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."
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.
I love my cats and would do anything for them, but they ARE little assholes.
I'm reading this with my fat a*****e sitting in his favorite place: my lap. He waits by the door for me to come home and instantly comes up to me before I've even had time to hang up my keys. He's glued to me and will even seek me out to "tell" me when he's hurting or sick. That trust saved me a ginormous vet bill when he got bladder stones because he "told" me immediately. The vet said that it's very unusual to catch them so early and that the cat is usually a lot sicker before the owners realize it. I'm just honored he trusts me to have his back.
Cats are experts in making their care givers think they're 100% loyal. Many cats have several homes who know nothing about each other.
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If you keep any animal as a pet you have to accept that it's going to behave a certain way because that's just their nature. I keep pet rats and I love the little cuddlebugs, but I also have to live with the fact that they are inveterate and shameless thieves who see everything as either food or potential nesting material. If they shred your favourite shirt and then go to sleep on the remains because you didn't have the sense to keep it out of their reach, then you have no-one to blame but yourself.
I once had a boyfriend who liked dogs beacuse he could ’tell them what do do’. Nothing against dogs who are wonderful creatures, but it did say a lot about him.
You can tell some dogs what to do until the cows come home and go back out and they still aren't going to do it. They will look all smug and doggy about it too!
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If someone says they hate cats [not a mere dislike!], dig a little deeper. You might be unpleasantly surprised to find that they have issues with either control or consent.
That is my experience, too. Either they only like other beings (be it human or animal) if they can boss them around and tell them what to do or they have problems connecting with animals on an emotional level ("it is just a pet" = no sentinent soul). Both is equally bad in my opinion....
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i've gotten presents by my cat (and by present, i mean a living moth), does that sound like the cat doesn't love me?
I just got adopted by a kitty. (My ducks caught him in their house/cage. LOL) We named him Bruno & he's the sweetest thing!!! I've never seen such a grateful cat b/c we brought him inside when it was a bit below freezing. He's quite the snuggler! And yes, we talk about Bruno ALL the time...LOL
I have 4 cats curled up in bed with me right now. Which is where they are every night. As soon as a turn over to go to sleep, all 4 come up to aggressively snuggle up. Cats can be little assholes, but it's usually because they're a good judge of character.
Cat's are... cats. You can have a loving bond with you. But you don't choose them. They choose you.
Different kinds of animals need different kinds of interaction - not hard to understand
It's like expecting a snake to like you and sit on your lap for any other reason than enjoying your body heat.
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My cat is amazing, she's my emotional support cat, she got me through a very lonely and difficult time in my life, and she continues to care for me. I have chronic illnesses, she always knows when I have a flare and I am in extreme pain. She is all big eyes and soft paws, loud purrs and gentle support - she even wakes me if I'm having bad dreams. She's hilarious when she gets the zoomies at 3am and puffs her fur up and hops sideways like a kitten. She meets me at the door too, and gives me a lecture if I get in late. I've had cats all my life and I've loved them all but some have been extra special.
thats a complete load of b******t. cat owners trying way too hard, and pretending that it somehow makes them superior in some, or anyway is asinine.
Omg! My cat has graduated to a stage 10 clinger and regular clingers only go up to stage 5. I love my kitty!
Agreed. Cats all have their own personalities. My old cat was a love bug. My new cat is not. That doesn't mean she's an a*****e. It just means she doesn't like to cuddle.
My cat is very emotional. He gets mad at me if I leave him overnight.
SO many people in the comments are repeating, "Cats can be assholes." Cats are not assholes just because they do something you don't like or behave in ways you don't like. There's no malice in their actions. They just think very differently from humans. YOU have the superior intellect and it's your responsibility to help your cat live with you. Your cat bites. Ok, have you checked its body language and pupils for signs of overstimulation? Have you used active play to help it expend energy? Your cat goes outside the litterbox. Do you have a setup that works for your cat? Is it clean? Does the cat have a UTI or is it stressed? It's all on you.
Person: Dogs are assholes. Dog person: YOU'RE an a*****e!! Person: Cat's are assholes. Cat person: ...yeah...
I prefer the company of my cats to the company of most people. Cats have never lied to me, cheated on me or betrayed me.
All cats are assholes but their a*****e ness is partially their play. You just gotta know when to stop before they scratch you the hell up 😹
Just because a cat is intelligent and independent doesn't mean they can't love you. They just don't see the need to tell you all the time, like a dog.
Cats can absolutely be little assholes, but that's a good sign that they have personality. :-) And they can love their "person" (to avoid the word "owner", because with cats it not so sure if the human owns the animal or the animal owns the human). I love those little beasts.
Some people read too much into this. An ex-friend chewed me out for saying that I would never even consider dating someone who has cats. They accused me of all kinds of nasty things. I don't like cats and I'm also VERY allergic to them. I literally can't even be around you if you have a cat at home. It doesn't make me a jerk for having a preference.
I hate it when people tell me how much they hate cats - how they would shoot them, etc. If I said that about dogs so many would be up in arms. Sometimes we don't need to hear your opinions.
Ive read that cats are a life lesson in boundaries and I can see it. Besides, all my cats are bonded with me to the point of anxiety, poor dudes. Lol
the main difference is that dogs have been domesticated for longer so they are more adapted to living with us. also, HOW we domesticated (as in for what purpose) the two were completely different. basically there is a reason your cat is more stand offish.
I agree I mean my family of six people we have three cats some of which bond with certain people and don’t with others. We have one that’s really only bonded to my grandpa even then it’s not very big since she gets scared away as soon as him or someone else moves
Anyone who says “I’m a cat person or I’m a dog person” meaning you need to Tupac V Biggie your pets is an a*****e. I love all animals equally. Yes some people prefer one type over another in their home but it’s weird when people put down another type of pet like it’s a competition. I knew a guy who wouldn’t date a girl if she had cats. He meets a girl with her dog in the park (cliche) and they start dating , he comes over , she has 3 cats and he’s like “I THOUGHT YOU WERE A DOG PERSON” she dumped him because his ignorance was a sign of the type of person he was.
You can love little a**holes. How is making blanket statements about cats horrible, but making blanket statements about people who make comments not? Every cat I have ever had has been at least part a**hole and just a smidge away from total a**holeness.
I rescued a female kitten who was 12 weeks old. She had been hit by car, and suffered a broken leg. I took her in for surgery, and took her home afterwards. My work schedule meant my wife did her aftercare while she was recovering. But my cat always clung to me, and seemed indifferent to my wife. When I got divorced, the cat came with me. Cat’s are very smart and very loving. When they bond with someone, they do so for life. Abby is now 15 and still follows me around. She lets me know when her food bowl is empty, or her litter needs cleaned. Cats are awesome!
I’d like to be able to not like a particular type of pet without assholes claiming I don’t have the emotional depth required to bond with one.
Yes and no...they do show affection but it's a little hard to be sure if it's genuinely you they're showing it to or your warm lap and caressing hand.
People don't like cats when they expect a cat to behave as a dog. A cat is a cat, if you want a dog-like companion, get a dog.
I live in Arizona. It is damned hot in the summer. I can’t even imagine walking a dog in my neighborhood. There is no grass. Yards are gravel. My backyard is the same. No place for a dog to be comfortable. I have had cats for 50 years. Have loved everyone and still miss the ones that are gone. I have 5. All respond to their names. Have two who come when I call them. All are affectionate. Litter boxes are not fun but picking dog poop out gravel would not be fun either.
Cats are assholes of the highest calibre, I love my cat but I'd need a calculator and an expert mathematician to figure out how many times she's nearly killed me(I sometimes wonder if it'd be safer to have a venomous snake for a pet than a cat😂)
Cats are a bad choice of pet for those who have low self esteem, and that's pretty much all.
My cat is a whiny as****e. She meows from the moment I get home to the moment I put my earplugs in and go to sleep. When I pet her she walks away. When I stop petting her, she bites me. I have to keep my bedroom door closed at night because she bites my nose to wake me up to pet her. She hisses and smacks my two dogs (one totally deserves it, though). I think she's lonely. I need to get a cat for my cat.
I like dogs more as a pet for me, but I like cats too. I have had cats as a kid and sure they are loving creatures who care for their humans! Dogs have characteristic features and cats have other characteristic features. And both features are adorable. And each one can choose if those features are what they look for in a pet. A dog has to be walked a least 3 times a day. A cat not. And so on.
We have 4 cats and every one of them is bonded to my daughter, where she is they are there, if she is out they look around the house for her, they sleep on her bed with her and are always sitting on her. They range in age from 2 to 17.
I've found that when people say they *hate* cats, and it's not because of a traumatic experience with one, it's been a very reliable red flag that this person is toxic.
My husband was allergic to cats when younger ( red puffy eyes, sneezing, sob) so of course you’ll think it’s lifelong, until 9/2021, while walking to the car a cat befriended him, followed him here and there for a month, he ended up feeding her, then she ate at the doorstep, then all of a sudden she found the backyard ( we live in a row home) he got attached, would tell me so far no signs of allergies, as we know it’s gonna get colder, we brang her in, she would put her paws around his neck to hug him when he would pick her up, follows him everywhere, very affectionate with him, and yes even plays ball with him, she loves her soft stress ball, she would push that ball back and forth, I believe she’s an angel for him🥲
They are independent, have humans as support staff, don’t look up at humans as Gods, can clean themselves daily. I had them from my childhood and love them more than humans.
My cat was the sweetest cat ever. When she was younger she would sit just around the corner of the kitchen and bat her little soccer ball back and forth with me. It was so adorable! We had to have her put down last August when she was eighteen and I miss her terribly.
My cat only likes me. She will walk over my husband and son to get to me. She is my alarm clock now, which is great during the week, but really sucks on the weekend, because she wakes me up at the same time, regardless. She greets me by the door every day after work, with a meow. Mostly because it's almost supper time, but still. Also, she gets quite put out if I leave for work without "our time". I love my little a*****e.
Cats are coded as female, dogs are coded as male. And you all know exactly what I'm talking about.
When I moved here we had plenty of small wildlife. Neighbour moves in with an "outside" cat. Small reptiles and amphibians almost gone, songbird feathers by feeders and in the yard, young bunnies ripped to shreds and left in other neighbours yard, cat s**t in the garden. If you have one of these things keep it inside.
I have a cat, love her, but cats are an invasive species and do hunt for sport. When the weather is nice, I let her hang outside with me, but when I go inside, so does she.
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My Fin is a bit too attached to me. Three other people in the house and he's insisting I pet him while I'm trying to eat.
I'm glad to see this post. It seems like so many people on the internet don't like cats--usually the same people who tease them all day. Cats just have very high standards and if they don't like you it's almost always your fault. I was very close to my cat. It was almost like we were reading each other's minds. Once I helped her catch a mouse. I could go on and on. If you want a cat's love you have to earn it. I don't mean to be putting down dogs, but dogs will usually love anybody.
I had dogs all my life. I was in a living situation where I couldn't have a dog, but a cat would work out. I never thought of getting one before. I did. What an amazing, big guy! So smart. So affectionate. I love them both. So, at times I've had both at the same time. The cat I have now is crazy amazing. She has a routine and God help me if I don't follow it. But, she let's me know when she wants something she rubs her head on my leg. It's mealtime, I need more kibble in my bowl, I want up on the couch to cuddle, it's time to go to bed. But then thete are times when I have put her wet food down and thete is some left on the plate she has difficulty eating. She comes out, rubs her head on my leg. I ask "Do you need it fixed?" She heads back to her dish. I fix it and while I'm doing it she rubs her head on my arm like she's saying thank you. Cats are great.
Cats, like people, all have their own unique personality. I've had (have) a*****e cats, and others that are so sweet.
Animals are not human, stop assigning human characteristics to animals. Yes, I have had in the household both cats and dogs.
What 'human characteristics' do you mean ? The ability to feel and express emotions ? Many animals can do that; scientists have studied that. Do you deny that animals can feel fear ? Ever seen a scared horse or cat ? If they can feel fear, then why not happiness and affection ?
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I tried cuddling my lizard but found out these things were all true of him
I am not really a cat person anymore but I had a cat and my parents had cats when I was growing up. They are full of personality and can be great pets. They are way more devious than a dog most of the time.
None of my cats, current or past, were devious in any way.
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Controlling people hate cats, because they can’t really control cats. In fact, if your partner really hates cats (not phobia, which happens), should be a red flag for you.
Or they've never owned cats. I'm 28 and I've had cats since I can remember. In fact my parents say there were cats here since they married. Every single one is different, different personalities, and you need to learn to know them and how to communicate with them. I do have to admit that there are like some personalities that repeat, if that makes any sense, like there's probably like idk, 100 personalities or so, and they just repeat over and over lol but you need to have several cats in your lifetime to get to see the pattern. But tbh, that also happens to me with people. Sometimes I meet a new person and I'm like, they're totally like this girl that was with me in high school, or they're totally like X TV celebrity, etc
Cats are actually more intelligent than dogs, but they aren't pack animals and don't give a damn about pleasing you.
Once again, the "tolerant" young folks at BP downvote a truth they don't like.
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I have not worked at all to earn my cats' trust. We just live together and accept each other the way we are.
Yup, deep bonds. One of our cats had to get surgery and stay at the vets for a week. No one could handle him. When I came to visit, he had escaped his cage when they opened it to clean and they couldn't catch him. Too dangerous. I came in the room, sat down and had him back in his cage in a minute. He trusts me completely. I came by twice a day after that, too feed him (he didn't eat when I wasn't there) and to move him to another cage so they could clean it. He's all better now, although a little incontinent, but that just bothers us, not him :)
They didn't say it was their biggest problem. It is just, as the title says: an (often) unpopular opinion.
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"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.
Load More Replies... No it isn't. Most of us appreciate other cultures. They aren't the same thing.
Load More Replies... Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way
Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency.
Load More Replies... Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is.
I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive
Load More Replies... Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice).
I have an unpopular opinion. I don't think anyone should be able to have pets or babies until they have passed significant psychological testing. I don't care about rich or poor. Some people should never be allowed to have responsibility for other living beings. If I ran the world, I'd be very unpopular, because I would be a terrible dictator and not tolerate most of the s**t that goes down in the world.
Well, we do license for driving but not parenting...
Load More Replies... Unpopular opinion: BoredPanda reposting Instagram that is reposting/stealing Reddit. How deep can we go?
I don't understand why these are considered unpopular opinions I agree with almost everyone
You want something unpopular? I love human much more than I like animals. And pets. It doesn't mean that I dont like animals, or that I will harm them. But if I have to chose between a human an an animal, human will always come first. And I'll strongly judge you if you don't do the same.
Well, the top part of the list were again not unpopular opinions. The extended list was pretty lame. Not sure why I read to the end.
Unopoular opinion: men and women being half naked/in tiny outfits and dancing “sexy” on TikTok shouldn’t be allowed. Want likes and maybe money for looking like that and doing sexy things? Fine. Make an OnlyFans account. TikTok is used by SO many kids and they should not be watching that. I’m so afraid of my bf’s 8 yearold niece seeing a - way too - skinny girl in a bikini dancing sexy and getting thousands of likes, and thinking “that’s what I need to look like. But I don’t, so I wont ever get that many likes and nobody will ever like me!” And the same for young boys, for that matter. Both the “girls should look like that or nothing will do!” or “I don’t have a six-pack like him, so no woman will ever like me!”
Calling out a brand, business or company on something they are doing that is fraud, like for example, randomly adding extra data and thus money onto your internet bill, gets people called as Karens all the time. And these scammers get off scot free. They don't cancel your plan, when they were the ones calling you every week when you weren't a subscriber. They don't cancel or change your plan back to what it was unless you call them five times.
People commend Poland for taking in so many Ukranian refugees - yet African, Indian and literally any non-white students in Ukraine were restrained at the border, some were even beaten and abused. Poland doesn't need to be glorified for doing what is expected of them as human decency.
So this time BP copied an instagram account that copied reddit instead of copying reddit directly
I’m smiling and shaking my head at the fact that the hockey puck post was upvoted the most (of all topics discussed). Does this means that’s it’s the least polarizing of all the polarizing posts? Maybe the one thing we can all stand united on is that if we witness someone catch a ball or hockey puck at a game, we celebrate their win and let them keep it, guilt-free? 😁
Ieva ... been a fan of Bored Panda for many years. This is one of the best posts I've ever read! Thanks for sharing. - Ed Kelb -
Unpopulair opinion: Bubble tea is a waste of space and only popular because people say it's popular.
This s**t is nothing new. The hard reality is that people have been highlighting and pointing out and attempting to make better some of these issues for decades but the younger generation is just into calling them “boomers” and thinking that their revelations are new if unique snd the world needs to bend to their will. I get why customers are pissed office, some have good reason to be pissed off. Hell, how difficult is it to do your job with integrity?? BP is loaded with threads on what doesn’t work, what’s wrong and how things “should be”. It’s a hard lesson to learn that the world works for the ultra wealthy, not the little guy, yes it’s been getting worse, thank the GOP (the party of fear, gaslighting and greed). You want to make a difference, then invest in the work its going to take instead of being a huge part of the problem. Whining and bitching without learning what it takes to change things, just dismissing a whole generation IS A HUGE PART OFTHE PROBLEM!!!
If the gop is so greedy why is it liberals spending all the money?
Load More Replies... Right? From misogyny to contradiction s, to plain old lack of critical though, what a waste of time.
Load More Replies... No it isn't. Most of us appreciate other cultures. They aren't the same thing.
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