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StabbyCat · 06/02/2026 21:38

Inspired by a clip I just saw on Instagram.

Deep breath.

Here goes.

Robin Williams wasn’t particularly funny.

ETA “Start” obviously.

OP posts:
LilyCanna · 06/02/2026 21:58

These threads start with unpopular opinions about mayonnaise and by about page 2 or 3 you get racism and opinions about disability benefit claimants all being liars and autism isn’t real. Every time.

FiftyShadesOfPurple · 06/02/2026 21:59

PocketBattleship · 06/02/2026 21:57

@FiftyShadesOfPurple @BatchCookBabe

Nobody's forcing you to read it.

Hmm, so that kind of content is fine to have on here because 'no one is forced to read it'. OK, then.

B1anche · 06/02/2026 22:00

BatchCookBabe · 06/02/2026 21:56

Oh dear. Another thread full of rude, offensive, classist, insults 'disguised as 'unpopular opinions....' How long before we get 'people who voted for Brexit are thick and uneducated.' And all the usual hate for anyone who may be thinking of voting Reform, or who believes in God, or anyone who has a child with a name that people think is 'common.' 🙄

I'll pass thanks....

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Imagine how long threads would be if everyone who didn't want to participate announced their intention to not take part.

Katemax82 · 06/02/2026 22:00

coconuttyz · 06/02/2026 21:44

Mayonnaise is revolting. Colour, texture, smell 🤢

I feel the same about ketchup!! My kids despise it too

BatchCookBabe · 06/02/2026 22:02

LilyCanna · 06/02/2026 21:58

These threads start with unpopular opinions about mayonnaise and by about page 2 or 3 you get racism and opinions about disability benefit claimants all being liars and autism isn’t real. Every time.

Exactly. It won't be long before it turns rancid, and classist.

EchoedSilence · 06/02/2026 22:02

My unpopular opinion is that people who say 'if you don't like a thread,don't read it' don't understand how the internet works.

FiftyShadesOfPurple · 06/02/2026 22:03

LilyCanna · 06/02/2026 21:58

These threads start with unpopular opinions about mayonnaise and by about page 2 or 3 you get racism and opinions about disability benefit claimants all being liars and autism isn’t real. Every time.

Yes. From "I don't like toast" to "Tommy Robinson is right" in under 50 posts - always.

NeededANameChangeAnyway · 06/02/2026 22:04

I also hate (hate, hate, hate!!) salad cream.

When I was a kid there would often be a stealth tuna and salad cream sandwich at parties and I'd have to slink off to the loo to spit it out

Katemax82 · 06/02/2026 22:04

My unpopular opinion is that Chanel Coco mademoiselle is the worst perfume ever made and I recoil in horror when I smell it on people. I love original Coco though and have a bottle

Designless · 06/02/2026 22:05

Katemax82 · 06/02/2026 22:04

My unpopular opinion is that Chanel Coco mademoiselle is the worst perfume ever made and I recoil in horror when I smell it on people. I love original Coco though and have a bottle

Chanel no.5 is worse!!! Eau de granny in the 1970s

PocketBattleship · 06/02/2026 22:06

FiftyShadesOfPurple · 06/02/2026 22:03

Yes. From "I don't like toast" to "Tommy Robinson is right" in under 50 posts - always.

So if you know exactly what you're going to get here, why have you bothered opening it, let alone posting a comment?

stickydough · 06/02/2026 22:07

Designless · 06/02/2026 21:58

"the most vulnerable" should come last in public policy not first

Whaaaaaaat? I need to hear more about this one.

One of mine is that we should invest heavily in early years, so that those who care for children aged 0-3 should be highly qualified and earning on a par with psychologists. Or be psychologists. And be female.

Teanbiscuits33 · 06/02/2026 22:07

People couldn’t pay me to care about whether someone is in the country illegally or not. There, I said it.

Thesnailonthewhale · 06/02/2026 22:08

McDonald's is perfectly fine to have

Wearing odd socks is odd, not quirky

Designless · 06/02/2026 22:09

stickydough · 06/02/2026 22:07

Whaaaaaaat? I need to hear more about this one.

One of mine is that we should invest heavily in early years, so that those who care for children aged 0-3 should be highly qualified and earning on a par with psychologists. Or be psychologists. And be female.

Hm I'd be up for universal 5 star care for all 3 and under actually. But I think in general our biggest problem is spending everything on people who can or will never contribute and nothing on the people who will. Those who go out to hunt for the tribe should eat first X it's a wisdom as old as our species.

PuttingOnTheKitsch · 06/02/2026 22:09

PocketBattleship · 06/02/2026 22:06

So if you know exactly what you're going to get here, why have you bothered opening it, let alone posting a comment?

Because OP asked if they were being unreasonable to start this thread.

I've been on here for years on and off and they always, always end abysmally.

Thesnailonthewhale · 06/02/2026 22:09

5 fish fingers is perfectly acceptable

Yukono · 06/02/2026 22:09

The beatles are boring

EchoedSilence · 06/02/2026 22:09

PocketBattleship · 06/02/2026 22:06

So if you know exactly what you're going to get here, why have you bothered opening it, let alone posting a comment?

Because that's the internet for you.

Thesnailonthewhale · 06/02/2026 22:09

The Shawshank Redemption is boring.

shhblackbag · 06/02/2026 22:10

It's OK to eat pasta and garlic bread in the same meal. The world won't end.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 06/02/2026 22:10

NeededANameChangeAnyway · 06/02/2026 22:04

I also hate (hate, hate, hate!!) salad cream.

When I was a kid there would often be a stealth tuna and salad cream sandwich at parties and I'd have to slink off to the loo to spit it out

i haven’t had salad cream in ages, is it still eaten? 👀

NorthXNorthWest · 06/02/2026 22:11

The ingratitude of people on benefits will be the death of the welfare state.

shhblackbag · 06/02/2026 22:11

Yukono · 06/02/2026 22:09

The beatles are boring

Definitely.

NeededANameChangeAnyway · 06/02/2026 22:11

mumofoneAloneandwell · 06/02/2026 22:10

i haven’t had salad cream in ages, is it still eaten? 👀

Not by me......😁

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