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What are your "controversial" opinions that go against popular opinions in the UK? (feddit.uk)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by blackn1ght@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

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I'll start: Greggs is massively overrated. I genuinely don't understand how people hype it.

Edit: this is a casual community so it would be great if we could avoid politics lest it descend into chaos!

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[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Brits are exceptionally bad at driving. It's unbelievable the dumb shit they do on the roads. All it takes is get across the channel to see what traffic could be.

Funilly enough - it takes about 5 miles, when coming back from EU, for the rules to be thrown out the window. Doing 20 below on a fast lane, never overtaking, not fitting into a single lane, no indicators, no anticipation, no fucks given. :(

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[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The only thing I know about Greggs as a filthy colonial is that it's a place where lads go to be racist

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's a new one on me! Where have you heard that?

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[+] Fudoshin@feddit.uk -14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

ETA: I'm proud to have the only genuinely controversial opinion in this whole thread. You're a bunch of wet-knickered, limp-lidded, pussy-willows.

As usual people are fucking idiots so you may need to sort by controversial...

Autism is over-diagnosed - being a quirky introvert is a LONG fucking way away from Rainman style shut ins who literally can't function without adult carers.
ADHD is overdiagnosed - it's just middle class mummies being upset their son isn't a 7A* genius and insisting the doctor prescribe performance enhancing drugs. As a former stimulant addict I know I would be a grade-A genius if I was prescribed fucking meth daily. That doesn't mean you have ADHD. It means you're taking drugs. The whole 'oh my god I suddenly felt "normal" after taking my meds' is precisely how I and other stim addicts feel taking meth/stims. It turns you into Superman, that's what it does. EVERYBODY reacts like that when taking ADHD drugs.
Femboys are fucking annoying - I don't find it cute or endearing to infantalize men. That includes the stupid craze of "programming socks" and Linux fem boys. I like men to be men (I'm gay).
Downvotes on Lemmy/Reddit are only to be used for spam - Moderation was done by the users by downvoting. This was the rule back in Reddits early days. It's even still written in Reddiquette that downvotes are not for disagreement. If you disagree you're encouraged to comment why. This meant early Reddit had a lot of great debates and discussion. Moderation was almost non-existant. After the influx of Digg and users who didn't know WTF they were doing that was lost and moderators got heavy handed. Unfortunately Lemmy has got Reddit mods so it's happening here too.

[–] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's even still written in Reddiquette that downvotes are not for disagreement

Yeah but I'm not going to update a list of really bad takes.

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