Unpopular opinions #4

[Notgonnalie]

Then you take your dogs somewhere they can do that without being a risk or places that are designed for that purpose, so everyone there has an understanding and has agreed to it.

As a dog owner I fully agree with you! We wouldn’t have taken on the responsibility of a dog if we didn’t have the space outside for it too run off lead in our safe secure garden, and we also take him to to dog parks where he can socialise off lead with other dogs. Any other time he’s on a lead! As a family we are dog people but very aware not everyone we meet on our walks are dog people. Our dog has the personality of a cat he’s very aloof and not the licky type or anything but he does like a stroke and then he’s happy to go away but he wouldn’t beg for a stroke either he is very well trained but he is still an animal and I wouldn’t risk him being alone with my own kids let alone approaching strangers!

 

[that1]

Then you take your dogs somewhere they can do that without being a risk or places that are designed for that purpose, so everyone there has an understanding and has agreed to it.

most public places are dog friendly though and allow for dogs off lead. The post said they thought dogs should be kept on lead in all public spaces

 

[Jesus]

Parents who take their children (i.e. toddlers) to festivals are dickheads and bad parents. Having your child stood next to a 19 year old who’s tripping out on ket is not edgy or cool, it's bleeping irresponsible. It's purely selfish, what is a kid going to get out of the experience?

Not really the same but I was at a music festival where some moran brought their dog (Holland), these people were close to my tent. At around 3pm they had the window of their car smashed in by a police officer because they left their dog in the car (must have gotten sick of their dog after a 5 day festival). Anyways around 11 pm we witnessed the couple coming back to their car to a smashed window and a letter from the police. These people were going to leave their dog 8 hours in a car, 30 degrees heat.

What benefit did the DOG have from being at the music festival? Getting approached by random people on drugs and then getting locked in a car for god knows how long when your owners get sick of you. I am nit sure what happened to these people/the dog afterwards. The Dutch are very strict on animal abuse, I wouldn't be surprised if they never got their dog back.

 

[HeyGuyth]

Kitkat chunkies are the best

 

[jackolantern]

most public places are dog friendly though and allow for dogs off lead. The post said they thought dogs should be kept on lead in all public spaces

Just because they allow it doesn't mean you should though. There's no laws against farting in a swimming pool, but it's still a crappy thing to do. A public park is dog friendly, but it's manners to put your dog on the lead when someone else is passing. I'm not saying they should be on a lead *all* the time, but when you are passing someone else/another dog, then I feel it is the right thing to do unless both parties are OK with the situation. Sometime this is obvious and the other person is clearly just as happy as you for the interaction, but most of the time it's very clear people are not and people ignore this.

If you let your off lead dog run up to a person, child or on-lead dog without permission, you are an asshole. I don't care how "friendly" you think your dog is.

 

[Ibrokethegoddamnwheel]

I hate it when dogs try to lick my face. They use that same tongue to lick their arseholes, no thanks.

When one of my kids was a toddler we were walking on the grass at the park and this dog comes charging up to us and knocked my toddler off their feet. The owner was calling it but it obviously wasn’t listening. It was one of the most terrifying moments of my life because I didn’t know this dog and didn’t know it’s intentions. Fortunately my kid wasn’t hurt but they were scared. Gave the owner a right mouthful, so irresponsible.

If your dog has poor recall they shouldn’t be off the lead at all imo. You shouldn’t allow them to go charging up to strangers, even if they are ‘being friendly’. The problem is many people get a dog but have absolutely no idea how to train them and don’t seem to believe that dogs can actually be dangerous. So that’s another unpopular opinion of mine, people who think dogs don’t have the potential to act like the animals they are are idiots who cause their dogs to act out in the first place through their own ignorance.

 

[lupanda]

This is such a strange take. I'm bisexual - married to a man but had sexual encounters with both genders, more so with men. Never dated a woman. The number of people aware of my sexuality is minimal so really not sure how I'm bi "for attention" or to make me more interesting???

Unpopular opinion is a lot of you don't know what bisexual is.

I agree. I’m bisexual. I’ve never dated a woman but I know I’m bisexual. Just as people who are straight who have never dated anyone know that they’re straight, and gay people who haven’t dated know they are gay.

 

[that1]

Just because they allow it doesn't mean you should though. There's no laws against farting in a swimming pool, but it's still a crappy thing to do. A public park is dog friendly, but it's manners to put your dog on the lead when someone else is passing. I'm not saying they should be on a lead *all* the time, but when you are passing someone else/another dog, then I feel it is the right thing to do unless both parties are OK with the situation. Sometime this is obvious and the other person is clearly just as happy as you for the interaction, but most of the time it's very clear people are not and people ignore this.

If you let your off lead dog run up to a person, child or on-lead dog without permission, you are an asshole. I don't care how "friendly" you think your dog is.

Yeh no I agree with you, I’m not disagreeing with that at all.

the original unpopular opinion was that dogs shouldn’t be allowed off lead anywhere, at all, ever. A total ban. No off lead in dog parks, no dogs off lead in standard parks etc.

I was offering an alternative view that this would probably make a lot of bad dog behaviour worse and that dogs would suffer and need to be let off lead sometimes.

 

[Jesus]

I do agree with you but I was addressing the point that people act like women marrying men means they aren't bi anymore.


Pronouns though, gets right on my tits and I'm sick to death of every zoom meeting seeing *name (she/her)*... I'm not going to be referring to you on zoom anyway cause I don't bleeping like you but if I have to it won't be by anything other than your actual name and considering your pronouns are not different from the norm why are you putting them in?!

I have not see these pronouns used at the end of emails/names. Are these people trans? Or biological women/men?

 

[that1]

I hate it when dogs try to lick my face. They use that same tongue to lick their arseholes, no thanks.

When one of my kids was a toddler we were walking on the grass at the park and this dog comes charging up to us and knocked my toddler off their feet. It was one of the most terrifying moments of my life because I didn’t know this dog and didn’t know it’s intentions. Fortunately my kid wasn’t hurt but they were scared. Gave the owner a right mouthful. If your dog has poor recall they shouldn’t be off the lead at all imo. You shouldn’t allow them to go charging up to strangers. The problem is many people get a dog but have absolutely no idea how to train them.

their assholes are probably the least disgusting thing they’ve had in their mouths! I love dogs but they can be really gross sometimes!

 

[SqualorVictoria]

I agree. I’m bisexual. I’ve never dated a woman but I know I’m bisexual. Just as people who are straight who have never dated anyone know that they’re straight, and gay people who haven’t dated know they are gay.

I can't make it any clearer what I meant and have repeated myself several times since. If you and other posters want to be obtuse then that's on you

 

[Daisymai]

I agree. I’m bisexual. I’ve never dated a woman but I know I’m bisexual. Just as people who are straight who have never dated anyone know that they’re straight, and gay people who haven’t dated know they are gay.

I agree with you- even before I was at the age where I was attracted to people, I knew I was straight.

I do think though- particularly when I was younger- late teens/ early twenties. Where girls I knew who had never mentioned being bi previously and had always talked about liking boys would suddenly make out with
girls at a party and then tell everyone they are bi. They would never go any further than that and would always go home with a guy. That’s when I think they are claiming to be bi for attention. I actually think that people who do this, make it harder for people who are actually bisexual

 

[jackolantern]

Yeh no I agree with you, I’m not disagreeing with that at all.

the original unpopular opinion was that dogs shouldn’t be allowed off lead anywhere, at all, ever. A total ban. No off lead in dog parks, no dogs off lead in standard parks etc.

I was offering an alternative view that this would probably make a lot of bad dog behaviour worse and that dogs would suffer and need to be let off lead sometimes.

Fair enough, I apologise then as I misread that and didn't see the suggestion was toward a total ban. I agree that's not a good idea overall. I think my GSD would eat me alive if she was never allowed a run around, she hates me enough at the best of times

 

[PrincessCharming]

Kitkat chunkies are the best

peanut butter kitkat chunkies

 

[Spilttea]

Lash extensions rarely look nice on anyone outside of a night out.
They shouldn’t be worn everyday.
Watching women with overly long lash extensions on a bare face/minimal makeup face (see new influencers) who think it makes them look groomed, it really doesn’t, it just makes them look strange with overly dark dark fake lashes on a bare face

 

[SqualorVictoria]

I agree with you- even before I was at the age where I was attracted to people, I knew I was straight.

I do think though- particularly when I was younger- late teens/ early twenties. Where girls I knew who had never mentioned being bi previously and had always talked about liking boys would suddenly make out with
girls at a party and then tell everyone they are bi. They would never go any further than that and would always go home with a guy. That’s when I think they are claiming to be bi for attention. I actually think that people who do this, make it harder for people who are actually bisexual

Exactly. This has been my point all along!

 

[jackolantern]

I think adding to the Bi conversation - (in my experience anyway), alot of women think they are Bi because they find women attractive. I think alot of this comes from the fact that most straight men would at the thought of finding another man attractive, so women think, well if I find women attractive, I must be Bi? I think women can far more easily appreciate other women's beauty than men can with other men. I find women absolutely beautiful and far more attractive than men, but the thought of anything sexual makes me want to yeet myself off a cliff. No hate to people who feel the opposite of course, just not for me personally.

Like I say, just my experience and maybe another unpopular opinion, but most 'Bi' women I know have actually never had a single encounter with women (or expressed any desire to) and just think they are gorgeous.

 

[lupanda]

I agree with you- even before I was at the age where I was attracted to people, I knew I was straight.

I do think though- particularly when I was younger- late teens/ early twenties. Where girls I knew who had never mentioned being bi previously and had always talked about liking boys would suddenly make out with
girls at a party and then tell everyone they are bi. They would never go any further than that and would always go home with a guy. That’s when I think they are claiming to be bi for attention. I actually think that people who do this, make it harder for people who are actually bisexual

Oh they’re is 100% people who do that. It’s definitely why people roll their eyes at bisexuality.

 

[FenellaTheWitch]

Old people shouldn't be on social media, they are even grumpier than normal and don't understand the nuances of using it. Also they always say "thank you for adding me to the group" and if they don't like what somebody says they write a whole biography about it and how us "youngsters" should be more respectful etc etc

What do you regard as old? Asking for a friend

 

[Jesus]

I don't really care about bi women/men but I would not date a bi man. The idea of my boyfriend taking or sucking dick gives me the ick