Unpopular Opinions.

DyldeBrill

OldNotWIse wrote: »

If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:

Been off the ciggys a month now and never felt better All you need to do is replace a habit with another habit (preferably a good one) and watch the stress faint into the distance

OldNotWIse

Suas11 wrote: »

I use stuff like painting, listening to music and reading. Far better than smoking, I think.

Indeed, I bring my easel to the pub :P

Only joking, I agree with you I actually get physical withdrawal if I dont have music. If I dont listen to it for a while I get fidgety and cranky.

OldNotWIse

DyldeBrill wrote: »

Been off the ciggys a month now and never felt better All you need to do is replace a habit with another habit (preferably a good one) and watch the stress faint into the distance

True. I gave up drink a few weeks ago as I've exams soon and I feel amazing. I was expecting the usual - sleeping better, waking better, improved mental capacity etc but I wasn't expecting to be in a better mood. Some people in work actually asked, "are you ok, you're smiling an awful lot" :P

gugleguy

In the Irish context - the words "cool" and "brilliant" are now to be treated as pure hyperbole, such as describing kids school lunch foodstuffs as the "cool" food to have. Yeah.. . :rolleyes:

IrishAlice

IrishAlice wrote: »

The song "Let it Go" from Frozen is not that good.

I cannot understand the hype over that song at all. I never saw Frozen, and when I heard everyone go on about a song called 'Let It Go', I thought it might have been this one by Foxes, which is actually rather good so I said "fair enough".

Then I realised it was a different song, listened to it and was massively underwhelmed.

e_e

OldNotWIse wrote: »

If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:

Music.

krudler

Deleted User wrote: »

I cannot understand the hype over that song at all. I never saw Frozen, and when I heard everyone go on about a song called 'Let It Go', I thought it might have been this one by Foxes, which is actually rather good so I said "fair enough".

Then I realised it was a different song, listened to it and was massively underwhelmed.

Frozen the movie is..kinda rubbish tbh.

Red Pepper

krudler wrote: »

Frozen the movie is..kinda rubbish tbh.

You are talking thru your hoop friendo. As animated kids movies go, its a classic.

gugleguy

e_e wrote: »

Music.

All yee have to do is whip out that karaoke machine!:p

e_e

gugleguy wrote: »

All yee have to do is whip out that karaoke machine!:p

You are familiar with the wonderful invention that is the mp3 player? :pac:

Zubeneschamali

Red Pepper wrote: »

You are talking thru your hoop friendo. As animated kids movies go, its a classic.

No, Tangled was somewhat original, but after it was a success, Frozen is just the new things from Tangled mashed up with loads of Disney clichés.

sleepytrees

Old people should have curfews.

retalivity

There is no housing shortage or housing crisis in ireland, and the rush to build more is being drip fed to us ahead of making a select group of people filthy rich.
The real problem is the lack of de-centralization in the country which has caused everything to be concentrated in a few small areas, rendering everywhere else 'unfavorable or undesirable'

See also, england and london

Cienciano

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

No, Tangled was somewhat original, but after it was a success, Frozen is just the new things from Tangled mashed up with loads of Disney clichés.

Every disney film has loads of Disney clichés.

Cienciano

While on the subject of Disney films: One of the worse disney movies, and definitely the most over rated is The Lion King.
Most under rated is Pinocchio

Da Shins Kelly

I think The Aristocats is one of the more underrated films from Disney. It's not a really heart-wrenching one like The Lion King (which is a stone-cold classic) and looking back on it I guess it could be deemed a little politically incorrect at times, but I think it has the best music of all the Disney films.

eyescreamcone

sleepytrees wrote: »

Old people should have curfews.

For what purpose?

How old do you need to be to qualify?
What time would you start the curfew?

porsche959

The average member of the public greatly underestimates the average TD's workload. While there are some feckless and corrupt parliamentarians, they are in the minority. Contrary to popular opinion, the evidence suggests that a corrupt politician suffers a more precipitious fall from grace than a corrupt Joe Bloggs (and, arguably, that is as it should be.)

I also do not agree with the POV that TD's are over-paid. IMO Dail reform should focus on reducing numbers and increasing salaries in order to better attract outstanding candidates into politics.

eyescreamcone

Visiting funerals and organising medical cards is not time well spent for TDs.

I'd prefer a list system for the whole country (ie. One constituency) it would eliminate much of the parish pump politics

Wilberto

Da Shins Kelly wrote: »

I think The Aristocats is one of the more underrated films from Disney. It's not a really heart-wrenching one like The Lion King (which is a stone-cold classic) and looking back on it I guess it could be deemed a little politically incorrect at times, but I think it has the best music of all the Disney films.

The Aristocats is easily in my top two favourite childhood films, jostling for that number one spot with the Lion King! Then again, I always used to just put it down to me being a "cat person"!! :P

I remember getting up early every Saturday/Sunday morning just to watch it. I never tired of it!

The_Captain

From best to worst


All Time Classics Tier:

The Jungle Book
Aladdin
Winnie the Pooh

Good Tier:

Pinocchio
Frozen
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Alice in Wonderland

Acceptable Tier:

Dumbo
Bambi
Snow White
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Peter Pan
Emperor's New Groove
Beauty and the Beast

Don't Make Me Watch This Again Tier:

Cinderella
The Aristocats
Sleeping Beauty
Lady and the Tramp

Lol, I Forgot Mulan Even Existed Tier:

Everything else

Pocahontas Tier:

Pocahontas

Temporal Loop

There is too much emphasis on how a man uses his penis. The size,hardness and ability to stay hard are the most important factors. There's only so much variation in timing and speed.

eisenberg1

Temporal Loop wrote: »

There is too much emphasis on how a man uses his penis. The size,hardness and ability to stay hard are the most important factors. There's only so much variation in timing and speed.

And are you a man or a woman?:D

Links234

The_Captain wrote: »

From best to worst


All Time Classics Tier:

The Jungle Book
Aladdin
Winnie the Pooh

Good Tier:

Pinocchio
Frozen
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Alice in Wonderland

Acceptable Tier:

Dumbo
Bambi
Snow White
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Peter Pan
Emperor's New Groove
Beauty and the Beast

Don't Make Me Watch This Again Tier:

Cinderella
The Aristocats
Sleeping Beauty
Lady and the Tramp

Lol, I Forgot Mulan Even Existed Tier:

Everything else

Pocahontas Tier:

Pocahontas

What, no Sword in the Stone?

osarusan

Haruki Murakami is by no means the master wordsmith that many people think he is.

The_Captain

Links234 wrote: »

What, no Sword in the Stone?

Crap 60s animation
Story is Meh

was scared of the pig-thing the witch turned into as a child

Not bad, but it'd be the 60s equivalent of Bolt


Solid Mulan Tier

Cienciano

The_Captain wrote: »

From best to worst


All Time Classics Tier:

The Jungle Book
Aladdin
Winnie the Pooh

Good Tier:

Pinocchio
Frozen
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Alice in Wonderland

Acceptable Tier:

Dumbo
Bambi
Snow White
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Peter Pan
Emperor's New Groove
Beauty and the Beast

Don't Make Me Watch This Again Tier:

Cinderella
The Aristocats
Sleeping Beauty
Lady and the Tramp

Lol, I Forgot Mulan Even Existed Tier:

Everything else

Pocahontas Tier:

Pocahontas

Ah here, Snow White has to be in the all time classics. Swap Cinderella with the Lion king, Put Pinocchio in the top tier instead of Winnie the Pooh and I'm with you

gugleguy

Don't forget
Rupert the Bear and the Frog Song movie. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_and_the_Frog_Song
Not sure where it would be rated.

hairybelly

Most modern hollywood movies are absolutely crap. CGI, bad acting, crap directors, stupid action films and poor comedies.

Zubeneschamali

hairybelly wrote: »

Most modern hollywood movies are absolutely crap

Sturgeon's law: When someone said to SF writer Ted Sturgeon that 90% of SF was crap, he said "Yes, but then 90% of everything is crap".

Temporal Loop

hairybelly wrote: »

Most modern hollywood movies are absolutely crap. CGI, bad acting, crap directors, stupid action films and poor comedies.

Ok but that is a popular opinion.

Aidric

Noel Edmonds is a disturbing creep.

The_Captain

Cienciano wrote: »

Ah here, Snow White has to be in the all time classics. Swap Cinderella with the Lion king, Put Pinocchio in the top tier instead of Winnie the Pooh and I'm with you

I get that Snow White is the first full length animated film ever made and was ridiculously innovative for its time, but the pacing in it is unbelievable by modern standards.
So much of it is just people walking with no dialogue. There's about 17 minutes of actual narrative and the rest is songs or facial expressions

gugleguy wrote: »

Don't forget
Rupert the Bear and the Frog Song movie. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_and_the_Frog_Song
Not sure where it would be rated.

Not A Disney Movie Tier:

Rupert and the Frog Song

Links234

You know, I was gonna say that Ghibli > Disney, but then I thought, that's probably not all that unpopular an opinion

AudreyHepburn

Just because you are receiving Social Welfare/Child Benefit/A Medical Card or any other type of aid or allowence does not necessarily mean you need it or are entitled to it.

All these things need to be regulated and means tested.

Also we cannot expect to get any services including water for free. That's not how the world works and the country couldn't sustain everyone getting constant freebies.

stefan idiot jones

hairybelly wrote: »

Most modern hollywood movies are absolutely crap. CGI, bad acting, crap directors, stupid action films and poor comedies.

The Other Guys?

BeerSteakBirds

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Also we cannot expect to get any services including water for free. That's not how the world works and the country couldn't sustain everyone getting constant freebies.

eh we didnt get them for free. we already paid for water ten times over with our taxes.

How about an ''unpopular opinion'' concerning the death penalty and defrauding or incompetent politicians ?

Monife

I think we should stop all foreign aid until we get our own finances in order. All of the countries we are providing "charity" to, have a lower debt than us.

I Heart Internet

Monife wrote: »

I think we should stop all foreign aid until we get our own finances in order. All of the countries we are providing "charity" to, have a lower debt than us.

If that's the case, I suspect it's because their economies are so piss-poor that no one will lend to them.

sbsquarepants

Debts aren't really a measure of wealth or lack thereof. I'd be willing to bet that I have a much lower debt than Dennis O'Brien for example.

Rothko

While I like Parks & Recreation a lot, I think that Chris Pratt/Andy is the weakest part of the show and don't understand his popularity.

The King of Moo

"Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. isn't such a bad song. While lyrically it's very sappy, it's a nice tune, and if it hadn't come out at the band's commercial and, arguably, creative peak, it wouldn't be subject to half the derision that it is.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The King of Moo wrote: »

"Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M. isn't such a bad song. While lyrically it's very sappy, it's a nice tune, and if it hadn't come out at the band's commercial and, arguably, creative peak, it wouldn't be subject to half the derision that it is.

It's a nice song I agree, but didn't they write it as a piss take?

The King of Moo

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's a nice song I agree, but didn't they write it as a piss take?

Apparently not. Michael Stipe said publicly that he hated it a few times over the years, and they refused to put it on their first greatest hits album.

Garzard

Generally, I have no time or sympathy for drug addicts.

Me_Grapes

Any person caught with an illegal firearm should be punished by having their fingers surgically removed.

ChunkyLover54

The_Captain wrote: »

Lol, I Forgot Mulan Even Existed Tier:

Mulan's brilliant.

monkeysnapper

aaronc182 wrote: »

Breaking Bad just wasn't that good!

I agree.....


It was absolutely fantastic...

My local unpopular opinion is I hate being told to do something I don't want to do, I have no problem giving money to charity but I don't want to chuck Ice over my head on camera to prove it , I also went through this **** on the other stupid internet craze they had before .

e_e

osarusan wrote: »

Haruki Murakami is by no means the master wordsmith that many people think he is.

Was gonna say that might be down to the people translating it into English. Then I realized you were actually situated in Tokyo. :P

OldNotWIse

I dont really care when joyriders crash once they dont injure innocent roadusers who are unfortunate enough to meet them.