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.
I 100% agree with this. I'm a teacher and I'm the one who always deals with half a dozen kids wanting to go the minute I walk into the classroom. Why? BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO ALLOWS THEM TO GO, DESPITE INSTRUCTIONS FROM MANAGEMENT NOT TO. I've had IQMS points docked for allowing kids to go. I DON'T CARE. I WILL NOT MAKE A CHILD SUFFER. They may only go out one at a time because otherwise they use the bathroom as a playground and make a mess, but that is also a rule that can be bent in an emergency. Every day I hear the junior (Grade 1 to 3) classes calling for a GA (general assistant) to come and clean up wee, vomit or poo because a child couldn't hold it. Not going to let that happen in my fifth grade class. Hell no.
My kids know if you need to go and the teacher says no, just go anyway. I'll deal with the fallout if they get in trouble
Exactly. That's how my Mom told me and my sister, too. There was a teacher in my elementary school, 5th grade or 6th grade math. He never allowed a student to go to the bathroom.
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Had this happened when was starting grade school. Long story short my folks gave the teacher an ear full and I'm sure the custodian hates the teacher too. Just have a sign-in/out sheet for bathroom breaks (with timestamp). folks can track how long it took and it's very easy to make. But using the bathroom should be a right as holding in wee is very very bad for the body, especially for hour long classes. It can hurt the bladder and kidney. UTIs can occur and so can lawsuits.
My daughter, who is 7, came home the other week and someone in the class had pooped in her wee drawer under her desk, on top of her work - I'm still really absolutely baffled as to how this could even happen in a classroom without anyone seeing anything - when the school said someone had a 'bathroom incident in her personal space" I assumed they meant someone near her peed themselves, but nope, poop in a wee drawer. Was a substitute too so now can't even ask what the hell happened as no-one knows - but could've easily been a kid who asked to go and was refused and they pooped themselves and panicked and lifted it from their pants into the first drawer that was available - I wet myself when I was about 5 in school after asking to go and was told no yet the teacher had the cheek to then ask me why I didn't tell her I really needed to go? Why would I have asked if I didn't -I wa5 6, I loved school as it was still fairly new and hadn't even occurred to me to skive from a class
I get some measure of management here. Always let kids go to the bathroom but limit how many can go at a time to avoid them just goofing off with friends, and if a kid is asking to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes, maybe ask them to swing by the nurse's office on the way back cause that might be an infection or upset stomach.
I peed my pants when I was younger because I was too shy to ask to go to the bathroom. Not sure this would solve the problem, but making it more okay to go to the bathroom might have made me more okay with asking to go. I would hear the teacher say no to other kids or say "We just had a bathroom break" and get all fussy with the other kids about it that I was terrified to ask.
You're saying two conflicting things here -- you're saying that teachers should have no control over how often children use the bathroom.... unless it's a recurring problem and they are taking advantage. Which is what makes teachers want to control how often kids can use the bathroom.
But it's not about pre-emptively being hard on everyone. It's about controlling a student who abused the freedom.
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Yes! I peed my pants as a kid because a teacher refused to let me use the bathroom despite asking 5 seperate times to do so. She kept saying that it was story time and I could hold it until she was done. After she gaslighted me saying I should have just gone to use the bathroom if I had to really go!
A teacher should not get to decide whether a kid gets to go to the toilet. When I was teaching primary school the only consideration was whether there was already a child in the bathroom and depending on whether either child was likely to be disruptive, have the second wait until the first was back. If I couldn't trust a child to come back in a timely manner I might send a more responsible child with them. At high school age, every student should be trusted to do the right thing, and if they betray that trust, chances are they will be caught.
I think that yes, definitely let the elementary school kids go. However, come high school/middle school, a lot of people will ask to go to the bathroom to meet up with friends, text, and skip class (hell, I’ve done it because the class was beyond boring). That’s when the teachers need to crack down a little more.
As an elementary teacher as well K-5. Many kids will abuse the bathroom to avoid doing any work. Senario #1: Student asks to go to the bathroom we start an activity he/she now wants to do. After a few minutes I ask: do you still need to go? NO. #2 I finish explaining an assignment. Student needs to go. I ask do the first problem they answer: I don't understand. I explain, the light goes on, I ask do you still need to go? No! Many times, i'll tell them as soon as I finish explaining this, then just go...
Where else would it be? I'm starting to hate this country...
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One time when I was in first grade, I asked to go to the bathroom because I had to go really bad but the teacher said that there was only ten minutes left of class and that I should hold it. Well, I couldn't and had to do the walk of shame to the family resources office to get new pants. It was horrible.
At my high school, if the teacher ever says no to me going to use the bathroom, I wait 5 mins and ask again. If it’s still a no, then I “notify” them I’m going to the bathroom, not asking just letting them know. Like “hey miss/sir I’m going to the bathroom” and if they ever argue I just have to argue back, because it’s either I piss on your chair or in the toilet. I believe no one has the right to deny you bathroom rights, unless you are a repeat offender who always mucks about instead of just going.
Every single teacher I had would never have a problem with it. They would, however, point out in the beginning of the year that if we were frequently using the bathroom (i.e. ditching class) then said teacher would say they might need to call home to say we might need to see the doctor. Good way to keep the kids from ditching class while making sure we could use the facilities when needed.
I agree with the writer that If a person abuses the freedom to go to the bathroom Then that person should be limited. But menstruation is messy and people have to be allowed to manage it. I leaked all down my leg 30 years ago and I can still vividly remember the humiliation and years of mocking because of it.
We all need to be less precious about periods. Just tell the teacher "I have my period, I need to go to the bathroom.". 99% of the time they won't say no if it's for your period. But we're all embarrassed about it and don't want to tell anyone. It's not a big deal. People menstruate. We can talk about it.
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It is totally wrong to stop any child of such a young age a basic human right! Not only that, but it is commonly known that if people (not just kids) have to hold it in, it causes problems inside medically. 100% agree with this. On a different note, why do Americans always call a toilet a bathroom or restroom? There's no bath and you don't go for a rest (well some workers may do I guess). What's wrong with calling it a toilet, a lavatory, or even just a WC? You know, what it actually is.
Lavatory is no different. It comes from the Latin for "wash" so it means "a place for washing." Washroom or bathroom are the same. Restroom comes from the early 1900s when fancy public venues would have couches and chairs in the room where the toilets and sinks were, so you actually would go in for a rest. Saying just "toilet" doesn't seem right because you are going to a room that has more than just a toilet. Water closet is just super antiquated. It's a washroom.
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This is about teacher awareness of where the child is and child safety, It should not be a power trip. This post is actually: Teachers should not abuse the power they have.
IDK but is it regarding safeguarding maybe? The kids need to be under the watchful gaze of their teacher until that responsibility passes to another member of staff for lunch or whatever? Just speculating because I honestly can't think of another sensible reason to prevent kids going to the toilet.
Theyre in a secure school, you can't pick and choose when its safe for a child to use a toilet. Its about control and its borderline abuse
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My parent removed me and my sister from a school that would not let her go to the bathroom and she set herself my dad went mad with the teacher and took us both out the school and moved us to another better school.
In my 30's at work & had to use the restroom. As I walked past my supervisor's office she asked where I was going. "To the restroom" and she says "Didn't you just go"? I was floored. "Why yes, Patrice, I did. I have a very upset stomach and really explosive diarrhea. Is there anything else you'd like to know about my bathroom habits"? WTF?
YES! My son, at 5, had 2.5 bathroom breaks a day... Im a grown man and I go more than 2 or 3 times a day...
2.5?? how do you do half a bathroom break? skip washing your hands?
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This happened to me in the first grade. And in addition to the embarrassment of wetting my pants, the teacher made me wash up the floor, crying, as the other kids in class laughed and stared. As an adult, I call BS on that behavior. As a child, I just had to suffer.
I used to have to pee more than most do to an overactive bladder but my first grade teacher was sick of me going too much so she finally called me a liar and said no more bathroom breaks. Well sure enough I had to go, she said no and I said F**K THAT NOISE and did a split in my white knit tights peeing all over the floor. Told my mom and never worried about being denied a bathroom break again. F**k you Mrs. Lovinsky
I agree with this but right now the only boys' bathroom on the playground is down AGAIN because kids go in there and break things, pull dryers off of the wall, jump on the sinks until they break, and, my personal favorite, smear feces on the wall. And when that happens the teacher will always be asked why we let the kids spend so much time in the bathroom. I let kids go all of the time. But I have to hear about it when you've not taught your kids how to use a bathroom before they get to school and have to do it on their own.
Had a teacher refuse me asking to go to the bathroom in GRADE 1.... peed on the chair & floor. She then asked "what under your chair?" With glaring eyes. I can still feel the shame blush as I said "water" too embarrassed to say the truth. She shamed walked me to the bathroom / office to get cleaned up. F*****g a*****e. I had urinary tract issues. Also this kickstarted years of shyness, awkwardly staying dumb vs not speaking up in elementary school, which led to bullying by peers. Honestly such a douchebag move to pull on young kids. Still mad !
Here is another idea...design schools to where there are single occupancy bathrooms between classrooms. That way the teachers can take bathroom breaks too instead of having to run a 100 yard dash in 5 minutes to get back between classes.
i dont think ANYONE should be restricted on when they cna go to the bathroom. when you gotta go... you gotta go... it happens.
I can understand having them ask (just so that you know where they are in case something happens), and maybe even saying "If it's not an emergency, you can go when we're done with this" (my science teacher's basic policy), but I don't understand refusing to let them go to the bathroom altogether - even as someone who very rarely needs to use the bathroom at school.
This happened to me when I was in fourth grade. I asked and was denied, couldn't wait, went in my seat and wouldn't get up to go to recess. The teacher finally asked me what was wrong and realized, but other people knew I was really embarrassed. It was a new school and that was my new reputation. Hopefully, the teacher learned from this experience that if someone has to go they have to go now.
In the school my kids went to uo to age 7/8 each class had toilet in the class and the kids could go whenever they needed
It's NOT always the teacher! 50+ years ago In 2nd grade, I sat next to this kid that would start shaking and Sh*t himself every day. The teacher gave him permission to get up and leave anytime he needed. He still sat there and s**t himself...
Learning to use the bathroom at controlled times is an essential part of child development. And I did pee my pants once or twice in the 1st grade. I survived.
This is one of those things that, yes, IF everyone was honest and hard-working, it would be great. But everyone is not honest and hard-working. If kids could leave class to "go to the bathroom" whenever they wanted, plenty of kids would leave class 2 minutes after it started and come back 2 minutes before it ended. Plenty of kids would make plans to leave class and hang out in the hall. Etc.
If the kid is absent for most of the class, then write the kid downt. We have 2 kind of absence form classes, Justified and unjustifed. If you have a a lot of these unjustifed, you can get expelled from high school.
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In my middle school, we were only allowed to go once a week in each class or we had a 15 minute detention. If that didn't make sense, basically if I used the bathroom in my 3rd period class on Monday, I couldn't even ask to go in that class for the rest of the week. Same goes for all classes. I used to hold it for 6 and a half hours because of that.
When I was in kindergarten, my teacher wouldn't let me or my best friend use the bathroom. We both ended up wetting ourselves. Instead of letting us change into our dry clothes (you know the spares your parents send to school) the teacher made us wear our clean, spare underwear on our heads for the rest of the day. Even through lunch time.
I HAD A 1ST GRADE TEACHER WHEN I LIVED IN MICHIGAN. WE WOULD DO RECESS DURING THE WINTER, CUZ THAT IS WHAT WE DO AS MICHIGANDERS. WELL OUR PANTS WOULD GET WET. SHE WOULD MAKE US CHANGE OUR PANTS TO PANTS THAT SHE KEPT IN THE CLASSROOM. MY MOM DID NOT LIKE THAT. THE TEACHER ALSO PUT PERFUME ON ONE OF MY CLASSMATES FINGERS, HE USE TO SUCK THE MIDDLE TWO. NEEDLESS TO SAY, MOM GOT HER FIRED. MRS. OLDS...... SHE WAS LIKE THE M.I.B. TEACHER!!!! LOL
Wow. I guess you were the perfect child never tried to go to the bathroom just to get out of class and fark off.
well so what? If A kid does not want to be in a classroom maybe there are reasons??? Like (a) you are a s**t boring teacher and can't explain for s**t? (b) The child is extremely introverted or autistic and distressed by the environment? (c) there's a piece of s**t bully who is quietly harassing the child? (d) The child has problems at home and wants quiet time?? Lots of GOOD reasons to get out of class, not just laziness. I used to duck classes often for these reasons. The one time I peed on the floor because they wouldn't let me out. It resulted in me being humiliated. F**K FASCISTS.
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My teacher made my class pay tickets to go to the bathroom. She gave us a ticket every day we were at school last week, and we got the tickets every Monday. And if it was thirty minutes after a recess you'd have to pay two. You'd have to pay tickets every single time you went out of the classroom, even if it's just to grab something out of your bag. Oh, you're out of tickets? Good luck.
But some other children would give others some tickets.
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I’ll never forget the puddle some kid left under their seat in 2nd grade.
If left to their own devices kids will not abuse the privilege but will happily go to the potty in front of everyone if not allowed to go.....
Back in the 90s kids pissing themselves was a regular occurrence. Some teachers used it as a bullying tactic. The teacher wouldn't have to clean it up either because it was the janitor's job, and kids were sent down to reception to get spare clothes.
I teach 3rd grade and yes kids in theory should be allowed to go whenever they want, until they start using it to dodge work or they want to go when their friends are in there to fool around.
"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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