To stat a new “Unpopular Opinions” thread?

[StabbyCat]

Inspired by a clip I just saw on Instagram.

Deep breath.

Here goes.

Robin Williams wasn’t particularly funny.

ETA “Start” obviously.

Why is wishing on somebody what they wish on others bad?

Child benefit for school children, should go directly to schools, to provide support directly to all children. There could be extra support for those on low incomes, and noone is going to convince me that a couple earning over £100k needs that money.

And you're not allowed to say "specky four-eyes" any more 😕👓

Exactly.

My son wasn't born disabled so it's slightly different but if it was possible to detect anything at all prenatally then I imagine the 90% abortion statistic as it is for prenatal DS would apply for many other things.

Public transport should be free and funded through in increase in council tax

Not arguing with your opinion but I fear you may just be missing the trans people who do pass.

I grew up with a trans woman and luck was truly on her side, she’s about 5’2, dainty proportions and has more ‘naturally feminine’ mannerisms than I do. You couldn’t tell when we were young (sometimes even before they started presenting as female as a teen) and with age you certainly can’t.

A relative has a trans son, he’s about 5’9 so not particularly tall but you would never guess. He’s in his mid twenties now and has a deep voice, bushy beard and a gym bro physique. His fiancée is straight and didn’t even know, until they had started dating, that he was born female.

I have come across others that didn’t pass as well but more and more it’s become harder to tell. Especially in the cases where they transitioned early or are naturally more similar to the opposite biological sex.

Were. Two of them are dead and the other two haven't beatled for many years.

When I was younger, I used to think that I wouldn't abort for something like that, then I met an older woman who had a young son with down's (pre natal testing hadn't detected it). He was non-verbal and still in nappies at the age of 6. She said he didn't sleep, and she and her husband split the night into shifts because he couldn't be left unsupervised. Had to be taken to hospital every 6 weeks to be sedated so his teeth could be cleaned. And he was already so aggressive that they were in the process of having him moved to full time residential care because he was a danger to her. Now I'm very much of the opinion that I wouldn't hesitate to abort and that it is absolutely fine to refuse to take that on.

I think Trace Lysette, Angelica Ross and Indya Moore pass pretty well. (Trace Lysette also looked fairly fem before she ever started transitioning though.)

But that aside yep, I think the ones I tend to see passing very well are Thai.

The NHS should only cover life threatening conditions, conditions that prevent people from working or enabling them to fulfil parenting/caring responsibilities, living independently, and conditions that cause significant pain or treatment to prevent significant pain. I think things like IVF, gender affirming surgery, and most (not all) cosmetic surgeries are non-essential and should be paid for privately.

Do you think the stuff that falls inbetween the two should be left unfunded until it becomes serious enough to fit into category 1 then? That sounds expensive. I'd rather people could get help before things become life threatening or prevent them from working and caring.

what are 'naturally feminine' mannerisms please?

You’re not allowed to say ANYTHING anymore. Not allowed to find humour in anything because of the terminally offended

Most earning that wouldnt get it .

Parents of small children are the most self-centred, narrow-minded, blinkered people in society.
You can remove your pubic hair and still be a feminist.
Mince pies are disgusting

Religions are overrated & should be banned worldwide.

I saw a link to a new story on Facebook about a couple who had a tomato shaped like a duck. Made my day 🥰

It’s not a trend. Short-sightedness is on the increase globally.

https://business.itn.co.uk/the-rise-of-myopia-why-childrens-eye-health-is-declining-worldwide/

Yes. I think the fact that Downs has associated physical problems, such as heart defects, makes the idea of termination more acceptable to people. I think if autism were detectable, many people would choose to terminate, but there would be an increased level of apparent disapproval from some elements of society. Part of this could be a result of the “autism is a superpower” push in recent years, which has helped to disguise the full extent of the need for support that autistic people and their families require.

Im in my 50,s and loads of kids wore glasses when I was youg they got national health glasses, pink for girls ,blue or brown for boys ,
I was very jealous I always wanted to wear glasses 😂😂😂

Parent is a noun, not a verb.

I'm autistic, and I agree. Life has been a real struggle. I feel an awful lot of frustration towards the 'neuro spicy' mob.

My experience of the NHS is generally good - it saved my life when I had a miscarriage (though I am now told that what was done was obstetric violence as I was unconscious/semi-conscious through blood loss and in danger of sepsis and not coherent). My late DH received marvellous care in a NHS ITU (my ex-BiL, a doctor, said the place was the best in the country and I can believe him). My mother died in an NHS hospital that was overcrowded. She had been admitted a few days earlier with a lung infection. The doctor tried very hard to find us a private place for her to die (as they had done with my DMiL years earlier) but could not. But they did their best and the doctor who spoke to us was compassionate and also overworked.
It is a problem of resources, not ethos. We should be proud that as a nation we decided that everyone was worthy of good health care free at the point of access, be they prince or homeless person on the street. What we should deprecate is continually electing governments who treat the NHS as a political football, underfund it to cut (some) people's taxes and who would like to privatise the lot in the form of the US system (never the French or the Swiss or the German systems, which are also insurance based but the insurance is regulated and insurers pay for what the doctors decide is necessary, not vice versa as in the US).
Shame on us for that. But the NHS is a great act of Christian witness, of which we should be proud.

I always wanted plastic sandals - asked my Mum if we couldn't afford them 😬

The minimalist white, light grey and similar light-toned, colourless decor and furniture that have been so popular for decades now, is all soul-destroyingly dull and ugly.

That’s why I put it in quotes, maybe I should’ve said ‘naturally feminine’ (whatever that means) because that is what I meant.

In our case people would comment on it because I was very rough and tumble, would get into fights with boys and was generally a bit of a heavy handed bull in a china shop.

Remember we were children here and it was a long time ago, before there was any sort of noise around the subject.

She has always been very gentle and dainty, just like most of our other friends who were girls I suppose. Was just much more softly spoken and graceful than me.

Which are all obviously just gender norms and stereotypes and don’t mean anything but does add to the ability to ‘pass’.