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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] joystick@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Got removed on reddit for this, but I think the mentally ill homeless should be placed in state institutions where they can get professional help.

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[–] Commiunism@lemmy.wtf 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Houses and similar private property should be owned by the state and be given out to those in need for free, rather than owned by private individuals to sell/rent and make a profit. It's literally a basic human need that's becoming less and less accessible due to greed (constantly rising prices and scams landlords might try to pull), and it's very easy to just lose one if you're unfortunate enough to be unemployed for a longer period of time.

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[–] xyproto@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Pinapples did nothing wrong

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[–] peto@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The stuffing is the worst part of an Oreo.

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[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 20 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Lemmy will die out without monotization such as every 6th post being an ad.

I love it but feel like libre projects that have constant maintenance costs beyond developers' time need to find ways to become mostly self sustainable without relying on donations. I also dont mind less than 20% of the posts being ads.

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[–] Defaced@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Legend of Zelda breath of the wild is the absolute worst Zelda I've ever played. I've played and beaten the following: OoT, MM, SS, ALttP, ALbW, LA, Zelda 2. I've almost beaten wind Waker and twilight princess, so you could say I've played a few Zelda games.

BotW is a mix of assassins creed, Minecraft, and Zelda characters with shit dungeons. The divine beasts are garbage replacements for dungeons and shrines are not a replacement for dungeons either, it's just a terrible Zelda, but a decent open world game.

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[–] mub@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (23 children)

Except where actual safety is concerned, all information should be public. That means Individuals, businesses, authorities, governments, etc, should not be able to hold any information privately, it should all be freely available to everyone. There only private information is what you can hold in your head.

Anyone who thinks about this idea for more than 30 seconds decides it is a really bad idea. I honestly believe that true information freedom will also free the human race, and that is the unpopular part. Everyone seemed to think I'm naive but people are just frightened kids and secrets are their first line of defense.

[–] Kevnyon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anyone who thinks about this idea for more than 30 seconds decides it is a really bad idea

That's because of all the problems your idea would cause. Identity theft would run rampant, stalking would become easier than ever before, tracking people down would just be one search, etc. I mean you truly did bring up an unpopular opinion, I'll give you that.

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[–] kabat@programming.dev 19 points 2 years ago (17 children)

I am against a law allowing LGBTQ couples to adopt children in my country (Poland). I am not in any way against it as a general idea, but Polish society is full of full-on bigots and these kids would be subject to so much bullying, it's really against their best interest.

The argument a lot of people raise "if we start doing it then people will get used to it" doesn't work for me, because why should these children be victims of war that is not even theirs to fight? The whole thing makes me sick.

I've been downvoted for this opinion by both sides on Reddit.

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[–] beto@lemmy.studio 19 points 2 years ago (40 children)

Everyone should be vegan. It's great for your health, for the environment, and more importantly, it would save more than a trillion (yes, with a T) lives every year.

In a hundred years we'll look back and be ashamed of what we did to animals.

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[–] monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Consuming drugs should not be illegal. Doesnt matter what effect the drug has, punishing the consumer does no good for anyone.

Selling drugs can and should in some cases be illegal though

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[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Anti-natalism makes some good points

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[–] Ringmasterincestuous@aussie.zone 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)

For one month of each year, traffic should have to go in reverse

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As in backwards

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[–] jellyka@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Pasta can be desserts.

I make a delicious Mac and chocolate, but can get very few people to try it :(

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[–] CycloneWolf@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't care if it has the same framerate as traditional animation, if your CGI movie is less than 30 fps it looks cheap and gives me a headache.

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[–] danielton@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (19 children)

I'm American, and I believe both sides raise valid points and both sides have problems. The polarization on both sides and refusal to listen to the other side is what is destroying this country politically.

The last presidential race, we got an egotistical maniac and a guy who is too senile to know where he is or how to form a sentence. This is the best we can do?

I am NOT saying both sides are the same.

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[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The Star Wars prequels hold up better than the original trilogy.

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[–] festus@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I greatly despise all facial hair.

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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Long distance vacations are irresponsible and selfish. We don't have the resources left to be wasting it on frivolous activities.

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (15 children)

Liberalism and socialism aren't entirely incompatible concepts

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