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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,011 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Militant atheist types, they scrape their little hooves and blame all society's problems on religion, specifically the CC. The Irish kind are usually Baptised and confirmed, full made members who can never truly leave. LMAO....:pac:

    If it wasn't for the CC they'd still be picking spuds out of a field, you think the Free State could have afforded to have ran an independent education system. First in the family to go to college, turn full on Leftie :D

    Remind me, who ran the Magdalene Laundries?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    I think Brad Pitt is really ugly. Even when he was young he was a minger but he looks even worse now. I wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot bargepole. I'm female btw.
    I don't think he's ugly, he's undeniably a handsome man. He's just ridiculously conventionally good looking.

    Ryan Reynolds is the same. They're just so boring to look at. There's nothing special or different about them. There's plenty of guys who have a feature or two that aren't perfect and should dent their attractiveness, but actually really works for them. I think those lads are much better looking and interesting than them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭Shakespeare's Sister


    Some people are objectively good-looking. When people who don't personally fancy them (which is obviously fair enough) call them "ugly" it seems really resentful or something. I don't fancy George Clooney or Tom Selleck but they are obviously good-looking men.
    sabat wrote: »
    The internet was a lot better before working class people started using it.
    You mean stupid people? Not all stupid people are working-class, and not all smart people are middle-class!
    I think David Icke is right about pretty much everything.
    Anyone could say that about anything. I could say I think someone is right when they say the grass is blue. It doesn't change how wrong they'd be though.
    Militant atheist types, they scrape their little hooves and blame all society's problems on religion, specifically the CC. The Irish kind are usually Baptised and confirmed, full made members who can never truly leave. LMAO....:pac:

    If it wasn't for the CC they'd still be picking spuds out of a field, you think the Free State could have afforded to have ran an independent education system. First in the family to go to college, turn full on Leftie :D
    Not an unpopular opinion. Sitting duck at this stage. I agree "militant atheists" are an intolerant pain in the ass, but the "Militant atheists are as bad as religious fundamentalists" (overall, nah they're not whatsoever) thing is a tired cliché by now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    TV has a long long way to go to surpass film and the people who argue to the contrary are either A) Watching all the wrong movies or B) Ignorantly prejudging and attempting to criticize what they have not seen. For every good series that's made a year there's dozens of equal if not superior films.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭MJ23


    e_e wrote: »
    TV has a long long way to go to surpass film and the people who argue to the contrary are either A) Watching all the wrong movies or B) Ignorantly prejudging and attempting to criticize what they have not seen. For every good series that's made a year there's dozens of equal if not superior films.

    Name a good film in the last year. Name a recent film that's better than True Detective or Fargo.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10 Sibhsoo


    MJ23 wrote: »
    Name a good film in the last year. Name a recent film that's better than True Detective or Fargo.

    The raid 2. QED


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    Macs are great computers and you get what you pay for


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    MJ23 wrote: »
    Name a good film in the last year. Name a recent film that's better than True Detective or Fargo.
    12 Years a Slave
    Aint Them Bodies Saints
    All Is Lost
    Before Midnight
    Blue Is the Warmest Color
    Blue Ruin
    Boyhood
    Camille Claudel 1915
    Computer Chess
    The Congress
    The Dirties
    Frank
    Fruitvale Station
    The Golden Dream
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Gravity
    Heli
    Her
    Ida
    Inside Llewyn Davis
    The Lego Movie
    Like Father Like Son
    Locke
    The Lunchbox
    The Missing Picture
    Mistaken For Strangers
    Only Lovers Left Alive
    The Past
    Prisoners
    The Raid 2
    Short Term 12
    Starred Up
    A Story of Yonosuke
    Tim's Vermeer
    A Touch of Sin
    Under the Skin
    Upstream Color
    We Are the Best!
    The Wind Rises

    I mean I could go on.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    e_e wrote: »
    Her.....

    I was with you, up to that one! :D

    Ok, I know film choices are entirely subjecive, but the film critics raved about this one, and I was genuinely looking forward to it myself, but after having watched it, I was left so, so bitterly disappointed that it was utter tripe.

    That's probably an unpopular opinion regarding that specific film though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    e_e wrote: »
    .............

    I mean I could go on.....

    Yep.

    "Outrage"

    "john dies at the end".


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    MJ23 wrote: »
    Name a good film in the last year. Name a recent film that's better than True Detective or Fargo.

    True Detective might well be one of the best shows I've ever seen, but that wouldn't mean that TV as a whole outdoes movies as a whole on quality. What with Hannibal, Game of Thrones, etc, there's definitely some incredible TV being made, and I don't think people doubt that, it's just that shows of that quality can be a bit few and far between. The likes of Breaking Bad, Band of Brothers and The Sopranos show what TV is capable of, but I'd agree with e_e that it still has a way to go before surpassing the movie industry as a whole


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Czarcasm wrote: »
    I was with you, up to that one! :D

    Ok, I know film choices are entirely subjecive, but the film critics raved about this one, and I was genuinely looking forward to it myself, but after having watched it, I was left so, so bitterly disappointed that it was utter tripe.

    That's probably an unpopular opinion regarding that specific film though.
    I was half expecting somebody to stumble across a film they didn't like and use it to dismiss the list as a whole. At least you're not doing that and am admitting that it's all subjective. ;)

    To put it into context though: Her would probably not even make my top 30 of the films I've seen this year even though I liked it very much.


  • Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Magaggie wrote: »
    Some people are objectively good-looking. When people who don't personally fancy them (which is obviously fair enough) call them "ugly" it seems really resentful or something. I don't fancy George Clooney or Tom Selleck but they are obviously good-looking men.

    I pretty much agree but I honestly think Rihanna is nowhere near good-looking. Her forehead looks like it was generated the same way Mr. Sparkle's was.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    karaokeman wrote: »
    Sure, the law might be in place but that doesn't make it justified. 95% of people I know agree that people on the Autistic spectrum should be granted those rights assuming they have proven themselves capable of all duties associated with possessing those assets.

    The law isn't in place at the moment, it's a bill. And it's not a blanket removal/ban on rights for those with ASD and/or intellectual disability, it's measures for those who, for whatever reason, lack mental capacity to make specific decisions. It's far less restrictive than the current ward of court system.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    I think Brad Pitt is really ugly. Even when he was young he was a minger but he looks even worse now. I wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot bargepole. I'm female btw.

    Me too. He's actually totally pock faced without makeup too.

    There's something a bit...cheap...about Shania Twain

    The really loud announcement on dublin buses shouting "ramp being lowered, ramp being lowered!!!" and the manic siren is totally uncalled for.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    12 years a slave is overhyped dribble. I never been as bored in the cinema. Over 2 hours of white guilt being used as a bait for the Oscars.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭maximoose


    e_e wrote: »
    Upstream Color

    Ugh.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Buzz Killington the third


    Jester252 wrote: »
    12 years a slave is overhyped dribble. I never been as bored in the cinema. Over 2 hours of white guilt being used as a bait for the Oscars.
    It's a true story though...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭The_Captain


    I pretty much agree but I honestly think Rihanna is nowhere near good-looking. Her forehead looks like it was generated the same way Mr. Sparkle's was.

    I'd generate my mister sparkles on her forehead


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    e_e wrote: »
    TV has a long long way to go to surpass film and the people who argue to the contrary are either A) Watching all the wrong movies or B) Ignorantly prejudging and attempting to criticize what they have not seen. For every good series that's made a year there's dozens of equal if not superior films.

    Two completely different mediums. Both have their upsides and downsides and people have their own reasons for which they prefer - some might enjoy the succinctness and artistic expression of cinema, others enjoy the continuing evolution of a television series and the depth of character development that allows. Arguing over which one is better is a bit of a nonsense tbh.


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    e_e wrote: »
    I mean I could go on.....

    No Frances Ha. :(


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    I think we should have low quality high density subsidised shoebox accommodation towers available to live in. You should be able to buy a 5 x 5 m dwelling cube / w4nk cave for a ridiculously low price. Yes it will be low quality and you'll be surrounded by all sorts. But its that or the current system that owns the individuals life until they can pay off a mortgage.
    You can buy a sht, cheap car. Why not the same for accommodation, 40 grand should buy you a cube with lockable door, a water tap, a socket, and a hole


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    It's a true story though...

    based on a true story I think


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    No Frances Ha. :(

    Frances' life was like a cool, hipster version of my life. Which is really sad for me considering they went to pains to show her life being kinda crap.

    That Paris scene though, that'd totally be me.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Two completely different mediums. Both have their upsides and downsides and people have their own reasons for which they prefer - some might enjoy the succinctness and artistic expression of cinema, others enjoy the continuing evolution of a television series and the depth of character development that allows. Arguing over which one is better is a bit of a nonsense tbh.
    Completely agree and that's part of the reason why I roll my eyes every time people talk about TV overtaking movies.
    No Frances Ha. :(
    Good call, liked that film a lot but didn't come to my head right away.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    e_e wrote: »
    12 Years a Slave
    ...
    Mistaken For Strangers

    ...

    I mean I could go on.....

    I find it hard to take you seriously saying this. The National are the most boring band ever - music for people who find Coldplay a bit too uptempo and exciting. The only possible reason I can see that they became fashionable and critically acclaimed is an elaborate hipster plot to ironically make the blandest band in the world seem cool and popular.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Guess what: I don't even particularly like The National. It goes to show that a good documentary can be made about a subject you have no interest in.

    It's more about the lead singer's brother than the band too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Also trying to justify your dislike of something by saying "it's for people who..." is kind of immature and obnoxious, just saying. I take your word on The National though because I find 'em a little bland too which I guess is an unpopular opinion in itself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭NZ_2014


    http://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=UbHWU8PNL5CA7QbXlIGIBw&q=Yotel&oq=Yotel&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.3..0l5.3923.4687.0.5477.6.5.0.1.1.0.208.350.0j1j1.2.0....0...1c.1.49.mobile-gws-hp..3.3.426.1.uQGWxSSEGY0&rlz=1Y1XIUG_enIE547IE548
    I think we should have low quality high density subsidised shoebox accommodation towers available to live in. You should be able to buy a 5 x 5 m dwelling cube / w4nk cave for a ridiculously low price. Yes it will be low quality and you'll be surrounded by all sorts. But its that or the current system that owns the individuals life until they can pay off a mortgage.
    You can buy a sht, cheap car. Why not the same for accommodation, 40 grand should buy you a cube with lockable door, a water tap, a socket, and a hole

    Something like the hotel cubicles in Amsterdam and London airports be grand.

    www.yotel.com

    Disappointingly not a mobile friendly site but check here for pictures....


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    I think we should have low quality high density subsidised shoebox accommodation towers available to live in. You should be able to buy a 5 x 5 m dwelling cube / w4nk cave for a ridiculously low price. Yes it will be low quality and you'll be surrounded by all sorts. But its that or the current system that owns the individuals life until they can pay off a mortgage.
    You can buy a sht, cheap car. Why not the same for accommodation, 40 grand should buy you a cube with lockable door, a water tap, a socket, and a hole

    I'd agree, but size isn't what determines the price of a place to live, it's more to do with location. Wasn't there some tiny little ****box going for something ridiculous in dublin recently that was in the news? People might take the idea of building your 5x5m dwelling cube and still charge a couple of hundred thousand for 'em.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    It's a true story though...

    So? Doesn't change the fact that the film makers just wanted to produce Oscar bait.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    I think we should have low quality high density subsidised shoebox accommodation towers available to live in. You should be able to buy a 5 x 5 m dwelling cube / w4nk cave for a ridiculously low price. Yes it will be low quality and you'll be surrounded by all sorts. But its that or the current system that owns the individuals life until they can pay off a mortgage.
    You can buy a sht, cheap car. Why not the same for accommodation, 40 grand should buy you a cube with lockable door, a water tap, a socket, and a hole

    Not a bad premise to use as a starting point TDM....there are even tentative sectoral moves in that direction....

    http://zigguratstudents.ie/

    http://zigguratstudents.ie/pricing/
    Accommodation type Rent per week

    Classic rooms €180 SOLD OUT
    Classic upper floor rooms €191 - €199 SOLD OUT
    Top floor rooms €217.50 From January 2015
    Superior rooms €230 Last Few Remaining
    Penthouse (Coming Soon) €265

    The only aspect to this which I find hard to comprehend is why the Montrose Hotel was left lying idle for SO long,whilst the need for this type of venture was being screamed from the minarets :confused:

    This type of venture really should be explored,improved and promoted as it considerably lessens the negative aura which surrounds much of the current Irish Residential Rental market ;)


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭Shakespeare's Sister


    Jester252 wrote: »
    12 years a slave is overhyped dribble. I never been as bored in the cinema. Over 2 hours of white guilt being used as a bait for the Oscars.
    "Guilt"? Strange thing to say. I don't feel guilty about it just because I'm white. Depicting a difficult time in history isn't done to invoke guilt, it's standard fodder for a film.
    Jester252 wrote: »
    So? Doesn't change the fact that the film makers just wanted to produce Oscar bait.
    Could be said about absolutely any epic/true story film.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭takamichinoku


    Kanye West is some kind of heroic figure
    Wrestling's an art form and the height of drama
    Peter Kay was once really really good and still could be with the right project
    Catch 22's a tedious pile of trash
    There's a lot of positives to smoking (I don't smoke)
    Refuse collection is severely underpriced
    Southland Tales is pretty good


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Magaggie wrote: »
    "Guilt"? Strange thing to say. I don't feel guilty about it just because I'm white. Depicting a difficult time in history isn't done to invoke guilt, it's standard fodder for a film.
    Agreed the white guilt argument makes no sense whatsoever. In fact it says more about the person saying it than it does the film that they have to turn it into a "N....not all white people!" game. It's not even remotely what the film is about either.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    George Carlin was just about a fairly average comedian.
    Atheists fanboys and hipsters jerk off at the mere mention of his his name.


    Blah blah carlin blah nietzche blah blah dawkins w4nk w4nk w4nk god im elite and intellectual.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Breaking Bad just wasn't that good!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Adamantium


    Our technology got bigger, but people's personal dreams got smaller.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    e_e wrote: »
    Agreed the white guilt argument makes no sense whatsoever. In fact it says more about the person saying it than it does the film that they have to turn it into a "N....not all white people!" game. It's not even remotely what the film is about either.

    I completely don't get the "white guilt" argument either. It's just a beautifully made film about the true story of a man who endured incredible hardship and came out the other side. It's an exceptional story precisely because there are few who would have survived a similar fate, which is why it was probably considered a good option to be made into a film. Furthermore, it's probably the best film made about slavery to date. It actually treats the topic with the emotional weight it deserves. I didn't get any white guilt off it at all and anyone who does probably should think about why they feel that way. What are they expecting filmmakers to do? Just shy away from topics about slavery for fear of upsetting sensitive white people who can't take a historical drama? Gimme a break.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭con___manx1


    I think feminism is a joke in the developed world.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭The Dagda


    There's a lot of positives to smoking (I don't smoke)

    A lot of positives? Name one?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    The Dagda wrote: »
    A lot of positives? Name one?

    If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:
    Beer


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:

    They use the ability to deal with stress without it being compounded by the added stress of nicotine withdrawal.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Links234 wrote: »
    Beer

    Smokers have that too. In fact, the synergistic effect of drinking and smoking at the same time will really relieve the stress :o:o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    You guys are so easy to wind up. Maybe you should use some of your natural abiity to deal with stress to calm down.

    I dont smoke :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭The Dagda


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:

    Smoking damages your health. There is nothing more stressful than ill/poor health.

    Damaging your health is not a positive of smoking. Go again...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    The Dagda wrote: »
    Smoking damages your health. There is nothing more stressful than ill/poor health.

    Damaging your health is not a positive of smoking. Go again...

    Shan't :pac:

    (I thought we were talking about instant gratification)


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,931 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    If you get stressed, you have something that can make you feel better instantly. What do non-smokers use? :pac:

    I use stuff like painting, listening to music and reading. Far better than smoking, I think.


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,931 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Kanye West is some kind of heroic figure
    Wrestling's an art form and the height of drama
    Peter Kay was once really really good and still could be with the right project
    Catch 22's a tedious pile of trash
    There's a lot of positives to smoking (I don't smoke)
    Refuse collection is severely underpriced
    Southland Tales is pretty good

    No way. It's possibly the funniest novel I've ever read.


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