Unpopular Opinions #19

[Brigitjonesbuttcheek]

I can't see anything wrong with PDA as long as your not necking like teenagers. Also when you're in a new relationship you kinda can't help it.

I think it's easy for people that are in long term relationships to look down on PDAs but I bet when their relationship was new they had a snog or two in public.

 

[Run 101]

Public Displays of Affection should be banned - no one wants to see people play tonsil tennis

 

[Nelly's mum]

uo: Dubai is the most overrated holiday destination. No culture, all the restaurants don't serve local authentic cuisine, it's all manmade and there's nothing unique to do. Most people who go to dubai on instagram (cough influencers) never leave the hotel unless it's for a restaurant and lay by the pool. A manmade, materialistic city.

Completely agree. And I wouldn't want to go on holiday to somewhere that practices capital punishment either. Grim

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

I don't care about how people pay their tax. I don't care if they use loopholes, non dom status and off shore accounts. As long as it's legal and the system allows it, carry on. I don't care about Jimmy Carr, Gary Barlow or Lorraine Kelly.

No one wants to pay more tax than they have too. NO ONE. Some of us are PAYE. Some of us are self employed. Some work through limited companies. Some of us are millionaires. Everyone single person will pay the minimum they can get away with.

 

[FlipFlop0706]

Things like this all over SM

"wanted please - fleece and towel pieces (will be covered, so don't need to be in perfect condition) - I'm trying to make sanitary products to be sent for Ukraine Refugees. thankyou"

Maybe I'm wrong but how on earth would displaced people be able to wash things like this? Surly in crises like these ( and only these) is a time for disposable everything.

Also every time someone offers something up for free.. Yes please, I am housing a Ukrainian/ family and this would be perfect.

Reminds me of "I am an NHS frontline worker" before every post

Why not just DONATE sanitary items? £1 a pack. Oh because you then can’t make a song and a dance about how you are working so hard to help.

 

[PrincessCharming]

I don't care about how people pay their tax. I don't care if they use loopholes, non dom status and off shore accounts. As long as it's legal and the system allows it, carry on. I don't care about Jimmy Carr, Gary Barlow or Lorraine Kelly.

No one wants to pay more tax than they have too. NO ONE. Some of us are PAYE. Some of us are self employed. Some work through limited companies. Some of us are millionaires. Everyone single person will pay the minimum they can get away with.

My husband was asked to be part of a scheme like the one Jimmy Carr was in. We’d have ended up paying 3% tax if we’d gone ahead. Husband said no as even though it was legal it was dodgy. Some people he knows who did do it had demands for back taxes many years later running into the hundreds of thousands (no sympathy for them).

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

My husband was asked to be part of a scheme like the one Jimmy Carr was in. We’d have ended up paying 3% tax if we’d gone ahead. Husband said no as even though it was legal it was dodgy. Some people he knows who did do it had demands for back taxes many years later running into the hundreds of thousands (no sympathy for them).

Neither do I but I also won't condemn them. If the system allows it then the system is wrong.

Everyone takes part in some sort of tax avoidance in their life. Whether it's a cash in hand job, selling stuff on eBay and not declaring it, bringing in goods from abroad you've bought on holiday, buying stuff you know fell of the back of a lorry ...

Just can't be dealing with holier than thou attitudes towards tax.

 

[PrincessCharming]

Neither do I but I also won't condemn them. If the system allows it then the system is wrong.

Everyone takes part in some sort of tax avoidance in their life. Whether it's a cash in hand job, selling stuff on eBay and not declaring it, bringing in goods from abroad you've bought on holiday, buying stuff you know fell of the back of a lorry ...

Just can't be dealing with holier than thou attitudes towards tax.

Taking extra duty free back or doing the odd casher, even if everyone did it, is nothing in comparison to the billions the Tory cronies are avoiding, sanctioned that those in office who make the rules to suit them.

Selling your own stuff on eBay doesn’t have to be declared. You paid the tax on it when it was new to you. Buying and selling for profit is different.

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

Taking extra duty free back or doing the odd casher, even if everyone did it, is nothing in comparison to the billions the Tory cronies are avoiding, sanctioned that those in office who make the rules to suit them.

Selling your own stuff on eBay doesn’t have to be declared. You paid the tax on it when it was new to you. Buying and selling for profit is different.

It's all relative. You're still not paying duty on stuff you should. There are plenty of little industries going on on eBay not declaring anything.

It's not just Tory cronies either. Your political bias coming through there. Amanda Abbingdon, the great socialist, managed to go bankrupt from not paying her taxes even though her partner at the time had millions. Anyone with large amounts of money will try and keep hold of as much of it as possible.

 

[Begborrowsteal]

Both ends of the spectrum will want to keep as much of their money as possible. One out of necessity and one out of greed.

 

[PrincessCharming]

I will fully admit to having a bias against the Tories They are a bunch of self serving immoral cunts who don’t give a single tit about the hard working people they are supposed to serve. They line their own pockets and make the rules that allow them to do so with no consequences.

Any working class person who votes for them is a deluded fool.

 

[OnlyHereForTheLolz]

Agree with part of this. There is no need for kissing in public, no need for PDAs. I think if you really love your partner you won't feel the need to show everyone.

What, so if somebody kiss their partner, and we're not talking a full on make out session, you think they should be arrested and flogged etc? Did you take your meds this morning?

I will fully admit to having a bias against the Tories They are a bunch of self serving immoral cunts who don’t give a single tit about the hard working people they are supposed to serve. They line their own pockets and make the rules that allow them to do so with no consequences.

Any working class person who votes for them is a deluded fool.

So what about Tony Blair and his cronies then? I guess their millions and pocket lining is deserved

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

Agree with part of this. There is no need for kissing in public, no need for PDAs. I think if you really love your partner you won't feel the need to show everyone.

If you do kiss or show affection in public or in front of others does it mean you don’t really love your partner?

 

[OnlyHereForTheLolz]

I don't care about how people pay their tax. I don't care if they use loopholes, non dom status and off shore accounts. As long as it's legal and the system allows it, carry on. I don't care about Jimmy Carr, Gary Barlow or Lorraine Kelly.

No one wants to pay more tax than they have too. NO ONE. Some of us are PAYE. Some of us are self employed. Some work through limited companies. Some of us are millionaires. Everyone single person will pay the minimum they can get away with.

I somewhat agree. But I do think businesses should be forced to pay all their taxes and not use loopholes and handshaked deals. I'm talking about amazon and google and companies of that ilk. If they just paid their taxes we'd all be rich

 

[Run 101]

All politcal parties are as bad as each other

 

[whippersnapper]

Married couples who refer to one another as "Mommy" and "Daddy" are creepy AF.

I'm not talking about referring to one another, out front of your small children, that way. I (kinda) get how you want your children to know how to call/refer to the other parent "Give this to Mommy" etc. But, when your kids are older and you still call your partner "Mommy/Daddy", it isn't for your kids - it's for you - and that's treading the incestual waters a bit.

 

[OnlyHereForTheLolz]

Married couples who refer to one another as "Mommy" and "Daddy" are creepy AF.

I'm not talking about referring to one another, out front of your small children, that way. I (kinda) get how you want your children to know how to call/refer to the other parent "Give this to Mommy" etc. But, when your kids are older and you still call your partner "Mommy/Daddy", it isn't for your kids - it's for you - and that's treading the incestual waters a bit.

Agreed, its very gross but I do wonder if it's more to do with seeing them as a good father/mother and not a father or mother figure. Anyway it's still creepy AF

 

[Rxt156]

Agree with part of this. There is no need for kissing in public, no need for PDAs. I think if you really love your partner you won't feel the need to show everyone.

It’s not for everyone else’s benefit What if they’re kissing to show each other affection?

 

[JOHN1967]

Unfortunately I don't know how to multiquote, but it seems, my comment seems to have struck a nerve in many. I won't argue as that as got me into trouble before.

Suffice to say, if you do something that is against the rules of a country then expect to face the consequences, however we may think it is unjust. With PDA most of us have homes, and who decides what level of PDA is acceptable and what is not.

Neither do I but I also won't condemn them. If the system allows it then the system is wrong.

Everyone takes part in some sort of tax avoidance in their life. Whether it's a cash in hand job, selling stuff on eBay and not declaring it, bringing in goods from abroad you've bought on holiday, buying stuff you know fell of the back of a lorry ...

Just can't be dealing with holier than thou attitudes towards tax.

Although I agree with the sentiment, working cash in hand, for example, is tax evasion and not tax avoidance. Evasion is illegal whereas avoidance is not.

 

[whippersnapper]

Agreed, its very gross but I do wonder if it's more to do with seeing them as a good father/mother and not a father or mother figure. Anyway it's still creepy AF

I have no idea. I do recognize that it may be a regional thing - Southern Americans - tend to do it more often. Every time (thankfully it's not too often) I hear couples speak to each other that way I hear banjos playing and I want to pick my teeth with a piece of hay.