Opinions You Just Don't Understand

[Candidus]

Inalienable Human Rights. No, they aren't real. They're an idea, an opinion. You can make the concept behave like a fact via the legal system, but that doesn't mean that a man or woman who intentionally violates the rights of others REALLY retains whatever intrinsic rights human beings do have- if that's any.

 

[axlryder]

People who think that sex is the be all end all to living. Like, yeah, sex is nice and obviously important, but there are just so many more facets to living life than banging. I went 17 years without sticking my dick in someone and I was perfectly content during that time, yet so many people act like they'd kill themselves if they thought they'd never screw again. I'd personally kill myself if sex was the only good thing I ever had to look forward to for the rest of my life.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

You do realize the Charlie Brooker quote is a joke, correct? It's not meant to make people seriously think that homophobes seriously think of gay sex all the time. It's nothing more than satire.

I know it can be difficult to read sarcasm on the internet (I'm not trying to sound like an asshole, it seriously can be difficult at times), but that one is clearly satirical in nature.

Well then, my mistake. I couldn't tell if boots was serious or not.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

"Amazing Spider-Man was good."

"Spider-Man: The Animated Series was good."

"Ultimate Spider-Man is good."

"Spectacular Spider-Man is bad."

Yeah, lots of dumb-ass Spidey opinions out there.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

That smoking in public is legal, but drinking in public (no open containers of alcohol) isn't.
(United States here. I could go on forever on double standards in legislation.)

 

[Phuctifyno]

Anyway, I disagree with anyone who thinks smoking is a good thing, it puzzles me how people can defend smoking. There isn't a good reason to do it in the first place and there are always alternatives for stress relief. Anyone who is unfortunate enough (Or stupid enough in the case that people think it's "cool" to smoke.) to get hooked I implore you to quit as it serves no good at all.

I'm not trying to attack you, but this is actually a common opinion that baffles me. I don't understand how one can think that just because people smoke that they think it's a good idea or that they don't know any better. That's not how nicotine works; being hooked directly weakens your willpower (not your intelligence), and an almost inhuman amount is required to break free. Getting hooked often happens very slowly and right under people's noses...

(you just try one puff, one can't hurt, out with friends, maybe while drunk, then find out it doesn't taste as shitty as you thought and doesn't kill you on the spot, then try another a few months or weeks later, then the next time maybe a whole cigarette, then the next time maybe two, then the next time maybe four, still not hooked, maybe I'm just more resistant to it than most people!, until eventually you buy your own pack because you feel guilty for all the bumming - but just this once then we're done, but then that one wasn't quite enough, so you get another - just these two then never again!, or maybe three, then another... and so on and so on, until six or seven packs in you go OH! now I get it, I'm stuck with this... shit)

...It's not that you didn't know better; you just didn't care enough.

I smoked for four years and I've never met a smoker who actually thought it was a good thing. There are many who genuinely don't care, though - my own experience shallowed my emotions quite a bit, too. I guess I could see it happening maybe if the only smokers you know are just dumb teenagers who think it's cool - I guess they exist, though I don't pal around with any. Basically, I don't think anybody is in the dark about how bad smoking is for you; it's plastered all over billboards, tv, and every pack you buy (in Canada, anyway).

 

[felbot]

i still don't under stand religion, or why anybody would willingly mutilate their child just because of it or why you would want to limit other people's rights because of it.

 

[Mycroft Holmes]

I don't understand people who don't understand other peoples opinions.

The idea that it's "inappropriate for children" is laughable given that the reason they exist is for the benefit of children.

If that was true they would only become engorged after having a baby, like every other species. But humans have engorged breasts at all times post puberty, because we sexually selected for that trait.

And that is why its 'inappropriate' for children, because one of the reasons they exist is for sex appeal and parent's(all people really) have very limited abilities to understand other people. We mostly just assume they are exactly like us, think the exact same as we do(which is one of the reasons people get pissed off and frustrated so easily while arguing.) So they don't think hey they are little children, they don't have the same sexual thoughts that adults do. They think oh shit tiny version of me shouldn't see breasts because he will start having sexual thoughts which are 'inappropriate.'

 

[AlbertoDeSanta]

I absolutely Can not fathom why anyone would think Incest is ever okay. Ever. It sickens me to the core. If I had to choose between Eating Human Flesh or having Sex with any of my family, I'll take the Human Meat. It's less disgusting.

 

[DisturbiaWolf13]

I'm asking what's wrong with say, the guy that has a couple of spliffs with his mates on a Friday night.

You'd be stunned at the amount of those that end up in our centre. ^_^
Sometimes I joke that we only cater to recreational users, since it's THE most heard excuse; "I only use recreationally", "Only in the weekend" or "But I'm in control". I mean, if drug use was something that could be controlled, there would be no addicts at all. I like the idea, but what I'm seeing all around me proves that when you use drugs, you are risking health damage, causing problems and risking addiction. There's no way to disable those risks.

As long as you keep in mind that working at such a place opens you up to bias.

Your logic also needs some work, "If it could be controlled, there'd be no addicts". Really?

There is a difference between 'can be controlled' and 'is never uncontrolled'. I thought that was obvious. If a thing is doing more harm than good to a person then they clearly are not in control.

To counter your anecdotal evidence with my own, I have seen many people benefit from marijuana consumption. Whether for medicinal or recreational purposes, I have never seen anyone I know suffer any significant negative effect due to it.

Personal experience? Well as a funny man once said...

"I have taken drugs before and...I had a real good time. Sorry. Didn't murder anybody, didn't rape anybody, didn't rob anybody, didn't beat anybody, didn't lose - hmm - one fucking job, laughed my ass off, and went about my day. Sorry. Now, where's my commercial?"

No two drugs are the same, no two people are the same. Don't make grand statements of universal fact when talking about either.

 

[Ren_Li]

This is obviously not rage-inducing, but I don't understand the appeal of cartoons.
Not animation as a visual medium, but, you know. Cartoons. I don't understand the appeal of them, to kids or to ANYONE.
I have a friend, in his early thirties, and he and his mother both still watch cartoons. Simply... do not get it. At all.

This might be because I was raised not being allowed to watch TV, so I "missed out" on cartoons. Not that I mourn it, because I simply. Do not. See. The appeal.

At all.

I don't have any more serious rage-inducing "do not understands" because, sadly, I tend to be able to understand a lot of the lunacy people do.

A cartoon is a catch all term for an animated show that tends to be geared towards children. Other than that, the world's your oyster. Are you sure it's fair to write off an ENTIRE MEDIUM?

OT: I generally don't like these threads, but I'll bite this time.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't at all surprised that people still vehemently oppose the legalization of most recreational drugs. The costs of the "War on Drugs" are abominably staggering, and the positives to just giving the junkies a place to get high are overwhelming. Srsly peple, lighten up.

PS: Maybe "decriminalization" was a more appropriate term. I don't know, and right now, I don't care; I just got to divert the grammar Nazi's that infest this site.

Cartoons: Well, I haven't seen EVERY SINGLE CARTOON, obviously. But from what I HAVE seen, I honestly cannot see a single reason why anyone would want to watch them.
Obviously, people do. It's a thing they do. It's a thing they enjoy, and I'm not judging them for that, but I simply cannot see the appeal. Just... can't. Clearly this is a "me" thing, given how many people remember cartoons from their childhood fondly, and how many kids enjoy them.

Drugs: I sort of agree that the "War on Drugs" is pointless, but I think giving junkies a place to get high is the opposite of the solution. We need to punish people who are both clean, and pushing these harmful substances onto people without a damned good reason. But the people ON drugs, one and all, need to be given both help and inspiration to get clean. Right now, anyone who wants help will probably just get arrested instead of given the compassionate health care they need. (Cue the people talking about the harmlessness of x drug. Look, I'm not here to get into a debate about what drug does the most harm- or the least.)

I understand the mentality behind not wanting to give up on the "War on Drugs" though. It's fear. Fear of doing the wrong thing; fear of saying "we wasted all this money and only made the drug trade stronger"; fear of admitting to being wrong; and fear of the MASSIVE political backlash any other path will surely bring. Which one is the primary fear I suppose is up to you to decide for each person.
And, well, then there's the uneducated fools who can't look at history and the facts and see that it isn't working; the fools who actually believe that the "War on Drugs" could work, and that it isn't making things worse. And, well, lack of looking at the facts and lack of thinking long and hard on what happened last time America tried banning a popular substance is the reason there. (Also, possibly, when all else fails: being an idiot who believes what x person told them.)

 

[Kenbo Slice]

So, so many things.

Spoiler

1. Blood on the Dance Floor
2. Black Veil Brides
3. Anything Avenged Sevenfold put out after Waking the Fallen
4. MLP:FIM
5. Twilight
6. Brokencyde
7. 2Chainz (seriously, he's one of the lamest rappers I've ever heard)
8. Movies like The Notebook, A Walk To Remember, Dear John, etc.
9. The first Mass Effect game
10. Dr. Who
11. Bleach
12. Naruto
13. People who don't want to watch foreign movies cuz they're too damn lazy to read subtitles
14. Oakland Raiders
15. The Dark Knight Rises

Huh, I guess it was less than I thought, oh well.

 

[Scarim Coral]

People going apeshit over me for not liking the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. I just think it's overrated. So what it's the first anime that has a reludent protagonist who wasn't thrill by a chance to pilot a mech? I don't care the subtle religon reference or the deep philosophy undertone, it was depressing as hell and I loathe the protagonist.
Also nothing will convince me to give that show another go with those new remake which fantom me to why they remake it all over again (I can understand about that ending since they were rush but the whole show again)?
Hey I'm not exactly keep going on my hate for that anime (ok a couple of times for animes you hate threads) as I keep it mostly to myself therefore I ain't offending those fans out there.

 

[SillySam]

"I didn't enjoy (as much as others do), so it's overrated/shit/whydopeoplelikethis"

 

[Ranorak]

but, why is it that only (and correct me if I'm wrong) Germans admit to liking mayonnaise with their fries instead of ketchup?

Not only in Germany, Belgium is unsurpassed with their selection of sauces to put on fries, truely astonishing.

One thing I can't wrap my mind around is how people can spend money that isn't theirs and manouver themselves into a debt that they cannot possibly get out of again. If you can't afford something you can't buy it, simple.

Please, have some love for us Dutchies, when ordering fries here you don't even need to mention the mayonnaise.
Just say "Fries with." and they'll drown them in mayonnaise for you.

OT:
Maybe a bit too easy, but I honestly do NOT get racism or any form of generalisation based solely on origin or genetic features.
There does not have to be any difference between a white man and a black man.
There does not have to be any difference between a muslim and a atheist.

It's all about how each individual was raised.
And how they decided to handle their life.

Actions make a person, not what you think he might do.

 

[Legion]

That things aren't peoples fault when they are.

To use an example I read in an a local paper today:

A woman is in a newsagents in the town I live. Her 5 year old runs out of the shop and into the road and is hit by a car (no serious injuries thankfully). She speaks to the paper saying she wants to campaign for the council to place signs for that road being dangerous because it's such a tight corner.

Granted, the road is a tight corner, and people park badly which doesn't help. But her child ran out of a shop and into the road. The responsibility is hers, not the poor drivers. She should have kept a better eye on her kid, and explained that running into a bloody road is not a good idea.

So in other words, I don't get bad parents who can't take responsibility for raising their own children.

 

[TwiZtah]

Yah! These threads never devolve into people arguing against each other because one person says X and the other person says Y!

I might as well start it off with something non-controversial: I'm absolutely baffled that anyone thinks that pirating is an OK thing to do. I've gotten into plenty of discussions here about it and I STILL don't get why people think it's OK (Please see post #10 of mine below before the pro-pirate crowd gets their pitch-forks out)...

I suppose to balance it out, I might as well put something in that is wicked controversial here: Puppies are cute!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=4&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=7&gs_id=r&xhr=t&q=cute+puppies&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42661473,d.aWc&biw=1440&bih=809&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=ZwYkUZajKuHhygG-4YDABQ

I should probably get behind my flame shield now with such a drastic opinion like that.

The same reason I didn't buy a car without testing it or paying for my food on a restaurant before I eat it. The developers don't give me any choice, there are no demos anymore. I download games and then if I like them after an hour, I buy the game. Simple as that.

Oh and by the way, numerous studies has shown that pirates are the biggest media buyers too.

 

[Spinozaad]

I always wonder how people who proclaim themselves to be "progressive" or "tolerant", but voice their ideas in such intolerant and generalized statements as possible manage to function. How do their minds not implode under the weight of implied/suggested hypocrisy?

Just because you're less absolute in your rigid thinking, does not make you a progressive/tolerant. He who fights with monsters, and such...

 

[Eddie the head]

You do realize the Charlie Brooker quote is a joke, correct? It's not meant to make people seriously think that homophobes seriously think of gay sex all the time. It's nothing more than satire.

I know it can be difficult to read sarcasm on the internet (I'm not trying to sound like an asshole, it seriously can be difficult at times), but that one is clearly satirical in nature.

Well then, my mistake. I couldn't tell if boots was serious or not.

Well it is a joke, but there is some truth to it. The University of Georgia did a study and men who you would classify as homophobic, well let's just say they "enjoyed" gay porn more. Here's the study if you're curious.

http://my.psychologytoday.com/files/u47/Henry_et_al.pdf

Here's a video if you don't want to read.

 

[Silvanus]

There are lots of opinions I don't buy into, but still understand (or believe I understand).


A couple of them being pro-life views & various conspiracy theories (too much X-Files). Those are the ones I can understand at least a little.


I absolutely cannot understand the double standards surrounding drugs (weed is bad, nicotine/ tobacco are A-OKAY!), anti-gay-equality, & the stigma surrounding video games.