To ask what unpopular opinions you hold? (Lighthearted)

[cloggal]

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.

Take that back, cantdoalgebra!

:)

Laughing proper tears at 'my kids eat soil', thanks killpeppa (a truly great username).

All kids used to eat soil, and worms and bugs. We over protect children now, and it is not good for them.

Sorry!

I don't like the modern world and technology - it scares me a bit.

I liked 1995 very much, and still live there in my head sometimes.

This is irrational as well as unpopular but I can't warm to Olivers' parents and I completely avoid Ollies' parents. It's like a phobia and its roots are in history as I dislike O Cromwell, then there was O Reed on TV who scared me when I was a kid. And then the ruddy name took off and became the nine-year-old's version of Jeremy. Note, I don't blame the children!

Definitely agree grennie, when I think of some of the things I did when I was little, there would be whole threads about it on here.

I hate women talking on and on about whether they should be "naughty" and have a dessert. Have one, don't have one, I really don't care.

I can't bear concerts (except classical) or gigs. They're almost bearable if you can sit down, but otherwise a total waste of time when you could sit at home with a glass of wine and listen to the music on your stereo. And not have to listen to a bunch of middle aged fanboys going 'whooooo' and spilling beer on you.

Also theatre. I cannot suspend my disbelief and it makes me want to throw popcorn at the actors to distract them.

Like opera and dance performances though. Musicals make me want to vomit.

I think so many attractive women are with pretty ordinary looking or ugly guys. I always think, you could do much better.

Adults using words such as "tremaze" etc. Adults using phrases such as "I'm a bit short of pennies". The phrase "I just had a cheeky......."

Shudder.

I agree with you sinister about those types of programmes and bands. Mustn't think about anything that might actually challenge the status quo.

"Poetry is pointless."

Actually I'm quite upset by this.

Read it and felt like I was having a little heart attack!

I agree wholeheartedly with the poster above re handbags. They simply aren't worth hundreds of pounds. It actually really fucks me off when I see a discussion about spending the best part of a grand on a bag, despite it being absolutely none of my business what people spend money on. I suppose it's because I can't imagine having that kind of money to blow on something entirely for myself, that nobody else would benefit from, and if I did, I'd buy loads of different things, not spend the whole lot on something as dull as a bag.

If you think poetry is pointless, it's probably because your school decided that 19th century romantics would be so interesting for teenagers. Whereas punchy 20th century poetry - now you're talking.

I don't see anything wrong with naming your child a diminutive name.
I DO think people have a birth certificate name they never use that is only there because they are giving the option of their child being PM/High Court Judge are ridiculous.
I love wind farms, they are beautiful.
Fake tan looks shit.
You can always tell when people have had Botox and other surgery, it looks wierd.
Ugg boots are slippers they should go to the bin,maybe the corner shop in an emergency but no further.
It isn't good parenting to be overprotective.
I love buying loads of stuff for my DC for Christmas and I don't think they are spoilt.
I don't think it's ungrateful to be disappointed when you get crap presents.
Squash isn't evil.
People who would rather ban things than say no to their DC are bad parents.

Animals are not as important as people. Animals should not be allowed as pets in cities without making an application for a special licence and these can be refused. Animals should be destroyed if they harm people or even cause significant inconvenience or annoyance to them.

Earphones that don't fit should be banned on public transport. I don't want to listen to that crap.

Big bass speakers should be turned off in domestic premises after 9pm. Listen to it on headphones. You can have the TV or stereo on if you just use the normal basic speakers that don't have thuddy bass, but don't put them against walls or floors in through-constructed buildings.

I completely agree with gun control with one exception. Stupid thuddy bass in cars at 3 am. If one of those drives up and down your street, and then lurks outside a neighbour's house with the engine running and people getting in and out, and wakes your child, you are allowed to shoot the driver and take out the stereo with your last bullet.

Laughing here, most of mine have already been said.

Hate reality shows, shite magazines full of very little real information, equally shite journalists working on newspapers that fail to write an objective and properly researched articles, celebs that think we're actually interested in their opinions.

I also think that the gas and electric price jokes are unreasonable, and blaming it on the governments green policy is an excuse for them not to dip into their profit margin and be innovative and creative.

I secretly like tv chefs and cooking programmes as I sit there laughing thinking 'my children would never consider eating that'. Very occasionally I pick up a useful tip

I hate the smell of bacon.

I love it that Christmas now starts in November, adverts on the telly, stuff in the shops, I love it all!

Only women with really beautiful faces can pull off very short hair.

I don't care if people have piercings/tattoos/purple hair down to their toes etc etc if they are nice people. Aa asshole is still an asshole whatever they wear.

I like long hair on boys.

I dislike cats and would be happy to see an ban on them wandering freely, shitting in my garden and killing the native wildlife. Housecats are fine.

Rabbits should not be sold in pet shops and marketed as pets for children.

Dogs should not live outside.

I would support child free restaurants.

Well-groomed greying hair looks so much more stylish than colouring to hide the white hairs.