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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.

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TheMastersBra · 20/11/2013 20:21

None of them will admit to it, of course Fleta

PippaMiddleton · 20/11/2013 20:22

Microwave cheeseburgers are bloody lovely.

Puttheshelvesup · 20/11/2013 20:22

Almost forgot, these will make me really unpopular!

I hate Top gun
I hate Dirty Dancing
I hate Pretty Woman
Etc.

All of the above films are massive piles of steaming misogynistic shite.

Dr Who is also a bit rubbish.

absentmindeddooooodles · 20/11/2013 20:22

I hate milk. I find it weird that we drink what is meant for a baby cow.

Not keen on children over the age of 3.

Dont like any action films at all. Hate the racing, shooting and generally wankerish characters.

I am proud of how I handled labour. ( would never boast but am pleased that I got through something that terrified me so much, so well considering)

My ds has girls toys, and pink clothes. Im not teying to be all dickish about it....but he likes these things therefore he gets them.

I hate adults wearing cartoon clothing...I.e disney, betty boop etc etc. Looks tacky and crap.

People who smoke while thwy are pregnant should be done for willfully harming their unborn child. ( fwiw I ama smoker and gave up the day I found out o was pg. Bloody hard but no other option imo)

People who eat with their mouth open are rude and have no mannera. I will judge really badly on the last 2 points.

ophelia275 · 20/11/2013 20:22

To find the French language really annoying, ugly and irritating to listen to.

usualsuspect · 20/11/2013 20:22

I agree that MN royalty are lovely.

TheMastersBra · 20/11/2013 20:22

Totally agree about Top Gun, Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman.

stooshe · 20/11/2013 20:23

I'd ban anything even close to being described as a "pit bull" dog. What that entails, I care not. Unless living in a maisonette/house with a garden, or if one is blind, I'd ban dogs and more than one cat in council properties. I'd ban the con of having primary school children in state schools having to wear a school uniform as kids will find any way of teasing each other as to "who has what". I'd also think that teachers and especially teacher's assistants should have regular drugs tests. I am amazed at how too many of my acquaintances managed to get work in a school where they are meant to be role models for other people's children. They feel entitled to live careless lives, after hours. When it comes to education/children, shit or get off the pot. Not everybody is meant to be everything.
Also if a child doesn't like another child for any particular reason, tough tittay. As long as no bullying is involved or the child who doesn't like another child for no particular reason doesn't isolate the child, I do not think that it is right to curb a child's instinct/intuition.

CheerfulYank · 20/11/2013 20:24

I think babies crying it out is sad. :(

I think more people need to grasp that most children are just average, that in fact, that is what average means. Not everyone is gifted or has SN. Not everything is a phobia or a disability. Calm down, your kid is fine.

Holden Caulfield was a whiny little shit and Salinger's a perv.

I hate people who are irritating about either their religion or their atheism. Just do what works for you and don't be an asshole about it.

katese11 · 20/11/2013 20:25

I think most of the"greatest films of all time" are unwatchably dull (Alien, The Godfather, 2001)

ohtanmybum · 20/11/2013 20:25

People who don't like The Beatles and musicals have no soul, no soul at all. I pity them, I really do.

Twit · 20/11/2013 20:25

Ok, I'll say it. I miss being on MN when I was pregnant with ds3 6 years ago.
I still like it now of course, but I sometimes feel nostalgic about it.
I hate being pregnant. I don't want to hold other people's babies.
I hate being judged because I have 5 kids. I planned on 3 and got 2 bonus babies, I didn't shit in your sandwich.

IsThatTrue · 20/11/2013 20:26

Nope David beckham doesn't do it for me although I'm pretty sure my DH would Hmm

PippaMiddleton · 20/11/2013 20:26

You should only be allowed to send your child(ren) to a school if you live in the catchment area.

If you move out of the catchment area, you lose the place. Tough luck. No sibling rule either.

pianodoodle · 20/11/2013 20:27

If your child is being repeatedly mean to mine at soft play I don't consider it unreasonable for me to "accidentally" bump him into the ball pit while you aren't looking... Wink

Binkybix · 20/11/2013 20:27

The smell of Lynx turns me on.

18 is too young to be on a jury.

cloggal · 20/11/2013 20:27

twit does that actually happen? (Judged for having 5 kids)

That is just totally bizarre to me, I don't understand people sometimes...

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cloggal · 20/11/2013 20:28

isthattrue I think you may be my twin.

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PippaMiddleton · 20/11/2013 20:29

Smoking should be banned. It stinks and it makes people who do it end up yellow-teethed and looking at least ten years older than they actually are.

VerySmallSqueak · 20/11/2013 20:30

I think all books like Jane Eyre,Wuthering Heights etc are unreadable and boring crap.

SPsWouldCatFishNev · 20/11/2013 20:32

I smoke, my teeth are white and I don't look 23. In fact truant police have stopped me before.

I do think sambucca should be banned

IsThatTrue · 20/11/2013 20:32

Grin @ 'I didn't shit in your sandwich!!

workhouse · 20/11/2013 20:34

I don't think that "The Fairytale of New York" is the best Christmas song ever, in fact I inwardly groan when it comes on.

PippaMiddleton · 20/11/2013 20:35

You are only 23 SP and I am sure you look great, but if you were to carry on smoking until you were say 43, then it would have an effect on the way you look.

TheMastersBra · 20/11/2013 20:35

I judge people who use "text" as a past tense. Wink