Unpopular Opinions.

Grimebox

CruelCoin wrote: »

Not enough though.

There are statistics out (no desire to trawl for them though) that show how ciggarettes need to be above the €10 mark to pay for the healthcare costs of that pack.

Tax needs to go up to at least the break even point.

As a casual smoker, I completely agree. Jack the price up

DEFTLEFTHAND

Grimebox wrote: »

As a casual smoker, I completely agree. Jack the price up

Is it not just pushing more people into the black market to purchase an even worse product.

KenSwee

kieranfitz wrote: »

I think you mean the SS, Hugo Boss designed them.

No I mean the Wehrmacht. The German defence force such as the Luftwaffe, Herr and the Kriegsmarine. The classic grey, not the black that those slimy sh**s wore. The SS were incorporated later on but they were always a separate autonomy.

DEFTLEFTHAND

KenSwee wrote: »

No I mean the Wehrmacht. The German defence force such as the Luftwaffe, Herr and the Kriegsmarine. The classic grey, not the black that those slimy sh**s wore. The SS were incorporated later on but they were always a separate autonomy.

I think the Luftwaffe Desert Tan attire is quite fetching.

KenSwee

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I think the Luftwaffe Desert Tan attire is quite fetching.

Modern formal attire is pretty cool too!
http://et2705.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/tapferkeit-bundeswehr.jpg

Honest opinion

90% of atheists who post on boards.ie are self centered arrogant and ignorant. I don't beleive in God but i don't go round enforcing my views on people or pretending to be a self tought evolutionary genius.

monkeypants

People who worry about their kids being taken into care. Let them be taken into care: you won't have to feed them, clothe them or educate them.

steddyeddy

monkeypants wrote: »

People who worry about their kids being taken into care. Let them be taken into care: you won't have to feed them, clothe them or educate them.

And neither will the state judging by the children in care in this country.

bnt

Honest opinion wrote: »

90% of atheists who post on boards.ie are self centered arrogant and ignorant. I don't beleive in God but i don't go round enforcing my views on people are pretending to be a self tought evolutionary genius.

Well, this is the "unpopular opinions" thread, so ...

My opinion: the speed limit on all roads outside towns should be dropped by 20mph. The savings in fuel alone would be massive, on top of a major reduction in accident deaths. Where are you all going in such a hurry? Slow down and smell the diesel roses. If you've got to dash between cities, take the train.

sheesh

I think you should go on a diet and give up going out with the lads at weekends!

El Weirdo

KenSwee wrote: »

I think the Wehrmacht had the best looking uniforms in WW2.

Bryan?

Mance Rayder

CruelCoin wrote: »

Not enough though.

There are statistics out (no desire to trawl for them though) that show how ciggarettes need to be above the €10 mark to pay for the healthcare costs of that pack.

Tax needs to go up to at least the break even point.

WHat a load of BS.

I smoked for ten years and got a chest infection once. I paid for the doctor and treatment with my own cash.

Go pull the other one your fooling no one.

fasttalkerchat

CruelCoin wrote: »

Not enough though.

There are statistics out (no desire to trawl for them though) that show how ciggarettes need to be above the €10 mark to pay for the healthcare costs of that pack.

Tax needs to go up to at least the break even point.

Once the price passes €8 per pack, the number of people who switch to smuggled cigarettes mean that there is a loss in revenue overall.

1ZRed

KenSwee wrote: »

I think all Apple products are crap.

I think most android users are jealous

flutterflye

Honest opinion wrote: »

90% of atheists who post on boards.ie are self centered arrogant and ignorant. I don't beleive in God but i don't go round enforcing my views on people are pretending to be a self tought evolutionary genius.

"i" before "e" except after "c".

This advice comes to you from your average, friendly atheist.

KenSwee

1ZRed wrote: »

I think most android users are jealous

Just for the record, I don't have a Smart phone.:)

Mardy Bum

flutterflye wrote: »

"i" before "e" except after "c".

This advice comes to you from your average, friendly atheist.

There are more instances where that apparent "rule" is incorrect rather than correct so don't bother telling people it.

flutterflye

Mardy Bum wrote: »

There are more instances where that apparent "rule" is incorrect rather than correct so don't bother telling people it.

Oh, I see you're an atheist too?
Pleased to meet you.

NegativeCreep

Honest opinion wrote: »

90% of atheists who post on boards.ie are self centered arrogant and ignorant. I don't beleive in God but i don't go round enforcing my views on people or pretending to be a self tought evolutionary genius.

I think that about 90% of posters on boards full stop :L

krudler

Honest opinion wrote: »

90% of atheists who post on boards.ie are self centered arrogant and ignorant. I don't beleive in God but i don't go round enforcing my views on people or pretending to be a self tought evolutionary genius.

Yeah I hate when atheists call to my house telling me god doesnt exist.

oh no wait, thats never happened. who exactly enforces their beliefs on you?

Duggys Housemate

krudler wrote: »

Yeah I hate when atheists call to my house telling me god doesnt exist.

oh no wait, thats never happened. who exactly enforces their beliefs on you?

He didn't mention anything about people coming to his house. He said atheists on boards. Read that again, my man.

Mardy Bum

flutterflye wrote: »

Oh, I see you're an atheist too?
Pleased to meet you.

If you are going to teach someone something it may as well be correct.

flutterflye

Mardy Bum wrote: »

If you are going to teach someone something it may as well be correct.

I wasn't teaching anyone anything.
I was being hilarious - could you not tell?
Maybe I'm the only one who gets me.
I'll keep my hilarity to myself in future so!

The King of Moo

I love grammar, and find its intricacies and guiding principles fascinating.

krudler

Duggys Housemate wrote: »

He didn't mention anything about people coming to his house. He said atheists on boards. Read that again, my man.

how does anyone enforce beliefs on here? this is a discussion forum, for discussion.

Mance Rayder

Don't prod the atheists, they bite.

bnt

bnt wrote: »

Well, this is the "unpopular opinions" thread, so ...

My opinion: the speed limit on all roads outside towns should be dropped by 20mph. The savings in fuel alone would be massive, on top of a major reduction in accident deaths. Where are you all going in such a hurry? Slow down and smell the diesel roses. If you've got to dash between cities, take the train.

why don't you stick to doing 20Mph less yourself and mind your own business on whereever everyone else is going and how much they want to spend on fuel

the limits should be increased especially that fcukin idiotic 30 one on the turn onto m50 southbound from liffey valley

Grimebox

flutterflye wrote: »

I wasn't teaching anyone anything.
I was being hilarious - could you not tell?
Maybe I'm the only one who gets me.
I'll keep my hilarity to myself in future so!

I really thought that was going to be some kind of poem or limerick from its formatting

flutterflye

Grimebox wrote: »

I really thought that was going to be some kind of poem or limerick from its formatting

It is - just one of those non rhyming ones.

fasttalkerchat

Mance Rayder wrote: »

Don't prod the atheists, they bite.

Don't taig them either.

Cookie_Monster

Craft beer or locally brewed beer does not taste better than the leading mass market brands, not ever, apart from the below.
All Dutch beers taste terrible

krudler

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Craft beer or locally brewed beer does not taste better than the leading mass market brands, not ever, apart from the below.
All Dutch beers taste terrible

even budweiser? pffff

Rubberlegs

I really, really enjoyed reading Peig in school. Still have my copy of it on the shelf, well over 20 years later. I never understood why everybody hated it so much

Paparazzo

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Craft beer or locally brewed beer does not taste better than the leading mass market brands, not ever, apart from the below.
All Dutch beers taste terrible

To me that's like saying a mcdonalds beef patty is the same as a rare fillet steak. Entirely subjective of course, but were your tastebuds burned off as a child?

Cookie_Monster

krudler wrote: »

even budweiser? pffff

that's not beer, it's got rice in it so fails the test

gracehopper

Generalisations are a lazy take on things but are for the most part true.

Women like bastards, shopping and are worse drivers than men.
Men are narrow minded, cannot multi-task and lack apathy.
black people are good dancers and athletes.
Irish people drink too much and have low self esteem.
Jewish people are tight arses. good with their money.
red headed people are fiery

and so on....

krudler

there's an element of truth in every stereotype

Wibbs

73Cat wrote: »

I really, really enjoyed reading Peig in school. Still have my copy of it on the shelf, well over 20 years later. I never understood why everybody hated it so much

Burn the witch. Burn them!!

gracehopper wrote: »

Men are narrow minded, cannot multi-task and lack apathy.

I would have thought the last part would be a good thing...

Jimoslimos

Honest opinion wrote: »

90% of atheists who post on boards.ie are self centered arrogant and ignorant. I don't beleive in God but i don't go round enforcing my views on people or pretending to be a self tought evolutionary genius.

Oh, I see we have what I like to refer to as a hipster atheist....

...don't believe in God but too cool and different to all those other atheists....

Sgt Hartman

I believe that abortion as a form of contraception is nothing less than murder. On After Hours this makes me a backward, woman-hating prehistoric luddite.

Sgt Hartman

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

I believe that abortion as a form of contraception is nothing less than murder. On After Hours this makes me a backward, woman-hating prehistoric luddite.

you can't prevent conception with an abortion... kinda happens afterward...

gracehopper

Wibbs wrote: »

Burn the witch. Burn them!!

I would have thought the last part would be a good thing...

It is, thats why we rule the world!

Jimoslimos

gracehopper wrote: »

Men are narrow minded, cannot multi-task and lack apathy.

Did you mean empathy?

Not really bothered either way.

Nodin

bluewolf wrote: »

you can't prevent conception with an abortion... kinda happens afterward...

...you could put up signs on the way to the ovaries ....."any of this (picture of egg being fertilised) and it'll be this (picture of bottle of gin and a coathanger)".

Sgt Hartman

bluewolf wrote: »

you can't prevent conception with an abortion... kinda happens afterward...

Thank you Mister Pedantic;)

Yeboah

I admire Adolf Hitler, Stalin etc.. ... dont agree with all their policies obviously but have Admirations for them

JoeyDoh

The traditional roles of sexism are being reversed, in the strive to empower women and the feminism movement we have done so to the detriment to men.

In some cases it is quite literally, in a social context and otherwise, one rule for women and another for men.

1ZRed

Women are hard work, high mentanence and your problems and feelings are too annoying to stick!

Bar the odd drunken night, I'm good to be done with you!! :P

mikemac1

Been a long while since I did my Leaving cert, a long time indeed

And back then people would be complaining over William Shakespeare and how it was ancient and nobody spoke like that and they should bring in someone modern

Roddy Doyle was one of the most famous writers in Ireland back then so his name was often mentioned.
Well not many speak like the characters in Roddy Doyles books either or the films they did up in Kilbarrack!


My unpopular opinion is that Shakespeare rocks :cool:
Maybe I didn't appreciate it until I became older, I still remember a lot of the quotes from Macbeth

It should be on the Leaving Cert and it's a mighty shame if they took it off


Just last night I watched Kenneth Branagh in Henry V and it was a great production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5dI65LvbrE

I think this is unpopular so I'll add it to the thread

CruelCoin

Yeboah wrote: »

I admire Adolf Hitler, Stalin etc.. ... dont agree with all their policies obviously but have Admirations for them

Absolutely!

Aside from the unsavory 6 million Jews thing, Hitler was an economic mastermind, a man capable of pushing through huge reforms.

Stalin and his forced migration policies has created one of the most beautiful populations on earth. The woman in Russia and eastern Europe are stunning, owing largely to great genetic diversity thanks to Stalin.

Huge contrast to the hags we have over here, where the gene-pool stagnates....