Unpopular Opinions Society

[Pickle Juice]

Seems to me if you are adult enough to make a flat out statement like all cats are vile and you detest them, you should be expected to take the responses of people who are offended by this like an adult as well. This is the "Unpopular opinions" thread, not the "I'm gonna say whatever I please and no one else better dare respond to it, and if you do I will consider it a personal attack and all my special friends will come along and start a flame war on my behalf" thread. Though I am starting to think that would be a better name for this whole forum than "Veggie Views". Or maybe just "Hive Mind" will suffice.

Digger was becoming wrapped up in the clique-ish practice of poking fun at someone who had a gripe that was totally legitimate (to them - whether it was legitimate to you or not does not matter).

Man have you ever got the wrong end of the stick. There's definitely a clique here, but Digger is not a member. He's one of their targets, like I am, and a few other people who apparently have better sense than I do and just don't bother to post here any more.

 

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[Freesia]

Oh my god, what was going on in this thread while I was away cooking?

 

[Second Summer]

MOD POST
I'd like to remind everyone that this thread is in the debate forum. Debate implies opposing views. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but everyone is also entitled to argue against and criticise others' opinions. If you can't handle debate and opposing views, then the debate forum is not for you.

Probably against my better judgement I will re-open this thread now.

 

[Muggle]

My dogs will jump up and pull birds out of the air in mid flight if I'm not there to stop them. Four legged little animals that get into the dog yard aren't safe either. They're predators.

Oh I know dogs are perfectly capable of killing wildlife. I'm not an idiot. It was just something that happened at work today which was related to what I was reading in this thread so I thought I would mention it. Terribly sorry if it offended you.

 

[kazyeeqen]

I don't necessarily think humans are any more capable of reason than any other animal. Some humans might be, but some humans can run a mile in five minutes, others can't.

 

[beancounter]

I think cantaloupe, honeydew melons and beets are gross.​

 

[kazyeeqen]

I think cantaloupe, honeydew melons and beets are gross.​

Get the **** out.

:nahI'mjustkiddingyouralright:

 

[Muggle]

OK, what the **** just happened?

Was writing my post to Poppy about kennels, got an alert about being quoted, opened it up in a new tab, finished writing my kennel post, came to this tab, replied to the quote and now mlp and Digger are listed as guests?

 

[beancounter]

Unicorns are scary.

 

[beancounter]

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are unnecessarily long.

 

[Muggle]

OK, just my 2 pence worth.

No dog is going to be able to get into Alice's secure back garden and rip a bird to shreds so she has to see it. If I saw that I'd been bloody upset. I was upset about the thrush.

Hang on, not liking cats isn't vegan? Seriously? Just seriously?! Are we really going to go down that road? Because if so, let's start up a "keeping carnivorous pets is not vegan" thread, or even a "having pets at all isn't vegan" thread and descend back into that lovely thing on VB of "more vegan than thou" shitfest. Because that's what it sounds like people want to happen.
Luckily, I'm not vegan so I can avoid clusterfucks like that. Actually, when I stop eating all animal products again, I won't be calling myself vegan, I'm going down the herbivore route so I can carry on avoiding the clusterfucks. (And will happily carry on owning dogs my whole life and feeding them meat. )

 

[Muggle]

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are unnecessarily long.

I'm guessing you're talking about the films?

Agree with you about the Hobbit.

But as for your opinion on the 12 hours of pure heaven that are the Lord of the Rings films (extended editions, obviously)....

 

[Moll Flanders]

I don't like it when people make rude comments about young people just because of their youth. I think ageism towards older people is more frowned upon but making rude or patronising remarks about young people seems to be more tolerated.

 

[FortyTwo]

My unpopular (hopefully not!) opinion is that MLP and Digger should have stayed.

 

[beancounter]

I don't like it when people make rude comments about young people just because of their youth. I think ageism towards older people is more frowned upon but making rude or patronising remarks about young people seems to be more tolerated.

That OK, you'll understand when you get older.

 

[Moll Flanders]

That OK, you'll understand when you get older.

Hey, I'm old, 37 years old, maybe not ancient like you... Kidding.

 

[Blobbenstein]

my UO: we don't really have a clue what the brain is, what it does, or how it works.

 

[Muggle]

That OK, you'll understand when you get older.

 

[beancounter]

Hey, I'm old, 37 years old, maybe not ancient like you... Kidding.

Heck, I was learning how to multiply when you were still just sleeping and pooping.