Unpopular Opinions

[Dr. Whorrible]

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 2 are not unpopular opinions, when thinking globally, the last one however...

As Inhumane as that last one sounds, It would actually bring our planet's population to a manageable size (if you applied the 1 child law to every country, not just the first world ones.) At this moment, however, things are getting a bit overcrowded.

There are several benefits to a lower population size: More food to go around, reducing the amount of pollution added to our air (and, thus, slowing down Global Warming), and, quite possibly, more jobs to go around, just to name a few.

There are some downsides to it, as well, but in my opinion, they are greatly outweighed by the benefits.

I would have to disagree. Not because the idea of a one child policy is inhumane (though it can be handled inhumanly), but because a world-wide measure is not needed and, in some cases, would be hurtful. I agree the over population is a problem, but only in certain places in the world (South East Asia, India, and Africa) where the birth rate far exceeds the death rate. This can result in lack of food and jobs like you mentioned and I would totally be in favor of a one-child policy for these regions.

However, regions like Europe, which are experiencing population decay, already have to use guest worker programs to make up for the depleted job market and pronatalist policies to increase the birth rate. Adding a one-child policy to these regions would simply not make sense. Adding a one child policy to a country, like the US, which is experiencing a relatively slow growth, would cause them to suffer the same problems as Europe.

OT:
I like Fallout 3 more than NV and KOTOR 1 more than KOTOR 2

I thought E.T. kind of sucked, even when I was a kid

I think the Red Hot Chile Peppers are overrated

I liked Digimon more than Pokemon (the first couple of seasons anyways)

 

[doodger]

Hmm, I have a lot of unpopular opinion but it's because my home province is skewed toward the left wings politicians... Stuff like:we should have public-private healthcare, fire a lot of public servants, reduce the death, raise the price of school, etc etc.

I think that the more recent stuff by linkin park and nightwish is pretty good, and if you don't like it nobody is putting a gun to your head to buy it. If you think the band is playing for your taste, then you are wrong

 

[Dan Steele]

It may be extreme, but I agree. Earth is ridiculously overpopulated by humans, and it is really taxing on it's resources. Global warming would also be easier to counteract, seeing as we wouldn't have as many people driving around in cars, and not as many people using power (as in electricity). If there aren't as many people to supply with power we might just be able to survive on renewable energy (I may have used the wrong word, if so, solar power, wind and such), which would lower pollution A LOT.

OT: 1st world countries are assholes. 1st world countries are the main reason for global warming.

Notice how the first world countries are the ones who produce the most Co2. Also notice how almost all of the huge Co2 producers are located North of Equator. Guess where the global warming has the highest effect. That's right, south of Equator. We make the shit, the others have to deal with it's effect (for now).

How in balls name is China NOT red as a cherry?

Because China doesn't have a very large Co2 emission. In 2011 it only had 5,3 metric tons.

Wrong. China is the NUMBER ONE Co2 emitter. USA is 2nd. Go ahead, try and prove me wrong.

Lets not forget china has let off so much pollution it practically circled the color wheel 5 times now. Red is no longer a valid color to describe it

 

[Luke3184]

Oh here's a new one, on a lighter not, I really, really like both House Bolton and House Frey having read to the end of the series. /cue shield of fire resistance

 

[Biosophilogical]

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Thanks for responding, and I'm sorry to hear about what happened with your ex (though I am doubtful that it truly means much coming from a stranger on the internet). I do agree with you on the idea of contraception, and I know about the way abortion can affect those involved. My view is similar to yours in that I think abortion should be the last resort, and should be very carefully considered by both parties[footnote]Though I do believe it is worth noting that while I think the male should have a say, I think it should ultimately be a formality (a way for the woman to hear the man's position), and ultimately the final decision should fall to the woman.[/footnote]. I also believe that contraception should definitely be a high focus for anyone having sex, as if you aren't ready for the responsibility of a child, then you should be taking every preventative caution you can manage[footnote]Celibacy is an option, but I went to an all male high school, and I know that most guys aren't going to go that route. I'm not sure about females, you'd have to find someone else to provide that insight.[/footnote], not to mention that it is much safer to wear a condom in terms of preventing the spread of STIs (also something people really should consider pre-sex).

But when push comes to shove, I think abortions should be legal (I'll let developmental neuro-biologists figure out where the line should be), because my problem is less about the abortion itself as much as it is with the causes behind it. I mean, both rape and poor sex education/practice can lead to an abortion, but they are the issues that need to be dealt with.

As for you comment regarding the issue of being against the death penalty but for abortion, I wouldn't put those two against each other. If you were to view a zygote (or a clump of mindless cells) as equal to a sentient human being, then I can see where that issue would arise, but that isn't how I see it, so the issues remain separate, for me at least.

 

[CarlMin]

This is going to be fun. I'm practically made out of unpopular opinions.

1. I think that women's rights is still an important issue, not only in the third world, but also in modern western societies.

2. Eating meat and thus supporting the meat industry is inevitably unethical due to the industry's impact on the environment and the obvious moral issues (although I still eat meat).

3. I don't think sex with animals is necessarily rape and that animals can communicate consensus although I probably wouldn't support a proposition to legalize the activity.

4. I think intelligent primates should have certain basic legal rights similar to human rights.

5. I find it hard to take people whining about internet freedom and government surveillance seriously.

6. Unpopular opinions are always more important than populare opinions, regardless of how wrong or unfounded they may seem.

7. It upsets me when people speak of human overpopulation in the third world when the real issue is the preposterous concentration of resources in the western world.

8. I think the modern anti-theist sentiment that is so common in this generation really is quite narrow-minded and ironically intolerant.

9. I don't protesting against violence against humans and animals depicted in digital media is actually a founded issue, not because I think that pixels have emotions, but because a lot of people are easily affected by these mediums and we should be careful to glorify violence, particularly against those who cannot defend themselves.

10. I think hactivism is retarded.

11. I think there is still and will always be a place for knowledge passed on from humans to humans that cannot be replaced by a medium such as Internet.

12. I think it should be illegal to neuter male dogs (with certain exceptions) due to the many medical disadvantages of doing so.

13. I don't hate EA games, Activision or any other major publisher. I am glad they exist and will continue to support them as a customer as long as they publish titles that I enjoy.

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*

This, as long as it's done as humanely as possible. Failing that, an alternate (possibly more acceptable) method is to remove any state funding from special education and medical care.

I think the problem is primarily that it's really hard to determine when a living being isn't conscious or self-aware, so in most cases humanely killing children is not going to be an ethical option.

 

[mattttherman3]

I just came across this interesting tumblr called "Your Unpopular Opinions" and felt like making a topic for us to share our own unpopular opinions. I'll start off. *puts up flame shield*

Personally, I think that a lot of people who have children are selfish. The world is cruel and random, and that child will inevitably face suffering whether or not you think you can give it a good home, love, care, etc. And there are so many parents that try to project or impose their own agendas onto their kids, like people that want their little boy to be a doctor, or their little girl to be a model, perhaps because they failed at it themselves and want to live through their youngsters.

And what if it comes out physically and/or mentally disabled? How can you live with yourself knowing that you took that kind of risk and that child is now going to suffer worse than most, and is going to feel ostracized, as if he won't get to do all the things a "normal" person could do? You can't see the future; you don't know if it's just going to give up and hang itself. And after 18 years, it's likely just going to go off and, I dunno, have its own life, and then you'll be alone. That time-killer, that period of happiness, will be gone.

Not to mention the strain on resources that the ever-growing population is making. People often fail to realize that we're not alone and we don't live alone. I'm not the biggest fan of humans either, but at least I acknowledge that even some of the smallest actions I do can impact in a very big and potentially negative way on other people. But no, we'll just sit back, ignore the cycle and continue spawning babies that'll eventually go into oblivion. The existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon, and humanity destroying itself after along wouldn't be a bad thing. It might even be a good thing, if you look what a stewing hell-hole this planet is. I honestly find it difficult to see, the global scale of things, what's so fucking great about it. It's all shit, and those that say otherwise are probably delusional idealists living in a bubble, blissfully ignorant to the true horrors of Earth. You can't blame people for being pessimists when life has screwed them over with no mercy or sign of stopping, as if you're just stuck in an eternal tornado of pain and misfortune.

The fact of the matter is, people have kids for themselves. They don't know what that child will be like, they don't know what'll grow into. They don't know shit, other than their own selfish dream of a happy family, and then they inconvenience everyone else around them. I'm not grateful to my mother for giving birth to me. And you know, if I really had to be given birth to, I'd much rather have had a different, good family. It feels like a curse.

Let me get this straight. I don't dislike people that have kids, except for certain irresponsible cases. I just don't agree with it.

sorry to quote you, but I just brought this up in front of a buddy, his gf(super conservative btw) and another buddy, yes I had been drinking, it did not go over well... Apparently my opinion makes me Hitler, I stated that I wouldn't be able to do it myself and that people with aspergers were exempt(one of the two buddies has a brother with this) because they have potential to be geniuses(Bill Gates, Einstein). Ugh, never going to bring that up again.

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

I believe Britpop and British Indie was a better movement than Grunge.

This is a completely subjective opinion, because all music is subjective, but the general consensus is the other way around. My main reason for this comes down to the two biggest bands from both the movements, Oasis and Nivarna:

Noel Gallagher is a better songwriter than Kurt Cobain was.

My reason for this is that Gallagher's songs just seem to be crafted better than Cobain's. And I know that the whole point behind Grunge was to be loud and messy but you can still have than and have well crafted songs, as many bands that came out of Grunge did later. On top of that Grunge died out, whereas Indie, and to a lesser extent Britpop, continues to this day, which proves those genres survivability over Grunge, which evolved into post-Grundge, which I see sometimes as a huge cash grab.

Don't get me wrong I love both movements and what they accomplished, but I think people put too much emphasis on Grunge during that time period.

 

[username sucks]

Most athiests are just as intolerant of other peoples beliefs as people who believe in a god are. I do believe in a god, and even though i never once forced my ideas, or even tried to convince others to believe, whenever i say it, everyone shouts in my face about how narrow minded and un-accepting of others beliefs i am. hippocrits. Not saying that there aren't religios crazies, just saying not everyone religious is.

God does not exist, and when I discover someone believes in god my respect of them drops considerably.

This is a good example of the kind of people im complaining about

I like the ending in Mass Effect 3.

Skyrim was average, at best.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

It's a waste of time and money trying to get the Third World on its feet. I uderstand there are problems in those parts of the world, but a majority of first world nations aren't in a position to be spending millions on getting another country up and running.

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*

This, as long as it's done as humanely as possible. Failing that, an alternate (possibly more acceptable) method is to remove any state funding from special education and medical care.

I think the problem is primarily that it's really hard to determine when a living being isn't conscious or self-aware, so in most cases humanely killing children is not going to be an ethical option.

Ideally I'd rather no-one have to be 'put down' so to speak. In an ideal future we would catch defects as early as possible and everyone would be a relatively healthy baby and adult. I feel spiteful for putting it in the first place, but opinions and arseholes right... might go together in this scenario a bit more conveniently.

 

[Nikolaz72]

People who can't spell or use punctuation should be rounded up and tortured with sleep deprivation until they learn to write like human beings.

What about dyslexics? It's not their fault.

What about people with English as a second language? Actually, I think American grammar-nazi's should be rounded up and tortured with sleep deprivation until they learn to ignore minor spellingmistakes.

 

[Mad World]

I think that gay acts are wrong (such as homosexual marriage). I'm also against abortion (not sure just how unpopular this one is, but anyway...) and smoking.

 

[Mister Swift]

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

You have no idea how much I'm tolerating you right now.

 

[Rikomag132]

It may be extreme, but I agree. Earth is ridiculously overpopulated by humans, and it is really taxing on it's resources. Global warming would also be easier to counteract, seeing as we wouldn't have as many people driving around in cars, and not as many people using power (as in electricity). If there aren't as many people to supply with power we might just be able to survive on renewable energy (I may have used the wrong word, if so, solar power, wind and such), which would lower pollution A LOT.

OT: 1st world countries are assholes. 1st world countries are the main reason for global warming.

Notice how the first world countries are the ones who produce the most Co2. Also notice how almost all of the huge Co2 producers are located North of Equator. Guess where the global warming has the highest effect. That's right, south of Equator. We make the shit, the others have to deal with it's effect (for now).

How in balls name is China NOT red as a cherry?

Because China doesn't have a very large Co2 emission. In 2011 it only had 5,3 metric tons.

Wrong. China is the NUMBER ONE Co2 emitter. USA is 2nd. Go ahead, try and prove me wrong.

Yeah, I failed. It's only per capita in China that's really low, since there are so many people who live there. My bad.

 

[Vault101]

I think that gay acts are wrong (such as marriage). I'm also against abortion (not sure just how unpopular this one is, but anyway...) and smoking.

so you belive marrage is a homsexual act?

even though they arnt allowed to do it?

 

[Mad World]

so you belive marrage is a homsexual act?

even though they arnt allowed to do it?

What are you asking, exactly? I meant homosexual marriage; I'm against it.

 

[Vault101]

so you belive marrage is a homsexual act?

even though they arnt allowed to do it?

What are you asking, exactly? I meant homosexual marriage; I'm against it.

I know, you just didnt word it very well

a "gay act" is some aspect of gay sex..I think some forms of christianity recognise gayness, which is fine, just so long as you dont engage in the "act"

your wording implied that marrage was a "gay act" which I found pretty funny

 

[Mad World]

I know, you just didnt word it very well

a "gay act" is some aspect of gay sex..I think some forms of christianity recognise gayness, which is fine, just so long as you dont engage in the "act"

your wording implied that marrage was a "gay act" which I found pretty funny

Ah. So this was an attempt at being witty, then.

Which forms are you referring to? A "gay act" could refer to sex, dating, or marriage. That's what I meant by it, anyway.

 

[MPerce]

Ooh, this is a fun thread.

Well, on the Internet my unpopular opinion would be that there is a God and Jesus died for our sins etc etc all that jazz.

Where I live the unpopular opinion is that said God is completely cool with gay people. Why would he keep making them if he wasn't?

Oh, and I found ME3 to be an amazing game all around with only a minor hiccup with its ending.