My Unpopular Opinions... Yours?

[Alienfish]

I've found the mods on the animal crossing community to be very similar though. There's a lot of favouritism that goes on over there too. You find some people getting away with things that other just get told about straight away. Have experienced it myself.
Find the mods here to be very good generally. Think they're quite strict about post quality and things but that's not a bad point.
I do wish some things got picked up on faster, but I guess they can't be everywhere at once. Generally think they keep the site safe for everybody and they're very fair

Yeah not saying they are bad per se, just this "staff bud favoritism" is not a good thing.

like.. oh you write s-word in portuguese? bam warning. you have it in french in usertitle.. trololo whatever.

 

[Greggy]

Edgy opinions ahoy!
1. I prefer Radical Feminism over "Tumblr" Feminism. I only see Feminism as Radical Feminism or the Traditional kind. Tumblr Feminism is bullcrap.
2. Trans people belong to the third gender. Tumblr should stop pressuring lesbians and gays to date trans folk. I find it rude.
3. From what I've said in the first 2 opinions, Tumblr sucks and I'm only in it for the fanart.
4. In my country, The Philippines, I don't think our president is a bad guy. He's well-meaning and he does his job done.
5. I think people should be neutered/sterilized to stop breeding because it's getting overpopulated, for Pete's sake. Some people don't deserve to breed, either.
6. Being trans can be considered as a mental disorder. Maybe that's just the upbringing I had with my family, but out of the 10 trans people I've met, they're not "normal". Some were too hungry for attention, some steal and lie a lot, and some are too entitled with their opinions. And according to my father, there's clearly something wrong with a man that claims to feel like a woman.
7. I find it hypocritical when people claim "TRANS!" when one gender crossdress while they are trying to break the gender norm.
8. I am VERY afraid that this upcoming generation will value feelings over reason.

Now for the lighter opinions...
1. I consider Animal Crossing as a game. Because it exerts effort and makes you feel stressful.
2. Black liquorice isn't that bad.
3. Steven Universe is good, but not the best cartoon. People only give it kudos for its progressiveness.
4. KyoAni makes boring, overrated anime.

 

[Dim]

Another thing! **** THOSE DAMN KOOPALINGS! They have go be in every god damn game and it pisses me off to no end. Out of nowhere Nintendo has gotten obssesed with them. :/

~Bowser Jr. #1 "Koopaling" :]]]]]]

 

[visibleghost]

2. Trans people belong to the third gender. Tumblr should stop pressuring lesbians and gays to date trans folk. I find it rude.
6. Being trans can be considered as a mental disorder. Maybe that's just the upbringing I had with my family, but out of the 10 trans people I've met, they're not "normal". Some were too hungry for attention, some steal and lie a lot, and some are too entitled with their opinions. And according to my father, there's clearly something wrong with a man that claims to feel like a woman.

sadly these two opinions arent very unpopular. transphobia is very widespread lol

 

[littletwinclouds]

Lol 4chan can actually be kinda fun if you go in the right threads, also their music archive can be golden sometimes if you're looking for obscure stuff.

omg thank god i'm not the only one, i was scared to post this ahaha

4chan is nowhere near as bad as people think it is - even /b/ is mostly ****posting and yeah, people post porn, but like there are so many porn spam blogs on tumblr that it's just whatever. you just learn to ignore it.

imo tumblr is waaaaay more toxic

so many 14 year olds self-diagnosing with every mental disorder under the sun (especially personality disorders???? like um these can only be diagnosed after 18 by PSYCHIATRISTS), think they have ptsd and understand "trauma" because they had a bad fight with a friend once which means they were "abused", and who get "triggered" by everything under the sun because life is sooooo hard when you're 14....
and otherkin wtf like grow up

also people who get upset over "triggered" jokes? um if myself and my boyfriend can make jokes about triggers (between the two of us we have experienced with rape, prostitution, drug addiction, homelessness, child abuse and severe physical abuse) then i'm pretty sure you can deal.

tumblr is a cesspool tbh

 

[piichinu]

omg thank god i'm not the only one, i was scared to post this ahaha

4chan is nowhere near as bad as people think it is - even /b/ is mostly ****posting and yeah, people post porn, but like there are so many porn spam blogs on tumblr that it's just whatever. you just learn to ignore it.

they find dead bodies on that site...

 

[DarkDesertFox]

The dab thing is really stupid. I'm sorry, I just don't like a lot of the trends people start up. At least it's not as bad as the harlem shake.

Edit: Also, I can't stand the puppy filter.

 

[Akira-chan]

I dont see the fun of snapchat or selifes tbh. :\ its just ur face and yeah its good have have confidence but like some people take it too far.

 

[calico103]

Oh boy! Now's my chance to get people at my throat for my controversial beliefs! Heh, just kidding (I hope)

I have mixed feelings about Japanese cartoon media (i.e. anime/manga). On one hand, the art style tends to be really nice, but on the other, the animation is sometimes... well, not really actual animation. Like, I understand you don't want to hand draw an epic frame by frame, but "here's a still shot of a crowd running away from a bomb, let's add some dust particles and shake the camera and they'll get the idea" is way too far on the other side of the spectrum for my taste.

"Target demographic" needs to stop being a thing. A forty-year-old cab-driver has every right to casually enjoy playing some game called "Outdoor Greenhouse Simulator III" or whatever despite, gasp, not being a teen gamer who is obsessed with flowers, and his teen gamer neighbor with a gardening interest shouldn't call him out on "playing the wrong game".

Making a criminal suffer is not "justice". Justice involves the victim being reimbursed and, yes, the criminal being held responsible, but whenever I hear a family member of a homicide victim say things like "I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY" it hurts because I feel that if that's this person's opinion of "justice" then they're never going to actually recover from the ordeal. In fact, a recent news story I watched involved a family that disagreed with the death sentence for the killer of their son, not out of grace, but because a longer life would mean he would suffer more. I normally consider myself a sympathetic man, but that actually made me rather bitter at the family. I mean what the actual hell.

 

[Bunnilla]

Oh another unpopular opinion from me (please don't chop my head off)

I don't understand why older people like a TV show about ponies for little girls, especially boys Brony???.... like why

- - - Post Merge - - -

Oh boy! Now's my chance to get people at my throat for my controversial beliefs! Heh, just kidding (I hope)

I have mixed feelings about Japanese cartoon media (i.e. anime/manga). On one hand, the art style tends to be really nice, but on the other, the animation is sometimes... well, not really actual animation. Like, I understand you don't want to hand draw an epic frame by frame, but "here's a still shot of a crowd running away from a bomb, let's add some dust particles and shake the camera and they'll get the idea" is way too far on the other side of the spectrum for my taste.

"Target demographic" needs to stop being a thing. A forty-year-old cab-driver has every right to casually enjoy playing some game called "Outdoor Greenhouse Simulator III" or whatever despite, gasp, not being a teen gamer who is obsessed with flowers, and his teen gamer neighbor with a gardening interest shouldn't call him out on "playing the wrong game".

Making a criminal suffer is not "justice". Justice involves the victim being reimbursed and, yes, the criminal being held responsible, but whenever I hear a family member of a homicide victim say things like "I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY" it hurts because I feel that if that's this person's opinion of "justice" then they're never going to actually recover from the ordeal. In fact, a recent news story I watched involved a family that disagreed with the death sentence for the killer of their son, not out of grace, but because a longer life would mean he would suffer more. I normally consider myself a sympathetic man, but that actually made me rather bitter at the family. I mean what the actual hell.

I felt happy when I saw a story like that and the mom of the daughter said she was glad that the sentence was rest of life in prison because death would have been the easy way out

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

Well glad to see I'm not the only one who feels Tumblr is full of ****.

I've found the mods on the animal crossing community to be very similar though. There's a lot of favouritism that goes on over there too. You find some people getting away with things that other just get told about straight away. Have experienced it myself.
Find the mods here to be very good generally. Think they're quite strict about post quality and things but that's not a bad point.
I do wish some things got picked up on faster, but I guess they can't be everywhere at once. Generally think they keep the site safe for everybody and they're very fair

I remember ACC as effectively being a dictatorship. Pretty sure all their mods are soccer moms. Best thing you can do here is liberally use the report button, there's usually one or two mods online at any given time. Also agreed, they're mostly strict about post quality here than anything else. I was surprised by what I was able to get away with myself but I figure that's because I never directed it towards any specific users. The message got across to them regardless.

6. Being trans can be considered as a mental disorder. Maybe that's just the upbringing I had with my family, but out of the 10 trans people I've met, they're not "normal". Some were too hungry for attention, some steal and lie a lot, and some are too entitled with their opinions. And according to my father, there's clearly something wrong with a man that claims to feel like a woman.

This is my experience as well. One of my good friends is trans but I knew her as a him for the longest time. She suffers from many afflictions and always has. Schizophrenia, bipolar, borderline, etc. I can't help but see gender dysphoria as a mental illness. Even though I don't believe in it; whatever makes her happy. She's been miserable for so long I think she deserves to be happy.

I dont see the fun of snapchat or selifes tbh. :\ its just ur face and yeah its good have have confidence but like some people take it too far.

I do amauter photography as a hobby and absolutely hate selfies. They look terrible! All the same perspective complete with missing forearm. When I was traveling I'd just ask someone nearby to take a photo for me, they have never said no. You don't even need to speak the same language to get the message across!

"Target demographic" needs to stop being a thing. A forty-year-old cab-driver has every right to casually enjoy playing some game called "Outdoor Greenhouse Simulator III" or whatever despite, gasp, not being a teen gamer who is obsessed with flowers, and his teen gamer neighbor with a gardening interest shouldn't call him out on "playing the wrong game".

Hope I never see this argued against here on TBT, an Animal Crossing community. You know, that game marketed towards 10 year olds that we all play.

I don't understand why older people like a TV show about ponies for little girls, especially boys Brony???.... like why

I can give my two cents on this as an adult, a man, and somebody who watches that show among others. For me it's pretty much the same reason why I play Animal Crossing. Relaxing, light-hearted, and cute. For a kids show the writing is quite good, the characters are relatable, and the creator actually gave a **** about it and it shows. I like Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire as much as any other dude, but sometimes it's nice to fall into a relatively simple world of technicolor horses dealing with friendship problems for 20 minutes. Just as it is to fall into a world of quirky, needy animal people in a small village.

 

[moonford]

If your against lgbt+ people, you don't belong in our society, so go into to the sewers and rot.
(As harsh as it may be, I don't care.)

If you kill, you shouldn't be killed, you should rot for the rest of your miserable life in prison.

Americans are loud people.

(Every time an American is on a talk show over here in my country/ television network they appear to be way louder than the hosts or other guests. Its not your fault.)

I prefer a mean honest person more than a fake cute person.
"Honest is the best quality"

Women should have full custody of a child. (Unless they harm them in any way)

I hate children.

Americans seem to be extremely fake. ( Not all of you, of course.)

K-POP gifs annoy me a lot. ( I have no idea why )

Animals should have the same or close to the same rights to Humans and protected just as we are.

You're selfish if you smoke, you're killing yourself and the people around you, so stop, please. ;__;

I prefer personality over appearance.

Tumblr is my favourite site. I'm kidding

I love debating, its fun to see peoples point of view, even if it is completely different.

The Kardashians aren't that bad. But they are still bad. XD Very egotistical and boring.

 

[-Apples-]

I hate children.

Me too. I don't like kids. Same with Millennials and the other 90's born people. I prefer Gen X and Baby Boomers more (the old people).

You're selfish if you smoke, you're killing yourself and the people around you, so stop, please.

Laws against smoking are getting stricter here, yet people still smoke. I hate smoking too.

I prefer personality over appearance.

Personality does matter over appearance. If you want to know who is the monster and who is the man, the monster isn't the ugly one that looks like a monster, but rather the cruel and vile human being (no matter how good-looking they are).

 

[mintellect]

Spoiler: Long rant about Tumblr and minorities and ****

Okay so I don't know if this opinion is popular or not on the forums and it'll probably cause controversy but

"Reverse Racism" doesn't exist. You want to know why? Because believe it or not, the term "racism" doesn't just apply to people of color. The definition or racism is "to discriminate someone because of their SKIN COLOR or RACE". Not to discriminate someone because they're A PERSON OF COLOR. And before you say "oh but it says because of skin COLOR and only people of COLOR have COLOR in their skin!!!" No. That's not what the definition means. Despite the fact that "person of color" is often used to describe any person that isn't white, "white" people are technically peach/apricot colored so your point is invalid.
But anyway, its why it's called RAC(E)ISM and not PEOPLE-OF-COLORISM. IT APPLIES TO CAUCASIANS AS WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
And if you're trying to say that white people don't get discriminated because of their race, oh boy. No. No no no.
Look I understand things like white privilege and other things that cause POC discrimination, but believe it or not, white people can get discriminated because of their race too. SHOCKING.
Don't tell me that on this planet of seven billion people, or even on this country of 300 million people, that there isn't at least a FEW PEOPLE THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE.
Let's say there's a village composed of mainly people of color living in it. Then one day a white family moves in.
Don't you think that there's probably going to be at least ONE person that says, oh, a white family moved in? That's weird.
According to an article I read, discrimination against white people is just a matter of "hurt feelings." But oh no, POC gets discriminated? RACISM.
They said that it was just a matter of their white privileges being taken away. But why take them away? If we just gave the same privileges to people of color, everyone would be happy.
I'm not trying to villanize people of color, I promise you. People of color are great! And I know not everyone has this mentality. I just want to say that despite what people on Tumblr or wherever may think, racism isn't exclusive to people of color.
Leading on to another thing...
Just because you're a minority doesn't allow you to make fun of the majority. What I'd assume is common knowledge by now is that a certain part of Tumblr is known for DESPISING cisgender and/or heterosexuals. And what I find funny about this is that they don't seem to get that just like them, cishets can't help being the gender/sexuality that they are!!! Shocking!!!
Imagine if a community opened up that happened to be filled with the polar opposite- cishets that HATE LGTB+. The people on Tumblr would flip. Yet many of them don't think cishets should do the same thing because LGBT+ people are a minority.
Many of them argue that cishets are just as rude to them. But by fighting back in an equal matter, they're just being hypocrites.
I'm totally cool with LGBT+ people. One of my friends is homosexual, actually! It's just a shame that parts of the community like the notorious side of Tumblr have to be so nonsensical with their views.
Again, I understand that these people are fighting for their rights, and many cishets are against them, but people like the ones on Tumblr don't seem to understand that not every cishet is hates them. And I know not every LGBT+ hates cishets. I know that lots of LGBT+ people have been able to get their way in a less harsh manner. And really, being an a$$hole to the people that you want to give you rights isn't going to accomplish much.
And "cishets" is kind of a weird term.

 

[seliph]

Americans are loud people.

This is unpopular?

You're selfish if you smoke, you're killing yourself and the people around you, so stop, please. ;__;

For a lot of people, smoking is the only thing that can help them cope with stress, anxiety, or depression, especially if they can't afford proper help. It's either that or alcohol. I hate smoke and cigarettes and even seeing them makes my throat clench but I don't think shaming people for smoking is alright.

 

[moonford]

This is unpopular?



For a lot of people, smoking is the only thing that can help them cope with stress, anxiety, or depression, especially if they can't afford proper help. It's either that or alcohol. I hate smoke and cigarettes and even seeing them makes my throat clench but I don't think shaming people for smoking is alright.

Yes and it can lead to lung cancer, chest pains and as you know its highly addictive.

I know it can help stress, anxiety e.t.c , but there are alternatives and if they want to save themselves from harm they should try something else.

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

Yet many of them don't think cishets should do the same thing because LGBT+ people are a minority.
Many of them argue that cishets are just as rude to them. But by fighting back in an equal matter, they're just being hypocrites.

Spoiler: I've got a comic for everything

I'm totally cool with LGBT+ people. One of my friends is homosexual, actually! It's just a shame that parts of the community like the notorious side of Tumblr have to be so nonsensical with their views.

Pretty much how I feel. Got gay friends, have a trans friend, hell my roommate is gay; as far as I'm concerned love is love. But the LGBQT community is ridiculous, said friends don't like to associate with it because of it seems to be more hate than love. They have valid points to argue for but by being hypocrites it doesn't help anyone.

 

[seliph]

Yes and it can lead to lung cancer and chest pains.

I understand it can help stress, anxiety e.t.c, but there are alternatives and if they want to save themselves from harm they should try.

They know. You aren't telling them anything different but as I said, some people can't afford therapy. Even if they could, some people don't try for it because they're scared or they're teenagers whose parents won't let them. Not to mention addiction isn't something that can be cured with "Hey you should stop that".

 

[-Apples-]

Spoiler: Long rant about Tumblr and minorities and sh.t

Okay so I don't know if this opinion is popular or not on the forums and it'll probably cause controversy but

"Reverse Racism" doesn't exist. You want to know why? Because believe it or not, the term "racism" doesn't just apply to people of color. The definition or racism is "to discriminate someone because of their SKIN COLOR or RACE". Not to discriminate someone because they're A PERSON OF COLOR. And before you say "oh but it says because of skin COLOR and only people of COLOR have COLOR in their skin!!!" No. That's not what the definition means. Despite the fact that "person of color" is often used to describe any person that isn't white, "white" people are technically peach/apricot colored so your point is invalid.
But anyway, its why it's called RAC(E)ISM and not PEOPLE-OF-COLORISM. IT APPLIES TO CAUCASIANS AS WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
And if you're trying to say that white people don't get discriminated because of their race, oh boy. No. No no no.
Look I understand things like white privilege and other things that cause POC discrimination, but believe it or not, white people can get discriminated because of their race too. SHOCKING.
Don't tell me that on this planet of seven billion people, or even on this country of 300 million people, that there isn't at least a FEW PEOPLE THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE.
Let's say there's a village composed of mainly people of color living in it. Then one day a white family moves in.
Don't you think that there's probably going to be at least ONE person that says, oh, a white family moved in? That's weird.
According to an article I read, discrimination against white people is just a matter of "hurt feelings." But oh no, POC gets discriminated? RACISM.
They said that it was just a matter of their white privileges being taken away. But why take them away? If we just gave the same privileges to people of color, everyone would be happy.
I'm not trying to villanize people of color, I promise you. People of color are great! And I know not everyone has this mentality. I just want to say that despite what people on Tumblr or wherever may think, racism isn't exclusive to people of color.
Leading on to another thing...
Just because you're a minority doesn't allow you to make fun of the majority. What I'd assume is common knowledge by now is that a certain part of Tumblr is known for DESPISING cisgender and/or heterosexuals. And what I find funny about this is that they don't seem to get that just like them, cishets can't help being the gender/sexuality that they are!!! Shocking!!!
Imagine if a community opened up that happened to be filled with the polar opposite- cishets that HATE LGTB+. The people on Tumblr would flip. Yet many of them don't think cishets should do the same thing because LGBT+ people are a minority.
Many of them argue that cishets are just as rude to them. But by fighting back in an equal matter, they're just being hypocrites.
I'm totally cool with LGBT+ people. One of my friends is homosexual, actually! It's just a shame that parts of the community like the notorious side of Tumblr have to be so nonsensical with their views.
Again, I understand that these people are fighting for their rights, and many cishets are against them, but people like the ones on Tumblr don't seem to understand that not every cishet is hates them. And I know not every LGBT+ hates cishets. I know that lots of LGBT+ people have been able to get their way in a less harsh manner. And really, being an a$$hole to the people that you want to give you rights isn't going to accomplish much.
And "cishets" is kind of a weird term.

Spoiler

I agree to all of this. True tolerance is when you are welcoming of everyone without caring about who they are. Yeah, it would still be discrimination if you don't allow unproductive workers or people with lack of morals, but it's not wrongful discrimination. And there's never a need to "balance" a situation by getting revenge against "privileged people". I know this subject is highly controversial, but everybody needs to learn this.

 

[Dogemon]

They know. You aren't telling them anything different but as I said, some people can't afford therapy. Even if they could, some people don't try for it because they're scared or they're teenagers whose parents won't let them. Not to mention addiction isn't something that can be cured with "Hey you should stop that".

Just wanted to note more people die or get hurt as a result of alcohol consumption than from smoking, yet no one seems to shame them remotely as much. It's so much easier for people to go get cigarettes than get actual help, and that government's/pharmaceutical's fault more so than the individuals.