Opinions that are wrong

Potential-Monke

I was having a conversation with one of the lads the other day, and it got me thinking. We were arguing over an opinion. He was stating that it's an opinion and he can't be wrong because of an opinion. But his opinion was that a cheap mint aero-type bar tasted the same as a proper mint Aero. I cannot see how that can be right, because they didn't even taste similar, they tasted completely different, so his "opinion" is wrong.

So, are there any opinions that you think are wrong? I don't mean actual opinions, where it is open to interpretation. I mean when someone says something and no amount of "opinion" can change the fact that they are wrong. Like the following which i believe are wrong opinions:

Pepsi and Coca Cola taste the same - No, no they do not.
Dairygold and Kerrygold taste the same - Again, no, far from the truth.
There's no difference between Barrys and Lyons - So wrong, Barrys is muck.

Actually, they all seem to be taste based...

PirateShampoo

Opinions are like arseholes, everybody has one.

Omackeral

Diet Coke tastes like licking a two pence coin.

Source : Have licked two pence coin.

snowflaker

do you eat with their taste buds? maybe it tastes the same to them!

elefant

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I was having a conversation with one of the lads the other day, and it got me thinking. We were arguing over an opinion. He was stating that it's an opinion and he can't be wrong because of an opinion. But his opinion was that a cheap mint aero-type bar tasted the same as a proper mint Aero. I cannot see how that can be right, because they didn't even taste similar, they tasted completely different, so his "opinion" is wrong.

So, are there any opinions that you think are wrong? I don't mean actual opinions, where it is open to interpretation. I mean when someone says something and no amount of "opinion" can change the fact that they are wrong. Like the following which i believe are wrong opinions:

Pepsi and Coca Cola taste the same - No, no they do not.
Dairygold and Kerrygold taste the same - Again, no, far from the truth.
There's no difference between Barrys and Lyons - So wrong, Barrys is muck.

Actually, they all seem to be taste based...

You realise this is the only part of the OP that will gain any traction in this thread now, right?

Peregrine

Potential-Monke wrote: »

There's no difference between Barrys and Lyons - So wrong, Barrys is muck.

Stop drinking that pisswater Lyons for a while to let your tastebuds grow back and you'll feel differently about Barry's.

Potential-Monke

Peregrine wrote: »

Stop drinking that pisswater Lyons for a while to let your tastebuds grow back and you'll feel differently about Barry's.

Bah, feck Barrys and they're badly shaped teabags, it's all about the Pyramid kiiid!

the_pen_turner

They only taste different to you. If he thinks they are the same then he is right. .

snowflaker

Lyons has 0 to do with Ireland now. Packaged by unilever in Manchester. As Irish as Manchester United!

Peregrine

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Bah, feck Barrys and they're badly shaped teabags, it's all about the Pyramid kiiid!

Pyramids make feck all diferrence. If you're looking for good teabag design then just get Tetley :P

Red Kev

It's a subjective opinion, more of a preference really, so he is right.

If his opinion is based on fact, then he would be wrong. For example if he said that Leitrim are traditionally a better team than Kerry in football he would be wrong.

But if he was to say it's his opinion that strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate, then that's his subjective opinion and he's right as far as his preferences are concerned.

maudgonner

'The food in Lidl and Aldi is muck'.

'Everybody wants to live in Dublin'.

Jack the Stripper

Peregrine wrote: »

Pyramids make feck all diferrence. If you're looking for good teabag design then just get Tetley :P

I would rather drink stale urine than that pisss Tetley.

Potential-Monke

Red Kev wrote: »

It's a subjective opinion, more of a preference really, so he is right.

If his opinion is based on fact, then he would be wrong. For example if he said that Leitrim are traditionally a better team than Kerry in football he would be wrong.

But if he was to say it's his opinion that strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate, then that's his subjective opinion and he's right as far as his preferences are concerned.

But can taste vary that much? Can someone really say that Coke and Pepsi taste the same? The same lad goes on about the subtle flavours on fancy dishes, but still insists that the cheap Aero tasted the exact same as the Nestle one, and it just doesn't!

764dak

Red Kev wrote: »

It's a subjective opinion, more of a preference really, so he is right.

If his opinion is based on fact, then he would be wrong. For example if he said that Leitrim are traditionally a better team than Kerry in football he would be wrong.

But if he was to say it's his opinion that strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate, then that's his subjective opinion and he's right as far as his preferences are concerned.

Subjective opinion is a redundant phrase. And that's a fact.

The main problem is people don't know when to distinguish opinions from facts.

biko

An opinion is just a small experience sample from that person's viewpoint.
How can you say what other people should feel/think. You cannot.

People have different opinions, it diversifies life - it'd be great but pretty boring if everyone thought the same way as me.

soups05

764dak wrote: »

Subjective opinion is a redundant phrase. And that's a fact.

The main problem is people don't know when to distinguish opinions from facts.

Exactly, everyone knows that Lyons is the best tea





:D:D:D

ToddyDoody

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

I would rather drink stale urine than that pisss Tetley.

Is this just because it's a protestant tea?

stimpson

764dak wrote: »

The main problem is people don't know when to distinguish opinions from facts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c

Shenshen

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I was having a conversation with one of the lads the other day, and it got me thinking. We were arguing over an opinion. He was stating that it's an opinion and he can't be wrong because of an opinion. But his opinion was that a cheap mint aero-type bar tasted the same as a proper mint Aero. I cannot see how that can be right, because they didn't even taste similar, they tasted completely different, so his "opinion" is wrong.

So, are there any opinions that you think are wrong? I don't mean actual opinions, where it is open to interpretation. I mean when someone says something and no amount of "opinion" can change the fact that they are wrong. Like the following which i believe are wrong opinions:

Pepsi and Coca Cola taste the same - No, no they do not.
Dairygold and Kerrygold taste the same - Again, no, far from the truth.
There's no difference between Barrys and Lyons - So wrong, Barrys is muck.

Actually, they all seem to be taste based...

So you're essentially saying that taste is opinion?
Taste is an highly individual sensation, it's practically impossible to experience someone else's sense of taste. Your opinion that other people's sense of taste is wrong is just wrong.

KarmaGarda

No no, you have it all wrong (in my opinion). This guy's opinion is this:

Potential-Monke wrote: »

... a cheap mint aero-type bar tasted the same as a proper mint Aero.

Now, you see, there's a flaw... if he had instead said

a cheap mint aero-type bar tastes the same to me as a proper mint Aero

He'd be bang on. Can't argue with that. But he fckuked up by not structuring his claim properly. So I can say NO! You're bloody wrong mate! Cos you can't generalise taste with a over-reaching statement like that. If we ran a survey across 100 people and X people say the bloody things taste different then you're wrong!

So there you have it. He's wrong. Like all of you. Apart from the OP. And me of course. In my opinion.

posturingpat

Jockeys don't make a difference it's all about the horse.

DanMurphy

Teabags most likely contain the waste & floor sweepings after the real (loose) tea is packaged.
Brilliant idea and a promotion for the worker that thought of it first day.
I'd say he doubled the income of the tea importers.
Tea bags my arse.
Real tea for real tea drinkers comes in loose packages, that's why there's strainers in tea pots.

hungry hypno toad

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Opinions are like arseholes, everybody has one.

Some even have 2.

hungry hypno toad

DanMurphy wrote: »

Teabags most likely contain the waste & floor sweepings after the real (loose) tea is packaged.
Brilliant idea and a promotion for the worker that thought of it first day.
I'd say he doubled the income of the tea importers.
Tea bags my arse.
Real tea for real tea drinkers comes in loose packages, that's why there's strainers in tea pots.

You want someone to tea bag your arse?

Cee-Jay-Cee

If the OP's friend is a smoker then everything tastes the same to him, Mint aero probably tastes the same as cheese and onion crisps so in that case his opinion is correct and yours is also correct. Imagine that, two people with different but correct opinions.


The world is going to explode.

Zaph

DanMurphy wrote: »

Teabags most likely contain the waste & floor sweepings after the real (loose) tea is packaged.
Brilliant idea and a promotion for the worker that thought of it first day.
I'd say he doubled the income of the tea importers.
Tea bags my arse.
Real tea for real tea drinkers comes in loose packages, that's why there's strainers in tea pots.

Similarly white chocolate is just the crap they have left over after they make real chocolate. Whoever came up with the idea of marketing it as actual chocolate was a genius, although the world has no actual need for their "invention".

DanMurphy

hungry hypno toad wrote: »

You want someone to tea bag your arse?

Interested in arses now, are we?

eviltimeban

"The Beatles were no good"

WRONG

carrieb

Mmmmm mint aeros. Haven't had one in years. Totally buying one today.

Seriously though, surely it's down to individual taste buds?! I mean one can't know what something tastes like to someone else. Like if this dude is a smoker or has any nasal issues he may well taste mint, chocolate and think everything mint and chocolate tastes the same.

Totally wrong obvs but maybe not to him?

Glenster

The opinion that is wrong is the assertion that these things taste the same.

They don't.

Glenster

DanMurphy wrote: »

Teabags most likely contain the waste & floor sweepings after the real (loose) tea is packaged.
Brilliant idea and a promotion for the worker that thought of it first day.
I'd say he doubled the income of the tea importers.
Tea bags my arse.
Real tea for real tea drinkers comes in loose packages, that's why there's strainers in tea pots.

Counterpoint - All tea is sh*te.

Bredabe

I love the way on social media I say IN MY EXPERIENCE this or that happenes, and someone else says YOU ARE WRONG! and tried to contradict everything I say. How does this work when they are NOT me?

Armchair Andy

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote:

If the OP's friend is a smoker then everything tastes the same to him.

Your opinion is wrong there.

PhuckHugh

An opinion is never wrong, just ill-informed.

Elemonator

Everyone can have an opinion, even if its a **** one.

murpho999

"It's ok to drive on a learner licence on my own as it's not my first"

I hear that so often and it's just wrong. System should be scrapped and only driving with a qualified instructor allowed until you pass your test.

TerrorFirmer

The earth is flat. The Government is controlling us via 'chemtrails'. Bush 'did' 9/11.

Those are seriously disturbing and very wrong opinions.

Not too horrified that someone thinks Lidl's version of Aero tastes like the real deal. I'm sure they're close enough that some will and some won't.

Some people think that Coke and Pepsi taste similar, despite Pepsi's unique taste and obvious superiority.

marialouise

Anti-vaxxers...

Glenster

Bredabe wrote: »

I love the way on social media I say IN MY EXPERIENCE this or that happenes, and someone else says YOU ARE WRONG! and tried to contradict everything I say. How does this work when they are NOT me?

That never happens

keano_afc

"Sure its just a bunch of cells really".

super_furry

People telling you that you're full of sh1t is an attack of your 'free speech'.

__Alex__

Well with taste, people's palettes differ so things that taste the same to one person might taste different to another.

And a lot of things are even more subjective than that again. Is there anything worse or more childish than a person shutting someone else down with a " Yeah well your opinion is wrong!"? Demonstrate why it's wrong, form an argument, don't just tell someone their opinion is wrong.

Bredabe

Glenster wrote: »

That never happens

I see what your doing there, lololol :mad:

764dak

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

The earth is flat. The Government is controlling us via 'chemtrails'. Bush 'did' 9/11.

Those are seriously disturbing and very wrong opinions.

Not too horrified that someone thinks Lidl's version of Aero tastes like the real deal. I'm sure they're close enough that some will and some won't.

Some people think that Coke and Pepsi taste similar, despite Pepsi's unique taste and obvious superiority.

Same and similar do not mean the same thing. Similarity can be subjective.

764dak

__Alex__ wrote: »

Well with taste, people's palettes differ so things that taste the same to one person might taste different to another.

And a lot of things are even more subjective than that again. Is there anything worse or more childish than a person shutting someone else down with a " Yeah well your opinion is wrong!"? Demonstrate why it's wrong, form an argument, don't just tell someone their opinion is wrong.

I think you mean "things that taste similar to one person."

__Alex__

764dak wrote: »

I think you mean "things that taste similar to one person."

No, I meant what I wrote.

osarusan

Red Kev wrote: »

It's a subjective opinion, more of a preference really, so he is right.

If his opinion is based on fact, then he would be wrong. For example if he said that Leitrim are traditionally a better team than Kerry in football he would be wrong.

But if he was to say it's his opinion that strawberry ice cream is better than chocolate, then that's his subjective opinion and he's right as far as his preferences are concerned.

I think this is a good post. Sometimes you can make a good argument against an opinion.

But sometimes, no matter how wrong you think they are, there's really no way to argue with them. There is nothing to say except 'You're wrong.'

snowflaker

Anyone that prefers Pepsi to Coke is not to be trusted

They probably preferred Blur too...

gramar

As a mate of mine once said to someone he disagreed with..'you're entitled to be wrong'.

Amy33

The other woman is to blame when a man cheats on his wife.