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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask what your lighthearted unpopular opinion is?

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DoYouBelieveInMagic · 19/02/2024 20:38

Not aibu just intrigued. This thread was done on here ages ago and it was so fun. I have two:

Pasta is gross, I'll eat it but its not delicious as people make it out to be its cold slimy dough.

I'm sure she's nice but Beyonce is overrated.

OP posts:
Ratherstandonacliffandsetfiretomyself · 20/02/2024 11:35

Psychotrist · 20/02/2024 10:56

Peppa pig (the tv show, not just the character) is brilliant and hilarious.

The absolute best bit ever is when she puts the phone down on Susie Sheep because Susie can whistle and she can’t. Absolute savage 😂

Me and my (adult) friend send it to each other and just cry laughing

ohxmastreeohxmastree · 20/02/2024 11:35

Midnightrunners · 20/02/2024 10:19

Feminism is a misandrist charter.

Lighthearted? Jesus christ

Timbuk · 20/02/2024 11:37

Taylor Swift (I know I’m the only one in the universe!)

and Dogs

LuluBlakey1 · 20/02/2024 11:38

wishmyhousetidy · 19/02/2024 20:48

I don’t like cats as I like birds and they eat millions of them but this opinion is very very unpopular

We kill 1,500,000+ chickens every week in the UK for food- most have been raised in appalling conditions and injected with chemicals to make them gain weight unnaturally- to the point where their legs break.

Mirabai · 20/02/2024 11:39

Ryan Gosling is not particularly attractive and has a weird nasal whiny voice.

Josephinehetty · 20/02/2024 11:41

ZebraDanios · 20/02/2024 11:08

I don’t get what the point is of those videos where someone stares at a screen and there are some words above their head. Or they point at the words. Is the only way anyone can absorb information by video now, or could we just have, you know, read the words?

Agreed

ohxmastreeohxmastree · 20/02/2024 11:43

Getting your hair done/getting your nails done/going to buy a new dress for a special occasion/meeting a friend for coffee/going to an exercise class are not errands or jobs you’ve had to do which mean you’ve had a ‘really busy day’ !!! They are optional things and I consider pretty much all of them treats that are nice things to pass your time doing! As opposed to collecting children from school, doing tax returns, collecting or sending post, doing the food shop, picking up prescriptions - these are boring chores!

NeedthatFridayfeeling · 20/02/2024 11:44

ursuslemonade · 19/02/2024 21:44

I will NEVER stop cleaning my ears with cotton buds. My ears start to itch horribly if I left them to " self clean".
I am very careful and it never did any harm to me.
Cannot stand that wet feeling of wax in my ears. Boak.

Same here!

lonelywater · 20/02/2024 11:49

Mental health. Give me strength. Why is it assumed that unless stated otherwise everyone is on the verge of a nervous breakdown at all times? It should be the law that after every heavy duty TV documentary/film/advert the following announcement should be made -"if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this programme, get a fucking grip".

WulfWuman · 20/02/2024 11:50

When you're pulling up weeds, all you're doing is snapping tiny tiny shoots of the original weed, the uberweed from which all things come. It's buried deep in an unknown location. One day someone will find it and when they pull it up, the vast network of shoots and sub shoots will ripple to the planet's surface then break through it, destroying all roads and buildings as they rise. And we'll all die. Until then, enjoy your weeding but don't go too hard at it.

girlswillbegirls · 20/02/2024 11:53

preppa · 20/02/2024 11:30

The way Americans describe food is a bit odd.

It's very specific and detailed - like the way they order their coffee at Starbucks.

An iced venti with oat milk and sugar free caramel syrup with stevia and half and half butter sugar cream with olive oil.

I

Yes!! Totally agree.
I visit the US a few years ago.
I was mesmerised at ADULTS ordering coffee using the terms you mentioned with a serious face. Is there any American here who can explain why do you do this?

I refuse ordering coffee with all those terms. I go " small latte please". And thats enough. All this madness is coming to Europe!

Tupperwarelid · 20/02/2024 11:55

Cocker-poos and labradoodles and all those other mixed breeds that seem to rule the world now are not proper pedigree breeds of dogs, why are you paying hundreds of pounds for them?

Euthanasia for should be legalised.

sugarapplelane · 20/02/2024 11:57

I hate dogs with a passion
Mr Kipling makes exceedingly BAD cakes. Why are they even still being sold. As a kid I loved the fondant fancies, but they are actually disgusting

menopause59 · 20/02/2024 11:57

Christmas is draining, expensive and i'm glad when it's over

Saltburn is a load of crap

Mallani · 20/02/2024 11:58

I also hate the way I have to inspect review websites like a forensic scientist nowadays to make sure the hotel room I'm booking doesn't have:

  1. A transparent bathroom door
  2. A semi transparent door, but facing the bed
  3. A bathroom door that doesn't reach the floor or ceiling, like it's borrowed from some sort of Wild West saloon

I do not wish to see, hear or smell my husband poo and pay for the privelege.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 20/02/2024 12:00

Flabagasted33 · 20/02/2024 11:16

Aperol Spritz is horrid, why would anyone drink it.

Because it’s ’very fashionable!’ - or so a SiL said while dishing it out at a family party.

But I agree, it’s pretty orrible.

DarlingEddie · 20/02/2024 12:01

Psychotrist · 20/02/2024 10:56

Peppa pig (the tv show, not just the character) is brilliant and hilarious.

Yes!

The episode where Daddy Pig fixes the computer by turning it off and then turning it back on again had me in tears of laughter.

IIRC, everyone is really impressed and congratulates him and he just basks in all the praise. Particularly because earlier in the episode he kept feeling inadequate compared to another Daddy, and his amazing computer success (in front of the other Daddy) clearly makes him feel like The Man again.

FooFighter99 · 20/02/2024 12:03

Amy Winehouse is overrated
As is Adele

Beyonce can't hold a tune to save her life

EeeewDavid · 20/02/2024 12:03

Sausage dogs are ugly

DoubleBingo · 20/02/2024 12:04

Love peppa pig. My husband and I always shout "we're digging up the ROAD!" a la Mr Bull if we drive past roadworks.

LadyRoughDiamond · 20/02/2024 12:05

Saltburn is overrated. And not that racy - I watched worse on Eurotrash in the 90s.

Otterock · 20/02/2024 12:05

Mirangue is vile. Might as well eat plasterboard

LadyRoughDiamond · 20/02/2024 12:08

lonelywater · 20/02/2024 11:49

Mental health. Give me strength. Why is it assumed that unless stated otherwise everyone is on the verge of a nervous breakdown at all times? It should be the law that after every heavy duty TV documentary/film/advert the following announcement should be made -"if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this programme, get a fucking grip".

Abso-fucking-lutely. Amen to that.

ChishiyaBat · 20/02/2024 12:10

willWillSmithsmith · 20/02/2024 11:07

Or my dog who thinks she’s lady of the manor (she is).

My birds are feathered overlords&ladies of my house too. Free flying, well fed and loved after being abused&dumped on a doorstep.

Westfacing · 20/02/2024 12:15

WaitingfortheTardis · 19/02/2024 20:50

Raisins in biscuits should be banned.

So no Garibaldis for you then.

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