The Unpopular Opinions thread

[OtakuTrash]

That right there is the reason it’s my least favorite season. I experienced snow way too much being from the snowy north and despite being born in winter, I just hate it.

I completely understand. My only strategy for survival is by staying inside from the 50 feet of snow. Oh well. At least houses exist! ;-; Despite all that, somehow, it's my fav season! Why am I like this?

 

[Corrie]

My problem with winter is that here in Canada we get it for like, 6 months. If it was from December - Feb, I'd be more tolerant of it. We got some snow today (a thin strip on roof and cars) but I heard someone scraping their windshield. Yuck.

 

[Raz]

My problem with winter is that here in Canada we get it for like, 6 months. If it was from December - Feb, I'd be more tolerant of it. We got some snow today (a thin strip on roof and cars) but I heard someone scraping their windshield. Yuck.

Down here, it's like that, but with summer. We basically have 3 versions of summer, each one more intense than the other, and then we have "winter", which is basically lots of light rain for an extended period and temperatures ranging from 15C to 26C.

December is coming and with that, summer. Like, the worst version of it. January tends to be the worst month of the year for me, as it's the hottest month.

 

[Corrie]

Down here, it's like that, but with summer. We basically have 3 versions of summer, each one more intense than the other, and then we have "winter", which is basically lots of light rain for an extended period and temperatures ranging from 15C to 26C.

December is coming and with that, summer. Like, the worst version of it. January tends to be the worst month of the year for me, as it's the hottest month.

That sounds pretty gross too lol. Can we trade though?

 

[Raz]

That sounds pretty gross too lol. Can we trade though?

Well, I would accept your offer in a heartbeat lol

 

[Corrie]

Well, I would accept your offer in a heartbeat lol

Haha! I'm sure I'd get sick of the heat eventually. Why can't weather be somewhere in the middle, you know?

 

[Envy]

In my opinion, winter is the best season. I mean, c'mon. It looks pretty, you can wear like 50 blankets, and drink hot chocolate! What's not to like? (besides freezing)

Where I live winter is the best season because it's a reprieve from the heat, the bugs are mostly gone, and severe weather is rare. It is the best season for me to go outdoors. I get most of my walking/exercising done in winter. Then when it gets hot and bugs are everywhere again in March or April I retreat back to indoors.

I'm also weird and am much happier during this time of the year, as opposed to the depression I have during Spring/Summer.

The only downside to winter where I live is getting dry skin. My hands get so dry, no matter how much lotion I use. D:

 

[Alienfish]

It's fun how countries are so fast forbidding plastic items when a lot of those items doesn't have good options, like untreated wooden toothbrushes basically make your gum bleed, and a lot of people can't handle those bad paper straws even though it has gotten better neither can they hold onto metallic ones.

Yes I'm aware it's bad for environment but unless you have proper options don't be rushing phasing it out. Also some thin paper around a wrap is a bad idea.

 

[Corrie]

It's fun how countries are so fast forbidding plastic items when a lot of those items doesn't have good options, like untreated wooden toothbrushes basically make your gum bleed, and a lot of people can't handle those bad paper straws even though it has gotten better neither can they hold onto metallic ones.

Yes I'm aware it's bad for environment but unless you have proper options don't be rushing phasing it out. Also some thin paper around a wrap is a bad idea.

I'm all for saving the environment and have done lots of help but paper straws are awful. I'm a slow drinker but even I find they get mushy so fast and begin to fall apart into my drink. Disgusting.

 

[Alienfish]

I'm all for saving the environment and have done lots of help but paper straws are awful. I'm a slow drinker but even I find they get mushy so fast and begin to fall apart into my drink. Disgusting.

Yeah, I've had other than plastic-straws but they get soggy fast and makes stuff taste... paper yes.

Imo it's better focusing on recycled plastic or develop yet another material. Sorry I'd rather throw my stuff in a bin than have a yuck drink I need.

 

[Corrie]

Yeah, I've had other than plastic-straws but they get soggy fast and makes stuff taste... paper yes.

Imo it's better focusing on recycled plastic or develop yet another material. Sorry I'd rather throw my stuff in a bin than have a yuck drink I need.

For sure. What about something similar to juice boxes? Those are recycled (at least where I am) and have a plastic 'lining' to help the paper not fall apart.

 

[Alienfish]

For sure. What about something similar to juice boxes? Those are recycled (at least where I am) and have a plastic 'lining' to help the paper not fall apart.

Indeed.

also i looked up tone indicators and lmao they just look like random 4chan boards to me, i couldn't for life decode why/how they are used.

 

[Orius]

Unpopular opinion: I'm not a fan of Disney at all.

Since a few years ago, perhaps even longer, I've began to kinda enter this stage of my life where I started to see the shady messages of older Disney films or just simply grew out of them altogether. The Little Mermaid is a movie that teaches young girls to sell their souls to a stranger for the sake of a man, and Pocahontas glorifies an ugly American history.

But it's not until recently that I got more... disturbed by Walt Disney's corporate decisions, the most obvious one being the monopoly that forced thousands of people out of work when 20th Fox Studio was bought out. Yay, we have Wolverine in the MCU now... who cares if it means the joblessness of many people?

But that's not even the best part yet. The video I've posted above shows just how much uglier the reality really is with Disney's corporate evil: suing a grieving father for wanting to place a Spider-Man on his late son's tombstone. Yeah... I don't think I need to describe what this means to me as a Spider-Man fan. Anyone who has read "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" knows how little Disney executives understands Spider-Man when they made this god-awful decision. And even putting aside the trivial comic book lore, it's a father wanting to just do something nice for his dead son... so yeah, pretty disgusting, Disney. I have choice words for you. Real colorful words.

And that's just the most glaring fault Disney has ever displayed. There are tons of other things I don't like about them either, but most of my dissatisfaction comes from their romanticization of life values, such that any franchise they touch - Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars - all get turned into these "family-friendly, conservative wholesome movies for the whole family." Pixar movies might seem like the exception to this rule, but their movies seem to become worse in quality ever since the Disney buyout in 2006... And guess which Pixar film came out in 2006? That's right - Cars.

Now, I enjoy my fair share of Marvel stuff every now and then, but I don't consider myself an MCU fan. Like most Disney films, MCU films have these bland, out of touch, generic plots about good fighting evil and triumphing or some overdone, forgettable story like that. Only recently did Kevin Feige manage to wrestle more creative rights and get more experimental writing into their series, but even still, it's still plagued by the Disney brand of "keeping it safe for the kids." You know, don't want to cause anyone to think that you could slap Spidey on tombstones, amirite?

Sigh. Disney sucks.

 

[Stikki]

Unpopular opinion: I'm not a fan of Disney at all.

Since a few years ago, perhaps even longer, I've began to kinda enter this stage of my life where I started to see the shady messages of older Disney films or just simply grew out of them altogether. The Little Mermaid is a movie that teaches young girls to sell their souls to a stranger for the sake of a man, and Pocahontas glorifies an ugly American history.

But it's not until recently that I got more... disturbed by Walt Disney's corporate decisions, the most obvious one being the monopoly that forced thousands of people out of work when 20th Fox Studio was bought out. Yay, we have Wolverine in the MCU now... who cares if it means the joblessness of many people?

But that's not even the best part yet. The video I've posted above shows just how much uglier the reality really is with Disney's corporate evil: suing a grieving father for wanting to place a Spider-Man on his late son's tombstone. Yeah... I don't think I need to describe what this means to me as a Spider-Man fan. Anyone who has read "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" knows how little Disney executives understands Spider-Man when they made this god-awful decision. And even putting aside the trivial comic book lore, it's a father wanting to just do something nice for his dead son... so yeah, pretty disgusting, Disney. I have choice words for you. Real colorful words.

And that's just the most glaring fault Disney has ever displayed. There are tons of other things I don't like about them either, but most of my dissatisfaction comes from their romanticization of life values, such that any franchise they touch - Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars - all get turned into these "family-friendly, conservative wholesome movies for the whole family." Pixar movies might seem like the exception to this rule, but their movies seem to become worse in quality ever since the Disney buyout in 2006... And guess which Pixar film came out in 2006? That's right - Cars.

Now, I enjoy my fair share of Marvel stuff every now and then, but I don't consider myself an MCU fan. Like most Disney films, MCU films have these bland, out of touch, generic plots about good fighting evil and triumphing or some overdone, forgettable story like that. Only recently did Kevin Feige manage to wrestle more creative rights and get more experimental writing into their series, but even still, it's still plagued by the Disney brand of "keeping it safe for the kids." You know, don't want to cause anyone to think that you could slap Spidey on tombstones, amirite?

Sigh. Disney sucks.

Have you ever seen the film Escape from Tomorrowland? It's kinda disturbing, but also pretty amusing. It's a horror that was filmed without permission in Disneyland, making it all dark and creepy and stuff. Your comment reminded me of it. I like how it's a massive eff you to Disney haha

 

[Orius]

Have you ever seen the film Escape from Tomorrowland? It's kinda disturbing, but also pretty amusing. It's a horror that was filmed without permission in Disneyland, making it all dark and creepy and stuff. Your comment reminded me of it. I like how it's a massive eff you to Disney haha

I haven't seen it, but I'm surprised Disney "chose to ignore it" and not sue them. But this only makes their suppression of that grieving father's request much more bizarre. A Roman Polanski/David Lynch-esque horror film starring Disneyland is fine, but Spidey, a character known in the comics for grieving for the innocent multiple times (including a kid with cancer), is supposedly too family-friendly to be placed on a tombstone?!

I guess it just depends on which CEO is in charge of Disney at the time. I heard that one got fired recently.

 

[frogslime]

frozen peanut butter is banger
like to eat

 

[Alienfish]

Never been a Disney fan really and I don't get how they'll still so popular tbh.

Also, yeah winter sucks cause I can't handle cold and it's basically one grey season unless you're lucky and have snow. I hate bundling up in layers too.

 

[EmmaFrost]

Paper straws are absolutely worthless.
Golf courses are a colossal waste of space and they're terrible for the environment.
Shame is not an effective motivator to get people to lose weight.

 

[Croconaw]

I’d rather be too hot than too cold. I’d rather be stuck in a heatwave than a snowstorm. I’d rather have four seasons of summer than four varying seasons. I’d rather look out my window and see green than look out my window and see white. Let me be in the heat.

 

[-Lumi-]

Ginger is so gross