On This Instagram Page, People Share Unpopular Opinions And Here Are 50 Of The Most Polarizing Ones (New Posts)
Everyone is entitled to having their own beliefs. Some people keep them to themselves. Some like to blare them out every chance they get. And others have views so unconventional, they completely go against the status quo.
When not every opinion is greeted with open arms, we’re lucky to have the internet where we can spark a discussion with complete strangers. There’s an Instagram account dedicated to sharing some of the best posts from the popular subreddit called Unpopular opinion. From electric vehicles to stuffed animals, members of this community have something to say about virtually any aspect of life.
So get ready to dive into some of the best posts this account had to offer. Upvote the ones you agree with, and, if you want to stir some emotions, share your own disputable views in the comments below. Psst! After you’re done, be sure to check out Part 1 of this post right here.
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I agree, too many times people feel entitled due to their age. You don't owe anyone anything. Congrats on the souvenir and the story you will be able to tell your friends and family.
Even worse is that puck was going straight into dad's possession, or even onto eBay. You don't see women at weddings asking the person who caught the bouquet for it. Chance is chance.
Load More Replies...If the kid didn't catch it, what kudos is there in having it anyway? Children who always get their way and never hear no are likely to grow into horrible adults. Disappointment is part of life and it is a lesson that is better learned young over things that don't really matter.
This is a new trend on airplanes too. parents try to make you give up your seat with extra legroom or Aisle seat “for their kid”
That would be a big no from me as well. Why doesn't MY comfort ever count?
Load More Replies...I kept my first foul ball too - I was 28. I caught that sucker bare handed and had the bruise on my hand for over a week to prove it. No way am I giving that up to some entitled little child. I earned that!!
Some parents are instilling such entitlement in their children and it's really concerning to me. I see it every day when doing school runs and when talking to my 7yr old - the number of kids who expect to be the centre of everyone's attention, to be given everything and do everything and throwing hissy fits when they don't get their way - I may be old now but I genuinely don't remember anyone like that in my younger school years. If my kids acted like that they'd get nowhere with me, I wouldn't say I'm especially strict but I have a few expectations for my children that I don't bend on - like manners, being polite and decent human beings - they would never walk up to someone and ask/expect to be given their property just because. I really worry the about what kind of adults my children will be surrounded with in the real world when they're all grown up
I fully agree. Kids and their parents, need to learn that some things are earned.
I guess you already know this opinion is unpopular. That kid is probably used to getting everything he asks for.
Yes. Kids are not little gods. They need to learn stuff, as we all did, and do.
My dad once got a hockey puck in his beer. Two guys saw it, jumped over the row, and started to fight over it. My dad managed to snag it before they fought. He was disappointed about the beer though. He still has the puck
I'm on your side the kid has to learn there are disappointments in life and you learn to accept them and to the booers they're just mad they didn't get it!
yeah definitely. obviously yeah if it's been thrown intentionally it should probably be given to a kid, cause usually they try to throw it to a child, but if it was random, it's whoever catches it. also, if someone catches something, don't try to snatch it from them.
Don't raise you children that people will give them everything they want, just NO!
Absolutely. Why would a child be entitled to something just because of their age?! If you're their parent, yes, you probably should give it to them, but why the heck would someone be obligated to care about other people's offsprings?? It's not like they decided to bring them to the world...
not to say you should only be nice to people you "DECIDED to bring into the world" -if you don't like other people's offsprings then see them as people themselves instead!- that being said that doesn't mean they deserve the ball or should be entitled
Load More Replies...Yeah, that would SERIOUSLY piss me off, honestly, like if I stinkin' earned something why whould I just give it away to a stinkin' kid who just walks up and asks for it
I'm going to tack onto this: You are not entitled to your colleague's free time, or holidays just because you have children and they don't. It is not okay that people without children cover all the overtime, weekend work, or even cover normal working hours because their colleagues CHOSE to have kids and now find it difficult to juggle it all. If you cannot manage to coordinate your time properly while having kids and a full-time job, then work part-time or be a SAHP! I should stay two hours late every week because little Johnny has football practice!?! F! that sh*t!!!
Thanks for bringing this up. It's very much related to the subject, and a major sore point from my corporate days, when too many parents believed that my being child-free was a license to leave early for every soccer game, etc., leaving me to pick up the slack. (No, that didn't last long.)
Load More Replies...It was the father, no doubt, who sent the kid over. Thank you for not being like that father.
Load More Replies...When I was a kid my folks would just tell " Hey, look. That dude got it. Lucky guy. Maybe you'll get just as lucky one day." And that was that. Now, some parents expect the world to spoil their kids. Save that for the designated, willing family member that always wants to load your kids up with candy.
I'm impressed with your barehanded catch! Those screaming pucks are no joke@
If it ever happens again, say you're giving it to your kid who couldn't attend.
Why lie? The guy who caught it has every right to keep it, and owes no one anything -- the puck or an explanation.
Load More Replies...Some parents treat their children like princes and princesses. They need to understand they can't have something just because they want it.
No baggage! It's yours, kid can whine about it.....his dad, too, for allowing him to ask for it!!
Load More Replies...Wait -- this is a thing? You're expected to give a stray fly ball / puck to any darned kid who wants it? Screw that noise.
Am I not also a paying patron to that event? If I cought a guitar pick from say, Eddie Van Halen, should I give it to a kid? Nope. You alone got the item.
I think this is part of the "Little Princess" "Little Prince" mentality. Your kids are great - but they are just kids. They are not super special and entitled to everything they want. They are not made of glass and unable to manage occasional disappointment or upset. And they are ALWAYS little adults in training. Cute. Fun at times. But always learning.
I grew up going to baseball games with my Dad every summer. Some of our best memories together were going to games, eating junk food, and talking about everything and nothing. He passed away five years ago and I still feel close to him going to minor league baseball games. This past summer at a rainy and cold game at the start of the season I caught a foul ball. All the people with kids in our immediate row had left because of the weather. It wouldn't matter how many kids asked me for it, that one was for my Dad. I put it in a weatherproof box and took it to his grave. I assure you that foul ball meant more to me that night than to any kid in there park.
When I was a parent of a football player, I once caught a mini football the high school cheerleaders tossed multiples of into the stands. A guy and his young kid tried to claim it as theirs. They already had two. Silly, but I kept it.
You shouldn't give up that puck. You caught it fair and square. Hope you got it signed.
It's an extremely nice thing to do if you do, but in no way are you obligated.
well the kid is old enough to understand we don't always get what we want it goes along with every child get's a trophy for just showing up when i was a kid you had to earn that trophy but i would say if the kid was much younger say like 5 or under it might have been kind to give it to him but you caught it so i guess you do what you want with it
Personally I wouldn't care about catching a ball or puck. But yeah, it seems to me that the outrageous thing is someone, even a child, just asking you to give them something for nothing because they want it.
I’m on your side bro, but don’t be like goin around catching hockey pucks man.
Childfree over here, this is one of the many reasons I have zero desire to be a parent. It comes with such a false sense of entitlement
Please don't generalize. It makes you look bad. Not all parents are like this. My kids understand that they won't get everything they want and the stuff they do get they have to work for. Sure, I have met some parents who feel their kids deserve to be the first for everything and deserve to have what they want. But they are the 5%. If you want to be child free, then be child free. You being child free has no bearing on the fact that you see other parents like this.
Load More Replies...I had the opposite happen. I caught a t shirt thrown into the stands between periods at a hockey game. It was over my head. I felt someone tugging on it behind me. I turned around and saw a small child on the father's shoulders grabbing it. The smile on his/her face was precious. I let go immediately.
I totally agree, my kids can just deal with their disappointment and jealousy, unless it was thrown to the kid, or you were an a*s about how you got it (like pushing, reaching into other people's space, etc), fair's fair
As long as you didn't snatch it away from a child, I don't see why you should have to give it up. The dad shouldn't have even let him ask.
I'm willing to bet "No, I earned this little man. Keep trying" were NOT the exact words used by the guy in this "story" to the kid who requested the puck. The whole thing reeks of someone desperately trying to justify their greed and selfishness. No credit goes to the parents of the kid either. They shouldn't have encouraged him to even ask for the stupid puck. It gets down to supposed adults squabbling over a treat.
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Dad never should have let his kid ask for the ball. Setting a horrible example of entitlement. If someone offers it to him, that's great.
You say that you have waited for ever to have that chance. So, you 100% deserve to keep the ball. That kid has years ahead of him to achieve just that same thing!
My sister and I won a church competition when we were about 15, a child got upset and started having a tantrum because she didn't win. Everyone there, including our mother, pressured us into giving her the prize and continued to insult us until we gave her the prize. She didn't even say thank you.
I always bring a puck or a ball to the game and switch if i catch one.
I really hate this trend of giving foul balls etc to kids. I got to the ballpark here relatively frequently to watch our home team play, and every single game the kids not just beg for foul balls but also for players to hand them balls. One kid comes every game and has a backpack full of them, but people still encourage adults to give caught balls to him.
I would quote bookshop owner Bernard Black from Black Books in the scene where a child wants a signed first edition of a book: Bernard: yeah, but that's still £50. Child: aww, but it's my favourite book ever. Bernard: is it really your favourite book ever? Child: I love it, I love it more than anything in the world. Bernard: well... you...I've never said this to anybody before... *pause for effect* Bernard: you're going to have to get a job. *Bernard takes book away from child*
Kids learn entitlement from entitled parents. Look how excited and proud you felt at catching a puck. (I hope your hands are okay). Kids don't even get the chance to fail and try again. They miss so much.
This happened to me at a Mother's Day baseball game. I was in my 40s and had been attending games my entire life. I was keeping that ball. I finally just lied and said I was giving it to my child. My children were sitting next to me. They were in their 20s.
Naah hell noo! as he said, if it was actually for the kid then fine, but when its just by random chance, then its each to thier own, its not like he ripped it out of the hand out of the boy like that mean karen did.
Why wasn't the father of the child booed for sending the kid over there in the first place? Would the father also send the kid over there to ask for the hot dog or popcorn the guy just ordered? Let him go over there and take a sip of the guys soda? No...it belongs to him and he got it after paying with his own money. This is a guy who had been going to games for years and finally got a puck. Let the kid be patient and get his own.
WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?!?! At what age do you expect the kids to stop getting special treatment? Eff that s**t, man. You caught the ball, you get to keep it.
sounds like a great nab! good on you for keeping it and like you said, if the guy was trying to throw it to the kid, that’s another story.
Nah. Gotta disagree there :( the parent who takes their kid to ask tho, eff them! Unsuspecting and well behaved kid should get it- the exp WILL always be in your memories, make a kid day so they don't HAVE to be a adult who would consider keeping a ball (or whatev) KKOWING it's a 'kid thing'- make their day magic!!!
Once when I was little at a baseball game I was crying and someone gave me the ball they had caught, it was nice gesture but it made me feel bad cause I was taking this thing from someone who earned it, also I hated baseball and wanted nothing to do with the ball.
I'm afraid we live in a Disney world, and in that world, the cute kid gets the ball. 'Sorry, but Disney controls our minds!
If you catch it rightfully, I'm all for you keeping it. Just don't snatch it from a kid or intercept something meant for them.
A bit unrelated, but aren't pucks flying into a crowd dangerous? Those things are heavy!
1000 times this! I finally got a foul ball at a baseball game and my partner asked me if I wanted to give it to the kid behind me. Hell no! I waited my whole life for a foul ball, that kid is just getting started.
The only situation where I got mad at an adult for keeping a foul ball (or a puck) was when the adult trampled the little kid with a glove, knocked him down and due to his height advantage caught the ball and walked away (not to mention the father that dropped his infant baby to catch a foul ball, years ago). That pisses me off, but otherwise we are not obligated as adult to give a foul ball to a kid. In a evenly matched situation, without the trampling and bullying, where an adult catches the ball because he is taller, I'd say give the ball to the kid, but you don't have to, although it would be nice. The kids gets the memory of getting the ball, but the adult keeps the memory of being a nice guy.
Euhm, same. Do to my childhood I've never been to a very Dutch parade. Bit like Santa Claus coming to town event. I was twenty something, we were early to get a got spot in the front, and set my inner child free. Next thing, parents who arrive late (like after the start) wiggle through the crowd and expecting then demanding I move out of their way, so their kids are front row. Not one parent/child but a couple. I got annoyed, this was important/special for me too. I folded, let other in front of me, and missed out on the front row interactions... and went home quite sad. Thanks entitled parents.
100%, as a kid my grandfather used to help organize something (dont really even know, security, ice maintenance, something) in local ice hockey rink and I catched more than my fair share of the pucks because everything that ended in the safety net near the goals dropped right were I was standing (got in free with my grandpa so didnt get in the stands) so I never felt like someone else should give me their puck if they caught it :D
YOU ARE SPOT ON !!! SCREW THAT LITTLE KID AND HIS SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT !
The guy is not responsible for the kids happy memories...could be an entitled brat
Load More Replies...In Finland, speeding tickets are income based. Just as an example.
Sometimes, we're discouraged from expressing our unpopular opinions because of the adverse reactions we might get from the people around us. Whether we’re talking about politics, religion, or popular culture, sharing our deepest beliefs can make someone feel pretty irritated.
However, while some end up scratching their heads from confusion, others see a like-minded person and gladly show their support in heated discussions. After all, a controversial point of view does not instantly mean that it’s uncommon. When you push your fears of being the odd one to the side, it’s much likely you'll encounter others sharing the same thoughts as you.
Brandwatch, a digital consumer intelligence company, was on a mission to investigate the most popular unpopular opinions on social media. They looked at consumers’ mentions from January 1 to June 30, 2020, excluding news, retweets, and shares. Results showed that 1.6M people shared their controversial beliefs in this period. Also, there were 34% more mentions during the lockdown compared to the four months prior.
Greed and narcissism... it's sad, but it's human nature. The majority of the people out there are fake as heck, and will do things like posting videos of themselves crying on the internet as PR moves, to help promote and enhance their brands, to help them gain those clicks, likes, follows, and subscribes. Even more sad is that there ARE the odd few out there who honestly have no one and no where else to turn to, and are using the internet to reach out. But those odd genuine few are usually buried and overshadowed by all the loud popular influencers out there, with their TikToks and viral videos and their memes.
Harassment is the right word. What happened to Diana and other famous people with the paparazzi actually haunting them, spying and giving no Fu*ks. But here's a thought: Who the hell buys those rag mag's is an accomplice bc if they stop buying that filth then the paparazzi will (nearly) go away or at least be way less.
When it comes to the topics people touch on, the top ones were about characters in pop culture, TV shows, dislike of fandoms, and books. People shared their complaints about some of the bestsellers of the century and aired their grievances about how some shows have become outdated. For example, 34K mentions called out Friends "for being hugely popular, despite some aspects not being acceptable today."
The researchers also looked into Reddit, where 958K users shared their gripes. "It seems like lockdown got to Reddit users, too. Posts to r/UnpopularOpinions increased 105%." They found that many of these mentions touched on things that happened on the platform itself. Most of them were focused on sports players, subreddits, and seeing change as not being good.
I read a quote before, wouldn't it be safer to fire blanks at someone than fire bullets at someone with a bullet proof vest
So while it can be fun to share your controversial views online, they also let others say opposing views, have heated discussions, and see things from different perspectives. Anna Akbari, P.hD., is a sociologist, writer, and speaker who shared her thoughts on why unpopularity isn’t necessarily a bad thing in a piece on The Psychology Today.
She explained that if we want to be happy, successful, and feel of service, we don’t actually need to appeal to the masses. "See, we’re complicated beings, each with our own unique experiences, full of biases and contradictions and, hopefully, a point of view," she wrote. "Having a point of view is a good thing, even when that view isn’t universally embraced."
You ruined it with "sure they're cute" because that's the whole point, they're NOT cute, people have just been trained into thinking they are. People need to realise that inbred dogs with serious health problems are the exact opposite of cute.
100% - the cheater is the one at fault - unless the people they cheated with is also someone who you have a relationship with then it's equal blame as they both owe you loyalty. I've never understood the blame being passed to the person they cheat with, and it's usually women who blame the other woman when their guy cheats - I sure there's a patriarchal link to all that that could be deciphered but seriously, they're just a shitty person if they knew he was involved with someone - if they didn't then they're just as much a victim in it all. This idea that men can't help themselves if offered sex has to stop - you don't accidentally have sex - yeah, you may regret it after but you totally know what you're doing while you're doing it.
While we can wholeheartedly stand by one issue, we can also not see eye to eye on another. "Agreeing to disagree on most things in life is fine—assuming it doesn’t restrict the liberty or human rights of others. It’s when we start to think that we need to agree on everything all the time to merely function together that we get into trouble," Akbari mentioned.
Needless to say, popularity isn’t essentially bad. Lots of things that are commonly and generally accepted by our society are considered as "safe". Akbari explained that we don’t have to immediately or categorically reject the popular stuff but rather "selectively embrace it, or at least occasionally challenge it."
Yes, it really should be free. I have been in therapy on and off for years and it has been free (/paid by taxes). It's due to mental health issues so free healthcare = free mental healthcare. I learned a lot and cope much better. I wish it was available to all who needs it. To hear that people live with anxiety, ptsd, depression etc and can't afford therapy to learn how to cope better is really, REALLY sad.
I don't use those sites anymore. If you want me to subscribe, or permit adverts in my ad blocker, or click a cookie thing every time, I just bounce. Enjoy your bouncerate and zero ad revenue. ALSO. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD stop with the f*****g animated adverts. They drive my poor ADHD ass crazy. I can't stand it.
However, if your views are not clinging to the mainstream popular or if they tend to stir some unexpected or even rude reactions, "don't despair. You don’t need to bend toward conformity, and you may even be able to cash in—financially and socially—on stepping outside the conventional bounds."
She mentioned two rules that people who tend to lean into unpopularity should remember. The first one is that you should actually believe what you’re saying or doing. "Disagreeing for the sport of it is annoying and, rightfully, no one likes or respects you if you do that. So stop it," the sociologist advised.
In many cases I would agree but in many I would not. For example If an employee of mine turned out to be a KKK member, or they were videoed ridiculing a disabled person I would fire them without hesitation.
Retired teacher here, so let me weigh in on the realities. For elementary school kids, I'd overwhelmingly vote yes. Younger kids want to please the teacher; they want to be around the teacher, around other kids, in class. HOWEVER, as someone who taught middle and high school for 26 years, this does not work at all. By that time, there are a lot of kids who are looking for any way to leave the classroom. Yes, there are times they need to use the bathroom, but quite often they also want to socialize. There have been groups in certain years (not all by any means) that texted and met up in bathrooms and fought, too. It helps if a teacher has a sign in/out pass, or gives a certain number of tickets per month. Other children who don't have to use the bathroom COULD give a classmate a ticket if they felt generous.
"The second rule is to embrace your unpopular opinions with the knowledge and grace that not everyone shares your point of view," she continued. This rule can be quite tough since we humans have a general tendency to want others to agree with us. After all, it makes us feel heard and valued.
However, following this guideline "starts with a promise to both give up convincing other people to buy into your less popular opinions and to stop shaming them for their own thoughts and actions."
My previous boss (who was an absolute jerk!) used to say "there's a line of people waiting to take your place, if you quit." I did quite eventually. Seven years later and... my place is still unoccupied. And not just mine - two other people also quit from that office, and replacements could never be found. Or someone would start and then quit a month later due to the conditions. I guess the line of people for my spot turned out to be a bit too short ;)
Or, stop suing everyone for making mistakes. Yes there are serious negligence cases, but they're a lot less common than the cases where "negligence" is claimed, but it's just an honest mistake. Americans really need to stop that s**t.
We have to get rid of the phrase "unskilled labour". A janitor needs practical skills far above average (at least a good one does), and the working conditions of courier drivers or fastfood workers require a great deal of stamina and resilience. In any job you can go from beginner to master, working your job better or faster. Even more important, the economy absolutely depends on the jobs we tend to call "unskilled". Usually, in any company, if a middle manager is absent for some days, work continues more or less as usual. If the cleaning lady is absent, you notice the problems after a day or two the latest.
After that, it’s all about trusting yourself. If you believe that some things are just not right, don’t be shy and share your views with others because, chances are, there are people out there just like you. According to Akbari, there is value in dissent. "There’s often truth at the fringes and insight in unpopular perspectives. Greatness comes neither from blindly following nor from knee-jerk rejecting."
"Many of our greatest historical figures held really, really unpopular opinions. They did stuff that made people cringe or even retaliate against them. Going against the grain takes guts. And that courage is admirable, even if we disagree with what they’re saying or doing—but only when executed with integrity from a place of personal honesty," she wrote.
If you don't trust your partner, then you don't trust your own choice of partner.
We switched my kid to a Montessori school because they got to 6th grade and there was no AP option so they were just sitting there bored. It costs a good bit, but I have no reason to think public schools will be better for my kid than they were for me.
I'll probably be downvoted, but this also applies to the African American label. Your distant ancestors were from Africa,you were born in the US therefore you are American. You don't hear people of Asian or African ancestrysaying they are Chinese English or Ghanian Scottish,they are English or Scottish or just plain British.
Well this is obvious, it also applies to many of the "50 years of driving and no accidents" type people... Yes Mrs Miggins, but only because everyone has done such a good job of avoiding your ass
I swear a lot, but it's very very rarely AT someone. I'm not doing it to offend people, it just comes out :P
Jeans and hoodies get washed maybe once a month (or three) unless something has got on them. You don't need to smell like washing powder, and constantly washing everything is bad for you, your clothes, your bank account, and the planet. End of discussion, downvote me all you like I think you know by now I don't give a s**t.
My husband and I have slept in separate rooms for over 10 years (due to his loud snoring keeping me awake). We are very happy together and have no real problems in our relationship - we just both like a decent night sleep. People assume that we aren’t intimate and/or that our whole relationship is falling apart, which couldn’t be further from the truth.
It's not brave it's natural. This if my face. Don't like it. Screw off
Yup. I've been a passenger while the driver just drove around and around waiting for one of the "good" spots to become available. Finally I said, "If we had just parked in one of the far spots right away, we would have been inside the store by now."
Urgh. My ex-husband used to say that all the time especially during arguments. "No one cares" or "no one feel that way". Well, I do. You can't decide on what to care about or feel based on your feelings and use that as the only truth. Blah.
They say money doesn't buy happiness, but I think this is it...this is the happiness money can buy.
I feel like the human approach to "what to do with the waste/recycling of electric vehicles" will (and probably is) treated similar to the problem of what to do with nuclear waste, and unfortunately, our approach seems to be to sweep it under the rug and let future generations figure it out.
With tweens looking and acting like 20-somethings these days, it's just plain safe to ask.
I went to France twice. One time through the Christmas and New Year's holidays and then again in Summer for rock climbing and rappelling. Both times I and the people I was with were all treated like crap by every French national we crossed paths with even though we were always discrete and polite. Had the same experience later in Quebec. It's left a lasting distaste with me for French Culture.
Normalise being left in read! If you don't want to get left on read don't send me long messages don't send me messages at night and don't send statements like what am I supposed to send ok then you will get mad at me
You’re assuming the lying is about the degrees, not the capabilities (which come with them).
Oh yeah, when I was a kid I got yelled at for "backchatting", and standing up for myself never got me anywhere. And then one day it suddenly became "You need to put yourself forward more! Stop being so timid!" and I had no idea how to do that.
Somebody clearly has met vegetables, and possibly some kids, but not at the same time.
Where do you stop though? Football, rugby and cricket pitches are dotted across my city. Should all organised sport be outlawed? Bottom line is people are paying to use that greenspace so it maintains itself. Parkland needs maintaining and with no income stream, that can end up costing the local authority quite a bit. That said, there is a place for parks and everybody should have access to greenspace, it's just how do we do it and keep everybody happy whilst balancing the books?
Homework turns learning into a dreaded chore, or worse, a big fight. And honestly, to the people who say "well just wait til you're an adult"...it's not my fault you hate your life, Don't try to make your kids hate their lives too. Like what the hell is even that?
I used to work with several women who drove huge feckin range rovers. Exactly one of them knew how to a) drive it properly and safely and b) got it in a parking space the first time. She lived on a farm. It was an appropriate vehicle for her. The others? Wanted to make sure their precious six year old Joaquin made it the half mile to school "safely"
I think if it's done correctly you don't notice that it's there - it's the crappy and overdone ones we notice and then judge everyone by that standard. My ex Co-worker used to get it done every 6months or so and you really wouldn't know if she hadn't told you, it was done in a way that stopped her forehead wrinkling up, crows feet etc but still had plenty of movement and expression - if I ever want it done I'll be going where she did. She looked awesome and at most looked like early 30's when she was twenty years older. Making it readily available via people who have short term courses to qualify is what makes it look horrific
It's partly the fault of Hollywood, and the media in general. Most of us are convinced that once we found "the one" they will complete us, compliment us and fill in all the gaps and cracks in our lives, in our hearts. Not sure that is healthy to be honest - it hypes them up to an unrealistic degree in our minds, and makes relationships more "magical" and unobtainable than they might actually be.
I worked with EMI (elderly mentally ill) predominantly Dementia and honestly, I would take cancer over it. Forgetting my friends, family, loved ones and having to be cared for 24/7 is hell. I had to do it for my grandfather too and watching a strong independent man waste to nothing destroyed me.
It happens in Canada, too. I used to work odd hours, sleeping into the early afternoon, then work in the evenings. When maintenance would come by I'd get weird looks and questioned if I was sleeping or why I'm sleeping. Seriously?! Not everyone works 9-5p, and this is my space to rest when I want. Don't need anyone permission.
Former teacher here. There are three reasons you go to school (at least in the US): 1) To learn a base set of knowledge so you don't look stupid in conversations ("I thought Africa was a country!") 2) To learn HOW to learn. Your style of learning is unique to you, and you need to learn what that is. It's probably not going to be spot on with what the education system has to offer, but you'll be learning how to handle things in that type of environment. 3) To learn what you want to learn. My son is getting a PhD in Spanish Language Arts right now. If he hadn't been forced to take a language in middle school he would never have known that he like languages and had an affinity for them. It's not about learning the right structure for an essay, it's about learning how to organize your thoughts so when you go to write that grant proposal, you do it so well you get the grant!
Clearly you’ve never lived near apple or plum trees. Plums make a mess and w/o pesticides every apple will have a hole in it.
I think 90% (minimum!) of TikTok is a blight on human reasoning and intelligence.
you can't expect teachers to create brand new quizzes for every class. There is such a thing as validity of the quizzes and that can't be calculated if you use new ones all the time. If you're trying to be fair, then you need to know that the same score on a test will actually mean the same thing.
I didn't enjoy New York at all - I found it pretty awful to be honest. It's not my thing, Glasgow is big enough for me
Tipping as a requirement is stupid and shitty management if they aren't paying properly, if tipping is mandatory then just change your menu prices...oh wait, that costs you a tiny bit more in tax. Delivery drivers being tipped? That's stupid, again just charge (more) for delivery. I get good service, I tip, but wages are the responsibility of the management, not the customer.
Huh? I don't think you're spoiled. Why do you need to be punished because your mother can't get you to school on time?
My mom used to go through all of my stuff about every 6 months, always when it was at school or camping or what not. She would throw away almost everything. I learned not to bother trying to have anything and if a friend wanted to give me a gift I'd ask if I could keep it at their house, otherwise I wouldn't have it long. It's probably because of this I'm not materialistic at all and the total opposite of a hoarder. My place is very spartan. No my mother isn't spartan. She's not a hoarder but has a house full of stuff and many storage units full of stuff.
Not sure not showering is "shameful and might be harmful", I think that's the whole point they were trying to get across. There's a difference between never showing and assaulting peoples' noses, and not showering daily while still smelling fine.
As adults, our trick or treating is going to the store Nov. 1 and seeing all the big ass bags of candy %50 off 😋
I'm thinking you are meaning asides from true Native Americans, the ones who were here thousands of years before all the rest of us?
Well that means the parents are somehow affording three different places to live
God forbid people use the range of the English language they so desire. You really found a loser, Bored Panda.
There's also emotional work. I'm a homeless shelter manager. It's not physical labor - there's no heavy lifting or anything - but a lot of new hires don't last because the job can be really hard emotionally.
It's my f*****g house, I'll wear what the f**k I want. Don't like it? Don't visit me.
I work in retail & people are losing jobs because of all the self-service machines. Sometimes the people that want serving at a counter just want someone to interact with. I think there should be both options personally
Totally agree with the first part of your post, completely disagree with the second. Trophy hunting does not play the slightest part in sustaining the lion or rhino population, and both are not that big in numbers that the populations would have to be controlled or decimated (, which is the usual reason for hunting in most western countries).
This makes me think of Grandpa Simpson talking about his "walking bird". Every generation has new slang.
There is no way this would be very helpful, how would they get the ages? The only way I can think of is if the kids enter it, and most kids would lie. And the ones that don't lie would be a target for pedos. The idea is just flawed.
I don't think guys get as much flak for not having kids as women do. Hence him thinking it's ridiculous. Once you hit 30 and you haven't had a fertile egg, it's open season from the mommies.
Caring about how other people drink water is childish. She might have a taste sensitivity. I wonder if there were other issues here. Sounds like Op doesn't like this person for how they act, too.
Now there's a right way to eat ice cream?! Eat YOUR ice cream any way you want. Keep your teeth, tongue, and lips away from mine.
I assume this person is a morning person, and doesn't have kids.
Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way
Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency.
Load More Replies...Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is.
I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive
Load More Replies...Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice).
I have an unpopular opinion. I don't think anyone should be able to have pets or babies until they have passed significant psychological testing. I don't care about rich or poor. Some people should never be allowed to have responsibility for other living beings. If I ran the world, I'd be very unpopular, because I would be a terrible dictator and not tolerate most of the s**t that goes down in the world.
Well, we do license for driving but not parenting...
Load More Replies...Unpopular opinion: BoredPanda reposting Instagram that is reposting/stealing Reddit. How deep can we go?
I don't understand why these are considered unpopular opinions I agree with almost everyone
You want something unpopular? I love human much more than I like animals. And pets. It doesn't mean that I dont like animals, or that I will harm them. But if I have to chose between a human an an animal, human will always come first. And I'll strongly judge you if you don't do the same.
Well, the top part of the list were again not unpopular opinions. The extended list was pretty lame. Not sure why I read to the end.
Unopoular opinion: men and women being half naked/in tiny outfits and dancing “sexy” on TikTok shouldn’t be allowed. Want likes and maybe money for looking like that and doing sexy things? Fine. Make an OnlyFans account. TikTok is used by SO many kids and they should not be watching that. I’m so afraid of my bf’s 8 yearold niece seeing a - way too - skinny girl in a bikini dancing sexy and getting thousands of likes, and thinking “that’s what I need to look like. But I don’t, so I wont ever get that many likes and nobody will ever like me!” And the same for young boys, for that matter. Both the “girls should look like that or nothing will do!” or “I don’t have a six-pack like him, so no woman will ever like me!”
Calling out a brand, business or company on something they are doing that is fraud, like for example, randomly adding extra data and thus money onto your internet bill, gets people called as Karens all the time. And these scammers get off scot free. They don't cancel your plan, when they were the ones calling you every week when you weren't a subscriber. They don't cancel or change your plan back to what it was unless you call them five times.
People commend Poland for taking in so many Ukranian refugees - yet African, Indian and literally any non-white students in Ukraine were restrained at the border, some were even beaten and abused. Poland doesn't need to be glorified for doing what is expected of them as human decency.
So this time BP copied an instagram account that copied reddit instead of copying reddit directly
I’m smiling and shaking my head at the fact that the hockey puck post was upvoted the most (of all topics discussed). Does this means that’s it’s the least polarizing of all the polarizing posts? Maybe the one thing we can all stand united on is that if we witness someone catch a ball or hockey puck at a game, we celebrate their win and let them keep it, guilt-free? 😁
Ieva ... been a fan of Bored Panda for many years. This is one of the best posts I've ever read! Thanks for sharing. - Ed Kelb -
Unpopulair opinion: Bubble tea is a waste of space and only popular because people say it's popular.
This s**t is nothing new. The hard reality is that people have been highlighting and pointing out and attempting to make better some of these issues for decades but the younger generation is just into calling them “boomers” and thinking that their revelations are new if unique snd the world needs to bend to their will. I get why customers are pissed office, some have good reason to be pissed off. Hell, how difficult is it to do your job with integrity?? BP is loaded with threads on what doesn’t work, what’s wrong and how things “should be”. It’s a hard lesson to learn that the world works for the ultra wealthy, not the little guy, yes it’s been getting worse, thank the GOP (the party of fear, gaslighting and greed). You want to make a difference, then invest in the work its going to take instead of being a huge part of the problem. Whining and bitching without learning what it takes to change things, just dismissing a whole generation IS A HUGE PART OFTHE PROBLEM!!!
If the gop is so greedy why is it liberals spending all the money?
Load More Replies...Right? From misogyny to contradiction s, to plain old lack of critical though, what a waste of time.
Load More Replies...No it isn't. Most of us appreciate other cultures. They aren't the same thing.
Load More Replies...Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way
Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency.
Load More Replies...Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is.
I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive
Load More Replies...Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice).
I have an unpopular opinion. I don't think anyone should be able to have pets or babies until they have passed significant psychological testing. I don't care about rich or poor. Some people should never be allowed to have responsibility for other living beings. If I ran the world, I'd be very unpopular, because I would be a terrible dictator and not tolerate most of the s**t that goes down in the world.
Well, we do license for driving but not parenting...
Load More Replies...Unpopular opinion: BoredPanda reposting Instagram that is reposting/stealing Reddit. How deep can we go?
I don't understand why these are considered unpopular opinions I agree with almost everyone
You want something unpopular? I love human much more than I like animals. And pets. It doesn't mean that I dont like animals, or that I will harm them. But if I have to chose between a human an an animal, human will always come first. And I'll strongly judge you if you don't do the same.
Well, the top part of the list were again not unpopular opinions. The extended list was pretty lame. Not sure why I read to the end.
Unopoular opinion: men and women being half naked/in tiny outfits and dancing “sexy” on TikTok shouldn’t be allowed. Want likes and maybe money for looking like that and doing sexy things? Fine. Make an OnlyFans account. TikTok is used by SO many kids and they should not be watching that. I’m so afraid of my bf’s 8 yearold niece seeing a - way too - skinny girl in a bikini dancing sexy and getting thousands of likes, and thinking “that’s what I need to look like. But I don’t, so I wont ever get that many likes and nobody will ever like me!” And the same for young boys, for that matter. Both the “girls should look like that or nothing will do!” or “I don’t have a six-pack like him, so no woman will ever like me!”
Calling out a brand, business or company on something they are doing that is fraud, like for example, randomly adding extra data and thus money onto your internet bill, gets people called as Karens all the time. And these scammers get off scot free. They don't cancel your plan, when they were the ones calling you every week when you weren't a subscriber. They don't cancel or change your plan back to what it was unless you call them five times.
People commend Poland for taking in so many Ukranian refugees - yet African, Indian and literally any non-white students in Ukraine were restrained at the border, some were even beaten and abused. Poland doesn't need to be glorified for doing what is expected of them as human decency.
So this time BP copied an instagram account that copied reddit instead of copying reddit directly
I’m smiling and shaking my head at the fact that the hockey puck post was upvoted the most (of all topics discussed). Does this means that’s it’s the least polarizing of all the polarizing posts? Maybe the one thing we can all stand united on is that if we witness someone catch a ball or hockey puck at a game, we celebrate their win and let them keep it, guilt-free? 😁
Ieva ... been a fan of Bored Panda for many years. This is one of the best posts I've ever read! Thanks for sharing. - Ed Kelb -
Unpopulair opinion: Bubble tea is a waste of space and only popular because people say it's popular.
This s**t is nothing new. The hard reality is that people have been highlighting and pointing out and attempting to make better some of these issues for decades but the younger generation is just into calling them “boomers” and thinking that their revelations are new if unique snd the world needs to bend to their will. I get why customers are pissed office, some have good reason to be pissed off. Hell, how difficult is it to do your job with integrity?? BP is loaded with threads on what doesn’t work, what’s wrong and how things “should be”. It’s a hard lesson to learn that the world works for the ultra wealthy, not the little guy, yes it’s been getting worse, thank the GOP (the party of fear, gaslighting and greed). You want to make a difference, then invest in the work its going to take instead of being a huge part of the problem. Whining and bitching without learning what it takes to change things, just dismissing a whole generation IS A HUGE PART OFTHE PROBLEM!!!
If the gop is so greedy why is it liberals spending all the money?
Load More Replies...Right? From misogyny to contradiction s, to plain old lack of critical though, what a waste of time.
Load More Replies...No it isn't. Most of us appreciate other cultures. They aren't the same thing.
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