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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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[โ€“] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The average Lemmy user knows fuck all about, security, privacy, operating systems, act like they are unique, and are inclusive despite wanting more people to understand more about the way they see things.

Libertarianism and anarchism aren't cool and don't work.

You are a part of the problem if you hate Nintendo but think you are helping the developer by pirating their games.

You are an even bigger problem to bringing more people to your way of thinking if you are constantly negative about those people buying something they like just because you wouldn't.

Thinking you are alternative because everything you think is mainstream makes you mainstream.

Your choice of FOSS and OS doesn't make that product good by design. Just because you can't operate and OS doesn't make that OS bad.

[โ€“] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Humans are the only animals that have to cook their meat to consume it. We're also the only animal that consumes another animals lactate.

The oil industry is the greatest evil humanity has ever created. Conversely the bicycle is probably the greatest.

If it's not open source it's pretty likely it's taking advantage of you.

The only people that don't want you to learn history are the ones that stand to gain from you not knowing it.

[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

People need to see more of the world. Many are too isolated in their specific culture.

It feels like as soon as Biden got into office a lot of people on the left threw their BLM signs in the garbage and stopped caring. Now I'm starting to see more and more on the left detach themselves from people of color and go right back to the white worship they were doing before. Every single time a person of color is now a lead in anything there's just nothing but endless controversy and both conservatives and liberals just complain

But put a white person in a lead? Nothing but sunshine and "we're starting to heal" nonsense

Really sick of it now, and it's completely soured me on wanting to vote again

[โ€“] fugepe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

There are different species of humans. Dont really care what the current media says.

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[โ€“] marksson@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm ok with paying taxes for universal healthcare and infrastructure. Welfare for anyone who isn't mentally/phisically disabled (on various levels) can go to hell. No unemployment benefits, no state-funded child support.

[โ€“] phillaholic@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Universal healthcare would go a long way to improve all of the latter, however to play cause and effect; If you remove unemployment and child-support, you've inevitably now increased the homeless population and driven others to crime. How you do now deal with that?

[โ€“] Fisk400@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nobody should be allowed to own land. You can build a building and that building is yours because you built it but you can't make land and the only reason you own it is because someone in the past used violence to take it.

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[โ€“] mister_monster@monero.town 1 points 2 years ago

If you're getting upvotes in this thread you're a lemming that believes what everyone else does and you only allow yourself to consider socially acceptable ideas. Your beliefs are based on social proof, not introspection or critical thinking.

Another one: about 50% of the population are destined to be poor wagies and there's nothing you can do to help them.

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