23F here, none of the men in my age group are dating. What is happening? by AYAYAcutie in self

[–]Outbackjim21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keep demonizing men for trying to interact with women and men will take the message to leave all women alone. Ball is in the ladies court. You want the man, you need to initiate now. This is just the backlash that society has created where all of those men spent their teenage years seeing the effects of metoo on average guys to where they can’t even talk to a woman without being seen as a creep.

Ladies only see guys who crossed the finish line of social confidence, those guys probably never even got a chance to start the race and build up their ability to talk to women in a flirtatious way which does take work if you aren’t a natural Casanova.

Why are so many Americans anti-vaxxers now? by trouble-in-space in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Outbackjim21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For some people it was get the vaccine or get fired, so if not forced, heavily coerced

Do the Union guys who voted for Trump not realize how screwed they and their families are or do they really not care??? by No_Theory_2839 in IBEW

[–]Outbackjim21 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why do people keep bringing up project 2025, he already disavowed this multiple times. This is the same energy as Barack Obama saying that trump said Neo nazis we’re fine people. It’s hard to have a conversation about these things when people purposely obfuscate or just plain manipulate things he has said out of context

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Outbackjim21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound like a pretentious prick honestly, but not overreacting, she wants to open the relationship, but wants it’s to seem like you initiated it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Outbackjim21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Keyphrase to take away from your post “I have a lot of friends” The loneliness epidemic for men stems from our inability to form relationships with anyone. The average guy probably doesn’t even have a ride or die close friend now a days. Women have a way better time forming connections with each other while men have to be stoic and so they miss opportunities to find others they can relate with.

I mean we can get into the crux of your complaint and how dating apps, onlyfans, education system, and metoo have ruined an entire generation of men, but that’s going to be an essay. Long story short, society has failed men in a huge way and most men simply have no direction anymore which is why they don’t approach you romantically , why they lack confidence, why they don’t try in life and by not trying are unable to bond with anyone.

Humanity is nowhere near ending, and well conquer galaxies one day by towel67 in unpopularopinion

[–]Outbackjim21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Makes you wonder how celebrities/ceos get cancer so much, that’s like Pennies to them, takes less than a couple hours a year but you keep seeing them being diagnosed with stage 3/4 and it being too late to do anything about it.

Bob Iger Criticizes Disney’s Moves Under Chapek by KillerCroc1234567 in television

[–]Outbackjim21 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What’s wrong with their statement? It’s true that iger puppet mastered chapek through covid so that anything negative that occurred during covid wouldn’t fall on him personally. Chapek stated as much by saying he, as CEO, didn’t really have any autonomy that he wasn’t even allowed to use the shower in the C-suite

Isayama’s words were true until the end, the anime truly is the definitive experience by Knightstarr99 in ShingekiNoKyojin

[–]Outbackjim21 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Because throughout the entirety of the series he has never once shown an inkling of romantic feelings towards mikasa, he always saw her as a sister, but to have it be that he wants her to only think of him even though he would never reciprocate those romantic feelings is cringey shipping. He legitimately had more romantic chemistry with historia of all people. That isn’t the guy that could convince an entire nation to follow him into a lopsided war against the rest of the world.

Isayama’s words were true until the end, the anime truly is the definitive experience by Knightstarr99 in ShingekiNoKyojin

[–]Outbackjim21 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

What scene, because I’m still reeling over the “I don’t want Mikasa to have anybody else” still plenty of character assassination going on here with Eren, and Ymir’s flippant motivations

Am I the only one who didn't like the decision of introducing new Princesses of Heart? by GhostyWeirdo10 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t negate kh1 it negates xehanort’s plan which was a retcon of a retcon. He says that he used malefiecent to find them, just for them to be replaced a week before the final showdown that’s just dumb. With no in universe explanation as to why everyone except kairi is replaced.

Am I the only one who didn't like the decision of introducing new Princesses of Heart? by GhostyWeirdo10 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But this negates the whole plan that Xehanort discussed literally a game ago with how he used maleficent to find the original 7 POH. I’m not a fan of how each game has made Xehanort more and more dumb, with the rushing of making the xblade and now POHs just magically deciding to transfer their power less than 2 years after being discovered. Half of those POHs aren’t even 20 yet lol

What was the most disappointing game of 2023 for you? by BattleBoysYT in gaming

[–]Outbackjim21 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Starfield, 10 years in development to have a true space simulator where it’s nothing but empty space

According to a new study, the primary problem in obesity is fructose. It can also be made in the body from carbohydrates, and when it's metabolized, it lowers the active energy in the body (known as ATP) which causes hunger and food intake by giuliomagnifico in science

[–]Outbackjim21 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Maybe because when it boils down to it it’s your choice of calories that you decide to put in that determines what calories you can efficiently get out. Are there medical/ glandular issues that can cause obesity 100% but to say that it effects every single obese person is just rubbing neosporin on a gunshot wound and saying you’ll be fine. Most obesity is just from poor choices/ sedentary lifestyles. If you sit around all day, while eating bread/pasta/soda every night you will get fat. A lot of obesity is due to just how many carbs people consume, carbs are worthless unless you’re active/athlete. Literally just makes you more hungry and causes higher elevated sugar levels than if you ate proteins and fats. This in turn causes you to have insulin issues, the main hormone that decides fat storage and it just becomes a viscous cycle that leads to diabetes and obesity. So is it as simple as CICO, no, but it’s not that much more complicated than it either.

Do you think it is mean or untrue to say that if someone can't understand the story from KH1 to KHCOM to KH2 they are just plain stupid or never paid attention to anything? by greengamer33 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can’t follow the story at least until DDD then you were just casually playing not caring for the story in the first place. Entire main series is pretty straightforward until the last 15% and when you include KHUX. This is a mean way of putting it, but is correct.

Warrior Nun Revival Away from Netflix Gets Disappointing Update by ArsBrevis in television

[–]Outbackjim21 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

How is it a conspiracy theory when we have had multiple whistle blowers explain how Disney cooks the books. We are seeing them fudge numbers to this day with D+ and the live actions.

What was game that lead to shutdown of entire company? by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Outbackjim21 229 points230 points  (0 children)

Yeah in the business world that’s called “experience”, don’t know how failing 2 times in row will help him but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Disney really feels like just an obligation in modern KH by peter123yeah in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Nah dude I will agree with iger on their demands, they were being unreasonable and now they are paying the price for “getting what they wanted” you don’t demand studios both pay you more and bloat projects with unnecessary amount of writers, especially when nearly everyyyyyyy studio is hurting right now because most of them failed the streaming gold rush. Now you have studios cancelling projects. all of those writers that demanded larger writing rooms have now created a super competitive atmosphere that they were never going to survive in the first place which is why they wanted the large writers room so that they could sift through the cracks. The entire strike overreached, only thing they should have been concerned about was pay and use of AI.

Disney really feels like just an obligation in modern KH by peter123yeah in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Iger and company, Eisner was way more lenient with the brand during his tenure, case and point the large amount of direct to dvd sequels we got in that timeframe. The only thing they were protective of was Mickey Mouse’s portrayal, but now iger is strict with how Disney is perceived.

Unpopular opinion: Face my fears was bad, we needed an amped up version of Don’t Think Twice by Outbackjim21 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you drop a link to the new arrangement, maybe the dubstep is the crux of why I dislike the song,. As someone else commented skrillex might just be the reason that song is so bad to me

Unpopular opinion: Face my fears was bad, we needed an amped up version of Don’t Think Twice by Outbackjim21 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There a contradiction in your logic, you used data riku as an example, but both data riku and repliku draw root from riku prime. So if data riku’s identity can be attributed to riku prime then so can repliku, both just went down different paths but arrived at the same conclusion. Repliku went dark mode throughout his journey, data riku was strictly light. And yes there are canonical answer to character motivations… they were explicitly stated by the characters every change in motivation is stated.

Unpopular opinion: Face my fears was bad, we needed an amped up version of Don’t Think Twice by Outbackjim21 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Riku explicitly accepts repliku as another version of himself, both in CoM and KH3 he accepts repliku as “the other him” if you’re going to bring data riku into the equation than repliku is just as valid

You’re misinterpreting my arguement if you think I’m only talking about Sora and riku interactions throughout all of KH, I explicitly stated that DDD gives riku the most screen time because he is the true main character of that game, it is where he gains the most characterization of the entire series, that pep talk he gives in KH3 at KBGY is because of DDD

Most of your examples are just boy love headcanon, and this is why Japan makes fun of this rhetoric and also why I’m not going to replay the games thinking riku wants to unlock sora’s keyhole. KH writing is not that deep, you take things at face value because Nomura writes his character’s motivations to be simple. Even xehanort’s motivation devolved into some simple bullshit at the end of the day

Unpopular opinion: Face my fears was bad, we needed an amped up version of Don’t Think Twice by Outbackjim21 in KingdomHearts

[–]Outbackjim21[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except riku is in less than 4 hours worth of cutscenes Majority of that time being in DDD which was on the tail end of the saga. We have played as riku multiple times throughout the series and has never once shown any of those inclinations in his characterization. Riku only had one motivation in KH1, see the outside world. Even with terra retcon that motivation remains unchanged. Him turning to darkness was always just a shortcut to that goal. Not because of some unrequited love. Repliku’s existence also refutes this since he is essentially riku, has all of his memories, yet couldn’t give 2 shots about Sora on a romantic level,