What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)

What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)

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Blib

44,476 posts

199 months

Friday 7th October 2022
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bongtom said:
Watched a few Wogan interviews and I've jut realised he is so bad and unfunny. He always looks really awkward and the interviews are filled with him looking at the camera like some ironic skit.
And fat shaming Jeff Cohen (Chunk in Goonies) was just not cool even in the 80s.

Wogan. Not a national treasure.
One for the teenagers there. hehe

Punctilio

827 posts

25 months

Friday 7th October 2022
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nickfrog said:
I think your post is one of the many negative consequences of xenophobia. It is not even factually correct to start with, as highlighted by others.

As an immigrant myself, I am actually delighted by how welcoming and open minded the huge majority of people have been in the UK and I'd like to think I have re paid them as an employer, tax payer, exporter and law abiding citizen.
Big fan of diversity too.

It's factually true, young people stabbing other young people
has risen to levels unheard of in some inner city areas.

I do wonder if folk are willfully ignorant of facts that are easily
available, or more likely chose to ignore them as it doesn't agree with their views.

e-honda

9,034 posts

148 months

Friday 7th October 2022
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Punctilio said:

It's factually true, young people stabbing other young people
has risen to levels unheard of in some inner city areas.

I do wonder if folk are willfully ignorant of facts that are easily
available, or more likely chose to ignore them as it doesn't agree with their views.
Even if that is true, is there a slight possibility it has something to do with anything other than immigration?
PCP loans, electric scooters, 20mph speed limits, touch screens, unlicensed pit bikes or vaping perhaps?

Johnspex

4,360 posts

186 months

Friday 7th October 2022
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Blib said:
bongtom said:
Watched a few Wogan interviews and I've jut realised he is so bad and unfunny. He always looks really awkward and the interviews are filled with him looking at the camera like some ironic skit.
And fat shaming Jeff Cohen (Chunk in Goonies) was just not cool even in the 80s.

Wogan. Not a national treasure.
One for the teenagers there. hehe
Terry Wogan was appalling and Ken Bruce, who'd like to be Terry Wogan, is appalling too.
However, the most appalling of all are the morons who send in their 'jokes' to Ken Bruce.

nickfrog

21,440 posts

219 months

Friday 7th October 2022
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Punctilio said:
nickfrog said:
I think your post is one of the many negative consequences of xenophobia. It is not even factually correct to start with, as highlighted by others.

As an immigrant myself, I am actually delighted by how welcoming and open minded the huge majority of people have been in the UK and I'd like to think I have re paid them as an employer, tax payer, exporter and law abiding citizen.
Big fan of diversity too.

It's factually true, young people stabbing other young people
has risen to levels unheard of in some inner city areas.

I do wonder if folk are willfully ignorant of facts that are easily
available, or more likely chose to ignore them as it doesn't agree with their views.
What's not factually true is the link to immigration that you imply, unless you can substantiate it.

But you knew that.

Punctilio

827 posts

25 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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nickfrog said:
What's not factually true is the link to immigration that you imply, unless you can substantiate it.

But you knew that.
We both know this, I'd be wasting my time wouldn't I ?

I don't think substantiated statistics would convince you.

Turtle Shed

1,618 posts

28 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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Anyone who doesn't think that Stewart Lee is a comedy genius is wrong.

Speed addicted

5,604 posts

229 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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Johnspex said:
Terry Wogan was appalling and Ken Bruce, who'd like to be Terry Wogan, is appalling too.
However, the most appalling of all are the morons who send in their 'jokes' to Ken Bruce.
You know this is the unpopular opinions thread, right?

That aligns perfectly with my view, I’m sure we’re not alone!

nickfrog

21,440 posts

219 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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Punctilio said:
nickfrog said:
What's not factually true is the link to immigration that you imply, unless you can substantiate it.

But you knew that.
We both know this, I'd be wasting my time wouldn't I ?

I don't think substantiated statistics would convince you.
Try me. Always happy to learn!!

Oilchange

8,534 posts

262 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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Russell Harty was also a complete disaster too. Simmering spite when he interviewed Bowie

Punctilio

827 posts

25 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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nickfrog said:
Try me. Always happy to learn!!
Excellent, we can only pray a few dozen business minded Albanian families move in to your locality.
We'd love your feedback as to whether they have enriched the community.

nickfrog

21,440 posts

219 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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Punctilio said:
nickfrog said:
Try me. Always happy to learn!!
Excellent, we can only pray a few dozen business minded Albanian families move in to your locality.
We'd love your feedback as to whether they have enriched the community.
I am just after some evidence for your original claim. I have no skin in this game nor prejudice. Always happy to learn.


Turtle Shed

1,618 posts

28 months

Saturday 8th October 2022
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Johnspex said:
Blib said:
bongtom said:
Watched a few Wogan interviews and I've jut realised he is so bad and unfunny. He always looks really awkward and the interviews are filled with him looking at the camera like some ironic skit.
And fat shaming Jeff Cohen (Chunk in Goonies) was just not cool even in the 80s.

Wogan. Not a national treasure.
One for the teenagers there. hehe
Terry Wogan was appalling and Ken Bruce, who'd like to be Terry Wogan, is appalling too.
However, the most appalling of all are the morons who send in their 'jokes' to Ken Bruce.
Well he's read out at least fifty of mine over the years, and all being well my joke about a supermarket's budget quiche will entertain the nation for a few seconds on Monday.

Previous 'jokes' of mine include the fact that mobile phones were around almost a century ago as I read that King Harold lost his charger at the Battle of Hastings, and one about my wife getting a bye into the quarter finals of a bread making contest as she entered a seeded loaf.

e-honda

9,034 posts

148 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Turtle Shed said:
Anyone who doesn't think that Stewart Lee is a comedy genius is wrong.
What about Richard Herring?

Pit Pony

8,937 posts

123 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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captain_cynic said:
Cliftonite said:
Brake calipers are ugly and should be painted black, to blend in visually, not be in lurid colours to make them stand out.
Sir, this is a thread for unpopular opinions.
Brake calipers should not be painted. They should be grey cast iron, with a hint of rust, and cleaned with a greasy rag.

Punctilio

827 posts

25 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Your dogs do not understand everything you say, nor can they sense when you are sad.




glenrobbo

35,565 posts

152 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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paulguitar said:
singlecoil said:
Makeup should be banned, especially bright red lipstick, and eye makeup. And hair dye, that needs to go too. And tattoos and piercings.
I would like to add that injection thing that makes women's lips look like a trout and whatever is done with eyebrows where it looks like they have been shaved off and then painted back on, inaccurately.

Also, unnecessary vanity surgery, especially boob jobs, which is inserting two bags of chemicals. Yuk.
https://youtu.be/zFtUlxlLbmg

glenrobbo

35,565 posts

152 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Supermarket parking bays are much too wide.
Plus all of their car parks should be "Pay and Display" via dedicated app only with heavy penalties for failure to comply, especially in areas with poor or no 4G phone signal.


Lotusgone

1,217 posts

129 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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nickfrog said:
Punctilio said:

Children stabbing children is a crime unheard of 20 years ago, such outrages are one of the many
negative consequences of the UKs immigration policy.
I think your post is one of the many negative consequences of xenophobia. It is not even factually correct to start with, as highlighted by others.

As an immigrant myself, I am actually delighted by how welcoming and open minded the huge majority of people have been in the UK and I'd like to think I have re paid them as an employer, tax payer, exporter and law abiding citizen.
Big fan of diversity too.
I don't understand why diversity is thought by many to be a good thing.

China does not have a diverse population, and it's doing pretty well. Same with Japan. I don't think India is particularly diverse, and they have nuclear weapons and a space program.



nickfrog

21,440 posts

219 months

Sunday 9th October 2022
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Lotusgone said:
I don't understand why diversity is thought by many to be a good thing.
Sorry to hear that.