Unpopular opinion

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I'll go first ...

B&M is over rated

Most of the home decor is tacky
I can get cleaning products at in the supermarket without a separate trip.
It's not super cheap like people say when you really compare the prices

I didn't start an argument. I asked a question.

All I have done here is say I don't have 3 meals a day and I snack instead!! Dear god.. I thought this thread was 'light hearted' 😳

Nobody's lighthearted when they're hangry!

yeah I think we definitely went to the wrong places to eat as most of the food wasn't great around the Lake. We should've gone to the non touristy places, would have had a better experience

People who claim that adults who do gaming are pathetic and childish, are narrow-minded arseholes who are living up their own arse. Gaming is a massive multi-million dollar industry that is almost exclusively full of adults. It's a hobby, and is no different to people playing golf, or going fishing, or playing football, or cycling.

People who post 'how old do I look' threads are attention seeking bores who NEVER look younger than their age. And the posters who come onto the thread and post their OWN picture on it, are narcissistic arseholes who are as desperate for attention as the OP! And THEY don't look any younger than their age either!

People who leave their home town/the place they grew up, and then come back to visit and slag off their home town, (and bitch about the people who chose to never leave) are complete arseholes.

There is nothing wrong with liking Disney or Harry Potter as an adult, and it's only narrow-minded snobs who think like this. Same type who claim to not watch reality TV, claim they cook everything from scratch, claim to be teeny tiny and only eat salads, and are very likely social justice warriors. I know the type exactly.

@DoraSpenlow

Going to be flamed for this but I think people should have to apply for some sort of licence before having children.

They should have to prove that both parties actually want the child and are able to look after it. I don't mean in terms of having loads of money but willingness to nurture and ensure that the child is loved. There ought to be some sort of compulsory parenting course before TTC so everyone knows pretty much what needs to happen to bring up well rounded children in basic terms

I agree with this. You have to go through lessons and pass tests to drive a car/helicopter/train/plane/motorbike etc, yet anyone can have a baby no matter how unsuitable they are as a parent. Human nature is fucked up. We (women) are able to get pregnant very easily (and have babies/children,) and we have a pill to stop us getting pregnant.

Should be the other way around. Women should be unable to have children, and have to have medical intervention to have them. And they can only have them if they pass strict tests and can provide financially for them, and they have a job and a place of their own. Same rule for men.* *

Most celebrities are totally untalented. For example,

Katie Price .... famous for having big tits and being a slapper. And being a drunk/drug/dangerous driver

Victoria Beckham..... can't sing, "designs" shit clothes.

Ryland Clarke, and all Love Island/The Only Way is Essex etc. Totally talentless airheads. IQ of a potato.

People with real talent go unnoticed by the great unwashed public

I do not judge people on their music taste. It would be very boring if we all liked the same.

Btw i don't care for Taylor Swift. Am i attention seeking??

I’m with you here. It’s beyond me how people can sleep in polyester pyjamas - especially the slippery satin ones. Also being of ‘ a certain age’ i.e. menopausal- I’ve got rid of anything that isn’t breathable natural fibres.

I get what you are saying but considering the government we have, don’t you find giving them absolute control over something this major quite stomach–churning? And it would be so subject to abuse, they could raise the household income seen as acceptable for potential parents, decide that your genes are too faulty or that you are too young/old/not wracked up enough up student dept getting educated – the goal posts could be forever changing including how many babies they currently feel they need to maintain the current desirable population demographics. I agree there are always people who have children and do a horrendous job of raising them but the last thing we need is handing over more of our rights to the government

However horrendous some parents are, there's just no way to organise a system of pre-pregnancy suitability checks without going down the dystopian fiction route. You could have a hugely authoritarian government who effectively impose abortion on anyone who doesn't pass the parenting test (e.g. China's one child policy), or you could sterilise all but a small percentage of the population and keep them as the full-time breeders, for children to be adopted into suitable families. Or you could keep the sexes entirely separate until they had been certified as ready for reproduction. But surely anyone can see that things like that are worse solutions than the original problem. There is no way to mandate who gets pregnant without massive state overreach in a way that is just not imaginable in a western society, barring a nuclear holocaust or some other catastrophic destruction of the whole system.

I'd turn the radio over if her or Beyonce came on too. I don't tell anyone though.

Prosecco tastes like vomit

I've got a few!

• I think a lot of therapy is a waste of money, or even damaging.
• I think the Covid 19 vaccine was overrated (I'm very pro-vaccine generally)
• I think most people look better without tattoos.
• I don't think people should eat meat unless they'd be able to kill an animal themselves (I'm veggie!)
• I think smoking should be banned completely in all public spaces.

Probably more...

re licence to have children, my daughter and her husband practically had to. They adopted my gorgeous grandson and the hoops they had to jump through to prove they were good enough, even grandparents and aunts and uncles had to complete forms.

The Range shop is just full of cheap tacky shit
Modern day music is shit and far too over-rated
Crocs look shit

I agree about Crocs, but they're so comfy! My other unpopular opinion is that it's fine to wear Crocs with socks! 🤭

@Fatnold An ad featuring a 'large' lady popped up on my screen just above your post and made me laugh!

Ads should not show people shaving their bodies. We know what a razor does thanks. It's just another way of brainwashing women into being repulsed and shamed of their natural form.

I full on rock crocs with socks

I'm quite liking this idea!

Perhaps some compulsory minimum hours volunteering in a nursery setting?

That would give people a sense of real life with babies and toddlers and potentially lessen the cost of childcare.

The CRB checks beforehand would be helpful all round. You'd know your potential mate wasn't hiding anything relevant too.

Perhaps some compulsory minimum hours volunteering in a nursery setting?

You think parents are going to be up for their defenceless babies and toddlers serving as training vehicles for unqualified and potentially resentful labour? And presumably paying for the privilege?

@WoshPank
Not without completing the parenting course first and normal trained nursery staff would be there too. The Prospective parent would need some kind of handler/trainer/supervisor.

I think anyone who resents it would obviously unsuited to parenting and they (and their supervisor) would soon know it.

I think a lot of people go into parenting with no clue and just spending time around kids is eye opening.

Your kids before mine, then.

It's no protection at all for babies and toddlers to say their handler will soon know if they're resentful. The way they'll show themselves to be resentful and be spotted will be in their dealings with a defenceless child. Maybe you're ok with your DC being in that position. I'm not.

Where will these presumably trained handlers come from, incidentally? The sector already has a retention problem, which isn't a great surprise as the jobs are inherently inflexible. That's not likely to get any better if the people doing it are the ones who have to decide whether someone has kids or not. Their personal safety would potentially be in danger.

@Realduchymarmalade

I get what you are saying but considering the government we have, don’t you find giving them absolute control over something this major quite stomach–churning?

No. I think strict laws on people having babies SHOULD be put into place.

They could raise the household income seen as acceptable for potential parents.

Not a bad idea.

They could decide that you are too young/old.

Again, wouldn't be such a bad idea. A limit on the age - eg, you can only have them between 21 and 38 would be the ideal IMO. A 17 year window is plenty.

The goal posts could be forever changing including how many babies they currently feel they need to maintain the current desirable population demographics

Again, not such a bad idea to limit how many babies people can have. I don't see why the goalposts would change though. Just set the rules and that's it. Maximum 2, both people should be between 21 and 38, both parties have to consent to having a baby, you need to have at least one of you working full time (and have been in the job for a minimum of 3 years,) and you must have your own home. (Owned/mortgaged, or rented, with a secure social housing tenancy, or a private let that you have been in for at least 2 years.)

The world is massively overpopulated, and too many people who should not be parents keep having children and can't/don't want to look after them, and much stricter rules would help.

Some can say it's dystopian but that's a matter of opinion. It may be an 'unpopular opinion' but that's what this thread is about!!! People are entitled to their own opinions even if others don't like them. I know some people won't like these opinions about having children, but I don't like some other opinions about things on here! I'm not whining and complaining though. It's a free country. People are entitled to think what they like.

What about disability?

What would your household income be, say for the Midlands?

As is so often the case on these unpopular opinion threads, some of the ideas people post are unpopular because they're completely fucking hatstand.

Great for going in the garden though