The thread where you post your mildly unpopular opinions

[DavidS877]

I can only give "Like" on android Tor, which limits my enjoyment of giving out ratings greatly.

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1 like
2 agree
3 disagree
5 winner
6 informative
7 feels
9 optimistic
11 late
13 autistic
14 dislike
16 mad at the internet
17 dumb
22 drink
25 horrifying
26 semper fidelis
27 deviant
28 trophy (you probably can't use this)
29 tmi
30 islamic content
31 thunkful
32 lunacy

From:

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/technical-grievances.16928/post-16326443

 

[rel=alternate]

Here's one mildly unpopular opinion I think many will agree with if you ever hired and managed people.

People without a degree or a bad degree are often better employees than people who did well in school.

Obviously, the theory has its limits in some areas where precise and extensive knowledge is required (think medicine or law for example). And people are people, you can't generalize too much.

However, I find that people who have a chaotic or no educational background often turn out to be extremely loyal and highly performing assets, eager to learn and exceed expectations.

Young people with a degree from some prestigious place think that they have it figured out and are often difficult to deal with. The fact that they have a lot of opportunities does not help. They often have an arrogant attitude when it comes to how things actually work and think they know better, or don't have to try as hard.

On the other hand, people who NEED to succeed, because they are acutely aware of their own situation and looking for ways to compensate often turn out to be gold. They will work twice as hard, learn a ton, dedicate themselves, and appreciate every single gesture you make towards supporting them in their efforts. They are almost the only kind of people I have seen getting promoted over and over into massively superior role in a short amount of time.

In some companies, getting higher management to understand this is extremely difficult. Especially when you stop to consider that their own elitism is rooted in the pride they have for having gone to these same schools. Sometimes, you have to turn away someone you know is perfect for the job in favor of another who went to the right school, just because he did.

In smaller companies, a degree is always impressive, and people who don't know what the fuck the future employee will be doing is going to trust on face value that this is the best option.

On a conceptual level, I think most would agree with this. Yet, in the work environment, I think this opinion is not widespread, if anything not agreed upon.

 

[Betonhaus]

Here's one: When god said to "love thy neighbour" he literally meant a neighbour. Someone part of the same community as you, who goes to the same church and stores as you, and who you see regularly. He said nothing about gypsies or jews or anyone else who sets up camp then britches all the time or cause problems.

 

[AnOminous]

I don't know if this opinion is unpopular here, but it is in the wider world: There's more evidence to support censorship of pornography (in general, not just child/animal abuse) as harmful speech than "hate speech".

It's also much more clear that "hate speech" is not just speech, but generally political speech, the most protected class of speech because it's exactly what was intended to be protected under the First Amendment. Some argue that things like porn or flag-burning isn't speech at all, with varying degrees of reasonableness. I'm not for censoring either, with some minor carveouts for shit like CSAM or direct credible threats of violence to intimidate or extort.

To be completely consistent I'd have to be against censoring those too but morally they're so utterly reprehensible you risk losing the entirety of the concept to defend shit that isn't worth defending.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Here's one: When god said to "love thy neighbour" he literally meant a neighbour. Someone part of the same community as you, who goes to the same church and stores as you, and who you see regularly. He said nothing about gypsies or jews or anyone else who sets up camp then britches all the time or cause problems.

Not the case. Some people tried to pull that one on Jesus and he corrected them. It includes foreigners and shit.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2010:25-37&version=NET

The Parable of the Good Samaritan​

Spoiler

25 Now[a] an expert in religious law[b] stood up to test Jesus,[c] saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”[d] 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you understand it?”[e] 27 The expert[f] answered, “Love[g] the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,[h] and love your neighbor as yourself.”[i] 28 Jesus[j] said to him, “You have answered correctly;[k] do this, and you will live.”


29 But the expert,[l] wanting to justify[m] himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied,[n] “A man was going down[o] from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat[p] him up, and went off, leaving him half dead.[q] 31 Now by chance[r] a priest was going down that road, but[s] when he saw the injured man[t] he passed by[u] on the other side.[v] 32 So too a Levite, when he came up to[w] the place and saw him,[x] passed by on the other side. 33 But[y] a Samaritan[z] who was traveling[aa] came to where the injured man[ab] was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him.[ac] 34 He[ad] went up to him[ae] and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil[af] and wine on them. Then[ag] he put him on[ah] his own animal,[ai] brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The[aj] next day he took out two silver coins[ak] and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.’[al] 36 Which of these three do you think became a neighbor[am] to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 The expert in religious law[an] said, “The one who showed mercy[ao] to him.” So[ap] Jesus said to him, “Go and do[aq] the same.”

Of course none of that means that anybody is exempt from the law of the land.

 

[The Feline Solution]

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From:

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/technical-grievances.16928/post-16326443

Top stuff, mate. Thanks.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Invisible fence technology seems kinda cruel to pets.

 

[Pissmaster]

I've never been a fan of vinyl records. They seem like kind of a crappy experience, to be honest. Large + delicate + degrades over time + new ones sound no better than a CD + countless albums are only released as limited editions for a small fortune, to appeal to consoomers. Just seems like a total crapshoot to get into.

 

[Nick Obre]

I've never been a fan of vinyl records. They seem like kind of a crappy experience, to be honest. Large + delicate + degrades over time + new ones sound no better than a CD + countless albums are only released as limited editions for a small fortune, to appeal to consoomers. Just seems like a total crapshoot to get into.

The thing about vinyl is that it's an uncompressed format, so the sound should be as true to the source as possible... but that doesn't matter much when it's got a lower dynamic range, lower channel separation, and a constant ffffFFFffffFFFFfffff sound over the music due to the mechanical system, that "warm" as it may be, kinda shits on that supposed sound fidelity.

And we've got FLAC now so

 

[AnOminous]

I've never been a fan of vinyl records. They seem like kind of a crappy experience, to be honest. Large + delicate + degrades over time + new ones sound no better than a CD + countless albums are only released as limited editions for a small fortune, to appeal to consoomers. Just seems like a total crapshoot to get into.

I always liked double albums because they were great for getting seeds out of your weed by picking it apart and letting the seeds roll down through the fold. My favorite albums for doing this were Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Blue Oyster Cult's Extraterrestrial Live, and the Beatles' White Album, usually while listening to the album in question.

There are good reasons we abandoned vinyl and vinyl hipsters are pretty insufferable, but I have to admit to kind of missing them from time to time.

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

I've never been a fan of vinyl records

I like vinyl because that's what I grew up on. It's a nostalgia thing for me, and I like having the full size artwork. I'll admit though when we got our first CD player (probably 86-87) it was a huge improvement in sound quality and they weren't as fragile as records. Never got rid of my record collection, though. I've dragged those fuckers everywhere I've moved over all the years.

 

[Raging Capybara]

He said nothing about gypsies or jews

Motherfucker, it's literally the law of the motherfucking JEWS. What crack did you smoke, you fucking braindead retard?

 

[Saint Zacharias]

Not all anime is trash, but everyone that actively participate in the anime community is a fag. Someone can enjoy something without needing to make it a group thing.

 

[McMitch]

The thing about vinyl is that it's an uncompressed format, so the sound should be as true to the source as possible... but that doesn't matter much when it's got a lower dynamic range, lower channel separation, and a constant ffffFFFffffFFFFfffff sound over the music due to the mechanical system, that "warm" as it may be, kinda shits on that supposed sound fidelity.

And we've got FLAC now so

CDs are uncompressed as well, and blow vinyl out of the water because of it. Vinyl is fun the same way physical books are fun: the tactile element lends itself to the entire experience. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.

 

[Inafune Fanfiction]

Not all anime is trash, but everyone that actively participate in the anime community is a fag. Someone can enjoy something without needing to make it a group thing.

There's nothing wrong with sharing common interests with others. It is only a problem when you continue to cast your pearls before swine.

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

Sex-ed is good.

Kids can get pregnant, get raped, and have to deal with boners/periods. They should probably have knowledge on this.

This implies that kids actually pay attention in school these days. The ultimate factor here isn’t sex ed but the options they have as people overall. A UMC white girl knows she’s probably going to college and having a baby at 16 gets in the way of that so she’s not going to. A broke lahtinah who isn’t going to do shit except acquire government gibs as a result of having kids might as well start at 16 (with some dude who is in his 30s) to get the gravy train rolling. Sex ed had zero to do with either situation. We’ve had it for generations now. I just find it’s effectiveness to be at or near zero.

 

[Betonhaus]

An uncomfortably large number of Christian soft rock songs could be made into a lovesick boy band song just by changing the word "god" into a girls name or something.

 

[internet friend]

Consuming media is not a hobby

 

[Slap47]

I don't know if this opinion is unpopular here, but it is in the wider world: There's more evidence to support censorship of pornography (in general, not just child/animal abuse) as harmful speech than "hate speech". There is at least long-term evidence of porn doing actual harm to real people.

I am sure that the places that ban porn have less rape.



Yup.

 

[Not A Bunny]

Beats the fuck out of me why people are positive about Katie Middleton than Meghan Markle.

I'm not saying that Markle is a decent human being or anything, but what does Middleton do beyond smile and shake hands? What accomplishments does she have other than marrying the right guy?

Markle's ambitions might be duplicitous and misguided and not nearly as opaque as she thinks they are, but at least she shows the wherewithal to actually do something.

I'm also not convinced that William is the fine, upstanding citizen that the media is desperate to portray him as. His father was an adulterer (though to be fair, he was only ever interested in one woman), his mother was confused, mentally ill and an adulterer, his uncle was buddies with Epstein, and his brother is a global embarrassment. The fact that people can think amid all of the dysfunction he was practically born into was somehow not imparted upon him (in addition to the fact that rich people don't think or act like normal people) and that he's somehow normal and nice is absolutely mind-boggling to me.

I suspect Middleton was okayed by the Queen because she was an uncontroversial pretty face that knows how to keep her mouth shut to the point where she is publicly a nothing human being because William is a well-handled disaster behind the scenes, just so the idea of maintaining royalty is palatable to people despite that they have no useful function except for being gawked at.