2022 unpopular opinion thread

[GnarAlarm]

Behind every dog that mauls a person is an owner who says "but he's the sweetest and bestest dog ever!"

[Mean salto]

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dogs are more hazardous than cats generally i never go to someones house and get jumped on or bit by a cat they just do thier own thing

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Have you ever met a cat? They scratch and bite you out of boredom. You need to put a dog in very stressful situation for anything like that to happen.
Had both, love both, but cats are kinda insane

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Cats are chill as hell and don't care enough to bit or claw you unless you're stressing them out. They don't give a fuck about anything except food and shelter really and therefore their love feels more earned as well.

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I feel like it isn’t love as much as it’s just a strategic ploy to ingratiate themselves to that lumbering moron that feeds them and buys them gifts from time to time.  Like some sycophant courtesan sucking up to the king.

Do you think your cat would mourn your death?  Dogs for sure would but a cat would just step over your dead body hoping that someone else comes along to feed it soon.

Ever watch when a cat catches a mouse or a bird and they just play with it and torture it and mutilate it for its own enjoyment?  They’re total psychopaths.  Not hating on cats, I’ve had a few that were awesome, but I think one needs to call a spade a spade.

That's what animals really are tho. You buy a cat because you want an animal. If you buy a dog because you want something to mourn your death then you're probably just really lonely. Humans, pigs, dolphins, chimpanzees, cats unfortunately there's a pattern of the more intelligent an animal is the more evil it is

[gaunting]

Don’t bring your skateboard to a dog park or your dog to a skatepark…..same goes for don’t bring your girlfriend to the skatepark….don’t bring your skateboard to…….the girlfriend park….

NEVER bring your skateboard to the girlfriend park!

[manysnakes]

#magacommunism

Jackson Hinkle can't kickflip

[Mallie]

 As both a dog and a cat ow er - dogs are much more interactive, they're actually your companion, while a cat is just an unwilling roommate that kinda tolerates you cause you feed them and house them. Being pack-animals, dogs thrive on having a relationship with other members of their pack, i.e. their owner. Cats are thoroughly self-sufficient so people are exilarated when a cat decides that you can pet them for a couple of minutes.

On the other hand, that's why dogs are more dangerous and you have to work with them, which most people don't do, so it leads to shit happening. Also, being able to actually hurt you by their design, unlike cats.

Both really cool, tho, just in different ways.

[R3dBullRox420]

As both a dog and a cat ow er - dogs are much more interactive, they're actually your companion, while a cat is just an unwilling roommate that kinda tolerates you cause you feed them and house them. Being pack-animals, dogs thrive on having a relationship with other members of their pack, i.e. their owner. Cats are thoroughly self-sufficient so people are exilarated when a cat decides that you can pet them for a couple of minutes.

On the other hand, that's why dogs are more dangerous and you have to work with them, which most people don't do, so it leads to shit happening. Also, being able to actually hurt you by their design, unlike cats.

Both really cool, tho, just in different ways.

Thank you. They're both tight/annoying in different circumstances. 
Thought this was the unpopular opinions thread? Seeing a whole lotta boo-hoo-I'm-traumatized-by-getting-nipped-at-by-a-doggy-omg-i'm-so-quirky-i-like-cats mfs up in here tho

[Steely Daniel]

Damn what did my drunk ass start the other night... Proud of you guys though. I think I probably agree that I hate overzealous and irresponsible dog owners more than dogs themselves. A well trained, leashed dog I can tolerate, but there are so many shithounds running around off leash and I'm tired of the normalization of dogs everywhere. People around here act like every public park is their dog park when we have leash by-laws and most parks have no dogs allowed signs. The amount of dogshit everywhere during covid lockdowns was enraging also.110 pound women walking unmuzzled pits is another favourite... Oh but they've never bit anyone before... Yeah I'm not trying to roll the dice with my children's safety for your trendy 'rescued' hellhound. I'm happy without any pets currently. Two kids is enough to take care of.

[DERBY]

Dill is way more digestible when you realize he’s pretending to be a fusion of Quentin Tarintino, Gonz, and Dash Snow.

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[jgonzalez]

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Dill is way more digestible when you realize he’s pretending to be a fusion of Quentin Tarintino, Gonz, and Dash Snow.

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Don’t forget he’s trying to be Wallace with the khakis loafers and knitwear

Then there’s this blatant rip-off of a clip

Truly Embarrassing!

[nevrwasben]

I fully realize the kooks that are going to passed my way because of this, but fuck it.
I’m not a fan of Louie Lopez and feel that while his skating is impressive and I enjoy watching some of it, he is greatly overhyped in my unpopular opinion.
He’s very impressive and extremely talented, but something about his skating misses the mark with me.
Maybe it’s his childlike body? I don’t know, I don’t want to be mean or tear him down, but jus sayin.
Ok, drunk rant over G’night y’all.

[BALARGUE]

i won't blame you, it's a matter of subjectivity but how can you fit "greatly overhyped", "very impressive" and "extremely talented" in the same rant ?

[nevrwasben]

i won't blame you, it's a matter of subjectivity but how can you fit "greatly overhyped", "very impressive" and "extremely talented" in the same rant ?

Hahaha, drunk while SLAPping!
Uuuuhhhh, barely remember typing that, but having said what I said, he just doesn’t hit the mark for me.
I feel like I should like him more than I do, but I don’t…

[LebowskisRug]

Boardslides are terrifying. Id rather back tail something at speed than back boardslide most park rails.

[sacking rails]

Boardslides are terrifying. Id rather back tail something at speed than back boardslide most park rails.

quit lying lol

[LebowskisRug]

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Boardslides are terrifying. Id rather back tail something at speed than back boardslide most park rails.

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quit lying lol

At speed for someone my age is different than Nik Stain. But if the tailslide catches it's easier to jump out of the way and I might fall onto my ass but that has rarely happened. If I slip out by leaning too much my board shoots out but I rarely actually fall when that happens.

Now back board I'll shoot out half the time if it's waxed and hit my ass/back on the rail. I've also caught and nearly taken out my teeth falling onto the rail.

[newguy]

Some dude brought his iguana to the park the other day. It was cool as hell, but it was just chilling on the ground it could have easily gotten taken out by a rogue board.

Iguanas are awesome! You can form very close bonds with them if you earn their trust

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cats were ruined by the internet treating them as “epic awesomesauce”. the slap shoes with the cat print insoles were embarrassing.

[manysnakes]

cats were ruined by the internet treating them as “epic awesomesauce”. the slap shoes with the cat print insoles were embarrassing.

The internet did this to literally everything.

[Mean salto]

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Boardslides are terrifying. Id rather back tail something at speed than back boardslide most park rails.

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quit lying lol

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At speed for someone my age is different than Nik Stain. But if the tailslide catches it's easier to jump out of the way and I might fall onto my ass but that has rarely happened. If I slip out by leaning too much my board shoots out but I rarely actually fall when that happens.

Now back board I'll shoot out half the time if it's waxed and hit my ass/back on the rail. I've also caught and nearly taken out my teeth falling onto the rail.

Got a bunch of herniated disc in my back and would also say backside boardslide is one of the last tricks I want to try (backside blunt being the last) altho I've always had a weird thing about backside board, feeble and crooked. I'd rather do any of them frontside, halfcab in or do hurricane, 180 nosegrind. Can't see a situation where I'd personally try a backtail over back board but different people do different things so I'll believe it.

[cky enthusiast]

i’ve never felt accomplished for having back boards locked up until this thread. thanx dudez

[SneakySecrets]

I also can do the elusive back boardslide  .

Most Sour graphics are lame.

[fakiefs180]

i’ve never felt accomplished for having back boards locked up until this thread. thanx dudez

This. And I really like longer back boarslides and turning them to fakie in the last second.

[PatrickSkateman]

IG videos and YouTube contest recap edits make Dime Glory Challenge and Copenhagen look cringeworthy and infested with dorks.

[LebowskisRug]

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Boardslides are terrifying. Id rather back tail something at speed than back boardslide most park rails.

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quit lying lol

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At speed for someone my age is different than Nik Stain. But if the tailslide catches it's easier to jump out of the way and I might fall onto my ass but that has rarely happened. If I slip out by leaning too much my board shoots out but I rarely actually fall when that happens.

Now back board I'll shoot out half the time if it's waxed and hit my ass/back on the rail. I've also caught and nearly taken out my teeth falling onto the rail.

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Got a bunch of herniated disc in my back and would also say backside boardslide is one of the last tricks I want to try (backside blunt being the last) altho I've always had a weird thing about backside board, feeble and crooked. I'd rather do any of them frontside, halfcab in or do hurricane, 180 nosegrind. Can't see a situation where I'd personally try a backtail over back board but different people do different things so I'll believe it.

I'm the opposite anything backside is easier. I find front tails harder and always have. I don't have an issue with front 180s and fine front 180 into switch crook (on curb sized stuff) easier. I think frontside I land too much like an oaf and over pop. Probably creates too much downward force. Backside it's easier to scoop into a tailslide.

I also got a concussion back boarding a park rail as a kid and broke my wrist slipping out of a front tail so it's probably some weird trauma thing and I just try those tricks less. Id also say back feebles freak me out too.

I just think it's unpopular cuz I see tons and tons of people doing them and they're often considered beginner tricks in tutorials.

[notmikerusczyk]

it's really hard for me to look past gustav's dumb ass manbun. how does it not give him a headache?? that being said i still really enjoy his footage but fuck man chop it off

[L33Tg33k]

it's really hard for me to look past gustav's dumb ass manbun. how does it not give him a headache?? that being said i still really enjoy his footage but fuck man chop it off

This isn’t the most popular opinion ever thread.

[HORSES]

it's really hard for me to look past gustav's dumb ass manbun. how does it not give him a headache?? that being said i still really enjoy his footage but fuck man chop it off

No, I'm right there with you. It looks terrible. I have a friend who played professional sport at a very high level, whose career just ended, and we were catching up, and asked him about  any regrets, and he said he hated that for 4 years of his career he had the man bun/samurai style hair cut, and is embarrassed to watch highlights when he had that haircut. It'll never look good.

[SneakySecrets]

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it's really hard for me to look past gustav's dumb ass manbun. how does it not give him a headache?? that being said i still really enjoy his footage but fuck man chop it off

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No, I'm right there with you. It looks terrible. I have a friend who played professional sport at a very high level, whose career just ended, and we were catching up, and asked him about  any regrets, and he said he hated that for 4 years of his career he had the man bun/samurai style hair cut, and is embarrassed to watch highlights when he had that haircut. It'll never look good.

It’s the most obnoxious hairstyle ever and I’ve passionately hated every one I’ve ever seen, but for sone reason Gustav’s doesn’t bother me.  It just fits with the whole supernaturally-talented wood elf thing he’s got going.

[cky enthusiast]

bun is nicer than a pony tail, just gotta run it low

[manysnakes]

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it's really hard for me to look past gustav's dumb ass manbun. how does it not give him a headache?? that being said i still really enjoy his footage but fuck man chop it off

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No, I'm right there with you. It looks terrible. I have a friend who played professional sport at a very high level, whose career just ended, and we were catching up, and asked him about  any regrets, and he said he hated that for 4 years of his career he had the man bun/samurai style hair cut, and is embarrassed to watch highlights when he had that haircut. It'll never look good.

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It’s the most obnoxious hairstyle ever and I’ve passionately hated every one I’ve ever seen, but for sone reason Gustav’s doesn’t bother me.  It just fits with the whole supernaturally-talented wood elf thing he’s got going.

Yeah I think he looks good with it. It’s a euro thing.