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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask what your lighthearted unpopular opinion is?

1000 replies

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:
tennesseewhiskey1 · 20/02/2024 13:29

Oh and vegetarianism and veganism- can’t stand it.

DaBlackCatsAreDaBestCats · 20/02/2024 13:29

Kids playing in the street. Noisy, destructive and make the place look unsightly.

Trolleysaregoodforemployment · 20/02/2024 13:30

Not returning your shopping trolley creates employment - I try to only frequent supermarkets where you do not need a token because I prefer to leave my trolley to be collected rather that take it back to the trolley park. FWIW I never leave it blocking the path or a parking space. The supermarkets then have to employ someone to come out to collect them, I look on it as effectively creating a job that supermarkets would otherwise get rid of. How many jobs no longer exist because of self scanning and self checkouts?

WulfWuman · 20/02/2024 13:31

Lol.

And not returning it at all gives you a carbon neutral method of transporting large items without doing your back in.

PlantsHaveTakenOverMyHome · 20/02/2024 13:31

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 20/02/2024 11:24

Marzipan is the devil’s knob cheese. Ruins all wedding and Christmas cakes.
anything that tastes of marzipan-like Amaretto and amaretto biscuits is bloody awful.

YES!!! Bloody loathe the stuff. I buy bare Christmas cakes and plonk on some icing and my little Snowman and Snowdog figures the night before. It's definitely the way to go!

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 20/02/2024 13:35

Trolleysaregoodforemployment · 20/02/2024 13:30

Not returning your shopping trolley creates employment - I try to only frequent supermarkets where you do not need a token because I prefer to leave my trolley to be collected rather that take it back to the trolley park. FWIW I never leave it blocking the path or a parking space. The supermarkets then have to employ someone to come out to collect them, I look on it as effectively creating a job that supermarkets would otherwise get rid of. How many jobs no longer exist because of self scanning and self checkouts?

Where do you abandon your trolley then?

EbonyRaven · 20/02/2024 13:36

Most (almost always male) cyclists are rude and arrogant, and should be banned from public roads unless they are going to work, or doing food shopping.

Most men who do lots of sports (cycling, fishing, golf etc,) do it to get away from the wife and kids.

Most single people (never married, not married 20+ years and widowed or divorced,) are kidding themselves when they say they are deliriously happy to be on their own for their entire life.

NOBODY is interested in your children, or seeing dozens of photos a week of them on facebook - except the grandparents, and at a push, occasionally aunties.

Wishing someone a happy birthday on Facebook who has no Facebook account is ludicrous.

Your mid 20s to mid 30s (23 to 37,) is the optimum age for having a baby. Any earlier is too soon, and any later is too late.

If you have to announce that you're middle class, you're not middle class.

Genuine wealth/old money don't brag about expensive designer gear, and claim to eat lobster, cavier, and oysters, and drink champagne, as a 'snack.'

Anyone using the word 'naice' to describe something - eg where they live is insecure and wants people to like them, so they try to get people to think they're something they're not.

Being a stay-at-home mum is the best thing a woman can do for her children - and I say that as someone who worked when my kids were little/at school, albeit part time, 3 days a week (then gave up work when they were 8 to 15,) then started part time again.

No-one is impressed, if you have a partner who is old enough or young enough to be your parent, or child.

Most people don't cook from scratch, because it's boring and pointless and doesn't save any money in the long run, and much 'pre-made' stuff that you just stick in the oven or microwave, tastes just as good.

The majority of people who claim (on here) to earn £100K a year actually don't.

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Saladcreamdreams · 20/02/2024 13:38

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 20/02/2024 13:35

Where do you abandon your trolley then?

A canal? 😂

GoodHeavens99 · 20/02/2024 13:38

Wolfpa · 20/02/2024 07:53

English sparkling wine is better than French Sparkling wine.

there is nothing wrong with the word moist

I'm convinced that people disliking 'moist' is just 'a thing'. I don't think any of them truly have any opinion on the word whatsoever!

Like people hating Ross (from Friends), or Jamie Oliver, etc.

They've heard enough people say it, so they figure that they agree with it.

Sallyh87 · 20/02/2024 13:39

Facebook and Instagram are for attention seekers who need validation.

EbonyRaven · 20/02/2024 13:40

Sallyh87 · 20/02/2024 13:39

Facebook and Instagram are for attention seekers who need validation.

💯

idrinkandiknowthings · 20/02/2024 13:41

Olives and pretzels are fashioned from the devil's own cloven hooves.

Theredjellybean · 20/02/2024 13:42

Mary berry is not a national treasure

Seymour5 · 20/02/2024 13:43

ArrrMeHearties · 20/02/2024 11:12

I like mushrooms either with my fry up or in spaghetti Bolognese.
Pineapple on pizza is really nice

Me too, to both!

letmeeatinpeace · 20/02/2024 13:44

Song lyrics are overrated. I can't hear them half the time. Just write a book if you have something to say.

GoodHeavens99 · 20/02/2024 13:44

zingally · 20/02/2024 09:24

Peanut butter is the invention of the devil.

Lorries should be banned from the roads during daytime hours, and only allowed to drive at night.

I used to love peanut butter, but the last time I ate it...the indigestion! 😫
The indigestion! 😫

It lasted for about 2 days.
So, never again.

ParanoidGynodroid · 20/02/2024 13:44

GoodHeavens99 · 20/02/2024 13:38

I'm convinced that people disliking 'moist' is just 'a thing'. I don't think any of them truly have any opinion on the word whatsoever!

Like people hating Ross (from Friends), or Jamie Oliver, etc.

They've heard enough people say it, so they figure that they agree with it.

Yes, indeed.

See also the tedious "phenomenon" of the Mandela Effect. Someone is mistaken about something and people pile on sheeplike to say "I thought that, too! Woo!" when in fact they've spent no time thinking about the thing at all until it was mentioned.

FallingStar21 · 20/02/2024 13:45

tennesseewhiskey1 · 20/02/2024 13:29

Oh and vegetarianism and veganism- can’t stand it.

And I can't stand animals being abused, tortured and killed just so we can make a "fancy" meal out of them.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 20/02/2024 13:45

Saladcreamdreams · 20/02/2024 13:38

A canal? 😂

That's OK then. Thought it was maybe your fault I've got a dent in my car

Thementalloadisreal · 20/02/2024 13:47

It’s really not hard to go vegan. Most people are just too lazy, stupid or selfish.

Thementalloadisreal · 20/02/2024 13:48

Songs by Elvis aren’t that good

PrimitivePerson · 20/02/2024 13:49

wafflingworrier · 19/02/2024 20:44

Dogs.
I just. HATE. dogs.

Completely with you on that one.

fortifiedwithtea · 20/02/2024 13:49

I don’t understand the appeal of Made In Chelsea and have equal dislike for Love Island

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 20/02/2024 13:49

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 20/02/2024 13:45

That's OK then. Thought it was maybe your fault I've got a dent in my car

😆

Wetblanket78 · 20/02/2024 13:53

With you on Stanley cups just get a good water bottle and half freeze it. Stays cold most the day. Game of thrones I just couldn't get into it and don't get all the hype about it. Mussels I love fish but mussels. 🤢🤮

Love pasta though favourite dish is canaloni.

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