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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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monicalewinski · 21/11/2013 11:23

MrsBucketxx

Blush Blush

Sorry, didn't mean to offend - I have boys with short, straight hair so I am unreasonably biased on that one.

GalaxyDefender · 21/11/2013 11:23

A lot of my opinions are unpopular for some reason Grin I'll spare you all the fandom-related ones because most of them will go over the majority's heads ...

I judge people who get sniffy about tattoos/coloured hair/piercings. Or appearance in general, really. Which ties in to another deeply unpopular opinion of mine, which is that I think make-up and faffing with your hair/clothes is boring and a massive waste of time that could be spent doing something more interesting important.

I also get the rage when people judge others for their hobbies. So fucking what if a grown man/woman likes playing with lego/dolls/Warhammer/whatever else it's "cool" to sneer about at the moment?

Also I am deeply suspicious of people who don't like cats Grin

Grennie · 21/11/2013 11:24

I think doughnuts are disgusting.

I hope Sainsburys get the go ahead to build a supermarket near me, in spite of the local campaign.

Ponkin · 21/11/2013 11:24

Same here MrsBucket - even when I tie my daughter's hair back she tugs some out to twirl so it looks scruffy, but it would look even more wild if it was short, unless she has a number one buzz cut :)

DuckToWater · 21/11/2013 11:25

Also I am deeply suspicious of people who don't like cats

Same here, but I think that's more of a popular opinion.

MrsBucketxx · 21/11/2013 11:25

Its ok monica my hair is the same but she is too little for ghds yet.

Praying it will get better.

My ds's hair is short for the reason mentioned.

Chivetalking · 21/11/2013 11:26

Camping is the devil's work

Failing to shower or bathe daily is grim

Children do not need entertaining every minute of every day

Houses should be regarded as homes not investment vehicles

Formula isn't poison

Grennie · 21/11/2013 11:26

People are not being anti children if they don't want normal noisy children near them in a restaurant.

Arabesque1 · 21/11/2013 11:28

People who say 'I have a life' usually don't have much of a one

People who say 'I'm mad, I am' are just immature and annoying

People who talk about 'mummy friends' should be shot at dawn.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 21/11/2013 11:29

Agree that obsession with clothes/hair/make-up is very tedious when there's so much else to life than being an adornment.
Also women obsessing about their weight and going on about their sodding diets all the time
Get a life people!

supermariossister · 21/11/2013 11:29

90 percent of celebrity's who are apparently drop dead gorgeous I don't like.

I can't stand cats they freak me outGrin

I very rarely drink and when I do its only a couple. I find being drunk or drunk people really annoying.

The colours red and green should never be seen together aside from on a Christmas related item. Red and green should never be seen my gn used to sayGrin

rwepi · 21/11/2013 11:30

If teaches really think they are underpaid and overworked they should do something else. Most have never done a "proper job" and would benefit from that experience

GalaxyDefender · 21/11/2013 11:31

Grin This thread is so fun. I could sit here and do this all day, and it's so interesting to read everyone else's opinions.

I completely forgot the one that makes most people do this face Shock at me.
I cannot understand how anyone can enjoy sex. It's so boring. And unnecessarily messy.

supermariossister · 21/11/2013 11:31

I agree with the below I couldn't give a stuff about fashion and know very little about it Grin

oh and people who put their Facebook job title as full time mummy, personal assistant of ds dd and the dog. that's annoying.

rwepi · 21/11/2013 11:31

Superg , my gran used to say blue and green........?

Ponkin · 21/11/2013 11:32

I would never support the death penalty, because I think citizens are not thinking rationally in giving their government the right to kill them. However, I wouldn't give two shits if someone who had raped someone/killed in cold blood, was killed by the victim's family.

youretoastmildred · 21/11/2013 11:33

Huge saggy handbags are ugly and inelegant.
No bag, however nice, is more than £100 of nice, and to hit £100 it has to be so amazing you will use it for the rest of your life.
Pimms and mulled wine are both disCusting.
Long nails are very rarely nice looking. They are often grubby looking and clumsy looking. Short nails are prettier.
We should sometimes eat nicely after the children have gone to bed. All of them (pointed stare at dnephew and dniece) (I think this view is only unpopular in my family, I bet there are loads of extended families who sometimes do nice, late, elegant adult dinners but my sister flips if you suggest she eat after 7 or stay up after 9 and also doesn't apparently care that her children have no manners and I am the only one whose heart breaks that I will never be able to have a nice dinner with my parents again without someone repeatedly being told to leave the piano alone, etc)

supermariossister · 21/11/2013 11:34

It may be you know there's something very mermaid like about those coloursGrin my gn used to say of she saw someone wearing the colours red and green they looked like a Christmas ornament I've never worn them and she's been dead 13 years so had a lasting effect

Famzilla · 21/11/2013 11:36

Whenever I hear of someone thinking all tattoos are gross/dirty/whatever I get all smug & superior because I think they're idiots and that I am better than them. They probably think the same about me so in a way tattoos make everyone happy.

I hate long hair on little boys, especially when I see them flicking or pushing it our their face constantly. It's not cute, you're not rebelling against societies ideation of what boys should look like. You look like a vain twat who cares more about looks than their own child's comfort. Plus it doesn't look cute, it looks grubby!

Ponkin · 21/11/2013 11:36

Motherhood is not a job, and no you shouldn't get paid for it.

However, I think if there are two parents, one of whom works, and the other stays to care for the children: the single income is equally theirs.

Daddypigsgusset · 21/11/2013 11:36

I predict the dc having a terrible case of the squits around dec 18th which will keep them off school for the lay few days of term. elf n safety n all that. They most definitely will not be Sunning themselves in the Caribbean :-D

Peetle · 21/11/2013 11:37

I do not understand why adults drink Coke, or any fizzy soft drinks, other than as mixers.

I do not understand why people "like" large corporations on Facebook.

There really is something wrong with people who like mainstream commercial music, produced by people like Simon Cowell, and who make no effort to find something interesting and original to listen to.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 21/11/2013 11:37

Yes Galaxy, after 25 yrs or so I'd often rather have a Brew
Grin Didn't Boy George famously once say the same?

cantdoalgebra · 21/11/2013 11:42

Poetry is pointless.

killpeppa · 21/11/2013 11:42

I hate when people judge before knowing on someone elses opinion or the way the person looks.

I hate when little girls have their hair cut short the same as their mum.

Cant stand people who think everything is dirty!!! germs are good. my kids eat soil (I dont encourage it btw)

I hate people who describe themselves as weird/fun

normally they are self absorbed idiots.