, I like the harmonious bond between you and your pokemon. That’s something I find charming

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