…and he kicks a declawed cat while Friends plays on TV and they listen to Nickelback.
Other people drive like jerks.
Apostrophe abuse.
Famous people who have the gall to age or gain weight.
Rush Limbaugh said what?
Why’d I get a warning? I didn’t do nothin’.
That swill you drink would make a possum puke/the stuff I drink is the nectar of Venus.
Wal-Mart - minion of the devil/American success story
Children - having babies/childfree by choice
Choosing not to have children is selfish / means you hate children / etc.
Well, I can only really speak for this MB, but, here goes…
- Which way do you hang the toilet paper?
- Showgirls - brilliant piece of art or shitty movie?
- Welfare
- Picky eaters
- Control your demon spawn/My woogums can do whatever his widdle heart desires - deal with it.
Each and every one guaranteed to end badly.
Should or should you not wear shoes indoors?
Starship Troopers
I can’t believe I forgot… :smack:
1 Dryer lint
2 Merge - It’s proper to merge early/It’s proper to use both lanes and merge at the last possible second
Some seemingly innocent hot-button topics:
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Nintendo Wii
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frequency of bath towel washing
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pets (mentioned by others; someone always has to pop into the thread with “they’re just animals”)
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high fructose corn syrup
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MSG
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cars (someone always pops in to mention how much they hate driving)
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Peanuts (I vividly remember one discussion in which someone popped in to complain about violence in the strip)
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hardware (Snap-on vs. Craftsman, especially)
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college major choice
I have been told that on several Superman fansites, discussion about the scene in Superman II when one of the other Kryptonians throws a manhole cover into Superman hard enough to knock him back into a building tend to degenerate into total flamewar.
Not necessarily here:
Enterprise vs Star Destroyer
Did Brawn die in “Transformers the Movie”?
Yes, they’re both
idiotic customers
firearms issues (“gun control”)
Forgot one:
“Does a Balrog have wings?”
How about using a cell phone while driving?
Spanking.
What does/does not qualify as racism.
Whether or not any given action by police is justified/brutality.
The veracity of rape victims.
Not so much here, but on many other MBs:
Proper grammar and spelling vs. l33t speak/IM acronyms.
People will have pages of arguments about how “u undrst@nd what i say yes so y it matter i type fast liek this i dont see a problem y u got 2”
The Beatles:
Were they a good rock and roll band?
Were they a great rock and roll band?
Were they an overrated rock and roll band?
Were they the best rock and roll band?
Were they a rock and roll band?
Blah blah blah blah blah blah
Shakespeare in Love vs Saving Private Ryan at the Oscars
Or…Is Saving Private Ryan a (good)/(war) movie?
Homeschooling
Breastfeeding, especially extended nursing
Atkins diet.
Smilies 
Wow. Just wow.
You and I must not frequent the same message boards (or perhaps I’m just not as aware of these topics), but I haven’t noticed these as particularly hot-button issues on any other forum I’ve frequented.
And except for issues that are already heated in real life such as religion, abortion and gay rights, I haven’t seen much venom over the other issues presented in this thread either. I could, however, get heated up over the cell phone issue all by myself, but perhaps that doesn’t count.