Unpopular General Opinions • Page 12

Panera Bread blows

 

it's the arby's of soup and sandwiches

 

I set myself up for that one

 

I can get down with this. Had to read "Heart of Darkness" in junior year HS and it was (at the time) an incredibly painstaking experience. Definitely kept me away from wanting to revisit it

 

I've been posting in this thread while I'm supposed to be learning stuff.

 

Is it unpopular yet to think this thread is the anti christ

 

Anyway Final Fantasy 7 is mediocre by video game standards and bad by Final Fantasy standards

 

so surprised I don't hate all of you yet

 

Is there anything you like

Asking for a friend

 

Wait until we get that remake baby.

 

Unpopular opinion I miss @TheWater(s)

 

Yup. This is why I dont watch TV series anymore

 

I get people who don't like sports.

People who do the whole "sportsed the sports ball LOL" and "they kicked a touchdown in the 9th inning!!!" satirical routine are insufferable blowhards

 

Yeah if I watch something on Netflix I'm simultaneously here Twitter and IMDb and find it hard to concentrate on the show or movie, try to watch things in theaters

 

I can't wait for it, that battle system improvement will make it sooooo much better

 

Gtfo ban this man fucking immidiately.

 

Threads where people argue and complain about things they think everyone else likes are pointless and only serve to create more segmentation and unhappiness between people.

 

Wheres tate. Dustin needs to go

 

no

 

same. It's partly why I love audiobooks. I can listen and go for a walk/drive or while working out and not get distracted by another form of technology, which is pretty easy when stationary with a hard copy.

 

When it comes down to it, I think that students should be exposed to a wide swath of media, whether it be television or film or albums or literature. I hold all of them to just about the same level of importance. My goal, as an educator, is to provide my kids with the tools necessary to think critically about media as a whole.

When I taught middle school, typical reading comprehension questions were necessary, but the crux of my class is discussion based as it would be in a collegiate setting. I'm 100% positive that those discussions and projects were more influential than a multiple choice test on plot points, as shown by how many of my students from the past 5 years are still emailing me to discuss literature and media in general. If a kid could hold his/her own in a conversation about themes within a story, I don't really care if they read it or not.

 

Well that sounds good. So do they get to choose their books to analyze? Does the curriculum get thrown out? Or do you have to pretend to do it? This is interesting.

 

I try so hard to keep up with new media it's fucking exhausting. I end up seeing clients most of the day, get home at 6:30, and cook dinner or do progress notes before bed. I'm not complaining about my life, but I do feel it's hard to keep up with a lot of shit and I feel very out of the loop on here at times

 

Yeah, the movies are currently the only place where I actually sit down and shut everything off at this point

 

It's an eye-opener for sure. Until you hear those kind of stories you could be forgiven for thinking alcohol was a lesser evil because society has created such a strange reputation for booze that, in the UK at least, 'socialising' means drinking - If you're over 18 you socialise at bars/pubs, any concerts/sports games/festivals you go to you drink, it's everywhere. With heroin, very few people will let you know they are a user - my uncle died before I even knew he used (he used to snort it and it wore away the inside of his nose though!!!) - he had a good job, family, was successful to everyone on the surface. There's such a fear of being branded a 'user' that it is hidden from everyone. Alcohol is so in-your-face all the time

(also wanna say it was damn brave of you for choosing, and continuing, to be so open about what you went through man. It literally helps people learn about substance abuse in a way that promotes far more empathy & understanding when it comes from a respected member of a community like this and not a PSA or whatever. I have big respect for Chorus.fm user @sophos34 fka stillbrazy aka Jake Jenkins)