Unpopular Opinions Part Deux: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[deleted] · 2016-11-15T19:59:08+00:00

Hello other pill. Please refrain from commenting on here. This thread is heavily moderated. I will not hesitate to ban.

BellaScarletta · 2016-11-15T17:42:54+00:00

There is this gross and bougie undercurrent of thought among some in the female RP universe where women are moralizing female nature and saying there is a CORRECT way to behave as a woman and I believe that is totally not the point of RP. The point is to understand male/female nature and then LIVE based on how YOU want to live within that understanding and accept what comes out of that understanding of human nature. Everything else is opinion and a lot of it appears to be cosplay. History shows women doing whatever they wanted within the context of the world they lived in and until feminism, it didn't take away from them being WOMEN. Maybe it took away from them being society ladies, but if they gave no fucks, then neither did the world.
Most progressives are racists with a savior complex.
Most conservatives romanticize history.

sunfloweries · 2016-11-15T17:21:56+00:00

I think oatmeal raisin cookies are awesome and I am disappointed when there are chocolate chips instead.

I think most of today's "introverts" are just whiny self-important brats who think being quiet and reserved makes them "special" and "unique." Oh wah wah, little baby, you like books and tea? So do I. You don't like making phone calls or having unexpected guests or too much social interaction? Neither do most of the rest of us, but we don't craft an entire pathetic identity around how fragile we are. There's a difference between needing some alone time to "recharge" and being such a whiny little baby that you can't handle social interaction for more than 5 minutes.

Most babies aren't cute -- it's the little baby clothes that make them cute.

Pirating books makes you an asshole.

swift-heart · 2016-11-15T17:30:07+00:00

i hate pinterest. the layout of it is so ugly.
halloween is my least favorite holiday, i usually don't celebrate it at all.
i don't believe in astrology
food porn is mostly unappetizing to me.
i would never spend thousands of dollars on a wedding.
i'm approaching the wall and still have zero desire to have a kid.

BellaScarletta · 2016-11-15T18:27:04+00:00

Ahh! I pretty much made this post then went into a meeting - there's a ton here I already agree with, so here's mine:

Maybe not an unpopular opinion overall, but I'm actually pro-choice. I'm pro-choice for the same reasons I'm pro-assisted suicide and pro-death penalty; there are too many people on the planet, and frankly, if a woman is considering abortion she's probably not going to raise the kid well anyway if she goes through with the pregnancy. I know adoption is an option, but that's actually really expensive too. This is one of the reasons I parted ways with the Catholic church.
If Hillary had won the election, I would have lost all faith in this country. She's a corrupt oligarch with a Napoleon complex; she would have started wars with Russia. I was speaking to an old friend last night who was terrified of being drafted if she won; it was enough to prompt him, a die-hard libertarian who despises the two-party system, to vote Trump. We really were researching ways to leave if she had won.
I believe in nature vs. nurture. There are absolutely some people who are just born to be bad people. Some people, despite having perfectly loving, happy homes, turn out to be horrible. My cousin is a great example of this - her parents were fantastic, and her brother is super successful. She's a heroin addict who has been in and out of prison. She won't change, either.
Being fat is wrong and you should be shamed for it. Hell, you should absolutely shame yourself for it - self-loathing can do a lot to prompt change from within. It's absolutely something YOU CAN CONTROL. This "muh genetic" bullshit and HAES is killing people.
Rape is bad, and it's traumatic. That's how I lost my virginity (hello baggage!). But you can get over it. It's not some cross to carry around with you for the rest of your life, and it's no excuse to be pissy to someone because they "triggered" you or because they made a crude joke. Get. Over. It. You'll be fine. Life goes on.

I'll update as I think of more, I want to get to commenting on everyone else's stuff for now.

Littleknownfacts · 2016-11-15T17:36:39+00:00

Some people are empirically better than others. Everyone wants to buy into this normalizing statement that we are just so different you can't compare two individuals. I do believe most people are doing the best they can with what they have, but if someone has more or does more with what they do have, it makes them better. No it's not fair. Sorry not sorry.

[deleted] · 2016-11-15T17:47:11+00:00

After the age of 23-26, if you cannot establish healthy boundaries with family members or friends, it says a lot more about you than them.
After any traumatic experience, everyone gets a short time to lick their wounds but you should be able to find resilience without falling into unhealthy habits.
Needing to talk some things out with trusted close ones and seeking guidance is healthy. Needing to do so repeatedly without heeding advice is attention seeking.
It is cruel to blame having a family and children for not achieving your dreams, even if its only said in jest or as bonding mechanism.
In most cultures, women's conduct is kept a close eye on because we are good at getting what we want and we are easier to take advantage of. For example, if you could sneak out in high school to attend parties or whatever and now you need society's to help you gain same footing as men, its because your priorities were skewed. It is to say, if you weren't kept in check by one rule then you shouldn't place all blame in the other rule for how your life turned out.
The most traumatic experience in life is not rape or cultural disenfranchisement, it's losing your children to war, drugs or violence.
We should be playing an active role to take care of the aged and children alike.

mabeol · 2016-11-15T18:04:30+00:00

BRING THE SALT.

Social media, especially Instagram and meme culture, enable shitty attitudes and behavior. It normalizes things like laziness, bad eating habits, being irresponsible with money, hating all men, not putting any effort into appearance, etc. and empowers people to think these attitudes are funny and acceptable.
I’m pretty much indifferent to the “fat empowerment” movement and I think fat-shaming is a needless waste of time. If you want to be fat and feel sexy, go nuts! You can feel however you want! But that doesn’t mean you’re entitled to other people being attracted to you. You can change how you perceive yourself, but that probably won’t change how others perceive you, and getting butthurt over that is stupid.
There is nothing more ridiculous than women who think being in a relationship means they get to shave their legs less.
Do not complain to me about how hungover you are and do not use it as an excuse to blow off obligations. You are an adult. You chose to drink, and you know the consequences.
I think dairy consumption is unnatural. It’s adult interspecies breastfeeding, and dairy is highly inflammatory. I also think it is so unbelievably dumb when any form of dairy is touted as a weight loss aid. Cow milk is biologically designed to turn a baby cow into a one-ton heifer in like a year. That shit is not going to help you lose weight. I keep most of this to myself because I don’t want to be One Of Those Vegans.
On the flip side… don’t tell The Other Vegans that I don’t actually have a problem with meat consumption in general. Other animals eat each other, after all. I just think we need to go about it better: sustainable sources, better conditions for workers and their families, better treatment of the animals, and just less meat consumption per person overall.

Edited to add:

Something I've observed recently: the SJW community invests so much time into essentially saying "You're helping us wrong" that they're probably pushing away people who could actually have a lot to offer them.

BellaScarletta · 2016-11-15T16:42:37+00:00

I'm really excited Trump and Ivanka's childcare policy doesn't extend to men, talk about a great way to fiscally encourage reverting to traditional domestic dynamics.
Privileged white males are yum. After this whole election fiasco I've started endearingly referring to R as my privileged white male scum.
Having kids after 35 is borderline irresponsible. The potential for health problems rise and the older the parents the worse of a position the kid will be in growing up, and be preventably forced to deal with their parents mortality too young.
What a rape victim was wearing, or how much they drank, etc does matter. If I'm robbed but you found out I left my purse open lying in the middle of the road...that changes things. It doesn't make me less of a victim or the perpetrator less of a criminal, but it does matter. Saying rape just shouldn't happen is like saying some people shouldn't be born bad or people shouldn't do immoral things. Humans will always do immoral things and there will always be bad people in the world. Have a sense of personal responsibility.
Women shouldn't be in the workforce in the numbers we are now. Women should also not be prevented from entering the workforce, as that would deprive our country of many brilliant minds. But the economy has grown too reliant on double incomes and if we were permitted to leave the workforce if we want to, men's incomes might actually hit a sustainable equilibrium to keep women who want to be in the home with family exactly there (see bullet point number one).

Update 1:

Being an overweight parent who passes their nutritionally devoid habits onto their kids is just as bad or worse than exposing them to second hand smoke.
YOUR N-COUNT EFFING MATTERS. It does. Shut up anyone who says it doesn't, just shut up.

Update 2:

I upvote /r/thebluepill comments about me. They keep me young.
At this point in history, minorities have done more to segregate themselves than white devils have.

Edit: Omg where my salty bitches at? Don't leave me alone in my unpopularlness guiz!

littleeggwyf · 2016-11-15T17:31:08+00:00

Ok, mine:

I think natural birth and breastfeeding are way overrated and promoted for the wrong reasons sometimes
I hate the idea of inheritance tax, and think it's really unfair
I ask my husband how to vote,
like u/bellascarletta said about rape circumstances. I don't think we have a rape culture, we have a alcoholic and slutty culture
my husband is head of the house (I know, this is kinda given here!)
Some people are just born bad, and won't change
society benefits from traditional family structures and places where that is the norm are safer and more friendly
single-gender and ability-streamed schooling is good for children academically and probably socially

bakebynumbers · 2016-11-15T21:32:17+00:00

Okay, I have one.

Kangaroos freak me out. I don't like them, I don't want to be near them- I think they are freaky and I don't care how cute you think they are I never want to see one in real life.

And I think red violet is an abomination of a color and ruins everything it touches- especially the crayons. They look like they are going to be a nice pretty maroon but they are lying. Probably doesnt help that i still see chevron in this color a lot and im pretty sivk of the pattern (Edit to add that I've felt this way since using crayons in kindergarten.)

MoriKei · 2016-11-15T18:03:08+00:00

I think childfree (by choice, not infertility or other health issues) women are a plague to society, selfish, and something is medically and mentally wrong with them. Childfree people also tend to be incredibly immature, irresponsible, and self-centered - typical millennial garbage. These women can't think of anything but themselves and are too lazy to be mothers. Crazy cat and dog ladies. (I love animals myself and I have a bunch, but they are NOT a replacement for children and they are nowhere CLOSE to having actual human children. Not the same thing. At. All.) But really, if you're a woman and you hate children, something is terribly wrong with you.

It doesn't help that quite literally every childfree woman I've met is rude to children, rude to parents, and can't tolerate a child being in a public space (i.e. non-fancy restaurants, parks, malls). And they're pretty masculine.

I also think part of the reason I really hate childfree women is that so many women who desperately want children and would do anything to have them can't and you're just walking around with a body that can carry children and you're just like "LOL nah!" It's so aggravating.

swift-heart · 2016-11-16T15:40:10+00:00

you can't be a feminist rpw. i see so many of these types of posts on the old sub and it's annoying. there are so many other communities for feminists, and yet they insist on barging into this one. why??
netflix isn't worth the monthly subscription fee. someone will probably fight me over this

[deleted] · 2016-11-16T01:12:23+00:00

I HATE Thanksgiving! I never liked the food as a kid, and when i was a teen and adult, my mother martyred herself every year and just made the holiday unbearable. I'm due with my first baby on 12/2 and I am PRAYING he doesn't debut on Thanksgiving! If we could skip from Halloween right into Christmas I would be so happy!

MsScamander · 2016-11-16T10:34:43+00:00

Men should only be allowed in the delivery room if the woman wants it. Even personnell. Their testosterone makes giving birth harder. That is scientifically proven.

tintedlipbalm · 2016-11-15T17:42:56+00:00

I don't think antisemitism is a big deal.

tintedlipbalm · 2016-11-16T01:00:03+00:00

Another one, since my last one is already at the top if sorted by controversial.

It peeves me that Wikipedia uses preferred pronouns in the articles of transgender people. Of course, them not doing it would result in a huge liberal backlash, but it frames itself as this objective source yet it completely laps up the concept of gender as self-identification unquestioningly. I guess it would be more permissible for those who have legally transitioned (even if it doesn't make it true, it's recognized in an ID so it's the next best thing in a "neutral" article).

Title	Unpopular Opinions Part Deux: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
Author	whistling_dixie
Upvotes	16
Comments	154
Date	November 15, 2016 4:25 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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