# Unpopular opinions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780 "2016-07-24T15:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/81 "2016-07-26T18:33:44Z")
Facebook has Hurt America more than it has helped it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/82 "2016-07-26T18:54:50Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Pickles are disgusting and should be banned > > Christianity, on the whole, is a top 3 religion when it comes to tolerance/love/kindness etc. but a few bad apples spoiled the bunch. Which leads to ridicule, which leads to unpopular opinion 3 that I’ve touched on before… > > …Christianity is the only religion you can openly oppress with zero public repercussions > > Those who pay attention to national politics are the same as people who pay attention to the weather. You sound smart when you talk about it, it takes a specialized knowledge to know it, but nothing you do effects it even though you think it does > > 99% of all people who call for equal rights for (insert demographic here) don’t want equal rights, they want their chosen demographic to be number one These opinions are unpopular because they are wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/83 "2016-07-26T19:10:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > These opinions are unpopular because they are wrong. A little harsh, but… yup. ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/84 "2016-07-26T19:23:46Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > So far it’s 3:0 in favor of BBT. > And the opinion that it’s an unpopular opinion is an unpopular opinion, so far 2:1 against. If you subtract Jim parsons BBT might be the worst sitcom I have ever seen (as evidenced by videos subtracting the laugh track.) Only Two Broke Girls comes close. And apparently nobody disagrees with my previous assertions so that’s something. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/85 "2016-07-26T19:30:37Z")
> [@GunnarFranz](#): > > If you subtract Jim parsons BBT might be the worst sitcom I have ever seen (as evidenced by videos subtracting the laugh track.) Only Two Broke Girls comes close. This might be the most unpopular opinion I’ve ever heard. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/86 "2016-07-26T19:34:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > These opinions are unpopular because they are wrong. > [@Riemann](#): > > A little harsh, but… yup. This is for unpopular opinions! No agreeing with each other allowed ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/87 "2016-07-26T19:41:22Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This might be the most unpopular opinion I’ve ever heard. Haha that’s a pseudo intellectual reference and I, the viewer, am in on it! Repeat ad naseum. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/88 "2016-07-26T19:45:23Z")
> [@GunnarFranz](#): > > …And apparently nobody disagrees with my previous assertions so that’s something. I’m not sure what it means though, after all this is an unpopularity contest. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/89 "2016-07-26T19:55:59Z")
> [@GunnarFranz](#): > > Haha that’s a pseudo intellectual reference and I, the viewer, am in on it! Repeat ad naseum. > > Blech. Dammit, now I’ll be reluctant to point out that it’s the only TV show or movie that usually gets the science right (or plausible for the fictional stuff), because that makes me a pseudo-intellectual who feels good about being part of the in-group for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/90 "2016-07-26T20:01:34Z")
> [@GunnarFranz](#): > > If you subtract Jim parsons BBT might be the worst sitcom I have ever seen (as evidenced by videos subtracting the laugh track.) Only Two Broke Girls comes close. > > And apparently nobody disagrees with my previous assertions so that’s something. I wouldn’t say the worst but it’s pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/91 "2016-07-26T20:32:20Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > My unpopular opinions? I’d rather listen to Taylor Swift than Miles Davis. Continous-flow games like basketball, hockey, lacrosse and _especially_ soccer, are more boring than progress-to-a-goal games like American football, baseball, tennis and cricket. Wine is sour grape juice and most alcohol tastes nasty. > > Let the flaming begin. I would have had a go at you about the “especially soccer”, but… an Atlantan who likes cricket! Good on you, Sir… ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/92 "2016-07-26T20:49:50Z")
To me BLM = Black Thugs Lives Matter ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/93 "2016-07-26T21:18:33Z")
Yes because we all know that only thugs are subject to police brutality. But as a matter of possibly ironic fact, the lives of people you happen to think are thugs do matter. That’s what it means to have a nation of laws with fundamental civil rights. The lives of the people you hate the most matter, and for that reason, can often be the most important ones to protect. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/94 "2016-07-26T22:35:54Z")
Eh, might as well post some light and fluffy unpopular opinions: Modern music is going to sound a whole lot better in twenty to thirty years once we’ve shaken off all the chaff and only listen to the good stuff. Classic Rock stations (and what few Oldies stations are left) play a mix of songs which has nothing to do with what was on Top 40 stations or the equivalent at any given time period, and that’s because most of the Top 40 stuff then was as terrible and forgettable as most of the Top 40 stuff now. It’s corporate nostalgia plain and simple, looking at the musical past through some _serious_ rose-colored glasses, which includes elevating obscure acts to prime positions because they’ve become more popular in retrospect. Most sports is boring most of the time. There’s a reason it’s usually watched in groups, after all: Friendship makes things more interesting, simply because it’s a shared interest. Therefore, trying to convince someone to watch sports isn’t likely to work. Corollary: Laugh tracks work. They improve sitcoms from the perspective of making the TV audience more likely to laugh. That’s why they’re still used despite seemingly-universal condemnation. TV is better now than it ever has been in the past, and that’s because it’s turning into what’s going to replace it: Self-contained long-form stories serialized into episodes, such that whole plot arcs can be binged on streaming services. That’s what’s going to survive the collapse of the traditional broadcast media, and they’re only going to get better once the distribution systems improve to the point independent artists can make them on the same footing as TV studios can now. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/95 "2016-07-26T22:39:42Z")
A person is ultimately valued for what can be gotten out of him. The Right to Bully is the most cherished and vehemently defended right there is. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is causing the Motion Picture Industry to jump the shark. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/96 "2016-07-26T22:45:48Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Neither Libertarianism nor any variety of Anarchism are moral. They’re fuck-you-got-mine philosophies… I went to a Libertarian college\* and eventually came to this conclusion after watching the Ayn Rand fans (Randists, Randians, and Randites alike) screw each other over whenever possible. So, during the midnight political discussions, I’d throw in lines like “So, when are you going to quit your church? Since what you’re preaching is pretty much the opposite of every single thing Jesus said…” Kept the give ‘n’ take givin’ ‘n’ takin’… \*Hillsdale. Where I got to hear William F. Buckley giving anarchist (but erudite) screeds against ANY government, and in favor of “The Virtue Of Selfishness”). ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/97 "2016-07-26T23:03:31Z")
**Dances with Wolves** is one of my favorite movies and deserved its Oscar over Goodfellas and the others. **Lord of the Rings** were terrific movies and I haven’t changed my opinion since they came out a dozen years ago. PJ did a good job translating the books to the movies, despite missing something on page 538. I totally get why they skipped Tom Bombadil and the Scouring of the Shire. I’m even okay with giving Faramir an arc and having the Army of the Dead mop up Sauron’s forces. > [@jtur88](#): > > That members of the armed forces are neither risking their lives nor defending our freedom. I am totally on board with this, most of the military is not trigger-pulling infantry in harms way. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/98 "2016-07-26T23:30:50Z")
Howard the Duck wasn’t that awful. It was nothing like the comic, but taken independently it was funny in places and decent comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/99 "2016-07-27T01:33:00Z")
Craft beers don’t taste any better than Bud, Miller or Pabst. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/100 "2016-07-27T01:33:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > We aren’t going to do anything about global warming. Nuclear power is the only realistic solution, and we aren’t going to implement nuclear power. I wholeheartedly agree with this, and share your pessimism on this issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780.md?page=6)