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.

No-one needs to take a bottle of water around with them all the time.

Good quality bacon doesn't. 😋

Are you me?!

I hate rap 'music'.

Oh, and mushrooms.

Very much agree. It seems like it's just your luck sometimes - the NHS saved my daughter's life yet elsewhere there are serious, systemic failures on the very same thing that threatened her life. Resources are stretched too thin. In many ways it's not fit for purpose, but that's not a failing of the principle of universal healthcare.

I agree that trans people can pass with a lot of effort - but that does not make them the opposite sex. They just "pass" for the opposite sex without being one.

I accept that there could be trans people who quietly live their lives and no one knows they are trans - though I never met any. The ones that are noticeable are obviously the ones that do not pass, and I met a lot of these.

Some conspiracy theories are true.
But it is a hard job picking out which ones.

saving this on to read it. Fresh air always needed. Airing opinions sounds criticizing, but hey: what better than airing one's unpopular opinions. I aired mine and will be trying to go further and find new trains of thoughts for the up coming thread

The fake line between legal and illegal immigration doesn't actually elevate you above anyone else who has an us and them mindset.

Oh so agree.

I am intrigued by this thread.
Scrolling back to see what else is on it.

Well look at Epstein. Turns out a bunch of rich child-abusing deviants do actually run society.

I get migraine episodes where my central vision disappears and I have to navigate only through periferal vision, and my hands look small and feel far away and detached from.me, as do my arms. I dont want your ritualistic drug experiences thank you very much.

That's what 'they' want you to think 🤔🙂

OMG this!!!!
Swim England has been a total effing nightmare for me and my DC!
I absolutely bloody HATE it and I have developed an irrational rage against it!😂
Jesus Christ. I simply want my DC to be able to swim front crawl with strength and to be able to keep going at the same strength for a decent distance. I want them to be able to do this so that it increases their chances of being able to get themselves out of trouble in the water (I know strong swimmers still drown, but being able to swim one stroke really well and for a good duration of time still increases your chances of getting yourself to safety in water).
But no.
Not with Swim England.
Swim England insist on not progressing my DC in their front crawl until they can perform butterfly (who tf would choose butterfly stroke if they were in danger) and dolphin (who tf would choose dolphin if they were in danger) and do under water handstands and under water forward rolls, none of which my DC can competently do. And none of which I care about them being able to do.
OMFG.
Just teach my DC to SWIM (strongly)!
And the worst thing is, having scoured every pool in my area, I cannot find a pool that offers anything other than Swim England.

I am of the firm belief that most of the so called "special needs" children are just poorly parented who spend more time on screens than actually tending to their children's needs. 20 years ago you rarely heard of small children attacking other pupils and even teachers. Now for some teachers is seems to be a daily occurrence.
No wonder they are leaving in droves. And no bloody wonder the parents are pissed off when once again their child has been kicked, scratched and hair pulled, while the perpetrator is protected

My thoughts entirely. We didn’t have special needs kids at primary school. They were just the naughty kids.

People that think (or worse, don't think but say anyway) things like pregnancy and period pain aren't an 'excuse' for anything, not even for feeling a bit tired, can fuck off.

Barrel leg jeans look bloody awful on everyone

Schools bear responsibility for this also though - although, maybe more accurately, local authorities. There are so many threads on here explaining the consequences of not having any consequences in schools and simply, children who attack others should not be able to continually do so in a school setting. Seeing my daughter's school heavily promote their beloved 'restorative approaches' is nauseating knowing that if someone hits my kid, she's the one who will be in trouble for hitting back. If someone hits a teacher, the onus is on the teacher to manage behaviour better. School is the predominant institution for the socialisation of children and a large chunk of society, including schools themselves, have forgot that socialisation is a different thing to socialising.

To be completely and utterly disinterested in the trans / gender / correct terminology nonsense. Thankfully none of it at my two teens private schools and long may it last.

That most OPs exaggerate / portray themselves as pure as the driven snow and I’m always shocked by the number of posters that fall hook line and sinker for it and pour themselves in to supporting. The thread is often pulled as a PBP and yet the same posters offering their unquestioning support just go to another thread and do exactly the same. And god forbid any poster express skepticism about the OP

Do you agree that the most vulnerable should come last?

I don't, and I called it out.

I sort of agree. When we took our cat for its yearly injections, we got a coffee after, we had to sit outside with the cat in its carrier while people with dogs were in the warm inside!
DD also had to sit outside where I ordered.
But everyone outside, had a little look at our gorgeous cat and agreed it was unfair.
She the cat(🐈 aka the queen) went straight to sleep.

I do.

Hmm, massive non sequitur. Why should someone who finds the Beatles boring have to "do better than the Beatles" in order for their opinion to avoid being "annoying/sad/pathetic"?

And what about the very many musicians who are better than the Beatles - if they find the Beatles boring, are they right?

No that again is a misconception and there are a lot of solid statistics which underline this. Men are victim on a much bigger scale to random attacks by strangers - suggesting they're involved or it's their fault plays into the misunderstanding. But people choose to believe and patronise women about stranger danger. The media is hugely responsible for this. We are significantly more at risk from known contacts. That's not to say we're not at risk of random attacks by men, but we are made to feel that we are much more at risk than men which actually isn't true.

Is a societal control technique of women.