What are your unpopular opinions?

[Dr Jekyll]

bristolbaron said:

Try living as an ethnic minority in another country for a while, until someone calls you a ‘****ing dirty Brit c***’ and spits in your face for no reason other than your appearance. Then repost.

But in that situation it's the ‘****ing dirty c***’ and the spit that's the issue, not the word 'Brit'.

[anonymous-user]

bristolbaron said:

Try living as an ethnic minority in another country for a while, until someone calls you a ‘****ing dirty Brit c***’ and spits in your face for no reason other than your appearance. Then repost.

I have had similar twice in my working life. Once as an 18yr old working away from home for the first time. Not nice.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

bristolbaron said:

Try living as an ethnic minority in another country for a while, until someone calls you a ‘****ing dirty Brit c***’

I've had that working as a Londoner in Northern Ireland.

[Frank7]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

bristolbaron said:

Try living as an ethnic minority in another country for a while, until someone calls you a ‘****ing dirty Brit c***’

I've had that working as a Londoner in Northern Ireland.

I did a week trucking oil tanker trailers between Larne, Antrim, and Coolkeeragh power station, in Londonderry, which I very quickly learned to call Derry, in 1974.
No one called me that, but I only spoke when I had no alternative, as it was virtually impossible to mask my Cockney accent.

[Evanivitch]

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

[DoubleD]

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

It tastes good. Thats a good enough reason for me.

[The Moose]

DoubleD said:

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

It tastes good. Thats a good enough reason for me.

Mmmmmm Bacon

[anonymous-user]

Evanivitch said:

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

We do it to keep the cow population down, otherwise they would take over.

[GeneralSinn]

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

Well, humans are evolved omnivores and meat contains a large amount of necessary proteins, fats, nutrients and biotin and pantothenic acids.

[br d]

GeneralSinn said:

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

Well, humans are evolved omnivores and meat contains a large amount of necessary proteins, fats, nutrients and biotin and pantothenic acids.

"Necessary"?
I must have been dead for the last 35 years then!

[br d]

I'm sure this is short-sighted of me but I cannot listen to somebody with a rising inflection. When I hear somebody who uses it giving an opinion on the radio, even if they are a Professor of Everything expert I just immediately switch off.

It's maybe forgivable in someone 20 or under but if you are 40 years old then you did not grow up talking like that, it's pure affectation. You have heard other people doing it and think it will make you sound interesting. I can't be bothered to listen to the thoughts of somebody that shallow, however clever they might be.

[JimbobVFR]

Dr Jekyll said:

A BMW Mini isn't really a BMW Mini, it's too big and s actually a BMW Morris Minor. Albeit FWD and trendy.

I've thought they should resurrect the Maxi name. Maybe sell it in Jewish Racing Gold (metallic biege) like my old one was.

[Blown2CV]

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

There are loads of good reasons. Being a type of ‘tarian is generally about removing things from your diet that you don’t agree with, not because there is no point to them... do you not agree?

[loafer123]

br d said:

GeneralSinn said:

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

Well, humans are evolved omnivores and meat contains a large amount of necessary proteins, fats, nutrients and biotin and pantothenic acids.

"Necessary"?
I must have been dead for the last 35 years then!

That reminds me of that old joke;

How do you know if someone is a Vegan?

Because they tell you, repeatedly.

[deckster]

br d said:

GeneralSinn said:

Well, humans are evolved omnivores and meat contains a large amount of necessary proteins, fats, nutrients and biotin and pantothenic acids.

"Necessary"?
I must have been dead for the last 35 years then!

Logical fail. Meat containing lots of necessary nutrition does not imply that other foodstuffs don't.

[Evanivitch]

GeneralSinn said:

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

Well, humans are evolved omnivores and meat contains a large amount of necessary proteins, fats, nutrients and biotin and pantothenic acids.

All of which can be found through other foods or supplements. This amazing thing called science has advanced so much since we hunted mammoth and grazed for berries.

[Evanivitch]

loafer123 said:

That reminds me of that old joke;

How do you know if someone is a Vegan?

Because they tell you, repeatedly.

Ironically, I'm not a vegan. I'm not even a vegetarian. But neither am I blind to the fact that meat is a luxury in our diet, not a necessity.

[Frank7]

JimbobVFR said:

I've thought they should resurrect the Maxi name. Maybe sell it in Jewish Racing Gold (metallic biege) like my old one was.

That post hasn’t upset me one iota, in fact I think that it’s quite humorous, but it’s dollars to doughnuts, that someone will read this and label both of us as holocaust deniers.

[Down and out]

Mmm... mammoth steak.

[Evanivitch]

The Moose said:

DoubleD said:

Evanivitch said:

AC123 said:

There is absolutely no good reason to be a vegan.

There's no good reason to eat meat either.

It tastes good. Thats a good enough reason for me.

Mmmmmm Bacon

So when a meat free alternative that tastes like bacon is available (probably never, but hypothetically), you'll have no reason to eat real bacon? Glad you're clear on that.