What are your unpopular opinions?

• Manhattan Buckeye

  Yeah I'd throw Two and Half Men out there as well, but even due to its popularity it seems like most people hate the show.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  thavoice;1483936 wrote:Do you bring a book, newspaper or magazine to the restaurant when you go out to eat? Or to the movies? Or to a ballgame? Or when you are hanging out with friends? Or when you rent a movie to watch?

  Yes
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;1483943 wrote:Hmm, thought of another one from an entertainment standpoint. That's a tricky subject since there are very subjective topics, but I'm in the super-minority of my generation that never understood the appeal of the show "Friends." I don't hate it, I just don't get it. It isn't funny to me, the characters don't appeal and even for a sit-com it seemed unrealistic. 95% of my college friends would disagree. I feel the same way about the Big Bang Theory. Don't get the humor at all.

  thavoice;1483953 wrote:Can honestly say I never watched friends, but Big Bang Theory is pretty damned funny.

  I love Big Bang Theory.
• thavoice

  ernest_t_bass;1483958 wrote:Yes

  Then you are a loser!!!! Yeah..big bang theory...just plain hilarious! Started watching because of the girl when it came to reruns on TBS. Never saw it on the regular network..couldn't tell you which one it is or what night its on
• Belly35

  

  Which one on the long list ?????
  
  Poor people are poor/entitlement because they want to be poor. You don’t have to be poor in America you make yourself poor.
• hasbeen

  

  Belly35;1483967 wrote:Which one on the long list ?????
  
  Poor people are poor/entitlement because they want to be poor. You don’t have to be poor in America you make yourself poor.

  Obama made me poor.
• gut

  Manhattan Buckeye;1483955 wrote:Yeah I'd throw Two and Half Men out there as well...

  You're on track to becoming the CCrunner of sitcoms
• Mohican00

  

  Big Bang Theory sucks
  
  Mumford and Sons REALLY suck. God their shit is awful
• Laley23

  

  I see no reason for Time Zones either. I think it would so much easier if everyone was on the same time.
  
  If you are on the west coast, you just start your day at an "earlier time".
• Manhattan Buckeye

  But who is to say which area gets 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight and everyone else has to adjust?
  
  And it doesn't matter if you travel or contact people in other zones. You still have to understand what 8:00 means in your destination, and what it means in your origination. It actually causes more work. People around the world will still sleep at night. The reason why time zones are around is because we know that at 12:00 midnight means their time which is the end/beginning of the day.
  
  In other words, it might be the dumbest opinion ever made.
• gut

  Laley23;1483976 wrote:I see no reason for Time Zones either. I think it would so much easier if everyone was on the same time.

  So you'd be cool with, say, London time and have it be sunny from 3AM-noon in the winter? You're going to change your habits developed over a lifetime and flip-flop work and sleep?
• gut

  Manhattan Buckeye;1483982 wrote:
  
  In other words, it might be the dumbest opinion ever made.

  Pretty much. Humans and many (most?) animals are conditioned to sleep at night and be active during the day. Even if everyone were on the same time, you have the same issues that "life" takes place during different times because that's how the frickin' sun works.
  
  I got to a different timezone, I don't necessarily know what time the sun comes up relative to home, but I know the day "starts" at 8AM.
• WebFire

  ernest_t_bass;1483958 wrote:Yes

  No you don't.
  
  But the point isn't about the physical device, but rather when it's appropriate to us them. Would you ever sit at a work meeting and read a magazine during the meeting? Or if you are having a one-on-one conversation, would it be considered rude to pick up a magazine and start reading while the other person is talking?
  
  For some reason, people think it is ok to do this with a phone.
• LJ

  

  Mohican00;1483972 wrote:Mumford and Sons REALLY suck. God their shit is awful

  God, this, so much this. They aren't fucking bluegrass either.
• gut

  WebFire;1483987 wrote: For some reason, people think it is ok to do this with a phone.

  Close. People think a brief interruption isn't rude or is less rude. Checking an email is not really the same as pulling out a paper to read an article. Since cell phones came out, it's long been acceptable in many situations to take a call. Email and texts are just a variation of that.
  
  I get where you're going with this, it's more an issue of degree as opposed to either/or.
• thavoice

  Manhattan Buckeye;1483982 wrote:But who is to say which area gets 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight and everyone else has to adjust?
  
  And it doesn't matter if you travel or contact people in other zones. You still have to understand what 8:00 means in your destination, and what it means in your origination. It actually causes more work. People around the world will still sleep at night. The reason why time zones are around is because we know that at 12:00 midnight means their time which is the end/beginning of the day.
  
  In other words, it might be the dumbest opinion ever made.

  http://www.zulutime.net/ Eastern time is 15:29 Zulu/universal coordinated time. The system is already out there.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  "I don't necessarily know what time the sun comes up relative to home, but I know the day "starts" at 8AM."
  
  And business open at 8:00 a.m., lunch is served at noon, dinner is served between 5:00 -10:00 p.m. around the world. You don't have to adjust the numbers, you just have to adjust your clock, which with smart phones you don't have to do anymore. If the time zones were eliminated you would have to memorize what each time means in each area. If it wasn't a joke, it is really, really dumb. There is zero benefit, and more complex calculations involved. I say, good day Mike.
• Tiernan

  I can't stand that every seat in Ohio Stadium is the exact same price. Let the high roller mofos pay $100 - $150 between the 40s (hell sometimes I'd be glad to be in amongst those mofos and pay the price) but if I'm sitting in 36A for Buffalo the price should be $35 - $40 tops.
  
  
  Oh and btw...Mumford & Sons is the best band in the world right now.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  thavoice;1483991 wrote:http://www.zulutime.net/ Eastern time is 15:29 Zulu/universal coordinated time. The system is already out there.

  The system has already and to the point always been there. The reason why no one follows it is because it horribly inefficient.
• WebFire

  gut;1483990 wrote:Close. People think a brief interruption isn't rude or is less rude. Checking an email is not really the same as pulling out a paper to read an article. Since cell phones came out, it's long been acceptable in many situations to take a call. Email and texts are just a variation of that.
  
  I get where you're going with this, it's more an issue of degree as opposed to either/or.

  But with a call, you generally excuse your self from the meeting or conversation, and it's usually urgent enough to warrant interruption. Text and email does not fall into this category. And people do more than check email/text. They are usually on Facebook.
• gut

  WebFire;1483995 wrote:But with a call, you generally excuse your self from the meeting or conversation, and it's usually urgent enough to warrant interruption. Text and email does not fall into this category. And people do more than check email/text. They are usually on Facebook.

  Ehhh, I get that. But text/email often communicates much the same that an urgent call does, and it can be much quicker not requiring you to excuse yourself. It's definitely acceptable in some situations to varying degrees.
  
  Plus, a large part of why people excused themselves is for THEIR privacy, which text/email is already private.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Tiernan;1483993 wrote:I can't stand that every seat in Ohio Stadium is the exact same price. Let the high roller mofos pay $100 - $150 between the 40s (hell sometimes I'd be glad to be in amongst those mofos and pay the price) but if I'm sitting in 36A for Buffalo the price should be $35 - $40 tops.

  
  I agree completely. I prefer watching from home because of this very reason.
• WebFire

  gut;1484000 wrote:Ehhh, I get that. But text/email often communicates much the same that an urgent call does, and it can be much quicker not requiring you to excuse yourself. It's definitely acceptable in some situations to varying degrees.
  
  Plus, a large part of why people excused themselves is for THEIR privacy, which text/email is already private.

  Most emails/text, heck even phone calls, don't warrant any interruption. But our society has become an instant gratification society, so we can't help ourselves.
• gut

  WebFire;1484003 wrote:Most emails/text, heck even phone calls, don't warrant any interruption.

  Again, that's why I said it depends on the situation and the degree. Especially with business today with so many people working remotely it's almost impossible to know if something is urgent/relevant without checking. 40 years ago everyone with relevant information and opinions is probably in that meeting, but today that simply isn't true.
• WebFire

  gut;1484008 wrote:Again, that's why I said it depends on the situation and the degree. Especially with business today with so many people working remotely it's almost impossible to know if something is urgent/relevant without checking. 40 years ago everyone with relevant information and opinions is probably in that meeting, but today that simply isn't true.

  I still think it is rude to look at your phone when having a conversation with someone. Maybe not as much in meetings. Like I said, it's usually Facebook or something, not always email/text.