The Unpopular Opinions thread

[Orius]

It doesn't even feel right to just cast the one ethnic person at the audition based on their skin colour, because it should be based on their talent. It makes me wonder how they even feel knowing they got the part based on their skin colour anyway, like that's still discrimination in a way - just a more positive end result I guess.

Pretty much. Jordan Peele gets it, and as a black person, he made Get Out, showing the damaging effect of "positive discrimination."

Don' get me wrong - I think it's a great thing that people are becoming more sensitive to each other and more considerate of other people's feelings, we do need more of that. But the ugly truth of the Hollywood business machine is that... more often than not, Hollywood executives don't give a crap about you, about us, the ignored people. They're not your friends or family; they're businessmen, just one short leap away from being a politician.

 

[Alienfish]

Instead, it's about how diversity is now "trending." Your minority status is now profitable to bank on, and so many movie studios cast blacks and Chinese not because, or rather, not just because they want to include those people who deserve the spotlight (because god knows I would want to see more Chinese actors in Hollywood as well, since I'm literally one of them), but also because people pay good money for such diversity... and that kind of filmmaking ticks me off.

Yes I agree so much with all your post, snipped a bit for being able to type properly here lol...

I think it's even worse when people make money on sexuality/gender cast as well. Like okay as an actor you're supposed to play those characters regardless of your actual preferences but okay movie industry/bad kind of sensitive people ranting...

On another note I remembered the Danish Girl and the fact people got angry they didn't cast a trans person when that part weren't even the purpose. Sure the movie changed a lot of parts but yeah, lol.

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Also yeah it's definitely good people are being inclusive in good kinds of ways but yeah Hollywood or whatever trying to be woke and appealing to youngsters by making money off those castings, just no.

 

[Orius]

It's Orius again with another (not really) hot take!

Usually, I'm not a fan of MovieBob (Chipman). I find him kinda dismissive and snobbish at times, and if I do play his videos, it's playing in the background because you can only listen to Animal Crossing music for so many times in the game before it starts to get grating.

But on this point? Yeah, I'm glad this video exists, since I grew up on the Power Rangers (still didn't bother to watch the live action movie because I didn't like Power Rangers that much).

But it's not just about Power Rangers either, it's also about older generations' dismissal of younger generations' TV shows and video games. "Why, in my day, video games used to be good! Why, in my day, TV shows used to be good!" FYI, on a related note, Bob, a Gen Xer, thinks that the '90s sucks, and while I agree to a certain extent, the '90s consisted of some of my favorite cartoons of all time (Powerpuff Girls, Hey Arnold, Samurai Jack, Recess, Rugrats, etc, etc.) As someone who sometimes inadvertently dismisses a younger generation/Gen Z entertainment, I'm at fault as well in terms of eye-rolling some reboot or adaptation of some Spongebob cartoon (or similar entertainment) I got too old to enjoy. But having been on the receiving end of such snobbery... yeah, it doesn't feel good to have some older generations think that what you grew up with was dumb, and that somehow you were stupid for enjoying such inferior entertainment compared to their superior entertainment (by the way, the '80s had plenty of crap as well).

I mean, sure, like all things, there are exceptions and sometimes it's worth calling out on the things younger people enjoy, like Logan Paul's toxic behavior. But on the other hand, you have (quite) harmless stuff like TikTok and whatever social media kids are into nowadays, and yeah, I get it, it's fun to make fun of those things (and twerking and dabbing)... but it's just kids adapting to a new form of entertainment nowadays, like how we were into Gameboys and N64s. I remember when I had a MySpace page back then, so if kids get into Facebook nowadays, I could hardly blame them even if it's not my thing. And so, I might refrain from the kind of attitude from now on where I go, "What dumb stuff are kids into these days, Facebook or some crap?" That's just... not really a nice thing to say.

But to bring this post back to its initial point, yeah, a lot of entertainment kids enjoy nowadays do fail to entertain me in one form or another, but I'll try not to thumb my nose up at those entertainment like some know-it-all snob from now on... unless it's genuinely bad no matter what generation you grew up in... like 50 Shades. There's a fine line between "it's dumb but in an enjoyable Power Rangers kind of way" and "it's bad writing and so cringeworthy that I couldn't picture how anyone of any age could enjoy this... Then again, I used to write fanfiction, so I guess I could picture how certain demographics could enjoy 50 Shades...

 

[VanitasFan26]

I know they always told you "get a job" but these days its a lot harder to get a job because today's society tends to pick people over skill and value. Job interviews are such a pain to get through. You try your best, you think that they would be interest in you, but then you get this statement saying "We'll call you". Which means to say they maybe interested in you but little do you know they are picking people who are better than you. Then you get this phone call saying how they found someone else that is better and you don't get the job. As an American I really find it this difficult to find a job and its a painful feeling. I tried over 50 times and I just gave up.

 

[Alienfish]

I know they always told you "get a job" but these days its a lot harder to get a job because today's society tends to pick people over skill and value. Job interviews are such a pain to get through. You try your best, you think that they would be interest in you, but then you get this statement saying "We'll call you". Which means to say they maybe interested in you but little do you know they are picking people who are better than you. Then you get this phone call saying how they found someone else that is better and you don't get the job. As an American I really find it this difficult to find a job and its a painful feeling. I tried over 50 times and I just gave up.

Yeah for my part it's also harder even looking for them due to my Asperger and with all this unless you manage to have some kind of recommendation or just get lucky it's over 9000 hard levels.

 

[duckykate]

fortnite is a fun game and everyone just hates on it because it's popular

 

[piichinu]

I’m concerned about the increasing level of censorship disguised as social justice, which also goes along with how performative people are.
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I also can’t stand how people treat human behavior so rigidly. I’m autistic and I don’t even do this lmfao. It’s become normal to say “this is a bad person” “this is a good person.” Too much generalization. Very rarely do u see people treating others as individuals and talking to them about individual subjects.
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tone indicators are garbage. whatever happened to having a conversation or asking for clarification from someone if you’re unsure about their intent. I think tone indicators are lazy and dumb people down. It also contributes to the rigidity im complaining about.
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I hate how entitled people are to personal information now. “put all your affiliations on your profile so I know whether to speak to you or not.” “only antivax people prefer not to give out their vaccination status.” CARRDS. children talking about how they’re minors and where they live. STOP volunteering information unnecessarily. not everyone should know and if they do, it should happen naturally. and if you don’t give out information, it doesn’t mean you have anything to hide, so don’t assume so. “dont volunteer information” is a healthy and simple thing to live by
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politics and everything else are both way too divisive now. can people learn to effectively create movements for change that unify the most people they can, rather than radicalizing **** right off the bat? Like you realize you’re more likely to accomplish stuff if you start off small and add more on as you go forward. when will you realize putting on a show and grandstanding to make sure everyone knows how just and righteous you are is for petty arguments in personal relationships. Start strategizing and thinking more plz. U need to get as many people on ur side as u can
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oh yeah I also think drugs r repulsive and you shouldn’t share your drug habits with strangers. i think the act of chemically altering your mind for pleasure is pretty low. (this includes drinking to get drunk).

 

[Stikki]

I don't think it's fair or necessary to put so much focus on "trigger warnings" and censor certain words. It puts way too much emphasis on it and forces people to make a word like "rape" more upsetting than it needs to be and prevents those who have been raped from moving forward. I was sexually abused. I was raped. I get sick to the back teeth of encountering people online who tell me I'm not allowed to say "rape" when talking about my experiences cos...yano...eff off with that. There's literal rape seed fields where I live, imagine if I started telling everyone they couldn't call it that? It draws unnecessary attention to my past anyway and makes them tiptoe around me, which I hate and I dunno why anyone would choose to do that. If like me you have to give evidence in court and especially if you're cross-examined, then you have to say some pretty gut-wrenching stuff and have the other party's legal team tell you you're lying. THAT'S hard. Saying the word is the least of it.

It not only causes those who are apparently triggered by it to have a word completely define them, it prevents those who have experienced it from talking about it and therefore healing. Personally I would be so uncomfortable knowing people were walking on eggshells for fear of "triggering" me, cos that's humiliating and makes my whole existence become based on an awful event.

Anyone can get "triggered" by anything and they need to take care of themselves, but not push the responsibility on others to prevent that, as everyone is having their own experience of this thing called life. I'm not saying to go around deliberately upsetting people, cos that's just nasty. But just bear in mind that everyone is going through something, even if they're not loud about it and everyone has their own ways of coping. If someone's way of coping is to make jokes about it, then who are we to stop them? If someone wants to talk about it, why would we silence them?

I'll tell you what triggers a full blown PTSD episode in me if you like - the Disney version of Pinocchio. So I will never watch it again and try to avoid thinking about it. The scene where the frightened little boys are turned into donkeys and crying for their parents. You know why? I was pushed out of the car by my ex with my baby in the car and I saw his little face look out at me and crumple, before my ex drove off with him at speed. I never liked that scene of Pinnochio anyway, particularly as there was never any happy ending for those poor boys. But seeing my child literally taken from me in distress brought up some kinda association in my head, despite not even seeing the film since I was a child. But would I campaign to have it removed from Disney+? No I would not. Would I insist shops hide the dvd from plain sight? Nope. Would I freak out if someone mentioned the film? No! I just learned to cope. My child is fine btw and my ex is dead, so everything worked out fine for us. It was frightening and I had no idea if my child was ok for hours as I was in the middle of nowhere with no reception, but when we were reunited a few hours later he was fine.

We're not a stupid species, we know we can stop reading if we don't like where something is going. We can check the synopsis and parent's guide on IMDB if we're worried certain films might trigger us. But what we shouldn't be doing is preventing people from sharing their experiences (where appropriate) if that helps them and making such a big deal over a word.

I do understand censoring for minors...to an extent. Though honestly, growing up in the uk where Stranger Danger was censored, I am still a bit concerned. Initially it was censored to take out anything about sexual abuse, therefore plenty of us didn't understand it was wrong when it happened and later Stranger Danger was completely erased from the school curriculum "because it scares kids". I mean wtf? Of course it does! But we knew not to take sweets from strangers, get in their car etc and things like never walking next to a parked van if alone. These are useful things to know and can prevent tragedy.

All of you can speak freely in front of me. If I don't like where it's going, I'll stop reading. I would never demand you stay silent, I promise. I just wish everyone offered the same courtesy to each other.

 

[EmmaFrost]

Lawns are an infuriating waste of space and they should all be converted to food gardens.

 

[Stalfie]

I refuse to declare my pronouns and I’m baffled by people who try to enforce this. If I want to remain anonymous I will thank you very much. Nobody gets asked to declare their race or sexuality in their Twitter bio or emails do they

 

[Croconaw]

I refuse to declare my pronouns and I’m baffled by people who try to enforce this. If I want to remain anonymous I will thank you very much. Nobody gets asked to declare their race or sexuality in their Twitter bio or emails do they

They added a thing for pronouns on Instagram, which I guess is understandable but I’m indifferent to the whole thing.

 

[Alienfish]

@piichinu definitely agree to the carrds/entitled convo thing. like did those people spend all their time on tumblr and then copied their views and likes/dislike from wikipedia or. like cut the crap already.

> I’m concerned about the increasing level of censorship disguised as social justice, which also goes along with how performative people are.

This and to cater to social media teens because they can't think for themselves what a thing actually is. No we must censor and remove "sensitive" stuff because the contextual past did obviously not exist to them lol. Wow some episode/movie contains this, wow remove it from streaming services

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I refuse to declare my pronouns and I’m baffled by people who try to enforce this. If I want to remain anonymous I will thank you very much. Nobody gets asked to declare their race or sexuality in their Twitter bio or emails do they

This tbf, I don't really care what people use as long as it's human to me and don't go aloe/pixie/plantself levels.

 

[TillyGoesMeow]

Can we all steer clear of the political talk like the OP literally says to do. It seems to really be teetering on that with the last few posts.

Anyways, cheesy rice is a weird combo.

 

[Alienfish]

They added a thing for pronouns on Instagram, which I guess is understandable but I’m indifferent to the whole thing.

Yeah I definitely understand it for people who wants it, but yeah usually I don't care adding it. I'm female but use whichever.

Anyway, on a non-political onion, I don't think it should be acceptable to play your music taste loud on the train or whatever. Not everyone shares it and just cause your clique pretend to be tough peeps doesn't mean other likes your gangsta rap.

 

[idiotdoomspiral]

Can we all steer clear of the political talk like the OP literally says to do. It seems to really be teetering on that with the last few posts.

Anyways, cheesy rice is a weird combo.

OP has broken this rule though. One of his posts on here (on this post) (one of his many political takes on this very post) was saying that socialists in america should be deported which i am very surprised didnt derail the thread entirely lmao, so i think it's fair game as long as people are being civil or dont say something dumb like "i hate gay people, just my opinion though : )"

(Not that being gay is a Political Stance, just an example of something that was dealt with previously)

 

[Croconaw]

Political stances are taken more seriously in recent times though. Personally I think people put too much emphasis on what’s right or what’s wrong, politics wise. It’s not even considered an opinion anymore. If someone doesn’t agree with you, and this means both sides of the spectrum, you’re wrong. That’s how it’s been recently.

 

[TillyGoesMeow]

OP has broken this rule though. One of his posts on here (on this post) (one of his many political takes on this very post) was saying that socialists in america should be deported which i am very surprised didnt derail the thread entirely lmao, so i think it's fair game as long as people are being civil or dont say something dumb like "i hate gay people, just my opinion though : )"

(Not that being gay is a Political Stance, just an example)

Lmao sorry I haven’t been following this thread for all of the pages I don’t endorse that considering I’m a socialist lmao. Thanks for telling me tho. I think for some reason I thought there were rules about it on this forum too idk? If I am wrong sorry about that. Maybe I just need to disengage w/ this thread because it’s just starting to feel very passive aggressive. I just think people care a lot about politics because misinfo is spread and is SIGNIFICANTLY affects their lives.


Edit: grammar and iPhone autocorrect

 

[idiotdoomspiral]

Lmao sorry I haven’t been following this thread for all of the pages I don’t endorse that considering I’m a socialist lmao. Thanks for telling me tho. I think for some reason I thought there were rules about it on this forum too idk? If I am wrong sorry about that. Maybe I just need to disengage w/ this thread because it’s just starting to feel very passive aggressive. I just think people care a lot about politics because misinfo is spread and is SIGNIFICANTLY affects their lives.


Edit: grammar and iPhone autocorrect

No worries! Ur not wrong because OP did say no politics but broke his own rule multiple times so. And to be fair i know what ur feeling i feel like the thread is inches away from crashing and burning as the takes are becoming increasingly Hotter but hopefully it doesnt escalate and no one uses the conversation as an excuse to blurt out something stupid

I think tuna on pizza is good and my IT teacher who liked pineapple on pizza thought it was gross. The absolute nerve

 

[piichinu]

if you're talking about me my posts were extremely vague and made no mention of what my political leanings are lol. do you think my post was controversial? i would love to know bc i genuinely dont think it was nor would it cause conflict

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I refuse to declare my pronouns and I’m baffled by people who try to enforce this. If I want to remain anonymous I will thank you very much. Nobody gets asked to declare their race or sexuality in their Twitter bio or emails do they

they actually do, it's encouraged by most people (at least in the circles i frequent) to include your pronouns in your bio or a carrd. their intention is to normalize it, which may be well intentioned but i think it has cons

 

[idiotdoomspiral]

if you're talking about me my posts were extremely vague and made no mention of what my political leanings are lol. do you think my post was controversial? i would love to know bc i genuinely dont think it was nor would it cause conflict

(If ur referring to me) Personally no i dont think so but it did remind me of a forum i used to frequent because it described its problems with the userbase pretty well, if u posted that there it would be very controversial, cause conflict and u would probably get an instant ban for it but i forget that these are two entirely different landscapes lol. It can be controversial but it depends what kind of online space u express it in