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.
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."
Agreed. Jobs that don’t usually pay crap and it’s just a waste to go through 3 interviews only to find out you can’t afford to work there.
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My work grouch is that companies shouldn't offer positions when they have already promised/offered the job to someone in house. Its not right, it wastes time. If you're going to advertise a job externally, but already have an internal candidate in mind, do not promise them the job! Everyone should go through the same process and have the same chance.
YES! Come on people, an e-mail takes 1 second to trigger. Know what else? "We're acting on other applications, but we find you also qualified, so we're holding onto your application for possible further consideration at a later date" is ALSO a better answer than ghosting 99% of applicants.
How about when they finally do send that email or letter—-six months or a year AFTER you applied and they hired someone else? I’ve gotten them for jobs I had long forgotten I applied for.
like do they really think you're going to wait that long without any kind of income? They're dumber than I thought
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And why the f do I need to give a minimum of 2 weeks notice when I can be fired at any moment for no reason at all.
SO much of the application process is automated. It would really be easy to enter all applicants into a simple database and have an automatic rejection letter sent out after the position is filled. Whoever has to get their information and file the applications and set appointments, could spend a matter of seconds putting basic mailing info in a database.
While I agree with the principle of this the place I used to work got over 1000 applications for one job. We usually notified every unsuccessful candidate but simple did not have the man power to call that many people. We also used a stupid email system where we could not bcc people/remove their email address so would have to send each person an individual email, again we just didn't have the time. We did contact everyone we interviewed.
I think they're specifically talking about jobs you've interviewed for. The vast majority of the time, I hear nothing after the interview if I didn't get the job. They always say they'll let you know, but then they don't. So you're waiting around wondering if they're still deciding, or if you just didn't get it. I absolutely understand not contacting every applicant you don't select for an interview, but there's no excuse for not sending a quick email to the handful of unsuccessful interviews.
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I agree that after an interview employers should let people know if they didn't get the job. However, having been the one to go through dozens upon dozens of applications, there is no possible way for some companies to respond to every single application that doesn't get considered.
They specifically reference interviews. Job postings usually say "only successful applicants will be contacted." No one expects a "sorry you didn't get an interview" email.
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I run a small business. Each year or so I advertise for an office junior. The advert clearly states the prerequisites for the job. I definitely do not have time or some automated system to send "sorry" letters to 50 people who didn't bother to read the ad or are just applying to meet some Centrelink quota. I do send out "sorry" emails to those who I think were contenders.
Too bad, it's a basic part of employment. Not q sorry email hut simply we are dropping you as a candidate
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It's not always feasible. In Saudi Arabia, they were recruiting 30 female train drivers, and they received 28,000 applications.
Qnd how do they get those 28k applications? Through a computer. Not all of them get interviewed. Use the same machinery to tell the candidats they're rejected
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In Italy, if the answer is no they just don't answer. This isn't only for jobs but for anything--an apartment, a doctor (you can choose your own doctor but the limit for patients is 1,000 per doctor and if he has the limit he'll just smile and say yes), even if you write to a store to ask whether they have a product, anything. I think it's very disrespectful.
I called these "thank-you-but-sorry" letters, but that was over twenty years ago now.
Having just gone through the whole "get a new job"process, THIS a 100%
It's not like it's hard to send off a prefab thank you but sorry email.
Yes, it's just like RSVPing to a party, I need to know who's coming, but it would also be helpful to know who's NOT coming
When I was a hiring manager I would always tell interviewees if you do not hear back from me by such and such date, we went a different direction. That way I didn't have to take time away from running the business and the applicant didn't have to wonder.
I lived in Micronesia on a US island. Applied for jobs and was shocked to get letters when I didn't get the job. Fast forward 20 yrs later when I relocated back to mainland USA and was job hunting... not a phone call, e-mail, or letter.....EVER.
Years ago, I applied for two retail positions at the same time. One place got back to me first, so I accepted the job. Maybe a week later, the second place called to offer me a job. I politely told them I'd already accepted employment elsewhere, but I thanked them for their interest and told them I'd keep them in mind if the current job didn't work out. Four months later, the job at the first place fell through, so I called the second place to see if they were still interested. They were, so I was able to get a new job right away with very little effort.
Yes!!! I was just thinking about this since I’m actively looking for work and I read where I should send a “thank you” note after the interview. I started wondering why I have to send thank you notes when an interviewer doesn’t even bother with a time frame that the decision will be made or even inform you if you got the job or not so I can move on. Myself, I would appreciate an interviewer saying, I find you might fit in this area but, lacking in expertise, people skills, product knowledge etc. etc. , so I know what to work on for the next interview. And it would be less of a waste of everybody’s time if they included at least a starting salary so I know whether I even want to apply for said job. I guess not everybody feels the way I do, but these are the things I would like to know and hear before and after an interview.
As a recruiter, I would say that the reason this isn't always possible is that tons of people apply for jobs they aren't in the least bit qualified for. This lack of qualifications can mean anything from not having the skills mentioned in the job description, to still being in school (for immediate-hire roles), to not having certain certifications required... the list is endless. Sometimes I will get 150 resumes for a role and only 4 - 5 are actually qualified to do the job. I do turn people down in our system, but I can also understand why it may not always happen.
Couldn't agree more. Would it kill the HR guys to send out a simple "Thanks, but no thanks." email?
My father never liked that kind of policy, so when he was running the local cable company and he'd interviewed a ton of people, he'd send a form letter to the people that didn't get hired. Sure, it's not a personalized response that says why, but at least the interviewee knows to move on.
I DO see the opposite of this as well... YOU want the job, YOU went to them, YOU are an adult seeking a job, if they dont call you after a little time, call them?
YES. I have contacted companies so many times about this! Even when I don't get the job you know they're a good employer when they respond
There’s a couple reasons for this. The biggest one being: Imagine managing a team and receiving hundreds of applications. The sheer amount of time you respond to all applications would be a full time job in itself. If I’m applying for jobs, you better believe I’m not doing it one at a time. I’m sending my resume out all over the place. If I get a job at a place that want at my top choice, I would still take it. If I start that job and get an offer somewhere better, unfortunately to the first job, I would take the latter. I’m going to look out for me and do what’s best for me.
When I first arrived in the US from England I was horrified that companies did not send you rejection letters. You spent all the time applying and going to interviews the least they could do was say 'sorry no luck'. This was standard practice in England I could not believe how rude US companies were.
Not just a US problem. Most of Europe is like that
Load More Replies... OK, my experience base here is very narrow, but in the Australian public service, you will always be notified if you don't get the job. That's just common courtesy. But you will also always be offered feedback on why you didn't. Sometimes, the feedback's useless, but conscientious interview panels will try to give you useful honest feedback which can be really useful for future applications.
Definitely and ideally tell you why. I am applying for jobs for the first time in 15 years, and with covid, online, etc it is very impersonal. I never just sent a resume for a job and waited. I found a person of contact and reached out to them. I asked to speak with someone in HR. Now with things like indeed, monster, etc you just hit send and wait. Even worse when they don’t give you the courtesy of saying you didn’t qualify.
I'd vote more than once for this if I could. It's unprofessional, and inconsiderate.
This happens in the UK too. Sometimes we'll be told that we'll be contacted if successful, but even then they don't give a timeframe - it's demoralising af
People need to learn that most corporations don’t give a flying f$@k about the folks they currently employ, much less about the folks they are interviewing!
As an ex recruiter, nope.. I think we don't have the time for that. We are hectic too, my friend. If you don't get further call then you don't get it
This is the same way with banks, I have a 9-17 job (well it's 7:30-16:00) and banks are generally open in the same time. I wanted to change my address in the banks documents so I went in to make that happening (you can only do this personally), they messed up so I had to go back 3 times each time I had to use one of my vacation days to do this, the third time I presented the clerk with an invoice and she was like what is this, and I answered with "You think only your time is worth money I had to take 3 vacation days, because of your error, so that invoice is for the 3 days I had to take" and she just answered that is not how it works and I told her " Well now you get what the problem is, next time solve your problems on your dime not mine". Unfortunately, they probably just laughed when I left, but if I would have been late with a payment or anything they probably instantly bill me for "their inconvenience".
Not trying to side with the companies, but at a job interview for a new store that was opening in our area, I was told there were 300 positions available but that nearly 3500 people applied for the jobs. That's a lot of emails and phone calls.....
YES! a form letter "you were not picked for the job, continue to check our job board for new opportunities" would be enough... just.. something so we know weather to keep an eye out for an interview call or if we need to continue looking for a new job
I completely agree, if I took the time to write an application, the potential employer should have the basic good manners to respond. In my opinion, if they don't it tells me I wouldn't want to work for them anyway.
Not just for applications. Interviewees only. I've applied for hundreds of jobs during COVID because my industry was shut down for ages...the lowest competition for any job was 100 people. Usually more like 500. There's no way an employer can even look at that many resumes, let alone contact every single one to say you didn't get an interview. But there's no excuse for not contacting the handful of people who were interviewed.
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When I was a young student applying for jobs, I was taught that it was my responsibility to follow up with potential employers after interviews. Have expectations changed?
In my experience, Most applications specifically ask you not to contact them after applying. Employers always say "we'll let you know either way in X amount of time" but more often than not, they don't
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Back in the old days, they didn't contact people to tell them tough luck, but they did tend to say things like "If you don't hear in a week, consider yourself to not be hired". However in this day and age would it really be so much effort to email people saying "thanks, but no thanks". I always do when I am interviewing.
Every interview I've ever done has ended with "we'll let you know either way in X amount of time" but then...they don't. So you're not sure if they're just taking longer than they said or if you didn't get the job.
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It's wasting applicants' time and adding unnecessary anxiety. You expect people to jump through hoops to apply let alone go through the interview stages, then silence? That's just lacking basic decency. Even if it's just a cookie cutter corporate email.
A related issue which I only discovered when I moved to this country from my homeland: you apply for an advertised position and never hear anything further. No acknowledgement, no letter a few weeks later saying the post has been filled, nothing. They advertised, you responded, the least they could do is acknowledge receipt. Really annoys me.
THIS- I had a job lined up. Interview went amazingly. The guy seemed really excited to get me started and to work with me. I bought snacks and other thinks for lunch times to be prepared before hand. I sat at home, excitedly waiting for a few days. Tried calling and struggled my ass off to get ahold of the manager. He either wasn't there or too busy. FINALLY got the manager on the phone "They decided to go a different way" (Didn't get the job). I was sitting at home this whole time excited about a job that I didn't get 🙃 I wasted my time being happily clueless.
And it would be really helpful that a reason for not being selected by provided. And not just a statement about the winner being better qualified.
In Australia some businesses inform you and some don't (the ad usually says if you don't hear from us you didn't get it). However there is no requirement to give a reason for not getting it. I have always managed to get the reason I failed simply by politely asking why I did fail so I could improve my skillset for the next time I apply.
Always take other interviews while your waiting. If you end up with a job offer somewhere else, take it. If you end up getting the job at the first company with the first interview, it's okay to tell the 2nd company adios. It's all business. They'll understand if they're professional about it.
In some cases it can take a really long time! I know for government jobs we expected to wait up to six months before hearing a decision. And the more applicants for a position the longer it takes. Plus for smaller businesses if they're trying to fill a gap then the hiring manager might be doing their own job, the job they're hiring for, and trying to sort through applicants AND get everyone interviewed. Yeses can take longer if they're trying to find the best fit for time, money, experience, and teamwork. But yeah, when it's a definite no they should let you know asap.
Do people actually get rejected at interviews? Honest question, I've never experienced this.
It's not mandatory....no company has ever done this in a million years.....as the idiot in HR has no class or common sense. They feel that you don't matter to them as you didn't get the job and continually calling them up just annoys the hell out of them.
No. If they are forced to comply it makes it harder to determine if the company lives it's values. Legislation never solves a problem. At best it hides a symptom. The solution is the candidates. If a company ghosts candidates they do not respect people. Everyone should refuse any offer of employment from them if they share that value. People need to call out the bad behavior. Society has scared people into not calling out b******t so others get away with it. It is an indicator of the values they live instead of the values they publish.
Every employer in the private sector should be required to post the pay for every position, just like in the public sector.
I absolutely do not want to be bombarded with messages about why I didn't get a job unless they're going to explicitly tell me what I could have done better and why. Otherwise, it's just soul crushing.
When my company interviewed for jobs, I always ensured every person got a thank you letter. I have been on the other end of that disrespect too many times to inflict it on someone else.
I get it, but there's a simple solution. Don't wait around to hear if you got the job. Go to the interview and give it your best shot. When you get home, start looking for the next place to apply. Never ever ever sit by the phone waiting for someone to call you. Most of the time there are at least several applicants for any given job, so the odds are you won't get it.
Because they are lazy and no one, mark my words, no one likes the job of hiring people, so they do the minimum indispensable.
So I know someone going through this in the UK and I agree its unacceptable. The excuse I got was "they wait until the first applicant formally accepts it before telling the others in case they turn it down and they need to ask the person 2nd best etc". It's uncalled for. Tell people they're unsuccessful but they did well, be constructive, then if you need to go to 2nd person you're still on good terms". My friend had been waiting 3 weeks following 2 interviews each a week apart. Still no news.
The number of times that I've applied for a job and heard nothing back astounds me. Do these companies really have so many applications in the thousands for a single placement they really can't get back to everyone whose taken the time to apply ?
What? This is silly. Don't wait for answers. Go to the next interview. And the next. You might find you like one of the follow up companies better anyway, and you can always tell someone you accepted another job. You're doing all that footwork for free, you don't owe any of them anything.
Goes both ways. If I schedule you for an interview, show up. Call if you change your mind & don't apply for the same job over& over. You're wasting my time
In 15 years of teaching and interviewing, I only had school districts notify me when I was not selected for a job.
Nope. There is no continent called America. There is North America and South America. If you want to make a geographical comment that seemingly implies that you disagree with people from the United States being called American, get your facts straight.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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...
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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?
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Right? From misogyny to contradiction s, to plain old lack of critical though, what a waste of time.
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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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