Unpopular Opinions

[launchpadmcqwak]

I believe that all first world countrys should bring in a 1-child law and stop all child allowance, untill a small and self sustaining population has been achieved in those countrys.

Wait, you want to drop the population of the entire civilized world by (at least) 50% in one generation? That seems... a bit extreme.

Captcha: hear hear

Thank you, friend computer.

That would be amazing...I SHALL SUPPORT THIS LAW!!!

 

[TheVioletBandit]

I hate the gay community. All of it. Absolutely, unapologetically hate it. Why, you ask?

THEY STOLE GOD-DAMNED RAINBOWS. ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOLES!!!

I mean, the rainbow was always kind of a fruity thing to like, but it never meant straight-up gay until the gay community adopted it as their symbol. I don't hate gay people, and I'm not against any of their causes, but seriously, fuck them for ruining rainbows. Fuck them all! You can't just "claim" the visual light spectrum! You can't!

Another, more rational unpopular opinion I have is that people are people, no matter who they are. They deserve a chance, even if their government is evil, or their religion has a few whackjobs that make said religion seem crazy. Dividing the world into factions, or even worse, enemies and non-enemies, causes nothing but strife. You may think this shouldn't be an unpopular opinion, and I agree, but it is, especially in my line of work (the US military). Now I can understand why some of my coworkers have adopted a "from enemy country = enemy" mentality and I don't hold it against them. I just hope they'll learn to see things the way I do in time. But this doesn't just apply to the military, it applies to anyone who sees someone with a different opinion or just someone who works for someone with a different opinion and thinks "that person is the enemy." Things are never so black and white.

I whole heartily agree with the rainbow thing, greedy gays taking all the colours. We need to take the rainbow back, but how?

 

[spartan231490]

I think children with severe mental deficiencies (to the point where they aren't conscious of who they are or where they are etc) should either be killed or have all medical care cut off from them.

They don't do anything and cost the government thousands before they die. That money could go to a better cause.

*Flame shield up*

Violence is necessary in far too many situations. Sad but true. Part of tyranny is sheilding one's self from legal intervention. In doing so, the tyrant makes it so that the only way they can be removed from power is death. Pacifism is nice when possible, but this is not a nice world, so it is not always possible.

I like pop-punk. (Bands like sum-41, bowling for soup and yellowcard).

Me too actually I've seen BFS live twice and Sum 41 once. As well as Blink 182, American Hi-fi and Sugarcult.


My unpopular opinion? Mostly just because I'm a student and apparently it's a bit of a faux pas to admit this to other students (especially in Ireland) I have certain capitalist leanings. Funny thing is I actually took time between school and college and worked. So I have a bunch of people who have just finished their exams, never worked a day in their life telling me I'm a greedy capitalist pig. "Oh you think taxes should be higher and you're "entitled" to have the government pay your college fees? How 'bout you weigh in after you've actually contributed to this communal pool of resources you're after". I'm not saying you have to wait until you've worked to have an opinion, but you're not allowed attack me for mine 'til you've actually even tried to contribute to society. It's very easy to want socialism when you're the one that has everything to gain and nothing to lose with it. This doesn't apply to all students who disagree with me by the way. Mostly just the ones who drink away their grant money while studying philosophy or something then ***** and moan that anyone dares think maybe this shouldn't be government funded. You're not allowed spend taxpayer money on a round of Jagerbombs and then accuse me of being greedy.

I agree with all of this.

Also, I am pro-abortion and pro-death penalty, and pro-euthanasia(in certain situations).

I think vegetarianism is stupid. Yeah I said it.

Also, something that is becoming an increasingly unpopular opinion is that I am pro-legalization of marijuana, but I think people who say that taxing it will bring massive revenue are a bit oblivious to reality. If you put any significant tax on it, people will just buy it illegally(look at how far people drive to get cheaper cigarettes. My sister drives 3 hours one way to get hers cheaper). Also, we don't have the infrastructure in place to grow, distribute, and sell it, so any attempt to legalize and regulate would result in minuscule amounts of legally available pot for years. And no company/farmer would take the risk of investing time and money on it when the political climate is so likely to shift back against it.

I'm religious(rare around here).

I'm a cultural pessimist.

I am way pro-gun ownership. In fact, I think that ownership of military grade weaponry should be legal with an inexpensive permit.

Those are just the ones that come to mind, I have way too may to list.

 

[S1leNt RIP]

I believe in God and while I believe that evolution is possibly outside of my areas of knowledge/research/experience, I find it unlikely given my (woefully inadequate) research on the subject.

TIME TO EDUCATE!
Well, my friend, evolution is not as far fetched as many religions make it out to be- Infact, their is a large portion of evidence to support it.

Imagine this-
There is a population of birds, some birds have small beaks, some have large, and they very inbetween those sizes.
The birds with the small beaks eat small seads, the ones with large beaks eat large seeds, and so forth.
Now, say all of the small seeds were for some reason to cease in avalibility to the birds. The birds with small beaks don't have a food source, theirfore, don't live long enough to pass on their small beaked trait.
If this were to continue, soon all of the small beaked birds would be eliminated from the population.
This is evolution.
Change in a population- Not an individual group.

I understand this, and I agree that it happens. And if a Finch became a Toucan over a certain amount of time that's cool too. The rest of it, it just doesn't make sense to me. I've researched (like I said, not ENOUGH, but some) evolution, I've argued about it, and it just seems lacking to me. There are lots of arguments that you've certainly heard, so there's no need to go into them now. I'm just a doubter on this point.

Also, evolution is not NECESSARILY wrong within Christianity. Not sure about other religions.

 

[launchpadmcqwak]

I believe in God and while I believe that evolution is possibly outside of my areas of knowledge/research/experience, I find it unlikely given my (woefully inadequate) research on the subject.

I think Abortion is killing a living (innocent) being and should be illegal.

I believe that freedom is preferable to safety.

I believe Zero Punctuation was better in the "old days".

The only truly OP champ was release Xin Zhao.

I think Pot should be legal.

I think homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle, and while it should be free and protected, it is not natural.

I believe nurture is more powerful than nature.

I like Ron Paul for president.

I believe that the benefits of firearms outweigh the deaths of children that have taken place in America. (Wow, now I'm just being inflammatory.)

I believe that every person needs to be loved, and to show love to all others all the time in accordance to their personal levels of love, joy, and patience.

Skyrim was meh.

Kids are awesome, and having eight of them would not bother me in the least!

Edit: Oh, and anyone living in America who rages to ANY DEGREE about the "1%". They piss me off! "Rah rah, 1% is evil rah rah, I live better than KINGS of the past. I have nature bent to my will. In summer I am cool, in winter I am warm. I am part of the 1% historically, and right now I'm part of the top 5% alive." UGH!!! Hate that! Who CARES if someone has more money than you! Who CARES what they are doing with it, because when it comes down to it you are just as selfish as those people! Seriously, how many of those same people gave to a charity or non-profit that week? The month? My money is on most of them being hypocritical douche bags!

Whew, that rant was fun.

aww man...i believe you and i are going to be mortal enemies...

 

[WanderingFool]

I think that universal healthcare is a good idea.
I think that the price of college in the U.S is too high.
I believe that all first world countrys should bring in a 1-child law and stop all child allowance, untill a small and self sustaining population has been achieved in those countrys.

The first one I can agree is unpopular, but God Dammit, thats what we need.

Myself? I view anyone who chooses to eat vegan (not vegetarian, pure vegan) should be shipped to a little colony away from the rest of the normal world.

 

[S1leNt RIP]

I believe in God and while I believe that evolution is possibly outside of my areas of knowledge/research/experience, I find it unlikely given my (woefully inadequate) research on the subject.

I think Abortion is killing a living (innocent) being and should be illegal.

I believe that freedom is preferable to safety.

I believe Zero Punctuation was better in the "old days".

The only truly OP champ was release Xin Zhao.

I think Pot should be legal.

I think homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle, and while it should be free and protected, it is not natural.

I believe nurture is more powerful than nature.

I like Ron Paul for president.

I believe that the benefits of firearms outweigh the deaths of children that have taken place in America. (Wow, now I'm just being inflammatory.)

I believe that every person needs to be loved, and to show love to all others all the time in accordance to their personal levels of love, joy, and patience.

Skyrim was meh.

Kids are awesome, and having eight of them would not bother me in the least!

Edit: Oh, and anyone living in America who rages to ANY DEGREE about the "1%". They piss me off! "Rah rah, 1% is evil rah rah, I live better than KINGS of the past. I have nature bent to my will. In summer I am cool, in winter I am warm. I am part of the 1% historically, and right now I'm part of the top 5% alive." UGH!!! Hate that! Who CARES if someone has more money than you! Who CARES what they are doing with it, because when it comes down to it you are just as selfish as those people! Seriously, how many of those same people gave to a charity or non-profit that week? The month? My money is on most of them being hypocritical douche bags!

Whew, that rant was fun.

aww man...i believe you and i are going to be mortal enemies...

If I cut off your head do I gain your powers?! It's alright though, my religion calls me to live at peace with my enemies! We should get along just fine!

But you should make a quick antithesis to my post(s) by using sexy brackets []!!! I'm curious as to your opinions!

 

[Agayek]

If I cut off your head do I gain your powers?! It's alright though, my religion calls me to live at peace with my enemies! We should get along just fine!

Yes. If you were to slay him while screaming "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!" at the top of your lungs, you would gain the power of cynicism and disbelief. It'd look kinda like those bits in Scott Pilgrim where he gained stats, only more lame.

I understand this, and I agree that it happens. And if a Finch became a Toucan over a certain amount of time that's cool too. The rest of it, it just doesn't make sense to me. I've researched (like I said, not ENOUGH, but some) evolution, I've argued about it, and it just seems lacking to me. There are lots of arguments that you've certainly heard, so there's no need to go into them now. I'm just a doubter on this point.

Just to try and understand where you're coming from, what's the alternative then? I mean, we can see species changing all the time, so when that happens do the old ones all just randomly die and new ones appear? I guess what I'm trying to get at is that if it's not evolution in action, what is actually happening?

 

[lacktheknack]

I like Skrillex to large degree.

Justin Bieber is alright (maybe not this latest single...).

God exists. (It's unpopular on the internet, OK? Then again, maybe this isn't an opinion.)

"Selected Ambient Works II" by Aphex Twin is the best album ever and anyone who dislikes it should have their arms and legs sawed off and displayed to Richard D. James so he can have a synesthetic fit about it.

Also, kids are cute, their howls of fury don't bother me, and I'd love to have a bunch of them. I'll take the OPs if he wants.

 

[launchpadmcqwak]

[/quote]i think evolution is a FACT

i think Homosexuality is awesome and completely natural

Ron paul can fuck off...hell all the republicans can fuck off aand so can the democrats

Abortion within the first 8 weeks (or whatever the law is) is no more murder than using contraception

i believe some people deserve to die

and those are my unpopular opinions

(forgot to snip)

 

[DANEgerous]

I find that all the anti bullying and hate crime laws are utter bullshit, I have dealt with these issues my whole life an it simply never bothered me. It was in fact so absolutely irrelevant to my life that one a group of people told me how brave it was to "stand up to such insults" and I told them that to be honest praise or literally doing nothing was quite annoying. I am sick of the "you can not escape verbal harassment" bullshit, it is not about escape it is about being smart thought to realize none of their opinions even matter.

Also this

I don't understand the complete premise of public education for severely handicapped people. Some kids have personality disorders that can be sorted out so that they might return to normal classes, and that's great, but for the unfortunates that are impaired enough that they can't really ever do anything, I don't see the benefit of using public money to educate them. I realize that everyone is entitled to an education and all accommodations necessary to achieve that education, but these people will likely never contribute tax dollars back, and when the national budget deficit is such a hotly contested issue, I don't see why we must throw money into this well intentioned bottomless pit. I support special education and all those compassionate enough to work in the field, but I don't agree with the government having to provide this service

to which i would like to add even mild defects can ruin the typical government funded education. It did for me until i got into a very good school system. It is not that it is impossible to teach people like this it is just impossible for ever city to do so on tax dollars

 

[S1leNt RIP]

It is evolution in action, but is it truly on the scale that many people purport? I don't see it working. I understand the basics, and I understand the possibility, but at the smallest level I do not see how it could work.

It's k though. We all know arguing about it wont get us anywhere now.

 

[dragonswarrior]

Oh, one more, which I'm not sure if it's unpopular or not: The singularity is near. I put about a 50% chance on "by the mid-2030s".

Naw man naw. Computers still just have raw processing power, and that's it. It'd take an actual breakthrough to get to the singularity, and those happen mostly by chance. It could happen tomorrow for all we know, or it might never happen, or it might be two hundred years from now. Too hard to predict, is what I'm saying.

(Though if you have info that proves me wrong please share it. I love stuff like this.)

OT: Unpopular opinions? I believe that one of a kind true love is possible for everyone, most people will never obtain it though, and that it is completely different from how culture/society views it.

Which means that I am unpopular with romantics, misanthropes, cynics, optimists, realists, and others that I don't know the names of. i.e I manage to piss everyone off in a single comma laden sentence!!

 

[S1leNt RIP]

i think evolution is a FACT

i think Homosexuality is awesome and completely natural

Ron paul can fuck off...hell all the republicans can fuck off aand so can the democrats

Abortion within the first 8 weeks (or whatever the law is) is no more murder than using contraception

i believe some people deserve to die

and those are my unpopular opinions

(forgot to snip)

Meh, those aren't too bad. I agree that republicans and democrats are douchebags, which is why I'd rather Ron Paul...I think he's secretly a libertarian but needs full party support (or thinks he does).

I'm by no means a typical conservative christian when it comes to homosexuality...but as of right now my opinion is that it's unnatural. But, as always, I'm open to being wrong. Certain transgender experiences/people have woken me up to the larger grey world out there in some ways.

Otherwise I see no problem with you sir! May we never lock ourselves into mortal combat!

 

[Aarquus]

I think Oblivion was better than Skyrim.

I am totally fine with gay people being gay.

Drum and Bass is better than Dubstep.

SOPA had the right idea.

The Halo series peaked at 3.

I hate people who ***** about how awful their lives are.

I do not like anything about the Call of Duty series.

And lastly, Applejack is the best pony

 

[James Rednok]

I believe in God and creation. I've persuaded many a friend or colleague to believe in it also, by simply dissecting the theory of evolution until they was it for Swiss-cheese theory it is. (That is to say: full of holes.)

Also, I find people who forcefully unload their views on others extremely uncouth. If I don't ask, please don't tell. Somewhat ironic, as often times whenever I tell anypony that I am religious, they assume that I'm some Westboro Baptist Church extremist who enjoys monster truck mud-wrestling, in-breeding, and baby eating. Or that I'll start spouting off some holier-than-thou fist-pounding lecture to anypony who doesn't share my exact views. In fact it is they who press the issue and seem almost angry at me for believing in something. I only really discuss my religion if it's brought up; and argue it's finer points only when someone presses me on it. Otherwise I feel content to continue along my way.

(Flame Shield activated and running at optimal efficiency)

 

[The Pinray]

I really enjoyed Dragon Age II.

*Flame shield DOWN* Come at me.

 

[Arsen]

People who claim you're forcing a religious belief on others by using that said religious opinion to try to influence the laws of a country...but don't mind it is it's agnostic, atheistic, non-theistic, etc. Remember. "It's not the same thing".

It is.
REGARDLESS of how you want to word it.

You're essentially saying "No one of a religious belief should cast their vote or be heard". Strange. What if we felt this way towards you? Oh, that's right. Our beliefs lack justification and evidence. Strange once again. We can say the same about yours and the argument will contain equal merit.

Basically: It's alright to enforce a belief if it doesn't involve a higher being. Sounds a little biased and without credibility.

 

[artanis_neravar]

This isn't a flame against anyone but it probably will be an unpopular opinion around here (seeing as quite a few people are like this)....

I hate miserable bastards. I don't mean dislike I mean I physically detest them.

They piss off everyone around them, they can turn something happy into an utter shit storm and generally aren't nice people to be around.

They say utter toss like "I have lost faith in humanity" oh fuck off with your cliché phrase.

"I don't want to live on this planet anymore", that's funny .... I don't want you living on this planet anymore.

They never say anything worth listening to.

And the most amusing part .... "I hate humanity, I hate people" so why, oh bloody why, are they hanging around forums that contain ... you guessed it ... people.

I say to them, crawl back under the bridge of misery and leave the rest of us to be happy and talk about sunshine and rainbows.

Yes the world is a shitty place, trust me i've seen a hell of a lot more of that shit than the some of the people that whine about it, but we get on with it. We like life and the little joys it brings.

And to the OP. I have kids, 5 of them. Am I angered by your words ... nay lad, nay I am not.

All I have to say to you is MY SPERM WORKS so all is well in the world.

You are the only person here that I can quote without seeing blinding white anger. So thank you for that, now I am going to leave this thread before I get myself banned

 

[dragonswarrior]

Edit: Oh, and anyone living in America who rages to ANY DEGREE about the "1%". They piss me off! "Rah rah, 1% is evil rah rah, I live better than KINGS of the past. I have nature bent to my will. In summer I am cool, in winter I am warm. I am part of the 1% historically, and right now I'm part of the top 5% alive." UGH!!! Hate that! Who CARES if someone has more money than you! Who CARES what they are doing with it, because when it comes down to it you are just as selfish as those people! Seriously, how many of those same people gave to a charity or non-profit that week? The month? My money is on most of them being hypocritical douche bags!

Many of those people are arguing about the fact that they have very little in the way of financial security and are penalised financially at the expense of the unimaginably rich getting richer. And your response is: "when's the last time they gave money away?"

Congratulations, because my jaw just hit the fucking floor. I mean, there are arguments against the Occupy movement which I fundamentally disagree with, but I don't think I've ever seen one quite as non-sensical as that.

THEY don't have financial security?! Forgive me if I haven't had the intricacies of the Occupy movement explained to me before by a person who actually holds them, but if they are going to complain about people being fantastically wealthy, then they better not be fantastically wealthy as well (which relative to 95% of people alive, they are [95% is partially made up, it could be closer to 90%]) or they are hypocrites. Is that argument invalid somehow? That if these people, who live in America, are complaining about a wealth inequality, then they should be working to shrink all inequalities in wealth?

It seems to me like the Occupy movement is mainly about people wanting less for other so they can have more FOR THEMSELVES. At least that's how I've seen it portrayed.

How do you see the movement?

Weeellll... I somehow doubt I will be doing any good with this, but I will endeavor to explain.

See, to a certain extent you are correct. The main proponents of the various occupy movements actually are privileged... and they would have been more privileged ten or twenty years ago. In general, they are just complaining about privileges taken away. Now, while this itself is kind of silly, if their cries of outrage are actually listened to(o?) the effects will be good (if not great). A capitalist society cannot be maintained without a healthy middle class. A healthy middle class which the rich 1% are currently gleefully destroying.

Now, if you think about the insane number of people who are ACTUALLY financially oppressed, i.e those living in first world countries that regularly go hungry because of money problems, then you realize that the complaints directed towards the 1% are completely legitimate, even if they come from a source that maybe doesn't have as much legitimacy to stand on. We are talking millions upon millions of people in developed nations who go hungry, or work two full shift jobs while trying to support a family, or are just trying to make a good life for themselves but CAN'T because they have no money. You know, the people that scramble and scrape and scrap and work and work and work so hard every day all day until they have no energy left to speak for themselves; who are constantly being told that where they are is where they should be so why the hell should they ask for more? Then you look at people, not too smart, not too good looking, not too savvy or wise or kind or any other common virtue that people laud, but you know what they have that everyone else doesn't? Luck. Luck in who their parents are, luck in who they know, luck in where they were born. So they are rich. And then they use the money they were lucky enough to inherit to do some very simple things to make themselves richer. And everyone else poorer.

THATS what is wrong with all this. Actually, that is really just the tip of the iceberg. But hopefully it will get you looking.