Unpopular Opinions - OP Updated with Threadban List 4/5/21

Stephen Kenny is a tactical genius.

Antares35

External Association wrote: »

Too many people are afraid to say Covid has been a god send for them. Extra lie on in the morning rather than travelling to work for many in public service jobs. Saving money, more family time, people not that concerned with travel etc. Those in relationships.

If like me, your single, it's a nightmare.

Not just public service jobs surely?

igCorcaigh

.anon. wrote: »

Formula 1, pre-2000. It stopped being a sport around the time that I stopped enjoying it. Soccer is sometimes a sport, depending on who's playing and whether I care about either team. Also, snooker, depending on whether O'Sullivan is playing. If he's playing, it's a sport. If it's Dott v Ebdon, it's not a sport.

It's OK for a five year old kid to kick a ball or something around and have fun with it! Yeah.

Or even the art of competing in a game, I get.

But to see a nation of people getting excited about a bunch of grown adults kick a ball of leather around the field, and get so excited about it?
The matches, the rugby, the soccer, all that?
Olé, Olé, Olé?

And they get so paid for it?

Bollix.
It's nonsense, all of it.

And, do you know what would be most controversial, and I mean no insult, but parents buying the kids the soccer jerseys stuff, or bringing them up to follow a team.
Awful

And even if it's a local team, yeah, it introduces emblems and competitiveness..
It just doesn't sit with me well.

And how the wealthy soccer clubs pick one person, and ever kid in the working class area then thinks they could be like them...

I can't think of anything so exploitative.

Potential-Monke

growleaves wrote: »

Your immune system needs germs though.

Lots of people going to make themselves very sick in the years ahead with a totally sterile germ-avoidant lifestyle I predict.

Oh I agree, I'm not gonna become a sterile champion or anything, but I will be avoiding large gatherings and sharing, well, anything. I game and I snack!

External Association wrote: »

If like me, your single, it's a nightmare.

I'm single, and I'm pure McDonalds about it. But I also know I'm usually the exception to the rule.

Unpopular opinion: People should only be allowed 1 recreational flight a year.

Edit: Thanks for ohnonotgmail, 1 recreational return flight a year.

ohnonotgmail

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Oh I agree, I'm not gonna become a sterile champion or anything, but I will be avoiding large gatherings and sharing, well, anything. I game and I snack!



I'm single, and I'm pure McDonalds about it. But I also know I'm usually the exception to the rule.

Unpopular opinion: People should only be allowed 1 recreational flight a year.

How do they get back home again?

FileNotFound

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Sometimes kids and teenagers have bad anxiety about things and it's mainly brought on by their parents blowing stuff out of all proportion and taking things to seriously.

Most kids are soft and full of sh1t. Bit of hard life would do them softies no harm.

mikemac2

Tom Cruise is an amazing actor and his name on a billboard guarantees people will check out the movie

I don't care about his religion and I don't care about yours either. Too much religion bashing going on

The IMHO part of this forum's name is misleading. There should be a P somewhere in the initialism. For permissable.
This may be an impermissable unpopular, albeit honest, opinion.

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Sometimes kids and teenagers have bad anxiety about things and it's mainly brought on by their parents blowing stuff out of all proportion and taking things to seriously.

This strikes me regularly also. Just this morning I watched a video compilation of small kids reacting to news that their mother was pregnant - one of those supposedly uplifting cute things. The amount of neurotic over-stimulated kids was unnerving. Entrained like Cyber-Billy-Barry kids to produce hyper emotional responses for the ever present all seeing (camera) eye. Stop doing this, people. Let your children be chilled out individuals who could not give a fcuk from your manufactured dramas.

ShagNastii

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Sometimes kids and teenagers have bad anxiety about things and it's mainly brought on by their parents blowing stuff out of all proportion and taking things to seriously.

Not so much with kids but certainly with some teens and adults, “anxiety” has become a bit in vogue and it’s indulged to the point it is almost seen as a personality trait.

With the influencer types the bi-yearly “I’m suffering” posts seem part of the business plan. Gonna get those likes.

Mad_maxx

mikemac2 wrote: »

Tom Cruise is an amazing actor and his name on a billboard guarantees people will check out the movie

I don't care about his religion and I don't care about yours either. Too much religion bashing going on

The mission impossible series is better than that Robert Downey junior racket

I love TC on screen, watching Collateral recently, terrific performance by Cruise

He's probably quite mad but he's a phenomenal competitor

Mad_maxx

this Beacon hospital vacines story is a complete nothing burger and nothing but a sideshow designed to deflect attention from the overall shambles of the HSE re_ the vaccine rollout

ShagNastii

ShagNastii wrote: »

Not so much with kids but certainly with some teens and adults, “anxiety” has become a bit in vogue and it’s indulged to the point it is almost seen as a personality trait. ...... Gonna get those likes.

the prime reason of existence for many a woke facebook profile.

walshb

Mad_maxx wrote: »

The mission impossible series is better than that Robert Downey junior racket

I love TC on screen, watching Collateral recently, terrific performance by Cruise

He's probably quite mad but he's a phenomenal competitor

Cruise has delivered some top class performances through the years.

Last few years I find him so predictable and boring. All these OTT action movies..

He just doesn’t do it for me in them. Very little depth in them as regards acting skills.

Cruise showed his greatness in his earlier films: Rain Man, Born 4th July, Interview with Vampire, Magnolia, The Firm, Jerry MaGuiure, Few Good Men, Risky Business....grade A performances!!

walshb

walshb wrote: »

Cruise showed his greatness in his earlier films: Rain Man, Born 4th July, Interview with Vampire, Magnolia, The Firm, Jerry MaGuiure, Few Good Men, Risky Business....grade A performances!!

all over 25 years ago.

Mad_maxx

walshb wrote: »

Cruise has delivered some top class performances through the years.

Last few years I find him so predictable and boring. All these OTT action movies..

He just doesn’t do it for me in them. Very little depth in them as regards acting skills.

Cruise showed his greatness in his earlier films: Rain Man, Born 4th July, Interview with Vampire, Magnolia, The Firm, Jerry MaGuiure, Few Good Men, Risky Business....grade A performances!!

i like Cruise more than i ever did since he embraced the action man profile , used to be lukewarm about him

hes physically a fearless competitor

Ash.J.Williams

walshb wrote: »

Cruise has delivered some top class performances through the years.

Last few years I find him so predictable and boring. All these OTT action movies..

He just doesn’t do it for me in them. Very little depth in them as regards acting skills.

Cruise showed his greatness in his earlier films: Rain Man, Born 4th July, Interview with Vampire, Magnolia, The Firm, Jerry MaGuiure, Few Good Men, Risky Business....grade A performances!!

American made is good cruise movie , outside his usual zone but shows what he can do.

walshb

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

American made is good cruise movie , outside his usual zone but shows what he can do.

Yes. That was a good performance..

LMC7

The step count brigade on social media.
I did 5,000 steps,10,000 steps....I've done 7,000 steps before breakfast I'll do the other 7 after lunch.Drives me mad.

Seems such a weird measure for exercise.

astrofool

Mad_maxx wrote: »

this Beacon hospital vacines story is a complete nothing burger and nothing but a sideshow designed to deflect attention from the overall shambles of the HSE re_ the vaccine rollout

IMO, the HSE is awful at many things, but vaccine rollouts are something we do well in Ireland consistently, both at the new-born level, yearly flu jabs and the COVID-19 vaccines. The HSE is purely supply constrained and will ramp quickly as supply arrives. People who haven't educated themselves to the details and quickly jump on the HSE bashing train are people whose critical opinions can be discounted very quickly.

McGinniesta

LMC7 wrote: »

The step count brigade on social media.
I did 5,000 steps,10,000 steps....I've done 7,000 steps before breakfast I'll do the other 7 after lunch.Drives me mad.

Seems such a weird measure for exercise.

The vast majority of us lead reasonably boring lives.

That's bad enough. Why would we want to drag others down with us?

spookwoman

People who constantly go on about gender balance yet you never hear them mention it with regards to working in the sewers, road works or bin men sorry that should be bin persons :rolleyes:

castletownman

If I was interviewing someone for a job, and I found out they were over 25 and into dance music, it would be a huge red flag for me to hiring them.

I would automatically assume they are immature, probably have a party lifestyle, maybe even use drugs use recreationally, and thus would be unrealible to work.

The Raging Bile Duct

castletownman wrote: »

If I was interviewing someone for a job, and I found out they were over 25 and into dance music, it would be a huge red flag for me to hiring them.

I would automatically assume they are immature, probably have a party lifestyle, maybe even use drugs use recreationally, and thus would be unrealible to work.

I'm mid forties and still listen to house, techno and electronica amongst other music. It was a long time, even before Covid, since I've going clubbing and if I'm going to gigs these days I don't drink because I like to drive home afterwards. It's an absolutely daft assumption to make.

EmmetSpiceland

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

I'm mid forties and still listen to house, techno and electronica amongst other music. It was a long time, even before Covid, since I've going clubbing and if I'm going to gigs these days I don't drink because I like to drive home afterwards. It's an absolutely daft assumption to make.

And if it came up in a job interview you’d have to imagine it was more of a “passion” than, say, a part of their weekend nightlife.

cnocbui

castletownman wrote: »

If I was interviewing someone for a job, and I found out they were over 25 and into dance music, it would be a huge red flag for me to hiring them.

I would automatically assume they are immature, probably have a party lifestyle, maybe even use drugs use recreationally, and thus would be unrealible to work.

I'm older than that, drive a Honda Civic type R and like vocal trance and some EDM. For someone immature, I'm doing quite well.

cnocbui

cnocbui wrote: »

I'm older than that, drive a Honda Civic type R and like vocal trance and some EDM. For someone immature, I'm doing quite well.

Honda Civic is a druggie car though.

Eric Cartman

castletownman wrote: »

If I was interviewing someone for a job, and I found out they were over 25 and into dance music, it would be a huge red flag for me to hiring them.

I would automatically assume they are immature, probably have a party lifestyle, maybe even use drugs use recreationally, and thus would be unrealible to work.

you might be right, but you'd never fill a sales desk in that case. The amount of weekend warriors who are diligent employees 5 days a week then Friday 5.30pm till midnight Sunday are complete degenerates is quite astonishing. They usually give it up when they have kids but if you want to avoid someone using recreational drugs and partying all weekend, don't hire any extroverted person in the 18-35 bracket. If you have a problem with people cabbaged on a couch smoking weed all weekend , don't hire any introverted person 18-35.

You'd never know most of the time, id say its 50/50 on any person in that age range being a drug user.

walshb

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

I'm mid forties and still listen to house, techno and electronica amongst other music. It was a long time, even before Covid, since I've going clubbing and if I'm going to gigs these days I don't drink because I like to drive home afterwards. It's an absolutely daft assumption to make.

You’re probably the exception to the rule

And me. I love dance/trance music...

Interesting fact: Goldman Sachs CEO, David Solomon is a big dance music enthusiast/DJ

cnocbui

Deleted User wrote: »

Honda Civic is a druggie car though.

I have some becoanse, aspirin, and cortisone cream; I guess guilty as charged.