What non political controversial position do you hold?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Getting a driver's license should be much, much, MUCH more difficult than it is. Too many people who don't know how to stay in their lane, don't know what lane they should be in, distracted or zoned out, and a danger to themselves and others.

YES YES YES.

The driving thing is a little hard - I totally agree with you by the way on stricter requirements - but too many people will drive well on the test, but are really poor drivers outside of a test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s wrong to intentionally breed dogs & sell (or buy) the puppies. There are millions of unwanted animals, tens of thousands of which are euthanized every year in the US alone. If you want a dog, go to the pound/animal shelter and adopt one (then get it spayed or neutered!).

I hold the opposite- many shelter dogs, especially in this area, where they are predominantly pit mixes, should be euthanized. I've dealt with too many aggressive dogs walking around crowded streets and parks with owners who don't know how to control them.

[Anonymous]

Yards should be small, and houses should be built in a square with a shared large backyard (courtyard or square model). Creates community or village feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yards should be small, and houses should be built in a square with a shared large backyard (courtyard or square model). Creates community or village feel.

Hmm maybe maybe not. I don't have kids and don't necessarily want your kids screeching on my patio whenever they want. I like the idea of having privacy and being able to have at least some control over my immediate environment. Also, you really want to share backyard space with the creepy perv child molester or gun nut. Hard pass. In theory it's a good idea though--maybe for extroverts but most introverts would find it untenable long term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the people who hate babies and children are evidence that there is something deeply wrong with our society.

How so? Everyone is different. It takes all kinds.

Because it is a more commonly held opinion among young people now than those who like, much less want, kids. I wonder if it's a result of a combination of factors: more adults now didn't have siblings, so they are less exposed to children in their immediate circles (nephews, nieces, etc). Young working adults have moved to urban centers and only interact with other young working adults instead of a multigenerational neighborhood environment. Our society caters to the 20-30s set- bars, expensive restaurants, etc. Our government makes it too expensive to have kids and allows the penalization of mothers for doing so by not requiring parental leave among other things. Our culture also isolates mothers, partly by the shaming as seen on this thread (raise your kids by yourself, because male partners shouldn't have paternity leave, and continue to raise them by yourself until they're 3, and then keep them away from anywhere they might interact with me including restaurants, but also do this on your male partner's single income with no government handouts, and also somehow pay for college). People would rather have a dog and call it a child rather than have an actual child. It just seems deeply unnatural to me. Children should be cherished. People don't have to have kids if they don't want them, but the aggressive hatred of kids is sick.

I have never, in all my 48 years, met anyone with an aggressive hatred of kids. Where do you meet these people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s wrong to intentionally breed dogs & sell (or buy) the puppies. There are millions of unwanted animals, tens of thousands of which are euthanized every year in the US alone. If you want a dog, go to the pound/animal shelter and adopt one (then get it spayed or neutered!).

I hold the opposite- many shelter dogs, especially in this area, where they are predominantly pit mixes, should be euthanized. I've dealt with too many aggressive dogs walking around crowded streets and parks with owners who don't know how to control them.

Agree. Not all dogs are right for all people. Most shelters won't even talk to you unless you have a fenced yard of a specific size which eliminates apartment dwellers. Many dogs aren't right for families or apartment people. In theory I agree with the PP, but in practice, having gone through it a year and a half ago, I realized sometimes your only option is to buy a dog. I bought mine from a breeder, but she was an adult retiring from the breeding program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yards should be small, and houses should be built in a square with a shared large backyard (courtyard or square model). Creates community or village feel.

No way. We have two and a half acres and back up to a golf course. I need space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the people who hate babies and children are evidence that there is something deeply wrong with our society.

How so? Everyone is different. It takes all kinds.

Because it is a more commonly held opinion among young people now than those who like, much less want, kids. I wonder if it's a result of a combination of factors: more adults now didn't have siblings, so they are less exposed to children in their immediate circles (nephews, nieces, etc). Young working adults have moved to urban centers and only interact with other young working adults instead of a multigenerational neighborhood environment. Our society caters to the 20-30s set- bars, expensive restaurants, etc. Our government makes it too expensive to have kids and allows the penalization of mothers for doing so by not requiring parental leave among other things. Our culture also isolates mothers, partly by the shaming as seen on this thread (raise your kids by yourself, because male partners shouldn't have paternity leave, and continue to raise them by yourself until they're 3, and then keep them away from anywhere they might interact with me including restaurants, but also do this on your male partner's single income with no government handouts, and also somehow pay for college). People would rather have a dog and call it a child rather than have an actual child. It just seems deeply unnatural to me. Children should be cherished. People don't have to have kids if they don't want them, but the aggressive hatred of kids is sick.

I have never, in all my 48 years, met anyone with an aggressive hatred of kids. Where do you meet these people?

Respectfully, you aren't the young people I was discussing. I am a little older than my office mates, who are primarily white. college-educated men, and some women, in their late 20s and early 30s. I've often heard things like: Kids are so f*ing annoying, I hate kids, Kids are gross. Etc etc.
And even on page 2 of this thread, you have a person saying babies and toddlers annoy them. I was going to search out all the instances on this thread alone, but I don't have time or the inclination. On the same page you have 3 people saying kids don't belong at wineries, which, although not counting that as hatred, at least displays a dislike of the presence of kids in some public outdoor settings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s wrong to intentionally breed dogs & sell (or buy) the puppies. There are millions of unwanted animals, tens of thousands of which are euthanized every year in the US alone. If you want a dog, go to the pound/animal shelter and adopt one (then get it spayed or neutered!).

I hold the opposite- many shelter dogs, especially in this area, where they are predominantly pit mixes, should be euthanized. I've dealt with too many aggressive dogs walking around crowded streets and parks with owners who don't know how to control them.

+1 All the pit mixes should be euthanized. People don't want them and the overwhelming # are burdening the shelters. I think animals should be given a happy life and they'll never have it at these shelters. Give them a good meal, play with them for an hour, then send them peacefully to sleep. I think it's more humane than keeping them locked up, hoping someone adopts them.

But I also +1 that breeding/selling/buying the specialty dogs is morally wrong.

And I think anyone who doesn't neuter/spay their animal is pure trash.

[Anonymous]

I’ve been a personal trainer for 30 years. Masters in Exercise Science. I’ve never trained an overweight person who wasn’t able to lose weight. Being fat - absent a very, very few medical conditions - is a choice. And it’s a selfish choice that harms you, your family, and society as a whole. Fat shaming is wrong. Normalizing obesity is even worse. If you are fat, you can lose weight. You are making a choice not to.

Also, there is no magic diet, special drink, pill, or program that will help you lose weight. Carbs are not bad. Keto is a horrible diet (unless you have a specific medical condition), a vegetarian diet is not healthy for most women, and Beachbody should be sued for allowing MLMs to call themselves “coaches”.

[Anonymous]

Maryland drivers don't know how to use turn signals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the people who hate babies and children are evidence that there is something deeply wrong with our society.

How so? Everyone is different. It takes all kinds.

Because it is a more commonly held opinion among young people now than those who like, much less want, kids. I wonder if it's a result of a combination of factors: more adults now didn't have siblings, so they are less exposed to children in their immediate circles (nephews, nieces, etc). Young working adults have moved to urban centers and only interact with other young working adults instead of a multigenerational neighborhood environment. Our society caters to the 20-30s set- bars, expensive restaurants, etc. Our government makes it too expensive to have kids and allows the penalization of mothers for doing so by not requiring parental leave among other things. Our culture also isolates mothers, partly by the shaming as seen on this thread (raise your kids by yourself, because male partners shouldn't have paternity leave, and continue to raise them by yourself until they're 3, and then keep them away from anywhere they might interact with me including restaurants, but also do this on your male partner's single income with no government handouts, and also somehow pay for college). People would rather have a dog and call it a child rather than have an actual child. It just seems deeply unnatural to me. Children should be cherished. People don't have to have kids if they don't want them, but the aggressive hatred of kids is sick.

I have never, in all my 48 years, met anyone with an aggressive hatred of kids. Where do you meet these people?

Respectfully, you aren't the young people I was discussing. I am a little older than my office mates, who are primarily white. college-educated men, and some women, in their late 20s and early 30s. I've often heard things like: Kids are so f*ing annoying, I hate kids, Kids are gross. Etc etc.
And even on page 2 of this thread, you have a person saying babies and toddlers annoy them. I was going to search out all the instances on this thread alone, but I don't have time or the inclination. On the same page you have 3 people saying kids don't belong at wineries, which, although not counting that as hatred, at least displays a dislike of the presence of kids in some public outdoor settings.

Well I have two kids (who I love more than anything). Yet I don’t like toddlers at wineries, noisy kids at restaurants annoy the sh!t out of me, and I don’t want you to force me to converse with your brilliant toddler because I’m just not as enamored with him as you are. Does that count as an aggressive hatred of kids to you? Because it doesn’t to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the people who hate babies and children are evidence that there is something deeply wrong with our society.

How so? Everyone is different. It takes all kinds.

Because it is a more commonly held opinion among young people now than those who like, much less want, kids. I wonder if it's a result of a combination of factors: more adults now didn't have siblings, so they are less exposed to children in their immediate circles (nephews, nieces, etc). Young working adults have moved to urban centers and only interact with other young working adults instead of a multigenerational neighborhood environment. Our society caters to the 20-30s set- bars, expensive restaurants, etc. Our government makes it too expensive to have kids and allows the penalization of mothers for doing so by not requiring parental leave among other things. Our culture also isolates mothers, partly by the shaming as seen on this thread (raise your kids by yourself, because male partners shouldn't have paternity leave, and continue to raise them by yourself until they're 3, and then keep them away from anywhere they might interact with me including restaurants, but also do this on your male partner's single income with no government handouts, and also somehow pay for college). People would rather have a dog and call it a child rather than have an actual child. It just seems deeply unnatural to me. Children should be cherished. People don't have to have kids if they don't want them, but the aggressive hatred of kids is sick.

I have never, in all my 48 years, met anyone with an aggressive hatred of kids. Where do you meet these people?

Respectfully, you aren't the young people I was discussing. I am a little older than my office mates, who are primarily white. college-educated men, and some women, in their late 20s and early 30s. I've often heard things like: Kids are so f*ing annoying, I hate kids, Kids are gross. Etc etc.
And even on page 2 of this thread, you have a person saying babies and toddlers annoy them. I was going to search out all the instances on this thread alone, but I don't have time or the inclination. On the same page you have 3 people saying kids don't belong at wineries, which, although not counting that as hatred, at least displays a dislike of the presence of kids in some public outdoor settings.

Well I have two kids (who I love more than anything). Yet I don’t like toddlers at wineries, noisy kids at restaurants annoy the sh!t out of me, and I don’t want you to force me to converse with your brilliant toddler because I’m just not as enamored with him as you are. Does that count as an aggressive hatred of kids to you? Because it doesn’t to me.

I mean you can argue with me all you want, but people are continually talking about how much they dislike kids, whether they have them or not. Not sure why you are trying to deny that this is a common sentiment, and one that was less commonly expressed a decade or so ago. I'm sorry that, for whatever reason, you feel personally victimized by my observation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland drivers don't know how to use turn signals.

Is this controversial? I thought it was a well-known fact. I’ve read on DCUM that driving instructors used to teach MD kids not to use their signals.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1008010.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the people who hate babies and children are evidence that there is something deeply wrong with our society.

How so? Everyone is different. It takes all kinds.

Because it is a more commonly held opinion among young people now than those who like, much less want, kids. I wonder if it's a result of a combination of factors: more adults now didn't have siblings, so they are less exposed to children in their immediate circles (nephews, nieces, etc). Young working adults have moved to urban centers and only interact with other young working adults instead of a multigenerational neighborhood environment. Our society caters to the 20-30s set- bars, expensive restaurants, etc. Our government makes it too expensive to have kids and allows the penalization of mothers for doing so by not requiring parental leave among other things. Our culture also isolates mothers, partly by the shaming as seen on this thread (raise your kids by yourself, because male partners shouldn't have paternity leave, and continue to raise them by yourself until they're 3, and then keep them away from anywhere they might interact with me including restaurants, but also do this on your male partner's single income with no government handouts, and also somehow pay for college). People would rather have a dog and call it a child rather than have an actual child. It just seems deeply unnatural to me. Children should be cherished. People don't have to have kids if they don't want them, but the aggressive hatred of kids is sick.

I have never, in all my 48 years, met anyone with an aggressive hatred of kids. Where do you meet these people?

Respectfully, you aren't the young people I was discussing. I am a little older than my office mates, who are primarily white. college-educated men, and some women, in their late 20s and early 30s. I've often heard things like: Kids are so f*ing annoying, I hate kids, Kids are gross. Etc etc.
And even on page 2 of this thread, you have a person saying babies and toddlers annoy them. I was going to search out all the instances on this thread alone, but I don't have time or the inclination. On the same page you have 3 people saying kids don't belong at wineries, which, although not counting that as hatred, at least displays a dislike of the presence of kids in some public outdoor settings.

Well I have two kids (who I love more than anything). Yet I don’t like toddlers at wineries, noisy kids at restaurants annoy the sh!t out of me, and I don’t want you to force me to converse with your brilliant toddler because I’m just not as enamored with him as you are. Does that count as an aggressive hatred of kids to you? Because it doesn’t to me.

I mean you can argue with me all you want, but people are continually talking about how much they dislike kids, whether they have them or not. Not sure why you are trying to deny that this is a common sentiment, and one that was less commonly expressed a decade or so ago. I'm sorry that, for whatever reason, you feel personally victimized by my observation.

I’m just saying people not liking kids (which I agree is a common sentiment) and and “intense hatred of kids” are two completely different things.