Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[Izzy]

53 minutes ago, The Blur said:

Not sure if this is unpopular but I think what on the roads has annoyed you today thread smacks slightly of holier than thou attitude-   I am pretty sure posters complaining about transgressions have committed the same said offence for most of the time.   

 

Beside,  I do not think it is very conductive to take to the internet to rage about the roads as that would encourage lack of patience on the roads by being easily worked up.    I can understand posts reporting on cars joining the motorway in the wrong direction or blatant blocking in of the driveway without a care but middle lane hoggers or not nodding in thanks at being given the way?  Come on.

This should go in the "What annoys you about the what on the roads has annoyed you today thread" thread 

[Fox92]

How can you not like Christmas songs. They are great. Bands just having a laugh.

 

Well, the upbeat ones are anyway. I'm not a fan of the slow sad ones like Lonely This Christmas. 

[The Blur]

1 hour ago, Izzy said:

This should go in the "What annoys you about the what on the roads has annoyed you today thread" thread 

 

Ha!  To be fair,  I was having an internal debate whether to post it in what grinds my gear thread or the road thread or this one!

[nnfox]

The winter solstice has just passed and people seem to be rejoicing that the evenings are going to start getting lighter, but I like it getting dark early.

[RoboFox]

1 minute ago, nnfox said:

The winter solstice has just passed and people seem to be rejoicing that the evenings are going to start getting lighter, but I like it getting dark early.

I used to like it mainly because I could stay up until the early hours getting bent and playing video games with my friends and i didn't get that "oh shit, it's getting light" pang of guilt around 4am. 

 

The good old days.

[SemperEadem]

That Liverpool is not a dump.

[Fox92]

5 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

That Liverpool is not a dump.

My favourite City to visit. I love the place and the people are sound.

[Wymsey]

Immigration is bad for the country.

Mince pies are horrible.

Edited 24 December 2021 by Wymsey

[foxile5]

2 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Immigration is bad for the country. 

The uncontrolled and unchecked immigration that some bleeding hearts want definitely is.

 

I'm as left as they come but there needs to be a rigorous system to moderate immigration. 

 

And One thing some folk seem to want to ignore is that its healthy to have a native culture. 

[foxile5]

Gemma Collins is what happens if you combine a pig and a person. 

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

The uncontrolled and unchecked immigration that some bleeding hearts want definitely is.

 

I'm as left as they come but there needs to be a rigorous system to moderate immigration. 

 

And One thing some folk seem to want to ignore is that its healthy to have a native culture. 

For the purposes of a common cause, then I'd agree.

 

However, there are also instances where it is counterproductive.

[Sampson]

14 hours ago, foxile5 said:

The uncontrolled and unchecked immigration that some bleeding hearts want definitely is.

 

I'm as left as they come but there needs to be a rigorous system to moderate immigration. 

 

And One thing some folk seem to want to ignore is that its healthy to have a native culture. 

Why is it healthy? Its 2021, the world is easily connected, why shouldn't we try to start forging a culture of humanity rather than ones based on some imaginary lines your parents happened to be between? 

 

More and more families are a meeting pot of different cultures now with parents and grandparents from different cultures and nationalities. What parts of their country are considered native and what aren't? Is Indian food now native British culture? What about Leicester's annual divali and Caribbean festivals?

 

Who counts as a "native" anyway? Once you go back only 3 or 4 generations you can find non-native bloodlines in the majority of people living here. What about 2nd or 3rd generations who came over from different countries? When is the culture their grandparents brought over considered "native" and when is it considered non-native? Does it make a difference if they are people who came over from a former British colony like India or Australia or if they came over from somewhere like the Phillipines or Poland?

 

What even is "shared native British culture" anyway? Why are Belfast and London culture more "shared" than London and Paris culture or London and Mumbai culture? As far as I can tell they aren't really. Our national dish is Indian, our language is bastardised Nordic/German our Royal family are Germanic-Greek, our religion is Hebrew and Roman except our king wanted to divorce so he could marry a Spanish wife.

 

Are native Irish people different to our shared native British culture or are they no longer after they gained independence? What about Northern Irish people? What about Northern Irish people who choose to have only British citizenship or those who choose to have only Irish citizenship as part of the GFA? What about Scottish people or Cornish people? What about people from Brittany? 

 

"Native culture" just sounds like more and more of a meaningless thing in 2021. "Culture" is a pretty meaningless word in itself to begin with anyway.

 

I've still yet to see a decent anti-immigration argument that doesn't ultimately boil down to "people who were lucky enough to be born in one set of imaginary lines have some sort of birth-right meaning they should be allowed advantageous treatment for getting jobs and money to people being born outside that set of imaginary lines" and "because I'm healthy and comfortable where I am and don't want to move myself, I don't want people who aren't healthy and comfortable where they are moving here and don't want to move giving me competition when they're trying to get a better life."

 

The arguments against immigration from India in the 60s and 70s were the same. A couple of generations later and people accept Indian immigrants culture on the whole and instead talk about people from Eastern Europe or the Middle East. Give it 30 years and Polish British culture or Iranian British culture will be hugely visible and largely accepted. It will then be the turn of the Central Americans or whoever to become victimised.

Edited 25 December 2021 by Sampson

[LiberalFox]

10 hours ago, foxile5 said:

The uncontrolled and unchecked immigration that some bleeding hearts want definitely is.

 

I'm as left as they come but there needs to be a rigorous system to moderate immigration. 

 

And One thing some folk seem to want to ignore is that its healthy to have a native culture. 

[FoxyPV]

11 hours ago, foxile5 said:

The uncontrolled and unchecked immigration that some bleeding hearts want definitely is.

 

I'm as left as they come but there needs to be a rigorous system to moderate immigration. 

 

And One thing some folk seem to want to ignore is that its healthy to have a native culture. 

Mate......

 

UK culture is built on pillaging bits of everyone's else culture after they conquered them

 

 

[Free Falling Foxes]

23 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Immigration is bad for the country.

Mince pies are horrible.

That really is an unpopular one, most people I know like mince pies.

[Daggers]

Xmas presents are shit. People always buy gash that gets binned along with the acres of wrapping material. 
 

This is my first year of zero presents and it was ace. Didn’t get one, didn’t buy one, saved a mint and just focused on having a lovely day. 

[Jattdogg]

7 hours ago, Daggers said:

Xmas presents are shit. People always buy gash that gets binned along with the acres of wrapping material. 
 

This is my first year of zero presents and it was ace. Didn’t get one, didn’t buy one, saved a mint and just focused on having a lovely day. 

The wife and i have been married for 11 years and have never bought eachother gifts at xmas. Granted to us xmas is just a fun time of year as we aren't christian per say.  As a kid, I got presents but my parents did the same thing as did my wifes parents.

 

We buy our kids a few presents  (nothing crazy) and enjoy the company together more so. Put the tree up together, the lights etc. We bake together, cook together, have dance parties, watch movies, play board games and enjoy it more so that way.

 

We figure, get what you want when you need it. Of course  this only works if you can afford it and well everyone's situation is different. I have family that loveeeee sharing gifts on xmas and things are usually good for them.

 

For us at least, We spoil eachother more so on our birthdays. To each their own.

[Parafox]

On 24/12/2021 at 23:56, foxile5 said:

Gemma Collins is what happens if you combine a pig and a person. 

Is the pig the bit where she gets her intellect from?

[Parafox]

On 20/12/2021 at 18:54, The Blur said:

Not sure if this is unpopular but I think what on the roads has annoyed you today thread smacks slightly of holier than thou attitude-   I am pretty sure posters complaining about transgressions have committed the same said offence for most of the time.   

 

Beside,  I do not think it is very conductive to take to the internet to rage about the roads as that would encourage lack of patience on the roads by being easily worked up.    I can understand posts reporting on cars joining the motorway in the wrong direction or blatant blocking in of the driveway without a care but middle lane hoggers or not nodding in thanks at being given the way?  Come on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  to you 

I thought of it all by little self and I'm quite pleased with the response. It's not road rage on-line. We've nearly all been niggled by some insignificant but nonetheless annoying incident whilst driving.  

The bolded quote, I agree with. We're all guilty of transgressions in our lives and a lot of that gets posted on FT, not just in the "roads" topic.

The title is "annoyed" not  rage, BTW.

 

[The Blur]

3 hours ago, Parafox said:

  to you 

I thought of it all by little self and I'm quite pleased with the response. It's not road rage on-line. We've nearly all been niggled by some insignificant but nonetheless annoying incident whilst driving.  

The bolded quote, I agree with. We're all guilty of transgressions in our lives and a lot of that gets posted on FT, not just in the "roads" topic.

The title is "annoyed" not  rage, BTW.

 

 

I'll take your virtual response above over being threatened by you opening the ambulance doors in a peeved manner on the road 😇

 

In all seriousness, I think you made a fair point about the ethos and the purpose of the thread which I think I have lost the sight of somewhat.   It definitely has its merits- the discussion about undertaking or overtaking the hogger in the third lane in four lane motorway for an example. 

 

It is the hypocrisy of complaining about common offences such as not acknowledging after being let in the traffic or hogging middle lanes that annoyed me the most as I know we all have done it absently minded at some point in our lives.  

 

 

 

 

Edited 27 December 2021 by The Blur

[Aus Fox]

I am seeing more and more videos and pictures of little kids running on to the pitch at the end of games to try and grab their favourite players shirts. 
These kids and their parents or whoever is taking them to the game should be punished the same as any other pitch invader.

Entitled little brats!

[Paninistickers]

I find these 'achievements' of 10k runs or half marathons boring. 

 

Not overly into those that do these iron man or triathlon things either. 

 

I get the personal adrenaline buzz that the participants will get, but you've paid to 'compete'. It's not a real race or competition. Anyone can enter. 

 

I do jog. I do bike ride. But never, ever feel the urge to 'compete', measure or gauge time/distance 

[oakman]

‘Joker’ is a terrible film. Got around to watching it today and gave up after an hour. It’s like a GCSE student has been allowed to make an art house film with famous actors. Found it incredibly boring and self indulgent, 2 minutes of action followed by what felt like 20 minutes of a bloke dancing in a public toilet. Utter w**k.

[Carl the Llama]

1 hour ago, oakman said:

‘Joker’ is a terrible film. Got around to watching it today and gave up after an hour. It’s like a GCSE student has been allowed to make an art house film with famous actors. Found it incredibly boring and self indulgent, 2 minutes of action followed by what felt like 20 minutes of a bloke dancing in a public toilet. Utter w**k.

It is a pretty terrible action film I'll give you that

[The Bear]

12 hours ago, Carl the Llama said:

It is a pretty terrible action film I'll give you that

Other than the last 30 mins it's rubbish.