“Girls Just Pretend To Like It”: 40 People Reveal What Unpopular Opinions They Have About Our Society
Unpopular opinions—chances are, we all have them. Whether we voice them or not is up to us entirely, but of course, some people cannot resist a chance to share their thoughts in some online threads, especially if you can hide behind an avatar and a username that probably isn’t going to expose your real identity to anyone (unless you don’t care, that is).
A popular Twitter user by the name of @jzux aka ‘trash jones’ asked her followers to share their most benign unpopular opinions. As expected, the thread was too hard to resist for a lot of the bird app users as the tweet went viral, receiving over 21.4K quote tweets as well as a lot of entertaining replies under the original post itself.
With that being said, if you’d like to see what is this all about, then think no further and scroll down below to see if you agree or disagree with some of the statements these people shared online.
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Interestingly enough, the Georgia Institute of Technology has actually done studies in regard to unpopular opinions people have. Using the data found (that was based on a popular subreddit called R/unpopularopinion), Dasom Eom, Linh Hoang, and Gerry Oei came to some rather interesting conclusions based on their study.
Their research heavily links to a social phenomenon called the spiral of silence. To understand this better, first, you have to know what the theory of the spiral of silence entails. German political scientist Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann developed the spiral of silence theory, which combines political science and mass communication. It claims that a person's desire to express their own beliefs is influenced by how they perceive the distribution of the general public's opinions.
Making your whole identity about your mental illness is weird too. I understand that being deep down in the hole that is clinical depression makes it hard to see anything beyond that, but you get perfectly functioning humans build a whole new personality and lifestyle around a diagnosis.
The development of internet technology and online communication has recently prompted people to speak out and share their opinions in public online, shattering the barrier of the spiral of silence. Users can openly post and discuss socially undesirable opinions on the subreddit r/unpopularopinion. In this exact study, the forum was studied using the results from participant interviews and community observation. Then they also presented a descriptive analysis to demonstrate how the online space aids its users in overcoming the spiral of silence.
In conclusion, one of the issues with online spaces (especially Reddit) identified in the study is the recurrent re-uploading of similar viewpoints on the same subject. After a while, users may believe the viewpoint is common and widespread after repeatedly hearing similar unpopular thoughts, thus it becomes the popular idea in the end.
Agreed as someone who is planning to be child-free. BUT its also equally annoying when people make kids their whole personality and blame those who don't want them.
I agree, pineapple belongs on pizza as much as all other ingredients such as pepperoni. Let people eat what they want to eat.
YES! It's one of the best flavours along side mint chocolate chip and lemon sorbet
No, some people actually have problems eating certain kinds of food. It might be the texture that will make them gag or throw up. It might give them indigestion.
On one hand, I kinda get this, but on the other hand, a really awesome concert generates an incredible atmosphere that's all but impossible to not get swept up in. Also, it's a way of supporting your favorite artists :)
The idea is that you know a person so well, that there is little risk of buying the terrible gift. I you do not know that person that well, you should be allowed to bring a totaly generic gift. like a bottle of wine or the latest John Grisham.
Uhm ... that sounds like "I don't want it" to me. If I have burgers at noon I will not eat burgers at night.
I think everybody feels that way, and most people thinks oh god no, I can't sing, when they are forced to celebrate a birthday this way, and even the birthday boy/girl will be embarished when everybody's eyes is turned on them. So why we do it is still a conundrum for me.
I find it vice versa. Soft covers won't stay open, you have to break their spines or hold the pages down with a ruler, or use both hands. Hardcover you can leave open on your desk without using hands.
i actually love good wine. everyone has different tastes. people can believe what they want.
Good wine, what is good wine? Expensive? A certain name? It should be what you like, not the status symbol of a wine snob.
Load More Replies...It's ok to dislike something (I hate bacon and can't even stand the smell of it), but implying that everyone else just fakes it is a bit over the top.
Reminds me of an ex- they could never just say they didn't like something, they had to justify why it was universally bad
Load More Replies..."...I can't understand it, so no one does!" - same sentiment
Because it's ridiculous that people should have different tastes and preferences
If we all liked the same things it might lead to shortages but perhaps wars would be less likely.
Load More Replies...Thank you, me neither. I drank in college and thinking about it make me gag. Such a waste of my body.
Load More Replies...A lovely Australian Cabernet / Shiraz is actually pretty nice! Though I have had some expensive wines that tasted like hell and some cheaper ones that were awesome! And don't get me started on that carbonated soap called champagne! LOL!
It's an acquired taste, friend! I used to like white wine and couldn't understand how people could drink red wine... Now red is pretty much all I drink! A juicy, inexpensive Spanish is one of life's simplest pleasures . 🍷
I used to hate wine, because it was virtually vinegar in my mouth, but I loved beer. Then I had chemo and my tastebuds changed. Now I don´t look at beer and have dived into the wonderful world of wine. The darker and richer the better.
Wine is just early vinegar, can't stand it! But I don't think people pretend to like it, they actually enjoy it, good for them
Some wine is genuinely terrible but some is excellent, and what food you pair it with makes a difference.
I love wine. I do not drink it to get drunk or tipsy. I like the taste. It's an acquired taste for some. Not everyone will like it. Some will hate it. I know people who are allergic to alcoholic drinks period.
I was given 2 very expensive, high quality bottles of champagne for my 18th birthday. Tasted like cat pee
I hope this isn't pretentious, but I love having a good steak meal from time to time. If you find a perfect red wine to go with it...it's SOOO delicious!!
If you just don't like alcohol I get it but if it's just wine 🍷 I have to say you may just have to shop around. The flavor options are just all over the place. What I will say is for good taste you should look for ones that have a low tannin count. Tannins just make everything bitter and sharp.
There is wine, and wine and wine! You can choose which ones you like and forego the others.
Wine you can learn to like, but BEER? That's just bitter breadwater to me. Tried dozens of types, it all just tastes like the drippings of bread fished up after a flood. Yech.
Does seem that way. Once in a while there is an adulterated one that is fairly good
The taste of the alcohol spoils all booze for me. Then there is whatever flavour the actual drink is...rotten fruit, hot weetabix, setting lotion from 1980
Everyone tells me its an acquired taste, I feel like nothing good comes from acquiring the taste.
i love some wines...but i hate whiskey, beer, and coffee like the plague...too bitter...we're all different...keeps life interesting
Yes! I've spent my whole life hating wine. No apologies. Don't like beer either. Give me a fruity drink any day of the week, but I don't want to get drunk. I don't like the feeling of being out of control. I didn't like that feeling when I smoked weed either, though I did my fair share of that.
I've always preferred spoiled grain either in its natural state or distilled to spoiled grapes.
That is actually very true. They've done tests that prove that these snobby wine people can't tell the difference between a $2000 wine and a $20 wine. They all just pretend they can pick up flavors and c**p that don't really exist. It's all just fermented grapes. Blech...
You just don't have the palate for it is all. So don't turn your taste into a crusade against wine.
A day without a glass of good wine is empty for me. I love wine, I like to drink it with my dinner and it actually makes my food taste even more delicious :)
Good wine is tasty AF, but there is a lot of c**p out there (I'm looking at you California)
The only real metric i've found that matters is sweet vs bitter (aka dry). Find a sweetness you like and everything else is bonus.
For most of my life, I agreed with the OP until I had something other than the cheap bitter stuff. That's the thing about wine, those that hate it have never had the good wine. For the most part, finding good wine is a secret hidden in plain sight.
I travel for wine... have a wine cellar... even make my own wine. There are A LOT of people who I think make s**t up and would love a $10 bottle if it had a $100 label, but I enjoy whatever wine tastes good to me. IMG_202207...f27869.jpg
Cannot drink it. I appreciate flavors many find abhorrent, like cilantro, but I've never been able to enjoy any variety of wine.
I don't think everyone is pretending, but I do agree that it tastes terrible.
Depends on the brand/type. I know of sugary wines that are like drinking kool-aid and others so dry you make a face each sip (but you get tipsy much faster). You may find a wine that suits you best or you may not be a wine drinker. I will never understand beer lovers, though.
An aspiring wine connoisseur insisted I try the wine he was raving about. Tasted like sweetened dollar store mouthwash to me but he liked it so good for him.
YOU think it doesn't tase good, Others love the taste. For me it's meh but I do taste difference taste is personal, not definitive
Red wines, yes, defo, 100% hot garbage in a bottle. I don't care how many hundreds of thousands of dollars a wine goes for. If it's ANY kind of red, it tastes like I'm licking the bunghole of the vine that gave the grapes.
Imho there is a big gap between wine-snobs, who praise certain wines just because they are super expensive, and the taste-value of a wine. I have a really wealty friend who could afford all the fancy brands. He's a sommelier. But he buys mostly wines that are yummy to the taste and are from lesser known wineries. He served me one of the best Sauvignons I ever had, it was just a delight! A name or a brand means not a lot considering good wines
I love wine, I can't stand beer, and I'm pretty indifferent about mixed drinks. It's all personal preference. Beer snobs can be as bad, or worse, than wine snobs. Drink what you enjoy.
I enjoy wine. Or some another alcoholic beverages. But cannot stand the pretentious boffins, who goes on for ages about where it grows, the history of vineyard, tasting notes that covers pages. At that point I just want do dump can of coke into that wine.
Well, I don't like beer very much. Try to live that down as a German citizen.
I've tried wine (I'm 15, I know...) and unless it's like a sangria where the fruit covers it, i'm not having it
I think sushi and caviar are disgusting but I don't eat it to seem sophisticated ... but I do like a dry wine, and it's not to impress anyone.
I personally hate beer and think it tastes like sour feet, so everyone who claims to like it must be lying!
I thought so until I went to an older colleagues home and realized I still don't know how to buy
If I only had one thing I could consume for the rest of my life it would be wine. But I am not to keen on chocolate... everyones taste is different. Nothing is right or wrong.
For some that is absolutely true, but there are also a lot of people that know what they're drinking and enjoy the variety of flavors in their wine. Most wines are just an acquired taste. I guess I'm not that sophisticated, I love a nice sweet Moscato D'Asti, but can't appreciate the more dry or sour wines. I even worked in an upscale Liquor store where the owner always tried to get my taste broader by letting me try all different sorts of wine... It just never stuck. That didn't however prevent me of any knowledge and knowhow about what I was selling.
Nora you are right, however as a stressed out adult ion the poverty line it’s one of those things that feel so much better than taste and then eventually those things marry up … know what I’m saying Nora
So you're a sad adult with an addiction that makes you forget how miserable your life is. Kerry, this won't make things better for you.
Load More Replies...They play like the adults around them - my older daughter copies my wife and me, and we look after a baby so she wants to look after a baby too. I don't know how different it would be if we had a boy, or we didn't have a second child. Our older daughter also likes playing with cars and diggers, FWIW
Avocados are healthy and contain good ingredients. They taste good with pasta.
I used to think so too. Then I learned that instead of infusing it with boiling water (100°C/212° F), I should use slightly cooler water (70°C/158°F), also the leaves shouldn't be in cup for too long. The difference is big. I'm not saying that he HAS to like green tea but for many people it's a matter of drinking badly prepared one.
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Half of these are just food preferences....when did "I like this thing" or "I don't like this thing" become a controversial opinion? I came here looking for viewpoints like "Marriage should be abolished" or "Organ donation after death should be mandatory" not "I think coffee tastes bad".
Ugh, thank you! This entire thread reads like a bunch of teenagers whining about how mainstream bad, edgy good.
Load More Replies......people who comment "...oh you obviously never had REAL whatsoever..." under each post when someone don't like something.
I was going to say exactly this. It's supremely arrogant to assume their version of whatever the item in question is is the legitimate version. I once commented that I wasn't a big fan of pizza and then had someone say "well, you've obviously never had real NY pizza". Um, yes I have, several times. Still didn't change my personal stance toward pizza in general
Load More Replies...Anyone who makes one aspect of their lives/personality in your face are annoying. I get it man, you like weed, are gay, from the USA etc. Woo. Let's talk about how awesome animals are instead
I thought these were supposed to be unpopular opinions. Why do I agree with almost all of them?
I can't stand the trend of inserting the word "like" 3 x in one bloody sentence.
Is it still 'a trend' though? I remember people doing that since I was a child, and I'm now middle aged.
Load More Replies...I think it's horrifying that true crime stories are entertainment. These are real people with real families who have to keep living their lives while thousands of people pick apart the most awful events they've dealt with. Even if some of the family members are guilty, there are others who still have to see all the headlines and deal with people whispering behind their backs or asking them questions.
Forgetting someone's name that you just met or recently met is a HUGE insult and a massive social Faux Pas!!! I'm sorry, I'm simply TERRIBLE with remembering names (but I never forget a face). I'm never personal offended when someone forgets my name. I'm Josh, not a very hard name to forget, but it does happy. I simply and politely remind them. Why is that such a big deal???
Well, let's see how well THIS goes. I'm a 50yr old guy, single and no kids. When I was 7 I saw "STAR WARS" when it first came out and it was BEYOND AMAZING!! I love collecting a lot of the toys and memorabilia to put up on display. I even still have some of the toys from back in the day and I TRULY treasure them, it makes me happy. I don't sit around and play with them. Just having them brings back such fond memories of my childhood. How lucky I was to live in an age when kids used your imagination to play, which I feel is a thing of the past, everything's video games (and that's fine, I'm not judging). I built STAR WARS LEGO'S from time to time, though not often. It's just a silly little hobby I enjoy. But there seems to be SOOO many people who judge people like myself, that it's juvenile, that it's time to "grow up." I just don't see the harm in it??
Nothing wrong with that!! I'm 41 gal married , and I love SpongeBob,I have no kids ! Lol
Load More Replies...My opion thats probably not popular is its none of my business if you have an opinion different from mine. I'm not always right either.
Other than morons committing any kind of crime--ANY KIND!---I plain and simply don't care what anyone else does. As long as it doesn't affect me or my church brethren, I just plain don't care. I help who I can, leave alone nearly everybody, and really prefer not to know who eats what because of why. People need to just shut up about their food preferences unless someone else asks them specifically....I have a huge load of allergies, so I always make my own food, and boy, do I get hassled at times! Just leave me alone, go eat your ham hocks and liver burgers, and we'll get along just fine.
I'm surprised I didn't see anyone say that they do not like b/w-films. Met so many ppl over the years claiming that b/w-films are bad or boring. They said this to me... a petson whose two fav films are Freaks and Nosferatu. Lol
I! LOVE!! "FREAKS!!!" I like "Nosferatu, but "FREAKS" is a misunderstood MASTERPIECE that's finally finding favor as a cult classic.
Load More Replies...People who put clothes/Halloween costumes/Christmas sweaters on their pets should be banned from owning a pet.
Being judgy over other people’s preferences is a pointless waste of time and should be kept to oneself
I am mildly amused the post the title refers to has dropped way below the 40 post cutoff. It was likely deliberate click-bait.
Half of these are just food preferences....when did "I like this thing" or "I don't like this thing" become a controversial opinion? I came here looking for viewpoints like "Marriage should be abolished" or "Organ donation after death should be mandatory" not "I think coffee tastes bad".
Ugh, thank you! This entire thread reads like a bunch of teenagers whining about how mainstream bad, edgy good.
Load More Replies......people who comment "...oh you obviously never had REAL whatsoever..." under each post when someone don't like something.
I was going to say exactly this. It's supremely arrogant to assume their version of whatever the item in question is is the legitimate version. I once commented that I wasn't a big fan of pizza and then had someone say "well, you've obviously never had real NY pizza". Um, yes I have, several times. Still didn't change my personal stance toward pizza in general
Load More Replies...Anyone who makes one aspect of their lives/personality in your face are annoying. I get it man, you like weed, are gay, from the USA etc. Woo. Let's talk about how awesome animals are instead
I thought these were supposed to be unpopular opinions. Why do I agree with almost all of them?
I can't stand the trend of inserting the word "like" 3 x in one bloody sentence.
Is it still 'a trend' though? I remember people doing that since I was a child, and I'm now middle aged.
Load More Replies...I think it's horrifying that true crime stories are entertainment. These are real people with real families who have to keep living their lives while thousands of people pick apart the most awful events they've dealt with. Even if some of the family members are guilty, there are others who still have to see all the headlines and deal with people whispering behind their backs or asking them questions.
Forgetting someone's name that you just met or recently met is a HUGE insult and a massive social Faux Pas!!! I'm sorry, I'm simply TERRIBLE with remembering names (but I never forget a face). I'm never personal offended when someone forgets my name. I'm Josh, not a very hard name to forget, but it does happy. I simply and politely remind them. Why is that such a big deal???
Well, let's see how well THIS goes. I'm a 50yr old guy, single and no kids. When I was 7 I saw "STAR WARS" when it first came out and it was BEYOND AMAZING!! I love collecting a lot of the toys and memorabilia to put up on display. I even still have some of the toys from back in the day and I TRULY treasure them, it makes me happy. I don't sit around and play with them. Just having them brings back such fond memories of my childhood. How lucky I was to live in an age when kids used your imagination to play, which I feel is a thing of the past, everything's video games (and that's fine, I'm not judging). I built STAR WARS LEGO'S from time to time, though not often. It's just a silly little hobby I enjoy. But there seems to be SOOO many people who judge people like myself, that it's juvenile, that it's time to "grow up." I just don't see the harm in it??
Nothing wrong with that!! I'm 41 gal married , and I love SpongeBob,I have no kids ! Lol
Load More Replies...My opion thats probably not popular is its none of my business if you have an opinion different from mine. I'm not always right either.
Other than morons committing any kind of crime--ANY KIND!---I plain and simply don't care what anyone else does. As long as it doesn't affect me or my church brethren, I just plain don't care. I help who I can, leave alone nearly everybody, and really prefer not to know who eats what because of why. People need to just shut up about their food preferences unless someone else asks them specifically....I have a huge load of allergies, so I always make my own food, and boy, do I get hassled at times! Just leave me alone, go eat your ham hocks and liver burgers, and we'll get along just fine.
I'm surprised I didn't see anyone say that they do not like b/w-films. Met so many ppl over the years claiming that b/w-films are bad or boring. They said this to me... a petson whose two fav films are Freaks and Nosferatu. Lol
I! LOVE!! "FREAKS!!!" I like "Nosferatu, but "FREAKS" is a misunderstood MASTERPIECE that's finally finding favor as a cult classic.
Load More Replies...People who put clothes/Halloween costumes/Christmas sweaters on their pets should be banned from owning a pet.
Being judgy over other people’s preferences is a pointless waste of time and should be kept to oneself
I am mildly amused the post the title refers to has dropped way below the 40 post cutoff. It was likely deliberate click-bait.