What are your unpopular opinions?

[C70R]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Show me a football club, I'll show you a bunch of scummy fans. Some are marginally worse than others, but it's ultimately a race to the bottom of the gene pool.

[C70R]

I'll top that one up with the view that boxing and MMA/UFC are among the stupidest 'sports' in the world. How stupid would you need to be to follow or participate in a sport where serious head injury is seen as 'success'.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

C70R said:

I'll top that one up with the view that boxing and MMA/UFC are among the stupidest 'sports' in the world. How stupid would you need to be to follow or participate in a sport where serious head injury is seen as 'success'.

If it weren't for boxing clubs teaching young boys from inner city areas some discipline (possibly the only discipline they are being taught in their lives) and how to focus their aggression, I suspect there'd be a lot more violent football fans.

[Frank7]

C70R said:

I'll top that one up with the view that boxing and MMA/UFC are among the stupidest 'sports' in the world. How stupid would you need to be to follow or participate in a sport where serious head injury is seen as 'success'.

I’d agree with you on that, but our opinions should maybe be in the “unpopular opinions” thread.
On the subject of football, almost all of my in-laws are die hard Millwall fans, but none of them would get involved with any crowd violence.
However, we’re all involved in a WhatsApp ring, and one of the younger members sent out a message last week, “anyone going to watch the boxing, and where?”
Another youngster replied, “I’m not bothered, wait until Saturday, when the Everton mob turn up, get somewhere with a good view, and you’ll see more punches than you can handle!”

[AC123]

Fox hunting is a good thing

[Flibble]

AC123 said:

Fox hunting is a good thing

Why?

[ReaperCushions]

AC123 said:

Fox hunting is a good thing

Certainly will make you unpopular along with already being a

[Countdown]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

C70R said:

I'll top that one up with the view that boxing and MMA/UFC are among the stupidest 'sports' in the world. How stupid would you need to be to follow or participate in a sport where serious head injury is seen as 'success'.

If it weren't for boxing clubs teaching young boys from inner city areas some discipline (possibly the only discipline they are being taught in their lives) and how to focus their aggression, I suspect there'd be a lot more violent football fans.

I think that’s a bit of a myth tbh (the discipline bit).

My youngest goes kickboxing. 90% of the parents are shaven headed tattooed psychopaths (and the dads aren’t much better) who send their kids there so that Little Aidan/Jayden/Kayden can “look after hisself” in the playground.

[PAULJ5555]

If you want people to stop speeding just hide all the cameras, have mobile cameras in horse boxes and builders vans. People then have no choice as you just dont know. If it doesnt work then they will collect more money anyway.

Edited by PAULJ5555 on Monday 28th January 08:58

[AAGR]

Darts is not a sport - it's just a pub game

?? Has that been suggested before ? In which case, sorry ....

[singlecoil]

Sport of any kind rapidly turns into a competition. Such competitions are pointless because even if they can be won, such wins are temporary. Much better to put all that energy, effort and time into something useful.

[Tired]

singlecoil said:

Sport of any kind rapidly turns into a competition. Such competitions are pointless because even if they can be won, such wins are temporary. Much better to put all that energy, effort and time into something useful.

Indeed, and without exception, that's the point.

[singlecoil]

Tired said:

singlecoil said:

Sport of any kind rapidly turns into a competition. Such competitions are pointless because even if they can be won, such wins are temporary. Much better to put all that energy, effort and time into something useful.

Indeed, and without exception, that's the point.

The sense in which I meant it has been defined as archaic, so my error, but the rest of my post constitutes the main part of my opinion on this subject.

[Flibble]

singlecoil said:

Sport of any kind rapidly turns into a competition. Such competitions are pointless because even if they can be won, such wins are temporary. Much better to put all that energy, effort and time into something useful.

Something useful, like posting on Pistonheads?

[Speed addicted]

PAULJ5555 said:

If you want people to stop speeding just hide all the cameras, have mobile cameras in horse boxes and builders vans. People then have no choice as you just dont know. If it doesnt work then they will collect more money anyway.

Or you could raise all the speed limits! Take the mean speed of traffic on roads with few accidents, if it's above the current limit or near it raise the limits.
Everyone's happy.

[Tired]

singlecoil said:

Tired said:

singlecoil said:

Sport of any kind rapidly turns into a competition. Such competitions are pointless because even if they can be won, such wins are temporary. Much better to put all that energy, effort and time into something useful.

Indeed, and without exception, that's the point.

The sense in which I meant it has been defined as archaic, so my error, but the rest of my post constitutes the main part of my opinion on this subject.

So if these sporting wins are temporary and therefore pointless, what else should one be spending time on that's less fleeting?

Based on your username, you're a guitarist? Ever played a gig? Had fun? But afterwards, it's done. it was only temporary. So, what was the point?

[ntiz]

PAULJ5555 said:

If you want people to stop speeding just hide all the cameras, have mobile cameras in horse boxes and builders vans. People then have no choice as you just dont know. If it doesnt work then they will collect more money anyway.

I have always thought along these lines. If the government were really serious about stopping speeding surely just set new law limiting all cars sold in the UK to 70? They could have system linked to your GPS that fines you every time you 0.5 over the limit it would stop it all over night. But they don’t.

Obviously that would be a living hell and I would leave promptly. But have always thought it funny that on the one had they tell us speeding is bad and driving fast is dangerous. Yet you can go and buy a Caterham or Atom to drive on the road.

Edited by PAULJ5555 on Monday 28th January 08:58

[singlecoil]

Tired said:

singlecoil said:

Tired said:

singlecoil said:

Sport of any kind rapidly turns into a competition. Such competitions are pointless because even if they can be won, such wins are temporary. Much better to put all that energy, effort and time into something useful.

Indeed, and without exception, that's the point.

The sense in which I meant it has been defined as archaic, so my error, but the rest of my post constitutes the main part of my opinion on this subject.

So if these sporting wins are temporary and therefore pointless, what else should one be spending time on that's less fleeting?

Based on your username, you're a guitarist? Ever played a gig? Had fun? But afterwards, it's done. it was only temporary. So, what was the point?

Can you really not think of anything more useful than seeing who can (for instance) run around a track the fastest?

[Shakermaker]

singlecoil said:

Can you really not think of anything more useful than seeing who can (for instance) run around a track the fastest?

I can think of many more things that are more useful than running around a track. But then we'd just make that into a competition too.

[ntiz]

People are naturally competitive it’s a good thing.