# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/121 "2016-07-29T19:58:14Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I am of the unpopular opinion that the board rule requiring every.single.thread to contain snarkyness about Clinton/Trump/Republicans/Democrat/Liberals/Conservatives is absolutely stupid and should be immediately repealed. Do you know who _else_ is absolutely stupid and should be repealed? ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/122 "2016-07-29T20:01:25Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I am of the unpopular opinion that the board rule requiring every.single.thread to contain snarkyness about Clinton/Trump/Republicans/Democrat/Liberals/Conservatives is absolutely stupid and should be immediately repealed. So you want to build a great wall around the Elections forum - because nobody builds walls better than you - to make SDMB great again? ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/123 "2016-07-29T20:07:45Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I don’t really know what you’re talking about, but I enjoyed the way you expressed it. 😃 **Dung Beetle** and a pile-of-cack metaphor sitting in a tree… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/124 "2016-07-29T20:18:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Do you know who _else_ is absolutely stupid and should be repealed? > [@Riemann](#): > > So you want to build a great wall around the Elections forum - because nobody builds walls better than you - to make SDMB great again? Thanks! For a while there this thread was the sole exception to the rule. Glad I could help! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/125 "2016-07-29T20:48:33Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > **Dung Beetle** and a pile-of-cack metaphor sitting in a tree… Well, yeah, but I liked the ham part too! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/126 "2016-07-29T21:54:01Z")
Soda is better flat. Ice cream is better melted. ---
**Author:** ![Onyerbike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onyerbike/32/5402_2.png) [@Onyerbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onyerbike)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/127 "2016-07-31T13:00:51Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > That America has clearly splintered into two nations and we are no longer countrymen. I’ll add to this, that for the good of the world America needs another civil war in which social conservatism is crushed. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/128 "2016-07-31T13:33:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > People who are products of public education, whether secondary or college, should pay higher taxes, as an act of paying back. Their publically-financed education is at least in part responsible for their success. They will pay back the government via the higher taxes they pay (due to getting a college degree and thus a higher-paying job). ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/129 "2016-07-31T13:41:55Z")
- Though they claim otherwise, most people who have been unemployed for along time don’t really want a job. - Most people on SSDI, and many on welfare, are scamming the system. - Corrupt/abusive/violent/unethical police officers are _not_ a “tiny fraction” of the police force. I believe 30% to 40% of LEOs are bad. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/130 "2016-07-31T23:50:10Z")
Crime in the US has been going down for more than 2 decades. Lots more police officers were killed in any of President Reagan’s years than in any of President Obama’s ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/131 "2016-07-31T23:50:32Z")
Here’s one, whose largely negative reception never ceases to amake me : THINGS THAT EXIST MANIFEST THEMSELVES ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/132 "2016-08-01T00:54:40Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Crime in the US has been going down for more than 2 decades. > > Lots more police officers were killed in any of President Reagan’s years than in any of President Obama’s Where’s the opinion? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/133 "2016-08-01T01:12:19Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Soda is better flat. Ice cream is better melted. Except for modifying “melted” to “half-melted”, I agree with both of those statements. Also, most cereal is better soggy. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/134 "2016-08-01T12:53:32Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > That America has clearly splintered into two nations and we are no longer countrymen. You might find this Paul Graham essay to be of interest: [The Refragmentation](http://paulgraham.com/re.html) ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/135 "2016-08-01T13:25:44Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > You might find this Paul Graham essay to be of interest: > > [The Refragmentation](http://paulgraham.com/re.html) That was fascinating, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/136 "2016-08-01T19:23:20Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Actually, I’d say it’s equal to most four-year college degrees today. > > Sad. Try telling that to employers who think certifications and degrees are everything when looking at candidates. I was let go in 2010 with 40 years in telecom. It seems that experience means nothing now. The colleges turn out drones with book learning and no common sense and they end up getting jobs on the front lines of fast food. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/137 "2016-08-01T19:42:31Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Soda is better flat. Ice cream is better melted. I actually met a woman over the weekend that poured a Mountain Dew in a cup, put a straw in it and blew out all the carbonation! ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/138 "2016-08-01T21:13:19Z")
People shouldn’t be forced to pay for the education of other people’s children. You can’t afford them, don’t have them. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/139 "2016-08-01T21:57:40Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > People shouldn’t be forced to pay for the education of other people’s children. You can’t afford them, don’t have them. Wow, so you get through your days entirely without relying on any services provided for you by the members of an educated workforce? Amazing. Tell us how you do it? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780/140 "2016-08-02T01:09:13Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > People shouldn’t be forced to pay for the education of other people’s children. You can’t afford them, don’t have them. So no public schools - let’s have America 100% private schooled or homeschooled? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions/760780.md?page=8)