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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:
HFJ · 20/02/2024 17:24

Some of these contributions are really funny. Thank you to all who added thoughts. Let’s hope a comedian out there gets off their LGBTQ/vegan/England-is-colonial-and-racist high horse and takes inspiration from the thread.

ParanoidGynodroid · 20/02/2024 17:25

it’s OK to make a nature program without portaying predators as evil and prey as innocent/good. We can handle the concept of a hungry eagle

Yep. See also children's books and films with their anthropomorphised "evil" carnivores and "good" prey. So blooming infuriating.

SushiMayo · 20/02/2024 17:26

HFJ · 20/02/2024 17:21

Have thought of another

  • going out out and having to spend the evening standing up and shouting over loud music is not fun (likewise eating at loud and scrapey restaurants)
  • it’s OK to make a nature program without portaying predators as evil and prey as innocent/good. We can handle the concept of a hungry eagle without the need to compare it to Hitler or HMRC
Edited

Those aren't unpopular opinions they are just opinions

Thementalloadisreal · 20/02/2024 17:31

Ineedtoletoffsteam · 20/02/2024 16:50

Yes, and "Great open plan kitchen, we can all cook together and the children can play in here and we can chat"

That's my idea of hell - get everyone and their mess and noise out of there so I can cook in peace!

Totally agree.

I cant stand the open plan trend generally. I don’t want to see the washing up and hear the washing machine going while I’m watching telly of an evening. A busy open plan room is a nightmare with kids too.

Josephinehetty · 20/02/2024 17:42

Direstraightsagain · 20/02/2024 15:54

surely someone else has this problem …..

People who walk really slowly sometimes two plus abreast on narrow pavements or walkways with no regard for others who might need to be quick.
Similarly - people who suddenly stop 🛑 in public places and block supermarket isles / pavements etc and have a chat while a queue forms behind them. Forcing an ‘excuse me’ moment that surely could have been predicted (see public place)

oh yes!

Greeksummer · 20/02/2024 17:43

@SausageRoll58 your house sounds fabulous!!

My unpopular opinion is that driving is not essential unless you live rurally with no public transport. I’ve no plans to clutter up my street with yet another car, nor pay through the nose for petrol, insurance and MOTs.

Woofygoldberg · 20/02/2024 17:46

Tomato ketchup is awful stuff...especially on eggs. Eggs should never touch anything tomato based..

myusernamewastakenbyme · 20/02/2024 17:49

I dont get the hype over those stupid giant stanley cups...they look ridiculous.

LaughingCat · 20/02/2024 17:58

That Morrissey is a miserable, talentless git. Can’t stand his music. He doesn’t hold much charm for me, as a person, either.

Of course, I still remember all the lyrics to Limp Bizkit’s whole ‘Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water’ album, so I am aware that musical taste is ENTIRELY subjective 😂

Allthecheeseplease · 20/02/2024 17:58

PigsinBlankets22 · 19/02/2024 21:33

OAPs need to take a driving test again at a certain age because many of them, unbeknown to them, are dangerous on the road!

I think everyone should have to re-take their text every 10 years. I'll leave now......

Melonmango70 · 20/02/2024 18:07

Yes! Yes! Makes me want to commit murder.

This was about the "Happy" song, failed to link it, I think. I HATE that song. Hate it!

Tomatina · 20/02/2024 18:13

Whoever invented the hot-milk milkshake should be imprisoned without trial. I can't even look at the adverts without feeling sick.

MissConductUS · 20/02/2024 18:15

I like most Americans.

SomethingUniqueThisTime · 20/02/2024 18:19

Baked beans have no place on a cooked breakfast. The juice pollutes the rest of the elements.
However baked beans on toast with a little grated cheese is a great small meal.

MoonWoman69 · 20/02/2024 18:28

ChocolateCinderToffee · 20/02/2024 10:08

This is quite true. My cat has just come in and told me he's slung a ball through next door's window, ridden his scooter round Boots and tripped up three old ladies, grabbed the priority seat on the bus and refused to move, and run riot in a 'Spoons with a plateful of fish and chips. Mushy peas all over the floor.

The previous cat's hobbies were wrecking phone boxes and putting obscene graffiti on shop windows.

Honestly, I'm surprised any of my neighbours speak to me, but out of five houses three are inhabited by cats, so there's that.

Edited

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Absolute class!!! Mine told me he was sat on the fence, flipping the bird at the miserable old neighbour and staring menacingly through patio windows, while I was away this weekend. I blame my DH, for lack of punishment and no grounding in my absence. I'm expecting a visit from Officer Dibble in the next few days...

JurassicParkaha · 20/02/2024 18:32

Thementalloadisreal · 20/02/2024 16:08

The healthiness of vegetarian and vegan diets is overrated

Probably true, as vegan junk food is just as delicious and unhealthy as non-vegan junk food.

It’s a lot healthier for the animals though. And the planet.

Vegans think they are morally superior. Because they are.

Unpopular opinion, I don't give a tosh about the animals I eat other than to make sure they're cooked properly. I do however care about the health and well being of human beings, most of whom cannot afford or sustain themselves on vegan diets. Unless they've wealthy first world denizens who can't see the world outside their little bubble.

UnlimitedCake · 20/02/2024 18:35

Peanut butter is vile
Fig Rolls are delicious
Cats are better than dogs 🐈

Talkamongstyourselves · 20/02/2024 18:39

Spiders are lovely

EveryOtherNameTaken · 20/02/2024 18:40

Melonmango70 · 20/02/2024 18:07

Yes! Yes! Makes me want to commit murder.

This was about the "Happy" song, failed to link it, I think. I HATE that song. Hate it!

Edited

It makes me so fucking angry 😂 People seem to be brainwashed into thinking it's happy because of the word.

My friend had it as her phone ring. Felt like she had been to too many 'How to' sessions. It's fucking crap. End of.

JudgeJ · 20/02/2024 18:43

Ratherstandonacliffandsetfiretomyself · 20/02/2024 08:10

Currently staying with family… also currently laying on a sun lounger by their pool in 34 degree sunshine. Absolutely my idea of a holiday!

to add my own to the thread… bananas and anything flavoured like them were created by the devil himself!

I love bananas but can't stand banana flavoured stuff, that banoffee pie looks like a plate of vomit. Also love almonds but nothing almond flavoured.

Ratherstandonacliffandsetfiretomyself · 20/02/2024 18:49

JudgeJ · 20/02/2024 18:43

I love bananas but can't stand banana flavoured stuff, that banoffee pie looks like a plate of vomit. Also love almonds but nothing almond flavoured.

Oh I’m the opposite! Almond flavoured is the one… I noticed an unpopular opinion on here hating marzipan and amaretto!

EveryOtherNameTaken · 20/02/2024 18:56

Dry heat. Prefer humid.

Mirabai · 20/02/2024 18:58

Almond including marzipan & amaretto is the food of the gods.

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 20/02/2024 19:24

Iam4eels · 20/02/2024 15:26

How do you know if someone is a vegan?

Give it thirty seconds and they'll tell you.

hahahahahahaha

🙄

Theedgeoftheabyss · 20/02/2024 19:24

ChishiyaBat · 20/02/2024 11:06

Tell that to my happy little rescue birds and all the other animals saved from cruelty, horrific conditions and in some cases even death.

If pet keeping was not a thing, animals wouldn't be mistreated by some. It's because people can be cruel (intentionally or not) that we have to rescue them. Farming is not included in this scenario. Don't get me started on livestock.

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