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flugelizor
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: Asante]
#27534600 - 11/08/21 07:50 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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Asante said:
Seriously, places where there is no police are prone to lots of personal oppression by random assholes.
Yes! When I was young and stupid there was a bunch of teenaged punks harassing everyone on the street where I lived. I grabbed a butterfly knife and bunched it in my fist. Thinking I would use it like brass knuckles if they fuck with me. Well, they did fuck with me, and surrounded me. And one behind me says "He's got a knife!" Just then the cops roll up and tell the kids to disperse. If the cops weren't there I'm sure it would have ended badly.
The next day one of the punks came back and said "I brought my knife today" ... But I just walked past and never saw him again.
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: flugelizor] 2
#27534719 - 11/08/21 09:47 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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No Fap is stupid and masturbation is healthy.
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: Asante]
#27534724 - 11/08/21 09:49 AM (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't think this is an unpopular opinion at all.
Part of a functional society is having a set of laws that, in theory, are meant to prevent actions that the society has determined are generally detrimental to the general well-being of the members of that society. In this theoretical, functional society, laws mean nothing without some form of law enforcement. In areas with no functional government or formal law enforcement body, local ad-hoc "laws" and "law enforcement" groups will spring up, and usually give themselves both the power to make the "laws" and enforce those "laws" in their local jurisdiction. This type of local, unofficial government creates some form of functional society, but usually at the cost of removing the power of the general societal member to peacefully elect their preferred representatives, have a process in how the laws look in their society, and how those laws are enforced. Usually these groups are called "gangs", "mafias", "militias", etc., and are typically not the preferred governing/enforcing body in a healthy, functional society.
The current problem (at least in the US) is:
- Low confidence in the election process on all sides, widening the perceived gap between what the people want their country to be run vs how its being run. I know that I personally would like to see a popular, ranked voting system and tighter restrictions on campaign finance law, and an increase in viable party choices through the first two reforms.
- Demonstrated and well-documented federal/state government action/inaction that does not reflect independent poll data on the population's wants/needs, again contributing to the feeling that the laws of the society are not meant to benefit the members of that society, and that the government generally does not serve the people.
- Documented and wide-spread evidence of the current body of law enforcement being corrupt and biased, not only on the streets but also up the chain of command, giving the perception of those in power trying to protect those individual officers who are demonstrably unstable, overly violent, corrupt, or racist.
Combined, this gives the perception to the general public that the federal and state government bodies have been modified since their inception, such that self-serving affluent members of society have near-exclusive access to modifying the laws of this society, and that they do not use this level of access to make the society better for the average member. Additionally, the law enforcement body appears to not serve all of the members of society equally, and tends to keep officers who are racist, corrupt, and overly violent among their ranks. Finally, both of these groups do not appear to have a functional accountability model for detecting issues within their group and correcting those issues, and protests or efforts to pressure them to address these obvious short-fallings are met with deployment of the national guard, gaslighting, and empty promises to change, despite the fact that all of these options have been used multiple times, and its well documented that they have no intention to change.
When the general populace of a society feels this way toward their governing and law enforcement bodies, the general response is "well fuck it, lets burn it down and start over, maybe we can do better this time, and its apparently the only way to get the change that we want". Hence the calls for de-funding or abolishing the local police body. I think most people believe that laws and law enforcement are necessary, I just think that right now people also feel like the current system is absolutely not tolerable for the foreseeable future, and tend to suggest extreme techniques to spur the reform that people have been calling for for decades.
Anyway, all this to say that as a pretty left-leaning person who generally supports BLM and whatnot, I still agree with this alleged unpopular opinion, which I'm not sure is that unpopular.
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EternalCowabunga said: No Fap is stupid and masturbation is healthy.
All things in moderation. No Fap in its extreme form can be bad for mental health if you're not getting off using more conventional methods, and regular ejaculation is supposed to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. On the flip-side sex/porn addiction is a real thing, and orgasm illicits one of the strongest primary responses in the brain's reward system.
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: spirit_shadow]
#28072057 - 11/27/22 06:55 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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I hate people who take a good leftover thanksgiving turkey and WASTE it by turning it into a soup or stew. God damn. They never bother leaving some of the turkey by itself for people who don't want the fucking soup. And they leave all the fucking bones in it like I have nothing better to do than pick out tiny bones. God, fuck you.
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split_by_nine
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buy your own turkey
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: split_by_nine]
#28072068 - 11/27/22 07:00 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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I just separate the breast meat and soup up the rest. It's not like people are picking the meat off the underside of a turkey for sandwiches.
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gopher
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OutsideOfMyMind said: I hate people who take a good leftover thanksgiving turkey and WASTE it by turning it into a soup or stew. God damn. They never bother leaving some of the turkey by itself for people who don't want the fucking soup. And they leave all the fucking bones in it like I have nothing better to do than pick out tiny bones. God, fuck you.
I 100% thought you were going to say pizza bit then you said stew lol
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: PatrickKn]
#28072107 - 11/27/22 07:20 PM (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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I pick off the bottom meat. It's juicier than the rest of the bird because it's on the bottom so all the juices go down to gravity and the bottom meat soaks it up.
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split_by_nine
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was it too much trouble for you to ask them to reserve those pieces for you?
you dont ask, you dont receive
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: split_by_nine]
#28072816 - 11/28/22 11:18 AM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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I wish bread loaves were half the size.
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gopher
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: Mystikal]
#28072819 - 11/28/22 11:18 AM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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I bought a half size pumpernickel loaf and i still only ate half of it
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: gopher] 1
#28073093 - 11/28/22 02:01 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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Unpopular opinion - There should be a maximum voting age. Just like how 1-17 year olds are deemed unfit to vote due to their inexperience, old people should be deemed unfit to vote. Do I know the right age? Probably about around the average age of a congress member, which goes to another point. There should be a maximum age limit on the presidency/congress.
We have to get this "Old wise people" bullshit out of our heads. Old wise people are in their 50-70s generally. 80+ year olds minds are not anywhere near as sharp on average as the average 17 year old mind. They are damn near as gullible as children, while being completely incapable of being reasoned with because they believe surviving longer makes them more intelligent.
Basically, rules for the living should not be imposed upon by the soon to be dead who were born 8 decades ago. Imagine the benefits of not having old people being able to vote, maybe they'd stop just spending their remaining days wrapped up in conspiracy theories and spewing garbage. Perhaps they'd go back to making cookies, and giving children werthers.
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spirit_shadow
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: Excess Taters]
#28073348 - 11/28/22 04:38 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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The very concept of physical value is archaic.
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PatrickKn


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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: spirit_shadow]
#28073361 - 11/28/22 04:42 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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Give me your car.
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theRealrollforever
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: Excess Taters]
#28073363 - 11/28/22 04:42 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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Excess Taters said: Unpopular opinion - There should be a maximum voting age. Just like how 1-17 year olds are deemed unfit to vote due to their inexperience, old people should be deemed unfit to vote. Do I know the right age? Probably about around the average age of a congress member, which goes to another point. There should be a maximum age limit on the presidency/congress.
We have to get this "Old wise people" bullshit out of our heads. Old wise people are in their 50-70s generally. 80+ year olds minds are not anywhere near as sharp on average as the average 17 year old mind. They are damn near as gullible as children, while being completely incapable of being reasoned with because they believe surviving longer makes them more intelligent.
Basically, rules for the living should not be imposed upon by the soon to be dead who were born 8 decades ago. Imagine the benefits of not having old people being able to vote, maybe they'd stop just spending their remaining days wrapped up in conspiracy theories and spewing garbage. Perhaps they'd go back to making cookies, and giving children werthers.
But instead we have medicine making them live longer and vote longer
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: PatrickKn]
#28073464 - 11/28/22 05:37 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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PatrickKn said: Give me your car.
I wouldn't have to if the concept of physical value didn't exist
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gopher
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: spirit_shadow]
#28073483 - 11/28/22 05:47 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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You wouldnt download a car
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Re: The official unpopular opinion thread [Re: gopher]
#28073504 - 11/28/22 05:59 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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You can put bread in the freezer. Leave out what you will eat for a couple days at a time.
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