Unpopular Opinion
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zoogs
Assistant Coach
Goodness. No. You took an unprompted swipe at a lot of people -- including people who do really enjoy soaps, for example -- and I think that's unfair. How do you manage to still be the victim in this? Anyway.
It's great that wrestlers have athletic talent, but I'm really not a fan of how we all as a culture tend to put (particularly male) athletic prowess on a pedestal above other things, many of which happen to be interest areas more dominated by women than by men*. It's a sports board so I don't know if that's going to be a popular opinion here, but it is mine.
*For example, romance novels. I'm 100% guilty of dragging this and people interested in it, for sure. I can also name several dozen characters in several different comic book universes.
It's great that wrestlers have athletic talent, but I'm really not a fan of how we all as a culture tend to put (particularly male) athletic prowess on a pedestal above other things, many of which happen to be interest areas more dominated by women than by men*. It's a sports board so I don't know if that's going to be a popular opinion here, but it is mine.
*For example, romance novels. I'm 100% guilty of dragging this and people interested in it, for sure. I can also name several dozen characters in several different comic book universes.
Redux
Assistant Coach
Most things I say like you're pointing to here, are tounge in cheek. Obviously soap actors are talented otherwise would not be employed. Your eagerness to defend them against me is the more troubling thing.
And WWE in the last 18 months or so has really pushed the envelope concerning women and their place in the entertainment form.
I bet you like Nic Cage in Ghost Rider too!
GSG
Assistant Coach
GSG
Assistant Coach
RedDenver
Heisman Trophy Winner
I'll also add what I assume is unpopular opinion in this crowd:
Fantasy football is dungeons & dragons for jocks.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
Be not troubled, friend. It's not you, it's the general way we talk down about...say, soap, etc. Things we have no interest in. And the *contrasting* , much more nuanced and much less begrudging way we talk about other things we have no interest in, like wrestling. Like, there's obvious differences in how this goes:
"You may think wrestling is stupid but you have to admit wrestlers are really talented, not just in wrestling but also in other areas, and now let's extol all their admirable qualities in contrast to the soap actors, whom we can agree are the ones that have no talent. I mean, fine, obviously they do have some talent, but you know."
We can make the "in fairness, I really appreciate ____ for ____" case without simultaneously making a putdown that both isn't merited and which we don't even seriously mean. All I'm saying. It's unrelated to all your wrestler talk, but this is my unpopular little hill to die on here.
@RedDenver, hey, that's another good one! I mean, I think we should just accept that we're all nerds. D&D nerds. Fantasy sports nerds. Following real sports teams nerds. Wrestling nerds. Soap nerds. Anime nerds. Gun nerds? It's all good. We have our things that we're really into and they're different. The sports/war related ones are not any better than, I dunno, cartoon or comics or romance movies based ones.
I was really into fantasy for a while, but I've found life much better without it. There was a time when I could tell you the names of about 30 starting RBs in the NFL. And a good number of their backups.
"You may think wrestling is stupid but you have to admit wrestlers are really talented, not just in wrestling but also in other areas, and now let's extol all their admirable qualities in contrast to the soap actors, whom we can agree are the ones that have no talent. I mean, fine, obviously they do have some talent, but you know."
We can make the "in fairness, I really appreciate ____ for ____" case without simultaneously making a putdown that both isn't merited and which we don't even seriously mean. All I'm saying. It's unrelated to all your wrestler talk, but this is my unpopular little hill to die on here.
@RedDenver, hey, that's another good one! I mean, I think we should just accept that we're all nerds. D&D nerds. Fantasy sports nerds. Following real sports teams nerds. Wrestling nerds. Soap nerds. Anime nerds. Gun nerds? It's all good. We have our things that we're really into and they're different. The sports/war related ones are not any better than, I dunno, cartoon or comics or romance movies based ones.
I was really into fantasy for a while, but I've found life much better without it. There was a time when I could tell you the names of about 30 starting RBs in the NFL. And a good number of their backups.
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Unpopular Opinion: Americans spend way too much of their time worrying about cleanliness.
It's not going to kill you if you don't wash your hands after you potty. That antibacterial goop you see everywhere isn't really helping. Your body's immune system needs to be challenged. If you get hurt, a lot of times you're going to be OK, even without a band-aid.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
I agree with the soap thing.
...although I fell sick recently and could barely move for a week. And now I narrow my eyes whenever I see anyone cough.
And carry around that antibacterial goop.....OK, except for the bolded. Gah, what? Wash your hands after you touch your junk guys. If not for you, for everyone around you.
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darkhorse85
Starter
Unless you're taking an immunomodulater like I have to. But I'm an exception to that I suppose. I wash my hands a lot because my immune system is basically s#!t now. Autoimmune diseases suck, y'all.
