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

walshb wrote: »

Well, if that Katherine Jenkins is anything to go by, yes indeed...

Absolute soulless voice.......

Charlotte Church too... but to be fair, this is the Unpopular Opinions thread

partyguinness wrote: »

So......we are in agreement. Whatever the reason it died out.

If you were trying to contradict me you didn't do a very good job- you essentially agreed with me and even expanded on my point- thank you.

If people in the mid 1300's had the knowledge and abilities we have now, there's no way they would have it "die out" by killing half the population of Europe. Same with the Spanish Flu. It "died out" only because the knowledge and means weren't there to put measures in place to control it, and it resulted in a catastrophe. It wasn't by design.

And that's what you're calling for - deliberately not acting in the full knowledge that a lot of people will die to allow the virus to run out of steam. Which is very different from inaction born out of ignorance or inability.

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

If people in the mid 1300's had the knowledge and abilities we have now, there's no way they would have it "die out" by killing half the population of Europe. Same with the Spanish Flu. It "died out" only because the knowledge and means weren't there to put measures in place to control it, and it resulted in a catastrophe. It wasn't by design.

And that's what you're calling for - deliberately not acting in the full knowledge that a lot of people will die to allow the virus to run out of steam. Which is very different from inaction born out of ignorance or inability.

Puff your chest out and get as dramatic as you want about it killiing half of Europe etc etc but it still died out. By design or not is irrelevant. The world moved on.

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

so how many million deaths would you think are acceptable? what percentage of the world population is it acceptable to lose?

Oh let's see....100m should be enough.

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

But sure by definition the world moves on from everything that happened in the past. You could equally say that the world will move on from the effects of the restrictions. If you got hit by a bus, the world would move on - it doesn't mean we shouldn't put measures in place to help prevent you being hit by a bus. the point you're trying so hard to miss with your posturing is that we have choices in how we move on.

Of course, we have choices- that is my exact fundamental point. Go back read my posts (#2881). I never said that there should not be any precautions.

It should be left to us as individuals to make that (fully informed) choice- if you feel you are vulnerable? Well then take the necessary precautions.

This one size fits all approach is overkill and simply not sustainable. Everyone knows it is not sustainable so let’s just cut the crap and get on with it.

We have to accept it wil be around with us for awhile. People will catch it and the overwhelming majority will recover without any issues. Unfortunately a small minority will not be so lucky. That is life.

The clamour to have more exclusivity among characters in movies and tv shows (for example, complaining that there is no black central character in Friends) is nonsense, mainly due to the fact that your circle of friends tend to be the same race/nationality as yourself.

Maybe my sample size is small, and Ireland is a lot more diverse now compared to a generation ago, but I wouldn't know many people who would have black or asian friends in their cohort. Would rarely see many Irish people with Eastern European friends or acquaintances either (although those communities seem to very clannish). Heck I don't even know of many social circles with the one "token" gay person, or the equivalent of a jock or nerd. Same goes for Irish people abroad- by and large they would stick with their "own".

And the irony is, people calling for more exclusivity, yet you would definitely see less white people among a black circle of friends.

I don't care for GAA or soccer

walshb wrote: »

That’s not an unpopular opinion..

Considering most people in Ireland probably watch hurling and soccer I'd say it is.

12 Years a Slave is an embarrassingly bad movie.

Purple Rain by Prince is a bloody AWFUL song.

Gemma O'Doherty is sexy.

I couldn't be arsed watching Normal People.

The right to vote should be restricted to those who know what they're voting for. Populist voting by the ignorant masses can only lead to bigger problems down the line.

That recent cover of "Dreams" that all those female singers recorded lately is cheesy and nowhere near as good as the original. There's a few bits in it where the singer veers completely off the tempo of the song to add her own bit, like an extended holding of a note or something, that if it happened on x-factor, people would be up in arms claiming that it's glorified karaoke.

Yet all I have heard is glowing reviews, mainly because to perhaps think it's not that good would be seen as sexist or sacrilegious.

In fact, a broader opinion is that female arts, music and literature aren't subject to the same mainstream criticisms as males. You never see comedy films featuring female leads as critically panned for being rubbish as an immediate example.

Quazzie wrote: »

The right to vote should be restricted to those who know what they're voting for. Populist voting by the ignorant masses can only lead to bigger problems down the line.

Absolutely. It’s why society and standards and decency and principles have been eroded, to be replaced by chav society..

Just look at some of the fooking heads elected...

castletownman wrote: »

That recent cover of "Dreams" that all those female singers recorded lately is cheesy and nowhere near as good as the original. There's a few bits in it where the singer veers completely off the tempo of the song to add her own bit, like an extended holding of a note or something, that if it happened on x-factor, people would be up in arms claiming that it's glorified karaoke.

Yet all I have heard is glowing reviews, mainly because to perhaps think it's not that good would be seen as sexist or sacrilegious.

In fact, a broader opinion is that female arts, music and literature aren't subject to the same mainstream criticisms as males. You never see comedy films featuring female leads as critically panned for being rubbish as an immediate example.

Very true. There has been recent examples of films comedy or otherwise that were total **** yet not a word about it.

Same goes with givening roles or jobs to women just becase they are a woman.