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

99nsr125

The irony is, to open your argument with an insult is a verification of your own stupidity.

You were the originator of the car ban, I offered a counter perspective from the opposing viewpoint which seems to have quite riled you.

There are these things called single yellow, double yellow and even double red lines to keep trunk routes clear. Imagine that a proportionate approach, one that even currently exists !

.anon. wrote: »

There should be a 'Stupid Opinions' thread for idiotic posts like that. Something so basic shouldn't need to be explained to a grown adult, but if you make bus travel even less attractive than it currently is, the end result is that you're going to have even more cars on the road, which isn't good for anyone - even motorists. If you're capable of pausing and thinking logically for a moment, consider how unpleasant driving a car through rush hour traffic would be if everyone else had no choice but to drive instead of using public transport. If it isn't possible to park a car on a road without causing inconvenience to others (especially vehicles that have the capacity to carry twenty times as many people as a car), then there isn't room for parking on that road. On-street parking is not an efficient use of public space.




You clearly haven't given this a lot of thought (although to be fair, given your above comment about banning buses from driving on streets with parked cars, it's fair to assume that thinking isn't your strong point). Unlike a motorist, a cyclist jumping a red light does so primarily at their own risk. It's also easier for them to look around and see and hear whether it's genuinely clear to proceed, so the risk of an accident is far lower. Furthermore, it would give them a 'head-start' over large vehicles turning left, rather than sitting in their blind spot and then remaining in that blind spot as they move off at the same time.

the purple tin

Would-be ministers, military leaders, CEOs, US presidents etc. should be given a mandatory psych evaluation before taking up their post. No psychopaths or sociopaths should be allowed in high-power jobs where they can do a lot of harm to others anymore.

Beasty

A large number of posts deleted

No drop the sexuality/homophobia talk

suicide_circus

the purple tin wrote: »

Would-be ministers, military leaders, CEOs, US presidents etc. should be given a mandatory psych evaluation before taking up their post. No psychopaths or sociopaths should be allowed in high-power jobs where they can do a lot of harm to others anymore.

You'd probably rule out half of them.
I'd say the levels of narcissism amongst those who go for public office are very high.

happyoutscan

Tzardine wrote: »

It is most definately discrimination, which is coincidentally a travellers favourite word.

No it isn't. Boss.

joseywhales

the purple tin wrote: »

Would-be ministers, military leaders, CEOs, US presidents etc. should be given a mandatory psych evaluation before taking up their post. No psychopaths or sociopaths should be allowed in high-power jobs where they can do a lot of harm to others anymore.

Considering that having all the instincts of a pyschopath is almost a requirement to be a CEO of a large PLC, I doubt that they will be enacting that test. These companies know what they are getting already and they want it.

.anon.

99nsr125 wrote: »

The irony is, to open your argument with an insult is a verification of your own stupidity.

You were the originator of the car ban, I offered a counter perspective from the opposing viewpoint which seems to have quite riled you.

There are these things called single yellow, double yellow and even double red lines to keep trunk routes clear. Imagine that a proportionate approach, one that even currently exists !

You offered an ill-thought-out counter perspective that might momentarily sound good for motorists until reality (i.e. lots more other motorists clogging up city streets because they've no other way of getting around) sets in.

A proportionate approach is literally what I suggested. In locations where parked cars make it unsafe and cumbersome for more sustainable forms of transport to pass through, then those roads should be kept clear via the methods you suggested.

gormdubhgorm

Not sure if this is popular or unpopular.
But recently they were saying Marianne Faithfull lost her voice to covid19.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/marianne-faithfull-covid-19-singing-voice/

My thought was OK grand happy she survived it. But didn't she lose her singing voice around the 1970's? Going from a Dana type voice to Ronnie Drew with a sore throat?

auspicious

Too many are too precious.

gormdubhgorm

auspicious wrote: »

Too many are too precious.

I read that as your username was 'precious' and you said 'Too many are too auspicious'

Getting the two back to front!

Mad_maxx

i instantly look away whenever a tv show or movie has two men having sex

im watching the universally acclaimed " Its a sin " right now with herself and its look away every five minutes level of i cant watch this bit

its pretty good otherwise though wildly over rated

nolivesmatter

Mad_maxx wrote: »

i instantly look away whenever a tv show or movie has two men having sex

Maybe just stop watching gay porn then?

Mad_maxx

nolivesmatter wrote: »

Maybe just stop watching gay porn then?

ìd have to watch all of the straight porn on the internet before id turn to the other side of things and based on the amount of porn on the internet , id probably need to live to about the age of five hundred

ohnonotgmail

Mad_maxx wrote: »

i instantly look away whenever a tv show or movie has two men having sex

im watching the universally acclaimed " Its a sin " right now with herself and its look away every five minutes level of i cant watch this bit

its pretty good otherwise though wildly over rated

A show about gay people depicting gay people having sex? I'm shocked, shocked I tells ya.

auspicious

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I read that as your username was 'precious' and you said 'Too many are too auspicious'

Getting the two back to front!

Yet I think if too many were too auspicious that would be actually be the norm. There will always be the less favoured, the less successful that allow the definition to persist.

auspicious

Your barbecued chicken was once a personality.

Ash.J.Williams

Mad_maxx wrote: »

i instantly look away whenever a tv show or movie has two men having sex

im watching the universally acclaimed " Its a sin " right now with herself and its look away every five minutes level of i cant watch this bit

its pretty good otherwise though wildly over rated

I’m as open minded as anyone and I’ve never seen two men having sex , what movies are you watching?

ohnonotgmail

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I’m as open minded as anyone and I’ve never seen two men having sex , what movies are you watching?

asking for a friend?

Mad_maxx

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I’m as open minded as anyone and I’ve never seen two men having sex , what movies are you watching?

" Its a sin "

show on E4 which received a lot of attention and acclaim this past few months

it being real drama , its obviously not real but pretty damn explicit

not sure if you watched the drama " The Deuce " on Sky Atlantic , from the creator of " The Wire " ?

the shagging never stopped on that show , mostly straight but some gay , drama is a lot more explicit nowadays

.anon.

Mad_maxx wrote: »

i instantly look away whenever a tv show or movie has two men having sex

im watching the universally acclaimed " Its a sin " right now with herself and its look away every five minutes level of i cant watch this bit

its pretty good otherwise though wildly over rated

Instead of looking away, you could just cover the bulge with a newspaper or something. Or send 'herself' out to make you a cup of tea while you knock one out.

Hamachi

.anon. wrote: »

Instead of looking away, you could just cover the bulge with a newspaper or something. Or send 'herself' out to make you a cup of tea while you knock one out.

Christ.

Classy as ever.

Nokia6230i

Scuts McEggyfarts wrote: »

I'm not sure I did either, until I watched 'It's a Sin'. There were a couple of scenes in that where you see a lad getting his muck chute pummelled vigourously by another lad.

OMG; you mean two people had sex? Wow. Mind = Blown.

So sex isn't just between 1 Man + 1 Woman?

Call the heterosexua police already; I wanna report a crime......

.anon.

Mad_maxx wrote: »

half the scenes in the episodes ive seen involved more than two fellas

I'm impressed that despite definitely looking away, you still managed to count the participants.

cnocbui

The US should snuff out the sites in China where their hackers work from.

Mad_maxx

.anon. wrote: »

I'm impressed that despite definitely looking away, you still managed to count the participants.

You're easily impressed by the sound of things

joseywhales

cnocbui wrote: »

The US should snuff out the sites in China where their hackers work from.

If they attack chinese sovereignty we are in ww3

Gremlinertia

Bunch of off topic posts deleted, if you wish to discuss a television show there is a forum for that, stay on topic

cnocbui

joseywhales wrote: »

If they attack chinese sovereignty we are in ww3

I don't think so. The Chinese are stealing billions worth of property and committing acts of war, and no one has lifted a finger. They took out India's power grid recently - an act of war - no doubt resulting in deaths, India didn't lob any nukes at them.

I think they need a punch in the nose now to avoid WW3, which is what the Chinese seem to be working hard at. They remind me of Germany and Japan in the build up to WW2.

joseywhales

cnocbui wrote: »

I don't think so. The Chinese are stealing billions worth of property and committing acts of war, and no one has lifted a finger. They took out India's power grid recently - an act of war - no doubt resulting in deaths, India didn't lob any nukes at them.

I think they need a punch in the nose now to avoid WW3, which is what the Chinese seem to be working hard at. They remind me of Germany and Japan in the build up to WW2.

I share your sentiments but it's very dangerous game. I think the chinese weakness is actually disunity. We need to find a way to make the various ethnic groups to become dissatisfied enough to create a power struggle. When growth drops and the middle class starts to suffer we will see what they are made of.

castletownman

The British Royal Family didn't take to Meghan not because she is mixed-race. They didn't take to her because she is a c...t.

Before they even got together, Harry seemed to be the soundest and most care-free of the family. The only thing that has changed since is that he has gotten into a bullying relationship with a manipulative fame-junkie. The tell-tale signs are there.