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And I'm joined by two of my friends who have extremely unpopular opinions about pretty much everything. They're going to share some right now. Damien and Arasha. Okay, okay, I got one. I feel like I have so many just like ready to go always, and now I'm on the spot, and all I can think of is just so popular. It's crazy. Everything I think is just really popular. Well, I have ones. I just don't know if like it's okay to say them. That's fair. Okay, you know what? Let's try it. All right. Okay. We just cut it. Yeah, you can cut it. And our first story. And our first story. You and I are like noticeably disheveled and uncomfortable after the cut. Okay, hear me out though. Okay, let's start. I think if you're over the age of like 60, you have to retest for your driver's license. I agree. That's a popular opinion, I think. Okay, well, I feel like people would come at me for being like ageist, and I'm not trying to do that. No, I think 100%. No, 100%. It's just like put the pedal to the pedal. Like we got to go, you know? Yeah. No, I 100% fully agree. Okay, okay. I honestly, I got a little nervous. Like my toes are a little curled right now, because I didn't know how that was going to go down. Oh, we are canceling the operation. Arasha is clear. Yeah. No, no, that's a good one. That's a good one. Thank you. But I don't think I don't think unpopular enough. Okay. All right. I got more, Damien. Yeah. Man, I feel like I'm, I'm so on the spot here. And you guys are thinking like you want me to say something witty and cool, like usual. No, I was just kind of, I think what's tough is when you get like big societal levels, like like laws and stuff. I think it's tough to find one that's like an unpopular. opinion. I think where we're gonna see a lot of things is in the small things. I saw a post on Reddit a long time ago, and maybe it'll come up today of an unpopular opinion where someone was like, I love getting into my car when it's really hot. Like when you get into a really hot car. I love that feeling. And everyone was like, what is wrong with you? I there is you know what, there is something to the like, and as someone that hates the heat, there is something to walking into a car and just feeling that like, wow, like it's such a it's you're literally like swimming. Yeah. But it's nice if it's if you're cold, and you're getting into a hot car. But if it's a hot day, and you get in a hot car, there's something about that, like immediate jump to high, high heat, that is far better. It's the sustained consistent heat that I hate. But that moment of just like, woof, like sauna, it's even hotter is okay. You know, can I can I save my unpopular opinion for later? Like, yeah, something will come up. Of course. Yeah, I have a few. I have a few. So, you know, later when you hit them, I'll, I'll hit all of yours are about old people. You're like, I don't think people over 60 should thank you for bringing up old people be able to date anymore. I'm not ageist. They just it's the smell go away. All of them start with if you're over the age of 60. See, you're under arrest. You go to jail for old people now. It won't be that long. Like, just chill. If a politician came out and they ran on entirely just being against, old people, I think they might do okay. Like, I can't be against the entire government because the entire government is entirely like, I would like to announce my campaign. I see that mom. Donnie's got good ideas. Yeah. And he's young enough to be like 40 years. It's crazy. Okay. Now I'm fucking heated over old people in a car, which they can't fucking drive. No, they can't. Okay, let's hop into these. Our first unpopular opinion. These come from the subreddit the 10th dentists. You've probably heard nine out of 10 dentists recommend this. This is the 10th dentist is where the idea comes from for the subreddit. That one's Peter Capaldi, right? Yeah. So people are posting. Jesus, there's the way right. You're still getting started. That was crazy. Uh, some doctor who fans can be like, no, he did the math. That was right. Um, so these are unpopular opinions. And the point of it is to, they post an unpopular opinion and you're supposed to upvote it if it is truly unpopular. Uh, we'll build, talk about it however we want. Okay, here we go. First post. I put a daily alarm for two 59 on weekdays. Stay with me now. Sleep kind of sucks. Sleeping is really enjoyable. That much is true, but you don't experience the sleep. You just lay in bed until poof. You're now awake. It's the worst on weekdays because you can't even just lay in bed, enjoying the fact that you've slept. Therefore every weekday, I set an alarm for the middle of the night so I can wake up, lay in bed a little and go to sleep again. It's nice. Also it's set to two 59 because setting my alarm at a rounded number makes me really uncomfortable for some reason. Edit found out my sister does this too. I'm going to be hereditary. 100% agree. Agree. That's why you were grabbing and we were making the same face. Yes. Wow. Because I was going to say that in the beginning. Like I, that, that truly is what I believe. Like I love snoozing. I love waking up to an alarm because she's so right. You cannot enjoy sleep until you're done having it. Wow. If I'm to understand you and the poster correctly, you're both saying like, doesn't it suck how you sleep all the way through the night? No issues. You don't even realize you're trying to sleep and then you just have to wake up. It's a, it's a, it's a very privileged sleeper take. Here's the thing. No, here's the thing, Arasha. I, I, I do agree. Now, now here's why I can sleep. I'm very grateful. It's one of the most, it's one of the things I'm most grateful about my brain and body is that I can sleep anywhere. Yes. However I need to. And I, it's just, it's truly just like, and I'm back up. It's crazy. Uh, like Courtney and I have those, those, these rings now that like track our sleep and it'll show like how long it took you to sleep. Oh. And sometimes Courtney's like, oh my, it took me like 40 minutes to fall asleep. Mine's always like five minutes. Instant. It's truly like I'm out. I feel like I can do that anywhere but my bed though. If I'm on a plane, I've like fallen asleep on a laundromat counter in the middle of Atlanta, like while filming a movie being like, I can catch a quick 15. And this abandoned laundromat, your bed, but my bed, my brain is just like, what about that thing you did once? And like, it's just off to the races. Interesting. So all the way through the night. But I also feel like you've earned that. Like you both are very active people. You exercise. I will wake up. Yeah. What I was going to say though, is that, um, I will often wake up in the middle of the night, but it's not like a problem. Cause it's not like, oh, I have trouble going back to sleep. I wake up and if I wake up in the middle of the night, I sometimes love it. Yeah. Cause I'm like, oh sweet. Now I get to have that feeling of like, I don't have to be up yet. Yes. Now I will say, on the rare occasion that I have trouble sleeping, I'm like, oh, this is agony. If I had this regularly, I would just beg to be able to sleep through the night. But I'm lucky that it's not the thing that I was hit with. Everybody has their thing, right? Like, nobody gets to just be, like, 100%. Everyone has a bullshit thing. But I'm glad sleep is not my bullshit thing. Yeah. Let me pose another thing to you, though. Like, do you know the Twilight Zone where the guy is, like, in heaven and it's a casino and he's always winning and he's just like, oh, no, I'm always winning. That's boring. This must be hell. That's kind of how I feel about that because I do love waking up in the middle of the night being like, you know what? It's not the worst night of sleep. I hope I have some sleep time left. And you got, like, five hours before your alarm and then you're like, oh, what a treat. And then you fall back asleep. Yeah. But, like, it's a gamble. I could wake up, like, this morning I woke up and I was like, God, can't wait to go back to sleep. And it was, like, five minutes before my alarm and I was like, you gotta be fucking kidding me. You need to have those moments in order to appreciate going back to sleep. Waking yourself up at 2.59? I could fall asleep. right back to sleep i would wake up and be like good morning me and then good morning me again but you wouldn't want to interrupt ram like i don't know if it's good for you it's probably not good no i love interrupting the ram i love interrupting the ram you guys okay have you ever like waking up and and you're interrupting the ram right and and and then you go back into the ram and it's the same ram so you're talking about a dream i think you're meaning the word dream and you're just replacing ram with that no no no this is the ram this is let me on my ram job right here okay okay you're out and then you're immediately back and you though you have woken up you're back inside that exact same dream i don't know thank god you're back no time has passed i don't know if it does that's a good question out there like you're back in the dream and you're like i don't know if it does that's a good question out there like you're back in the dream and you're like i don't know if it does that's a good question out i don't know if it does that's a good question out there like you're back in the dream scientifically does are you able to go back into the like rem sleep cycle yeah when you fall back asleep immediately i mean ultimately i feel like the the healthiest thing is to can you sleep continually that's probably the best for you yeah i'm not a sleep doctor but i'm not dr sleep okay but uh who's that i am i'm actually the most confused in the world when i'm sitting between you two it's even worse um we're 10 years our junior well because then you're just like where where were we talking about what's going on we're making movie references we're just volleying back and forth but anyways okay uh you're cool with this okay thank you you're cool with this thank you we agree thank you i think you can do whatever the hell you want with your own sleep you are allowed i'm just like it's not even in a popular opinion it's just like i love this thing it's like yes you do but also it's just it's probably not healthy i think it's unpopular that he says wake you up and you're like okay i'm just like i'm just like i'm just like i'm just like in the middle of the night is awesome like that's what op is saying and that is an unpopular thing it's a sleeper majority of people say i don't want to wake up in the middle of the night i think you're just gaming the system we all everybody everybody most people i think love the feeling of like oh i woke up and it's cold and i get to melt back to sleep under the covers or like something like there's a lot to be enjoyed about a middle of the night moment but also it's just weird to stop yourself it's like i i love jogging two miles and twisting my ankle uh the mile just to like pause struggle so i have a pause you know i struggle with it well my point too is that it also has for me like i don't love so much in the middle of the night that's fine i will take it but for me i want like i want like five minute intervals from like maybe an hour or two away from when i have to wake up wow so i want to constantly get that little dopamine spike oh you don't like it anymore um i get it kind of i like kind of once and like i like waking up being like oh i gotta i i've got two more hours okay i can go back to sleep that's not a bad one yeah or like waking up hitting the snooze and being like you know what i could actually push it 30 minutes oh let me give myself 30 minutes always pushing it that feels like arash are you the type because i'm this way i'll set an alarm for like 6 a.m and i on the dot wake up at 5 55 every time i rarely wake up from my alarms i will set an alarm and then i wake up 10 to 5 minutes before it i am not i am not see if i have to wake up at 6 a.m the alarms are starting at 4 30 wow do you think if you didn't set an alarm you would sleep forever no yes wow yes i cannot sleep in i i it's it hits like 7 a.m and that's kind of my my ceiling oh my god i rarely can recall when i've slept past 7 a.m we just need to talk about sleep forever actually like it is it's really naps too like naps don't ruin me naps don't ruin me at all i can't sleep for six hours in the middle of the day and then i will still have a full night's sleep at the end of the day damn i can nap at any time for no reason that's awesome i'm not i don't nap i don't nap you are a very healthy person though you have like a good routine naps aren't unhealthy no i'm just saying like in general when you're like yeah i go to bed at like you know 10 and can't help but wake up you know before sure i go to bed decently early for the best part you have a good routine i feel like every day is like a not with a bang but a whimper kind of like days done and then like i wake up when i have to like i wake up when i have to are you okay not since childhood no no no no no no it's very funny i wake up so early sometimes that and courtney will sleep in she'll be like you have this whole other life like what are 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health versus hype with the american medical association on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts show all right comments i honestly get it waking up and realizing you can go to sleep again is awesome op said oh yeah i only started doing this like a year ago because i've been having a really easy time to just instantly falling asleep yeah i set an alarm an hour before my main one for this i wake up thinking grr time for work then realize it's only my first one turn it off and nuzzle back up with a whole extra hour it's pretty awesome op said lol yeah alarms use your brain i feel i started waking up before the night alarm because i got so used to it someone else said yeah that's insane pouring one out for any partner that ever has to deal with this psychotic alarm here here op said anytime i have to share a room with someone i always turn off the alarm well all the times that i remember to do so right right yeah that's that's so considerate of them okay um i think it's a it's like 50 50 unpopular because like we're hitting people who can sleep easily people who can't so i think a lot of people are like oh yeah i get the feeling it's also not like an ungraspable opinion like just because i wouldn't do it doesn't mean i can't get the idea of like oh that does sound kind of nice for you sure so it's like it's not top tier unpopular for sure it's time for our next unpopular opinion okay this comes from the 10th dentist as well most people are not dog people and i'm tired of pretending people are okay thank you this will be mine this will be my unpopular oh and we're gonna share this one yeah so many americans and particularly adopt dogs over hate on cats. However, people are wildly not dog people on everyday interactions and would much rather enjoy a cat. Dogs take a lot of behavioral training. People are annoyed by barking, dogs jumping on people, resource guarding, and require a lot of activity. Don't get me wrong, I like dogs and I'm not trying to spread anti-dog propaganda. I just think the typical having a dog as a pet for the family is another lie of the American dream. A dog really is a diet version of raising a child. Cats are easy. Okay. They did miss saying paw-paganda. I just want to throw that out there. That's good. I guess it works for anything, just pet-related propaganda. Okay, so what OP is saying is not that they don't like dogs. They're saying that most people are lying to themselves and saying they like dogs because it is such a like Americanized thing. And it is a very American thing, like how we go about dogs as pets. It's very different, I feel like, in a lot of other countries. Yeah. A lot of places where it's similar, but America-like, we treat dogs like they are people here, you know? And I'm not saying I necessarily disagree with that, but it is a very Americanized thing. We got nods around the room. This will be my like hot take on popular opinion because first of all, I love animals. I love all animals. If I'm going to a person's house or a party or whatever, I'm going to find the animal there. I'm going to spend all of my time with that thing, whatever it is. I think 99% of people who are dog owners are not really fit to be dog owners. They are not aware of like how much work and time it takes. Yeah. I hate dealing with other people's dogs that either cannot stop barking or will not stop jumping on people or just fuck with stuff. Like there's such an entitlement to people where it's just like, yeah, they're dogs. That's what they do. That's how it goes. And I'm like, no, you shouldn't have this. You just got a free pet and decided to let it do whatever. And now it's everyone's problem. Yeah. I will say I do love when a dog is well-trained. Like Aaron, in the office, we got Moose. Moose is the best animal. And I know how much work Aaron put in and research like right off the bat. Like it's awesome. But I'm also working in offices where dogs come in. It's like, oh, he pissed on the floor again, huh? Right. Right. Moose is a deity. Like he's completely separate from the conversation. I would say everybody at Smosh, when they bring their dogs to the office, like all their dogs are so well-behaved. Yeah. But that's kind of an outlier, like living in America my whole life. A lot of dog owners are really terrible. Like they're really terrible, which is stressful for the dog. It's also stressful for just everybody around them all the time. And I would say, but here's the problem is like people are that way with a lot of animals. And they're also that way with their kids. Like they're signing up for responsibility. They want the thing, but not the responsibility of it. Totally. Because they think the responsibility is like, yeah, I'll feed it every day. Yeah, I'll take it on walks. Yeah. It's like, no, no, no, no, no. There's a whole thing, man. Communicate with this dog. There's a whole thing with this creature who doesn't know your language and you have to make it learn. And I know I'm saying this all like, I don't have kids and I don't have a dog, but like I've had dogs in the past and like, I've had a few kids and I've had, I don't know where they are. Totally. Yeah. Yeah. Fuck them. But like, uh, I know a lot of people who are parents and I'm related to a lot of people who are parents and like, but I think it's similar to, um, it reminds me, um, I was going to say, I think a lot of people want a baby, but they don't actually want like a kid or to raise a human being. Uh, and I remember talking to someone who was older and his kids were all adults and he's just like, he's like, it's the craziest thing. He's like, the majority of your life, your kids are going to be adults. He's like, and I think he's like, a lot of people don't sign up for that and they don't realize like, Oh, they're going to be a kid for like 15 to 18 years, you know? But then it's like, now they're a grown man and you have to be hanging out with them. Um, well you can't say it like that, but that's like, but I think a lot of people don't sign up for that. And then you hear like, how many people like, do we know who like, have like limited contact with their parents or no contact with their parents? And I'm just like, damn, cause their parents didn't sign up for that really. And I think what we're, we're talking about with dogs and it reminds me of back in the day, millennials remember this, the Paris Hilton phase when Chihuahuas were adopted in mass. And then there was a mass exodus of them all being put in shelters. Cause a lot of people got them as a hobby, just as a thing of like, Oh, I want this cute accessory. It'll be in my purse. Hey man, that's a, that's a living being like that are is domesticated. So it's not just some wild animal. It is it's nature is tied to humans. So you have to play a part in it. And people just treat that shit. Accessory is the key word there. I think that's a really strong placement where I will disagree with OPS. He says cats are easy. And I actually very much disagree. I had dogs growing up and I didn't have like easy dogs. One of my dogs was a stubborn asshole, but, uh, loved him to death. But, uh, cats are, cats are really nice. I think cats are really difficult in just different ways. Right. Cats can be easier on a day by day basis. But I think when things are tough with cats, they're really tough because they don't communicate like dogs sometimes. And, uh, they can be harder to read. And I don't know. I've, I've, I've had, cause I had cats growing up and dogs growing up and now I have currently have cats. I've dealt with both. I, I wouldn't say one's easier than the other. It's also a case by case basis. It does depend though. And I think a lot of people try to talk to cats like their dogs. Like when I you know, when I got my cat Freya, um, she like hid under the sofa for like three straight days. So I was like, okay, to show where it's safe, you know, I'm going to take a nap next to the sofa on the ground. So she can see that like, I'm not trying to reach in, but I'm here. I'm sleepy. All the vibes are good. And like, eventually she like reached out her paw and put her paw on my hand. And it was like later that night that she would like came out and was exploring and like, you know, until my cat Zelda, who's unfortunately no longer with us, um, like entered the picture. I was very like in tune and like, I could, I could like play fetch with her. I could like, you know, I trained little like hand symbols and like little sounds to mean different things. And I was just trying to, trying to sort of like intuit that as opposed to like, come here, like, come on. I feel like I am so, I don't have any knowledge on the subject. I've never had pets like ever. I mean, technically we had a fish once, but then it died and my mom blamed herself. And no, I know. Like fish die when you look at them funny. It's true. To be fair, she was trying to play fetch. Right, right. Kind of just hit it with a ball. But like, I've truly never had a, like a close relationship with an animal in that way. And in the form of a, of a pet. So the, this idea of responsibility and, uh, entitlement, the accessories, all of this stuff, it almost feels like, I don't know. I feel like I'm speaking a little bit from like my naive, like, no, I mean, that's okay. Yeah. That's entirely fine. Um, I do think there's like as much as I, I am obsessed with animals and I love dogs. I also can acknowledge, I think sometimes the American like version of dog ownership is, is fucking weird sometimes. Like how we treat dogs has gotten like excessive to some points where like, I'm like, guys, they're not humans. They are, they are, they are definitely not wild animals, but they're not like, it's almost disrespectful to them. It's going to make them anxious if we treat them fully like a human, like, but it's gotten to where it's like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. It's gotten to weird territories. Um, but a lot of people just are not taking the actual responsibility to it. I think the other alternative though, is like, obviously we don't want dogs to stay in shelters and stuff like that. So maybe it just like in order to adopt the dog, you have to take like a one week course or something like that would be nice. Yeah. Yeah. Um, and if you're over the age of 60, uh, you become, you can't get one to the dogs. You don't get it. Comments, comments here. As someone who really does love dogs, I think this is a great post. I think the idea of a dog is oversold to people. And then when they realize that dogs aren't fluffy accessories, they get frustrated that the animal in their house is acting like an animal. I wish there was better education on dog behavior and dog care. What it also makes me think about is, um, people care so much about the aesthetic of the dog and not realizing like, Hey, dogs have been, a lot of dogs have been designed for specific tasks. Like do not get an Australian shepherd and have it in a one bedroom apartment. Cause that thing is meant for a field somewhere. Like be careful, like make sure you have a lot of sheep to play with. Sorry. You be based on your settings. You may not have the right environment for the right type of dog or the, the schedule or anything. Like I haven't had a dog, uh, because like living in a small place, I'm like, I can't, I can't write that. Yeah. I'd be disrespectful to them. Which is, and it's so heartbreaking to think that people just like, don't listen to that. And a lot of people just put a dog like just in, uh, outside or whatever, and just don't pay it attention. I'm just like, why did you get it? Um, um, other comment. I have long, long, long since realized that I don't dislike dogs. I just intensely dislike people that put minimal to zero effort in training them. A lot of people really should not have dogs. Someone else said, I don't hate dogs. I hate dog owners who leave their dog shit on the footpath grass road and everywhere in between. Fuck those people. Yeah. Okay. I have to say a crazy unpopular opinion that that comes off of that. You love poop on the ground. Sorry. So I, okay. I feel like, okay. I, I like the floor is yours. I know this is going to be really tough to say. This is going to be really tough to say. I like, okay. We really might have to cut this. I, I like, I weirdly like, I can't like turn away when a dog is pooping. Okay. Like Like, I guess. watching um no like Arasha we accept you we love you um it's okay I don't I don't know I don't think this is the thing you've thought about you've like thought about this like hey so I've like my inner circle knows this you're you're just you're is it like a morbid curiosity like you're just like oh he's well it's also funny because dogs will look at you when they're doing it I just want to reciprocate I just it's the funniest thing I'm just like proceed I don't know what it is you guys it's just it's so I am like enamored by it I'm like imagining it right now it's not like I'm not like happy you're just like you have to you have you can't I just can't look away I'm like okay like like you know my friends like I used to live with a dog and so every time you know like I'd go out with them they'd be like oh he's going I'd be like okay okay you know I guess I can't really I can't really judge because I don't know what to make of it I can't believe I'm saying this right now I can't believe you're talking no I'm this is gonna come out I'm gonna be like I can't I don't fucking remember saying any of that and I and earlier you said we should kill everyone over the age of 60 I don't regret that that keep that I always have to watch old people poop um no but like no someone that has cats you've got this Debra they're always you they're always like uh covered in some kind of way and like I grew up with birds and birds would be very like you know like mid conversation they're just like and that just like doesn't matter so I guess if it's like an ongoing process just out in the world I guess I can see that it is a crazy it's a crazy thing to think about like for what a dog is experiencing of just like you're just you just whenever you're not like oh I need privacy or whatever right that's why they make the eye contact they're like are you watch are we good right now no it's a safety thing yes and then they're like it's like hey I'm yes I'm vulnerable and then what it is you can't look away because you have to make sure that animals protected you may not have had a pet of your own therefore you have to protect all the dogs that are shitting that need to know that they're safe yes you sound like a dog owner I think I think maybe maybe you were meant to have a dog yes and clip that together and make it nice make it good make it good this episode of red stories is sponsored by Wayfair look I love reading red stories to you but I also love scoring the best deals at home and from April 25th through the 27th it's way day you can score deals like up to 80% off with free shipping on everything I've been doing some upgrading in my office and I'm ordering a pegboard for right above my desk Wayfair makes it easy to search by category and I feel inspired as I am scrolling through my options search filters like customer reviews have really helped me fine tune exactly what I'm looking for Wayfair is different from other home retailers because they offer 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sensory thing that's very sensory and specific I don't know I could be projecting okay alright I like hopping in the shower fully clothed and afterwards when they are soaked in water do I take them off it feels like a nice reward after a long day to feel the clothes in such a different way after trying to keep them neat and tidy to then just let it dampen and sag sure man sure alright I'm not mad I guess I understand like it's almost like getting yourself into a bad situation so that if you get the relief of getting it off like kind of I don't know if that's what he's saying but I'm like oh whenever I've been like wet or like my clothes are all messed up taking them off feels like so nice so kind of like the guy who set an alarm for the middle of the night this person's like oh I'm getting my clothes all wet so I can feel so good when I take it off sure sure I feel like I'm a little caught in the mess after the fact it's a lot that's a lot of laundry it's a lot of dripping his laundry machine's like please put a roster in a marvel movie please um okay we were there we were there we were there comments out of curiosity do you have to do your laundry every day or something won't this start to smell god awful in hours with just one pair of clothes forget about several days worth OP said I usually do this on laundry day so I can just take the wet clothes and put them with my other clothes it's not a daily thing just something I can enjoy and look forward to on Fridays what are you up to this Friday I'm thinking about hopping in my shower and a whole full deck of clothes flask of whiskey tears honestly I'm on board I might try it alright I think I can imagine the sensory aspect of like being in the pool and like oh my t-shirt is like I'm feeling the sensory thing right now and I'm like I would not go out of my way to do it I can also just be like sure yeah these aren't unpopular opinions these are I do weird shit which is fine it's fine you gotta keep it fresh especially when it comes close someone said when I got my first welding job it was during a record breaking heat wave and PPE requires you to be 100% covered and the company was good with handing out Gatorade mandatory popsicle breaks mandatory lens cleaning cleaner was in the 68 degrees Fahrenheit AC'd office it was still so hot and humid I worked the hottest shift 3pm to 11pm we rotated weekly I'd get home take my disgusting clothes off put on shorts and a t-shirt and lay under the shower no bathtub at that apartment with it on as cold as possible after I'd dry enough so I wasn't dripping and sleep in wet clothes sometimes I'd soak a blanket I could not have predicted where that was going that's whoa you can't do that to your mattress that's not good to have your mattress like please stop please no that's genuinely what I feel like I'm fixating on too is like the furniture and the home and everything else that you're affecting but if like the dryer was right outside the shower like I'd just you know yeah why not I will say I finally came up with my if this is what an unpopular opinion is like just I do weird shit I've got mine okay I used to sleep in a sleeping bag as a teenager on my bed I really liked the way that my sleeping bag felt and I still have it it's the same one I've had since like third grade it was like an overnight trip that I got it and yeah I used to sleep on that on my bed whoa we're still here thank you we're still here and when I would do that usually I'd turn in the corner and there'd be a dog and they'd be shitting in the corner and we did not have a dog oh okay that's disgusting that's weird I mean I guess I have some weird sleeping habits I for the longest time I was like oh I was tired of making my bed and I lived alone so I was like I'm just gonna sleep on top of everything love doing so I would just sleep on top like I would hop on my bed on top of all of the covers everything and just lay on top fall asleep you know living in Southern California it's like it's never too cold sure or even too hot and so just sleep on top and just wake up and be like great my bed's made I also though for the longest time and even still sometimes well it can just fall asleep on the carpet just flat on my back yes and I love that feels so good is this where we lose you no I'm with you I'm with you just do that no I'm completely with you I I I cause I heard that I heard that theory about making your bed too where it's like why are you making your bed you're just gonna get in it again and it was it definitely had me for a little bit I like a made bed I love the look of a made bed but uh I was just also like I was rarely under the covers I'd get too hot so I was just like I just don't need to do this I love sleeping on covers I do it's the best it feels great no um last comment here is pretty wild someone said and people judge me for showering in the dark seems normal compared to this that's intense I think it's not an unpopular thing but I realize like people have like blackout curtains and stuff people love darkness I am so the opposite I am a like oh get as much light sunlight not artificial light but I love having like sunlight blasting through all my like as much sunlight as possible do you mean like during the day or like cause when I'm sleeping if it's just the right angle and the ass crack of dawn is like directly laser beam into my eye through the window I hate that oh see I would want I could sleep in sunlight that's fine right Shade and I could sleep wherever yeah but I love sunlight I'm like oh if the sun's out do not block that buns are out okay well I feel like you guys shared some unpopular opinions so I do have another one but I don't have to say it so um Arasha, please tell us what it is. want to know we're sorry okay fuck massages Mary punching kill acupuncture correct you don't like massages I don't like massages like I don't want pressure I don't want you get no relief from a massage no it hurts you've never had an old like old woman walk on your back no sometimes sometimes it's nice but like the only for a little bit though then I'm back to being like now I'm just like trying to go where you aren't I used to hate massages because I feel like it would always tweak or twang something and then I finally finally finally like a year or so ago went and went to like just one of those massage parlors that like it was like this one has good reviews on Google great and it was just this old old lady and they're like we've got there's the Swedish style and the and the Thai style and we're going to mix it up and I was like great and it was like 60 minutes and I was like this changed my life yeah see but usually that means that they're going to like fuck you up oh I want them to fuck me no I don't want to be I want to I want to smell like tiger balm and fear no no I want to try to kill me no you like I just you can just give me a nice like you know nice pat you can give me what's what's going to happen there I'll feel cute you should look into Reiki oh my I know Reiki they don't touch you I don't know well I don't want that can be choosers I guess my massages that I get I'm like no this episode of Reddit stories is sponsored by Southern New Hampshire University I get it we're all busy adding another thing to your plate right now probably feels pretty much impossible but if you've been thinking about going back to school SNHU might be the solution you've been waiting for with SNHU you can get your degree online and on your schedule instead of logging in for live streamed lectures you'll get to participate in a way that feels suspiciously on brand for this show discussion boards sorry no upvoting flair or awards but you'll still get to share your thoughts and interact with classmates from all over the country plus your weekly assignments focus on the good stuff like building skills you can actually use on the job okay TLDR SNHU puts you in control of your learning learn more and start 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need to break it apart no i'm i'm kind of even scared of a scratch like i don't i'm i'm so frail intro i'm so i'm i'm so i'm just so fragile wait a minute rasha i'm putting something together here you wake up at 4 30 your frail have hollow bones are you a bird do birds like watching dogs poop i think they may be at the park i'm a bird all right let's move on to our next where are we our next story comes from these unpopular opinion subreddit so this is the og okay okay and they write all hobbies are not equal certain kinds of hobbies deserve to be held in higher regard than others playing a sport learning an instrument singing dancing painting writing these are activities that require time and years of effort to become good at they're admirable not just because they're cool but because there is something deeply attractive about a person who has dedicated so much time to mastering a hard skill that executing it now feels relaxing to them lately there's been a growing push online to classify things like watching movies playing video games watching sports or listening to podcasts in the same category as these kinds of hobbies they aren't they are based on consumption not creation that doesn't mean consumption-based activities are bad or useless everyone needs ways to relax and unwind there's nothing wrong with enjoying a good show a game or a youtube binge after a long day but if that's all there is to your personality then you are unfortunately a boring person edit i've wrongly added video games to the list of other passive activities gamers are like that i agree that many require a lot of skill it's true we do okay i i think it makes me i have i have a lot of thoughts regarding like this stuff in the way people are talking about stuff online of just like they're not equal like all these things a part of me kind of just boils it down to like what what do you care like why do i care like i don't know why it reminds me to um people talk a lot about this with reading they talk about like people audiobooks don't count right like i hear that a lot that opinion and i kind of keep thinking like count is what like what are you talking about it's not like when i read a book i'm like i have gained one smart yeah so i'm like right i love that i'm like i uh yeah like okay like i'm that's so funny now what i do see is maybe the category thing of like i could see books movies tv shows and stuff as being like interests and i agree that i'm like what do you classify something that you physically do as opposed to something that you are interested in right like because i love watching movies and tv shows but i'm like that's just i'm just watching those but if i talk about like oh but i like yeah playing a video game i'm like that's something i'm actively into yeah an activity an activity but i'm also like but at the end of the day i'm not like one is better like better than the other how yeah we're not like classifying on a human resume talking about they've like they've set up this weird hierarchy that they made up and now they're mad about it and i do kind of get what they're saying but like yeah not every hobby is going to give you a skill if pursuing a skill in something is your hobby that's awesome and sure you can look at that and be like to me it's more interesting that you're someone that knows how to play the mandolin because you wanted to do that as opposed to someone who just wanted to watch a tv show and be like oh but that just means like you're just talking about the kind of people you want to hang out with and shit like this isn't like uh yeah they think they're winning the competition versus the guitar guy yeah nobody thinks that you're so you're so right and i think putting like the word skill on top of it really helps put it together because in hearing it back i was kind of like who cares yeah like it doesn't really matter separating these hobbies like that but then when you put it to to skill then it's kind of like maybe that's when it becomes a little more competitive with other people and people try to have like you know different different tools and in their tool belt and stuff and so it starts to feel like oh well oh you paint oh well i sing oh well i watch tv and it's like well that's not the same thing and it's like it doesn't it doesn't really matter it's funny because he calls out he says they're based on consumption and but but his whole take is very much based on like what's your value to society like how you yeah which is also like a very like kind of capitalist thing of like hey man like most skills aren't like gonna gain you much my hobby is my side hustle ultimately for like what makes you feel good like you're here on earth like have fun like do what you enjoy and some people enjoy watching a movie and some people enjoy knitting and some people enjoy yes or they're all seeking the same thing which is just uh it's a pastime yeah and look i i am somebody that has such a hard time turning off the brain and actually like relaxing yeah i'm like why are you splitting hairs like dude i just want to be able to like enjoy myself for a minute if somebody was just like watching the movies and say you should learn a new language i'd be like fuck yourself i just want to relax i totally agree i totally agree and honestly i didn't i didn't mind so much of the post at the beginning like if if you choose to put labels on things like that totally fine sure and then at the end when they kind of were like oh uh if you're like watching a bunch of youtube videos or whatever you're boring you're a boring person that i did not like because i feel the exact same way it's very hard to turn my brain off from thinking about the tasks or the events or the past or the world literally everything and so if what it takes is watching some tv and it and it tends to be for hours into the night it's like that is how i'm choosing to spend my time that doesn't then classify me as a boring person it's very funny you're a boring person i'm like what actually makes people interesting is not necessarily what they do in their life it's typically what makes a person interesting is how interested they are in the people they're talking to what they receive so i'm kind of like yeah a boring person is usually someone who's just obsessed with themselves regardless of what they're doing in their life like i don't meet someone i'm like oh i'm i i want to be friends with you because you've done so much in your life i'm like no i want to be friends with you because like it's cool hanging out with you yeah agree like i'm like what the hell yeah is this person this person is unfortunately just kind of feels like they've objectified everyone around them in a way or just kind of putting them all in this weird competition yeah that's really unfortunate so it feels like a lesson plan on how to be a human being And that's not a course we really all want to take. No. Well, I could use it, I guess. I guess I need it. All right. I was saying earlier that, like, a hobby to me, I guess, is like, is it active? Like, and versus, like, a pastime or an interest being something you just engage with. But it's kind of, there's a lot that, like, ride the line. Because it's like, I don't know, like, reading is an interesting one. Because, like, you have to focus when you're doing it. But it is also just that I'm like, I don't feel like it's that much different than a TV show. And some TV shows are really like, yeah, I don't have to think that hard. But some TV shows, you got to pay hardcore attention. And it's like reading a book. Oh, yeah. For me. So, I don't know. I guess I could look at the literal definitions of the words and be like, okay, I'm going to categorize these. But in terms of just colloquially speaking, I use them interchangeably. And I'm like, I don't know why I would look at anything and be like, that's not a hobby. Like, your enjoyment of watching a TV show is not going to take. Away me learning how to yo-yo. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. So, I'm just like, okay, if I'm a boring person, then I don't think I'm going to get along with this person anyway. Yeah. I think for me, too, I've almost, I think I rarely even use the word hobby. When I'm talking with people and I am having a conversation about their interests, I often just say, what do you like to do for fun? Right. Which is really what it boils down to. Right. It's what you're doing for fun. Yeah. And then it feels like maybe there's a little less pressure if I'm like, what are your hobbies? And it's like, oh, well. Okay, let me go through all of, like, the events or the classes that I take and stuff. Yeah. Right. When at the end of the day, it's just like, what do you do when you're not at your job? Yeah. Like, that's just what I'm trying to figure out. That's what I ask people now when I'm meeting them. And, you know, because usually people go like, so what do you do? Like, what's your job? Yes. I started asking, what do you like to do? Yeah. As my first thing. I love it. And people always pause and are like, what do you mean? And I'm just like, what do you enjoy doing? As opposed to like, who are you to me? What's your job? Right. Like, you know. They're like, banking. Yeah, exactly. I like to do banking. Like, remember that you were a person, wild and free, born outside of a system. Yeah. That they then put you in. Remember. Checking accounts. What also this guy has done that's, like, soul-sucking is he's talking about these skills in a matter of, like, developing the skills and getting better at it. Yeah. So it's like, oh, if I enjoy drawing, but I draw for the next year and my drawings look the same at the end of the year as they did at the beginning, should I stop? Well, you're boring. It's like, yeah. It's like, oh, well, you're not developing the skill. It's like, well, I'm just. Yeah. I'm just doing it because it's fun. It's like the format of, like, Sims when you, like, you know, do just enough, then you upgrade to the second level. And I think that they are. He's doing everything as, like, how am I better? I need to keep improving. Yeah. That's awful. It's also, like, I think there's a beauty to this, but it's like, hey, man, everything that you're going to develop and gain in your life, you're going to lose it all eventually, too. Because eventually you're going to be 60. And then you're dead. And then you go to the thresher. Yeah. In my popular opinion, just chill out. Just relax. Comments. Well, I like knitting while watching TV. Skilly consumery. Someone said, the purpose of a hobby isn't to be impressive, so it doesn't make sense to rank them by that attribute. Someone said, isn't a hobby something you enjoy doing? Someone replied to that saying, I was taught that a hobby is something you could improve in, even if you never invest the effort to do so. Otherwise, it's a pastime. Sounds like OP subconsciously feels the difference, but can't articulate it. I don't. I just think it's interesting, though, because, like, you develop a lot of, like, I think about, um, I'll throw out a name, uh, Luke at the Smosh office has, he watches so many movies. And you could say, like, oh, it's a pastime. But what he's developed is he has a vast understanding of movies, directors, like, he can talk about all these movies. He knows how they're made, like, he knows all these aspects. I'm like, there is something that is being developed there, though, right? And, like, especially we're in this industry, like, he's an editor, so, like, it is a, you know, it is developing a skill. Yeah, I mean, it's research. So, I don't, I don't know, like, I don't, I don't know where, where I would, where I'd place these things. But, ultimately, yeah, my take is I'm, like, kind of, like, I just don't care enough. If you want to get technical with the words and the definitions, it's, like, sure, you might, you might lose that argument here and there, but I think we kind of have agreed that it ultimately is just an enjoyment thing. Yeah. Shall we agree? I think. Shall we agree? I think we agree. It's a little bit like that meme of the format, anyway, of the, you know, the, you know, the just, like, a group of people huddled and then one person's being, like, actually, you can't really do that for the thing, the one of those, and then, like, one person pops out of the giant group and goes, and then goes back in. Yeah. I mean, like, as though. I know what you're talking about. You've seen it. You've definitely seen it. Anyways. Internet. Moving on. Next story. This is back to the 10th dentist. The worm girlfriend question is logical. Remember, oh, would you love me if I was a worm? I know exactly what you're talking about. Oh, I remember. Okay. Here we go. This is a reference I know. Here we go. This was posted, like, a year and a half ago. When a girl asks, would you love me if I was a worm? It's not random. It's a vehicle for more serious concerns. What she's actually asking is, will you love me when I'm not like this? When I'm old and gross. When I'm not sexually available. When I need help and I can't reciprocate. When your friends judge you. When our goals and dreams derail. When I can't give you what I'm giving you now. A worm ticks all of those boxes. Why ask it that way? Fear of dishonesty. The idea that guys are primed to say, of course, whether it's true or not. That the way to get to the truth is to ask in a roundabout way. A guy who might lie about whether or not he'd stay if she got cancer could be shaken out of autopilot and answer honestly. And the aversion men can have to discussing serious things. Some guys shut down completely. Some guys get mad. Some guys blow it off. If it's not happening, they don't necessarily, they don't necessarily understand why it's worth thinking about. So if she needs reassurance, she may know or believe it's not going to happen that way. It's not the best way to go about it, obviously. The best way is usually to lead with what the problem is, need for honest reassurance, and ask outright. So it's ineffective when compared to more direct communication. Does that mean it's illogical? No. There's a reason behind asking it in that way. The progression from problem to solution is logical. It's just also not the best solution. Okay. I'm on board. All right. I have some thoughts. Okay. Okay. I think the question, the meaning behind it depends on the asker. Like, it's really nice to espouse meaning to it like that. And I think for some people, if you're going to break it down, sure. But the fact of the matter is, a lot of people were just seeing the trend of meaning like, would you love me if I was a worm? And I think it's just quite the literal of just like, if I was a little worm, how would you feel about it? Like, this is great. This is a great way to break it down. And sure, it could open up those doors. And whatever. But I'm like, I hate this phrase. I'm so sorry. But I do think one of those was just like, it's not that deep. When people were asking it, it was not that deep. It was a trend for most people. Good conversations to have, but questions about it. It also, it rides the line of like tests. Like on TikTok, there was the whole like orange test where it's like, oh, ask your boyfriend, like, can you peel this orange for me? Yes. And they would film it. And then it's like, whether the boyfriend peeled it or not would indicate if they're good or not. And I'm like, if you're at the point where you need to test your partner, I think you're already past like more serious things. Like if you're, if you're not able to communicate effectively, if you feel like if the premise of this question of like, would you love me if I was a worm? If you need to already phrase it in a weird way to trick your partner to talk to you honestly, you're maybe already just shouldn't be with that person. Yeah. Yeah. Because you don't trust them. But I see what they're saying, though. They're saying that for a lot of women out there outside of the TikTok trends, that, that the question is a way. It's a way of actually getting to a real answer. It could be. More than asking the real question. But I agree with you. The way I saw it the entire time was like, it was done so much as a joke, almost, that it was like, is this real? But they're saying there could be realness to it. I agree that there, that there are honest takeaways from the question. Yeah. Like all of that reads like it makes sense, you know, especially like when, when you boil it down to, you know, would you love me if I wasn't able to give you all of these things, which is basically what it is. But for me, I think the, the illogical action is having to ask it like that. Yes. Instead of just being more direct and having it being like, I am feeling like this or just straight up, like what is important to you in this relationship? Like, what are the qualities that make you stay between? Like, maybe it's a little more, I think definitely it's more difficult to bring up those uncomfortable conversations with your partner. And I understand that this may be provided a tool for people to be able to open up that conversation in that dialogue. And I think for that reason, it might be okay. But, but I totally hear you on the trap and the test of it all. And that does not feel appropriate. And it certainly doesn't feel healthy because then it leaves a lot of men or, I mean, typically it was women asking their boyfriends, this question, right? It, I think puts on the receiving partner of any kind to basically be like, okay, now I have to answer this question in the most correct way possible in order to win and get it right. As opposed to responding with that same truth and saying, well, these are the things that I think I could possibly endure. And genuinely what keeps me in our relationship. It just feels like it takes away from the honesty when you, when you kind of put it some, some sort of silly, the umbrella, like on a worm on it. Yeah. Cause isn't it just boiling it down to, I don't believe you really love, me is like what the question is kind of really saying it's like hey man got a real big issue here and uh yeah the logical thing is to talk about it in a real way and if you don't believe his answers yeah or if he can't talk about it then that's where you're at this is also a huge trap to me specifically because i if you're like me you take things literally my answer for these two things would be completely different if it was an adult human being like hi i might get sick one day or like i might look different or my energy levels might change could you still love me through that my answer would be yeah but if they were like would you uh be able to love me if i was a worm my answer would be like oh probably not because you're a worm is there any hope of getting better you're just a worm forever for the rest of our lives now so we can't communicate through language i don't know the anatomy of like how to help you um it would be extremely difficult to like feed you it would be extremely difficult like there would be no reciprocation at all but a sick person yeah i could yes so i would fail the worm question in just a blaze of glory yeah as a person i'd be like oh i'll stand by your side yes right yes and the tiktok trend doesn't think about cases like that at all like the trend of it all is just like oh everybody universally can use this and it's going to answer your questions and fix your relationship and that's why it's so irresponsible i think i've seen so many stuff like that there's like the bird theory there's a new theory every day or there's like you know the if he wanted to he would and all of that bullshit it's very toxic it's it's so toxic and i think it just programs all of us to think like oh well if my situation if my relationship if my life my routine doesn't look like the one i'm watching there's something that i need to fix or there's something wrong with me sure yeah it's a very twisted cycle i i don't like it at all but i understand like the the pulls the psychology behind that i think it's a very twisted cycle i i don't like it at all but i understand what this post means yeah um some comments here someone said so many of op's stated concerns are about sex and attraction which is weirdly shallow how are you supposed to have a conversation with a worm how is a worm supposed to portray its personality if a human did somehow become a worm it would be totally indistinguishable from a normal worm there would be no possible expression of humanity there would be no her what a dumb question someone else said yeah someone answered this seriously it's mostly asked in jest to see how their boyfriend would respond usually something funny what i'm trying to say is sir this is a wendy's alas someone said the answer is no if i can't recognize or communicate with you in any way shape or form then a relationship is impossible that is also logical yeah it's it's one of those where like i find that people do this a lot with like maybe astrology or you know whatever where they will just find out that they're not going to be able to communicate with you in any way shape or form they will find something that sounds like really well thought out and in depth and they will tie it to something not calling out astrology specifically i'm just saying like i see this a lot online where they're like actually if you're someone that uh grabs the spoon before you grab the bowl you are someone that is decisive and is ready for action and you leave the planning to others and people are like that is right like yeah it's a question of like oh if you're doing the worm question what you're really asking is this yeah are you is that what you wanted to know i think so true i think people feel very much a lack of control nowadays which is reasonable um and i think we are we are starved for any sort of like definitive answers on things and we love we people love especially online the it's this or it's that yeah yeah and it's like and now you know and it's like sorry man things are fucking gray especially with our outfits like but this is purple is it really uh unpopular leave in the comments down below sometimes i have hard times with gray but i'm getting like a green i guess i always thought it was like like mauve wait are we being serious this episode of reddit stories is sponsored by southern new hampshire university i get it we're all busy adding another thing to your plate right now probably feels pretty much impossible but if you've been thinking about going back to school snhu might be the solution you've been waiting for with snhu you can get your degree online and on your schedule instead of logging in for live streamed lectures you'll get to participate in a way that feels suspiciously on brand for this show discussion boards sorry no upvoting flair or awards but you'll still get to share your thoughts and interact with classmates from all over the 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as the villain in our mind and like there's a lot of work to be done the first response is always just like dump him and kill him and i'm like sometimes but not yeah not every time i completely agree that even makes me feel like you know with the insecurity of i don't think you love me enough i feel like it's actually even one step before that where it's kind of like fishing for being like hey like do you love me a lot can you say that you love me a and it's like if they come up with this like cutesy answer that's like yeah babe i'm gonna love you when you're a worm or a bug or bird and you're like oh my god yay like and it's just like this again it's that little like dopamine spike where you're like wow i just felt it and you're gonna need it again and then you're like well now what if i was an insect right you're exactly right though because you do generally go fishing with a worm yeah whoa whoa all right our next story our next one popular opinion i skip every single dialogue or cut scene in every game i play even in story driven games my time is super limited i do not care about the story neither in gta nor red dead redemption the witcher cyberpunk 2077 and many more i just don't give a fuck about the story i just want to play do something and not be a spectator that's what i use movies and tv shows for i acknowledge that i am obviously missing what make these games magical and experiences but i mean it only affects myself so yeah i get like a lot of people who are like oh my god i like two to three hours a week to play video games and i want to use these hours to actually play and not listen to someone talk cheers edit just a little addendum i also think it's kind of pathetic when people look down on others because they're not playing on the hardest difficulty omg then it's not even a challenge how boring dude i want to relax not sweat over having to start over and over and beat some boss in dark souls or elden ring i'm a 33 year old man married guy with a demanding job physically exhaustive exhausting hobbies and a mortgage life brings enough challenges as it is when i play games i just want a short escape from reality i don't want to challenge i want to relax buddy this this dude is beat red what the hell is going on man why are you so angry physically exhausting he brought up his hobbies as if they're like a problem i mean it's like god i gotta keep yo-yoing oh he's so angry he's mad i can feel his anger oh man sun's going down big fella i'm like no i'm also still kind of like hey man you know you don't have to play those games you can play any game you want well he gave two opinions here and the first one is like look i'm a voice actor i voice in video games i'm proud of the work that i do as i'm sure most people in the industry are of the work that they do skip it if you want to skip it man you bought the game and then you're gonna play it it's your preference i don't care and regarding the difficulty thing like you know i do think game designers intend for there to be a specific experience if you need some help you can help or need it to be easier in order for you to enjoy it great i don't yeah i don't give a shit live your life you know you know what i feel like is happening with this guy uh is is he's reading too much shit online yeah because this these are opinions that i see a lot only online yeah uh of people being like oh you're not experiencing the game for real or you're not playing it on the heart the only people i've heard talk about you should play games on the hardest difficulty are on forums or reddit posts sure in real life people are just like hey man how's it going Are you having a good time? It's a different vibe. Totally. He's mad at the internet. And who among us isn't? Yeah, truly. This reminds me, like, when the internet, when I pull up just things and it just pisses me off, I'm like, what did I do? And I imagine it from my cat's perspective of me being fine, being normal, pulling out my phone and just being like, fuck. And he's like, my cat must be like, why does he keep looking at that stone? It pisses him off. Like, yeah, I'm like, I sometimes refer to my phone as my piss me off device. Yeah, I'm just like, that's what it does. Sometimes I'm like, why do I do this? That's awesome. I've gained nothing. It's still the it's still the chemical release either way. I've had to stop going on like certain apps because I'm just like, oh, I'm just mad all the time. Yeah, I can't do it or sad or just like a bummer. It's just constantly a bummer because it's never going to be like full of truth. It's never going to be like an honest outlook of the whole world. Just just people that feel really strongly and often have an opinion that's going to upset other people. Yeah. And to be to be clear, I'm not even reading like the news. I'm like looking up bullshit. Oh, yeah. I'm looking up bullshit online about things and people like a Reddit post. I'm like, oh, yeah, I don't need this information. Totally. I just got mad. Or just like with social media, too. Like, it's just you you look at other people, you start comparing your lives, you see how they're living. And then it just becomes like, I think it's almost like that, that that theory. You have kind of like if somebody else is not doing exactly what you're doing, then you must be doing something wrong. Yeah. So you immediately feel invalidated because that person is not doing the same thing as you. Sure. And it's it's really troubling. And obviously on social media, you're going to be exposed to so many different people doing other things. So if you're prone to that and you're like having to having to come to your own defense, so much so that you're writing this very angry Reddit post. It's like you're the only one who's really heated up about this. You know what? I just. Just put together, too. Oh, here's how we got to that connection. When you play a game, a modern game, and you want to choose an easier difficulty, they don't call it easy difficulty. That's too. There's too many associations with that. They call it story mode. Yeah. They're like, these are for newer casual players who just want to experience the story, meaning like combat and things aren't going to be as hard. So that's why he's seeing that being like, I hate the story. And as someone that hates the story, it's bullshit that they make me. They think that I want to watch it when I just need it to be easier. Yeah. This guy's just mad about things he doesn't need to be mad about. Yeah. He needs to enjoy his hobby. He needs to get a hobby. Yeah. And it's not video games. Just kidding. It's a hobby. Well, some of us get pretty good at it. Some people are pretty goaded. Yeah. Comments. Honestly, this subreddit has so many fucking garbage and poorly thought out takes that when I see one like this, I just think, yeah, sure. I disagree. No notes. Upvote. Opie responded. Opie responded. I would never have posted here if my colleague hadn't told me that it's super weird that I don't care about the story of games. Got it. That the developers obviously put a lot of thought into. What can I say? I am still traumatized by that one Metal Gear game that had like a 40 minute cut scene. I know that it's Kojima's thing, but come on. I am trying to game here and I'm in a hurry. He's talking about Metal Gear Solid 4. That shit happened. I mean, that was my other theory was that it was one person who upset him and he was like, everybody sucks. Well, two people, his buddy and then Hideo Kojima. Uh, the Dale game, Gina. Can I say something real quick? Sure. Yeah. I, I, uh, I was at a con, uh, this past weekend and, uh, David Hader was there and he like walked by me. We were like swapping out in this like photo area. I was like, excuse me, David Hader. And he's like, yeah. And I was like, I love your work. And he goes, Hey, you're pretty good. Wow. And I was like off the cuff. He did it. Whoa. And then he sat behind me on the bus. It was nice. Wow. Um, someone said, why don't you just not play story games? Uh, I don't know. Uh, cod and HD to have good graphics. Oh, he said, I mean, yeah, I could, but it's not like story driven games. Don't give me anything. I just don't really care about the story. I mean, I enjoy RPGs. I enjoy farming for XP resources, et cetera. I enjoy doing quests. I just don't care about the why. Somebody leave this man alone. I, dude, I love story in games so much. It's half the reason I play, but like, I'm not going to sit. If I, if I like want to tell you about a game, I'll tell you about the story and be like, yeah, you're going to love this. It's going to be great. But if I was like, are you playing this game? And you're like, yeah, we're playing the same game. And you were like, but I don't care about the story. That's just the end of that part of the conversation. Yeah. Like who gives a shit? Yeah. Someone else said, why do you play story based games? Then it must be boring as hell. OP said, because I still enjoy the graphics and the gameplay to be completely honest though. My favorite game series of all time is the orcs must die series. Super easy to learn. No story, just plain tower defense and super fun. Still from time to time, I like to play other games because I find the world. Slash mechanics, slash graphics. Super interesting. I'm more of a film buff. All right, man. Yeah, for sure. And also I hate video games for this. And also actually I despise video games. Lastly, someone said, then don't play story driven games, I guess. Upvoted side note. If you had more time to yourself, do you think you'd actually get invested in a story or do you think you'd still skip past everything? OP said, I've asked myself that question. Honestly, I don't know. I am freshly married. I have a demanding job for which I have to travel abroad. A lot. And I don't think that I'd use the fictional extra time for diving deeper into video games. I don't want to shit on developers here. Don't get me wrong. I know that a lot of video games have beautiful storylines, et cetera, but I'm super impatient. And when I get the time to play, I want to play, not listen to dialogue minute after minute. There are plenty of games that cater to my tastes, but sometimes I just want to have the freedom of an open world and everything else except for all the dialogues. Ha ha. God damn. You know what? You know what it is, too, is that. But he's not even asking for help. Yeah. He doesn't want advice. No. He's just like putting it out there. And people are still like, well, why don't you do this? And why don't you do that? He's like, because I don't want to. And I don't like that. I don't want to, man. This is the 10th dentist. Right. So let let this man live. Let him do his thing. He is a married man. Freshly married. Freshly married. And he is exhausted. He did at the end there. He did at the end. I know. The way he's talking about his life. I was like, he's like, he's like, oh, I have a I'm fucking married. I'm married. I have five of you. I have five of these. I'm tired. Can I be honest? I don't really care. Like this guy's allowed to do whatever he wants. A lot of his shit's not adding up for me. He's talking about how he's like, yeah, I love the Witcher. Cyberpunk 2077. Red Dead Redemption. He's talking about games that all came out in like the past five years. He says he only has two hours a week. I'm like, I don't believe you've beaten all these. I don't believe you've even. Well, he's freshly married. Maybe before that. Maybe before that. Before his fucking wife. His fucking wife. His fucking new wife and his stupid job that sends him around the world. Because it's exhausting. And he has all this time to be in Reddit. I was about to say. Arguing with people about shit. I'm like, what's going on here, dude? Why are you so mad? Your life, you're describing your life being pretty not horrible. I don't know. I love him. This is a funny guy. Yeah. And he did also perfectly. He did. He did describe Breath of the Wild perfectly at the end there. He wanted an open world with no dialogue. I'm like, yeah. That's why I love Breath of the Wild. Breath of the Wild. It's just stuff. You just run around. Yeah. No dialogue. He's just like, huh? Huh? Yeah. Truly. Spoilers. Oh, shoot. That is a lot. All right. It's time for our final unpopular opinion. They write, we should put dinosaurs on money instead of imperfect dead people. Ooh, I'm here for it. Holy shit. Dude, dude, check out the shirt. There it is. Dead dude on a dinosaur. Yeah. 100 would be the ferocious Tyrannosaurus. He's just getting into it. Okay. He's an example. 50 would be the invincible Triceratops. 20, the mighty Ankylosaurus. 5, the indomitable Apatosaurus. 1, the indefatigable. Indefatigable. It's not the easiest word. Whatever. Maybe we cut that word. How about the one would be pterosaurs? Dead human beings simply cannot live up to the purity standards demanded of them by living human beings. The only avatars of perfection that can withstand the crucible of self-righteous moral relativism are the mighty dinosaurs. For 200 million years, the dinosaurs ruled the earth. And T-Rex were, they were in North America. They were in, you can find their fossils in Montana and stuff. So they're an American icon. I have notes. Like, Ankylosaurus, Ankylosaurus, however you say it, that's always been my favorite. Love that being on the 20th. That's great. No problem. Yeah. But, like, T-Rex on the 100, that feels a little basic. Sure. We need some more, like, American stables. Like the Utahraptor. That's a thing. Put that on the five. Or the Utah Jazz. The Utah Jazz. Only dinosaurs and basketball now. Basketball players. That's a five-year-old who wrote it? Yeah. Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs and basketball. The Triceratops, though, I don't think that's, I don't think that's the move. I think they'd found that that was, like, a different stage of a different dinosaur. Oh, it was, like, multiple. That is going to be the tough thing, is, like, I feel like dinosaurs, we shift our, what they looked like. Like, did they have feathers? What did their feathers look like? What's their shape? What's their color? I would argue more. I like what this angle is, though. Because, like, look, we have Andrew Jackson on one of the bills, and that guy was a monster. Yeah, he sucks. Yeah, he was awful. Why? Okay, well. Unrule the scrolls. I would argue more for animals. but like put like bison, Like, look, iconic American legend, bison. Put, like, moose. Angela won't know what those are, but, you know, you just put them on there. Right. And then, like, famous American, like, look, have just a bald eagle. Do we have to have pictures on them? I think you have to have, like, stuff to recognize. We could just put a big one on it. It's so easy to copyright it. It's like SpongeBob money. Just, like, a giant one on a green square. Yeah. And then a five and a ten and a hundred. Drawn by crayon. Yeah. And you just tell people this one's real. Yeah. I think we should alternate. I think it needs to be, like, dinosaurs, like, you know, for the history history. And then, like, figures that we actually like. Like, there was that movement for, like, Harriet Tubman to be on the 20th, I think it was. Yeah, that's right. So, I think it needs to be, like, Ankylosaurus, Harriet Tubman, like, an Archaeopteryx would be the one. Dream blunt rotation. Langston Hughes. T-Rex. Like, yeah, like, famed American poet, Langston Hughes. Just, like, pterodactyl, Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton. This lineup is crazy. Sorry. Put them. It's been right here the whole time. Oh, have them riding. Harriet Tubman, like, mounted on a full Apatosaurus. Okay. Like, oh, my God. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Draw it. Draw it. Yeah. Yeah. Comments. Imagining how stoned you were when you wrote this made me laugh. Someone said, I wish this would happen, but there would be controversy about making the dinosaurs history. Historically accurate. Do we show them with feathers or not? Maybe just do the skeleton. At least we're confident on that. Someone said, I would like to nominate the horseshoe crab for the silver dollar coin. They may not be a dinosaur proper, but they've been around 450 million years and have played a crucial role in manufacturing vaccines. True. Do they help make them? Yeah. They're little fucked up hands. No, I got this. Don't worry. Their blood, which is blue, has something to do with, like, doing that. Yeah. Lastly, someone said, wrong sub for this mate. This is a solid opinion that would benefit any culture with the courage to implement it. I think it's awesome. It just unfortunately will never happen. No. Well, never say never. I also need to say, like, you know, if anybody is thinking about sending me, like, videos or photos of, like, dogs pooping, you don't have to, because I, like, I will seek them out myself. I will see them in public all the time. Now it's weird that you're looking up videos. Well, no, no, I'm not. No, I just, in, like, my life. Oh, okay. Got it. As I, like, you know, am walking outside and stuff. Can I give you one note as a friend? Yeah. C-sharp. No. Can I? I think you were saying, like, you don't have to. Again, as someone that takes it literally, I'm like, oh, well, I still can. It's no problem. I see. Be direct at the camera. Don't, don't do it. Okay. Or do it, like. Okay. Please don't. There we go. Please don't. Okay. I don't need that. I just want to share. The social grace to send you a shitting dog video is also not going to understand that maybe you could. Maybe you couldn't. They're still, they're still going to, but, you know, just, just needing to put that out there, you know. They're watching, they're like, yeah, that's for sure. Don't, don't, don't worry. Don't worry. I'm not, I'm not craving it or anything. I'm not, I'm not desiring it. I just, it's just the way I am. It's been so great. The problem is now we can cut it out because there's, like, five different points. We can't cut half the episode anymore. No, it's fine. Yeah, it's all good. It's okay. I think it's because it follows up, like, you had your dropout presentation where you were like, dogs aren't cute. Yes. But now followed by this opinion, it's a weird combination. It's a little hypocritical. I did recently. In some, in the strangest way. And listen, people are contradictions. They sure are. I did recently watch the Shane killing other Shanes one again. It was great. I didn't ask y'all your favorite dinosaurs. I'm so sorry. Oh, favorite dinosaur. I don't, I don't think I have. I don't think I have one. Well, just, you know, the, uh, the tall one. The Brontosaurus. Yeah. I can see that. I love dinosaurs. Yeah, that one. It's pretty good. That shot of, like, Littlefoot's mom turning around to see him and she just, like, goes off camera and then. What did you say, Littlefoot? Like, it's a crazy shot. Is there only one tall dinosaur? No. There's plenty of tall dinosaurs. Well, how did you guys both? Well, Brontosaurus is the tallest one. That's the one. That's the Fred Flintstone at work. Oh, okay. It's just a very famous dinosaur. Okay, yeah. I like that one. Dinosaur 101. Yeah, kind of. Okay. That one's my favorite. Okay. Thank you both for being here. Thank you for sharing your unpopular opinions. Very brave. Thank you. 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