The Unpopular Opinions Thread

[Nextmanup]

1 hour ago, Rico said:

Journey opened for the Stones at Rich in 1981, and I will never forget:

Everyone was sitting and bumming in our section waiting for the Stones except for this clown in a SabreJak standing and swaying back & forth to this song. Some drunk to my lower right started poking him with a Canadian flag until he slipped and hit the girl next to him in the face. Her doofus boyfriend gets up, goes over to the drunk, and tries breaking the flag in half over his knee... only it won't break so he sits back down. Journey finally gets booed off the stage, the Stones come out and kickass... only the drunk Canadian is passed out and misses it all. Good times!

Seriously?  Journey got booed off the stage?  In 1981?  That's kind of funny.

 

If you change a few details, your story could fit into just about any home Bills game I have ever been to.

 

It's a f-ing zoo out there.

 

 

1 hour ago, Logic said:

The Wire is boring.

 

I find it hard to believe that you never owned a Kodak camera, Xeroxed anything, or enjoyed any movie with John Lithgow or Philip Seymour Hoffman in it.

People speak of "The Wire" as though it's one of the greatest shows of all time.  

 

I bought season 1 on DVD, based on recommendations, and got ready to rock 'n roll with a long binge watch. 

 

I literally tried twice, and could NOT make it out of episode 1.  It was FILLED with such bad, jaded, "hardened, cynical cop" dialogue and scenes I have seen 1,000 times before.  People speaking absolutely nothing like they do in real life.  The whole thing wreaked "you are watching a TV show."

 

I thought it was really quite bad.  Shut it off and haven't been back since.

 

Friends have told me I need to give it more of a chance, but I have no interest in doing so.

 

 

 

[TheCockSportif]

36 minutes ago, WhoTom said:

 

Last year I had an MRI and they asked if I wanted music. I asked for classic rock. They gave me '80s hair bands.

 

Not everything that's old is classic. A '72 Mustang is a classic. A '72 Pinto is just old.

BINGO!

[Another Fan]

37 minutes ago, muppy said:

 

 

Retire the SHOUT song

 

 

 

I feel sorry for anyone that cant find something positive about the Talking Proud song 😝

[Rico]

11 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Seriously?  Journey got booed off the stage?  In 1981?  That's kind of funny.

 

If you change a few details, your story could fit into just about any home Bills game I have ever been to.

 

It's a f-ing zoo out there.

 

 

 

 

Stadium full of soaked, wet Stones fans were in no mood to hear Na Na Na Na Na crap.

[Logic]

1 hour ago, Nextmanup said:

Seriously?  Journey got booed off the stage?  In 1981?  That's kind of funny.

 

If you change a few details, your story could fit into just about any home Bills game I have ever been to.

 

It's a f-ing zoo out there.

 

 

People speak of "The Wire" as though it's one of the greatest shows of all time.  

 

I bought season 1 on DVD, based on recommendations, and got ready to rock 'n roll with a long binge watch. 

 

I literally tried twice, and could NOT make it out of episode 1.  It was FILLED with such bad, jaded, "hardened, cynical cop" dialogue and scenes I have seen 1,000 times before.  People speaking absolutely nothing like they do in real life.  The whole thing wreaked "you are watching a TV show."

 

I thought it was really quite bad.  Shut it off and haven't been back since.

 

Friends have told me I need to give it more of a chance, but I have no interest in doing so.

 

 

 

 

Ive been told several times to “give it a few seasons”. That it really gets going in like season 3 or 4.

 

I’m sorry, but if it takes that long for a show to get going, maybe it’s just not that good of a show?

 

Boring. Overrated. Yet routinely hailed by many as one of the greatest shows ever made. I don’t get it.

Edited June 26, 2022 by Logic

[Rico]

The Wire > The Sopranos

 

Also,

Curb Your Enthusiasm > Seinfeld

[Bad Things]

3 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

This is a great segue into my next unpopular opinion ... George Thorogood is horrible.  The only song I can even stomach from him is Who Do You Love, and that's a cover tune!  Yes ... he plays a decent slide guitar ... but his music is unlistenable to me.

Same.  I can't stand the band.

 

One of the first years that we've lived down here, we had the opportunity to see Joe Cocker in concert.

I've always loved Joe C, and the show was a really big-deal, since we live in the middle of nowhere.  (Top of the South Island)  Anyway, I just couldn't get myself to go, only because George f'ing Thorogood was the opening act.

Nope!

 

 

[Just Jack]

Unpopular opinion?  Ok...

 

@Gugny is actually a nice guy once you get to know him.  

 

 

3 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Youth, pay-to-play sport “clubs” with their year round practices/tournaments are ruining sports for kids.  ***** has gotten out of hand.  

 

I've got several neices/nephews in those, and every weekend they got something going on.  And if you're not in the right club/team, you're *****. 

 

2 hours ago, WhoTom said:

Not everything that's old is classic. A '72 Mustang is a classic. A '72 Pinto is just old.

 

One of my first car purchases was a 1986 Toyota MR2, bought in 1992, for about $5K. I noticed the other week there's one for sale in my area, not sure on the year, mileage, or asking price.  But I started looking up what they are going for, being 35 year old cars, you'd think $1-2K.  Nope.  I guess because the ones I saw online are in good shape, they're going on average $7-10K.  

 

 

Edited June 26, 2022 by Just Jack

[Nextmanup]

53 minutes ago, Rico said:

The Wire > The Sopranos

 

Also,

Curb Your Enthusiasm > Seinfeld

I am as big a Curb fan as anyone.  There are a lot of people who don't get the show, but I was never one of them.

 

And having said that, I noticed that last "new" season that the show's formula is getting old.

I enjoyed it a lot more several years ago.

 

I never felt that way about "Seinfeld."  I remember telling a friend back then that I could watch a new episode of Seinfeld every week, forever, even though the formula of the show never changes and one show is pretty much the same as the next...but it was just so much fun to watch.

 

Larry David no doubt played a huge role in both shows.

 

 

[Rico]

My last one for today, since they're in the news yet again on TMZ:

OJ > Scumbag Fred Goldman

 

Nice thread.

[Beerball]

7 hours ago, Gugny said:

I'll start with this one:

 

The Doors sucked and are the most overrated rock band ever.

music snobs should be sent to bikini atoll. 

5 hours ago, Gugny said:

All four got tossed and never got to see Ozzy.

At least there was a happy ending.

[Beerball]

4 hours ago, Logic said:

Unpopular opinions?

Blue Cheese and Cottage cheese are gross.

One is moldy. The other is curdled milk. Both are disgusting, and it's weird that people like them.

How do you feel about:

yogurt?

sour cream?

American cheese?

sauerkraut?

kimchi?

sushi?

squid?

snails?

mushrooms?

[muppy]

8 minutes ago, Beerball said:

How do you feel about:

yogurt?

sour cream?

American cheese?

sauerkraut?

kimchi?

sushi?

squid?

snails?

mushrooms?

Liver.

 

here' s a good one. Onions

[T&C]

1 hour ago, Bad Things said:

Same.  I can't stand the band.

 

One of the first years that we've lived down here, we had the opportunity to see Joe Cocker in concert.

I've always loved Joe C, and the show was a really big-deal, since we live in the middle of nowhere.  (Top of the South Island)  Anyway, I just couldn't get myself to go, only because George f'ing Thorogood was the opening act.

Nope!

 

 

I don't know anyone who doesn't like The Band.

[Beerball]

5 minutes ago, muppy said:

Liver.

 

here' s a good one. Onions

calf's liver, chicken liver...all good!

[muppy]

here's one. The Bills need to build a domed stadium

 

the bills should build their new facility downtown rather than remain in Orchard Park

 

🍿

Edited June 27, 2022 by muppy

[Draconator]

6 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

I think Journey was good through Escape.  After that ... crap.

 

@Draconatorwill like this opinion ... every Rush album after Signals was garbage and Moving Pictures was their last great album.

 

 

Their last album Clockwork Angels was their best album ever. They took everything they learned in 38 years and made an album out of it. 

[Bad Things]

40 minutes ago, T&C said:

I don't know anyone who doesn't like The Band.

Sorry, I was referring to George Thorogood and his band.

 

I've always like "The Band"

[Logic]

1 hour ago, Beerball said:

How do you feel about:

yogurt? Yes

sour cream? Yes

American cheese? No

sauerkraut? Yes

kimchi? Yes

sushi? Yes

squid? No

snails? No 

mushrooms? Yes

 

I suppose liking sour cream makes me a bit of a hypocrite with regard to my cottage cheese critique.

[Draconator]

Jon Bon Jovi would have made a fantastic owner of the Bills and would have financed a new stadium in Downtown Buffalo all by himself

[TheCockSportif]

23 minutes ago, Draconator said:

Jon Bon Jovi would have made a fantastic owner of the Bills and would have financed a new stadium in Downtown Buffalo all by himself

wot?  I heard that JBJ was moving the team to YYZed, and that Richie Sambora was going to be GM.

[Buftex]

16 hours ago, Rico said:

Steve Perry: "People, we love you, but can you just move back a little?"

Drenched Crowd: "***** you, we want the Stones"

 

I was in a lower section by the stage on Keef's side... stayed up all night after the Dead show at the Aud and needed to be able to sit down, total drugland weekend.

My best friend and I did the same...headed straight from the Dead show out to Rich to camp out.  We were probably in line together!  

 

As I recall, we also saw the Kinks at the Aud, a few nights before the Dead.  It was a big week.

 

Edited June 27, 2022 by Buftex

[LabattBlue]

Brando sucked in The Godfather.   👎🏻

[Jauronimo]

Dane Cook was never funny.  Yes, I've seen the one about the sneeze and the one about holograms.  They both suck.  He was only popular because girls think hes cute.

Pete Davidson is heroin Dane Cook.

Lost in Translation has no redeeming value as entertainment.  Pretending to like it doesn't make you smart.

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

The salary cap ruined sports.  Thank God Major League baseball doesn't have one.  The cap just protects the large market teams from their ownself. It practically ruined hockey. 

 

/DuckingForCover

 

 

[Gugny]

Jim Kelly barely cracks the Top 20 QBs of All Time list.

[Draconator]

Aaron Dell is the greatest Sabres goalie of all time

[T&C]

Poll shows "Miracle Whip is the preferred condiment of 87% of Americans".

[f0neguy]

10 hours ago, Buftex said:

My best friend and I did the same...headed straight from the Dead show out to Rich to camp out.  We were probably in line together!  

 

As I recall, we also saw the Kinks at the Aud, a few nights before the Dead.  It was a big week.

 

Actually,  the Kinks were the best show by far that weekend.

Kinks - Thursday - Aud

Grateful Dead - Saturday  - Aud

Thorogood and

Journey and

Stones - Sunday - Ralph

 

Quite a weekend…

[UConn James]

5 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

The salary cap ruined sports.  Thank God Major League baseball doesn't have one.  The cap just protects the large market teams from their ownself. It practically ruined hockey. 

 

/DuckingForCover

 

 

Meh. But they do have a pretty stiff luxury tax with some $ and signing rules penalties. And still, a team even like the Red Sox have a hard time affording to keep their home-grown guys who became stars — Mookie Betts (altho… no matter what he says to the contrary, just wanted out of Boston), and now possibly Xander Boegarts. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 

And teams like the Yankees and Dodgers can buy wins.

 

What MLB really needs is a salary floor. Some teams are literally jokes with a $25-30M payroll as the owner makes off with $100M net from teevee money even before any gate/concessions/etc. and they only serve as farm teams for the 15 teams that actually put resources into trying to win games.

[Augie]

10 hours ago, Buftex said:

My best friend and I did the same...headed straight from the Dead show out to Rich to camp out.  We were probably in line together!  

 

As I recall, we also saw the Kinks at the Aud, a few nights before the Dead.  It was a big week.

 

 

My sister saw The Beatles and The Stones in the same week in maybe 1964? THAT was quite a week! I remember her and her friends running up and down the road screaming at the top of their lungs. She says she “saw” the Beatles, but you couldn’t “hear” anything but young girls screaming. 

 

As for unpopular opinions, The Beatles, at least the early stuff, was wildly overrated. The Stones performances now are also wildly overrated. Back in the 70’s (maybe summer of 1975 at the Ralph?) was the best show I’ve ever seen. The last (and third) time I saw them convinced me there are better ways to spend my time. 

[Rico]

22 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

My sister saw The Beatles and The Stones in the same week in maybe 1964? THAT was quite a week! I remember her and her friends running up and down the road screaming at the top of their lungs. She says she “saw” the Beatles, but you couldn’t “hear” anything but young girls screaming. 

 

As for unpopular opinions, The Beatles, at least the early stuff, was wildly overrated. The Stones performances now are also wildly overrated. Back in the 70’s (maybe summer of 1975 at the Ralph?) was the best show I’ve ever seen. The last (and third) time I saw them convinced me there are better ways to spend my time. 

The last Rolling Stones tour was in 1982, Vegas Stones from 1989-present. Watered-down revue, safe to take the whole family to. Still entertaining, but only a shell of what they were. Understandable now given their age, inexcusable in the late 80's - early 00's.

[frostbitmic]

Temperatures above 90 are the best

 

Sasquatch exists

 

Queen is the most over rated band

 

[Rico]

On 6/26/2022 at 2:06 PM, Gugny said:

 

I think Journey was good through Escape.  After that ... crap.

 

@Draconatorwill like this opinion ... every Rush album after Signals was garbage and Moving Pictures was their last great album.

 

 

Rush never put out a beginning-to-end great album, All The World's A Stage came closest. Last good one was Permanent Waves, then Motion Pictures & Signals had their moments. The weakest link by far is Neil Peart's cheeseball lyrics.

[Beerball]

22 hours ago, Logic said:

 

I suppose liking sour cream makes me a bit of a hypocrite with regard to my cottage cheese critique.

Nah, I can't stomach cottage cheese either. I do like all that other stuff though.

 

I forgot one though. How are you with tofu? 

[T&C]

2 minutes ago, Rico said:

Rush never put out a beginning-to-end great album, All The World's A Stage came closest. Last good one was Permanent Waves, then Motion Pictures & Signals had their moments. The weakest link by far is Neil Peart's cheeseball lyrics.

I can get on board with this, ATWAS and Hemispheres is really all I get into, another group that is vastly overrated. Caress of Steel had to be a private joke.. I'd rather listen to Carly Simon.

[Logic]

2 minutes ago, Beerball said:

Nah, I can't stomach cottage cheese either. I do like all that other stuff though.

 

I forgot one though. How are you with tofu? 

I like tofu, so long as it’s been prepared well.

 

I look at tofu like I look at a chicken breast: if you don’t do anything to flavor it, if you just cook it straight up without using any spices or marinade or sauce or anything, it’s not gonna be very good or taste like much.

 

When it’s been marinaded or rubbed in spices or battered and fried or baked golden and covered in sauce, it can be damned good. Unfortunately, far, far too many places serve tofu basically plain and/or poorly/improperly prepared, and then it’s gross.

[Beerball]

Just now, Logic said:

I like tofu, so long as it’s been prepared well.

 

I look at tofu like I look at a chicken breast: if you don’t do anything to flavor it, if you just cook it straight up without using any spices or marinade or sauce or anything, it’s not gonna be very good or taste like much.

 

When it’s been marinaded or rubbed in spices or battered and fried or baked golden and covered in sauce, it can be damned good. Unfortunately, far, far too many places serve tofu basically plain and/or poorly/improperly prepared, and then it’s gross.

For some reason I can't get past the texture.

[muppy]

I have one in spirit of the thread being an unpopular opinion:

 

Dogs suck.

 

Cats Rule

 

 

🍿

[T&C]

11 minutes ago, Logic said:

I like tofu, so long as it’s been prepared well.

 

I look at tofu like I look at a chicken breast: if you don’t do anything to flavor it, if you just cook it straight up without using any spices or marinade or sauce or anything, it’s not gonna be very good or taste like much.

 

When it’s been marinaded or rubbed in spices or battered and fried or baked golden and covered in sauce, it can be damned good. Unfortunately, far, far too many places serve tofu basically plain and/or poorly/improperly prepared, and then it’s gross.

Thank God for gravy.