The Unpopular Opinions thread

[Millysaurusrexjr]

IDK if it's unpopular or not, but I prefer pronouncing it poke-eee-mon rather than poke-ayy-mon. even if it's wrong, idc

 

[Alienfish]

IDK if it's unpopular or not, but I prefer pronouncing it poke-eee-mon rather than poke-ayy-mon. even if it's wrong, idc

I think it's more like poh-kéh-monn; pocket+monster(s) but yeah i've heard literally everything so idc either lol.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I think it's more like poh-kéh-monn; pocket+monster(s) but yeah i've heard literally everything so idc either lol.

Yeah I think you're right. I was basing it off of however they pronounced it in the OG anime show. For some reason it just never stuck with me and I preferred the EEE sound ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Alienfish]

Yeah I think you're right. I was basing it off of however they pronounced it in the OG anime show. For some reason it just never stuck with me and I preferred the EEE sound ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

English dub? Yeah I think a lot of anime suffer from 'wrong' pronunciation cause they didn't study the language but hey as long as people are respectful and know its sources whatever tbf.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

English dub? Yeah I think a lot of anime suffer from 'wrong' pronunciation cause they didn't study the language but hey as long as people are respectful and know its sources whatever tbf.

They pronounced it poh-kayy-mon in the english dub rather than poh-kee-mon (which is the way I have always pronounced it even if it's not right lol). But they definitely did get a lot of things wrong in the english dub, like the jelly-filled donuts debacle

 

[Alienfish]

They pronounced it poh-kayy-mon in the english dub rather than poh-kee-mon (which is the way I have always pronounced it even if it's not right lol). But they definitely did get a lot of things wrong in the english dub, like the jelly-filled donuts debacle

Damn, didn't know. I just assume the "é" had an ayy sound to it to them lol.

Oh yeah, I think a lot were also censored since... it's for kids and everything from Japan is "adult/bad content" in one or other ways.

I don't recall too much of the Swedish dubs, but they probably pronounced it closer to Japanese since we don't have those ayy diphthongs a lot unless it's obvious borrowed words.

 

[Orius]

I remember how difficult it was just to search for the Japanese version of Pokémon in Singapore. It's all English dub here as well, but I prefer the Japanese one. Satoshi seems less childish in tone there thanks to the voice actor (who also performed multiple opening themes for the show; that's dedication).

Speaking of Satoshi, I prefer to call him Satoshi instead of Ash. I also think he's not as bad of a trainer as people made him out to be for one reason: the Pokémon anime uses real world physics (sometimes) in the battlefield, and that offers another level of challenge the video games don't offer. Also, Satoshi is able to utilize those battlefield physics to his advantage more than half the times, resulting in some pretty creative strategies you couldn't pull off in the game. Like, everyone gave him crap for "cheating" during Brock's battle. Like, hello! That is creativity. He used the sprinklers to his advantage. Think, Mark! Think! And Pikachu aiming for the horn? Genius. Maybe, just maybe, Rhydon's horn in the anime is made of metal? Metal conducts electricity, 1+1 = 2! Logic!

I was so proud of him when he got the runner-up spot in the Pokémon League during XY. Best season of Pokémon, period. Everyone's always comparing the League to the Elite Four, but compared to the Elite Four, the League is leagues above in challenge. Unlike the Elite Four in the games, you have to battle a ladder tournament where expert trainers from across the land battle against you for the title, so it's not just four people you're competing against, but dozens. They're operating by Battle Spot Singles rules, bruh! Smogon-stuff!

Also, Satoshi won the Battle Frontier anyway, so who cares. The Battle Frontier was challenging as heck in the games, and the anime version's not far off either. Satoshi had to fight legendaries and still won.

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Another unrelated unpopular opinion: not big on the MCU. I just don't find those movies to be anything special, especially when I'm a film buff who grew up on movies and crave the truly unique and artistically-groundbreaking films that dare to challenge the cinematic landscape, expanding what movies could do in terms of storytelling. The MCU films are fine as popcorn movies, but I think they're massively overrated.

Also not a fan of Tom Holland's Spider-Man, but I guess that's less of an unpopular opinion...

 

[Corrie]

I don't really like Roger Craig Smith's Sonic outside of Sonic Boom. I feel like he suits the savage type Sonic for that show but elsewhere it just doesn't fit. Nothing against the guy though.

 

[Aminata]

I faced my fear of needles and took the vaccine last day..
i know i did the right thing but...
again it made me feel sick!
the nurse's hand was so heavy
i can't move my arm without feeling pain
it feels like it's going to fall
i don't wanna look a needles anymore
never!

 

[Orius]

I faced my fear of needles and took the vaccine last day..
i know i did the right thing but...
again it made me feel sick!
the nurse's hand was so heavy
i can't move my arm without feeling pain
it feels like it's going to fall
i don't wanna look a needles anymore
never!

I know how you feel.

I voiced out about my fear of needles to the nurse giving me the vaccine. lol She was pretty nice about it though, thankfully, and it ended pretty quick. Well, not as quick as I wanted, but still. lol

 

[Corrie]

I know how you feel.

I voiced out about my fear of needles to the nurse giving me the vaccine. lol She was pretty nice about it though, thankfully, and it ended pretty quick. Well, not as quick as I wanted, but still. lol

Always tell them you're nervous. They don't want you fainting either lol.

I was getting my blood drawn for the first time and was crazy nervous. I survived but wanted to get the heck out so I left right after and sure enough, passed out in the hallway lol. If I would've told her I was nervous, she would have gotten me to lay down and chill out before leaving.

 

[Orius]

Always tell them you're nervous. They don't want you fainting either lol.

I was getting my blood drawn for the first time and was crazy nervous. I survived but wanted to get the heck out so I left right after and sure enough, passed out in the hallway lol. If I would've told her I was nervous, she would have gotten me to lay down and chill out before leaving.

Yeah, doesn't help that one of the side effects of the vaccine is dizziness, thus leading to an increase in likelihood of fainting.

 

[AccfSally]

I don't care for Halloween, I did as a child..but not anymore.
I prefer Valentine's day and Christmas more.

 

[Aminata]

Uhhh.. but halloween is so cool
I envy you because there's no halloween my country

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Donkeys are cuter than horses

 

[Stikki]

Uhhh.. but halloween is so cool
I envy you because there's no halloween my country

I feel this! I guess Halloween kind of exists where I live (in the uk) but not much? Very few decorate (I do haha) or it's limited to a pumpkin in the window.

Trick or treat used to be massively frowned upon when I was a kid too. Most adults considered it "begging" and rude back then. Unfortunately people went too far with their "tricks" too and I remember everyone sealing their letterbox shut to prevent fireworks being pushed through, the police patrolling and ordering teens to go home cos they're "too old" and likely the ones doing the particularly nasty tricks. Even now I usually only get 2 trick or treaters at the very most and I'm one of the only people on this road to hand anything out.

A few shops decorate, which is nice to see and there are people that throw Halloween parties at home or occasionally hire a venue. But if you walk there in costume, expect people to give you weird looks or actually remark "Oh, I forgot it's Halloween".

We don't really have much of a sense of community spirit in the uk, not compared to America anyway. It tends to either be everyone is up in your business and/or gossiping or everyone keeps to themselves. I'm sure nice examples exist, but it's sadly rare.

Having said that, we do have Guy Fawkes just a few days after Halloween and then a lot of people gather for the fireworks and/or the Anonymous march. Given that Guy Fawkes is the icon of anarchy, I have respect haha, which is possibly an unpopular opinion in itself!

 

[Bloodflowers]

wow @Stikki where in the UK do you live? My experience wasn’t like that at all. I grew up in rural Scotland and I have fond memories of dressing up in costume and trick or treating (or guising as it’s called here) until about 14. I’ve always looked younger than my age so it was easy to get away with it but I don’t think most people would have cared really. There’s a strong history of witchcraft and such in Scotland, or maybe it’s just a countryside vs city thing. Eventually I would just hang out in the cemetery or the woods instead. Yeah I was that edgy goth kid lmao.

 

[Violet Witch]

wow @Stikki where in the UK do you live? My experience wasn’t like that at all. I grew up in rural Scotland and I have fond memories of dressing up in costume and trick or treating (or guising as it’s called here) until about 14. I’ve always looked younger than my age so it was easy to get away with it but I don’t think most people would have cared really. There’s a strong history of witchcraft and such in Scotland, or maybe it’s just a countryside vs city thing. Eventually I would just hang out in the cemetery or the woods instead. Yeah I was that edgy goth kid lmao.

I'm clearly living in the wrong part of the UK if Scotland makes more of a fuss over Halloween than elsewhere in the country.

Saying that Halloween has grown in popularity in the UK over the last ten years or so, I remember trick or treating a few times up until around the age of 14 but a lot of my local neighbourhoods weren't in to it so I never got much in the way of sweets and chocolate. However since then it's grown a lot and every year I always see a lot of young kids going out all dressed up and more houses making an effort to decorate for the occasion. The same can be said about the shops, when I was growing up Halloween decorations were harder to come by but now a lot of them have entire aisles dedicated to Halloween and the amount of pumpkins you can buy from supermarkets always blows my mind. Long may it continue as Halloween is an awesome holiday that I wish was celebrated more and not frowned upon because many still believe it's related to devil worshipping etc.

 

[Stikki]

wow @Stikki where in the UK do you live? My experience wasn’t like that at all. I grew up in rural Scotland and I have fond memories of dressing up in costume and trick or treating (or guising as it’s called here) until about 14. I’ve always looked younger than my age so it was easy to get away with it but I don’t think most people would have cared really. There’s a strong history of witchcraft and such in Scotland, or maybe it’s just a countryside vs city thing. Eventually I would just hang out in the cemetery or the woods instead. Yeah I was that edgy goth kid lmao.

I've moved around a lot and currently live in the North East, but I was born and raised down South and only ever lived in cities until about a year and a half ago. It's really surprising to me that London (where I used to live) still doesn't go all out. They have huge celebrations for different cultural customs, like Chinese new year for example, but Halloween is still very limited. Seems most people who want to celebrate had to do private parties or just some lame "halloween happy hour" at the pub or a supposedly "halloween themed" club night that barely anyone bothers to even dress up for and it just becomes like any club night.

It's a shame cos I was always so excited for Halloween as a kid, yet always left feeling flat cos nothing ever happened and barely anyone even acknowledged it. At one of my school's we weren't even allowed to talk about it really, but it was a Church of England school with a strong focus on religion, so I assume that's why. Seems so stupid.

 

[Stella-Io]

People around me make big talk about burgers, ribs and steak esp but I don't care for any of them. They're kinda over-hyped to me, they aren't that good, esp steak. I don't see why people love it so much.