Unpopular opinion thread

[JoeFailure]

If you've watched him over a long period of time, you'll know that pretty much his entire life he has been gripped by an obsession with evil (hence his fixation on Stalin, Hitler, Dostoevsky, etc.). He has this deep-seated fear that the most horrific events in human history could happen again, that there's something about human nature itself that allows these atrocities to happen, so if we don't play our cards right, there's nothing stopping the triumph of evil.

Once you know this about him, his positions suddenly start to make sense. For example, he rails against "cultural Marxism" and postmodernism because he sees these bogeymen as harbingers of a society disintegrating headfirst into atrocity and evil. And if you truly believe such an extreme thing, then why wouldn't you show yourself in fierce opposition? Wouldn't you even have a moral obligation to do so?

Of course, I think he's somewhat hallucinating these concepts (it's pretty clear he hasn't dedicated a lot of time to actually reading Marx), but I see no indication that it's a grift.

That's the rational explanation, at least, but the simpler explanation is that I can see it in his eyes, to the point where even just watching him speak is sometimes hard for me because of the depth of pain in his eyes. This is a man who has known suffering.

I used to think that...but what does it say about him that he joined the Daily Wire...a group that openly hates LGBTQ+ people. Not in the super Left sense that if you aren't pro-LGBTQ+ that means you hate them...they literally do.

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

I used to think that...but what does it say about him that he joined the Daily Wire...a group that openly hates LGBTQ+ people. Not in the super Left sense that if you aren't pro-LGBTQ+ that means you hate them...they literally do.

Yeah, admittedly him joining The Daily Wire made me uncomfortable, I'm not going to try to justify it.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Well, a bit mid century-ish but it certainly would do a better job in fighting off the issue than the suggested....

It wouldn't because, as I've stated before, half of those who commit CSA are not even pedophiles. The disorder is generally seen as something separate from actually committing CSA for a reason (at least by professionals). Suffering from it isn't in of itself a good indicator as to whether or not somebody is going to harm children.

Honestly, another unpopular opinion that I have is that we shouldn't go around talking about murdering pedophiles or cutting off their genitals. It's not productive at all and I don't think that conflating pedophilia, a mental illness, with the act of committing SA against children is productive when discussing stuff like this. A lot of people who suffer from that disorder go their entire lives without ever offending because they know that it's wrong and can't stand the idea of harming a child. Meanwhile, there are a lot of cases of people who do not suffer from that disorder but who still go on to commit sex crimes against children. This is a complex issue that cannot be pinned on one group alone. We should be judging people on what they can control, not on what they cannot control. Why people commit sex crimes, especially against children, is a complex issue that requires thorough research into why people commit these sorts of heinous crimes and what can be done to prevent this and protect children. Cutting off people's genitals won't do shit. It doesn't address the issue. It's just pointless vigilante bullshit that people advocate for in order to feel a sense of satisfaction or whatever.

 

[soledad.virgen]

Flowers are not getting enough appreciation nowadays

seeing beautiful flowers can be the difference between a tolerable day and a good day

 

[ZeroM24]

Neither Trump, Harris or any other politician on a national level ANYWHERE cares about the people. No "good" person will ever be interested in putting themselves into the spotlight like this and leading the fate of millions of people. It takes IMMENSE narcissism and hunger for power to even run for such a position, to think that you deserve to decide so many other peoples lives and can do it accordingly to their desires.

 

[JoeFailure]

Neither Trump, Harris or any other politician on a national level ANYWHERE cares about the people. No "good" person will ever be interested in putting themselves into the spotlight like this and leading the fate of millions of people. It takes IMMENSE narcissism and hunger for power to even run for such a position, to think that you deserve to decide so many other peoples lives and can do it accordingly to their desires.

I mean I don't know about the very last part because somebody has to do it...but it takes a lot of corruption for anyone to get into a position to get the kind of donor backing from elites to become President.

 

[SnowLeopard21]

Video games are a hobby of the rich, PC gaming especially so.
With modern titles having increasingly hard to chase minimum specifications to run at even a playable pace with visual settings at the lowest, I am effectively priced out of a hobby that I once enjoyed and have been sitting on the sidelines for the past 12 years. The rest of my peers do not seem to agree with this sentiment and are happy to continue shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars for components to chase the latest release just so they can mingle with the gaming zeitgeist of the month. Not only that, but the games by themselves have seen a ridiculous spike in pricing.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Enter the Void is an overrated movie. I just watched it not that long ago, after hearing people sing its praises, and I came out of it very disappointed. The acting sucks, the dialogue sounds off (which makes sense since supposedly a lot of it was improvised), the characters are bland and unlikeable, there are way too many unnecessary sex scenes to the point at which it felt like I was watching softcore porn at times, and the movie goes on for way too long. Why is it even 2 and a half hours long? It's not like I mind long movies or anything. There are plenty of long movies that I enjoy. It's just that this one felt like it kept on dragging on and on. Once you get past its trippy style it's honestly a very boring story. All style, no substance. That's not even getting into the fact that having so many Japanese characters speaking near fluent English kind of took me out of it. Japan is a country that ranks low in English proficiency, so it's weird how most of the Japanese people in this film have a good grasp of the English language, so much so that they speak English to others instead of their actual native tongue. Like, why is the Japanese husband guy (Linda's husband) speaking to the Japanese stripper in English? Wouldn't they just talk to each other in Japanese?

I think that if were not for its looks nobody would be praising it so much. Hell, most of the people who praise it either talk about watching it while high or are mostly ranting about how great it is on a technical level. Otherwise, you don't see people talking as much about other aspects of it, such as the acting, storyline, pacing, or characters. You can probably find a lot of films out there that do a much better job of exploring the themes that this movie tries to tackle.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I don't think that the rich and the elites are "corrupt" as being corrupt implies that the converse of "a non corrupt version" exists when my opinion is that the rich is what humanity really is like. I don't think that humans are kind or compassionate but I think that humans are all egotistical and self serving. Most humans would act and behave in the same way the rich are if they themselves were to be rich. People say that those in power have lost their humanity but my personal belief is that they are actually expressing the most humanity as, once again, this is what humans is like. It truly baffles me as to how people think this species is compassionate

 

[PA𝖨𝑁]

Bumblebees are cute

 

[Mirrory Me]

Procuring (and producing) traditional Christmas ham is unethical.

 

[Namelesa]

I don't like pizza

Also Elden Ring is worse than Dark Souls 2

 

[Opera]

I don't think minecraft is good, honestly. Most games just aren't fun unless it's with friends. I can't enjoy that game at all no matter how hard I try

 

[Aergia]

Generally speaking, people treat psychiatric diagnoses as though they have explanatory value, but unless they have neurological correlates, they don't—a diagnosis is just an affirmation that you have (a grouping of) behavioural/emotional patterns that medical institutions have decided are pathological. Most psychiatric conditions are defined functionalistically—it would be like going to a doctor with a cough and fever and being told you have cough-and-fever disease (as opposed to being told that your cough and fever are explained by say, a viral infection in your body).

Not saying psychiatric illnesses don't "exist" (I think they do, just in a more tenuous sense than physical illnesses), or that diagnoses aren't useful—naturally it would be useful, in the field, to categorise and label anomalous emotional/behavioural thought patterns, and for individuals, diagnosis opens the avenue for accommodation/treatment. But they still don't explain symptoms.

(also sparkling water is actually good)

 

[evq]

Game development isn't hard. You're just stupid. "Indie" developers are even worse.

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

Game development isn't hard. You're just stupid. "Indie" developers are even worse.

I'm not stupid, stupid.

 

[Namelesa]

Despite me being British, I don't like tea

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I think that not everybody who disagrees with you is a troll. I tend to see people call those who disagree with their views as trolls but that isn't always the case. I think this is linked to how some people believe that the people who oppose them actually agree with them deep down but I disagree with this as those who have opposing views seem to genuinely believe in their own views. Sure, there definitely are real trolls on the internet but damn does this word get used a lot

 

[Electra]

Raisins should stop being included in cookies, cereal, cake, etc.

 

[Pluto]

 

[Forveleth]

Despite me being British, I don't like tea

Don't you like, get arrested or some shit for saying that?

I can't come up with an unpopular opinion that isn't wildly controversial

 

[MyTimeIsUp]

Despite me being British, I don't like tea

Me too. It's disgusting. Coffee all the way!

 

[Namelesa]

Me too. It's disgusting. Coffee all the way!

I don't even like coffee hehe. I also don't like water or juice or soft or fizzy drinks so I mostly drink milk.

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

Me too. It's disgusting. Coffee all the way!

But what the Brits call "coffee" is terrible! You try to order a large black coffee and they look at you like a deer in headlights haha.

 

[TheHolySword]

almost everything can and should be eaten with utensils. there are exceptions like candy, chips, fries, some fruits. but burgers, pizza, wings, ribs, whatever should be eaten using utensils. this is a hill i'm willing to die on.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Potentially unpopular and slightly ignorant opinion: People need to stop trying to label everyone as neurodivergent or autistic

I just came across a thread by someone on r/TheGarden where they were trying to speculate whether or not the twins are ND. Around two weeks ago, someone on a different thread claimed that the twins are autistic. The thing is, neither of the twins have ever claimed to be ND and a lot of the speculation behind them being ND is based on flimsy evidence. We don't know the Shears twins personally, nor are any of us psychiatrists. We only get quick glimpses into them as people from interviews and their music. Otherwise, they are basically just strangers to us and we shouldn't be trying to slap a psychiatric label on them. This gets into an issue I've been having for years which is the issue of people being quick to assume that others are ND based on little to nothing (this typically seems to be the case with autism and ADHD). I've seen this way too much, to the point where I've seen people try to argue that Keith from VLD is canonically ND, even though he isn't and a lot of the supposed "evidence" for this is incredibly flimsy. I don't care if people headcanon him as such, but seeing posts in which people actually think that he is cannonically autistic and act as though the creator confirmed this is kind of wild. Hell, my own uncle (who was recently diagnosed with autism at the time) thought that I had autism, leading to my grandparents printing out a bunch of stuff on autism to hand to me. The thing is, this man barely knows me. I go out of my way to avoid him whenever he comes around because I don't like him. How exactly do you come to the conclusion that somebody you don't fucking know and who actively avoids you has autism?

A lot of the traits that people point to when trying to claim that others are autistic or ND are traits that are typically displayed by the general public, just to a lesser degree compared to some ND individuals. Along with that, many symptoms of autism and ADHD can also be found in other psychiatric disorders or might be displayed in cases of distress. Issues with socializing are common symptoms of social communication disorder and social anxiety. Stimming is a common behaviour that even many NTs engage in when stressed or when in a state of deep focus. Many allistic individuals are also seen as weird by wider society because the lines between weird and normal are very narrow, so much so that even many allistic people have a hard time fitting in. Along with that, sometimes I see ND people being too quick to label certain traits and behaviours that aren't symptoms of anything as being ND traits.

Sometimes, when I hear people with autism and ADHD complain about people online labelling themselves as ND over stupid BS and making it their whole personality I can't help but feel like the community is partly at fault for this. You can't keep on labelling everything and everyone as something and then get surprised when others start to believe that they must have said something. This isn't to say that they are fully at fault because part of the blame does still land on those ND individuals, but I feel like if more ND people tried to not be so quick to immediately label others or certain behaviours as automatically being ND then issue wouldn't be as bad as it is.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

It's rare to see somebody acknowledge the full truth about existence. The majority of people choose to believe in a certain way that doesn't make them feel hurt or makes them feel like they understand the truth about life when they don't. I think that a lot of people don't really acknowledge any truth about life at all and the ones who get it somewhat are only acknowledging the half truth about life instead of the full truth. Very rarely will a person acknowledge the full truth about life due to the various amounts of indoctrination and programming that they go through as children

 

[EvisceratedJester]

It's rare to see somebody acknowledge the full truth about existence. The majority of people choose to believe in a certain way that doesn't make them feel hurt or makes them feel like they understand the truth about life when they don't. I think that a lot of people don't really acknowledge any truth about life at all and the ones who get it somewhat are only acknowledging the half truth about life instead of the full truth. Very rarely will a person acknowledge the full truth about life due to the various amounts of indoctrination and programming that they go through as children

• Naive realism is the tendency to believe our perception of the world reflects it exactly as it is, unbiased and unfiltered. We don't think our emotions, past experiences, or cultural identity affect the way we perceive the world and thus believe others see it in the same way as we do. Naive realism rests on the idea that there is a material, objective world accessible to us and others around us.1
  Naive realism is within the egocentric bias category, a group of biases that indicate we rely too heavily on our own point of view and fail to understand that it is a personal point of view. These biases make it difficult for us to understand other people's perspectives and can lead to arguments and polarization.2

^ I feel like you are engaging in naïve realism. You think that you see the truth, but in reality, the "truth" about life is that there is no truth. How we view the world is subjective. It's based on our perceptions of it. It's kind of like how people with certain developmental conditions, such as developmental prosopagnosia, don't realize that how they perceive the world they live in differs from others. Your perceptions of life are based on your own personal experiences, the culture you grew up in, and your own biases. You believe that you see the truth, but so do all of those other people who you disagree with. So, who is even right here?

This isn't to say that I'm not guilty of this, because I am and I don't do a good job at hiding it. This also goes into why I'm so argumentative, lol.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

^ I feel like you are engaging in naïve realism. You think that you see the truth, but in reality, the "truth" about life is that there is no truth. How we view the world is subjective. It's based on our perceptions of it. It's kind of like how people with certain developmental conditions, such as developmental prosopagnosia, don't realize that how they perceive the world they live in differs from others. Your perceptions of life are based on your own personal experiences, the culture you grew up in, and your own biases. You believe that you see the truth, but so do all of those other people who you disagree with. So, who is even right here?

This isn't to say that I'm not guilty of this, because I am and I don't do a good job at hiding it. This also goes into why I'm so argumentative, lol.

Are we sure that there is no truth? Of course it's fair game to say that what I'm saying isn't really the truth as there are a few subjective premises behind what I believe in but surely there are some truths that can be derived from life? Like how 2+3=5 or I am inside a room in a house when I was typing this message out. Is it fair to say that there are no truths at all?

 

[human909]

Taylor swift is overrated.