Unpopular Opinions.

jank wrote: »

Maybe they should not have had kids in the first place? Make your bed, you lie in it, suck it up until the kids are old enough, at least 16 or so. People are too soft and totally abdicate all responsibilities that they themselves put themselves in.
If separation or divorce was rare it would be one thing but in some countries its almost a 50/50 split now. What happened? Are people just that much more unhappy in marriage now a days then before? In my mind its an easy way out in the majority of situations, granted there can be extreme cases like drugs, alcohol abuse, violence... but the majority of cases seems to be self centered.

My parents split up when I was four and I'm delighted they did. They absolutely hated each other and there was other things that meant they just couldn't live with each other any more. It worked out far better than it ever could have it they had stayed together.

jank wrote: »

Maybe they should not have had kids in the first place? Make your bed, you lie in it, suck it up until the kids are old enough, at least 16 or so. People are too soft and totally abdicate all responsibilities that they themselves put themselves in.
If separation or divorce was rare it would be one thing but in some countries its almost a 50/50 split now. What happened? Are people just that much more unhappy in marriage now a days then before? In my mind its an easy way out in the majority of situations, granted there can be extreme cases like drugs, alcohol abuse, violence... but the majority of cases seems to be self centered.

If you grow unhappy, why would you sit in a loveless marriage and remain unhappy? I'm not in favour or against divorce but I don't believe in staying together unhappy and shackled together as a better alternative, especially if children are involved. That's not a good life and I don't judge anyone who has one because I think it's perfectly understandable to fall out of love and for things to break down for different reasons.
You have one life to live and if things didn't plan out I think you should try and make yourself happy. That said, I still think you should enter a marriage very wisely but I think that's a done thing with most if not nearly all people.

ferike1 wrote: »

Overweight people should be charged more for airfare and insurance.

Why punish them for being fat? How about charging them the same but rewarding us for being thin and make it slightly cheaper for us!:D

jank wrote: »

Maybe they should not have had kids in the first place? Make your bed, you lie in it, suck it up until the kids are old enough, at least 16 or so. People are too soft and totally abdicate all responsibilities that they themselves put themselves in.

That's a pretty ridiculous statement. Then again, it's what this thread is for.

ferike1 wrote: »

People with babies should not be allowed to fly/go to restaurants with said baby til it reaches an age where it doesn't start to spontaneously cry every x minutes.

Stop going to places where babies are welcomed. You're like a non-smoker sitting in the smoking section complaining about the smoke.

criticalcritic wrote: »

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criticalcritic wrote: »

And Id hazzard a guess your some oblivious West Brit

You mean like Wolfe Tone, William Aylmer, Bagenal Harvey, Henry Grattan, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Robert Emmet, Charles Stewart Parnell, Robert Erskine Childers or Sir Roger Casement?

criticalcritic wrote: »

with no grasp of Irish history and tolerant of the fact you care little about North of your country yet berate anyone that does

Considering you're 4500 out on your estimate of the current British deployment in the North and rather laughably declared that Ireland was a "sovereign nation" at the time of its "occupation" you could do with reading a bit more about this country you profess to care so much about.

Your moronic attempt to be right here is laughable.

Wolfe Tone and Roger Casement were British?
Wolfe Tone was founding member of the United Irishmen and was to be executed by the British for attempting to bring external support to aid Ireland fight for freedom
He was Protestant but a proud Irishman I can assure you

Casement had a similar story and again died a proud protestant born Irishman in defiance of British rule.

There are 7000 active British troops stationed accross the North, thats more then stationed in Iraq and Afhhsnistan
If you have proof of otherwise please enlighten me

WestBrit traitors need be deported to Britain for threachery

3200 in NI, which is reasonable as it is their country.

I sometimes wonder about the future of the white race, given all the mixed race relationships which are becoming more and more common.

Dave Chappelle reckons we're all going to end up 'beige', and to be honest I find it hard to disagree.

I just wonder what the world will be like without white people.

jank wrote: »

Maybe they should not have had kids in the first place? Make your bed, you lie in it, suck it up until the kids are old enough, at least 16 or so. People are too soft and totally abdicate all responsibilities that they themselves put themselves in.
If separation or divorce was rare it would be one thing but in some countries its almost a 50/50 split now. What happened? Are people just that much more unhappy in marriage now a days then before? In my mind its an easy way out in the majority of situations, granted there can be extreme cases like drugs, alcohol abuse, violence... but the majority of cases seems to be self centered.

Marriages were probably more unhappy overall decades ago but it wasn't socially acceptable to split up - nowadays people marry whom they want and at the age they want, instead of being forced into it.
Suck it up and not have kids? As if they can see into the future?

My unpopular opinion: there should be more tolerance of those with young children in family eateries and planes. It's utter ignorance and selfishness to be of the view that no parent who does their best to keep their kids under control should be allowed to go anywhere with their children and just stay at home/have a babysitter at the drop of a hat. Bringing a child abroad might be a necessity and the parents don't exactly enjoy the stress of it either.