What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

People who are incapable of using apostrophes correctly should be sterilised; preferably without anaesthetic.

Well done for not reading the post. I must say, it must have been difficult to miss the point.

I was quite clear that I'm against people who have kids for the financial gain, and who don't give a toss about raising them.

If you're not going to read the full post, at least read this part:

"I'm not talking about people who have kids and have fallen upon hard times or those who are willing to work but on low salaries... I'm referring to those who treat the safety net of social welfare as a lifestyle choice."

Such an eyesore. Hard to believe they think this is the right look for the new building. Crazy.

Agree, so much of our towns and cities are full of cheap and nasty looking buildings. Large expanses of glass which will look shít when (inevitably) they aren't cleaned all of the time. The old design isn't great either, like a Mississippi steamboat that's run aground, but the new one manages to be both brutal and boring at the same time.

planning departments don’t give a monkeys, the absolute state of properties both residential and commercial that are in receipt of permission to build it’s just bewildering.

perhaps it’s just the artist’s impression there doing it a disservice but…. More of a ‘how ?’ factor instead of a ‘wow’ factor.

It looks exactly like the cheapest possible option that it is.

Gonna be much more difficult to put a tin-foil hat on it.

The new design looks like it’s made out of cardboard and cling film

What's there now is preferable to the almost universally panned proposed design, even if it is a clunky riff on a Victorian shopping arcade. It does look nicer inside than out but I'd say it probably costs an absolute bomb to heat/cool. Also, what in the world do we want with office space in the new development??

I think Art Nouveau and more so Art Deco designs age better than the soulless glass boxes beloved by developers.

"Busk when it's Christmas

You only busk when it's Christmas..."

She’s a bit questionable actually from a business perspective … saw her website a while back and she was looking for online tips / donations , as in tips of money…

If I enjoyed her music, I wouldn’t mind paying to download some actual music, or pay to see her live…. But why would you go to someone who has to have made a reasonable amount of dosh by busking, selling downloads, playing live shows etc… just enter your card details and pay them money, for nothing ? So they can have a good career, it’s very odd… I just went to her site there seeing if I misremembered and maybe you did get a song or two for your troubles but nope… Ali and her Dad would like your free cash ! 👀

For me this is just tradition.

Stephens Green discussion reminds me of what a character in The Unbearable Lightness of Being says after she escapes from Prague and goes to Geneva and is disappointed at how bland and ugly the buildings in Geneva are:

"The uglification of the world. The only way we can find beauty is if its persecutors have overlooked it. Its a planetary process, and I can't stand it."

Would you be happy if your wife was an only fans model?

They don't. They're just pointing out something they your avoided admitting. The vast majority of men don't want to be in a relationship with someone that has an only fans account.