# Trivial, yet controversial views (What are yours) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196 "2019-02-25T19:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/21 "2019-02-26T02:55:43Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Mayonnaise is the devil’s ejaculate. So Miracle Whip is the pre-cum? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/22 "2019-02-26T03:19:51Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > So Miracle Whip is the pre-cum? Well, I’m not gonna try it to find out! ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/23 "2019-02-26T03:44:42Z")
I offer you a deal, you won’t blather on about how great the Beatles were, I won’t expound on why they were past their relevance 40 years ago and we both go on with our lives. M’kay? Also, white chocolate is complete unworthy of the knighted name of chocolate. You can have my share. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/24 "2019-02-26T04:22:35Z")
Wile E. Coyote (who spoke, and pursued Bugs Bunny) and the Coyote (mute, and who chased the Road Runner) are not the same character. And there is no “Taz” in the classic Warner Brothers cartoon universe; he is the Tasmanian Devil. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/25 "2019-02-26T04:34:25Z")
Most - like 99 percent - of craft beer is absolute garbage. Craft beers are much likelier to be terrible than common consumer brands. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/26 "2019-02-26T04:42:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Wile E. Coyote (who spoke, and pursued Bugs Bunny) and the Coyote (mute, and who chased the Road Runner) are not the same character. I thought the mute roadrunner-chasing canine was also identified as Wile E. Coyote, but agree with you that the two visually identical characters are not the same individual. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/27 "2019-02-26T04:51:55Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > xkcd just ain’t funny! David Sedaris isn’t either. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/28 "2019-02-26T04:53:47Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Does my dislike of _ **The Big Lebowski** _ and _ **Young Frankenstein** _ count? I didn’t think “Dirty Dancing” was all that either. ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/29 "2019-02-26T05:04:51Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Wile E. Coyote (who spoke, and pursued Bugs Bunny) and the Coyote (mute, and who chased the Road Runner) are not the same character. [This does not appear to be true.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109399/mediaviewer/rm4174856192) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/30 "2019-02-26T05:14:52Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I thought the mute roadrunner-chasing canine was also identified as Wile E. Coyote,… I’m not absolutely sure, but I don’t think so. Of course, with no dialog there isn’t much occasion to give the character a name. It may have been seen on his mailbox or on the mailing label of one of his packages from the Acme Company. > [@](#): > > …but agree with you that the two visually identical characters are not the same individual. With a bit of nose makeup, he could also play Ralph Wolf (opposite Sam Sheepdog). > [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](#): > > [This does not appear to be true.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109399/mediaviewer/rm4174856192) 1994 doesn’t count. I’m talking about the classic era. ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/31 "2019-02-26T05:44:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 1994 doesn’t count. I’m talking about the classic era. Controversial indeed! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/32 "2019-02-26T05:58:40Z")
I’ve loved Hugh Laurie since _Blackadder_, but his American accent is not that great. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/33 "2019-02-26T06:09:29Z")
Samantha Bee is about as funny as a train wreck. ---
**Author:** ![Batano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/34 "2019-02-26T06:53:25Z")
Kiss killed rock and roll. The Gulf of Mexico is a meteor crater. Fruit and chocolate don’t mix. Coffee needs sugar. Clinton should have resigned - not because of the blow job, but because he lied to the American public. Open borders are ridiculous - we don’t want 10 million Indian and Chinese engineers driving down wages. “Tolerance” is overrated and those who use the term most often aren’t tolerant. I prefer the melting pot to fruit pudding. I don’t get Zappa. I don’t give a shit that Rodney King was beaten, he deserved it. Most people are too stupid to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/35 "2019-02-26T10:48:08Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > I offer you a deal, you won’t blather on about how great the Beatles were, I won’t expound on why they were past their relevance 40 years ago and we both go on with our lives. M’kay? > > Also, white chocolate is complete unworthy of the knighted name of chocolate. You can have my share. I want to boil your head for one of these statements and double-high five you for the other. I shall not reveal which is which. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/36 "2019-02-26T11:36:51Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I want to boil your head for one of these statements and double-high five you for the other. > > I shall not reveal which is which. > mmm I can flow with that. > [@terentii](#): > > Samantha Bee is about as funny as a train wreck. Yeah, but less interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/37 "2019-02-26T13:07:24Z")
Left-handed people who play guitar should learn on standard, right-handed instruments. There is nothing about the roles of the two hands that confers an advantage on the non-dominant hand doing the fretting. Being unable to play most of the instruments around you is a large disadvantage. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/38 "2019-02-26T14:34:49Z")
Andrew Lloyd Webber is one enormous talent who doesn’t get the credit due him. Mary Higgins Clark wrote one book, which she has continued to re-edit and publish her whole career. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/39 "2019-02-26T15:10:23Z")
“Authenticity” in ethnic cuisine is absurdly overrated. And I agree entirely about Samantha Bee. I mostly agree with her political views but find her impossible to watch. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-yet-controversial-views-what-are-yours/830196/40 "2019-02-26T15:18:33Z")
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