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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.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It works, just not for you. Or me. Or anyone outside a very small, very wealthy minority.

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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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree, pineapple belongs on pizza as much as all other ingredients such as pepperoni. Let people eat what they want to eat.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like tattoos on other people. Can never think of anything I want that badly myself.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES! It's one of the best flavours along side mint chocolate chip and lemon sorbet

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d much rather have neutral cream walls. May be boring, but you can add colour with pictures, rugs and accessories. Then if you want to change colour scheme you don’t have to repaint everything.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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 :)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've been going to very different weddings. The weddings I attend are great - you spend time celebrating with family and friends. You eat, you dance, you chat.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhm ... that sounds like "I don't want it" to me. If I have burgers at noon I will not eat burgers at night.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're not supposed to eat them. you are supposed to look at the package and then throw it out in a few weeks. then they get buried and 3 days before easter, the peeps come out of the ground and appear on store shelves.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Roundabouts and 4 way stops are insanely common across Europe. It’s only Americans that seem to have a problem with them since they’re more rare.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i actually love good wine. everyone has different tastes. people can believe what they want.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Avocados are healthy and contain good ingredients. They taste good with pasta.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IMO the best are mini-donuts still hot from the fryer, and covered in caster sugar, cocoa, and cinnamon.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can be absolutely delicious - but if they're badly made they're just boring and to fatty

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Store-bought doughnuts are horrible. They always have an oily taste that is really disgusting. I recently learned that most bakeries use some s****y frying fat, or that they use it way too long. Homemade doghnuts, fried in fresh oil from sunflower seeds are a delight!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the freshly made mini donuts from a kiosk near Leicester market. That place has been there for decades and if i'm in town with my daughter on a cold day we will get a bag each as they are nice and hot and the bag keeps your hands warm. :)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if this brand is more of a nostalgia based preference? There are far, far better doughnuts..

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE AGREES! My whole family thinks I'm insane because I don't like donuts-

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. That's my family's favorite dessert, and I can not figure out why. I hate it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Homer Simpson has entered the comment section, prepare to be schooled!!!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some doughnuts I don’t like. Like plain ones. Not great. I say doughnuts need to have something on them but if you don’t want anything on them, fine by me. But in my opinion, cinnamon ones, excellent. Ones with chocolate icing, okay, I’ll eat ‘em. Ones with lemon icing, delicious!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The MUST be straight out of the hot oil, rolled in sugar and cinnamon and eaten while hot. Cold iced donuts are atrocities. Get a decent cup cake instead.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry, made properly, to my tastes, donuts are wonderful. Chocolate covered and custard filled are one of the foods served in heaven.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand why donuts are always associated with cops. They're delicious. Doesn't everyone like donuts? Well...I guess not EVERYBODY. ☝️

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but when they are smothered with yuuuuuummmy icing I must say they are

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing better than a Krispy Kreme or Boston-style donut (creme filling & chocolate on top).

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A goodm donut should not be sickeningly sweet. It should (the cake ones anyways) be half way between cake and bagel in taste, and firm with crispy edges you could cut a tree down with! :) My favorite is a molasses donut with plenty of spice.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

blasphemy!...they are the little greasy wheels that make the world go round!...throw a box of donuts on the table at the beginning of a tough meeting...the anxiety level in the room drops by 10 points...even the healthies who won't eat them welcome the smell and look of them....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In general I agree, but a couple times a year I really crave a Boston cream donut.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They can be. I've had donuts that were the second coming of flavor. 90% of them aren't that good, so I'll agree with you on that. But that massive pink frosted donut at Universal Studios in the Simpsons area is freaking amazingly delicious.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

plain cinnamon sugar, freshly made (like minutes old) donuts are awesome.. but as soon as you glaze it, or it's poorly cooked and stodgy (Krispy Kreme I'm looking at you) or try make it anything other than a a fluffy fresh donut its just disgusting

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're eating the wrong donuts. Just as well they aren't good for you.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You haven't had the right donuts. Those things they call donuts in the supermarkets are not donuts. Krispy Kreme does not sell good donuts. Dunkin..maybe. You have to find the really good mom and pop shops to get good donuts.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very much depends on so many things. Ingredients, temperature, place where it's made.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dunkin's is all the rave here, but they can't make a decent plain cruller (longer than wide/sturdy enough to handle dunking).

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the smell, but the taste never matches up. I'm more of a doughnut sniffer

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then you’ve never enjoyed fresh hot Krispy Kreme donuts fresh off the sugar glaze conveyor belt.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed…PLAIN donuts aren’t that good. Now, chocolate filled ones? Those are good!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hot, sugared ring dounuts are da bomb! They also give me terrible indigestion :'(

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, I've had fresh, well-made donuts, and they are heavenly. Sadly, most donuts you will encounter are only so-so.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if they're made with good stuff, AND they're properly made, They are perfect.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on where you get them and how often you eat them... they can be delicious.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agree with others in this thread.... a really well made donut will make you cry it's so good!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Donuts are good in the 3 minutes just after they have been made. After that they lose their appeal.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Different doughnuts have different tastes. I generally like doughnuts, but absolutely nothing is better than the doughnuts from the local fair. I'd go to the fair just for the doughnuts, who cares about the rides.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What about chocolate covered ones. Are you sure about this? Everyone like chocolate covered ones, everyone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even old fashioned ones?! The CAKEY ones? Not those horrible yeasty fried bread dough things.....

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