# 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:** 8
**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:** [April 15, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/141 "2013-04-15T17:48:02Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > All of my opinions are popular ones. Most people would disagree. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/142 "2013-04-15T17:50:42Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > They’re the only 3 nation-states to allow commercial whaling. I’m not keen on the aboriginal pure subsistence whaling either, but those 3 have no excuse. What’s worse, is Japan uses a loop hole and essentially lies about their reasoning. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/143 "2013-04-15T18:02:37Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > hiv is hard to transmit via non-anal sex, hiv and sex fears are overblown if you avoid anal > > part of the hdi and gdp differences between geographic regions can be linked to differences in iq > > all the patriotic ‘soldiers fight for freedom’ stuff is not only untrue it is designed to keep the public ignorant and submissive to government who start wars for various reasons the public are never filled in on. mindless worship of the military and police (as opposed to informed dialogue on what role these necessary groups play in society) should be anathema to liberal democracy. > > because the us is a plutocracy many of our structural problems like health reform, the drug war, will not be solved anytime soon. Another unpopular opinion: People who type in all-lowercase make it easy to read, and encourage people to read it. It is not a product of an insufferable ego trip. ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/144 "2013-04-15T18:05:28Z")
> [@akennett](#): > > I am not only an atheist, but a strong atheist with regard to any gods described by man. I also think that the “spiritual, but not religious” bullshit is, well, bullshit. > > All X Studies programs (for whatever value of X you would like to place) are disgraces to academia. I say this after taking graduate history courses that were cross-listed with women’s studies and black studies grad programs – those professors and students have no intellectual rigor to their arguments. > > The whole idea of white/male/straight/whatever privilege is a crock dreamed up by the morons who get suckered in by the above listed “Studies” programs. Quit your fucking bitching and deal. > > “Cultural diversity” or any similarly worded crap is not a valid end toward which we should strive in competitive selection. People are individuals, and we should treat them as such. > > We need to end all the hand-wringing about bullying. It’s not some horrible problem that needs the intervention of all society, and the characterization of bullying as some great evil is going to fuck our kids up more than the bullying itself. This reeks of extraordinary privilege. I wish it was more unpopular. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/145 "2013-04-15T18:07:51Z")
I believe in the red state/blue state divide and that it has come to the point that people on the other side are no longer really my countrymen. I do however, believe that it is possible to be a red stater in a blue state and vice versa. I believe that people who are opposed to congressional voting rights for the District of Columbia are mostly racists who think it is funny to deny rights to the large number of blacks who live in the city. I also believe that workers with kids get too many breaks to leave work early to get their kids, not work late, etc. while those of us who know how to use birth control are picking up the slack “work from home my ass.” ---
**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 15, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/146 "2013-04-15T18:24:45Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Another unpopular opinion: People who type in all-lowercase make it easy to read, and encourage people to read it. It is not a product of an insufferable ego trip. If you believe that, why don’t you type in all-lowercase yourself? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/147 "2013-04-15T18:34:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > If you believe that, why don’t you type in all-lowercase yourself? **panache45** ’s name is already in lowercase. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/148 "2013-04-15T18:39:32Z")
**The Watchmen** movie was far better than the comic. The comic had an interesting plot, theme, and ideas but was failed by both its artwork and its writing. ---
**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 15, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/149 "2013-04-15T18:39:36Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > **panache45** ’s name is already in lowercase. 🙂 [stubbornly ignoring the point] True enough, but his/her posts are written using standard capitalization. And Bell Hooks was full of shit, incidentally. There’s a reason the written English language evolved to use capitalization as it does. Along with the various marks of punctuation, a convenient and clear marker for the beginnings and endings of sentences and clauses; it aids the reader in parsing the writer’s meaning in a minimally intrusive way. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/150 "2013-04-15T18:49:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Another unpopular opinion: People who type in all-lowercase make it easy to read, and encourage people to read it. It is not a product of an insufferable ego trip. I agree. I find the lower case characters more pleasant to the eye. They also don’t have that attitude of the upper case case characters, all smug and superior and shouty like that. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/151 "2013-04-15T18:50:23Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I agree. I find the lower case characters more pleasant to the eye. They also don’t have that attitude of the upper case case characters, all smug and superior and shouty like that. My advice to you: never study German. ETA. typing in all lowercase is quite clearly much harder to read. Parsing sentences and such just doesn’t work as well without uppercase. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/152 "2013-04-15T18:59:05Z")
I love bagpipes. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/153 "2013-04-15T19:03:14Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I believe in the red state/blue state divide and that it has come to the point that people on the other side are no longer really my countrymen. I do however, believe that it is possible to be a red stater in a blue state and vice versa. Yes, that’s why I’d like the south to leave. Let’s set a date, and if you’re a liberal get your ass out of the south by that date and if you’re a conservative get your ass out of the north. I’m tired of the nation being held hostage by our most backward members. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/154 "2013-04-15T19:06:54Z")
Pennies, Nickels and Dimes should all be gone. We should have Quarter, $1, $2, and $5 coins, and $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills. 4 coins, 4 bills, nice and neat. Men today have the same reproductive rights as women pre-Roe. “Keep your dick in your pants.” is as useful a statement as “Use aspirin for birth control, hold one between your knees.” Contraception available to men is no better than then either, it’s either a rubber or get your tubes snipped. No, I don’t have a better way to handle reproductive rights & contraception, but I recognize the complete stagnation on the male side of the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/155 "2013-04-15T19:11:18Z")
Ooo! I love these threads! Haven’t read the whole thing yet, so sorry if I’m parroting anything anyone else has said: - I think cigarette smokers seem to be last group of people that it’s okay to treat as second-class citizens. Liberal tolerance appears to only go so far. - I think it’s okay to tip a server less for mediocre service, and nothing for shitty service. I don’t agree with the fact that they make only $2.38 an hour in salary, but that’s not my fault and I’m not going to make up the difference just because of greedy managers and owners. To balance it out, I’ll often tip 40% or more for great service. - I think people are overly hypersensitive when it comes to children and sexuality. Before I get castrated and lynched by the SDMB, let me say that it’s _never, ever_ okay to abuse a child. But I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with a grown man finding a teenage girl attractive as she’s naturally at birthing age. Nature is _intending_ for him to be attracted to her. I also don’t think it’ll damage a kid to see nudity or discuss sex with a parent. - Semi-related to the above, I think males should be allowed to decide for themselves if they want to be circumcised. It shouldn’t be the parents’ decision to have a boy’s genitals mutilated when he can’t even object. For the record, I wish I had been given a choice. - I agree with Bill Cosby. I think many black folks (not all, of course) need to take some responsibility and stop blaming white people and/or the system for their problems. Yes, racism exists. Yes, the system is unfair toward minorities. But you’re not helping yourselves out by having five children by five different unknown fathers. You’re not helping yourselves out by perpetuating violent crimes and gangs. Have some dignity and respect for yourselves so that you can have respect from others. - And white racists: Fuck you. Your ancestors forcibly brought Africans here against their will to be treated worse than animals, and now you resent them for being here. You lost the goddamn war. It’s not 1840 anymore. Grow the fuck up. You have a black president now. Get over it. - Finally, some drug laws seriously need to be loosened. I don’t partake myself, but I’ve read article after article of research scientists who have evidence that marijuana and psilocybin have properties that would be very beneficial for both physical and mental illnesses. However, research is stymied by the fact that doctors are going through a bureaucratic nightmare trying to get clinical trials approved, which they can’t because of someone’s overblown sense of morality over half a century ago. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/156 "2013-04-15T19:19:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Another unpopular opinion: People who type in all-lowercase make it easy to read, and encourage people to read it. It is not a product of an insufferable ego trip. that and hitting the shift key on a smartphone is not worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Aman27deep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aman27deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aman27deep)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/157 "2013-04-15T21:19:28Z")
Marijuana should be legal. Drinking age should be 25. Football is a better sport than egghand. Video games don’t make people into killers. ---
**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 15, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/158 "2013-04-15T22:36:01Z")
> [@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. For the record: I agree with this, 100%. > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > There are two reasons I don’t give a fuck on whether bisexuality is inborn or learned. Eloquently put, but I couldn’t care less about what they are. The fact that you don’t care answers the question I was really asking. I think. Over and out. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/159 "2013-04-15T22:57:28Z")
Every early death buys the human race, and civilization as we know it, a little more time. ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-unpopular-opinions/655645/160 "2013-04-15T23:06:19Z")
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