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.

The retired and unemployed should be banned from supermarkets at the weekend.

Wide legged or bootlegged jeans don't balance out wider hips especially If you're not tall. They just make you (me!) look like a short, fat cylinder.

Tea is 100x better than coffee!

yes, the quality certainly dropped.

I don't like jeans at all and often wonder why people still wear them.

Hey! Now there's no need for this kind of trash talk now is there?!

You really think it’s obvious from Paris Lees’ voice that she’s male? I think she sounds fine here. I have met bio women with deeper voices.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z0JYpoN3o0o&pp=ygUKcGFyaXMgbGVlcw%3D%3D

This.
I suspect it is to disguise the cheap flavourless main ingredients.

Parents only like consequences when they aren't for their child, otherwise they complain their child is being wronged. Schools can't do anything because they aren't being allowed to. These days parents don't seem to believe their child can tell anything but the truth, when in reality all children will probably lie at some point.

Meanwhile, Ofsted are concerning themselves with consistent handwriting and children being made to feel they 'belong'. I think Ofsted is even worse than ever before and needs to become an advisory and improvement support, rather than merely a judge.

And someone said women aren't funny 🤣

It was good, clean family entertainment but never had me roaring with laughter. However, I’d take them over today’s potty-mouthed comedians any day.

I think the point is about how the risk to women outside the home is actually smaller than that to men but that we ignore the fact that the risk to women inside the home is many, many times greater than that outside. Telling women they are at such risk outside is actually a way of controlling them and keeping them at home where in fact the risk is much greater.

And people who are working have no business cluttering up shops, cafes, parks etc during office hours. Lunch breaks, fair enough.

Yeah, coffee's OK for a change now and then, but it's no real substitute for a decent cup of tea.

I want to know that too!

And yet, almost every single instance of harassment I've experienced in public has been from a man, whether it verbal humiliation, physical intimidation, or active groping, and I'm nowhere near being alone in that. 'I cheerfully wave sensible safety measures away because I think I'm above all that' is just the same minimisation we dealt with when couldn't even mention the incessant verbals and groping and intimidation because it was just a laugh.

I love Mary Trump, started following her on Twitter (before it was wrecked by half man half dalek Musk) and read her book "Too much and never enough" which I highly recommend. I watch her YouTube channel most days and her courage, insight and humour are second to none. That somone as kind, well rounded and reflective emerged from that family is remarkable. Whoops this was meant to be a quote and reply to a post about Mary Trump and I forgot to include the quote

That multi-millionaire octogenarian 'rock stars' like Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen etc should only be allowed to tour if ALL of the profits from their concerts benefit charities or food banks in whichever city they are playing in.
As I'm feeling gracious today I will allow them to keep profits from merch but beyond that, these men have more money than they or their families will ever spend so to be greedily touring at £700 plus a ticket now is a disgrace.

Totally agree - who needs to know butterfly anyway? Save it for club swimming.

Fortunately when my son learned it wasn't as strict. And it didn't do him any harm, he swam until he went to university and worked as a lifeguard.

Tattoos are not “art”, they’re badly drawn cartoons.

Interesting. I can't say that I've ever been given the impression that psychedelic drugs would solve problems in society. I do think there's an argument to say that the lack of ritual and rites of passage in non-religious people's lives in much of Western society has been detrimental though.

Coffee makes people's breath smell sour.

I'd rather cook than eat out.

Rosie Jones is as funny as explosive diarrhoea.
In your pants
On a packed train

Completely agree. And I also think 'Spoons are entitled to ask for proof that a dog is a trained assistance dog. The EHRC has it wrong.

Given that very nearly everywhere is dog-friendly anywhere why do you need to go to one of the very few places that isn't - and why do you want to spend your money somewhere that doesn't want your dog? Go to the very many pubs that do welcome dogs.

If you drive a car and want to park in a disabled space you have to show a blue badge so I don't see any problem at all with having to show evidence that your dog is not just an annoying pet.

I agree, in France buses are free to use in many cities and towns.