Unpopular Opinions

[Rowan93]

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

Yeah, that's a pretty common "upopular opinion", but still.

For a less common unpopular opinion... When I heard that Newt Gingrich promised a moon base by the end of his second term, I decided if he actually meant that, I didn't care what his other policies were.
And that's actually true, if a potential leader (I'm not American, so I should probably be talking about hypothetical Prime Ministers so it's my own country's freedom on the line) promised a permanent moon base in eight years, and could be trusted to deliver on that, I wouldn't care if the candidate was actually Adolf Hitler, I would vote for him and advise any Jewish or homosexual friends of mine to flee while they can.

So yeah, I guess I either care that little for other people's lives, or that much about space. Probably a bit of both.

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".

You don't respect people for believing in God yet you would have voted for somebody based on the fact that they promised a moonbase in 8 years?

Sorry, but that is just... that is just plain stupid.

I added "and if they could be trusted to deliver on that". In the real world, campaign promises are worth Jack and shit (and Jack left town), and I'm not dumb enough to think Gingrich could realistically be expected to deliver.

But, on the other hand, I'm not American, so my vote doesn't exist, doesn't count for much, and there's much less risk if he actually gets into power, so he can still have my imaginary vote based on that promise alone.

Or are you actually talking about a moonbase in 8 years not being worth it?

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

2. If he thought only the Germans and only the Germans were the best, why did he want to coexist and ally with the UK?

Coexist and ally with the UK? You know there was a war and stuff, yeah?

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

I have used the word "never" to refer to vegetables many times during the thread.

Correct. You said someone who is never able to pay taxes should be without healthcare, therefor leaving them to die. Hey, if you think an inability to give money to the government should mean you are void of the right to be looked after by hospitals and such, go right on ahead believing that. You'll grow out of it eventually. I know you were bullied in school and it made life shitty for you. I don't know what the school was or how bad it was, but you you said it affected you, so it can't be a good thing. But just because your school life sucked doesn't mean you need to pretend to be mature and beyond this whole concept of caring for people. Lots of teenagers go through it. Hell, my boyfriend sees it happen and he is studying with other adults at colleague. Get a bunch of people into a classroom and the urge for some of them to prove their dominance in a small community is apparently overwhelming.

Speaking of the other half, he is probably wondering why I am not in bed despite it being 04:30 in the morning >< We got off on the wrong foot, but hopefully you can see past your bullying and eventually get over this attitude. It would be healthy for you, imo.

 

[orangeban]

2. If he thought only the Germans and only the Germans were the best, why did he want to coexist and ally with the UK?

Coexist and ally with the UK? You know there was a war and stuff, yeah?

Look it up, he wanted to ally with the UK and he respected it. He never wanted to go to war with the UK.

WW2 didn't immediately start once he got in power, he was in power for a good few years prior to it's beginning.

Yeah, it's a misconception that Britain and France started the war because we didn't like what Hitler was doing with his whole Aryan race thing. We also didn't join in order to protect Jewish people. We started the war because Hitler started aggresively expanding his borders and he was openly critical of the Treaty of Versailles.

 

[hobohazard]

I think that support to the poor should be cut off. (my name is a funny coincidence and not related to this opinion) Not to 3ed world countries, but to poor people in 1st world countries. Did you ever wonder how a homeless person became homeless? By failing. Most of the time in a way that hurt someone ells. If they don't have the skills to get themselves out, and if they ever did become a member of society couldn't be a productive one, then why should we help them?

Related to my above opinion, I think America is doing it wrong. Not just internally, but in its foreign policy as well. America has now become the police of the world, and we think that's reason to stick out noses in everybody's events. The tiniest roomer about a country, and America is swarming the beaches of the place. I'm not saying that we should become a introverted soly self surviving country, but that we should tone it down by a lot.

I also think that nuclear power is the best option we have for power, but that's not as unpopular as my others.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

I think being dismissive and angry to something you do not like does not equal being intelligent or thought provoking. Or Hell, even correct.

Most people hate ideas because those backing these ideas are vocal about said ideas and push their agenda through their ideas constantly. If you are often vocal and vicious against said idea, you've simply become the antithesis of the idea. Just as bad, even if it sides to what you think is correct.

Because Lo and Behold... they think they are correct as well. And it will just cause more of a 'us against them' idea that so many people like to rally behind.

 

[Rikomag132]

Major snip

Well, this IS a thread called unpopular opinions. And I knew that that opinion is unpopular, but I still think first world countries are assholes.

A fight should not be broken up between 2 men who disagree, let them fight and whoever wins shakes hands with the other, no weapons, no whinging, just men who allowed their anger get the better of them releasing it.

THIS! As long as they don't seriously hurt each other, or hurt anyone else, let them! It's their body's they're banging up, it's they who will face the repercussions. So LET THEM.
Unless one of them does not want to fight and has not deserved a beating, as in the one who started it is just an asshole with no good reason to fight.

I wasnt disagreeing with you about global warming simply that these countries arent assholes as its a huge generalisation with bad logic. Im not an asshole because somepne else in my country is responsible for a large amount of CO2.

Yeah, I just couldn't be bothered with better phrasing. Of course not everyone in the country are assholes.

 

[Blow_Pop]

Americans need to stop telling me I spell words like colour and flavour wrong.

Dude... neither of those words have a "u". Silly Brit.

*ahem* born and raised in California and still live there. It is the proper spelling of the words. My mum got on my case about it the other day when she looked at the recipes that she had me type up for her. Because Microsoft Word told her it was wrong and I told her that Word was wrong. I got told that a lot in high school too.

 

[Sunrider]

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.

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*

Hello friends. You and I have much in common. Let me buy you two a round of beers of your choosing.

OT: I believe religion is a threat that should be completely removed.
Spare me any discussion and/or flaming about this, I'm not interested. This is a thread about unpopular opinions. I haven't called anyone out on things I disagree with, and I ask of you to do the same. Things stated in this thread are bound to clash with someone's opinion, regardless of what it is, and that's partly the point.

 

[Agayek]

*ahem* born and raised in California and still live there. It is the proper spelling of the words. My mum got on my case about it the other day when she looked at the recipes that she had me type up for her. Because Microsoft Word told her it was wrong and I told her that Word was wrong. I got told that a lot in high school too.

Doesn't matter. Anyone who spells those words like that is a Brit, regardless of where they were born .

 

[bojackx]

They should be allowed to get all the benefits of marriage (financial-wise), but if the various groups of people don't want to marry gays, that's there own damn business.

You don't know what marriage is. It has nothing at all to do with religion; it's a legal contract you sign with the government. The wedding part can be a religious ceremony, but marriage is as far removed from religion as registering a car.

Then why are civil partnerships a thing?

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Did you ever wonder how a homeless person became homeless? By failing. Most of the time in a way that hurt someone ells. If they don't have the skills to get themselves out, and if they ever did become a member of society couldn't be a productive one, then why should we help them?

Why are you stereotyping all homeless people in First World countries like that? They're not all drug-riddled hippies. Some of them have been kicked out of their houses for genuinely unfair reasons, because some parents are dicks. Some homeless people have illnesses. Some of them get robbed. And so on.

 

[orangeban]

2. If he thought only the Germans and only the Germans were the best, why did he want to coexist and ally with the UK?

Coexist and ally with the UK? You know there was a war and stuff, yeah?

Look it up, he wanted to ally with the UK and he respected it. He never wanted to go to war with the UK.

WW2 didn't immediately start once he got in power, he was in power for a good few years prior to it's beginning.

Yeah, it's a misconception that Britain and France started the war because we didn't like what Hitler was doing with his whole Aryan race thing. We also didn't join in order to protect Jewish people. We started the war because Hitler started aggresively expanding his borders and he was openly critical of the Treaty of Versailles.

As I reckon you know, he was more than critical of it, he blatantly defied it. After events like the Rhineland and the Sudetenland they didn't want him going any further, as you said.

Ah, yes, I did of course mean defiant when I said critical, thanks for picking me up on that. I have a tendency to understate things.

 

[RileyFaux]

I think that we should leave the starving people in afric alone i.e. stop helping them and here's the why.

If you think about it, we are only prolonging their suffering and forcing them to keep writhing on the rusty blade of hunger and poverty. Obviously they cannot survive very well on their own out there, meaning they are supposed to die, they aren't supposed to live there and that's why nature is getting rid of them. If you can't survive, you die, it's the way of nature and we are getting in the way of and at the same time spending vast amounts of capital that could be used to do much better things, like funding scientific reasearch and such.
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