Hot, Bad & Unpopular Takes

[dead0man]

oh, I got one.  I think it's stupid to put weight in the back of a rear wheel drive vehicle when it's slick out to give you traction.  I've never met anybody that agrees with me (other than writers of Car and Driver).

My reasoning....when you do end up sliding (and you will), it will be much harder to correct with the extra weight in the back.  That is not opinion, that is a fact of physics.  I always get the argument that "I can't go anywhere in the snow if I don't put a couple of bags of sand back there" and my answer is always, "if the difference between you getting somewhere and NOT getting somewhere is a couple of bags of sand, perhaps you shouldn't be going?...may I suggest a different vehicle before next winter?"  I've driven rear wheel drive sports cars in slick conditions a thousand times without ever losing control (I have failed to make it up hills though).

[Sirius_]

You should be pulled over and ticketed for going more than 10 mph below the speed limit.  Not sure how "unpopular" that'd be, but it has zero chance of ever happening.

Agree 100%

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

[Dr. MB]

Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

as in, the ones currently performing abortions or lawbreakers after it's illegal?

[Skunk]

Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

"""""Pro-life"""""" am I right?

[Devout Centrist]

Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

I'm sorry, but this is insufficient. People who receive abortions must be included.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I like forgiving people and having mercy (runs for dear life).

[Xing]

Alright, hate away:

-Schadenfreude is unhealthy/bad

-Soccer is better than football

-A majority of people are at least mildly xenophobic

-Many rich people don't work hard and didn't "earn" their wealth

-Chinese is not impossible to learn, and is actually much more consistent/logical than English

-Rainy climates suck, and saying that doesn't make me any less of a Seattleite

-Multiple choice tests are the worst kind of tests

-Mario Sunshine was an amazing game

-Meyers-Briggs tests are as accurate as horoscopes

-Liver is delicious

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Abortionists should receive the death penalty once abortion is illegal

as in, the ones currently performing abortions or lawbreakers after it's illegal?

Lawbreakers after it's illegal (we are a society of laws, after all)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I like Rick Snyder and John Kasich.

Saturated animal fats do not cause obesity, heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes, dementia, or whatever other disease the vegetrollians are going to blame it for next.  Sugar and refined carbs the real villains in the diet.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

-Mario Sunshine was an amazing game

Isn't this is the unpopular opinions thread?

[Oldiesfreak1854]

There is no such thing as a "red" or "blue" state, only different shades of purple.

Cool Whip is nasty.

Owls are creepy.

Republicans are not a racist party.

Most Trump supporters are not racist.

Opposing gay marriage does not automatically make you homophobic.

I like Chris Christie and will miss him now that he's out of office.

Exit polls are worthless for predicting election outcomes.

Being pro-life does not necessarily make you sexist or against women's healthcare.

The Civil War was primarily about slavery, not "states' rights" or greedy Northern industrialists.

Abortion is about "women's healthcare" as much as the Civil War was about "states' rights."

Lincoln was not a racist, just a shrewd politician.

The founding fathers intended to include all races and both sexes when Jefferson said that "all men are created equal."

My Life as a Teenage Robot is the only Nicktoon ever made that is especially good.

Monuments to Confederate leaders should remain unless they had a history of fighting for white supremacy even after the Civil War (e.g. Nathan Bedford Forrest).

Police officers are not racist or violent and do not intentionally target blacks.

Most of what people perceive as racial bias is in fact class bias, and nonwhites get hurt by it more often because they are more likely to be poor.

Circumcision is not genital mutilation.

[TheSaint250]

We need 1) secure borders and 2) amnesty for illegal immigrants currently in the country.

[Dr. MB]

-Meyers-Briggs tests are as accurate as horoscopes

Add on IQ tests.

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Solid has become a decent poster overall even though he's still a hack.

[Sirius_]

I don't think that paying $300 for a 1tb SSD is worth it, nor is it that much of an upgrade.

[Mr. Smith]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is the greatest show ever created.

The death penalty is a perfectly acceptable punishment for neo-Nazis

Freedom of Speech completely unabridged is overrated, we'd be better off with European style laws

Scotland would've been better off Independent in 2014.

The wage gap is a myth.

Airports are a fascinating places to be.

Citizen Kane is mediocre.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is the greatest show ever created.

The death penalty is a perfectly acceptable punishment for neo-Nazis

Freedom of Speech completely unabridged is overrated, we'd be better off with European style laws

Scotland would've been better off Independent in 2014.

The wage gap is a myth.

Airports are a fascinating places to be.

Citizen Kane is mediocre.

May I ask why? I'm curious because just today I constructed what I think is a pretty good counter-argument to the "the wage gap is a myth because employers would just hire more women" argument

[Sirius_]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is the greatest show ever created.

The death penalty is a perfectly acceptable punishment for neo-Nazis

Freedom of Speech completely unabridged is overrated, we'd be better off with European style laws

Scotland would've been better off Independent in 2014.

The wage gap is a myth.

Airports are a fascinating places to be.

Citizen Kane is mediocre.

Don't Really Know

Disagree

Disagree

Disagree

Disagree

Agree

Don't Really Know

[RINO Tom]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is the greatest show ever created.

The death penalty is a perfectly acceptable punishment for neo-Nazis

Freedom of Speech completely unabridged is overrated, we'd be better off with European style laws

Scotland would've been better off Independent in 2014.

The wage gap is a myth.

Airports are a fascinating places to be.

Citizen Kane is mediocre.

How does this compare to your "views on the death penalty" in general?

[RFayette]

-I believe the death penalty should apply to child molesters and rapists, and that an automatic death penalty should be given to serial killers.
-Humans nature is fundamentally evil.
-Inequality is the natural state of society, and its causes are internal rather than primarily due to systematic oppression.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Johnny Unitas is the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, not Tom Brady.

[Dr. MB]

Avatar: The Last Airbender is the greatest show ever created.

The death penalty is a perfectly acceptable punishment for neo-Nazis

Freedom of Speech completely unabridged is overrated, we'd be better off with European style laws

Scotland would've been better off Independent in 2014.

The wage gap is a myth.

Airports are a fascinating places to be.

Citizen Kane is mediocre.

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Not enough information

Strongly agree

Disagree

[KingSweden]

Johnny Unitas is the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, not Tom Brady.

This is actually a very fair debate to have, especially considering how much the modern game favors QBs

[WritOfCertiorari]

Johnny Unitas is the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, not Tom Brady.

This is actually a very fair debate to have, especially considering how much the modern game favors QBs

I honestly have to say Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas, and maybe Dan Marino could all be considered better than Brady. I hesitate on Marino. I do think Brady is better than Manning overall though.