Unpopular Opinions.

Mickey Dazzler

You can give yourself genital warts by wiping your arse from back to front.

sbsquarepants

Genital warts? No
Smelly balls? Yes

kayotic18

Mickey Dazzler wrote: »

You can give yourself genital warts by wiping your arse from back to front.

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Genital warts? No
Smelly balls? Yes

Mickey Dazzler might have anal warts, this could mean he'd give himself genital warts from incorrect wiping

old hippy

The end is nigh

cometogether

Plumpynutt wrote: »

And yer man singing Wonderwall was beyond terrible. It was actually offensive it was that bad

"Yer man"? That was Liam Gallagher, the guy who originally sang it!

kunst nugget

cometogether wrote: »

"Yer man"? That was Liam Gallagher, the guy who originally sang it!

It were still proper rubbish.

old hippy

cometogether wrote: »

"Yer man"? That was Liam Gallagher, the guy who originally sang it!

Sounded awful all the same

Kerrigooney

cometogether wrote: »

"Yer man"? That was Liam Gallagher, the guy who originally sang it!

I`ve seen Oasis a few times and he usually sings very well but the other night was just embarrassing. He sounded like he`d been inhaling Helium all day.

poeticseraphim

People who use phrases such as 'critical thinking' know little about what they are talking about.

It is too vague. If you mean people are unable or unwilling to route out formal fallacies in everyday life and conversation i would put to you that this is impractical.

I always wonder what they mean. Do they think there are not enough people with a university level education?

Do they accept the limitations of 'critical thinking'? Adversarial paradigms limit the abilty to put forward constructions.

I would argue people are able to deconstruct and critically analyse information far better than they can put forward new ideas and inventions.

There is over emphasis on critical thinking and not enough emphasis on inventivness.

And what exactly are people referring to?

Critical thinking is simply a way of deciding whether assumptions or claims are true, partly, true, sometimes true or false.

If you are suggesting that education in some institutions is failing to meet society's needs for educated citizen's this coud be true.

Sometimes educators concentrate on the facts and concepts in the various discaplines at the lower levels of cognitive levels.

I would have said we are obove many other countries though.

I think their is too much indoctrination...the EU is forced down secondary students throats. At the same time the Anti- EU lobby is little better.


I find the less educated people are the less open they are to the idea that they may be wrong.

What really gets me is the ignoring of actual experts in discaplines such as law or the enviroment in favour of those who have alterior motives somtimes.

As regards analysing avery piece of info you get , well you must use selective trust on occasion. I trust my Doctor. I am correct to rather than to logically asses my own health as logic is a part of medicine but so is empirical experience.

DesperateDan

This one's unpopular with most right now:

John Joe Nevin is a just a country knacker. For the whole nation to be so proud that he's been in that many bare-knuckle boxing matches in the sticks that he's able to beat the crap out of a few fighters is a complete joke

Neeson

On a similar note I couldn't give a f.uck about Katie Taylor. I mean fair play to her and all that but it's no big deal really. Just because she's a woman (allegedly).

Sea Filly

Neeson wrote: »

On a similar note I couldn't give a f.uck about Katie Taylor. I mean fair play to her and all that but it's no big deal really. Just because she's a woman (allegedly).

No, it's because she won a gold medal. Which for Ireland IS a big deal to a lot of people.

Neeson

Sea Filly wrote: »

No, it's because she won a gold medal. Which for Ireland IS a big deal to a lot of people.

Ah I know yeah. But just couldn't care less about her. I suppose it's kind of great but all the auld news and hype is just pure rubbish really. Why bother your arse travelling a distance just to welcome her home.

RaRaRasputin

DesperateDan wrote: »

This one's unpopular with most right now:

John Joe Nevin is a just a country knacker. For the whole nation to be so proud that he's been in that many bare-knuckle boxing matches in the sticks that he's able to beat the crap out of a few fighters is a complete joke

Why is it not allowed to call someone a knacker? Is it a no-go or so? Just asking because I like to use the word.

Omackeral

RaRaRasputin wrote: »

Why is it not allowed to call someone a knacker? Is it a no-go or so? Just asking because I like to use the word.

Because the young man he was referring to is a Traveller and it's against the grounds of discrimination to use that word in connection with that particular group.

From the very first post in the AH Charter:

Zero tolerance will be shown to posts containing racism or discrimination. This includes the travelling community. Please do not use this forum to incite hatred.

Neeson

Isn't knacker referring to a place to kill useless horses. I suppose people say travellers are knackers because they think they are dirty scum who serve no use to society except messing it up and should all be taken out and shot.


That's probably why it isn't allowed.

Jimoslimos

I reckon Sonia O'Sullivan's silver medal in Sydney is worth far more than Katie Taylor's gold in boxing.

I'd even go as far as saying making an Olympic track final is a greater achievement than a boxing medal.

Shryke

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I reckon Sonia O'Sullivan's silver medal in Sydney is worth far more than Katie Taylor's gold in boxing.

I'd even go as far as saying making an Olympic track final is a greater achievement than a boxing medal.

You don't understand medal rankings or the value of precious medals and don't respect boxing as a sport. Do you know anything about boxing? It's grand having an opinion but it helps if you know anything about the subject.

RaRaRasputin

Omackeral wrote: »

Because the young man he was referring to is a Traveller and it's against the grounds of discrimination to use that word in connection with that particular group.

From the very first post in the AH Charter:

Zero tolerance will be shown to posts containing racism or discrimination. This includes the travelling community. Please do not use this forum to incite hatred.

That's fair enough and I agree that racism and discrimination should be infracted. But I don't really understand why it is intolerable to call one group of people a name whereas it is accepted to call others the same. I mean, you often hear people referring to people on the dole etc as knackers who just get up at noon etc without getting infracted. Should it not rather be banned like other expressions?

Nodin

Jimoslimos wrote: »

I reckon Sonia O'Sullivan's silver medal in Sydney is worth far more than Katie Taylor's gold in boxing.

I'd even go as far as saying making an Olympic track final is a greater achievement than a boxing medal.

I'd go as far as saying that you're only trying to stir the shit with that comment.

Jimoslimos

Shryke wrote: »

You don't understand medal rankings or the value of precious medals and don't respect boxing as a sport. Do you know anything about boxing? It's grand having an opinion but it helps if you know anything about the subject.

I hold athletics in higher regard than boxing, yes, I'll make no apologies. That's nothing to do with respect or lack of. In a similar manner I'd regard a medal won in boxing above one in dressage, modern pentathlon or sailing.

I prefer the concept of a first past the line, clear winner as opposed to the subjective nature of boxing judges, and stories like the following

Last year Newsnight spoke to Olympic boxing insiders who alleged London 2012 medals could be bought.

We were told $9m had been paid from Azerbaijan to the international boxing authorities in return for two golds.

The International Boxing Authority (AIBA) denied any wrong doing. The IOC found no formal evidence of cash for medals as it stands.

However, some of the results over the last few days have raised some serious questions about the scoring system.

Eyebrows were first raised last Wednesday when Azerbaijan fought Japan.

The Azeri bantamweight Magomed Abdulhamidov won the match despite going down six times in the final round.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19212567

Nodin wrote: »

I'd go as far as saying that you're only trying to stir the shit with that comment.

:rolleyes: Missing the point of an "unpopular opinions" thread.

Anyway people are only getting offended because we have a gold medal winner. Seems that puts certain sports above criticism

Nodin

Jimoslimos wrote: »

............

I prefer the concept of a first past the line, clear winner as opposed to the subjective nature of boxing judges, and stories like the following


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19212567
................

Of all the routes to go down......

Here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_performance-enhancing_drugs_in_the_Olympic_Games

Shryke

You can still be criticized for your opinion Jim. She's one of the greatest boxers we've ever produced and she's getting the recognition she deserves for it. It would be naive to think that bribery and cheating doesn't touch other events aside from boxing.

Neeson

Saying that the Katie Taylor thing is ****-stirring? I'd think it's unpopular to not give a hoot about Katie Taylor. Seems to be some big love in with her at the moment. If Sonia won gold I doubt it would have been as crazy.

DesperateDan

Omackeral wrote: »

Because the young man he was referring to is a Traveller and it's against the grounds of discrimination to use that word in connection with that particular group.

Yup I shouldn't have said that sorry, it's one of those terms me and my friends would throw around at the drop of a hat but I do realise it might be hurtful to some people and thats not cool.

If it's used but not in relation to the travelling community that's okay? I think I'll just steer clear of it completely in future

steddyeddy

Unpopular opinion: A lot of Irish schools work in oppistion to a childs true potential. For a while we had children going to university based on parental wealth rather than an inherent intelligence. Schools need to stop dumbing down material.

Plumpynutt

cometogether wrote: »

"Yer man"? That was Liam Gallagher, the guy who originally sang it!

I'm not a fan of Oasis, I like a few of their songs but they're complete cockends imo, like a pair of angsty teenagers those two.

And it still sounded sh1ite, regardless of who sang it :pac:

scrumqueen

Jaffa Cakes taste like muck.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Neeson wrote: »

Saying that the Katie Taylor thing is ****-stirring? I'd think it's unpopular to not give a hoot about Katie Taylor. Seems to be some big love in with her at the moment. If Sonia won gold I doubt it would have been as crazy.

It would have been. Gold in the women's 5k, a marquee event at the Track and Field. At the moment Women's boxing doesn't have that kind of prestige imo.

mikemac1

ROFLcopter wrote: »

I think all the people in social housing should pay the household tax. How many fúcking waivers do these nutters want!? Free healthcare, free this, fúcking waiver for that.....grow up and get a JOB.

Most people in social housing do work

The rent is a percentage of their income

old hippy

scrumqueen wrote: »

Jaffa Cakes taste like muck.

Boycott Israeli produce!

Colmustard

Washing your hands after the toilet, I do to be sociable, but I really don't see the point. Very few people actually do it properly and if one doesn't do it right that negates everyones else washing their hands.

First you come from the toilet with supposed germ loaded soiled hands, then you turn on the tap, you was your hands you turn off the tap re contaminating your hand, then you go to the dryer and open the door with that contaminated hand.

Then if you do do it right you just get contaminated by the last person who didn't at the door exit.

I know how the world of infection works and its not about the volume of infection its about the medium they are transfered to.

So washing your hands after the loo is pointless, but do it anyway.

Neeson

Colmustard wrote: »

So washing your hands after the loo is pointless, but do it anyway.

Exactly. People do things like licking assholes and don't worry about a piece of feces. Why wash your hands after using the toilet?

Besides, if you spread a bit of the disease eventually people will become immune.

vader65

stepbar wrote: »

Sean Quinn is a crook (expressed as an opinion in a pub in Fermanagh / Cavan).

Hardly an unpopular opinion......

Neeson

vader65 wrote: »

Hardly an unpopular opinion......

I think it is for people in Cavan/Fermanagh who seem to think he's a great guy in a "he fixed the roads sort of way". Doesn't matter what else he done. He made jobs, etc.

vader65

Amy Winehouse was a wasted musician who was vastly overrated!!!

vader65

Neeson wrote: »

I think it is for people in Cavan/Fermanagh who seem to think he's a great guy in a "he fixed the roads sort of way". Doesn't matter what else he done. He made jobs, etc.

well.... the same could be said for Bono and the rest of U2 that robbed Ireland out of millions of pounds in tax.....

Neeson

vader65 wrote: »

well.... the same could be said for Bono and the rest of U2 that robbed Ireland out of millions of pounds in tax.....

I suppose it could yeah. Most people (probably a lot of Dubliner's included) seem to think Bono's a prick though so it's not really an unpopular opinion.

castletownman

I think that the new procedure of awarding 25 points to students who pass honours maths in the Leaving is further sign of the dumbing down of modern society. While I'm all for giving students the incentive to attempt a more challenging series of questions, I think the new policy is unfair towards students from previous years who may have missed out on their desired CAO course by a matter of a few points. For example, if I was awarded an extra 25 points for passing honours maths six years ago, I wouldn't have missed out on my desired course, and so wouldn't have chosen an Arts degree course I didn't have the heart for, and in turn still wouldn't have resentment from my mother for dropping out from said course.

I blame the popularity of reality TV for the increasing "dumbing down" of our secondary school educational programme

Neeson

castletownman wrote: »

I think that the new procedure of awarding 25 points to students who pass honours maths in the Leaving is further sign of the dumbing down of modern society. While I'm all for giving students the incentive to attempt a more challenging series of questions, I think the new policy is unfair towards students from previous years who may have missed out on their desired CAO course by a matter of a few points. For example, if I was awarded an extra 25 points for passing honours maths six years ago, I wouldn't have missed out on my desired course, and so wouldn't have chosen an Arts degree course I didn't have the heart for, and in turn still wouldn't have resentment from my mother for dropping out from said course.

I blame the popularity of reality TV for the increasing "dumbing down" of our secondary school educational programme

Yeah, but things move on. Priest used to beat up children. That doesn't happen anymore (we don't think). Auld wans hardly think young wans should get leathered because they did back in the day.

But I do think the 25 points thing is a load of nonsense. Sure the points for popular courses will go up even more so and that defeats the purpose really.

kunst nugget

castletownman wrote: »

I think that the new procedure of awarding 25 points to students who pass honours maths in the Leaving is further sign of the dumbing down of modern society. While I'm all for giving students the incentive to attempt a more challenging series of questions, I think the new policy is unfair towards students from previous years who may have missed out on their desired CAO course by a matter of a few points. For example, if I was awarded an extra 25 points for passing honours maths six years ago, I wouldn't have missed out on my desired course, and so wouldn't have chosen an Arts degree course I didn't have the heart for, and in turn still wouldn't have resentment from my mother for dropping out from said course.

Or… you could have repeated your leaving and got the points you needed for your desired course which would have meant you wouldn't be moaning about it here six years later. Also, the points are expected to shot up next week so any advantage they might have got is looking like it will be negated.

castletownman wrote: »

I blame the popularity of reality TV for the increasing "dumbing down" of our secondary school educational programme

Yes, ever since they got the makers of Big Brother in to formulate our Leaving Cert curriculum, it's gone completely downhill…

Bacon and Cabbage

Everyone on fb is hugely overreacting to the "Cancer is funny because people die" page

castletownman

castletownman wrote: »

I think that the new procedure of awarding 25 points to students who pass honours maths in the Leaving is further sign of the dumbing down of modern society. While I'm all for giving students the incentive to attempt a more challenging series of questions, I think the new policy is unfair towards students from previous years who may have missed out on their desired CAO course by a matter of a few points. For example, if I was awarded an extra 25 points for passing honours maths six years ago, I wouldn't have missed out on my desired course, and so wouldn't have chosen an Arts degree course I didn't have the heart for, and in turn still wouldn't have resentment from my mother for dropping out from said course.

I blame the popularity of reality TV for the increasing "dumbing down" of our secondary school educational programme

I agree it's silly, I think it just perpetuates the idea drilled into everyone's heads that "omg maths is hard and i cant do it"

RayCon

The Soprano's - dont see the appeal
Radiohead - dont see the appeal
Bob Dylan - dont see the appeal

Colmustard

bluewolf wrote: »

I agree it's silly, I think it just perpetuates the idea drilled into everyone's heads that "omg maths is hard and i cant do it"

That is so true, people usually form a mental block about maths, they think it is hard and only about numbers, when it is not. Its one of the most creative thing humans do. Its almost an art and we all have an innate sense of numbers.

I always thought maths is thought badly, students should be thought the beauty of it first.

Colmustard

RayCon wrote: »

The Soprano's - dont see the appeal
Radiohead - dont see the appeal
Bob Dylan - dont see the appeal

I thought the sopranos was only OK, Bob Dylan is meh and not a real poet, but radiohead needs time and they are brilliant.

guttenberg

Colmustard wrote: »

That is so true, people usually form a mental block about maths, they think it is hard and only about numbers, when it is not. Its one of the most creative thing humans do. Its almost an art and we all have an innate sense of numbers.

I always thought maths is thought badly, students should be thought the beauty of it first.

Maybe the teaching standard for English should be improved too.:pac:

Colmustard

guttenberg wrote: »

Maybe the teaching standard for English should be improved too.:pac:

I blame the spellchecker and in second place my anorexia.

steddyeddy

castletownman wrote: »

I think that the new procedure of awarding 25 points to students who pass honours maths in the Leaving is further sign of the dumbing down of modern society. While I'm all for giving students the incentive to attempt a more challenging series of questions, I think the new policy is unfair towards students from previous years who may have missed out on their desired CAO course by a matter of a few points. For example, if I was awarded an extra 25 points for passing honours maths six years ago, I wouldn't have missed out on my desired course, and so wouldn't have chosen an Arts degree course I didn't have the heart for, and in turn still wouldn't have resentment from my mother for dropping out from said course.

I blame the popularity of reality TV for the increasing "dumbing down" of our secondary school educational programme

Agreed and it further exacerbates the fact that the leaving cert often sends the wrong student into the wrong course. Those extra points could ensure someone more blessed with maths gets into chemistry over a natural chemistry student ect.

The department of education are to blame for the dumbing down and no doubt about it. I can only talk about the science subjects but for years science lecturers in third level institutions have being fighting the department of education along with the teaching unions on this issue.

fasttalkerchat

Colmustard wrote: »

I always thought maths is thought badly, students should be thought the beauty of it first.

guttenberg wrote: »

Maybe the teaching standard for English should be improved too.:pac:

I read it as "Maths is thought of badly (poorly) and students should thought (think) of the beauty of it first.
Bad grammar but the spelling was fine :P