Unpopular Opinions

[Woodsey]

*Dresses in a fire fighter's suit, and puts up flame shield.*

My unpopular opinion is that I believe atheists are just as close minded as the christians they claim to hate. Really? You only believe in something you can logically prove? You don't think there is anything in the entire universe that might be beyond your comprehension? You are so smart you can understand everything that has ever been?

Really?

They try to be logical, but it comes off as arrogance to me.

What good does it do for anyone to believe in something for which there is no evidence?

Of course there are things beyond our comprehension and current level of understanding. (For now and, yes, possibly forever.) That is not indicative of supernatural forces at work.

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.

 

[baconsarnie]

*unrolls list* lets do this
Scrubs is not funny and neither is family guy.
'Cool runnings', 'reservoir dogs' and 'scott pilgrim vs the world' are mediocre films at best.
'The simpsons movie' was terrible, the first 'transformers' film was far superior.
I liked driving around in mass effect 1
Pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and peppers ruin pizza.
Onion rings are terrible and should be destroyed.

There is and will be more but i can't think straight for the moment at ten past three in the morning

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

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.

 

[blizzaradragon]

I believe the Star Wars prequels are better than the original trilogy, with The Phantom Menace being the best of the 6 and The Empire Strikes Back being the worst of the 6.

I believe Digimon is superior to Pokemon.

I believe the Wii is the best console in this generation and that the 360 is a broken pile of dribble that is only popular because A) it was released first and B) it appeals to frat gamers with it's HUMONGOUS library of shooters.

I believe the shooter genre is by far the worst genre in the history of video games, especially the first person variety.

I believe Skyrim is a broken mess, and think that Bethesda doesn't deserve the support they get when they constantly release such buggy products.

I believe EA isn't evil, and that the likes of Ubisoft and Activision are much worse.

I believe many of the people who look down upon bronies do so because they're jealous that bronies have something to love or that they genuinely had a shitty childhood.

*raises mega flame-shield*

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I thought Splice was a bad movie.

Pot should be legal.

I think both the Republicans and Democrats are major idiots, however I think Democrats are slightly bigger idiots.

Dogs are better than cats.

Altair is way more awesome than Ezio.

Atheism is just as silly as theism, polytheism, etc. (mind you, this one gets me the most shit)

I hate hipsters and people who pretend to be nerds.

I think most bronies are annoying.

Fuck you chemistry!

*FLAME SHEILD...ENGAGE*

Edit:
I would like to add that dubstep sucks!

 

[Aulleas123]

Here are some viewpoints that I have that may be controversial...
-I'm not sold on artificial climate change. I have no problem believing that our climate is changing, I just think it's more natural than artificial. In addition, people who are completely closed to the idea that it could be much more natural than artificial kinda scare me. It's almost dogmatic how much they'll be willing to go to war over such a topic when the point of science is to challenge the status quo. Now that the "it's all our fault, let's suffer for Mother Earth" thing is the status quo, isn't right to poke at it to test it's integrity?
-While I'm a practicing Catholic, I don't know if I believe in God. I mostly go to church because I'm a part of the community and I grew up with many of my friends and family who go. As for the belief in certain things in the Bible, I'm very skeptical. In short, I'm actually more religious than spiritual.
-I believe abortion is a woman's choice, while I may not like fetuses being terminated, it's not my right to make such a decision for a pregnant woman.
-I despise the death penalty. It's the ultimate form of state control and has not been known to stop or slow violent crime in the slightest. Plus, if someone can be productive, then let them be productive in a prison cell rather than cut their lives short. I even feel that bin Laden should've been captured rather than killed. Sure, the SEALs did what they had to when they stormed the place, but I think it would've been much more effective if we captured him.
-I hate both Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party (Ok, I think many of us feel this way, so it's not so controversial)
-Having multiple news sources that are biased are actually more honest than one which is "honest." Therefore, while I don't watch them, I think the existence of CSNBC and FOX News are OK.
-I think people need to stop bitching about BioWare for ME3. Just because you don't like the ending (yes, it did suck) doesn't make you entitled to ***** and moan. Ok, fine, have your outrage and go on BioWare strike. But when their next kickass RPG comes out, don't complain when we're all having a good time playing it and you're still on strike.
-For the sake of the argument for science, I think evolution and only evolution should be taught in public schools. Creationism should be left to Sunday School.
-Working in special education, I actually believe that there is a huge potential for students who face disabilities to contribute to society. Much of the talk of ending care or education for these individuals may be unpopular and you may be fulfilling the request of the OP, I respectfully disagree.
-The cry about overpopulation is misunderstood. We actually have plenty of natural resources and land to use. Furthermore, a massive decrease in the population would have disastrous effect on the progress of mankind. Without a surplus population, there is no way to have the likelihood of creating another great scientist or inventor. It would regress us to the dark ages when the population pool couldn't create those great minds, we would go backwards rather than forwards.
-I like Warhammer Fantasy much more than 40k.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[Michael Rogov]

I like the Star Wars prequels. A lot.

And I like Nickelback. As repetitive as they are, I like em.

 

[S1leNt RIP]

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?

 

[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

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