# Post your unpopular opinions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001 "2018-01-06T22:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/301 "2018-01-23T03:18:12Z")
The food at Cracker Barrel is disgusting. And I don’t like bacon either. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/302 "2018-01-23T05:56:29Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Pressuring yourself to think positively is bad for your mental health. > > There’s nothing wrong with complaining, however trivial the complaint. This, a billion times this. Too often “think positive” = “try to fool yourself into thinking things are better than they actually are.” And “don’t complain” often just means, “Put a lid on that truth-telling, nobody wants truth.” ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/303 "2018-01-23T06:15:27Z")
I view people unfavorably who use coupon as a verb. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/304 "2018-01-23T06:49:11Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I disagree, with one exception and that country is Somalia. Thankfully, there are very few Somalis in my area, but I understand that every place they’re settled, they basically take over and all rules, etc. must be changed to accommodate them, and criticism of them is not allowed. I have never heard one good thing about that community; they’ve never had to follow laws and often don’t comprehend that they have to do that here. > > People from Congo, Myanmar, Venezuela (yep, we’ll see them in time), Syria, etc.? As long as they’re vetted and arrive legally, they are welcome. But not Somalis. > > ☹ Another bizarre, prejudiced, unsupported opinion brought to us by nearwildheaven. You admit there are very few Somalis in your area, but you sure do know a lot about all the rest of them. Have you ever met one? Well, I know plenty of them, and the ones I know are lovely people who are grateful to be living in a safe country. There are bad elements and gangs in any culture, and those are who one hears about. Whatever you’ve seen on your oh-so-many message boards is likely lots of fearful anecdotes, probably by people who know nothing about it. It must suck to live in your world. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/305 "2018-01-23T08:46:23Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > And “don’t complain” often just means, “Put a lid on that truth-telling, nobody wants truth.” I’m not sure how unpopular this opinion is, but I don’t think people generally seek the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/306 "2018-01-23T16:32:54Z")
Rick and Morty isn’t THAT good of a show and pales in comparison to Archer on the “You have to be a bit smarter-than-average to get the jokes” cartoon scale. Hell, the first 3-4 seasons of Family Guy are funnier/smarter than it. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/307 "2018-01-24T20:23:46Z")
I like pineapple on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/308 "2018-01-24T23:12:23Z")
Stephen Strasburg is a better pitcher than Max Scherzer. Scherzer May have more raw talent, but Strasburg plays for the team and Scherzer plays for his personal glory. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/309 "2018-01-24T23:13:31Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > I like pineapple on pizza. I do too, with ham, but it has to be big juicy pieces that get slightly carmelized in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/310 "2018-01-24T23:46:39Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I do too, with ham, but it has to be big juicy pieces that get slightly carmelized in the oven. Oh, I’ve seen plenty of folks who like the ham-and-pineapple combo; some places, it’s a menu item; the supermarket down the street has ‘em ready to go. But if you offer _me_ a free pizza — with any two toppings — I’ll go for pineapple and anchovies, which is a whole ‘nother level of _“wait, that’s your go-to choice?”_ ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/311 "2018-01-25T00:08:45Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Oh, I’ve seen plenty of folks who like the ham-and-pineapple combo; some places, it’s a menu item; the supermarket down the street has ‘em ready to go. > > But if you offer _me_ a free pizza — with any two toppings — I’ll go for pineapple and anchovies, which is a whole ‘nother level of _“wait, that’s your go-to choice?”_ You had me at anchovies. Anchovies, pineapple and onion. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/312 "2018-01-25T00:20:31Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > I like pineapple on pizza. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/313 "2018-01-25T00:30:16Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > You had me at anchovies. Anchovies, pineapple and onion. I LOOOOVE anchovies! That’s an unpopular opinion, all by itself. I’ve never tried them with pineapple, though. Maybe I should. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/314 "2018-01-25T01:56:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Another bizarre, prejudiced, unsupported opinion brought to us by nearwildheaven. You admit there are very few Somalis in your area, but you sure do know a lot about all the rest of them. Have you ever met one? Well, I know plenty of them, and the ones I know are lovely people who are grateful to be living in a safe country. There are bad elements and gangs in any culture, and those are who one hears about. Whatever you’ve seen on your oh-so-many message boards is likely lots of fearful anecdotes, probably by people who know nothing about it. It must suck to live in your world. I was once an assistant teacher in a program that helped refugee students from Somalia and elsewhere. One Somali kid was great, an earnest learner even as he struggled in a tough environment. But two others were some of the most horribly behaved students I’d ever seen. (if they were Somali - I’m pretty sure they were, but might have been some other African nation). They flat out bullied, were passive aggressive, untrustworthy, destructive and just totally self-centered and manipulative. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/315 "2018-01-25T03:45:17Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I was once an assistant teacher in a program that helped refugee students from Somalia and elsewhere. One Somali kid was great, an earnest learner even as he struggled in a tough environment. But two others were some of the most horribly behaved students I’d ever seen. (if they were Somali - I’m pretty sure they were, but might have been some other African nation). They flat out bullied, were passive aggressive, untrustworthy, destructive and just totally self-centered and manipulative. All we can definitively conclude from this is that you once had 1 great Somali student. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/316 "2018-01-26T19:02:48Z")
I like “We Built This City” by Starship. It’s a perfectly decent 80’s pop tune. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/317 "2018-01-26T19:25:19Z")
There’s a _limit_, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/318 "2018-01-26T19:28:00Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Stephen Strasburg is a better pitcher than Max Scherzer. Scherzer May have more raw talent, but Strasburg plays for the team and Scherzer plays for his personal glory. I don’t quite get this logic, care to explain? ETA: I’m assuming you mean something to the effect of “Scherzer wants a K every time, but Strasburg will try and get the better to GIDP if a dude is on first” Am I (heh) in the ballpark? ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/319 "2018-01-26T21:07:55Z")
I might be going too far on this one: In Force Awakens, people complained how Force newbie Rey could be so powerful compared to the trained and experienced Kylo Ren. I thought “Didn’t people watch the other Star Wars movies?” There’s an easy explanation: **Rey had a higher midichlorian count!** ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/320 "2018-01-26T23:01:47Z")
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