30 People Hold Nothing Back And Share Their Most Unpopular Opinions In This Group

Yes.

Is this polarizing? Sounds like common sense to me.

I get ops sentiment and agree personally. But that's up to Nepal.

That's not upopular

The person is not wrong - studies have shown that bathing/showering too often actually just moves the bacteria on your skin around.

This one should definitely be higher! I'm not a guy but I agree

Pubbing not clubbing!

Lol, till 2018?! You sweet innocent child, the internet has *always* had a dark side. Source: I've been online since Jesus was a pup.

When people snicker "1st world problem" because you have the basic necessities but still have actual problems, I want to yeet them somewhere.

I’m mostly having a problem with the adults having their children try to get the ball.

This.

Bad grammar and poor spelling always makes someone seem not very intelligent. I think it's because people don't seem to read much anymore. I'm talking about people who have English as a first language here.

Plus you're giving your money to Elon, which is just a waste.

Where does this person live? Here in Mzansi (South Africa) it's sunny 95% of the time. I get depressed when it's winter and too dark. We need the sun for our mental health.

Depends on circumstance. Yielding during heavy traffic so someone can go ahead in the perpendicular/opposite direction is completely acceptable.

Honestly, a LOT of public places need to calm down with music. I understand having some soft background music so it's not dead quiet/fun for the people who are working, but I do not need radio blasting in my ears when looking at bread in the supermarket

Dunno, having a "frog cam" during basketball games would probably still be more interesting than watching people pretend to ride on brooms 🤷🏼‍♂️

Also... kids get sick. So do adults. How are adults in a corporate culture going to stand up for their rights and take time off when sick (sorry, idk if getting PAID sick days is a usual thing in the US, but you should still not have to work when you're spreading lurgy) if you don't learn to do it as a kid?

Met my wife at work 12 years ago. It happens to millions of people, it's just the way it goes. They'll do what they can to prevent it, but as long as work is integrated between the sexes it will surely happen forever and that's just fine with me.

I don't understand both things. Both are a waste of time in my (unpopular) opinion.

And Big Bang Theory ain't no gem either.

I have a good friend who's been participating in kickboxing since he was like 13 and hits the gym on a regular basis. Most buff guy I know, but still far away from Arnold Schwarzenegger or anyone like that. Peak physical condition doesn't look the way the movies make it seem.

I feel the same about the “Alabama is where everybody f***s their sisters hurr hurr hurrrrrrr” joke. Its not funny nor is it anywhere near true.

A Tragedeigh.

I used to tell my students on the first day of class "If I mispronounce your name, correct me. If I continue to mispronounce it, don't say to yourself 'I'm no one and nothing to him." Say to yourself "He's old and stupid.' and keep correcting me."

I am a college teacher. Three years ago I had a new student with a foreign name that I wasn’t quite sure of how to pronounce, so I asked him. He got annoyed and didn’t want to say. So I decided to go for what I figured it was. He was stuck with that for the entire 3-year course. At graduation I heard his mother say his name, and it wasn’t even hard. Little sucker could have had everyone say it right all along, but he just refused. Truth be told, that was only a minor issue we had with him …

I had a patient get mad at me because I pronounced his name (Jesus) the American way, with a "J" sound, instead of the "H" sound. Guy had his wife call and yell at my manager. Bro, I grew up in the middle of nowhere and had just moved to a city that had a bunch of Mexicans, I had never even heard of someone having the name Jesus, give me a break.

It's fine the first time, but after that I'll be pissed because they clearly didn't bother to listen. And as for spelling name wrong in formal/work emails when it was right there in the last email is my pet peeve.

I don't get mad t people when they mispronounce my name- surname included! However I do get pissed when I politely correct the pronunciation and they say they DONT BELIEVE ME and then continue to mispronounce. Yes, this actually happens s lot!

In south africa, where I'm from, you can more or less tell whether a white person has racist tendencies, by whether they bother to check on how to pronounce something, or whether they just plough on ahead with english. The most notorious example is the name Tshepo. It is pronounced Tsair-paw, if you write it in english pronunciation. But white folks insist on saying chair-paw. They think the SH means sh as in "ship", but in the Sotho group languages, the H is just an H, so "Sotho" is pronounced "soot-hoo", not "so-though". Wait till you hear someone try the name "Nhlakanipho". It's not un-shluck-a-nee-fo. It's N'HL-uck-a-nee-paw. Where HL is a fricative L. (Position your tongue for L, but breathe over it).Anyway. Point is, people who get offended by these mispronunciations are offended because the other person basically doesn not consider you important enough to learn how to pronounce your name. Lucky most of us have "slave names" that white people can pronounce. I know a guy who is nice about this. He always asks "what is your REAL name" and when you tell him your clan he also knows the secret clan name. Impressed with him.

My ancestors came to the US from Germany about 150 years ago. We've all kept the original spelling, but after all this time I can't even pronounce it correctly. It would be pretty hypocritical of me to get upset if other people can't.

The only time I got mildly aggravated that people used the English Version of my name was when I was in hospital with blood poisoning. The reason? There was a patient in the room next door to me with the English Version of my name that had a completely different illness and medical chart. Mispronouncing or confusing our names could have had some dire consequences if I didn't point out their mistake.

Chewie Baron

Chewie Baron

Community Member • points

posts

comments

upvotes

FollowUnfollow

Premium

Premium user. Get details.

I disagree with this completely. My name is Seán. The amount of times people have pronounced it “Seen”, I’ve lost count. It is annoying.

a minor mispronouncing is fine. Calling me a totally different name because you can't read is not.

My problem is when people don't make an effort or just call me Greg. What really annoys me is people who know better but still mispronounce my name for a cheap laugh or to get a reaction from me.

Unless they do it a dozen times, then ...

If you're not sure, ask.

It's weird for me because I've been called the completely wrong name and I just nod and ask how I can help. It's usually coworkers that know who I am but just switched up names in their head. I'm at the point where I just don't care at all.

My son, with a fairly common name, has a name that I intentionally spelled differently than normal. From day 1 I’ve had to correct how his name is pronounced. Honestly, it quickly became a family joke that we taught him to just roll with the punches on and actually laugh it off. He’s an adult with a fantastic sense of humor now. And he doesn’t get upset when his name is mispronounced.

The name "Andrea" can be pronounced a variety of ways, and Andrea's get annoyed if the emphasis isn't on and "An", "Aun," or "drea", etc. That can be annoying to the pronouncer.

I have fun with it.

I think this is a bit context specific. There are at least three common pronunciations of my name, so I don't sweat it too much if somebody gets it wrong when they first see it written, and I make allowances for regional accents. I definitely think people get a bit precious about others not being able to perfectly imitate how a name from another region or culture would be pronounced by a lot of call. But if I've known you for years and see you frequently and you still can't get it at least close, I'm probably going to take it personally.

I'm in my 40's, and I could count on one hand the number of people who have correctly pronounced my last name without me telling them. Conversely, I would need a computer to count the number of times people have spelled my first name differently than the way I spell it (Zac/Zach/Zack), even when it's right there in my email address/signature/etc. It's no big deal, but I do silently judge the people who consistently spell my first name wrong when they can clearly see how I spell it.

Khalib. It's pronounced Caleb.🙄

I mean the posters name IS Yellowabcd aka Yellow Ab-Sih-Dee. (we all know THAT stupid name lol) - totally joking btw. I saw the name and couldn't resist! 😂

If people constantly mispronounce your name, maybe the people you should be mad at are your parents.

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

I'd say it depends on the mispronunciation if you should correct people or just go with the flow. My real name starts with a C, and I don't care about any mispronunciation unless someone says it with K. I really don't like that, because it kind of sounds like Karen and I don't want to be associated with that name.