# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/361 "2018-03-15T15:03:03Z")
Circumcision of minors who can’t consent to the procedure, except in cases of absolute medical necessity, should be a serious crime. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/362 "2018-04-30T20:05:25Z")
I like Nehru jackets, and never understood all the hate. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/363 "2018-04-30T22:00:33Z")
Post my unpopular opinions _here_? Isn’t that what the “New Thread” button is for? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/364 "2019-05-21T16:53:13Z")
I don’t know if this qualifies as an “opinion”, per se, but last night I caught myself wondering if the sheer reduction of males in Europe from 1914-1945 is what reduced the asshole quotient enough in the post-war years to allow the continent to enact social safety nets. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/365 "2019-05-21T18:40:07Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I don’t know if this qualifies as an “opinion”, per se, but last night I caught myself wondering if the sheer reduction of males in Europe from 1914-1945 is what reduced the asshole quotient enough in the post-war years to allow the continent to enact social safety nets. Hmm. And is the corollary that a full contingent of adult males makes for a strong foundation for the growth of right wing nationalism there? Time for women to be in charge of governments. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/366 "2019-05-21T18:46:24Z")
That hand held devices should be treated like smoking–Use them in your house or outside, not in anyone else’s space. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/367 "2019-05-21T18:57:39Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Hmm. And is the corollary that a full contingent of adult males makes for a strong foundation for the growth of right wing nationalism there? > > Time for women to be in charge of governments. I don’t know. I really don’t. And many could (and will, and have) argued that the impact of the two World Wars changed Europe’s mindset as they looked for another way to remake their societies. But the sheer lack of men… and exhaustion on behalf of those who fought… surely had an impact too? Not enough assholes, and the ones that were still there, many of them were tired of fighting for 30 years. Or, frankly, needed lifelong medical treatment to tend to their injuries. Again… not really an opinion, just a thought I had. Perhaps this is worthy of its own thread? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/368 "2019-05-21T19:57:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I don’t know. I really don’t. And many could (and will, and have) argued that the impact of the two World Wars changed Europe’s mindset as they looked for another way to remake their societies. > > But the sheer lack of men… and exhaustion on behalf of those who fought… surely had an impact too? Not enough assholes, and the ones that were still there, many of them were tired of fighting for 30 years. Or, frankly, needed lifelong medical treatment to tend to their injuries. > > Again… not really an opinion, just a thought I had. Perhaps this is worthy of its own thread? Certainly food for thought, at least. I thought you made an interesting observation. It made me think something along the lines of crime rates decreasing after the introduction of unleaded gas. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001/369 "2019-05-22T18:38:15Z")
In my opinion many of the opinions expressed in this thread are not actually unpopular. They’re actually “popular but ‘edgy’” opinions. 😉 Also, I don’t think United Airlines is all that bad. They are at worst mediocre. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-unpopular-opinions/806001.md?page=18)