r/unpopularopinion

People often spend too much time arguing that marriage is “just a piece of paper,” and not enough time thinking about what kind of future they actually want to build with their partner. There’s real value in two people being honest and intentionally committing to a shared life—especially when it includes raising children and passing down values. When that foundation is strong, it’s not just about a legal status; it’s about creating stability, shared memories, and a sense of direction for the next generation.

People complain about it so much, they turn to jarlic, powder, and other garbage alternatives. You can peel and prep as much garlic as you could ever need for any dish in maybe 5 minutes. It’s easy, a great way to work on knife skills, and pays off in a substantial way with a major flavour improvement.

If you’re helping the country through your work and are providing value through your service, you shouldn’t have to pay for the education that made that possible.

While I have yet to be called a larper as of yet I constantly see it online and it’s one of the most pathetic thing I have ever seen.

This stupid desire some people have to make their interests and hobbies prestigious and an earned thing is ridiculously stupid. People can enjoy things however they want and at whatever level they want, there is no shame in only being somewhat interested in something.

To me at least it comes off as people who have little else going on in their lives and so try to make their pointless hobbies seem as if they have any real world weight and deserve respect.

If you are genuinely upset that someone isn’t as obsessed with some piece of media as you, get a job.

(Edit. I realise there is some confusion around what ima actually talking about. I’m referring tot he modern shoehorned definition of the word larper which is when someone supposedly pretends to be more into a piece of media then they actually are. I apologise for the confusion I should’ve thought about the other definition.

For those unaware, the battery on your phone (and anything that charges really) slowly degrades as time goes on, holding less and less of its original capacity. For example when you first buy a new phone, charging it to 100% allows you to use 100% of your phones battery capacity. But after a couple years of continuous use, charging your phone to 100% may only allow you use 80% -90% of your original battery capacity. Fully charging or fully depleting your phones battery on a regular basis makes it degrade faster. In order to prevent this many people encourage you to try and keep your phone between 20% and 80% at all times. This is stupid.

Giving yourself less battery life on a day to day basis in order to prevent your battery from degrading is counter productive. Why give yourself less battery now to keep from having less battery in the future? It’s the same outcome. If you maintain an 80% max and 20% min then that’s nearly half your phone battery gone before you even start using it. I guess MAYBE I can understand doing one or the other but I still don’t think it makes any real difference. And it definitely isn’t worth the <$50 it takes to replace your battery every 3 years or so.

"School should have taught us how to do taxes, calculate interest, and insert random life skill."

Do you mean when they were teaching you math, reading comprehension, and how to follow directions? They taught you the skills, they just didn't slap you on the head and point out where to use them, and that if you have an adult reading level and a calculator, you can do most people's taxes.

When they had you follow an instruction sheet to do a project, did you think they were doing that for lols?

How APR works? That is literally a function on some calculators and exponential growth is like a 7th grade topic.

These things are *not* hard, you just didn't pay attention because at some point someone asked "but when are we going to use this?" and you built a personality around it.

The learned helplessness of "but I never learned why an 80 month car loan might be bad" is wild.

Something about the Cybertruck really seems to enrage people. I mean I get that with anything that has an extreme design or that looks different from everything, you'll get divisive opinions. And obviously I get the memes with the broken window and all, but this stirs up actual vitriol.

Anyway, I think it looks awesome. It reminds me of the Combine vehicles from Half-Life 2 with all those angles and boxy profile.

I don't post here much, but if every disagree equals a +1 then this will probably be my highest-scoring thread ever XD

I’ve had this experience over the last few years and it’s really clarified the dating scene for me.

Online dating is essentially garbage, and what you experience, at least from a male perspective is incredibly superficial. It doesn’t contain any substance because you’re not dealing with a real person in the same sense that you would if you went to meet someone at a bar. It’s become very antisocial and allowed people to become more antisocial.

Being antisocial is for some considered a personality disorder. This is encouraged through online dating. In addition it devalues their humanity. People are no longer people, but rather a commodity and an option, rather than a real flesh and blood individual.

It’s also given very attractive or “desirable” men the ability to take any woman they want and then use them and throw them away like a toy. The same goes for women where they have been told that they deserve the top 1% of men, and they shouldn’t settle for anything less.

This has created a serious issue, because people then become disappointed. Men who aren’t in that small percentage feel alone, ignored, not attractive, and uninteresting. Women then feel slighted because they feel as if they’re not getting what they think the deserve, and are being used and thrown away.

I don’t see much value in this, it makes me very angry that this is what it’s become. I’ve been out of the dating market for some time, as I’m in a long term marriage, but I do feel bad for those who are still in that situation, and are feeling let down by it.

I understand it’s not the 60s or 70s, as much as I might like it to be socially. Yet it doesn’t excuse the situation that has been both created and sold to people. It’s unfair, and devalues humanity in that realm.

The only professional sport that should have a "best of" playoff series is baseball, and that's only because of starting pitchers. If you're fielding the same team each game, then you should play knowing you won or go home.

Don't give me this excuse of trying to let the best team win if they drop a game for whatever reason. Champions win when they have to, regardless if you think the wrong team advanced and the better team just had a bad night.

Plus single games make it more exciting and can't miss. Just look at the NFL the Super Bowl is only 1 night and it's become a cultural phenomenon. The NBA and NHL finals, and even the World Series, casual fans can miss the first 2 or 3 games and not care at all, then pick it up when the championship is on the line.

This especially goes for hockey which has no business being played in late spring, early summer. It should be ending playoffs in April, not just starting them for 2+ months!

I can’t stand a meal that’s difficult to eat. I will make huge sacrifices to flavor to eat something that’s simple and convenient.

As a result, I prefer not to use things like extra sauces. When I’m hungry, all I want is for the hunger to cease as quickly as possible.

I have never made my bed in my life. Ever. Obviously, when I'm staying over with someone I will, but never ever made my own bed. I think it is so useless, because you are just going to sleep in the same bed not even 24 hours later. It doesn't give me any extra joy to sleep in a made bed, because I know I'm just going to mess it up again. Honestly, I would prefer a messy bed rather than a pristine one. There's just something about it that feels cozier. Whenever I tell my friends this, they look at me like I'm crazy. I just genuinely don't get the point of doing it. I'm the same with the house in general. I don't want it to be a dump, but having a little mess here and there adds to the homely feeling.

I know some people are naturally quiet or not great at texting, and I’m not saying everyone has to write paragraphs 24/7. But consistently dry texting is honestly one of the biggest red flags to me now.

I’m talking about people who:

give one word responses constantly

never ask questions back

respond with “lol,” “okay,” “wyd,” or “damn” every time

make you carry the entire conversation

suddenly become energetic only when they want something

At some point it stops feeling like “that’s just their personality” and starts feeling like low effort or lack of interest.

What confuses me is how normalized it’s become. People will say “they’re just bad at texting,” but if someone genuinely likes talking to you, you usually feel it. Even introverted people make effort with people they actually care about. Effort looks different for everyone, but complete emotional flatness all the time is exhausting.

And honestly, dry texting affects more than just dating. Friendships start feeling one-sided too. You begin questioning whether the other person even values the conversation because every interaction feels like talking to a wall.

I also think dry texting creates unnecessary confusion. Instead of communicating directly, people will act uninterested through text but still insist they care “in their own way.” That leaves the other person constantly overthinking and trying to decode mixed signals.

The biggest reason I see it as a red flag is because communication effort usually reflects overall effort. If somebody can barely contribute to a simple conversation during the stage where people are usually trying to connect, what happens later when the relationship gets harder?

Again, I’m not expecting essays every hour. But basic engagement, curiosity, and energy matter. Nobody wants to feel like they’re interviewing someone just to keep a conversation alive.

People always fight about this. Early birds act like waking up at 5am makes them super successful. Night owls act like staying up till 2am makes them creative geniuses.

​But honestly? We shouldnt take anyones part here. Neither side is better than the other.

​Specially when ur working 8 hour shifts, u just have to do whatever works for ur own body. Some people get their best work done in the morning before the day starts. Other people get their best work done late at night when everything is quiet.

​Productivity isnt about the time on the clock, it just depends on the person. We need to stop acting like one schedule is superior and just let people sleep n work when they want.

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I totally get it that exposure to other cultures is happening more and more thanks to social media and the internet in general. I like Mexican food, Szechuan food, curries, and bulgogi and kimchi sometimes.

But WHY do American restaurants serving AMERICAN dishes decide they need to add super-hot spices or sauces to their meals? Buffalo wings, sure, but not basics like grilled cheese?

Why do steamed mussels need sambal? Shrimp cocktail is fine without sriracha (or you can add it at the table)! Brisket with sambal AND poblanos? And I don't need chili oil in my plain ol' fish sandwich.

Sad to say one of my go-to local places I used to always take guests is off the 'menu' so to speak, since innocent-sounding typical American foods have turned out to be beyond spicy too many times. It's so incorporated into the preparation it's not like you can just say "no hots, please" like you can at a sandwich shop.

Other restaurants seem to be following this trend too. Frustrating!

I'm not saying that Michael and Trevor shouldn't have been in the game. I just think that having two other playable characters (especially ones that are older and more established) rushed Franklin's character development and kind of took away from the whole theme of GTA. We didn't get enough missions with Franklin and Lamar.

I’ve had plenty of furniture over the years, and IKEA actually makes good, durable furniture. It looks good, it lasts, and it’s easy to take from place to place. Sure, it’s not oak or something, but most people can’t afford premium handcrafted furniture, especially these days. IKEA makes good stuff.

Edit: This topic got me thinking, so I hit up IKEA and got some BILLY bookcases and some storage boxes. 😂

The development from age 21 to age 24 is so not talked enough.

At 21, you are still in your youth usually in college or a few years out of HS early in some sort of job, your physical appearance still resembles your 18 year old self with collagen still at its peak. The next couple years ahead of you are still early 20s (22-23).

At age 24 you are definitely at the point where you are expected more of and are for the first time seen as “older”. You are no longer in your youth and super young anymore as the next few years of your life are 25-30. Your peers are starting to settle in their new reality now years out of college settling in their adult careers, buying their own place to live, getting engaged, having kids, (many always say this is the age where this starts to happen among peers). Older adults no longer look at you as the “new adult kid on the block”. You are nearing your quarter life crisis if not already reached it. You are well out of HS at 6 years rounding up to almost a decade. Collagen starts to drop and metabolism starts to shift giving you a more aged appearance than you had at 18-21.
It’s crazy how this is not talked enough.

i always have. i think it might be a sensory thing - the feeling of them is just awful!! especially in socks.

i think we’d all be so much better off without them. toenails seem to just cause people issues (ingrown, funguses, etc.). don’t get me wrong, a good pedicure looks great, but it’s not worth it to me!

I know there will be a biological reason for them, or that it’s evolution from claws or whatever. but it takes everything in me not to rip them out and just have little stubs.

FREE ME FROM TOENAILS

(not sure if this counts as an unpopular opinion because most people probably have never even thought of their opinion on toenails, but i needed to get it off my chest lmao)

I honestly think a lot of arguments get worse because people feel pressured to resolve everything immediately before sleeping.
Sometimes people are:
exhausted, emotional, overstimulated, saying things they don’t fully mean or just too frustrated to think clearly anymore
But because of the whole “never sleep angry” relationship rule, couples keep dragging the argument for hours trying to force a resolution that probably would’ve happened naturally the next day anyway.
And half the time, after sleeping, people suddenly realize:
the issue wasn’t that deep, they overreacted, or they just needed space and rest.
I genuinely think some couples would argue way less if they stopped treating one night of unresolved tension like a relationship emergency.

Listen i do NOT care how “Premium” or “Luxury” Any Car is or Feels NO car should EVER be in the 6 figures range ($100,000+) not sure If im alone on this or there might be someone who agrees but a car costing close or within the same price range as ANY type of house will always baffle me