Other Unpopular Opinions

[Sir Swigglesworth]

Here's my opinion of religion and shite. My grandparents are devout Jehovah's witnesses and I'm not along with that, so it makes them rather unpleasant. But they always say that Satan is the person behind all the cruelty and hate in the world, but it says in their bible that the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse are running amok in the world doing their job as told by god. So I honestly see it as God being spiteful with the devil and trying to ruin his attempts of freedom and self rule and in turn is fucking over humanity with the 4 horsement of the apocalypse. If they weren't active, then just maybe humanity could get our shit together. It's an off thought, but I think it's very logical and it's my opinion on why the world is as it is.

 

[Rock And Roll Boy]

We're God's beings, and he'll have us up in Paradise after we're done in this trial of a world.

 

[hologram]

I hate the modern use of the term 'cringe' and the concepts often associated with it, the idea that earnest expression, enthusiasm, and joy is something that should be mocked and shamed. I internalized this sort of thing for years and it really messed with my capacity to enjoy things and socialize with others.

 

[Elephantom]

I hate the modern use of the term 'cringe' and the concepts often associated with it, the idea that earnest expression, enthusiasm, and joy is something that should be mocked and shamed. I internalized this sort of thing for years and it really messed with my capacity to enjoy things and socialize with others.

Truth be told, I hate modern terminology itself.

 

[Cloche]

I hate the modern use of the term 'cringe' and the concepts often associated with it, the idea that earnest expression, enthusiasm, and joy is something that should be mocked and shamed. I internalized this sort of thing for years and it really messed with my capacity to enjoy things and socialize with others.

This is something I notice a lot in looking for actual "cringe" material and the reason I stopped watching anything that was explicitly labelled as "cringe". A lot of the things in cringe compilations are just people enjoying themselves in a way that seems weird, and it just seems mean-spirited to laugh at them. I remember a video of a guy singing to his girlfriend being featured in a cringe compilation and I was so confused. They were just happy and in love, since when is that embarrassing?

I think a lot of the idea behind cringe and people who enjoy it is just the age-old desire of people to feel better about themselves by comparing themselves to someone "weird" and thinking "At least I'm not like them". In my opinion people like furries or "weaboos" or whatever other sort of people are typically viewed as cringeworthy by the nature of their existence command a sort of respect because at least they're confident enough in their identity and interests to engage in them without worrying about being made fun of.

 

[Noble Scion]

A huge difference in music taste could probably ruin a relationship.
e.g. scream-o metal guy with a pop girl.
I mean.. They could try, but I feel like that sort of thing would get in the way eventually if they heavily disliked eachother's music tastes.

Not too sure if this is unpopular or not.. But I feel like a lot of people would think differently

 

[getbentmax]

13 Reasons Why is awful.

That is all.

 

[Daffodil]

The Sith are cooler than the Jedi.

Honey that’s not an unpopular opinion that’s a fact

I really like the kardashians they seem really nice

I really like the kardashians they seem really nice

Also Beyoncé is overrated

 

[cl0ud]

cumulus clouds are better than cumlonimbus clouds.

 

[memphis]

Okay, I guess I'm about to expose myself as a socialist, as my family would say, but here it goes: people should not be allowed to be millionaires hundreds to thousands of times over. I've argued this many times with people in person, and the most common response I get is, "well if they earned it...", and I think that's a ridiculous notion. There is no other way you could have amassed that much wealth in any other way but through exploiting others (outsourcing labor, paying employees below a living wage, long hours, etc.), and exploiting others does not count as earning it.

 

[Croaker]

Okay, I guess I'm about to expose myself as a socialist, as my family would say, but here it goes: people should not be allowed to be millionaires hundreds to thousands of times over. I've argued this many times with people in person, and the most common response I get is, "well if they earned it...", and I think that's a ridiculous notion. There is no other way you could have amassed that much wealth in any other way but through exploiting others (outsourcing labor, paying employees below a living wage, long hours, etc.), and exploiting others does not count as earning it.

I think you watch too many movies that feature greedy business tycoons as the main villain.

 

[Tartaglia]

I don't get why people are so hyped about Veronica when it's not even the scariest movie.

 

[Noble Scion]

Okay, I guess I'm about to expose myself as a socialist, as my family would say, but here it goes: people should not be allowed to be millionaires hundreds to thousands of times over. I've argued this many times with people in person, and the most common response I get is, "well if they earned it...", and I think that's a ridiculous notion. There is no other way you could have amassed that much wealth in any other way but through exploiting others (outsourcing labor, paying employees below a living wage, long hours, etc.), and exploiting others does not count as earning it.

With that ideology, those that put in the effort are treated the same that aren’t putting in the effort.
What about all the people that have never even bothered with anything and gone straight into abusing drugs, would you treat them the same as the person who found a way to cure several types of cancer?
Money is a reward system, and while the idea that equality is great because nobody is treated differently results in a poor quality of life for everyone as there is no reward for doing a difficult job.
Why be a doctor when a person working in a fast food restaurant gets treated exactly the same and gets the same amount of money?
People earn their money, apart from those that just inherit it, but even then, their parents must have worked hard for it.

 

[memphis]

I think you watch too many movies that feature greedy business tycoons as the main villain.

Spoiler

I'm not saying that I think every billionaire is evil and a villain that preys upon others. In fact, many have made miraculous innovations that have changed the world for the better. I am acknowledging that, and I think that's wonderful. I'm just addressing the fact that many of these people, who are multi-billionaires, still rely on outsourcing cheap labor in places where workers are subjected to poor working conditions, and then offer minimum wage to workers at home, to offer the consumer a cheaper product, and keep earning money. Or, in the case of pharmaceuticals, take advantage of the consumer who has no choice but to pay exorbitant amounts for the product they need to live.

With that ideology, those that put in the effort are treated the same that aren’t putting in the effort.
What about all the people that have never even bothered with anything and gone straight into abusing drugs, would you treat them the same as the person who found a way to cure several types of cancer?
Money is a reward system, and while the idea that equality is great because nobody is treated differently results in a poor quality of life for everyone as there is no reward for doing a difficult job.
Why be a doctor when a person working in a fast food restaurant gets treated exactly the same and gets the same amount of money?
People earn their money, apart from those that just inherit it, but even then, their parents must have worked hard for it.

Spoiler

I never said that money isn't a reward system; I am more than aware that it is. I think you might have taken my opinion is too broad a sense, which is what I feel most people do when I bring up this argument. Of course you wouldn't pay an unskilled laborer the same as a doctor who went through years of rigorous training and expensive education; that wasn't my point at all. What I'm saying, is that people should not be allowed to amass exorbitant amounts of money, to the point where they (and their children, and even grandchildren) would never be able to realistically use all that money, and the vast majority of it just ends up sitting in an offshore account to avoid taxation. We're talking hundreds of millions to tens and hundreds of billions of dollars (here's an interesting thread from reddit where the OP made an estimate of how many generations a billion dollars can last). I don't know what you think the salary of a doctor is, but the base salary for a doctor in the US is around $200k. We're not talking doctors here, we're talking Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, et cetera. I do believe that if someone ever created a cure for cancer, they should most certainly be rewarded for all the people they would change the lives of. Do I think that they should have enough so that they, their children, and even grandchildren are able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives? Definitely. Do I think they need tens to hundreds of billions of dollars? No, and realistically, they would never cumulate such wealth unless they had patented and privatized this cure, which is then exploiting the consumer (not to say this isn't already happening with medicine). Let's use the creator of one of the first successful polio vaccines, Jonas Salk, as an example. Salk created a vaccine for polio at a time when it was in higher demand than ever. However, he did not patent his vaccine, which could have made him an estimated $7 billion in his lifetime, at the cost of a higher price for the consumer. I think Salk is an excellent example because I'm sure he never lived anything less than comfortably, but he also didn't earn his wealth by taking advantage of others who had no other choice but to buy into his cure.

 

[Axel The Englishman]

FILTHY REDS?

 

[memphis]

FILTHY REDS?

The Red Scare of 2018.

 

[Axel The Englishman]

my

GOD

 

[Cloche]

I don't get why people are so hyped about Veronica when it's not even the scariest movie.

Let's talk about this, since I don't want to debate the merits of socialism with a bunch of dirty capitalists. (Joking)

Without meaning to sound pretentious, I'm a horror movie aficionado. It's not easy to find gems among the low-budget, low-effort crap that has flooded the horror scene in the past few decades, but it's getting a bit better with films like Under the Shadow, The VVitch, and et cetera (in general it seems like non-American horror films suck less). And as for Verónica, I think it was good in its way but the ending was horribly disappointing and it doesn't deserve the title of scariest movie. Not by a long shot. I don't even know what scene these people are talking about that sealed the deal for them in thinking this movie was the scariest ever. What about The Thing (John Carpenter's) which is hard to get through the first time you watch it? What about Rosemary's Baby which is still disturbing to me no matter how many times I've seen it? What about literally any other movie that does a better job building up tension and dread and delivering a gut-punching ending than Verónica?

What did you think of the rest of the movie aside from the fact that it's nothing special in the scares department? I liked how it explored the theme of a girl sort of being forced to "grow up" and deprived of a real childhood or adolescence because she has to take care of her siblings in place of her mother, and all of the resentment and apprehension that comes from that. And I like how all of the terror originates from her trying to revive her dead father in a sense, because his death is what triggered the circumstances her family is in. That was pretty cool. But it was pretty cliché otherwise.

 

[Elekta Kount]

Karcen Commissar Darman
Magnus did nothing wrong

 

[Karcen]

#blamelorgar

 

[Elekta Kount]

Karcen Commissar Darman
Here's another one:
Cadia has Fallen!

 

[Commissar Darman]

the Planet broke before the Guard did!

 

[colorfrost0]

I don't really like wolves too much, I mean, what's the big deal
I don't dislike them but sometimes they can get a little repetitive

 

[Daughty Creature]

My unpopular opinion (according to my school): anything over $30 for a pair of shoes is completely ridiculous. Just... so stupid.

 

[Zachy1993]

Unpopular opinion:

1. Hate speech isn't a thing and I detest that we're at the stage where words are considered violence so it's okay for you to just haul off and punch someone if they hurt your feefees. People need to grow a spine and stop ruining people's lives because you don't like their words. (Calling their place of work and if person is famous or something, pressuring advertisers to ditch. Dragging them through the mud etc.) I honestly think it's strange that the people who scream 'bullying!' the loudest are usually the biggest bullies. At the end of the day words are words and they can hurt sure...but not enough to make THAT big of a deal out of. If I find myself getting mad at what someone has said to me, I take a breath and ask myself 'will this matter a couple weeks from now? A month? A year?'.

2. I am horrified the U.K. found Count Dankula guilty of 'being grossly offensive'. Regardless of what someone thinks of his 'nazi pug' video, the idea that a government is wasting tax dollars to trial and possibly imprison people because of a joke (that literally nobody reported) and context is thrown out the window, sets a VERY BAD precedent. The U.K. looks veeeery bad for this, especially with the infamous police who are concerned about offensive tweets more than anything else.