Unpopular opinion time (super alpha no pony edition)

@SeraphimDawn  
Except only the rich can afford the time to study for a duel, and then use them to cow the less fortunate in to obedience,

Metal gear rising is better than metal gear solid
 
I want a nintendo 3ds only and only for animal crossing, pokemon its getting borring
 
Im not interested in reading any manga ever, not even Jojos bizarre adventure, i will have to wait for the anime
 
Kars was the best jojo enemy, Dio its good but its overrated
 
I think frozen was a good movie, but i hate Anna
 
Hatred (game) should have much more support.
 
Im not buying any new console game until they do something really good and different

@Thanotos Omega  
There is also the matter of turning down a duel. A duel is never forced hence why terms are agreed upon.

@Albus Fahrenheits  
Until people start treating you like a rape victim whose attacker has a good throwing arm and run you out of town,

@Thanotos Omega  
I’m sorry, I don’t follow. What do you mean?

@Albus Fahrenheits  
I mean people will treat people like shit for refusing to act like a 19th century barbarian, and leave their family to starve,

@Albus Fahrenheits  
It’s true that someone might not physically force you into a duel, but someone being challenged is still being strongarmed into agreeing by that pesky thing you mentioned before: honor. Back in the days when duels were conducted by men of affluence, if you turned down a duel, you lost social standing, and risked turning yourself into a pariah. In such a situation, people were more willing to risk their lives to preserve their honor, than to commit social suicide by refusing.

@Thanotos Omega  
@Silent_Witness  
What’s the matter? You want to live forever?
 
Personally, I’d rather end in a bang rather than wither down and rot. But you can refuse a duel, people will see you as a coward because you are.

@Albus Fahrenheits  
I make no bones about the fact that I’m a filthy coward, and I’ll never try to convince you that I’m anything but.

@Albus Fahrenheits  
NO Not wanting to widow a person is not fucking cowardice,

@Silent_Witness  
You know both cowards and braves have fears. The difference is that the braves face them.
 
Anyway, this is the Unpopular opinion thread, is it not?

I heard the term Braves being spoken.  
WHO HERE NEEDS A DOSE OF COURAGE AND ROBO LIONS?!

@Albus Fahrenheits  
It is, but when you say something so demonstrably stupid, you will get called on that shit,

@Albus Fahrenheits  
well im not sure if its an unpopular opinion but “i like being alive”.  
And you are not a coward for avoiding something that could kill you

I believe gladiator sports should be thing again.

@SeraphimDawn  
Isn’t that kind of a staple of dystopic fiction? To show that either life is so devalued or people are so apathetic that they can watch two people murder one another for entertainment?  
Now I know things are kind of bleak in today’s world, but I like to think that we’re not quite at that level yet.

@Silent_Witness  
Hell man we are heading in the opposite direction of that, we are on a pretty solid upward climb as a species,

i didn’t cry with mufasas dead

@SeraphimDawn  
This I’m inclined to disagree with. Why waste such good fighters for bloodsport? Make them soldiers.

@Albus Fahrenheits  
nah, why not use them for experiments?  
progress demands sacrificies

@Albus Fahrenheits  
Ancient Romans usually made convicts kill each other. Occasionally there were volunteers though.  
Professional gladiators were seldom killed in their sport. If they DID get killed in game, their families were compensated.
 
Think of this. It’s a good way to entertain the public and utilize otherwise dead weight people who would only burden the state the longer they sit in prisons.

@SeraphimDawn  
There was one Roman emperor I think who almost ran out of professional soldiers and started recruiting from the prisoners. As an incentive they were offered freedom and Roman citizenship.

@Albus Fahrenheits  
To the survivors who were the winners.

@Albus Fahrenheits  
I’m reminded of Starcraft and the Terran Marines. The difference there though is that for the Marines, the military service is mandatory (if I remember the backstory correctly).

@Silent_Witness  
You know the ROTC program used to be mandatory to all males going into college. That is Reserve Officer Training Corps. It is generally a good idea for a country to readily have reserve on waiting in case of a threat of war.
 
Until a couple of idiots though it was a good idea to make it optional.