Unpopular Opinions.

omahaid

Heres a real unpopular opinion - I think smoking is pretty cool

Wanderer2010

Im a man and i HATE football with a passion, could think of nothing worse than sitting in a pub watching a football match with all the hollering and banter. Dont see the sense in it, dont find it interesting and endless chat of the subject bores me to tears.

DEFTLEFTHAND

omahaid wrote: »

Heres a real unpopular opinion - I think smoking is pretty cool

I don't think it holds the glamour it once did now that the effects are widely known. I would agree that the sensation of smoking is one of the most pleasurable experiences out there, once you've become addicted. Marlboro Reds taste like sex.

MJ23

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Im a man and i HATE football with a passion, could think of nothing worse than sitting in a pub watching a football match with all the hollering and banter. Dont see the sense in it, dont find it interesting and endless chat of the subject bores me to tears.

Mindless lemmings supporting football teams from cities in England they've never even been in. Idiots

Means Of Escape

MJ23 wrote: »

Mindless lemmings supporting football teams from cities in England they've never even been in. Idiots

Herd mentality very strong.
Amazes me how people can get so excited about a guy putting a ball in the net so much so that they get thick when they lose.
Their team winning doesn't benefit them in any way!
On Monday no one gives a rats ass

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

"sweatshops" are a good thing and the developing world is far better off because of them.

Means Of Escape

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Im a man and i HATE football with a passion, could think of nothing worse than sitting in a pub watching a football match with all the hollering and banter. Dont see the sense in it, dont find it interesting and endless chat of the subject bores me to tears.

And to top that off most of them would lick the **** off their favourite players boots after a match.

Wanderer2010

^ Glad to see Im not the only male who doesnt like football. Where I work there is a perception that if you are male and in your late 20s you MUST spend every Saturday afternoon in a pub watching a soccer match and getting drunk, anything else is just "weird". Im sure other 20-somethings have different hobbies besides drink and football...anyone??

e_e

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Im sure other 20-somethings have different hobbies besides drink and football...anyone??

I'd much rather go to a movie and then have a coffee somewhere tbh.

I don't drink which makes sitting in pubs listening to drunks pretty damn insufferable.

1ZRed

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Im a man and i HATE football with a passion, could think of nothing worse than sitting in a pub watching a football match with all the hollering and banter. Dont see the sense in it, dont find it interesting and endless chat of the subject bores me to tears.

I like going to the pub for big matches. I wouldn't be a die hard supporter of anything but once in a while it can be good craic.
More than anything, I like the big crowd so you can have a laugh and a few pints.

Wanderer2010

1ZRed wrote: »

I like going to the pub for big matches. I wouldn't be a die hard supporter of anything but once in a while it can be good craic.
More than anything, I like the big crowd so you can have a laugh and a few pints.

Well fair play to you, each to their own but its the last thing I would do, cant stand the crowds, dont enjoy football at all and also, drunk talk makes me cringe, prefer a bit of intelligent conversation

1ZRed

MJ23 wrote: »

Mindless lemmings supporting football teams from cities in England they've never even been in. Idiots

I don't care about that, it's the die hard fans I don't like.

I know one lad who is mad after Man U. He'd be biting his nails all the way through, cursing and damning the ref and their fuck ups. And god forbid if they lose because there's no talking to him and he'd be off in huff and a foul mood.

All the better for ripping the piss out of him for it I suppose!

Real Life

1ZRed wrote: »

I don't care about that, it's the die hard fans I don't like.

I know one lad who is mad after Man U. He'd be biting his nails all the way through, cursing and damning the ref and their fuck ups. And god forbid if they lose because there's no talking to him and he'd be off in huff and a foul mood.

All the better for ripping the piss out of him for it I suppose!

i hate the die hard crap also.
I follow the soccer, i support man u and ive been to look at games at old trafford. i occasionally go have a few drinks while watching the match and i like to see them win but if they dont its not the end of the world. i dont care that much.
I never understand why people get so into it, but each to their own, people have different pleasures.

PopePalpatine

1ZRed wrote: »

I like flat coke

Is there anything to be said for saying another Mass flat 7-Up?

jessiejam

Real Life wrote: »

i hate the die hard crap also.
I follow the soccer, i support man u and ive been to look at games at old trafford. i occasionally go have a few drinks while watching the match and i like to see them win but if they dont its not the end of the world. i dont care that much.
I never understand why people get so into it, but each to their own, people have different pleasures.

I was going out with a guy years back who was a die hard man u fan. We were away for a weekend and got talking to a couple. We were having a good night until your man let it out that he was a man city supporter. Ex lost the plot because of it. Big eejit... finished soon after that... school yard carry on.

Real Life

jessiejam wrote: »

I was going out with a guy years back who was a die hard man u fan. We were away for a weekend and got talking to a couple. We were having a good night until your man let it out that he was a man city supporter. Ex lost the plot because of it. Big eejit... finished soon after that... school yard carry on.

yea thats pretty rediculous. i have a friend thats big into liverpool, if man utd beat them he almost gets angry with me like its my fault. I think it annoys him more that i dont really care that much like if liverpool won he cant really rub it in cos i dont care that much, its just a game.

steddyeddy

Real Life wrote: »

yea thats pretty rediculous. i have a friend thats big into liverpool, if man utd beat them he almost gets angry with me like its my fault. I think it annoys him more that i dont really care that much like if liverpool won he cant really rub it in cos i dont care that much, its just a game.

I have one or two friends like that. Really stupid people in fairness.

Rubberlegs

Dirty Dancing is the biggest pile of mushy, sappy, drivel.
Bond movies also drivel.
Ferrero Rocher are nasty!!

1ZRed

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for saying another Mass flat 7-Up?

That's not unpopular though Loads of people like 7-up but only a few seem to like or mind flat coke.

old hippy

Elvis got better after he joined the army

Wanderer2010

Heres one: I hate the way hurlers in this country are adored and treated like celebrities. This culture has turned amateur sports people into egomaniacs. I know a few of the hurlers from my county and a few of them are nice but by God some of them think the world revolves around them and that they are entitled to great jobs, thousands for personal appearances etc. In a few years nobody will have heard of them and they will be just oridinary joe soaps but in Ireland we give these fellas fancy jobs, slaps on the back, free drinks etc is at any wonder that thay think they are huge stars. I mean, I cant even name any of the other Dublin football players besides the Brogans (2 lads who are very fond of the attention they get).

gobnaitolunacy

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Heres one: I hate the way hurlers in this country are adored and treated like celebrities. This culture has turned amateur sports people into egomaniacs. I know a few of the hurlers from my county and a few of them are nice but by God some of them think the world revolves around them and that they are entitled to great jobs, thousands for personal appearances etc. In a few years nobody will have heard of them and they will be just oridinary joe soaps but in Ireland we give these fellas fancy jobs, slaps on the back, free drinks etc is at any wonder that thay think they are huge stars. I mean, I cant even name any of the other Dublin football players besides the Brogans (2 lads who are very fond of the attention they get).

Can you imagine what they'd be like if they were actually paid?

Neeson

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Heres one: I hate the way hurlers in this country are adored and treated like celebrities. This culture has turned amateur sports people into egomaniacs. I know a few of the hurlers from my county and a few of them are nice but by God some of them think the world revolves around them and that they are entitled to great jobs, thousands for personal appearances etc. In a few years nobody will have heard of them and they will be just oridinary joe soaps but in Ireland we give these fellas fancy jobs, slaps on the back, free drinks etc is at any wonder that thay think they are huge stars. I mean, I cant even name any of the other Dublin football players besides the Brogans (2 lads who are very fond of the attention they get).

Yes. Why don't they both just go off and marry Nadia Forde. You have one of them nominated for an all star as well this year - something which is unpopular but popular at the same time.

NegativeCreep

73Cat wrote: »

Dirty Dancing is the biggest pile of mushy, sappy, drivel.
Bond movies also drivel.
Ferrero Rocher are nasty!!

Agree with everything here except for the ferrero richer :eek: they're lovely :L

pawdee

Here's an unpopular opinion..........U2 are ****e. The way people react to that is comical. It's as if you're not allowed to say it.

PopePalpatine

I hate the music of singers like Paddy Casey, whose vocals hit such low notes. It's hard to tell each syllable apart, it's like a slurred mess of moaning and groaning!

Neeson

Damien Dempsey cannot sing. It's just a thick Dublin accent and nothing else.

Rothko

pawdee wrote: »

Here's an unpopular opinion..........U2 are ****e. The way people react to that is comical. It's as if you're not allowed to say it.

That's not really an unpopular opinion, tbh.

e_e

pawdee wrote: »

Here's an unpopular opinion..........U2 are ****e. The way people react to that is comical. It's as if you're not allowed to say it.

Not a fan either, have to say that this was a great performance though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NuBNUOcamM

NegativeCreep

e_e wrote: »

Not a fan either, have to say that this was a great performance though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NuBNUOcamM

:eek: Imagine paying money to see that! You'd swear they were playing in a dingy pub in Dublin.

gobnaitolunacy

Fancy 'gourmet' foods.

Bought a Gubbeen cheese the other day. Looked, smelt and tasted like something encrusted between a pensioner's toes.

Mensch Maschine

Writing off a band as just being '****e' is such an arrogant and useless statement, that as a music lover slightly offends me, especially when the band has artistic merit.

I'd really only write a band off for being '****e' if the lyrics are genuinely bad, the genre of music doesn't have much credentials or no artistic quality or is very noticably easy to make. Even then, I have more intelligence just to write a band off as just being '****e.'

Snotzenfartz

There's nothing wrong in cupping farts.

MJ23

Neeson wrote: »

Damien Dempsey cannot sing. It's just a thick Dublin accent and nothing else.

He's brutal.
My unpopular opinion for today.........
Ricky Gervais and his skinny douchebag hang-on Steven Merchant are not one bit funny. I do not know how people can watch these eejits. Yer man on idiot abroad is a decent fella, he's not to blame. Its that hobbit sarcastic little Gobsh|t Gervais that does my head in. He's almost as bad as that closet gay, attention seeking freak Russell Brand.

PopePalpatine

Creationists should be banned from working in the fossil fuels industry.

Think Genesis is 100% accurate, and you're applying for a job with Shell/Exxon/Total/Texaco/Elf? Please, feck off.

NegativeCreep

Unpopular opinion: I don't feel like I should give up my seat for anyone in the bus and I usually don't. I've paid my fair like everyone else and I'm entitled to sit in the seat I get. Respect isn't given, it's earned and just because you're old doesn't automatically mean you deserve a seat.

bodice ripper

If you get to adult life and you believe the bible is the actual word of god, you should have to pay more tax to cover the education that was wasted on you.

Neeson

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Unpopular opinion: I don't feel like I should give up my seat for anyone in the bus and I usually don't. I've paid my fair like everyone else and I'm entitled to sit in the seat I get. Respect isn't given, it's earned and just because you're old doesn't automatically mean you deserve a seat.

Even for the auld ones like they say on Dublin bus? I suppose it's true but morally wrong. You'd get a few evil looks.

NegativeCreep

Neeson wrote: »

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Unpopular opinion: I don't feel like I should give up my seat for anyone in the bus and I usually don't. I've paid my fair like everyone else and I'm entitled to sit in the seat I get. Respect isn't given, it's earned and just because you're old doesn't automatically mean you deserve a seat.

Even for the auld ones like they say on Dublin bus? I suppose it's true but morally wrong. You'd get a few evil looks.

Yeah even for them. I don't know why, I just don't feel the need to. I do get a few evil looks :P but I mostly sit on the high seats so i'm not expected to anyway :L

Emeraldy Pebbles

Mensch Maschine wrote: »

Writing off a band as just being '****e' is such an arrogant and useless statement

Even if the person believes the band is, well, shite?

Ormus

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Unpopular opinion: I don't feel like I should give up my seat for anyone in the bus and I usually don't. I've paid my fair like everyone else and I'm entitled to sit in the seat I get. Respect isn't given, it's earned and just because you're old doesn't automatically mean you deserve a seat.

You don't actually HAVE to give up your seat.

It's just something you can choose to do if you're a nice person.

Then, when you're old and your bones ache, maybe someone will do the same or something similar for you.

NegativeCreep

Ormus wrote: »

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Unpopular opinion: I don't feel like I should give up my seat for anyone in the bus and I usually don't. I've paid my fair like everyone else and I'm entitled to sit in the seat I get. Respect isn't given, it's earned and just because you're old doesn't automatically mean you deserve a seat.

You don't actually HAVE to give up your seat.

It's just something you can choose to do if you're a nice person.

Then, when you're old and your bones ache, maybe someone will do the same or something similar for you.

I suppose that's true :L God if I'm still using Dublin bus when I'm that age I think I'd rather be dead.

Neeson

Louis Walsh shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of the boys on the XFactor.

kunst nugget

Neeson wrote: »

Louis Walsh shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of the boys on the XFactor.

Why not?

b318isp

Neeson wrote: »

Louis Walsh shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of the boys on the XFactor.

Louis Walsh shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of a bucket and mop, after last week's debacle.

eyescreamcone

I think that those who go to the pub and get pissed while watching the games are morons.
I watch sport at home or live so I can see the games and appreciate the games/analysis while sober.
I go to the pub afterwards for my pints.

Rugby is a posh sport for posh boys.
If you didn't go to a rugby school and never played rugby, but still go down the pub drinking, in your Munster jersey, then you're a muppet.

Ireland's Call :mad:
Say no more!!!

The wearing of GAA jerseys outside of games is pure culchie.
Not cool ever ever!!!

Golf does my head in.
Lads who never kicked a ball in their lives, then suddenly turn around at 35 and become "sportsmen" because they play golf are muppets.

All religion is cack.

Anyone who has no interest in religion but is all up for baptism, communion, weddings in the church etc - is a muppet.
Religious instruction is not an academic subject and should not be taught in ANY school.
We don't teach religion as part of say Engineering at third level - there is no need for it in primary or secondary school either.

Abortion should be available for ANY reason up to 20 weeks.
Some forms of Euthenasia should be legalised.

I laugh when ManU slag off Man City or Chelsea as nouveau riche and only buying their success.
All success is bought (including ManUs -Rooney and Rio were not cheap).
Barcelona have the highest wage bill in the world ffs.

People slag off Trappatoni, a very successful manager all over Europe.
Often these people know very little about the game and take our limited success for granted.

I don't like alcohol being mixed with sport.
Remember Darren Clarke drinking a pint of Guinness at the Ryder Cup presentation. This was a disgrace.
Could you imagine the uproar if this happened at an All-Ireland or Champions League final presentation.

Doctors -GPs that is, are not as knowledgeable in medical matters as the public think.

These find the next one day wonder, reality shows (in Ireland) should be banned.
Everybody who has some tiny bit of talent has been found already. It's over.

Eamon DeValera was not a good leader of this country.
35 years as either Taoiseach or President was a joke!!!

Just fish for me tonight - I've enough chips already!!!

eyescreamcone

Boards.ie does not allow free speech.
Mods are way too quick to ban people for unpopular/different opinions!

Funglegunk

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Rugby is a posh sport for posh boys.
If you didn't go to a rugby school and never played rugby, but still go down the pub drinking, in your Munster jersey, then you're a muppet.

Ireland's Call :mad:
Say no more!!!

The wearing of GAA jerseys outside of games is pure culchie.
Not cool ever ever!!!

Golf does my head in.
Lads who never kicked a ball in their lives, then suddenly turn around at 35 and become "sportsmen" because they play golf are muppets.

I don't like alcohol being mixed with sport.
Remember Darren Clarke drinking a pint of Guinness at the Ryder Cup presentation. This was a disgrace.
Could you imagine the uproar if this happened at an All-Ireland or Champions League final presentation.

You sound like great craic.

Cienciano

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Unpopular opinion: I don't feel like I should give up my seat for anyone in the bus and I usually don't. I've paid my fair like everyone else and I'm entitled to sit in the seat I get. Respect isn't given, it's earned and just because you're old doesn't automatically mean you deserve a seat.

You don't give up your seat out of "respect".
You do it because if you're younger you're physically able to stand much easier on a moving bus than someone older or heavily pregnant.

Ignorant and no manners, a winning combination

jasonmcco

eyescreamcone wrote: »

I think that those who go to the pub and get pissed while watching the games are morons.
I watch sport at home or live so I can see the games and appreciate the games/analysis while sober.
I go to the pub afterwards for my pints.

Rugby is a posh sport for posh boys.
If you didn't go to a rugby school and never played rugby, but still go down the pub drinking, in your Munster jersey, then you're a muppet.

Ireland's Call :mad:
Say no more!!!

The wearing of GAA jerseys outside of games is pure culchie.
Not cool ever ever!!!

Golf does my head in.
Lads who never kicked a ball in their lives, then suddenly turn around at 35 and become "sportsmen" because they play golf are muppets.

All religion is cack.

Anyone who has no interest in religion but is all up for baptism, communion, weddings in the church etc - is a muppet.
Religious instruction is not an academic subject and should not be taught in ANY school.
We don't teach religion as part of say Engineering at third level - there is no need for it in primary or secondary school either.

Abortion should be available for ANY reason up to 20 weeks.
Some forms of Euthenasia should be legalised.

I laugh when ManU slag off Man City or Chelsea as nouveau riche and only buying their success.
All success is bought (including ManUs -Rooney and Rio were not cheap).
Barcelona have the highest wage bill in the world ffs.

People slag off Trappatoni, a very successful manager all over Europe.
Often these people know very little about the game and take our limited success for granted.

I don't like alcohol being mixed with sport.
Remember Darren Clarke drinking a pint of Guinness at the Ryder Cup presentation. This was a disgrace.
Could you imagine the uproar if this happened at an All-Ireland or Champions League final presentation.

Doctors -GPs that is, are not as knowledgeable in medical matters as the public think.

These find the next one day wonder, reality shows (in Ireland) should be banned.
Everybody who has some tiny bit of talent has been found already. It's over.

Eamon DeValera was not a good leader of this country.
35 years as either Taoiseach or President was a joke!!!

Just fish for me tonight - I've enough chips already!!!

I concur with all of your opinions except one about alcohol.