# What are/were your contrary opinions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452 "2017-06-20T17:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/1 "2017-06-20T17:23:09Z")
I don’t mean if you hated Titanic or think Julia Roberts is ugly. It’s more given a choice between two things, you honestly prefer the opposite one that 90% of the population prefers. For me, I always preferred the brunette in Abba. The blonde had snaggly teeth and she was too blonde. I was a little kid at the time and it was completely sincere. I took a hell of a lot of crap from my 13 year old buddies. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/2 "2017-06-21T12:58:41Z")
I don’t know how unpopular my preferences are, but I much prefer the original theater release of Bladerunner (with the voiceover and “happy” ending) to the director’s cut. As for The Brady Bunch, I never thought Marcia was all that hot. My grade school pals could not understand that. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/3 "2017-06-21T14:03:35Z")
The best rock of all time was progressive rock. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/4 "2017-06-21T14:28:49Z")
My mom was a teenage girl in the 1970s and had a crush on Danny Bonaduce. NOT David Cassidy. I think that puts her in the 10%, if not lower. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/5 "2017-06-21T14:33:02Z")
Cheese ruins everything it touches (unless it’s a small amount on a pizza). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/6 "2017-06-21T14:34:34Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > I don’t know how unpopular my preferences are, but I much prefer the original theater release of Bladerunner (with the voiceover and “happy” ending) to the director’s cut. I agree. Ridley Scott can be quite an idiot sometimes. My cite is _Prometheus_. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/7 "2017-06-21T14:34:52Z")
I am female and I do not like males, either sexually or socially. I’d say that puts me in the 10% category. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/8 "2017-06-21T16:28:22Z")
I eat my hamburgers, hot dogs and sandwiches plain. I hate ketchup, mustard, pickles and mayo - basically most condiments. As seen as I have to special order everything, I guess I’m in the 10%! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/9 "2017-06-21T16:31:23Z")
> [@DeepLiquid](#): > > I am female and I do not like males, either sexually or socially. I’d say that puts me in the 10% category. I’m male and feel the same way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/10 "2017-06-21T21:22:45Z")
I love women with thick bushy untrimmed eyebrows. I listen only to music sung in a language I do not understand. My favorite meat is liver (beef or chicken), followed by heart. I hate light beer, which occupies more than 90% of the retail shelf space, so I know that puts me in the \<10%. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/11 "2017-06-21T21:25:59Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I eat my hamburgers, hot dogs and sandwiches plain. I hate ketchup, mustard, pickles and mayo - basically most condiments. As seen as I have to special order everything, I guess I’m in the 10%! me too, exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/12 "2017-06-21T21:47:21Z")
I liked _Fantastic Four_ (with Chris Evans), _Incredible Hulk_ with Ed Norton, and all of the X-Men movies. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/13 "2017-06-21T21:54:23Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > For me, I always preferred the brunette in Abba. So did I. However, thanks to YouTube I now realize that I spent the 1970s completely unaware of Agnetha’s rear end. I also think Phoebe was hotter than Rachel or Monica. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/14 "2017-06-21T22:03:45Z")
I think Budweiser is a much better beer than any craft beer, which are all over-hopped–even the pilsners!–and taste like hobo sweat. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/15 "2017-06-21T22:07:32Z")
I wish women would quit shaving their legs and their armpits. I think that such shaving reflects a shallow mind. ---
**Author:** ![femmejean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/16 "2017-06-21T22:20:09Z")
I’m actually attracted to attractive women with more arm hair than I do (which is not much as a biracial young guy). Even facial hair is something to be admired. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/17 "2017-06-21T23:53:49Z")
I’d rather shove bamboo sticks under my fingernails than watch one episode of _American Idol_ or _Dancing With the Stars._ ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/18 "2017-06-22T00:32:22Z")
Getting risky here: **Dances with Wolves** is one of my favorite movies ever. I didn’t mind **Lord of the Rings** left things out the book. I always kind of skipped over Tom Bombadil and Scouring of the Shire when reading anyway. Instant grits are yummier than real grits. Especially Quaker Oats cheese grits. I was rooting for Han to beat Lee in **Enter the Dragon**. I was quite impressed that a 60-year-old went toe-to-toe with the hero. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/19 "2017-06-22T01:49:03Z")
Cilantro, which seems to be in everything these days, absolutely tastes terrible!!! It’s flavor reminds me of soap. I first tasted it in a soup thirty years ago, in a Mexican restaurant in Chicago. The soup looked lovely, but I kept getting a terrible taste from the greens. Maybe ten years ago I learned about cilantro, and, tasting it, I recognized the flavor. Ugh. I can’t eat stuff the has that vile material in it. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452/20 "2017-06-22T01:54:33Z")
Beer, all beer, tastes like piss. Coffee is much better black. I think many times, racism _does_ play a role in the sexual attractions one develops. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-were-your-contrary-opinions/789452.md?page=2)