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To ask what unpopular opinions you hold? (Lighthearted)

999 replies

cloggal · 20/11/2013 17:43

NC (not for this) but I'm long-standing MNer (Pom bear, naice ham...)

This might ruin the whole concept of AIBU but sometimes people pop up with opinions that I am shocked by, not because of what they are but just because they are so marginal. (SPs Cliff Richard obsession, for example?)

So, whilst encouraging you all to go forth and spread your weird and wonderful thoughts all over AIBU and elsewhere, what really unpopular opinions do you hold?

I have a couple of corkers, first one is that Kanye West however much of a knob he is actually is a genius.

OP posts:
Jolleigh · 20/11/2013 19:55

TooManyButtons - worded better than I'd manage. Wholeheartedly agree!

MurderOfGoths · 20/11/2013 19:56

Oh yes Leonardo, but could we give them a little slap first?

Wallison · 20/11/2013 19:56

Jolleigh, I have been unemployed and I can tell you that the one thing that gave me confidence was getting a job. A job I was paid for. Knowing that 40 hours of my time a week was worth fuck all would have done nothing for my confidence.

FiscalCliffRocksThisTown · 20/11/2013 19:56

Despite the common ( mistaken) perception that I am posh, i secretly think that

-big Gold hoop earrings look sexy
-That middle class people are not as much fun as either working or upper class people ( yaaaaaaawn at dinner "parties")

  • karaoke is great fun
  • cheap aftershave is a huge turn on (brut)
  • dinner parties are not parties ( did I mention that already?)
  • I look great in leggings ( oh yes!)
ohtanmybum · 20/11/2013 19:57

Wallison - watch out, Claig will write a poem about you send you'll have Flat pack spinning uncontrollably in her/his wheel.

ohtanmybum · 20/11/2013 19:58

And not send

VerySmallSqueak · 20/11/2013 19:58

I think wind turbines are some of the most beautiful,majestic,calming and humbling things I have ever seen.I would like them in my back yard.

I'd be a YIMBY.
(Yes In My Back Yard)

Jolleigh · 20/11/2013 19:58

It really annoys me that most people don't know sushi doesn't have to have anything to do with fish, raw or not. The word sushi refers to the rice!

RandallFloyd · 20/11/2013 19:58

I furiously update my imaginary spreadsheet every time one of these threads comes up.

I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, but sometimes holding that opinion makes you a bit of a wanker.

DipMeInChocolate · 20/11/2013 19:59

I find Keith Lemon funny.

oldgrandmama · 20/11/2013 20:00

I prefer sleeping with a cat than a man (no bestiality involved).

RandallFloyd · 20/11/2013 20:00

X-post MOG and Usual Wink

sparklysilversequins · 20/11/2013 20:01

50:50 shared care of children when relationships break down is bollocks. It is not in the child's best interest to be split between two homes like that and it's all about grown adults getting their rights. There should be one main home.

Most marriages are unequal with ONE of the couple getting far more out of it than the other. If you're happy in your marriage your spouse probably isn't.

Jolleigh · 20/11/2013 20:01

Wallison - I didn't say unpaid! I'd set the placements at the going rate for that job.

IneedAsockamnesty · 20/11/2013 20:01

I've got a thing about judge John deed and I care not a jot who knows

cloggal · 20/11/2013 20:02

MNHQ are watching usual. Hasn't stopped some people being just plain wrong, but most of it has given me a laugh and a few gasps along the way.

I love Michel Roux Jr. Is that even unpopular?

Brew
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SPsWouldCatFishNev · 20/11/2013 20:02

I dont like seafood though never tried it. The smell is enough for me to decide

cloggal · 20/11/2013 20:03

Very true randall

I think everyone is entitled to an opinion, but sometimes holding that opinion makes you a bit of a wanker.

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Wallison · 20/11/2013 20:05

Fair enough, Jolleigh. Not sure how you'd get that past anyone though. Surely if a company can pay for a job to be done they can just hire an employee?

Snowwhite22 · 20/11/2013 20:05

I like the daily mail.

Wallison · 20/11/2013 20:07

I'd quite like for someone to write a poem about me. I have one for claig:

Build a bonfire build a bonfire
Put the tories on the top
Put the libdems in the middle
And then burn the bloody lot.

TeddyBare · 20/11/2013 20:07

Religion should be private - stop bothering me about the local church's roof falling in, the CoE should not have any legal status and schools should teach about world religions in the same style they teach about ancient Roman / Viking religions.
Eating meat is selfish and gross.
Most people who drive are doing it because they're too lazy to cycle or walk and think they're too important for public transport.
There is too much wealth inequality in this country. The minimum wage should be higher and companies should not be able to pay their highest paid workers more than 4 or 5 times more than they pay their cleaners.
Career soldiers are not heroes.

Fleta · 20/11/2013 20:07

I have a thing for someone on this post that someone has mentioned. Sorry.

Cyclists who ride on the pavement / ride two abreast down little country lanes should be banned from cycling.

Kyrptonite · 20/11/2013 20:09

I don't restrict tv

DS has pink converse (he's 4 and chose them)

I think Courtney Love should be shot murdering cow

I quite like Zayn from one direction Blush

I don't fully understand politics. It's all the same opinion expressed differently.

I don't like domestic animals. Tigers, elephants make an interesting pet. I don't care how cute your dog/cat / fish is. It sucks.

Sometimes DP tells me gets to wear and I listen to him.

I miss fabbychic.

cantheyseeme · 20/11/2013 20:09

Idiots should be sterilised to prevent further suffering on mankind Grin