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Publish Not your original work? Add source Everyone is entitled to having their own beliefs. Some people keep them to themselves. Some like to blare them out every chance they get. And others have views so unconventional, they completely go against the status quo. When not every opinion is greeted with open arms, we're lucky to have the internet where we can spark a discussion with complete strangers. There's an Instagram account dedicated to sharing some of the best posts from the popular subreddit called Unpopular opinion. From electric vehicles to stuffed animals, members of this community have something to say about virtually any aspect of life. So get ready to dive into some of the best posts this account had to offer. Upvote the ones you agree with, and, if you want to stir some emotions, share your own disputable views in the comments below. Psst! After you're done, be sure to check out Part 1 of this post right here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 833points POST Ruby Margene Ruby Margene Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree, too many times people feel entitled due to their age. You don't owe anyone anything. Congrats on the souvenir and the story you will be able to tell your friends and family. 408 408points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 804points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Any job that serves a societal need is respectable. 245 245points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 802points POST MarmotArchivist MarmotArchivist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago In Finland, speeding tickets are income based. Just as an example. 311 311points reply View More Replies... View more comments Sometimes, we're discouraged from expressing our unpopular opinions because of the adverse reactions we might get from the people around us. Whether we're talking about politics, religion, or popular culture, sharing our deepest beliefs can make someone feel pretty irritated. However, while some end up scratching their heads from confusion, others see a like-minded person and gladly show their support in heated discussions. After all, a controversial point of view does not instantly mean that it's uncommon. When you push your fears of being the odd one to the side, it's much likely you'll encounter others sharing the same thoughts as you. Brandwatch, a digital consumer intelligence company, was on a mission to investigate the most popular unpopular opinions on social media. They looked at consumers' mentions from January 1 to June 30, 2020, excluding news, retweets, and shares. Results showed that 1.6M people shared their controversial beliefs in this period. Also, there were 34% more mentions during the lockdown compared to the four months prior. #4 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 798points POST Magdalena Bedernik Magdalena Bedernik Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago So agree! I love all my stuffies! 162 162points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 795points POST BC_Animus BC_Animus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Greed and narcissism... it's sad, but it's human nature. The majority of the people out there are fake as heck, and will do things like posting videos of themselves crying on the internet as PR moves, to help promote and enhance their brands, to help them gain those clicks, likes, follows, and subscribes. Even more sad is that there ARE the odd few out there who honestly have no one and no where else to turn to, and are using the internet to reach out. But those odd genuine few are usually buried and overshadowed by all the loud popular influencers out there, with their TikToks and viral videos and their memes. 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 720points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Harassment is the right word. What happened to Diana and other famous people with the paparazzi actually haunting them, spying and giving no Fu*ks. But here's a thought: Who the hell buys those rag mag's is an accomplice bc if they stop buying that filth then the paparazzi will (nearly) go away or at least be way less. 210 210points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 651points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Speaking as someone who was out on their ass at 18... basic parenting, including food, clothing, and sleeping indoors.... isn't nothing. Not when you consider what it's like to do without any of those. 123 123points reply View More Replies... View more comments When it comes to the topics people touch on, the top ones were about characters in pop culture, TV shows, dislike of fandoms, and books. People shared their complaints about some of the bestsellers of the century and aired their grievances about how some shows have become outdated. For example, 34K mentions called out Friends "for being hugely popular, despite some aspects not being acceptable today." The researchers also looked into Reddit, where 958K users shared their gripes. "It seems like lockdown got to Reddit users, too. Posts to r/UnpopularOpinions increased 105%." They found that many of these mentions touched on things that happened on the platform itself. Most of them were focused on sports players, subreddits, and seeing change as not being good. #8 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 613points POST KJ KJ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Why censor the word murder, not like we all can't figure out what it says, strange BP. 165 165points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 607points POST dean tirmizi dean tirmizi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I read a quote before, wouldn't it be safer to fire blanks at someone than fire bullets at someone with a bullet proof vest 202 202points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 574points POST APL APL Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Also gambling 205 205points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 567points POST September September Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Agreed. You have to survive before you save the world. 176 176points reply View More Replies... View more comments So while it can be fun to share your controversial views online, they also let others say opposing views, have heated discussions, and see things from different perspectives. Anna Akbari, P.hD., is a sociologist, writer, and speaker who shared her thoughts on why unpopularity isn't necessarily a bad thing in a piece on The Psychology Today. She explained that if we want to be happy, successful, and feel of service, we don't actually need to appeal to the masses. "See, we're complicated beings, each with our own unique experiences, full of biases and contradictions and, hopefully, a point of view," she wrote. "Having a point of view is a good thing, even when that view isn't universally embraced." #12 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 538points POST Shelp Shelp Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I've discovered this trend on the Internet and honestly, I absolutely do not understand it 126 126points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 531points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago You ruined it with "sure they're cute" because that's the whole point, they're NOT cute, people have just been trained into thinking they are. People need to realise that inbred dogs with serious health problems are the exact opposite of cute. 212 212points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 511points POST Got Myself 4 Dwarves Got Myself 4 Dwarves Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago 100% - the cheater is the one at fault - unless the people they cheated with is also someone who you have a relationship with then it's equal blame as they both owe you loyalty. I've never understood the blame being passed to the person they cheat with, and it's usually women who blame the other woman when their guy cheats - I sure there's a patriarchal link to all that that could be deciphered but seriously, they're just a shitty person if they knew he was involved with someone - if they didn't then they're just as much a victim in it all. This idea that men can't help themselves if offered sex has to stop - you don't accidentally have sex - yeah, you may regret it after but you totally know what you're doing while you're doing it. 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 497points POST Iggy Iggy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago The colour-coded baskets is such a clever idea. 152 152points reply View More Replies... View more comments While we can wholeheartedly stand by one issue, we can also not see eye to eye on another. "Agreeing to disagree on most things in life is fine-assuming it doesn't restrict the liberty or human rights of others. It's when we start to think that we need to agree on everything all the time to merely function together that we get into trouble," Akbari mentioned. Needless to say, popularity isn't essentially bad. Lots of things that are commonly and generally accepted by our society are considered as "safe". Akbari explained that we don't have to immediately or categorically reject the popular stuff but rather "selectively embrace it, or at least occasionally challenge it." #16 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 488points POST Rijkærd Rijkærd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago They should also put that salary on the job posting... 212 212points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 437points POST Veronica Sjöberg Veronica Sjöberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yes, it really should be free. I have been in therapy on and off for years and it has been free (/paid by taxes). It's due to mental health issues so free healthcare = free mental healthcare. I learned a lot and cope much better. I wish it was available to all who needs it. To hear that people live with anxiety, ptsd, depression etc and can't afford therapy to learn how to cope better is really, REALLY sad. 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 423points POST ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) I don't use those sites anymore. If you want me to subscribe, or permit adverts in my ad blocker, or click a cookie thing every time, I just bounce. Enjoy your bouncerate and zero ad revenue. ALSO. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD stop with the f*****g animated adverts. They drive my poor ADHD ass crazy. I can't stand it. 132 132points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 421points POST Chris D Chris D Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I work only to sustain my life. I do not live to work. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments However, if your views are not clinging to the mainstream popular or if they tend to stir some unexpected or even rude reactions, "don't despair. You don't need to bend toward conformity, and you may even be able to cash in-financially and socially-on stepping outside the conventional bounds." She mentioned two rules that people who tend to lean into unpopularity should remember. The first one is that you should actually believe what you're saying or doing. "Disagreeing for the sport of it is annoying and, rightfully, no one likes or respects you if you do that. So stop it," the sociologist advised. #20 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 402points POST Thundercuss Thundercuss Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago In many cases I would agree but in many I would not. For example If an employee of mine turned out to be a KKK member, or they were videoed ridiculing a disabled person I would fire them without hesitation. 250 250points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 381points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago As someone who breaks up spaghetti before boiling them - I agree. Now give me those judgemental looks :P 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 381points POST Ember Ember Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree completely. The world will always need woodworkers, metal workers, plumbers, electricians etc, not young people with huge financial debt and very little practical skills. 99 99points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 374points POST Katiekat Katiekat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Retired teacher here, so let me weigh in on the realities. For elementary school kids, I'd overwhelmingly vote yes. Younger kids want to please the teacher; they want to be around the teacher, around other kids, in class. HOWEVER, as someone who taught middle and high school for 26 years, this does not work at all. By that time, there are a lot of kids who are looking for any way to leave the classroom. Yes, there are times they need to use the bathroom, but quite often they also want to socialize. There have been groups in certain years (not all by any means) that texted and met up in bathrooms and fought, too. It helps if a teacher has a sign in/out pass, or gives a certain number of tickets per month. Other children who don't have to use the bathroom COULD give a classmate a ticket if they felt generous. 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments "The second rule is to embrace your unpopular opinions with the knowledge and grace that not everyone shares your point of view," she continued. This rule can be quite tough since we humans have a general tendency to want others to agree with us. After all, it makes us feel heard and valued. However, following this guideline "starts with a promise to both give up convincing other people to buy into your less popular opinions and to stop shaming them for their own thoughts and actions." #24 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 359points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago My previous boss (who was an absolute jerk!) used to say "there's a line of people waiting to take your place, if you quit." I did quite eventually. Seven years later and... my place is still unoccupied. And not just mine - two other people also quit from that office, and replacements could never be found. Or someone would start and then quit a month later due to the conditions. I guess the line of people for my spot turned out to be a bit too short ;) 108 108points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 358points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Or, stop suing everyone for making mistakes. Yes there are serious negligence cases, but they're a lot less common than the cases where "negligence" is claimed, but it's just an honest mistake. Americans really need to stop that s**t. 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 350points POST The Scout The Scout Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago We have to get rid of the phrase "unskilled labour". A janitor needs practical skills far above average (at least a good one does), and the working conditions of courier drivers or fastfood workers require a great deal of stamina and resilience. In any job you can go from beginner to master, working your job better or faster. Even more important, the economy absolutely depends on the jobs we tend to call "unskilled". Usually, in any company, if a middle manager is absent for some days, work continues more or less as usual. If the cleaning lady is absent, you notice the problems after a day or two the latest. 111 111points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #27 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 341points POST Joey Wood Joey Wood Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I love my cats and would do anything for them, but they ARE little assholes. 155 155points reply View More Replies... View more comments After that, it's all about trusting yourself. If you believe that some things are just not right, don't be shy and share your views with others because, chances are, there are people out there just like you. According to Akbari, there is value in dissent. "There's often truth at the fringes and insight in unpopular perspectives. Greatness comes neither from blindly following nor from knee-jerk rejecting." "Many of our greatest historical figures held really, really unpopular opinions. They did stuff that made people cringe or even retaliate against them. Going against the grain takes guts. And that courage is admirable, even if we disagree with what they're saying or doing-but only when executed with integrity from a place of personal honesty," she wrote. #28 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 340points POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Ageism affects women way before it affects men. 137 137points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 338points POST Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I hate gatekeeper! 59 59points reply View more comments #30 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 331points POST Thee8thsense Thee8thsense Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago If you don't trust your partner, then you don't trust your own choice of partner. 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 322points POST Luther von Wolfen Luther von Wolfen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago We switched my kid to a Montessori school because they got to 6th grade and there was no AP option so they were just sitting there bored. It costs a good bit, but I have no reason to think public schools will be better for my kid than they were for me. 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 292points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago My excuse is I don't want to, go away 148 148points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 286points POST Rijkærd Rijkærd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Some establishments also bombarding one with promotional messages after using their service once...like damn, now you giving me a reason not to use your product again... 46 46points reply View more comments #34 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 277points POST Victor Botha Victor Botha Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) I'll probably be downvoted, but this also applies to the African American label. Your distant ancestors were from Africa,you were born in the US therefore you are American. You don't hear people of Asian or African ancestrysaying they are Chinese English or Ghanian Scottish,they are English or Scottish or just plain British. 210 210points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 274points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Well this is obvious, it also applies to many of the "50 years of driving and no accidents" type people... Yes Mrs Miggins, but only because everyone has done such a good job of avoiding your ass 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 273points POST Nat Rich Nat Rich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Currently laid on my bed, contorting myself around 3 dogs and wouldn't have it any other way. 121 121points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #37 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 272points POST Becky Moore Becky Moore Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I swear a lot, but it's very very rarely AT someone. I'm not doing it to offend people, it just comes out :P 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #38 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 270points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Jeans and hoodies get washed maybe once a month (or three) unless something has got on them. You don't need to smell like washing powder, and constantly washing everything is bad for you, your clothes, your bank account, and the planet. End of discussion, downvote me all you like I think you know by now I don't give a s**t. 159 159points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 269points POST Ember Ember Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago My husband and I have slept in separate rooms for over 10 years (due to his loud snoring keeping me awake). We are very happy together and have no real problems in our relationship - we just both like a decent night sleep. People assume that we aren’t intimate and/or that our whole relationship is falling apart, which couldn’t be further from the truth. 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 263points POST NsG NsG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago Never heard this phrase before. 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 261points POST Cadena Norton Cadena Norton Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago It's not brave it's natural. This if my face. Don't like it. Screw off 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 258points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) This is probably the reason why Adblockers are a necessity nowadays 69 69points reply View More Replies... View more comments #43 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 250points POST NsG NsG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago And accessable. Don't forget, these tech companies are potentially alienating swathes of their target market who are missing limbs, have neurological issues that preclude motion detection, etc. 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 246points POST Walter Brameld Walter Brameld Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Yup. I've been a passenger while the driver just drove around and around waiting for one of the "good" spots to become available. Finally I said, "If we had just parked in one of the far spots right away, we would have been inside the store by now." 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #45 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 245points POST Veronica Sjöberg Veronica Sjöberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Urgh. My ex-husband used to say that all the time especially during arguments. "No one cares" or "no one feel that way". Well, I do. You can't decide on what to care about or feel based on your feelings and use that as the only truth. Blah. 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 239points POST Mattewis88 Mattewis88 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago They say money doesn't buy happiness, but I think this is it...this is the happiness money can buy. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda 30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On 'The Broke Agent' Instagram Account Bride Doesn't Include Wedding Dinner Price In Her Wedding Invites, Is Surprised To See Many Guests Canceling On Her After They Find Out #47 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 232points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Expand that to social media like Twitter and Facebook 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #48 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 230points POST The Penguin Bandit The Penguin Bandit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I feel like the human approach to "what to do with the waste/recycling of electric vehicles" will (and probably is) treated similar to the problem of what to do with nuclear waste, and unfortunately, our approach seems to be to sweep it under the rug and let future generations figure it out. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 224points POST Libstak Libstak Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yeh, cos seeing someone happy is a good thing. 88 88points reply View more comments #50 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 206points POST Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Or just skirts. 135 135points reply View More Replies... 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Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Share your thoughts POST Paul Davis Paul Davis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way 41 41points reply Mark Fuller Mark Fuller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency. 9 9points reply Load More Replies... StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago They are to people with no decency and want to see humanity suffer. I've noticed a lot of people are against things being better for us all. Speaking on life, education, wages, healthcare, mental health, housing, or anything else that can help us prosper during our existence. Many people are against those things being available for us to have without paying an absurd amount of money to have it. It is unpopular and controversial to think those things are human rights and everyone should have that. There are actual folks out here that don't want better for anyone else and want things to be hard. Even if that means they suffer as well. That's what I think is meant by unpopular and controversial. 3 3points reply Lea S. Lea S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Idk....I've definitely encountered the entitled kid one. I encounter the one about food (cooking it differently insults someone) almost every day. So....SOMEONE definitely thinks it is controversial. I can offer proof of that right now. 0 0points reply Robert Thompson Robert Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago The unpopular ones get downvoted into oblivion by trolls who don't understand the thread. And the BP algorithm doesn't compensate for it. -1 -1point reply Angie Taylor Angie Taylor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I agree that most of these posts SHOULDN’T be controversial or unpopular. However, a lifetime of working with and trying to empathize with people with a wide variety of beliefs and from so many different backgrounds, I can easily imagine at least one person passionately arguing on either side of many of these posts. I come to Bored Panda for entertainment and to learn something new…and often to smile at our likenesses and differences…not to change minds. -1 -1point reply Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is. 32 32points reply Burs Burs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Seabeast Seabeast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There's no male equivalent, so it's clearly aimed at silencing uppity wimmins. 5 5points reply Aisling Raye Aisling Raye Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago This is so true. I can be assertive at work and when it's regarding my specific field but in every other aspect of my life I am a complete doormat of a person. This isn't helping e.g. I spent the last two months saying "oh that's okay just get back to me when you can" to my doctor, my pharmacy, and my insurance about a medication that keeps me from having seizures. Apparently I've reached the point that I'd rather risk getting hospitalized than upset someone. 4 4points reply Guy Incognito Guy Incognito Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I think the term Karen has become a weapon to manipulate people. All they people need to do is cut off the start of an encounter and record somebody being a jerk or complaining. Slap the label Karen and they are the bad guy. No need to look into the context. 3 3points reply Acceber Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You're now a "Karen" if you complain to anyone, even with good reason. The food is stone cold and should be served hot, it's fine to complain and ask for it to be heated/redone. It's not ok to scream abuse at the wait staff and demand the whole meal to be free. But both get you labelled as "Karen" because people can't handle complaints because it's easier to turn it back and make the other person wrong/the bad guy 0 0points reply JustinTime JustinTime Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Just read somewhere that people are not naming newborns Karen and the name is going to go extinct. It’s the new Adolf. 0 0points reply Charles Barrow Charles Barrow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. In my limited experience the number of people who expressed fear at being called a Karen usually have history of acting like karens. -5 -5points reply StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago No! That is not the case. People are intentionally calling someone else a Karen when they are not actually acting like a Karen. The fact that some folks cannot differentiate between a Karen and someone who is respectfully assertive is insane. 1 1point reply WoodenLion WoodenLion Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago a lady in a truck hollered at me 'cause i was going 21 mph in a 30 zone. would she be a karen ? -1 -1point reply ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice). 8 8points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree, these things aren't so unpopular. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Random Panda Random Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 7 months ago These are not all by the same person. It's a subreddit where people can share what they consider unpopular opinions. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Paul Davis Paul Davis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way 41 41points reply Mark Fuller Mark Fuller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency. 9 9points reply Load More Replies... StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago They are to people with no decency and want to see humanity suffer. I've noticed a lot of people are against things being better for us all. Speaking on life, education, wages, healthcare, mental health, housing, or anything else that can help us prosper during our existence. Many people are against those things being available for us to have without paying an absurd amount of money to have it. It is unpopular and controversial to think those things are human rights and everyone should have that. There are actual folks out here that don't want better for anyone else and want things to be hard. Even if that means they suffer as well. That's what I think is meant by unpopular and controversial. 3 3points reply Lea S. Lea S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Idk....I've definitely encountered the entitled kid one. I encounter the one about food (cooking it differently insults someone) almost every day. So....SOMEONE definitely thinks it is controversial. I can offer proof of that right now. 0 0points reply Robert Thompson Robert Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago The unpopular ones get downvoted into oblivion by trolls who don't understand the thread. And the BP algorithm doesn't compensate for it. -1 -1point reply Angie Taylor Angie Taylor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I agree that most of these posts SHOULDN’T be controversial or unpopular. However, a lifetime of working with and trying to empathize with people with a wide variety of beliefs and from so many different backgrounds, I can easily imagine at least one person passionately arguing on either side of many of these posts. I come to Bored Panda for entertainment and to learn something new…and often to smile at our likenesses and differences…not to change minds. -1 -1point reply Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is. 32 32points reply Burs Burs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Seabeast Seabeast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There's no male equivalent, so it's clearly aimed at silencing uppity wimmins. 5 5points reply Aisling Raye Aisling Raye Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago This is so true. I can be assertive at work and when it's regarding my specific field but in every other aspect of my life I am a complete doormat of a person. This isn't helping e.g. I spent the last two months saying "oh that's okay just get back to me when you can" to my doctor, my pharmacy, and my insurance about a medication that keeps me from having seizures. Apparently I've reached the point that I'd rather risk getting hospitalized than upset someone. 4 4points reply Guy Incognito Guy Incognito Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I think the term Karen has become a weapon to manipulate people. All they people need to do is cut off the start of an encounter and record somebody being a jerk or complaining. Slap the label Karen and they are the bad guy. No need to look into the context. 3 3points reply Acceber Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You're now a "Karen" if you complain to anyone, even with good reason. The food is stone cold and should be served hot, it's fine to complain and ask for it to be heated/redone. It's not ok to scream abuse at the wait staff and demand the whole meal to be free. But both get you labelled as "Karen" because people can't handle complaints because it's easier to turn it back and make the other person wrong/the bad guy 0 0points reply JustinTime JustinTime Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Just read somewhere that people are not naming newborns Karen and the name is going to go extinct. It’s the new Adolf. 0 0points reply Charles Barrow Charles Barrow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. In my limited experience the number of people who expressed fear at being called a Karen usually have history of acting like karens. -5 -5points reply StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago No! That is not the case. People are intentionally calling someone else a Karen when they are not actually acting like a Karen. The fact that some folks cannot differentiate between a Karen and someone who is respectfully assertive is insane. 1 1point reply WoodenLion WoodenLion Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago a lady in a truck hollered at me 'cause i was going 21 mph in a 30 zone. would she be a karen ? -1 -1point reply ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice). 8 8points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree, these things aren't so unpopular. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... 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Publish Not your original work? Add source Everyone is entitled to having their own beliefs. Some people keep them to themselves. Some like to blare them out every chance they get. And others have views so unconventional, they completely go against the status quo. When not every opinion is greeted with open arms, we're lucky to have the internet where we can spark a discussion with complete strangers. There's an Instagram account dedicated to sharing some of the best posts from the popular subreddit called Unpopular opinion. From electric vehicles to stuffed animals, members of this community have something to say about virtually any aspect of life. So get ready to dive into some of the best posts this account had to offer. Upvote the ones you agree with, and, if you want to stir some emotions, share your own disputable views in the comments below. Psst! After you're done, be sure to check out Part 1 of this post right here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 833points POST Ruby Margene Ruby Margene Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree, too many times people feel entitled due to their age. You don't owe anyone anything. Congrats on the souvenir and the story you will be able to tell your friends and family. 408 408points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 804points POST Jo Johannsen Jo Johannsen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Any job that serves a societal need is respectable. 245 245points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 802points POST MarmotArchivist MarmotArchivist Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago In Finland, speeding tickets are income based. Just as an example. 311 311points reply View More Replies... View more comments Sometimes, we're discouraged from expressing our unpopular opinions because of the adverse reactions we might get from the people around us. Whether we're talking about politics, religion, or popular culture, sharing our deepest beliefs can make someone feel pretty irritated. However, while some end up scratching their heads from confusion, others see a like-minded person and gladly show their support in heated discussions. After all, a controversial point of view does not instantly mean that it's uncommon. When you push your fears of being the odd one to the side, it's much likely you'll encounter others sharing the same thoughts as you. Brandwatch, a digital consumer intelligence company, was on a mission to investigate the most popular unpopular opinions on social media. They looked at consumers' mentions from January 1 to June 30, 2020, excluding news, retweets, and shares. Results showed that 1.6M people shared their controversial beliefs in this period. Also, there were 34% more mentions during the lockdown compared to the four months prior. #4 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 798points POST Magdalena Bedernik Magdalena Bedernik Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago So agree! I love all my stuffies! 162 162points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 795points POST BC_Animus BC_Animus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Greed and narcissism... it's sad, but it's human nature. The majority of the people out there are fake as heck, and will do things like posting videos of themselves crying on the internet as PR moves, to help promote and enhance their brands, to help them gain those clicks, likes, follows, and subscribes. Even more sad is that there ARE the odd few out there who honestly have no one and no where else to turn to, and are using the internet to reach out. But those odd genuine few are usually buried and overshadowed by all the loud popular influencers out there, with their TikToks and viral videos and their memes. 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 720points POST Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Harassment is the right word. What happened to Diana and other famous people with the paparazzi actually haunting them, spying and giving no Fu*ks. But here's a thought: Who the hell buys those rag mag's is an accomplice bc if they stop buying that filth then the paparazzi will (nearly) go away or at least be way less. 210 210points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 651points POST Otter Otter Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Speaking as someone who was out on their ass at 18... basic parenting, including food, clothing, and sleeping indoors.... isn't nothing. Not when you consider what it's like to do without any of those. 123 123points reply View More Replies... View more comments When it comes to the topics people touch on, the top ones were about characters in pop culture, TV shows, dislike of fandoms, and books. People shared their complaints about some of the bestsellers of the century and aired their grievances about how some shows have become outdated. For example, 34K mentions called out Friends "for being hugely popular, despite some aspects not being acceptable today." The researchers also looked into Reddit, where 958K users shared their gripes. "It seems like lockdown got to Reddit users, too. Posts to r/UnpopularOpinions increased 105%." They found that many of these mentions touched on things that happened on the platform itself. Most of them were focused on sports players, subreddits, and seeing change as not being good. #8 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 613points POST KJ KJ Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Why censor the word murder, not like we all can't figure out what it says, strange BP. 165 165points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 607points POST dean tirmizi dean tirmizi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I read a quote before, wouldn't it be safer to fire blanks at someone than fire bullets at someone with a bullet proof vest 202 202points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 574points POST APL APL Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Also gambling 205 205points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 567points POST September September Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Agreed. You have to survive before you save the world. 176 176points reply View More Replies... View more comments So while it can be fun to share your controversial views online, they also let others say opposing views, have heated discussions, and see things from different perspectives. Anna Akbari, P.hD., is a sociologist, writer, and speaker who shared her thoughts on why unpopularity isn't necessarily a bad thing in a piece on The Psychology Today. She explained that if we want to be happy, successful, and feel of service, we don't actually need to appeal to the masses. "See, we're complicated beings, each with our own unique experiences, full of biases and contradictions and, hopefully, a point of view," she wrote. "Having a point of view is a good thing, even when that view isn't universally embraced." #12 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 538points POST Shelp Shelp Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I've discovered this trend on the Internet and honestly, I absolutely do not understand it 126 126points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 531points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago You ruined it with "sure they're cute" because that's the whole point, they're NOT cute, people have just been trained into thinking they are. People need to realise that inbred dogs with serious health problems are the exact opposite of cute. 212 212points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 511points POST Got Myself 4 Dwarves Got Myself 4 Dwarves Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago 100% - the cheater is the one at fault - unless the people they cheated with is also someone who you have a relationship with then it's equal blame as they both owe you loyalty. I've never understood the blame being passed to the person they cheat with, and it's usually women who blame the other woman when their guy cheats - I sure there's a patriarchal link to all that that could be deciphered but seriously, they're just a shitty person if they knew he was involved with someone - if they didn't then they're just as much a victim in it all. This idea that men can't help themselves if offered sex has to stop - you don't accidentally have sex - yeah, you may regret it after but you totally know what you're doing while you're doing it. 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 497points POST Iggy Iggy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago The colour-coded baskets is such a clever idea. 152 152points reply View More Replies... View more comments While we can wholeheartedly stand by one issue, we can also not see eye to eye on another. "Agreeing to disagree on most things in life is fine-assuming it doesn't restrict the liberty or human rights of others. It's when we start to think that we need to agree on everything all the time to merely function together that we get into trouble," Akbari mentioned. Needless to say, popularity isn't essentially bad. Lots of things that are commonly and generally accepted by our society are considered as "safe". Akbari explained that we don't have to immediately or categorically reject the popular stuff but rather "selectively embrace it, or at least occasionally challenge it." #16 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 488points POST Rijkærd Rijkærd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago They should also put that salary on the job posting... 212 212points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 437points POST Veronica Sjöberg Veronica Sjöberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yes, it really should be free. I have been in therapy on and off for years and it has been free (/paid by taxes). It's due to mental health issues so free healthcare = free mental healthcare. I learned a lot and cope much better. I wish it was available to all who needs it. To hear that people live with anxiety, ptsd, depression etc and can't afford therapy to learn how to cope better is really, REALLY sad. 81 81points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 423points POST ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) I don't use those sites anymore. If you want me to subscribe, or permit adverts in my ad blocker, or click a cookie thing every time, I just bounce. Enjoy your bouncerate and zero ad revenue. ALSO. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD stop with the f*****g animated adverts. They drive my poor ADHD ass crazy. I can't stand it. 132 132points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 421points POST Chris D Chris D Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I work only to sustain my life. I do not live to work. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments However, if your views are not clinging to the mainstream popular or if they tend to stir some unexpected or even rude reactions, "don't despair. You don't need to bend toward conformity, and you may even be able to cash in-financially and socially-on stepping outside the conventional bounds." She mentioned two rules that people who tend to lean into unpopularity should remember. The first one is that you should actually believe what you're saying or doing. "Disagreeing for the sport of it is annoying and, rightfully, no one likes or respects you if you do that. So stop it," the sociologist advised. #20 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 402points POST Thundercuss Thundercuss Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago In many cases I would agree but in many I would not. For example If an employee of mine turned out to be a KKK member, or they were videoed ridiculing a disabled person I would fire them without hesitation. 250 250points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 381points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago As someone who breaks up spaghetti before boiling them - I agree. Now give me those judgemental looks :P 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #22 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 381points POST Ember Ember Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree completely. The world will always need woodworkers, metal workers, plumbers, electricians etc, not young people with huge financial debt and very little practical skills. 99 99points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 374points POST Katiekat Katiekat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Retired teacher here, so let me weigh in on the realities. For elementary school kids, I'd overwhelmingly vote yes. Younger kids want to please the teacher; they want to be around the teacher, around other kids, in class. HOWEVER, as someone who taught middle and high school for 26 years, this does not work at all. By that time, there are a lot of kids who are looking for any way to leave the classroom. Yes, there are times they need to use the bathroom, but quite often they also want to socialize. There have been groups in certain years (not all by any means) that texted and met up in bathrooms and fought, too. It helps if a teacher has a sign in/out pass, or gives a certain number of tickets per month. Other children who don't have to use the bathroom COULD give a classmate a ticket if they felt generous. 92 92points reply View More Replies... View more comments "The second rule is to embrace your unpopular opinions with the knowledge and grace that not everyone shares your point of view," she continued. This rule can be quite tough since we humans have a general tendency to want others to agree with us. After all, it makes us feel heard and valued. However, following this guideline "starts with a promise to both give up convincing other people to buy into your less popular opinions and to stop shaming them for their own thoughts and actions." #24 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 359points POST Vorknkx Vorknkx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago My previous boss (who was an absolute jerk!) used to say "there's a line of people waiting to take your place, if you quit." I did quite eventually. Seven years later and... my place is still unoccupied. And not just mine - two other people also quit from that office, and replacements could never be found. Or someone would start and then quit a month later due to the conditions. I guess the line of people for my spot turned out to be a bit too short ;) 108 108points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 358points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Or, stop suing everyone for making mistakes. Yes there are serious negligence cases, but they're a lot less common than the cases where "negligence" is claimed, but it's just an honest mistake. Americans really need to stop that s**t. 104 104points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 350points POST The Scout The Scout Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago We have to get rid of the phrase "unskilled labour". A janitor needs practical skills far above average (at least a good one does), and the working conditions of courier drivers or fastfood workers require a great deal of stamina and resilience. In any job you can go from beginner to master, working your job better or faster. Even more important, the economy absolutely depends on the jobs we tend to call "unskilled". Usually, in any company, if a middle manager is absent for some days, work continues more or less as usual. If the cleaning lady is absent, you notice the problems after a day or two the latest. 111 111points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #27 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 341points POST Joey Wood Joey Wood Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I love my cats and would do anything for them, but they ARE little assholes. 155 155points reply View More Replies... View more comments After that, it's all about trusting yourself. If you believe that some things are just not right, don't be shy and share your views with others because, chances are, there are people out there just like you. According to Akbari, there is value in dissent. "There's often truth at the fringes and insight in unpopular perspectives. Greatness comes neither from blindly following nor from knee-jerk rejecting." "Many of our greatest historical figures held really, really unpopular opinions. They did stuff that made people cringe or even retaliate against them. Going against the grain takes guts. And that courage is admirable, even if we disagree with what they're saying or doing-but only when executed with integrity from a place of personal honesty," she wrote. #28 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 340points POST K Witmer K Witmer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Ageism affects women way before it affects men. 137 137points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 338points POST Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I hate gatekeeper! 59 59points reply View more comments #30 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 331points POST Thee8thsense Thee8thsense Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago If you don't trust your partner, then you don't trust your own choice of partner. 85 85points reply View More Replies... View more comments #31 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 322points POST Luther von Wolfen Luther von Wolfen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago We switched my kid to a Montessori school because they got to 6th grade and there was no AP option so they were just sitting there bored. It costs a good bit, but I have no reason to think public schools will be better for my kid than they were for me. 33 33points reply View More Replies... View more comments #32 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 292points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago My excuse is I don't want to, go away 148 148points reply View More Replies... View more comments #33 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 286points POST Rijkærd Rijkærd Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Some establishments also bombarding one with promotional messages after using their service once...like damn, now you giving me a reason not to use your product again... 46 46points reply View more comments #34 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 277points POST Victor Botha Victor Botha Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) I'll probably be downvoted, but this also applies to the African American label. Your distant ancestors were from Africa,you were born in the US therefore you are American. You don't hear people of Asian or African ancestrysaying they are Chinese English or Ghanian Scottish,they are English or Scottish or just plain British. 210 210points reply View More Replies... View more comments #35 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 274points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Well this is obvious, it also applies to many of the "50 years of driving and no accidents" type people... Yes Mrs Miggins, but only because everyone has done such a good job of avoiding your ass 66 66points reply View More Replies... View more comments #36 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 273points POST Nat Rich Nat Rich Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Currently laid on my bed, contorting myself around 3 dogs and wouldn't have it any other way. 121 121points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #37 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 272points POST Becky Moore Becky Moore Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I swear a lot, but it's very very rarely AT someone. I'm not doing it to offend people, it just comes out :P 120 120points reply View More Replies... View more comments #38 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 270points POST Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Jeans and hoodies get washed maybe once a month (or three) unless something has got on them. You don't need to smell like washing powder, and constantly washing everything is bad for you, your clothes, your bank account, and the planet. End of discussion, downvote me all you like I think you know by now I don't give a s**t. 159 159points reply View More Replies... View more comments #39 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 269points POST Ember Ember Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago My husband and I have slept in separate rooms for over 10 years (due to his loud snoring keeping me awake). We are very happy together and have no real problems in our relationship - we just both like a decent night sleep. People assume that we aren’t intimate and/or that our whole relationship is falling apart, which couldn’t be further from the truth. 87 87points reply View More Replies... View more comments #40 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 263points POST NsG NsG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago Never heard this phrase before. 125 125points reply View More Replies... View more comments #41 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 261points POST Cadena Norton Cadena Norton Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago It's not brave it's natural. This if my face. Don't like it. Screw off 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #42 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 258points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) This is probably the reason why Adblockers are a necessity nowadays 69 69points reply View More Replies... View more comments #43 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 250points POST NsG NsG Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago And accessable. Don't forget, these tech companies are potentially alienating swathes of their target market who are missing limbs, have neurological issues that preclude motion detection, etc. 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #44 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 246points POST Walter Brameld Walter Brameld Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Yup. I've been a passenger while the driver just drove around and around waiting for one of the "good" spots to become available. Finally I said, "If we had just parked in one of the far spots right away, we would have been inside the store by now." 60 60points reply View More Replies... View more comments #45 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 245points POST Veronica Sjöberg Veronica Sjöberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Urgh. My ex-husband used to say that all the time especially during arguments. "No one cares" or "no one feel that way". Well, I do. You can't decide on what to care about or feel based on your feelings and use that as the only truth. Blah. 77 77points reply View More Replies... View more comments #46 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 239points POST Mattewis88 Mattewis88 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago They say money doesn't buy happiness, but I think this is it...this is the happiness money can buy. 71 71points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda 30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On 'The Broke Agent' Instagram Account Bride Doesn't Include Wedding Dinner Price In Her Wedding Invites, Is Surprised To See Many Guests Canceling On Her After They Find Out #47 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 232points POST J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Expand that to social media like Twitter and Facebook 100 100points reply View More Replies... View more comments #48 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 230points POST The Penguin Bandit The Penguin Bandit Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I feel like the human approach to "what to do with the waste/recycling of electric vehicles" will (and probably is) treated similar to the problem of what to do with nuclear waste, and unfortunately, our approach seems to be to sweep it under the rug and let future generations figure it out. 59 59points reply View More Replies... View more comments #49 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 224points POST Libstak Libstak Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yeh, cos seeing someone happy is a good thing. 88 88points reply View more comments #50 r_unpopular.opinion Report Final score: 206points POST Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Or just skirts. 135 135points reply View More Replies... 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Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Share your thoughts POST Paul Davis Paul Davis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way 41 41points reply Mark Fuller Mark Fuller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency. 9 9points reply Load More Replies... StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago They are to people with no decency and want to see humanity suffer. I've noticed a lot of people are against things being better for us all. Speaking on life, education, wages, healthcare, mental health, housing, or anything else that can help us prosper during our existence. Many people are against those things being available for us to have without paying an absurd amount of money to have it. It is unpopular and controversial to think those things are human rights and everyone should have that. There are actual folks out here that don't want better for anyone else and want things to be hard. Even if that means they suffer as well. That's what I think is meant by unpopular and controversial. 3 3points reply Lea S. Lea S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Idk....I've definitely encountered the entitled kid one. I encounter the one about food (cooking it differently insults someone) almost every day. So....SOMEONE definitely thinks it is controversial. I can offer proof of that right now. 0 0points reply Robert Thompson Robert Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago The unpopular ones get downvoted into oblivion by trolls who don't understand the thread. And the BP algorithm doesn't compensate for it. -1 -1point reply Angie Taylor Angie Taylor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I agree that most of these posts SHOULDN’T be controversial or unpopular. However, a lifetime of working with and trying to empathize with people with a wide variety of beliefs and from so many different backgrounds, I can easily imagine at least one person passionately arguing on either side of many of these posts. I come to Bored Panda for entertainment and to learn something new…and often to smile at our likenesses and differences…not to change minds. -1 -1point reply Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is. 32 32points reply Burs Burs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Seabeast Seabeast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There's no male equivalent, so it's clearly aimed at silencing uppity wimmins. 5 5points reply Aisling Raye Aisling Raye Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago This is so true. I can be assertive at work and when it's regarding my specific field but in every other aspect of my life I am a complete doormat of a person. This isn't helping e.g. I spent the last two months saying "oh that's okay just get back to me when you can" to my doctor, my pharmacy, and my insurance about a medication that keeps me from having seizures. Apparently I've reached the point that I'd rather risk getting hospitalized than upset someone. 4 4points reply Guy Incognito Guy Incognito Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I think the term Karen has become a weapon to manipulate people. All they people need to do is cut off the start of an encounter and record somebody being a jerk or complaining. Slap the label Karen and they are the bad guy. No need to look into the context. 3 3points reply Acceber Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You're now a "Karen" if you complain to anyone, even with good reason. The food is stone cold and should be served hot, it's fine to complain and ask for it to be heated/redone. It's not ok to scream abuse at the wait staff and demand the whole meal to be free. But both get you labelled as "Karen" because people can't handle complaints because it's easier to turn it back and make the other person wrong/the bad guy 0 0points reply JustinTime JustinTime Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Just read somewhere that people are not naming newborns Karen and the name is going to go extinct. It’s the new Adolf. 0 0points reply Charles Barrow Charles Barrow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. In my limited experience the number of people who expressed fear at being called a Karen usually have history of acting like karens. -5 -5points reply StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago No! That is not the case. People are intentionally calling someone else a Karen when they are not actually acting like a Karen. The fact that some folks cannot differentiate between a Karen and someone who is respectfully assertive is insane. 1 1point reply WoodenLion WoodenLion Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago a lady in a truck hollered at me 'cause i was going 21 mph in a 30 zone. would she be a karen ? -1 -1point reply ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice). 8 8points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree, these things aren't so unpopular. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... Random Panda Random Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 7 months ago These are not all by the same person. It's a subreddit where people can share what they consider unpopular opinions. 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Paul Davis Paul Davis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Unpopular opinion: almost none of these posts are unpopular opinions or controversial in any way 41 41points reply Mark Fuller Mark Fuller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Yep, kinda signing off most of them. Basic common sense of human decency. 9 9points reply Load More Replies... StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago They are to people with no decency and want to see humanity suffer. I've noticed a lot of people are against things being better for us all. Speaking on life, education, wages, healthcare, mental health, housing, or anything else that can help us prosper during our existence. Many people are against those things being available for us to have without paying an absurd amount of money to have it. It is unpopular and controversial to think those things are human rights and everyone should have that. There are actual folks out here that don't want better for anyone else and want things to be hard. Even if that means they suffer as well. That's what I think is meant by unpopular and controversial. 3 3points reply Lea S. Lea S. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Idk....I've definitely encountered the entitled kid one. I encounter the one about food (cooking it differently insults someone) almost every day. So....SOMEONE definitely thinks it is controversial. I can offer proof of that right now. 0 0points reply Robert Thompson Robert Thompson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago The unpopular ones get downvoted into oblivion by trolls who don't understand the thread. And the BP algorithm doesn't compensate for it. -1 -1point reply Angie Taylor Angie Taylor Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago I agree that most of these posts SHOULDN’T be controversial or unpopular. However, a lifetime of working with and trying to empathize with people with a wide variety of beliefs and from so many different backgrounds, I can easily imagine at least one person passionately arguing on either side of many of these posts. I come to Bored Panda for entertainment and to learn something new…and often to smile at our likenesses and differences…not to change minds. -1 -1point reply Izzy Curer Izzy Curer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago (edited) Unpopular opinion: people are getting so trigger-happy about calling people Karens that it's making more docile people afraid to speak up, especially women. I've never heard the word 'entitled' get thrown around like it has until recently. It's getting to the point that people are saying someone is entitled just because they did something that was a slight inconvenience to them. If that's not entitled, I don't know what is. 32 32points reply Burs Burs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 8 months ago I agree. Some people (men and women) act "like a Karen". But nowadays its used mostly to harass women everytime that they are assertive 13 13points reply Load More Replies... Seabeast Seabeast Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago There's no male equivalent, so it's clearly aimed at silencing uppity wimmins. 5 5points reply Aisling Raye Aisling Raye Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago This is so true. I can be assertive at work and when it's regarding my specific field but in every other aspect of my life I am a complete doormat of a person. This isn't helping e.g. I spent the last two months saying "oh that's okay just get back to me when you can" to my doctor, my pharmacy, and my insurance about a medication that keeps me from having seizures. Apparently I've reached the point that I'd rather risk getting hospitalized than upset someone. 4 4points reply Guy Incognito Guy Incognito Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I think the term Karen has become a weapon to manipulate people. All they people need to do is cut off the start of an encounter and record somebody being a jerk or complaining. Slap the label Karen and they are the bad guy. No need to look into the context. 3 3points reply Acceber Acceber Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago You're now a "Karen" if you complain to anyone, even with good reason. The food is stone cold and should be served hot, it's fine to complain and ask for it to be heated/redone. It's not ok to scream abuse at the wait staff and demand the whole meal to be free. But both get you labelled as "Karen" because people can't handle complaints because it's easier to turn it back and make the other person wrong/the bad guy 0 0points reply JustinTime JustinTime Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago Just read somewhere that people are not naming newborns Karen and the name is going to go extinct. It’s the new Adolf. 0 0points reply Charles Barrow Charles Barrow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. In my limited experience the number of people who expressed fear at being called a Karen usually have history of acting like karens. -5 -5points reply StepOnMe1986 StepOnMe1986 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago No! That is not the case. People are intentionally calling someone else a Karen when they are not actually acting like a Karen. The fact that some folks cannot differentiate between a Karen and someone who is respectfully assertive is insane. 1 1point reply WoodenLion WoodenLion Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 7 months ago a lady in a truck hollered at me 'cause i was going 21 mph in a 30 zone. would she be a karen ? -1 -1point reply ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago Nah I think a lot of these are pretty uncontroversial and some are really arbitrary. I think the person is targeting more conservative people, or just trolling (like the one about juice). 8 8points reply Suzi Q Suzi Q Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 8 months ago I agree, these things aren't so unpopular. 6 6points reply Load More Replies... 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