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I am very, very progressive. Here are my hot takes:
Transgender participation in sports can lead to unfair advantages. I hate that I believe this, as I do not want anybody to feel ostracized or as if they are discriminated against. But I think it’s true nonetheless :(
Reading smut does not count as reading. Listening to audiobooks does not count as reading.
The US was never the land of the free.
Music needs to broadly adopt alternative musical scales.
State-sanctioned suicide is essential to a developed nation.
Pinball is grossly under-appreciated, and its progression is a great example of doing new things with old ideas.
Any nation that wants nukes should be allowed to develop them.
Luigi’s Mangione’s eyebrows are off-putting.
Eating breakfast is stupid if you have a job that isn’t physical.
I’m sure there are more. FIGHT ME!
Explain.
Not because I strongly disagree, but I'm curious since you bring it up as a controversial take.
It’s not really controversial, probably. I just wanted to get it out there.
This is unsubstantiated, but I imagine that if you asked a retro gamer (pac-man, dig-dug, galaga, etc.) about pinball they would probably say it sucks or that they don’t care about it or that it’s not for them.
Nobody talks about pinball outside of the niche circles, but I think it’s superior to traditional arcade games, superior to modern arcade games, and is generally a perfect amalgamation of the arts: music, artwork, mechanics, and code-based chicanery all contribute to something beautiful.
Take Whirlwind for example. It’s absolutely gorgeous in every way: the Gnosticism in the art, the insanely catchy soundtrack, novel mechanical elements, and brutal hostility make it the magnum opus of pinball, and a perfect embodiment of the chaos of a storm IMO.
Admittedly, the scene is not what it once was. New table manufacturers leverage existing IP instead of creating their own, and the few original tables that are still produced are mostly kind of slop. Compare Total Nuclear Annihilation to Whirlwind for an example.
Good points, and I agree.
I do like Pinball (I just suck at it) and I always thought the machines are really really neat. I'm happy to see someone bring them up! I suppose it's just that they're a bit inaccessible. Having one in your home is a whole thing and going to an arcade is another whole thing.
If you’re lucky, you might have a club near you. Nothing but pinball. They’re usually pretty calm too. Check out the pinball map