General Unpopular Opinions

[legendp]

I have a really bad feeling about this, but what the hell.

-Piracy actually has some positives contributions to gaming, and helping it to move forward even if it is morally wrong.

-It is okay to not approve of gay people (not hate them or discriminate, but just disapprove of the nature of it. similar in a way of how if your friend plays a video game you don't like, you don't hate them for it, you just wonder why they do that, but you still like them). I don't approve of gay marriage however I recognise that it is peoples decision to make and I will not stop them, that is there free will, but I will not cheer them on for it. (I expect a lot of hate for saying this)

Now something less controversial

-Portal 2 and mirrors edge had great re playability

-Syndicate was actually an enjoyable game

Edit: I am going to bed very soon, be back in 10 hours to see all the hate I am expecting and respond to it if this thread isn't already dead by then

 

[shrekfan246]

Other than bacon and batman, those seem pretty like pretty common opinions.

Though I do enjoy scrubs.

Yeah, pretty much this, in fact these seem to be some of the more popular opinions. I also enjoy Scrubs though...

I'm not going to lie, from what I've seen I think enjoying Scrubs is an 'unpopular' opinion. At least, every single person I've known since I went into high school, with the exception of one person a year younger than me, either didn't know what it was, didn't find it funny, or just didn't care about it.

That was my point. Enjoying Scrubs is an unpopular opinion while the OP seems to think this is a popular opinion. I enjoy it and I don't care about the popular opinion is that it's bad. I can understand why people don't like it since it's not a high quality show, but still, I'll take my dumb comedy and treat it for what it is.

>.> Oh, I should have probably read the first page along with all of the other pages before posting...

Actually, I think it's a lot higher-quality than most people tend to give it credit for, especially for being a half-hour sitcom. It has its fair share of dumb jokes and silly cutaway gags, but it's a very smart show overall, again for a half-hour sitcom. But then, I'm probably one of the biggest Scrubs fans anybody will ever run into, so my opinion is probably a bit clouded on the subject.

 

[Cactoos]

Unpopular opinions are meaningless if you don't back them up with good arguments.

Avatar is a shit movie. They had 12 years and the budget of a small country to come up with an interesting plot. Yet it's still the same as 95% of Hollywood-productions, it's just a little bit prettier.

I don't need to be religious to acknowledge the possibility of a higher power. There is a significant difference between deism and theism. No theistic religion is worth considering in terms of answering important questions, simply because of the fact that all religions were created by men for their own, power-acquiring purposes. I find it ridiculous to think that one of these man-created myths could somehow come even slightly close to the truth. There is no shame in saying we don't know for sure, and therein lies the difference between theism and deism.

Oh, and bacon isn't very good at all. It just tastes like salt and fat, and there really is no way to fry it without making it taste like it's burned.

Genetic manipulation is probably one of the least harmful things the human race has come up with recently. We've been manipulating genes through blind chance for thousands of years. The only difference is that nowadays it can be done precisely.

Theres more, but I'm lazy. Unfortunately that's not an unpopular opinions, it's a fact :|

 

[Yopaz]

Other than bacon and batman, those seem pretty like pretty common opinions.

Though I do enjoy scrubs.

Yeah, pretty much this, in fact these seem to be some of the more popular opinions. I also enjoy Scrubs though...

I'm not going to lie, from what I've seen I think enjoying Scrubs is an 'unpopular' opinion. At least, every single person I've known since I went into high school, with the exception of one person a year younger than me, either didn't know what it was, didn't find it funny, or just didn't care about it.

That was my point. Enjoying Scrubs is an unpopular opinion while the OP seems to think this is a popular opinion. I enjoy it and I don't care about the popular opinion is that it's bad. I can understand why people don't like it since it's not a high quality show, but still, I'll take my dumb comedy and treat it for what it is.

>.> Oh, I should have probably read the first page along with all of the other pages before posting...

Actually, I think it's a lot higher-quality than most people tend to give it credit for, especially for being a half-hour sitcom. It has its fair share of dumb jokes and silly cutaway gags, but it's a very smart show overall, again for a half-hour sitcom. But then, I'm probably one of the biggest Scrubs fans anybody will ever run into, so my opinion is probably a bit clouded on the subject.

I guess you're right about that. There are several serious themes both medical and personal that they have to deal with and ethics concerning certain treatments, it also shows the situation around health care issues. Looking at it that way you're right, it is better than what most people say. However like you I am a big Scrubs fan so I am easily convinced when someone tells me it's good.

 

[CaptainKarma]

Several of these may be Australian-only

Islam is a cult of hatred and should not be tolerated in public


Women under 40 should not be permitted to hold office or any position of power without a signed certificate from a known and respected shrink stating they are not likely to act on impulsive emotional responses

I question and mistrust certain races when I see them in buisness

Boat people can all go right back where they came from. I don't care how much of a hell-hole your country is. We have enough problems without paying you to ruin it for the rest of us

Congratulations! You are a terrible person!

Can I get a badge for that? it feels like something that should be displayed

Yeah, its called a swastika. [/godwin]

Seriously though, these are pretty terrible opinions, you should really rethink them.

 

[Matt King]

EA is not hell incarnate
pirating is bad

 

[BOOM headshot65]

These are from past threads that I digged up.

This seems to only apply on here, as they are perfectly resonable where I live:

Business:
Unions today are completely unhelpful and oppressive.

Corperations are, in fact, not evil.

We should be going out of our way to get industry back to America.

Politics:
I am pro-life (with extreme exceptions[footnote]IE, Rape, incest, or harm to the mother. However, in all 3 cases, it should be the womens choice of what she wants to do. She still want to give birth even though it might kill her? My hat is off to you ma'am. You are braver than I.[/footnote]).

I am pro-intervention. COMPLETELY pro-intervention. The fact you, Mr. Dictator, used to be The US's ally should not let you off the hook for killing and opressing your people. Sic Simper Tyrannis!

I believe that all drugs that are currently illegal should remain as such...failing that, I would be ok with weed becoming legal, but NOT Cocaine, Meth, etc, under ANY situation.[footnote]At least I know that weed can be used in a medical purpose, and should be legal for such...those others cant and should not be.[/footnote]

In relation to the above mentioned drugs, my heirarchy of what should happen to those people gets alot of flak:

Spoiler: Drug users

Low security jailtime for 1 year/mandatory rehab and probation officers

Spoiler: Drug Pushers

20 years hard time in a High security prison

Spoiler: Drug Lords

Take your pick:
GBU-28 Bunker Buster

US Navy SEALS

Mk. 77 White Phosphorus Bomb. No, I dont care about the bad rap WP got in Iraq. To me, it doesnt matter with those murdering, cowardly, child killers known as drug lords.

GBU-43B "Massive Ordiance Airblasting Bomb", aka, the "Mother Of All Bombs"

I am willing to take a tax hike to have those options happen.

I supported the war in Iraq and Afganistan.

I dont like Obama. I like(d) McCain. When he lost, I gave Obama a chance, and he blew it. Mitt Romney will be getting my vote in November.

I am in favor of the death penalty in the event of murder or rape. (but if, AND ONLY IF, they are 110% sure the guy did it.)

I am in favor of gun ownership. I will have guns to defend my home when I am on my own. Preferably a pump shotgun or single action revolver. Something that I can "fire" without firing. Because no one in thier right mind will continue trying to break in after hearing *Click-click* from a 12 guage.

I prefer charities to do the work that the social safety net does now, because the government screws it up.

I liked George W. Bush, if for no other reason then he was far better than Kerry or *snake hiss*GORE (ehhhh...) would have been.

Religion:
I believe in God.

I believe All religion prays to the same God, everyone goes to the same Heaven, and the only people turned away are the truely evil (Murderers, Rapist, Genocideist, etc).

There is nothing wrong with religion...there is just something wrong with its emissaries (IE, the Church.)

Chivialry and Gentlemanly Code is actually a good thing.

I believe you should not have sex before marriage.[footnote]Serves some pratical purpose in my current relationship to my girlfriend/future fiance. If you want to know how, PM me.[/footnote]

Entertainment:
I like ALL Star Wars movies. Yes, even 1-3...and even the animated ones.

I like the Micheal Bay Transformer movies.

I think Micheal Bay and George Lucas are good Directers.

I like Bill O'Reilly and the O'Reilly Factor. I also think Fox News, while biased, is accurate. My multiple source background check of thier info proves that.

Oh boy, I just know I am going to get chewed out for some of these:

1)Corporations are not evil, and if you dont like what they do dont give them your money.

2)Class Warfare doesnt exist, it is merely class envy taken to the extreme by people who cant stand others being more successful than them. ("Everyone is fine with Captialism when it benefits them, but not when it benefits others"-My Senior English Teacher, after reading a book on the Reign of Terror)

3)Likewise, the War on Women doesnt exist, and its startling that people think it does. Most of the things people are opposed to either affect more than women or are still supported by women in great numbers.("The 'war on women' is nothing but the Democrats trying to take advantage of women for votes"-One of my female coworkers)

4)Occupy Wall Street was a terrible failure of a "movement" and they should all just go home and stop annoying everyone because they have been forgotten.

5)The Tea Party is also a failure of a "movement" and it is a disgrace that they have highjacked the Republican party and I hope when Mitt Romney wins, the leave.

6)Unions are more detrimental to empolyees than helpful. They all need to be shut down.

7)I can understand restrictions on guns, but I hate the people who call for outright bans on them. There are PLENTY of reasons for owning guns, and I will continue to defend them.

8)The country will always be better [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0sYnro_3Rc] than the city, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VgEU_Xi7QU&feature=related] no exceptions. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lkvGCTtZz8] To that end, Country and Rock will always be better than [C]Rap.

9)I dont care if you are athiest, just dont bash us who believe in God for believing, because you are doing LITERALLY the same thing that you complain about hard-core thiest doing.

10)NO SEX UNTIL MARRIAGE!!!!!! And if you are in a relationship with someone, sex should not even BE on the list of reason why you are dating them, and if it is, you sir/ma'am are incredibly shallow.

11)Drugs like Marijunia, Cocaine, and Meth should be Illegal [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMf0Mhwva54&feature=related]......in public anyways. If you want to stone yourself to death in your own home, fine. Just stay AWAY from me, my frineds, and my family.

12)It is a shame and disgrace to the entire free world that we watch tyranny and genocide in Africa and the Middle East, then sit back and say "Its not our problem." I dont care HOW we do it, all dictators MUST be removed from power, either in handcuffs or in a body bag.

13)For me, the abortion debate is only going to end 2 ways:
A)My way: Illegal except in the cases of Rape or to protect the life of the mother. In both, it should be her choice of what to do, and she shouldnt be pressured into it. It will be proformed in hospitals rather than dedicated clinics, so there is no need to keep abortions happening to make money.
B)My Girlfriends ways:Remains legal in all cases, but it would be stigmatized to the point that getting one is commiting social suicide, because "You were the dumb ***** who had sex in the first place."(her words.)

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I like Call of Duty, especially World at War. Certainly an unpopular opinion on this site.

It's not so much an unpopular opinion as it is just a truth that regularly gets ignored, but muscle mass is pretty irrelevant in modern society, especially compared to mental ability. You can achieve a great deal without being very strong, but you can't get to far without a bit of nouse about you. People who give a shit and judge you on it are just a bit pathetic really.

I don't like Valve games that much, I think most people are probably fairly ok if you're nice to them and I don't think that humanity is a virus because I saw the Matrix and am a stroppy teenage ****. I actually find most cynicism about people to be really juvenile, especially about relationships. I think we see a lot of it on the internet because in the minds of most of us nerds, other people are still the people that shunned us in school and we haven't gotten over it yet.

I'm atheist myself, but I'm perfectly happy to let most religious people believe what they like, provided it isn't being taught.

Now, on the subject of drugs, I have the fairly popular opinion that weed isn't all that bad and there's no moral reason for it to be illegal. But, I think everyone I have ever met would be much calmer and happier if they had taken MDMA, but alas, people who have never come into contact with it don't know what they are talking about and therefore can't make a sensible decision on it. It's really fucking worrying how much people buy the paranoid bullshit.

Also, I didn't think this was an unpopular opinion, but the other day I found out that a lot of people I know are pro-death penalty, and that actually made me rather depressed.

Nuclear energy is really quite safe and it's a very good idea if we're supposed to be trying to cut emissions. Wonder how much energy it took to build all those wind farms... Usually I agree with the green brigade because I agree that it's better to move to more sustainable living anyway, but too many of them are ill-informed and just think of Hiroshima or Chernobyl.

And one more thing,

Not everyone that gets benefits is a benefit fraud. Some people are disadvantaged through no fault of their own.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Genetic manipulation is probably one of the least harmful things the human race has come up with recently. We've been manipulating genes through blind chance for thousands of years. The only difference is that nowadays it can be done precisely.

Yeah... not really. The difference is it can and will be used for warfare and to control the population, just like almost every other scientific discovery.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Now that's generally unpopular opinions!

Of course, reading this thread some people have come out with really unpopular opinions.

What are mine...

Well I suppose from an American perspective (most of my views are in line with the British main stream, but since this is a majority American site):

1. I don't support the death penalty ever

2. I support heavy restrictions on firearms of any and all kinds

I'm not going to argue a single one of these points on this thread, so don't bother quoting me to tell me why I'm wrong.

 

[Gavmando]

Voting for the Liberal party will only bring us pain.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over Clinton's massive surplus.

OT: I think minecraft is one of the worst games ever designed.

Wrong country mate.

 

[Vigormortis]

I think religion CAN be good when operating on a individual-small community basis.
Valve is pretty swell.
Mass Effect (all of them) are not that good (Not sure about my grammar there)
Bacon is nice, but I can't eat that much of it for fear I shall shrivel up into a whiny narcissistic prune man.
Some Atheists are as Ignorant as the hardcore religious people.
Most people are nice, if you give them a chance and are not a judgemental prick.
TF2 is a good game, and hats only added in more humour.
Minecraft gets boring. FAST.
The television show of Game of Thrones will never be as good as the books.

My God...it's like you're in my head.

I honestly can't say that there is a single one of those points that I don't agree with.

Well, save for maybe the bit about bacon.

Bathing in the blood of newborns keeps my flesh eternally youthful.

So THAT'S what I've been doing wrong. Seems I need to nip down to the local market and pick up a bushel of newborns. Thanks for the tip.

The two most important traits a human being can possess are intelligence and compassion, and the sadly overwhelming majority of people possess far too little of either.

Agreed. However, you forgot a third trait:

The ability to wear hats.

We all know hats make the world go round.

Spoiler: Especially the stately Fez

 

[Vigormortis]

And now you have been quoted at a later time to prove you wrong so now it's no longer moot or valid

OT: I think going away for college is actually beneficial.

I think the ability to listen is far more important than the ability to talk.

Curses! Foiled again!

Spoiler

I will have my revenge!!

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Ahem, anyway. I agree with your second point. Too often people, in a conversation, never really listen to the other speaker as much as they just wait for their turn to talk.

 

[Cactoos]

Genetic manipulation is probably one of the least harmful things the human race has come up with recently. We've been manipulating genes through blind chance for thousands of years. The only difference is that nowadays it can be done precisely.

Yeah... not really. The difference is it can and will be used for warfare and to control the population, just like almost every other scientific discovery.

Sure, but then again, I don't think stopping all scientific research simply because it might (I can't stress the word 'might' enough, seeing as you decided to go with 'will', as in 'I can and will predict the future') someday be used for something evil is rational. Electricity has been (and, I guess, 'will' be) used to torture and kill people; surely you don't think lamps and computers are a bad idea?

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Genetic manipulation is probably one of the least harmful things the human race has come up with recently. We've been manipulating genes through blind chance for thousands of years. The only difference is that nowadays it can be done precisely.

Yeah... not really. The difference is it can and will be used for warfare and to control the population, just like almost every other scientific discovery.

Sure, but then again, I don't think stopping all scientific research simply because it might (I can't stress the word 'might' enough, seeing as you decided to go with 'will', as in 'I can and will predict the future') someday be used for something evil is rational. Electricity has been (and, I guess, 'will' be) used to torture and kill people; surely you don't think lamps and computers are a bad idea?

Not at all. There's a difference between saying something's a bad idea and saying it's potentially harmful. I don't think we can stop our own progress. We'll keep going until we know everything there is to know, even if that may be our downfall. Plus there are beneficial aspects of gene manipulation.

 

[Xiroh86]

I think digital distribution of media replacing physical media as the primary/only form of electronic media, is one of the worst things that could happen to music, movies, games, and software. In fact i believe it could lead to a crash for any/all of these media!

 

[LG Jargon]

Voting for the Liberal party will only bring us pain.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over Clinton's massive surplus.

Brohoof. /)

OT: I think minecraft is one of the worst games ever designed.

...Heresy.

OT: Alright, something gaming related...I think Super Mario Sunshine and LoZ: Twilight Princess are underrated.

Non-gaming: I don't like bacon either, especially if it's crunchy. I like the pieces with lumps of chewy fat on them; the crunchier they are, the more I think I'm chewing on bacon-flavored ash. X( That's why I prefer sausages...especially Banquet Brown 'n' Serve Sausages. Not very high quality stuff, but they are soooo yummy. ^.^

 

[Ashhearth]

And now you have been quoted at a later time to prove you wrong so now it's no longer moot or valid

OT: I think going away for college is actually beneficial.

I think the ability to listen is far more important than the ability to talk.

Curses! Foiled again!

Spoiler

I will have my revenge!!

. . . . . . . . .

Ahem, anyway. I agree with your second point. Too often people, in a conversation, never really listen to the other speaker as much as they just wait for their turn to talk.

All too often I've seen people just shove their feet in there's mouths and then I've had to pick up the pieces. It's really quite frustrating.

Seriously they look like this:

Spoiler