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[–] MdPhoenix@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Beatles suck.
The Eagles are not as amazing as everyone thinks.

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 89 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The purpose of government is to take care of the people. I'd rather pay more taxes to make sure my fellow men are fed, clothed, sheltered, educated and cared for because it improves security for my loved ones.

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[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (23 children)

Becoming a parent is not a right, it is a privilege (I guess). You need a license to get married, drive, hunt or fish, your dog needs one. There should be some sort of class and background check you must pass before being allowed to procreate. Just the basics like: this is the level of care and support this small helpless mammal needs to be healthy and grow to maturity. This is how much, minimum, that quality upbringing will cost and do you meet that bare minimum level of competence and income to raise a healthy baby.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Also the amount of effort and wealth expended by the medical profession just so that some people can reproduce is mind boggling.

[–] _Vedr@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Who decides who can pro-create? What is the criteria?

I don't see a scenario where this works out well.

[–] ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I laid out some bare minimums: knowledge about how to take care of and raise a healthy human child and the financial means to do so.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

Jeez, this thread is scary, I forget how many crazy opinions people can have.

Mine is probably that non-human animal lives matter, maybe not exactly in the same way that human lives do, but in a comparable and important way. I believe that murder is murder no matter the animal killed.

And also a maybe close second (not really an opinion but you could argue that I'm too dark about it) is that climate change is far past the point of no return and that in 50 years we are all going to live extremely hard lives (if we even survive) that right now would seem like an apocalypse type fantasy movie.

[–] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Climate change is not a lost cause. We are beating any estimates on wind and solar deployment, solar is cheap as fuck, and overall, were just no that bad off.

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

I find it difficult to respect the way we exist in society. Most of us in the west enjoy what we have because someone elsewhere is being exploited. The general pride and vanity we have is unjustified and we should be using that power for good instead. We are focused on the ~~right~~ wrong things.

You could say that this opinion isn’t unpopular, but just try bringing it up in conversation. Many don’t want to know.

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[–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

COD sucks. The only good ones were world at war and the original modern warfare series. That's it. All others aren't worth a shit.

Now before you respond, yes I know there are many people that agree with this, but with people I know in real life this is unpopular.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Sonic The Hedgehog (Sonic '06) is an absolute gem of a game in its original buggy mess form it released in. The bugs and frustration they cause only add onto the charm.

Also, the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (not SatAM) cartoon is just as good, if not slightly better, than SatAM due to the absolutely goofy atmosphere. Some of the jokes in Adventures were great. Absolutely loved the joke on Sloww Going where they had Tails writing down whatever Sonic said they needed to rebuild a house for a family of sloths and when Sonic goes to look back at what he wrote, it's nonsense and Tails has to remind Sonic that he's only 4½ years old and doesn't know how to write yet.

Saw a video pop up in the incognito mode thing for yt about Tails being a savage and I found a comment that absolutely resonates with why I absolutely LOVE that version of Tails as well and why he's the best version of tails ever. They were saying how his personality really makes him feel like a little kid without a filter. Absolutely the best Tails ever, so I 100% agree with that comment.

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