unpopular opinions

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:304abe6d-7922-4adf-8cb1-1be64cbf45f8">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : What about people who marry inanimate objects like a pillow or the <a href="http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/03/11/woman-marries-the-object-of-her-desire-the-eiffel-tower/" rel="nofollow">www.lemondrop.com/2009/03/11/woman-marries-the-object-of-her-desire-the-eiffel-tower/</a> " target="_blank"> Eiffel Tower ?
Posted by arbolita[/QUOTE]

I know you're joking (?) but I'm in favor of extending marriage to anyone who can legally sign a marriage contract. Which means people wouldn't be able to marry animals, inanimate objects, or children. But multiple people could marry each other and they would be able to marry a person of any sex or gender as well.

wadingmoose · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:439a5a95-3899-4177-ae2e-c7d9770b0ce7">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]L-Bride - I totally get what you're saying. My FI's salary is more than mine will ever be, that's for sure. The only thing that strikes me as wrong is that it's kind of unfair for one person to work full time because... hey, maybe he doesn't want to. NOT saying your FI doesn't want to, but if I made a lot of money and FI wanted to stay at home just to persue more "fun" activities than working, I might want some kind of compromise, like both of us working part time.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

Actually, it makes less sense to have two people working part time. The biggest disadvantage comes in benefits. Most part time jobs do not include benefits. Also, part time jobs in many fields are difficult to come by. Typically around here, part time jobs mean unskilled jobs unless you're already working at a company that is willing to let you do what you do part time and even then it's not always advantageous.

mandapanda78 · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:84ef45a8-4cc3-4096-91c8-d3201b8b441b">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : So, it's ok for me to say, "I don't agree with people being welders?" Because, you know, it's not something I'd want to do so I clearly don't agree with it? What?
Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]

<div>I've been busy working and have been trying to keep up with this thread like mad. TJ, Moose, I'm buying a ticket to jump on your train.</div><div>
</div><div>Also the above comment made me laugh.</div>

georgia_bride09 · July 2010

I also love wikipedia, but with mery's guidleines as well.

Also, mery, love your avatar.

GreenPepperBurger · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:304abe6d-7922-4adf-8cb1-1be64cbf45f8">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : What about people who marry inanimate objects like a pillow or the <a href="http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/03/11/woman-marries-the-object-of-her-desire-the-eiffel-tower/" rel="nofollow">www.lemondrop.com/2009/03/11/woman-marries-the-object-of-her-desire-the-eiffel-tower/</a> " target="_blank"> Eiffel Tower ?
Posted by arbolita[/QUOTE]

Those people are nucking futs. But seriously, most of those people have a history of abuse. My very limited psychology knowledge leads me to believe that they fall in love with inanimate objects, i.e. things that can't talk back, hit back, whatever.

wadingmoose · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:d8a91b5a-6d2b-4cdd-9e68-7d5f14d0492c">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : I was thinking most people on here would agree with it, but it is far from the popular opinion in my general area and with some people I know.
Posted by steph13055[/QUOTE]

Ugh. I got to listen to someone go off on a rant yesterday about interracial marriage. I'm pretty sure she's also staunchly anti-gay. It makes me want to beat my head against the wall, but at the same time I keep reminding myself that she has very limited world experience and is hard set in a religious upbringing that resulted in these views. It still makes me sad.

n07wilson · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:4ed8b949-32b7-4e96-af6d-79a2d39ccd76">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]around here, people make too big a deal out of firefighters. every time something happens, the fire truck shows up, just so they can say "Hey, city counsel, we went on X amount of calls this year, how bout some more money?" a guy I know was sitting on a tailgate and fell off and bumped his head pretty hard on the pavement, and the firetruck came. I shiit you not.
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]

<strong>they have to come..believe me my fiance doesnt want to go on runs for some goofball bonking his head or chopping his finger off or trying to kill himself. and the city counsel gives them very little money....but it could be different where you live. i do think it is silly though...silly and a waste of time/fuel</strong>

L-Bride · July 2010

The whole fire fighter debate is interesting. Many people think they're paid too much money but I would have to disagree. How I see it is if you can see a burning building and actually GO into it (I don't care what gear they give them) that is heroic and absolutely insane. You couldn't pay my 1 million dollars to walk into a burning building. So if they only have one bad fire a year, who cares? Imagine walking into a dangerous fire 1 day a year and it's your job to put it out. No thank you.

laladypoet · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:82f4badb-7d59-41fe-af57-d9473632a81d">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE] It seems like if you ARE a SAHWhatever, you have to justify it by saying "Oh, well, I do all the cooking and all the cleaning and I also volunteer and I work out all the time and this and that and this and that." Eff that noise. There was a thread months ago where someone said something along the lines of, "I'd only be okay with someone being a SAHW if they did all the cooking and cleaning, volunteered, were always PERFECTLY put together and in amazing shape because there would be no excuse not to be." Right. Because people need to justify their life choices. It's like overweight women who feel like they need to be embarrassed or apologize for ordering from a fast food restaurant. Bulllllshiiiiiit. I don't have to do or not do ANY specific thing to make it "okay" for me to be at home while my fiance works. ANYTHING. Oh, also, I don't think it's cute when threads derail into ridiculous silliness. That's my other unpopular opinion.
Posted by temerityjane[/QUOTE]
they justify it because of people (like me) who think if you are a SAHwhatever and don't do housework or take care of the kids, you're pretty worthless.

laladypoet · July 2010

and that's MY choice.

ricksang · July 2010

I think nudity and sex should be more public.

laladypoet · July 2010

and that goes for either gender by the way.

laladypoet · July 2010

somewhere, someone is writing a wall o' text for me to read.

wadingmoose · July 2010

I was just considering starting an I Judge thread.

laladypoet · July 2010

most of the things I said in here are "i judge" comments, so go for it. although I'll be fresh out.

wadingmoose · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:bb080a7b-b62f-4c2e-89ff-7bc1fe827165">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]most of the things I said in here are "i judge" comments, so go for it. although I'll be fresh out.
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]

Exactly. Now I have to let you build them up for a week or so.

laladypoet · July 2010

nah. let everyone else purge theirs and I'll argue.

wadingmoose · July 2010

Haha. I'll save it for tomorrow if the place needs livening up.

crfische · July 2010

I always wondered how people have the patience to write the wall o' text responses.

If I can't say it in like...5 sentences, I'm all, crap. I'm too lazy/busy/indifferent to write what I really want to write and I quit.

That's right. I'm a quitter.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:eaa0d147-735c-4f92-95b6-a883228ff1a8">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]I also love wikipedia, but with mery's guidleines as well. Also, mery, love your avatar. :)
Posted by georgia_bride09[/QUOTE]

Thanks. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />

wadingmoose · July 2010

I never saw the movie avatar. I have no interest in seeing it.

laladypoet · July 2010

IT'S AWFUL, MOOSE.

wadingmoose · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:aead5a5c-3cac-4170-9e1f-236fa81b5f41">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]IT'S AWFUL, MOOSE.
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]

That's what I keep telling myself. Whole lotta money put into CGI, whole lotta nothing put into story.

crfische · July 2010

WTF ever. Avatar was GOOD! But I saw it in 3D, so that could be part of the reason I loved it so much.

You know what else was good in 3D? BOLT.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:17eb0b6f-5bfa-422b-991c-a6f3590743b7">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]The whole fire fighter debate is interesting. Many people think they're paid too much money but I would have to disagree. How I see it is if you can see a burning building and actually GO into it (I don't care what gear they give them) that is heroic and absolutely insane. You couldn't pay my 1 million dollars to walk into a burning building. So if they only have one bad fire a year, who cares? Imagine walking into a dangerous fire 1 day a year and it's your job to put it out. No thank you.
Posted by L-Bride[/QUOTE]

My dad used to be a volunteer firefighter. <em>Volunteer</em>. Now that I'm an adult and I understand what that entails, it boggles my mind. I'm super thankful that <em>anyone </em>would want to be a volunteer firefighter, but NO thank you for me.

laladypoet · July 2010

Bolt is an abortion of a movie.

wadingmoose · July 2010

I hated Titanic and I think that James Cameron is a pompous windbag.

Even in 3D.

GreenPepperBurger · July 2010

OH YEAH. That's my other unpopular opinion. I thought "Avatar" was the most overrated piece of liberal crap ever (and I'm pretty frickin' liberal).

wadingmoose · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:6f287c06-5aff-4937-82f4-55e5327a31fa">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: unpopular opinions : My dad used to be a volunteer firefighter. Volunteer . Now that I'm an adult and I understand what that entails, it boggles my mind. I'm super thankful that anyone would want to be a volunteer firefighter, but NO thank you for me.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

My Dad was a volunteer firefighter. My brother currently is. I'm proud they're willing to do it and luckily where they are they rarely need to go into dangerous situations, but yeah.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · July 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_unpopular-opinions-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:0629bf9c-8646-4481-bdd5-c9393201cd04Post:8ba56909-2167-4ad5-8a03-bf5ea80ace27">Re: unpopular opinions</a>:
[QUOTE]WTF ever. Avatar was GOOD! But I saw it in 3D, so that could be part of the reason I loved it so much. You know what else was good in 3D? BOLT.
Posted by crfische[/QUOTE]

I saw it in 3D and I disagree with this statement.

You know what WAS good in 3D? How to Tame Your Dragon. And it was only half as long as Avatar.

unpopular opinions

Re: unpopular opinions

Choose Another Board

Search Boards