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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[โ€“] squaresinger@feddit.de 89 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It is really hard to have an unpopular opinion unless you are mentally deranged/a conspiracy theorist.

As evidenced by the comments under this very post. Even when trying most people can't come up with an actually unpopular opinion.

[โ€“] jabib@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[โ€“] jsnc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

unpopular opinion.

[โ€“] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Look at him, he knows everything

[โ€“] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a conspiracy! Lemmy is making me sound deranged! It's because of the communists programming the software!

[โ€“] jabib@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh sure, blame the communists!

Get a load of this deranged fella

[โ€“] zer0nix@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Milk chocolate on greasy pepperoni pizza is delicious and fuck your mother!

Fucking your mother is actually very popular

[โ€“] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

You fuck your mother with pepperoni pizza?

[โ€“] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it depends on the environment you're in. In my social circle, among family, friends, and coworkers, almost all of them believe that socialism is a poverty cult and a terrible idea that will lead to more human suffering, so when I express any socialist opinion, it will be unpopular in my environment. Obviously here on Lemmy, it's the opposite and socialism is popular here.

[โ€“] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, yeah, politics, religion and other ideology-driven subjects are more contentious, but apart from these very divisive subjects, there isn't much anyone can be a fan of that is unpopular.

[โ€“] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What about food? If you go to Italy and declare that your favourite pizza topping is pineapple, I assure you it will not be received well. If you put chorizo on paella, you would be scorned in Spain... Go to an American police station and declare that doughnuts suck, and you might get shot.

Any topic that people are passionate about, and you are going to see plenty of arguments and see some unpopular opinion pop up.

Edit: repetition