# What are your most unpopular opinions? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645 "2013-04-14T00:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/81 "2013-04-14T21:06:01Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’m also not convinced that homosexuality isn’t a choice. Anytime I hear this line, I think about the fact that the only thing stopping you from becoming physically aroused by other men is a conscious decision. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/82 "2013-04-14T21:52:01Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > This is not groundbreaking and COMPLETELY FREE in every history of time. AND WAY BETTER! I know 14 year-olds who write better smut than 50 Shades. I made it three chapters into 50 Shades until I threw away my computer. I THREW AWAY MY COMPUTER. Go get your computer and continue reading. There’s no sex until chapter five. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/83 "2013-04-14T22:04:35Z")
Smoking should be allowed in bars and even restaurants. If it’s clearly marked as a smoking establishment, non-smokers who are bothered should just go elsewhere. The pairing of Hermione and Ron in the Harry Potter books was utterly nonsensical. Their relationship is doomed to fail - and I don’t care if JK Rowling herself came to my house and claimed otherwise. I’m happily and un-conflictedly atheist. That’s not the unpopular part. The unpopular part is that I think religion can be and often is a good thing, and in any case is a more innocuous thing than most people here think. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/84 "2013-04-14T22:39:39Z")
_Twister_ was a fun and entertaning movie. Quentin Tarentino peaked with \*Pulp Fiction \*. Most vegetarians are more intersted in bragging rights than any kind of ethical issues. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/85 "2013-04-14T22:46:00Z")
“Turn The Page” by Bob Seger is whiny, braggy drivel. So is “Like a Rock” and most of his other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/86 "2013-04-14T22:50:58Z")
I think that, practically speaking, homosexuality is frequently a choice. Please note that, in this context, I’m not using the word to refer to which sex one is primarily attracted to, but rather which sex one chooses to be romantically or sexually active with. Put another way, I’d say that a lot of ostensible gays & lesbians are actually bisexuals who simply made a commitment to a person of their own sex rather than someone of the other sex. I also don’t think it matters whether homosexuality is a choice. It’s nobody’s business whom others choose as bed partners as long as its voluntary on all sides and nobody’s cheating. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/87 "2013-04-14T22:54:54Z")
Teenage girls and young women are the worst drivers on the road. Older women are the best drivers. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/88 "2013-04-14T23:01:15Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > … Put another way, I’d say that a lot of ostensible gays & lesbians are actually bisexuals who simply made a commitment to a person of their own sex rather than someone of the other sex… Did they choose to be bisexual, or were they born that way? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/89 "2013-04-14T23:04:31Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Did they choose to be bisexual, or were they born that way? I give a fuck about many things. That is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/90 "2013-04-14T23:25:50Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I think that, practically speaking, homosexuality is frequently a choice. Please note that, in this context, I’m not using the word to refer to which sex one is primarily attracted to, but rather which sex one chooses to be romantically or sexually active with. Put another way, I’d say that a lot of ostensible gays & lesbians are actually bisexuals who simply made a commitment to a person of their own sex rather than someone of the other sex. > > I also don’t think it matters whether homosexuality is a choice. It’s nobody’s business whom others choose as bed partners as long as its voluntary on all sides and nobody’s cheating. I’m confused. IIRC you were the one who posted a long dissertation at some point a while ago about being involved in research that showed sexual orientation was very strongly influenced by the epigenetic hormonal environment of the developing fetus. Am I misremembering? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/91 "2013-04-14T23:30:47Z")
People who buy a big house out in the suburbs forfeit their right to complain about rising gasoline prices, property taxes, or their long commute. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/92 "2013-04-14T23:31:12Z")
> [@astro](#): > > I’m confused. IIRC you were the one who posted a long dissertation at some point a while ago about being involved in research that showed sexual orientation was very strongly influenced by the epigenetic hormonal environment of the developing fetus. Am I misremembering? 😕 I can’t imagine how you’re NOT misremembering. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/93 "2013-04-14T23:44:40Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > 😕 > > I can’t imagine how you’re NOT misremembering. You’re right I mixed you up with [Shagnasty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13445945&postcount=95) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/94 "2013-04-15T00:03:44Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > The only character that Kevin Costner can play is Kevin Costner. Every role he’s ever performed is just him being himself in a costume and in front of a camera. And he’s boring, too. . . . Quite a few actors fall into that category. John Wayne, Jack Nicholson, etc. Peter Ustinov could only play “Peter Ustinov,” but he was so damn amusing at it, one forgave him the limitation. He was the best thing in “Spartacus,” with his dry little comments muttered sotto voce as asides. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/95 "2013-04-15T00:06:47Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’m more pro-gun than 90% of the board; I really believe something like an armed libertarian society is at least worth a try. Hey, it worked for Somalia. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/96 "2013-04-15T00:10:26Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Older women are the best drivers. Yeah, I’d say that qualifies as an “unpopular opinion”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/97 "2013-04-15T00:13:47Z")
Musicals are god-awful. All the singing and dancing. :mad: Just shutup and talk like normal people already. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/98 "2013-04-15T00:19:58Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Musicals are god-awful. All the singing and dancing. :mad: Just shutup and talk like normal people already. They’ve got those already, I think they’re called “talkies” or “movies” or something. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/99 "2013-04-15T00:27:07Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > Go get your computer and continue reading. There’s no sex until chapter five. :smack: clearly, he did not read even the first three chapters, or he would have been wondering why not smut. There was not even a kiss until 80+ pages in of the copy I was reading. Very typical of romances, not smut. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/100 "2013-04-15T00:32:42Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Musicals are god-awful. All the singing and dancing. :mad: Just shutup and talk like normal people already. The worst was the musical episode of Grey’s Anatomy. I must be a masochist or I wouldn’t have watched it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645.md?page=6)