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
^Exactly! It's the whole "put on your oxygen mask before assisting others" rule from the safety brief on airplanes.
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So many people do the Wal-Mart rant. Give me an affordable alternative or shut up.
An affordable alternative to merchandise from China would be nice.
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This should be higher. Nobody should feel guilty for choices they're forced to make due to the system being so f****d up.
Related to this: Stop hating on McDonald's, Walmart, etc. At least for being "low-class." (If you want to hate on them for treatment of their workers, hiring illegal aliens, whatever, go ahead.) But you know what? McDonald's provides a lot of workers without a lot of money a filling, pre-made meal for about $2 and change. Is it unhealthy? Fine. You found a restaurant chain, or even just one restaurant, that can feed workers with healthier food for $2. But quit acting like you're better than others for disliking McDonald's "unhealthy" food, and let people who eat it have a little pleasure instead of shitting all over them.
Where is this McDonald's that offers "a filling, pre-made meal for about $2 and change"? I can't get so much as a McMuffin for twice that.
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THIS, this is why guilt tripping average citizens of worlds problems are wrong, I know its not so straightforward but I still say it, 70% of emissions in the whole world are done by 100 corporations. Now government says its my fault that world is dying, but even if Finland would be nuked out of existence, I give it few weeks and the total emissions in the world are already higher than they are now, even when our whole country is removed. So me owning a gasoline operated car is not destroying the world... sure I would like to have electric car that can perform as well as my car, no I wont spend as much money on my car as I have spent on my apartment.
USA government uses a lot of our resources, too, then wants us to conserve.
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If you have no choice, you shouldn't feel guilty about it, you should feel angry about being forced to support an exploitative company. Part of being a good person, though, is constantly asking yourself if you have the choice or not.
Same with environmentally friendly products. If you want to save the planet, make it accessible.
Pretty much always been poor, and have always decided where to spend my money based on a corporation's behavior. Never in my life have I crossed a picket line, never bought products from a company whose workers are on strike. I don't need ANYTHING bad enough to spend my money there. I don't care whether you do it or not. I just sleep better and have a clearer conscience if I know I haven't made things worse.
I wanted to buy jeans that has been upcycled.... and then I saw the price : ~250 €. No. I'll stick with the ones I have until I have to patch it up.
Also most local and independent businesses do not provide foods I'm looking for. 1. Too cold for fruit to be grown in my country 2. There's no way for local fresh produce if it's winter 4-5 months. 3. I am allowed to want oranges and pineapples and other exotic vegetables and fruits that can only be grown in countries with better climate 4. Saying healthy eating is everything great, but northern countries generally have too short of summers and soil makeup to grow olives, nuts. 5. I'd love to go vegan but my country can only grow meat year around, everything else is seasonal at best.
I totally agree on this one! I would love to support all kinds of small local business but it's just not possible. I have one, maybe two that I support and I have to be okay with that. It's all I can do. But yeah, we need to stop making people feel guilty for trying to get by in life. Until this economy is fixed to allow less rich and more people to actually have a living wage it is what it is!
Part of the reason you're not making enough money to buy local is because no one else is buying local either - the money that used to go to local businesses and feed back into local economies is now going to huge companies that offer few, if any, local jobs. It's a vicious circle that feeds on itself.
Thrift. You can support local businesses, finger your nose at rich corporations and their shitty clothing for pennies in comparison. My little two has 5 thrift stores to choose from. Everything else I try and source through places like Facebook marketplace.
While I agree I have never been rich enough to buy fancy ethical stuff. It doesn't always cost more though. I have stopped using amazon & shop on the Ebay marketplace which usually works out cheaper. Also fruit & veg shops much cheaper than supermarkets where I live (UK) Also local fruit & veg shops
Agreed. I hate Walmart. It is a horrible company. But I currently need Walmart. I can't afford to go to the local produce store and pay double right now. I do my best to support local small businesses, but I refuse to do it to qn extent that it will hurt me financially. Also, with local restaurants, I usually chose to eat at them, food is usually better and cheaper. But sometimes I crave a bunch of crappy appetizers from Applebee's and I shouldn't feel guilty about that.
Agreed. Most people don't have the time, money and energy to analyse what they are buying and then make complicated plans for what to buy and what not to buy... for a vague benefit, at best.
Not really what they're saying, shopping around to save money is not the same as them shopping at the cheapest place possible despite who they might be giving their money to.
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I worked with a woman who used to hound me about going to a Starbucks a block from my apartment instead of a local place a few miles away. She claimed I should "shop local." Sure, I get her point. But the Starbucks employed local people, too, many of whom were my students. I think people need to make their own decisions about how and where to spend their money. They know best for themselves and their situation.
why should it be the individual's responsibility to save the world when it's the rich corporations that ruin it?! all of our efforts to lead more eco-friendly lives are fine and nice but we shouldn't be admonished for forgetting to recycle a glass bottle when we're not the ones dumping oil and toxic waste into the ocean
It's not the consumer's job to hold corporations accountable for their unethical business practices, it's the government's job. It is, however, the duty of the voter to do what they can to hold their representatives accountable for allowing companies to get away with this behavior. If you can make such companies hurt more by refusing to give them money, great, but if you can't it's still not your fault.
I feel the same way about Amazon. But my husband and I are both disabled so on line shopping is tremendously helpful. I don't want to make anyone rich off the backs of the poor but I don't know any better options.
Amen. My solution has been to buy as much from thrift stores as possible. That way, even if I can't ensure my goods are organic, fair trade and not made in sweat shops, I'm 100% sure I'm not putting new money into that system. (And I'm usually getting good stuff at a price I can actually afford!)
Also : blaming the poor families for eating ''unhealthy''. If you have to raise your children on a budget, how to afford organic products etc?!
Agreed! "You can't pour into a cup if yours is empty" - usually a saying for emotions but works in this situation.
You do what you can. Those who can afford to buy sustainable and eco friendly goods should do so. If you've not got a lot then you buy what you can afford. No shame. We should all do the small things that we can - a billion little things add up to more than 1% huge action. Where I can I buy second hand, but I'm lucky/priviledged to live in an area where these things are possible.
I buy local and support small business when I can but I'm too damn poor to stop buying off the big boys bc they are cheaper. I am boycotting Amazon though
I'd buy local if it wasn't so expensive or if I was loaded. If I can get the same elsewhere for cheaper then why wouldn't I? Then the reply would be some guff about it being on your conscience. Nope, the fact is I don't care.
Had one of those organic vegans verbally attack me at the grocery mart. I looked at her and said sweety, you want to buy and pay for a weeks worth of groceries for a set of triplet boys, knock yourself out. You buying the organic vegan groceries for three boys? Not just a days worth, but a full weeks worth? That shut her up
when covid started, they argued to shop locally instead of online to support independent businesses in your area, thing is, most people around here with their own business act so rude and entitled, why would I support them? My grandma is in a wheelchair with one leg amputated, and people have pointed at her and laughed, loudly gossiping about her, so no, I will never support local businesses if that's how they treat people, I'll go to the cheaper places with the friendly workers, thanks
A couple times a year, I get letters to contribute to the doctors of the hospital I use for lab work, tests, and yes, hospitalization. I’m grateful for the care I receive while there and I have insurance to cover my costs, but I do not have the money to “contribute, donate” or what other wording they come up with, to show my appreciation for the services I received. The lowliest doctor in a hospital makes way more money than I do on Social Security and it irks the hell out of me every time I receive one of these letters. I was at the newest hospital location the other day. Every single lobby, seating area, reception area and the cafeteria was named as the (insert wealthy donor name) lobby, seating, reception and cafe area. With so many wealthy donors, why do I keep getting these donation request?? Even if I could donate 10, 20 or 50 dollars, my name wouldn’t be on any wall which would at least be some sort of acknowledgment. So that’s my pet peeve, am I wrong to feel this way??
Exactly! Also, it's impossible to go anywhere other than Walmart, for instance, in some places. Like my town
let’s not forget most people who get on their high horse about this are so unabashedly misinformed. they tend to buy just as many “cruel” items as the average person, they just have no idea.
People like this, but parents not buying nice s**t for their spoiled kids got more responses lol
Only we can control our responses. No one can make you feel guilty.
THIS! In a capitalist world, with the only thing kind of similar to a set of rules that is accepted and executed everywhere, buying is voting. Ridding people of the ability to chose, makes them unable to effectively vote ... as what you buy every day counts a lot more than that on little crossed-out box every few years does, as it truly affects decisions made by corporate leaders.
We live in tourist area in Italy , it is becoming too expensive to shop locally and to support local , even off season
Agreed. Anytime there's a dip in the economy I hear on the news "The economy is taking a toll as consumers seem to be spending less at retailers. Covid may be a factor in the spending slump." Like wtf? Who cares if Ikea, Home Depot, all the high end malls are not getting our money. Oh, boo hoo.
I saw it phrased as, "I can't afford to take a principled stance against Wal-Mart."
It depends. Are you buying cheap clothes from a mega corporation when you'd actually be better off paying more for better quality clothes that will last? Are you buying books from Amazon instead of a local store because it's $3 cheaper? If it's a necessity like food, absolutely get it from wherever is cheapest, but there's a lot of stuff people waste their money on by supporting evil corporations that poison the planet because it's convenient.
Some people can’t save up to buy better quality items that will last. If I have $5 and I need shoes yesterday, saving up to buy better isn’t an option. If I have $5 and need to feed my kids tonight when I don’t have an oven, McDonald’s will do it, NOT a cheap bag of healthier dried beans.
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This is the exact reason everything is so f*****g dystopian. Everyone sees everything through the lens of their own personal convenience. Conflating wants with needs. It's an excuse to not try, to not think about the broader implications of everything because "woe is me" Stop eating fast food Stop driving everywhere Stop buying s**t on amazon because you're too lazy to move your ass to a store. Stop buying things wrapped in plastic Stop buying cheap imported s**t. All of it. It's not saving you money and it's 10 times worse for the environment
Oh, the people who can afford convenience. For some people, it’s survival for today. Not how convenient it is. I’m privileged and I know that only privileged have “convenience.” Think of the people who have little options to survive today NOT how they should plan for tomorrow.
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There are plenty of decisions you can make that have nothing to do with your wealth, and indeed can save you money. Repair or repurpose clothes instead of throwing them out or buying new. Buy second hand and used where you can. Choose cheap fast food places with a better track record (which costs nothing more). If you have a car, choose the petrol supplier carefully. Poverty is no excuse for not bothering to make choices that benefit you and everyone else.
They totally missed "not buying as much s**t" as an option. You buy less. When it comes to food farmer's markets are always cheaper than giant corps anyway.
Have you heard of inner city poor people? It’s a food desert. Not everyone has access to farmers markets.
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I struggle with that too. There are lots of evil companies out there. I can't boycott all of them. Like I dumped Netflix when they aired that child porn movie and made lame defenses for it. But I still subscribe to Amazon Prime and Apple TV even though they air many things I find morally objectionable. I was talking about this to my (adult) daughter and she said she tries to stay away from the most powerful evil companies, on the reasoning that they do more harm. Interesting thought.
We gotta do what we gotta do. People who engage in that kind of shaming and virtue signaling have issues. It's not even about you or saving the world. Nuts to them. They need to check their privilege and mind their own business.
Yes and no. There are more than two options here. Cheapest isn't ALWAYS the least ethical. I've heard a lot of people who have resigned themselves to the fact that they're too poor to be a conscious shopper -- even people who make more than I do. You're not too poor to try. When two products are the same price, you should know which one is more ethical to you. When a store is having a massive sale, you should deviate from your norm. Heck, I used to run a food pantry. I saw clients pondering ethics questions over free food. You're not too poor to keep informed and try.
My mother-in-law asked why we always shopped at the high end stores instead of Walmart when we were one income and struggling. And I said we were boycotting Walmart because of how they treat their employees and how much they rely on their employees being on state assistance for them to make a profit. There was a long pause and she said "When you're richer, then you can be more political. In the meantime, stop living champagne dreams on a beer budget."
If you aren’t privileged enough to have electricity (you know, oven or hot plate or microwave) yeah, prepared food might be the only option
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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.
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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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