The Unpopular Opinions Thread (Read OP)

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I will never get tired of people taking bait on OH, whether its religion or Kpop-people writing essays or voicing their super important opinion to obvious trolls is a testament to either how dumb they are how good a troll may be

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Sistar deciding to disband on their own terms.

 

Oh, well that's sad but at least they all decided.

 

Sistar's last release is called "Lonely".

 

my kpop heart

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWZjNZ8XPdw

 

I legit thought that they were singing about falling in love with a black guy before I got into kpep and knew what it was

 

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All the songs that I hate, people generally love and the songs that I love, people think are overrated.

 

Is my taste that off?

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The only thing that used to impress me about Suzy was her face in photoshoots. I was never inspired by her dancing or awed by her singing. JYP did an excellent job of presenting her as a cookie-cutter nation favorite girl. Therefore, when I heard that she was going solo, my interest in her dropped into the double negatives. But then she dropped

 

 

 

And something about it caused me to see a bit grand potential in her. Perhaps she defied my expectations by not releasing cheesy or an innocent love ballad equipped with all of the overly bright lighting, washed out hues, and soft pastel colors that seemed to permeate the videos of many idol women. I hope that she continues down a road that leads her in the same kind of direction that Yenny and Sunmi traveled because I honestly think she is capable of far more than I ever gave her credit for.

 

 

Since I'm on the subject of idols branching out and surprising me

 

 

Sometimes Kpop encourages you to box people in and you forget that their actual style or interest could be something so completely different

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Reading responses on some social media platforms is like reading the same person's post again and again and again. They all say the same exact thing, people are literally becoming carbon copies of each other and if there is just one response that doesn't say "slay/Queen/snatched/wig/canceled/tea/ended" etc., it's targeted for not following the mindless rhetoric that makes our generation look like a bunch of celeb worshipping clones.

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Why do I see women get side-eyed for telling people that they'd rather they NOT be referred to as bitch. 

 

It's "not that serious", they say when the woman brings it up but then the same people act like women are now boujee for not wanting to be compared to an animal that's told when to feed, sleep, do tricks, and use the bathroom - because something is wrong with them for not wanting to be equivalent to a being that is leashed, owned, commanded, and then punished for misbehaving.

 

Living in an environment where bitch is becoming the acceptable surname for every woman (yas bitch, that's my bitch, slay bitch, that bitch, bitch please, bad bitch...girlfriends, friends, bosses, celebrities, strangers, parents, even kids) but people claim to care so much about how women are viewed is a bit ironic. Even more interesting if one considers the fact that when men dress up and caricaturize women, they're called Queens. Talking as you please is one thing, getting upset at women who ask you not to call them a certain name is something else.

 

case and point --->

Edited April 16, 2018 by delirium

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At this point in Kpop, I still don't know if groups are evolving their music or if they're just changing their concept because the company believes that the last one wasn't working. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sometimes, when I listen to the more mainstream people and read popular blogs, it feels like critical thinking has become so unpopular that people don't even care that what they try to pressure others into believing is consistently contradictory

 

 

 

Like complaining about Trump being so "anti-science" but then telling others not to use science in an argument because it's offensive.

 

Or people saying that we need more black superheroes but then getting upset when a child wants to be a black superhero. Essentially you're telling all non-blacks that wanting to be like/being inspired by a black character isn't actually okay and it's only okay to want to be like white superheroes - inadvertently supporting a "white is universal" ideology that you pretend to hate. 

 

Or calling people who engage in any form of tanning/skin lightening self-haters while praising plastic surgery. Because literally rearranging your body parts is not as serious as a spray tan?

 

Or telling men that they need to stand up to other men and protect women from sexual assault but then telling men that thinking that women need to be protected is simply a reaffirmation of offensive, misogynistic gender stereotypes.

 

Or telling asians that they should speak out against racism if they want a change but then saying that blacks need to stop speaking out so much.

 

Or saying that whites are in denial about racism but then not taking gay black men seriously (or even calling them homophobic) when they call out the rampant racism in the lgb+ community because it doesn't fit your narrative.

 

And the list just continues.

 

 

 

 

It's hard to even get through a couple of minutes of conversation with some individuals without them contradicting themselves into a black hole of failed logic. It wouldn't be as much of an issue if people simply believed what they wanted and left it alone. "Right" or "wrong", we are allowed to believe what we wish but how we present these views as we interact with others is when the whole situation turns into a cesspool of insanity. The actual problem really occurs when they try and force others to blindly conform to whatever they say. 

 

If your very first response to an opposing opinion is to try and shame someone into being quiet or to try and stop them from thinking by throwing out a buzz word insult (from snowflake to nazi to cuck to bigot), then you've probably allowed others to do the thinking for you for so long that you can't even remember how to form a coherent thought. Or maybe you just need to see if the Trump administration is hiring because you would be perfect for that cabinet. 

 

Edited April 28, 2018 by delirium

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I know that people have biases but I just don't think that there is a "best looking" in Kpop.

 

Or maybe I have no loyalty. Literally none, lol.

 

 

Bc if you show me a picture of Jihyo, I'd think that she was the prettiest thing on two legs but if I turn around and see a picture of Jisoo, I'd suddenly forget what I just said about Jihyo and think Jisoo is the prettiest. And forget scrolling through picture threads and trying to pick who is the best....I can't be the only person who is shooting out eye hearts at everyone, like a kid in Disneyland. 
 

 

 

Edited May 14, 2018 by delirium

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Again, why does it feel like whenever people appreciate/compliment blacks, black features, and people with darker skin, individuals are  labeling it as appropriation, fetish, racism, stereotyping, etc? Why are people constantly make appreciating darker tones into something shameful and that shouldn't be done? There are people actually saying that they won't play characters with darker skin tones now because they view it as appropriation...

Yet, complimenting and appreciating anyone with lighter tones is perfectly fine/wanting to be a white chacter is great. 

 

When you make it wrong to compliment blacks but right to compliment white, what narrative do you thnk you're pushing?  People are literally spreading a perspective that being awed by light tones and whiter features is more "normal" than appreciating people with dark skin and indirectly making light skin and those features a preferred characteristic. And then they call it "progress", yes, it's real progressive when I see children being told that it's not okay to want to be a black superhero, character or that being inspired by black individuals isn't appropriate. It's real progressive to maintain that white is universal and it's the standard for anyone to want and be like white individuals. What is this regressive mindset of segregating blacks even further? And it's done by many westerners who aren't even part of the community or those in the community who get all of their life experience and knowledge from pop culture and social media. Thanks NA, you're doing great, sweetie.

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Insulting someone's bias is like Kpop fans' version of a "yo momma" joke and it's so weird. 

 

Annoyed kpopper insults someone's bias and people are like 

 

...got'em where? you don't know these people, the insults have no personal weight; fans act like they gave birth to kpop groups and have been raising them for 18 yrs. 

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People complain about how the media represents them and get angry at people for believing everything that they see on the tele BUUUUUT then the same people look at how the media represents another group and believes everything that they see; even internationally, we decry the media for what they show about our own country but then judge another country based on what the media shows us....what kind of nonsense 

Edited September 17, 2018 by delirium

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too many fans literally treat idols like invalids who need to be told what they can do, who they can talk to, who they can perform with, what their strengths are, what their sexuality is, what they're allowed to say, what's wrong with their culture...

 

intl and domestic fans attempt to control idols as strictly as the companies that they complain about; just because a fan says it doesn't mean it's right or true 

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Elections coming up and the US is turning rabid, again. As if they didn't learn their lesson from the Trump fiasco, they're putting on even stronger blinders and pretending everything that the other side says is shite simply because the other side said it.

 

Throw in some generalizations about entire groups of people; add some accusations and curses; ignore every piece of evidence that doesn't support their ideology, dismiss, shame, and ridicule everyone who disagrees and you have 92% of the thread responses about politics. Glad to see the citizens not repeating past mistakes. 

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Thank God that idols support and cheer for each other because if they had to depend on some of these "fans" to keep the peace and show love to everyone, Kpop would burn to the bloody ground in a day and all the toxic fans who feed the fire would just be standing around like  covered in smoke and ash and pretending everyone but them is a problem

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I don't know if I'm late to the party but I'm beginning to think that "trending/breaking records/1010100101100 views/etc." is becoming less about quality or talent and more about just having a legion of followers who will love anything that you do. This applies to movies, tele shows, celebs, music...

Edited November 5, 2018 by delirium

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It's kind of strange that girls have become to so use to putting themselves down to make guys look good. 

 

Sometimes it's extreme, where an alarming amount of women blame themselves for a male acting like an arsehole or being an arsehole.

 

And sometimes it's subtle, like reading through comments about male idols and seeing a surprising amount of girls saying, "he's prettier than me and I'm a girl/he's better at that than me and I'm a girl/he's better at being a girl than me/he does this better than me, am I even a woman". At first it seems harmless but when almost every other comment literally becomes girls complimenting a guy at their own expense...it starts raising some eyebrows, especially when you look at male comments about idols and they carry none of the same wry self-deprecation.

 

Combined with the fact that history is rife with men getting away with putting women down so they look better (even now) and having that behavior excused by pop culture as, "that's just a man being a man/he's rich and famous, what did you expect/he's so sassy/he's gay, so it's okay", it gets concerning and you begin to wonder at the sheer number of comments that follow this line of thinking.

Edited November 19, 2018 by delirium

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People who are part of "right" outrage culture complaining about outrage culture but only when they see people on the "left" being outraged or people who are part of "left" outrage culture complaining about outrage culture but only when they see people on the "right" being outraged is hilarious.

 

The other side is literally doing the same exact thing as yours but because they are across the political line, they're the only ones who are being ridiculous.

 

When the other side tries to make someone lose her/his job, harasses them, or tells them to die, your side is suddenly a moral champion and everyone else is too sensitive but when your side participates in the same behavior, you either

give excuses and deflect or suddenly go mute and .

 

And you wonder why the silent, closer to the middle, majority keeps side-eyeing and popping off on the lot of you.

Edited February 15, 2019 by delirium

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I think that creating a narrative where you are the victim of a crime, let alone a hate crime, is one step above being an accessory and two steps above actually committing a crime where you victimize another person. So I don't feel shite for Jussie and the situation that he's created.

 

But all things equal...I'm wondering how do you indict the man with 16 felony counts? Someone can lie about a crime and get 16 FELONY COUNTS but when some of your pillars of peace and justice continued to shoot innocent, unarmed citizens in the streets, they got PAID leave and that's IF people found out what they did. You've been giving these nigs vacations for bloody murder but now you ready to throw the entire book at someone who lied about a crime. We can hardly ever get a felony conviction against fking rapists but lying about a crime gets 16 felony counts? You can barely figure out how to hire hackers to infiltrate paedophilia rings that have thousands of victims but you can figure out how to hit him with 16 counts. Organizations have to hire volunteers to help with the sheer amount of children abuse cases for which you seem to have so much trouble finding time to hear but you can find time to search and bring out 16 sodding felony counts against a liar.

 

okay

Edited March 9, 2019 by delirium

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I don't really like McDonalds...in fact, I kind of hate that place.

 

 

 

 

but damnit, every now and then I just want some skinny fries and a fake McDonalds' burger 

 

 

yea, I'm confused, too

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I realize and accept that it doesn't matter how many facts, undeniable pieces of evidence, history lessons, and so on, that you give to some people, they will only believe what they want to believe and ignore everything else - even when they persist in asking you for facts. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and opinions make the world interesting; but FK ME when the same people complain every other bloody day about everyone else being wrong or ignorant or stupid or morons...when they've literally just pissed on something like centuries of actual historical facts simply because it didn't fit into their ideology. Why is it such a trend in the West to preach down to everyone else while knowing next to nothing about a subject? And why do people keep hailing misinformed people as intellects when a 1st grader Google search is all it takes to prove them wrong?

im.so.confused.

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Americans complain about East Asian netizens overreactions, cancellations, and pc/conservatism A LOT but our social media is becoming just like theirs, we ain't learn nothing, yet. We're still ready to crucify everything we don't like, activism and allies are almost like a joke, now, half of them speak OVER the community they claim to support and not with them; anyone with any kind of following can hardly take a breath without groups on social media bashing them for it.

For instance, recently, a pretty popular American singer said that she gets really anxious and doesn't want fans forcing hugs on her during Meet & Greets...and people dragged her for it and were ready to cancel her for speaking up.

Studies from medical organizations are discovering more serious links between the pressure people put on others through social media and development of mental health issues, like anxiety and depression. A vast variety of voices, from Obama to mental health organizations to news channels, has called out our 'cancel culture' and yet our generation still be like...

 

"only problematics get dragged and canceled."

"cancel/pc culture is all about people being checked for being bigots"

"people just don't want to deal with the consequences of what they say"

I guess her anxiety having arse is Prob.le.ma.tic. After all, people paying money entitled them to put their bodies on her. What kind of bigot doesn't want hugs???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 29, 2020 by delirium