Unpopular opinions?

crfische

YOU JUST WAIT TILL SEASON OPENER, SCHRAMM.

CLSchramm

I really don't care about football all that much, I think it's fun to watch but my hometown team sucks (Rams). I do have a lot of friends down in LA though who were totally psyched about that win. And I was happy for them.

Audrey&Austin

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Around here, this is not an unpopular opinion ;)
Posted by alixzafiris[/QUOTE]
I guess I don't hang around enough. Most of the women I work with think Twilight is the sh!t.

Moneypenny424

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[QUOTE]I hate Twilight. I feel like it was horribly written and SM hates women. THe movies were horribly done and the acting was terrible. I think Robert Pattinson was a much better Cedric. I hate going into a restraunt and people having their screaming children. If you can't control your child, don't bring it out. I want to enjoy a nice meal out with my FI, not try to get through my meal as fast as possible because you don't want to discipline your kid. I hate that a gay couple isn't allowed to adopt. They love each other and would love to have a child, but because they're "going against god" you don't want to let them have a child. You instead want thousands of kdis in foster care draining the government... Makes sense. I hate  that people in the US call football "soccer". It's called football. You know what FIFA stands for? Federal Internation Football Assosciation. <strong>What Americans call football is pansy a$$ rugby.</strong> I don't get as excited about football any other time than the World Cup because there isn't anything like the World Cup! Yes, I'm going to be excited and talk with people about it. No, it doesn't mean that I don't know or watch it on a regular basis. I hate pretty much every sport. I find American sports to be extremely boring. And I'm American. I like hockey and football. Why would you waste your time to watch any of the other boring sports out there?
Posted by Audrey&Austin[/QUOTE]

This just shows you know nothing about American football.  How is it pansy rugby?  Because they wear pads?  It's a different game with different tackling styles and way more injuries.  I don't think you can call American football "pansy" and not acknowledge the drama queens who play soccer.

laladypoet

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[QUOTE]Won't earn my Fische points, but I totally cheered for the Saints. NO, LA needed that win.
Posted by CLSchramm[/QUOTE]

come sit next to me. while I don't like football, I was totally rooting for the Saints.

alixzafiris

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : I guess I don't hang around enough. Most of the women I work with think Twilight is the sh!t.
Posted by Audrey&Austin[/QUOTE]

Oh I think Twilight is tehe schit, but I'm one of only a handful (at least who admit it) around here who do.

georgia_bride09

[QUOTE]Going the wedding related route for a second: I hate matching bridesmaid dresses.  I think it looks ridiculous. 
Posted by eastunder1[/QUOTE]

DItto this. I went to a wedding last weekend and they all had on matching dresses. Out of the four, it looked good on one of them and like sh!t on the rest of them (especially the pregnant one, and it was not her fault). Clearly we're not all shaped the same, so why should several women ever be forced to wear the same dress that may or may not be flattering.

aprovencher21

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : see, I think in some circumstances it's ok. for example, corgis are used a LOT on ranches for herding, so they often breed the ones they have to work. I don't like breeding just to make money, or just to show. I think showing dogs takes them so far away from dogs' roots. believe it or not, dogs love to work.
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]

As a breeder....if you're doing it correctly you aren't making money.  I typically barely break even and the program is all about the dogs.  Breeding, if done correctly, is about creating the healthiest and most well tempered dogs of a specific breed.  I obviously see no problem with breeding responsibly. 

I agree that certain breeds like to work.  Mine are genuinely lazy.....till you get them into a faux hunting trial.

opalsky007

I don't see why one can't like both American football and asSOCiation football (that's where the name soccer comes from, BTW). Both kick ass. Not your cup of tea? Fine. But what do you care whether other people like them?

Audrey&Austin

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : This just shows you know nothing about American football.  How is it pansy rugby?  Because they wear pads?  It's a different game with different tackling styles and way more injuries.  I don't think you can call American football "pansy" and not acknowledge the drama queens who play soccer.
Posted by Moneypenny424[/QUOTE]
There is nothing exciting to me about watching people try to run a couple yards, try to catch a ball, miss, get tackled, call time out, etc. I find real football to be an active where something is constantly happening. Yes, they are drama queens, but try getting slide tackled when you're running at full speed. They don't wear pads really, so that is a really painful experience.

And since this is a thread about "Unpopular Opinions" I feel like this was the perfect place to vent all of my frustrations about the American Football. I find it to be quite boring and slow.

alixzafiris

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : This just shows you know nothing about American football.  How is it pansy rugby?  Because they wear pads?  It's a different game with different tackling styles and way more injuries.  I don't think you can call American football "pansy" and not acknowledge the drama queens who play soccer.
Posted by Moneypenny424[/QUOTE]

You can't say it's way more injuries. I watch the Tri-Nations and 4 Nations and Super 12 religiously; as well as SA leagues when I can get them and they're forever getting hurt. But yes, you can't compare them, they are totally different games.

wadingmoose

GO RIDERS!

(seriously, if you grew up in Saskatchewan, you might never see a game, you might not even know the rules of football (CFL), buy you'll wear a watermelon helmet and cheer insanely for the provincial team.  It's bizarre.  I was also initiated)

CLSchramm

Oh, and for the record, I'd like to jump on the 'I hate Twilight' bandwagon, but not for the usual reasons. I couldn't give two sh!ts about the movies; of course they're going to be horrible, what movie besides LoTR ever did it's book justice?? But, you can't make a good movie at all unless the book plot gives you something. And Twilight just doesn't. It's just another teen angst story with vampires thrown in to make it more interesting. And the vampire stuff doesn't even make sense. SM couldn't write a good book if her life depended on it. I really wanted to tear the part of my brain out that housed those stories after I read it...I feel it's bringing down my IQ as I speak!

crfische

LALA IF YOU DONT LIKE FOOTBALL ALL YEAR ROUND YOU CANT CHEER.

Do you hear me?!

emilyinchile

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[QUOTE]I hate  that people in the US call football "soccer". It's called football. <strong>You know what FIFA stands for? Federal Internation Football Assosciation.</strong> What Americans call football is pansy a$$ rugby. I don't get as excited about football any other time than the World Cup because there isn't anything like the World Cup! Yes, I'm going to be excited and talk with people about it. No, it doesn't mean that I don't know or watch it on a regular basis. I hate pretty much every sport. I find American sports to be extremely boring. And I'm American. I like hockey and football. Why would you waste your time to watch any of the other boring sports out there?
Posted by Audrey&Austin[/QUOTE]

That's not what FIFA stands for. It's Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

And I think it comes across as pretentious when people from the US call soccer football. It's the same as insisting on calling it a lorry/lift/loo/crisps just because the Brits do. I'm half English, but I was raised almost entirely in the US, so I use the words of where I grew up.

ETA: Jasmineh, I know you're entitled to your unpopular opinion and all, but I really don't get your stance on sports.

Audrey&Austin

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[QUOTE]I don't see why one can't like both American football and <strong>asSOCiation football (that's where the name soccer comes from, BTW)</strong>. Both kick ass. Not your cup of tea? Fine. But what do you care whether other people like them?
Posted by opalsky007[/QUOTE]
I didn't know that, interesting....

salt78

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Oh I think Twilight is tehe schit, but I'm one of only a handful (at least who admit it) around here who do.
Posted by alixzafiris[/QUOTE]

<div>*high five*</div>

laladypoet

I don't know about anyone else, but I won't be able to sleep tonight after hearing audrey's opinion. it's THAT important.

crfische

Bazinga, Emily! Woot.

salt78

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? :  And I think it comes across as pretentious when people from the US call soccer football. 
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

<div>THIS. So much. </div>

laladypoet

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[QUOTE]LALA IF YOU DONT LIKE FOOTBALL ALL YEAR ROUND YOU CANT CHEER. Do you hear me?!
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]
Nazi.

smokeybailey

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : As a breeder....if you're doing it correctly you aren't making money.  I typically barely break even and the program is all about the dogs.  Breeding, if done correctly, is about <strong>creating the healthiest and most well tempered dogs of a specific breed.</strong>  I obviously see no problem with breeding responsibly.  I agree that certain breeds like to work.  Mine are genuinely lazy.....till you get them into a faux hunting trial.
Posted by aprovencher21[/QUOTE]

No, not really.  Have you ever seen a "show" german shepherd?  You think their "frog legs" are healthy?  I don't beleive so.  There are examples of this as well such as bulldogs.  That is my opinion-unpopular or not.

Moneypenny424

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : You can't say it's way more injuries. I watch the Tri-Nations and 4 Nations and Super 12 religiously; as well as SA leagues when I can get them and they're forever getting hurt. But yes, you can't compare them, they are totally different games.
Posted by alixzafiris[/QUOTE]

You're right.  I should have clarified--American football players DO get more major injuries (broken necks, etc.), but ruggers likely get more less serious injuries.  And I'm not making fun of rugby--I love it!  I used to be a lock (#5).

I don't care if people don't like football, just don't call it pansy.

laladypoet

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : That's not what FIFA stands for. It's Fédération Internationale de Football Association. And I think it comes across as pretentious when people from the US call soccer football. It's the same as insisting on calling it a lorry/lift/loo/crisps just because the Brits do. I'm half English, but I was raised almost entirely in the US, so I use the words of where I grew up. ETA: Jasmineh, I know you're entitled to your unpopular opinion and all, but I really don't get your stance on sports.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

I rate this post rad.

alixzafiris

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : That's not what FIFA stands for. It's Fédération Internationale de Football Association. And I think it comes across as pretentious when people from the US call soccer football. It's the same as insisting on calling it a lorry/lift/loo/crisps just because the Brits do. I'm half English, but I was raised almost entirely in the US, so I use the words of where I grew up. ETA: Jasmineh, I know you're entitled to your unpopular opinion and all, but I really don't get your stance on sports.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

Yes to all this, thank you very much. I call it football; I'm not North American. My husband calls it soccer because he's North American. It is totally pretentious when people pretend otherwise.

laladypoet

There are examples of this as well such as bulldogs.
so true. bulldogs have been bred to mutants. they can't even mate. they used to be a LOT more functional.
and look at dalmations. they've been inbred to the point of deafness.

FutureMrsTR

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? :And I think it comes across as pretentious when people from the US call soccer football. It's the same as insisting on calling it a lorry/lift/loo/crisps just because the Brits do.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

Thissss.  A woman I work with likes F1 and bought a Mini Cooper and now thinks she's British.  She is constantly talking about putting things in the boot and I heard her say trunk one day and it took all of my self control not to throw that in her face because she's so pretentious about it.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Neither my sister nor BF attended UCLA, but by association with me, they have come to love my dear Bruins.  I also think that people that are from an area look at a team as the "home team" and love them just by being in close proximity.  Perhaps they wanted to go to school there but couldn't for whatever reason.  My next unpopular opinion is that I do not like pro basketball or football but LOVE NCAA ball.
Posted by smokeybailey[/QUOTE]

Well... there's also the issue of LA not having a pro football team. Which is weird.

laladypoet

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[QUOTE] I used to be a lock (#5). I don't care if people don't like football, just don't call it pansy.
Posted by Moneypenny424[/QUOTE]
I don't know why but for some reason this made me like moneypenny 10X more. I like when girls aren't afraid to play "guy" sports.

alixzafiris

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Thissss.  A woman I work with likes F1 and bought a Mini Cooper and now thinks she's British.  She is constantly talking about putting things in the boot and I heard her say trunk one day and it took all of my self control not to throw that in her face because she's so pretentious about it.
Posted by FutureMrsTR[/QUOTE]

I'm confused as to the correlation between F1 and a Mini? But anyways, that would drive me batty and I'd tell her to shut her trap and go back to being American. But I'm a biitch like that ;)