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Unpopular Opinions
Unpopular Opinions
Unpopular opinions are simply defined as ideas and beliefs that go against or completely contradict the conventional status quo. “Unpopular” is a relative term, because ones opinion may only be that way because of where they are located in the world. For example, spending 12 hours a day in school sounds like a blaphemous thing to do in many western countries, but in countries like South Korea and Taiwan it’s a norm for children to dedicate majority of their waking hours towards schooling.
Many of us have unpopular opinions; however, many are afraid to express them because of the potential backlash from family members and peers. Since the internet has become a large platform for sharing ideas, nowadays, it seems like independent thinkers have a stage to open their voice on different schools of thought. Many people have become fed up with conventional wisdom, groupthink, and trends started by popular culture.
I’ve decided to use this opportunity as a place to showcase a few [of many] unpopular opinions that I’ve formed based on the current groupthink trends of [western] society.
#1 Disagreeing is NOT synonymous with hating
And people should stop thinking these two things always mean the same thing. The thesaurus doesn’t even list disagree as a synonym for hate. A lot of people love the idea of having haters. Celebrities make it seem like it’s a cool thing to have. If you have haters, it usually means one or all of the following:
- You are popular enough for people to give a hoot about you
- It lights a fire under your butt because now you have an audience that you can prove wrong when you succeed
If you’re a millennial like myself, then you probably know at least one person who has said “Shout out to my haters!” or something along those lines. For some people, they don’t even have haters, but still flex on the internet like they do because it was the cool thing to do (and has been for awhile). Remember that song “They Know” by Shawty Lo? If we had Instagram ten years ago, take a wild guess which line from this song would be used in everyone’s caption.
