The Smoshery Threaded Stories episode explores a collection of quirky, often self-acknowledged "unpopular opinions" shared by the hosts and guests. Central themes include retesting driver’s licenses for those over 60, the idea that waking up in the middle of the night is a desirable sensory experience, and the critique of dog ownership as an overhyped, irresponsible trend in American culture. The group debates whether skill-based hobbies like music or art are more valuable than passive activities like watching movies or video games, ultimately concluding that personal enjoyment and emotional connection matter more than categorization. Another controversial point involves the discomfort and fascination with watching dogs defecate, framed as a moment of vulnerability and shared experience. The episode also touches on broader cultural norms around aging, responsibility, and personal freedom. While some opinions appear extreme, the hosts emphasize that they stem from genuine personal experiences and sensory preferences. Ultimately, the show promotes a lighthearted exploration of individuality, suggesting that what makes someone interesting isn’t in the list of skills or hobbies, but in how they engage with others and themselves. The tone remains playful and self-deprecating, highlighting that many so-called "unpopular" views are simply personal quirks rather than serious critiques. The discussion underscores the importance of open communication and shared experiences in building meaningful relationships.
- Hello and welcome to Smoshery Threaded Stories. I'm Shane and today's theme is unpopular opinions. And I'm joined by two of my friends who have extremely unpopular opinions about pretty much everything. They're gonna share some right now. Damien and Arasha. - Okay, okay, I go in. - I feel like I have so many just like ready to go always and now I'm on the spot. - Yeah, well I can think of it. - The root is so popular, it's crazy. - Everything I think is just really popular. - Well, I have ones I just don't know if it's okay to say them. (laughs) - Okay, you know what, let's try it. - All right, okay, we just cut it. - Yeah, you can cut it. - You're like, and our first story. - And our first story, okay. - You're not like just shabbled and uncomfortable and absolutely. - 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. - And that's not, that's a popular thing. - Okay, well I feel like people would come at me for being like ages and I'm not trying to do that. - No, I think 100%, no, 100%. - It's just like, put the pedals in the metal. - Yeah. - Like, we gotta go, you know. - Yeah. - I know I 100% fully agree. - Okay, okay, I honestly, I got a little nervous. Like, my toes are a little curled right now 'cause I didn't know how that was gonna go down. - We are canceling the operation. - Shit. - A Russia is clear. - Yeah, no, no, that's a good one. That's a good one. - Thank you, thank you. - But I don't think, I don't think I'm popular enough. - Okay, all right, I got more Jamie. - I don't know. - 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, 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, he's like, I love that feeling. - And the cold girl is, yeah. - 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, whoa, like it's such a, it's your little 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 stained consistent heat that I hate, but that moment of just like, woof, like sauna is even hotter. - Wow. - Okay. You know what, can I save my unpopular opinion for later? Like I mean, there's something will come up. - Of course. - Of course. - Of course. - Yeah, I have a few, I have a few. So you know, later we can hit them. I'll hit them all. - All of yours are about old people. - You were like, I don't think people over 60 should. - Okay, thank you for bringing up old people. - Be able to date anymore. I'm not ages, I just, it's the smell. - Go away. - All of them start with, if you're over the age of 60. - See you. - You're under arrest. - You've gone to jail for old people now. - But 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. - I can bear with him. - But it would be against the entire government. 'Cause the entire government is entirely like, I would like to announce my campaign. (laughing) - I see that mom Donnie's got good ideas. - Yeah. - And he's young enough to be able to-- - He's young enough. - He's young enough. - He's the youngest by like 40 years too. - Crazy. - Okay. - God, now I'm fucking heated over old people. - Yeah, now we're mad. - I'm getting 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. I want to Peter Capaldi, right? Yeah. So people are posting of Jesus. - There's the wit. - Right. - You're still getting straight at it. (laughing) - That was crazy. Some doctor who fans could be like, "No, you did the math, that was right." 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. We'll build and talk about it however we want. - Okay. - Here we go. First post, I put a daily alarm for 259 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 259 because setting my alarm at a rounded number makes me really uncomfortable for some reason. Edit, found out my sister does this too, must be hereditary. - 100% agree. - Agreed. - What? - You're grabbing and we're making the same face. - Yes, wow. - Because I was going to say that in the beginning. Like, that truly is what I believe. Like, I love snoozing. I love waking up to an alarm. Because you're so right, you cannot enjoy sleep until you're done having it. - Wow. - If I'm on your side. - You and the poster correctly. You're both saying like, doesn't it suck how you sleep all the way through the night? No issue. You don't even realize you're trying to sleep. And then you just have to wake up. - It's a very privileged sleeper take. - Is your lunch for two laundry? - Here's the thing. No, here's the thing. Arasha, I do agree. Now, here's why. I can sleep. I'm very grateful. 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 it's truly just like, and I'm back up. It's crazy. Like, Courtney, I have those, these rings now that like track our sleep. And it'll show like how long it took you to sleep. And sometimes Courtney's like, oh, it took me like 40 minutes to fall asleep. Mine's always like five minutes. - Seen still. - It's really like, I might not be like, oh. (laughing) I'm truly, I'm out. - I feel like I can still read it. - I'm 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. And like, I can catch a quick 15 in this abandoned laundromat. - But 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 like, yeah, what I was gonna say though is that I will often wake up in the middle of the night, but it's not like a promise. 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 tonight. 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 or the guy is like, in heaven and it's a casino when 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 he 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. - Yeah. - You need to have those moments in order to appreciate going to sleep. Waking yourself up at 259? - I could fall right back to sleep. I would wake up and be like, good morning, me. And then good night, me again. - But you wouldn't want to interrupt REM. Like, I don't know if it's good for you to do it. It's probably not good to do it. - No, I love interrupting the REM. I love interrupting the REM. You guys, okay, have you ever like waking up and you're interrupting the REM, right? And then you go back into the REM and it's the same REM. - So you're talking about a REM. I think you're meaning the word dream and you're just replacing REM with that. - No, no, no, this is the REM. Let me on my REM job right here. Okay, let me out, let me out. Okay, you're out and then you're immediately back and though you have woken up, you're back inside that exact same dream. - I don't know if it was like, thank God, you're back here now. - No time is back. - It's too busy. - I don't know if it does, that's a good question out there. Like scientifically, are you able to go back into the like REM sleep cycle when you fall back asleep immediately? - I mean, ultimately I feel like 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 a doctor sleep. - Okay. - But, who's that? - Stephen McGregor. - I am actually the most confused in the world when I'm sitting between you two. - For sure. - You should try sitting between Sid and Olivia. It's even worse. We're 10 years out with Junior. - Well, 'cause then you're just like, where were we talking about what's going on? - We're making movie references. - We're just falling back and forth. - But anyways, you're cool with this. - Okay, thank you. - You're cool with this. We agree. - Thank you.
I think you can do whatever the hell you want with your own sleep. You are a liar. That's fine. 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 waking up 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 thing. I was in a majority of people's thing. 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 in this cold, and I get to melt back to sleep under the covers or 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 love jogging two miles and twisting my ankle the first mile to, like, pause. This is why 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. Then I, that's fine. I will take it. But for me, I want like, I want like five minute intervals from like, maybe an hour to 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 got it. I've got two more hours. Okay. I can go back to sleep. Got you. 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. It feels like, um, Arasha, are you the type because I'm this way? I'll send an alarm for like 6 a.m. and I on the dot wake up at 555 every time I rarely wake up from my alarms. I will send alarm and then I wake up 10 to five 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 430. Wow. Do you think if you didn't send 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. I love it. It's really. Naps too. Like, naps don't ruin me. Not a nap. Look. 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 sleep at the end of the day. Damn. I can nap at any time for no reason. That's awesome. I'm not a, I don't nap. I don't nap. You are a very healthy person though. You have like a good routine. Naps, the 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 I go to bed. I go to bed. I go to bed at least. I'm like early for the 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. And then like, I wake up when I have to. Are you okay? Not since childhood. No. No. No, no. No. No, no. No. It's very funny. I wake up so early sometimes that in Courtney will sleep in she'll be like, you have this whole other life. What are you doing? I'm like video games like really not like the show. All right. Comments. I honestly get it waking up and realize you go to sleep again is awesome. Well, he 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 sit in the alarm an hour before my main one for this. I wake up thinking, girl, time for work, then realize it's only my first one. Turn it off and nozzle back up with a whole extra hour. It's pretty awesome. Oh, he said, well, yeah, alarm's really confused 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. Oh, he 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. Yeah, that's so considerate of them, actually. Okay. I think it's like 50/50 unpopular because 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. 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. This comes from the 10th dentist as well. Most people are not dog people and I'm tired of pretending people are. Woo. Okay. Thank you. This will be mine. This will be my unpopular. Oh, and we're going to share this one. Yeah. So many Americans and particularly adopt dogs and overhate 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 "pop" again. I just want to throw that off. Pop. That's good. That's good. It doesn't work for anything. It's just pet-related propaganda. Okay. So what OPS 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 like a given 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. It's similar. But America like we treat dogs like they are people here. You know what I'm not saying? Right. I mess with disagree with that. But it is a very Americanized thing. No, we've got dogs 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. 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. 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. You shouldn't have this. You just got a free pet and decided to let it do whatever. Now it's everyone's problem. 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 research right off the bat. It's awesome. But I'm going to go to an office where dogs come in and it's like, oh, he pissed on the floor again, huh? Right. Right. Moose is a deity. He's completely separate from the conversation. I would say everybody at Smosh, when they bring their dogs to the office, all their dogs are so well behaved. But that's kind of an outlier like living in America my whole life, like a lot of dog owners are really terrible. Like they're really terrible at which it's 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. It's a really tough thing. The responsibility is like, y'all feed it every day, y'all take it on walks. Yeah. It's like, no, no, no, no, no. There's a whole communicating with this creature who doesn't know your language and you don't 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 know a lot of kids and I've had a lot of kids. I don't know where they are. Totally. Yeah, yeah. Fuck up. 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. Yeah. 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 that 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. 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. 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, because their parents didn't sign up for that really. Yeah. 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 Chihuah was were adopted in mass. Yeah. And then there was a mass exodus of them all being put in shelters because a lot of people got them as a hobby just as a thing of like, oh, I want this cute accessory. It'll play in my purse. Hey, man. That's a living being like that is domesticated. So it's not just some wild animal, it is, it's nature is tied to humans. Yeah. So you have to play a part in it. Yeah. And people just treat that shit. Accessories. The key word there. Yeah. I think that's a really strong placement. Yeah. 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 I loved him to death, but 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 they can be harder to read. And I don't know, I've had cats growing up and dogs growing up and now I have currently have cats, I've dealt with both. I wouldn't say one's easier than the other. It's also a case by case basis. It does depend.
And though, I think a lot of people try to talk to cats like their dogs, like when I got my cat Freya, she like hit under the sofa for like three straight days. So I was like, okay, to show her it's safe. 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 came out and was exploring. And like, you know, until my cat Zelda who's unfortunately no longer with us, like enter the picture, Freya 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 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 I know, like fish died when you look at them funny. Like, to be fair, she was trying to play fetch, right? Kind of just hit it with a ball. But like, I've truly never had like a close relationship with an animal in that way. And in the form of a pet. So this idea of responsibility and 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. It's entirely fine. I do think there's like as much as I am obsessed with animals and I love dogs. I also can acknowledge, I think sometimes the American version of dog ownership 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 definitely not wild animals, but they're not like, it's almost disrespectful to them. It's gonna make them anxious if we treat them fully like a human. - Absolutely. - But it's gotten to weird territories. But a lot of people just are not taking the actual responsibility to it. - I think the alternative though is like, obviously we don't want dogs to stay in shoulders and stuff like that. So maybe just like in order to adopt a dog, you have to take like a one week course or something. Like that would be nice. - Yeah, yeah. - And if you're over the age of 60, you can do the dogs. - You don't get it. - 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 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. That thing is meant for a field somewhere. - I always talk. - Like be careful. - Make sure you have a lot of sheep to play with. - Sorry, based on your settings, you may not have the right environment for the right type of dog or the schedule or anything. I haven't had a dog because like living in a small place, I'm like, I can't write that. - Yeah. - I'd be disrespectful to them. - 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 outside or whatever and just don't pay any attention. I'm just like, why did you get it? 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 comes out of that. - Okay, you love poop on the ground. (laughing) - Sorry. - So, I, okay. I feel like, okay, I like. - The floor is yours. - I know, this is gonna be really tough to say. - You teed this off. - This is gonna be really tough to say. - I like, okay, we really might have to cut this. I like, I weirdly like, I can't like, turn away what a dog is pooping. - Okay, okay. - Like, I just like, I guess watching. (laughing) - No, like, Aarasha, we accept you, we love you. It's okay. - I'm sad, I'm sad, I'm sad, I'm sad. - I, I don't, I don't know. - I don't think this is the thing you've thought about. You like thought about, I was like, hey, so I've. - Like, my inner circle knows this. - You're just, your, is it like a morbid curiosity? Like, you're just like, oh, he's, well, it's also funny 'cause dogs will look at you when they're doing this. - Yes. - I just wanna reciprocate. - It's the funniest thing. - I'm just like, received. - 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 can't move away. - I just can't look away, I'm like. - That's okay. - 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, and be like, oh, he's going, and I'd be like, oh, 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, but I'm saying this right now. - I can't believe you're talking about that. - No, this is gonna come out. I'm gonna be like, I can't, I don't fucking remember saying any of that. - And earlier you said we should kill everyone over the age of 60. - I don't remember that. - That keep that. - I always have to watch people poop. No, but like, as someone that has cats, like they're always 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, man, man, man, man, man, man. It 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 being like-- - It is a crazy thing to think about like, for what a dog is experiencing. I'm just like, you're just, you're 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 go right now? - Yeah, 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 animal's 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-- - Yes, I think, yes. - You sound like a dog owner. I think 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 RedStories is sponsored by WayFair. Look, I love reading RedStories 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 have been doing some upgrading in my office and I'm ordering a pegboard for right above my desk. 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I like to wear my clothes in the shower for a few seconds before taking them off. This one, okay, that's this person's out of their mind. Have you been checked for autism? (laughing) Okay, but wait, wait, they kinda have a point for a second. I gotta hear them out. Okay, I gotta hear them out. I'm serious, like I'm like, you like a really weird sensory thing that's very sensory and specific? I don't know, I could be projecting. Okay, all right. 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. All right. I'm not mad. I guess I'm just like, it's almost like getting yourself into a bad situation so that if you get the relief of getting it off, like kinda, 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 sent 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. I feel like I'm a little caught in the mess after the fact. It's a lot, that's a lot of laundry. That's a lot of dripping. His laundry machine's like, please. (laughing) Put a rush in the marker, put it in the heat. 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? Oh, he said, I usually do this on laundry day. So I can't do that.
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 do you, what do you up to this Friday? I'm thinking about what happened to my shower and full, full deck of clothes. (laughing) - Flask of whiskey tears. (laughing) - Honestly, I'm on board, I might try it. - All right, 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. - Yes, true. - Which is fine. - It's fine. - It's fine. - You gotta keep it fresh. - Yeah, 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 ASEED office. It was still so hot and humid. I worked the hottest shift, 3 PM to 11 PM. 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 a, whoa. - You can't do that to your mattress. That's not good to have. - You're right, just like, please stop. - I said, please. (laughing) - I know 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 just, you know. - Yeah, why not? - I was, 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. No, we're still here. And when I would do that, usually I turn in the corner and there'd be a dog. - A dog pooping. - 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 it. - So I would just sleep on top, like I would hop on my bed. - Huh. - On top of all of the covers and everything. And just lay on top, fall asleep, living in Southern California, it's like, it's never too cold. - Sure. - Or even too hot. And so just sleep on top and then just wake up and back. - 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. - It's great. - Feels so good. - Is this where we lose you? - No, I'm with you. I'm with you. - I can just do that. - No, I'm completely with you. - 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 definitely had me for a little bit. - I like a made bed. I love the look of a made bed. - Yeah. - But 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. - 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 have darkness. I am so the opposite. I am a like, oh, get as much light. - 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, because when I'm sleeping the day, if it's just the right angle and the ass crack a dawn is like directly laser beam into my eye through the window. - Yeah. - I hate that. Oh, see, I would want, I would want, I could sleep in sunlight. That's fun. - Right, shade and I could sleep wherever. - Yeah, but I love sunlight. I'm like, oh, if the sun's out, do not block buns or 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. - Arasha, please tell us what it is. We want to know, we're sorry. - Okay. Fuck massages. - Mary punching, kill at the puncher. - 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 woman walk on your back. - No, sometimes it's nice, but only for a little bit though. Then I'm back to being like, now I'm just 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 sweetest style and the Thai style and we're gonna mix it up. And I was like, great. And it was like 60 minutes and I was like, this changed my life. - Yeah. - But usually that means that they're gonna like fuck you up. - Oh, I want them to fuck me. - No, I don't want to be fuck you. - I want to smell like Tiger Ball and Fear. - No, no. - I want them to try to kill me. - No, no, like I just, you can just give me nice like, you know, nice pat. You can give me soft rub. - What's gonna happen there? - I'll feel cute. - You should look in the raky. - Oh my. - No, no, raky, they don't touch you. I don't want that. - I know well. - I don't want that. - There's can be choosers, I guess. - Yes. - My massages that I get, I'm like, no. - Support comes from wise. The smart way to manage the currencies you need around the world. Your life is global. Your money should be too. Some providers promise no fees on overseas transfers. Don't be fooled. Extra costs often hide and blow to exchange rates. Choose wise. You can send, spend, and receive money in over 40 currencies. Count on the exchange rate that you'd usually see on Google. That's how millions save billions on hidden fees. Be smart. Get wise. Visit wise.com. Please. Break my body. - Please. - My body is too tight. You need to break it apart. - No. I'm kind of even scared of a scratch. Like I don't, I'm so frail. - Intro. - I'm so, I'm so, I'm just so fragile. - Wait a minute, Russia. 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. - Maybe with a part. - A bird. - All right, let's move on to our next unpopular opinion. - Where are we? - Our next story comes from this unpopular opinion subreddit. So this is the OG. - 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 where you are. Or like that. I agree that many require a lot of skill. - That's true. We do. I think it makes me have a lot of thoughts regarding 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 do you care? Like why do I care? - Yeah. - I don't know why it reminds me to people talk a lot about this with reading. They talk about like, he'll go, audio books 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? So when I read a book, I'm like, I have gained one smart boy, so I'm like, no. - Right. - I love that. - Yeah. Like, okay. - That's so funny. - 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? - Sure. 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 playing a video game, I'm like, that's something I'm actively interested in. - Yeah, an activity. - An activity. - An activity, but I'm also like, but at the end of the day, I'm not like, one is better than the other half. - Yeah, we're not like classifying on a human race and the talk. - What are you talking about? They've like, they've set up this weird hierarchy that they made up and now they're mad about it. [LAUGHTER] I missed my-- I missed my shop all again.
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. But that just means like, you're just talking about the kind of people you want to hang out with and shit. This isn't like a, yeah, they think they're winning the competition versus the guitar guy. Yeah. No one 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 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 in their tool belt and stuff. And so it starts to feel like, oh, well, you paint, oh, well, I sing, oh, well, I watch TV. And it's like, well, that's not the same thing. Yeah. 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 his whole take is very much based on like, what's your value to society, like how productive are you? It's also like a very like, kind of capitalist thing of like, hey, man, like most skills aren't like going to gain you much, my hobbies, 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 putting a sport. They're all seeking the same thing, which is just, it's a past time. Yeah. And look, I, I am somebody that has such a hard time turning off the brain and actually like relaxing. 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 a movie and say, you should learn a new language, I'd be like, fuck yourself. I just want to relax. Yeah. 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, if you're like watching a bunch of YouTube videos or whatever you're 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 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. Typically, what makes a person interesting is how interested they are in the people they are 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. I don't meet someone. I'm like, oh, I want to be friends with you because you've done so much in your life. I'm like, I want to be friends with you because like, it's cool hanging out with you. I agree. 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. It feels like a lesson plan on how to be a human being. Yeah. That's not a course we really all want to take. Well, I could use it, I guess. I guess I need it. All right. Well, I was saying earlier that like a hobby to me, I guess, is it active 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 I, I, I, 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 hard core attention and it's like reading a book for me. So I don't know, um, 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, yeah, yeah, yeah, your enjoyment of watching a TV show is not going to take away me learning how to yo-yo. Yeah. 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. 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. Like 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. Right. When at the end of the day, it's just like, what are you doing? You're not at your job. Yeah. Like that's what I'm trying to figure out. That's what I ask people now when I'm meeting them, you know, because usually people go like, so what do you do? Like, what's your job? I started asking, what do you like to do? As my first thing. And people always positive like, what do you mean? I'm just like, what do you enjoy doing? As opposed to like, who are you to me? What's your job? Right. You know, like banking. Yeah, exactly. I like to do banking. Like, remember that you were a person, why are you free, born outside of a system? Yeah. 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 skills. It's like, well, I'm just doing because it's fun. It's like the format of like Sims, when you like, you know, just enough, then you upgrade to the second level. And I think that they are doing everything is 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. Eventually, you're going to be 60. And then you're dead. And then you go to the fresher. Yeah. So a popular video, 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 just think it's interesting, though, because like, you develop a lot of, like, I think about, I'll throw out a name, Luke at the Smosh office, as he watches so many movies. And you could say, like, well, 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 developing a skill. Yeah, I mean, it's research. So I don't know, like, 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. Yeah. 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 just like a group of people huddled and then one person's being like, actually, you can't really do that for the thing than 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. I know what you're talking about. You've seen it. You've definitely seen it. So anyway, 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. Oh, I remember. This is a reference. 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. I 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 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. Come on, board. Okay. I have some thoughts. Okay. Who's there? 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 like gonna break it down, sure. But the fact of the matter is a lot of people were just seeing the trend of me and like, "Would you love me if I was a worm?" Like, and I think it's just quite the literal of just like, "If I was a little worm, how do 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 ask me to, it's not that deep. It was a trend for both people. Food conversations to have. But 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?" 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, "Yes." 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 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 maybe already just shouldn't be with that person 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 the question is a way of actually getting to a real answer. 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 are honest takeaways from the question. All of that reads like it makes sense, especially when you boil it down to, "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 illogical action is having to ask it like that 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? What are the qualities that make you stay between it? 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. I think for that reason it might be okay, but I totally hear you on the trap and the test of it all. 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? 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 kind of put it some sort of silly umbrella like on a worm on it. Yeah, because isn't it just boiling it down to, "I don't believe you really love me?" It's like what the question is kind of really saying, it's like, "Hey man, you got a real big issue here and the logical thing is to talk about it in a real way and if you don't believe his answers 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 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 be able to love me if I was a worm?" My answer would be like, "Oh, probably not because you're a wor- is there any hope of getting better? You're just a worm forever for the rest of the world now?" So we can't communicate through language. I don't know the anatomy of like how to help you. 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 could. So I would fail the worm question in just a blaze of glory. As a person, I'd be like, "Oh, I'll stand by your side." Yes. 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, too. There's a new theory every day or there's like, you know, that if he wanted to, he would and all of that bullshit. It's very toxic. 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 don't like it at all. But I understand like the poles, the psychology behind that. I understand what this post means. Yeah. 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 else said, "I'm a woman, no woman in my circle takes the question this seriously. It's mostly asked and just to see how their boyfriend would respond. Usually something funny. What I'm trying to say is, "Sir, this is a Wendy's." So the last one 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. Yeah. Yeah. It's one of those where like, I find that people do this a lot with like maybe astrology or whatever where they'll just 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 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." Yeah. It's a question of like, "Oh, if you're doing the worm question, what you're really asking is this." Yeah. Right. Aren't you? People feel very much a lack of control nowadays, which is reasonable. And I think we are starved for any sort of like definitive answers or things. And we love, we, people love, especially online, the it's this or it's that. Yeah. And it's like, and now you know. And it's like, sorry, man, things are fucking gray and especially really are outfits. But- This is purple. Is it really? Oh, shit. Leave it in the comments down below. Sometimes I have hard times with grays, but I'm getting like a green and gray. I guess I always thought it was like, like, moth? Wait, are we being serious? Or a dusty lavender? A little dusty lavender, sure. Are you being serious? I know. Are you fucking with me? It looks great to me. Not dusty at all? It's gray. It's gray. But I thought my pants were gray. I'm more of a gray. I'm more of a gray. I'm more of a gray now. You're gray is closer to a beige. It's like a- but closer to a beige. This is like a- your jacket's like a darker gray than the pants. Nobody look at me. Um. My socks are wet. I'm trying to figure out right now if I'm colorblind and that's what I'm focused on. Correct. Um. But yeah, people love the black and white. Yes. They love like, no, he's bad. No, he's good. And here's how you find out and it's one of two answers. Yes. Like, there's none of that. A relationship doesn't usually have much of that. So what is on Reddit stories often too is like even when we sort of cast someone as the villain in our mind and like, there's a lot of work to be done, the first response always just like, dump him and kill him. And I'm like, sometimes, but not, right, not every time, 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 lot right now? And it's like, if they come up with this like cutesy answer that's like, yeah, babe, I'm going to love you when you're a worm or a bug or a 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, and then she's going to need it again. And you're going to need it again. And then you're like, well, now what if I was an insect? Right. You're exactly right, though. You do generally go fishing with a worm. Yeah. Whoa. Whoa. All right. Our next story, our next unpopular opinion. I skip every single dialogue or cutscene 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 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. And it, 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.
sweat over having to start over and over and beat some boss and 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 a challenge, I want to relax. Buddy, 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 got to 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 know. I'm also 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 going to play it all your friends. 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 or need it to be easier in order for you to enjoy it, great. I don't give a shit. Live your life, play a game. You know what I feel like's happening with this guy? Is he's reading too much shit online. Yeah. Because these are opinions that I see a lot only online 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? Like, that's-- Are you having a good time? Yeah, like that. It's a different vibe. Totally. He's mad at the internet. And who among us is it? 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 up my phone and just be like, fuck. And he's like, my cat must be like, why does he keep looking at that stone? This is the-- (laughing) Yeah. 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 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 a bummer. It's just constantly a bummer because it's never gonna be like full of truth. It's never gonna be like an honest outlook of the whole world, just people that feel really strongly and often have an opinion that's gonna upset other people. Yeah. And to be clear, I'm not even reading like the news. I'm like, looking up bullshit. Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm looking up bullshit online about things and people like a Reddit post, where 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 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 theory of 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. It's really troubling and obviously on social media, you're gonna be exposed to so many different people doing other things. So if you're prone to that and you're like 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. Right. You know what I just put together too? Uh-oh. Here's how we got to that connection. When you play a game, a modern game, and you wanna 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 wanna experience the story, meaning like combatant things aren't gonna 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 think that I wanna watch it when I just need it to be easier. Yeah, this guy's just mad about things he doesn't need, mad about. 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 of some people are pretty go-to. 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. Oh, he responded. Oh, he 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 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 cutscene. I know that it's Kojima's thing, but come on. I am trying to game here and I'm in a hurry. It's talking about Metal Gear Solid 4. That shit. 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. Vidaio game Jima. Can I send some real quick? Sure. I was at a con this past weekend, and David Hader was there, and he walked by me. We were swapping out in this photo area. He's 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. Off the cuff, he did it. Whoa. And then he sat behind me on the bus. It was nice. Wow. Someone said, why don't you just not play story games? Cod and HD2 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. [LAUGHTER] I did. I love story in games so much. It's half the reason I play. But I'm not going to sit-- if I 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. Like, who gives a shit? Yeah. Someone else said, why do you play story-based games then it must be boring as hell? Oh, he said, because I still enjoy the graphics in 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 playing 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. Oh, so I think video games for the story. And also actually 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? Oh, he 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 it is, too, is that he's not even asking for help. Yeah. He doesn't want advice. No. He's just 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 this man live. Let him do his thing. Let me be over there. Married man. Freshly married. Freshly married. And he is exhausted. He did at the end there. He did at the end. I know. When he's talking about his life, I was saying, he's like, oh, I have a, I'm fucking married. I'm five of you. Foggy. One. And tired. Can I be honest? I don't really care. Like, this guy's a lot 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 be in all these. I don't believe you be like, freshly married. Maybe before that. Maybe before that. Before his fucking wife. His fucking new wife. And his stupid job that sends him around the world. Cause it's exulting. Yeah. And he has all this time to be in reddit. That's what I'm saying. Like arguing with people about shit. Totally. 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. You wanted an open world with no dialogue. I'm like, yeah. That's why I love breath of the wild. That's just stuff. You just run around. Yeah, no dialogue. You just like, hit. Yeah. Truly. Spoilers. Oh, shoot. That is, 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. Oh, I'm here for it. Holy shit. Oh, dude. Dude. Check out the shirts. There it is. And dude. On a dinosaur. Yeah. 100 would be the ferocious tyranosaurus. He's just getting into it. Okay. He said example. 50 would be the invincible triceratops, 20, the mighty Anclusaurus, five, the indomitable apodosaurus, one, the indefatigable. Indefatigable. Indefatigable. Indefatigable. Not the easiest word.
whatever. Maybe we cut that word. How about how about the one would be TeraSource? 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 Terex were they were in North America. They were in that you can find their fossils in Montana and stuff. So they're an American icon. I I have notes like angular source and color source whoever you say it. That's always been my favorite. Love that being on the 20th. That's great. No problem. Yeah. But like Terex on the hundred that feels a little basic sure. We need we need some more like American stables like the Utah Raptor. That's the thing. Put that on the five. Oh, the Utah jazz. The Utah jazz. The only dinosaurs in basketball now. As a tribunal. Yeah. Dinosaur. I don't think that's I don't think that's the move. I think they'd found that that was like a a different stage of a different dinosaur. That is maybe the tough thing is like I feel like dinosaurs we shift are what they looked like. Like to their feathers. What did their feathers look like? What's their shape? What's their color? I I would argue more. I like what this angle is though because I like look we have Andrew Jackson on one of the bills and that guy was a monster. Yeah. Yeah. He was awful. Why? I would argue more for animals. But like put like bison. Like look iconic American legend bison put like moose. Angelo knows. Angelo will know what those are. But you know I just put them on there. Right. And then like famous American like a look I have just a bald eagle. Do we have to have pictures on them? I think you got to have to have like stuff to recognize. We could just put a big one on it. So easy like sponsor money. Just like a giant one on a green square. Yeah. And then a five and a ten. 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. So I think it needs to be like angular source. Harriet Tubman. Like a. Archaeopathy. It would be the right dream blunt rotation. Yeah. Like yeah. Like famed American poet links. Yeah. Just like. Teradactyl Dolly Parton. Dolly Parton. This lineup is crazy. Sorry. Put that. It's been right here the whole time. Oh, I'm getting Harriet Tubman like mounted on a full. A pot of source. Okay. Like oh my god. Yeah. Yeah. 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 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 four hundred and fifty million years and have played a crucial role in manufacturing vaccines. True. Do they help make them? Yeah. They're a little fucked up hand. No. I got this. Don't worry. They're 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 if anybody is thinking about sending me videos or photos of dogs pooping, you don't have to, because I will seek them out myself. I will see them in public all the time. No, it's weird. That you're looking at video. No, I'm not. No, I just in my life. Okay. I got it. As I like, you know, I'm walking outside and stuff. Can I give you one note as a friend? Yeah. See sharp. I think you were saying 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. Okay. Please don't. There we go. Please don't. Okay. I don't need that. I just want to share. First of all, the social grace to send you a shitting dog video is also not going to understand them. Maybe you could. They still don't do. 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 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. It's something that's now we can cut it out because there's like five different points. What's talking about it? We can cut half the episode. Yeah. Any more. No, it's fine. Yeah, it's all good. 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 shame killing other chains. Well, again, it was great. I didn't ask all your favorite dinosaurs. I'm so sorry. Oh, favorite dinosaur. I don't, I don't think I have one. I'm, you know, the, the tall one, the broadsosaurus. Yeah. I can see it. I love dinosaurs. Yeah, that one. That's pretty good. That was that shot of like Littlefoot's mom turning around to see him and she just like goes off camera and then, yeah, what did you say? It's a crazy shot. Is there only one tall dinosaur? No, there's plenty of tall dinosaurs. How did you guys, broadsosaurus 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. Okay. That one's my favorite. Okay. Thank you both for being here. Thank you for sharing your unpopular opinions. Very brave. Thank you. And thank you all for, thank you all for watching. And we'll see you next Saturday. Goodbye. Bye.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts share quirky, often humorous unpopular opinions, such as retesting driver’s licenses for those over 60 and loving the sensation of waking up in the middle of the night.
A major topic is the idea that dogs are overhyped in American culture, with many owners failing to understand the time, effort, and responsibility required to properly care for them.
The hosts debate whether hobbies like watching movies or playing video games are "unworthy" compared to skill-based activities like playing an instrument or painting, ultimately agreeing that personal enjoyment matters more than categorization.
One of the most controversial opinions is the belief that people should enjoy watching a dog poop, citing a sense of shared vulnerability and connection with the animal.
The discussion highlights how societal norms and expectations, especially around aging, pets, and personal habits, shape what people consider "unpopular" or "weird."
The hosts emphasize that while some opinions may seem extreme, they often stem from genuine personal experiences or sensory preferences.
A recurring theme is the tension between perceived productivity and personal well-being, with participants arguing that relaxation and enjoyment should not be judged by skill or effort.
The episode concludes by noting that many so-called "unpopular" opinions are actually just personal quirks, and that true connection comes from openness and shared experiences rather than rigid rules.
Summary:
The Smoshery Threaded Stories episode explores a collection of quirky, often self-acknowledged "unpopular opinions" shared by the hosts and guests. Central themes include retesting driver’s licenses for those over 60, the idea that waking up in the middle of the night is a desirable sensory experience, and the critique of dog ownership as an overhyped, irresponsible trend in American culture. The group debates whether skill-based hobbies like music or art are more valuable than passive activities like watching movies or video games, ultimately concluding that personal enjoyment and emotional connection matter more than categorization.
Another controversial point involves the discomfort and fascination with watching dogs defecate, framed as a moment of vulnerability and shared experience. The episode also touches on broader cultural norms around aging, responsibility, and personal freedom. While some opinions appear extreme, the hosts emphasize that they stem from genuine personal experiences and sensory preferences.
Ultimately, the show promotes a lighthearted exploration of individuality, suggesting that what makes someone interesting isn’t in the list of skills or hobbies, but in how they engage with others and themselves. The tone remains playful and self-deprecating, highlighting that many so-called "unpopular" views are simply personal quirks rather than serious critiques. The discussion underscores the importance of open communication and shared experiences in building meaningful relationships.
FAQs
One unpopular opinion is waking up in the middle of the night to feel the sudden shift from sleep to wakefulness, which some find refreshing and enjoyable, especially after a long night of sleep.
The video suggests that many people falsely believe they love dogs, when in reality, dog ownership is often a lie of the American dream due to the high maintenance and responsibility involved, and that cats are actually easier to care for.
An unpopular opinion shared is that people over the age of 60 should be required to retest their driver's licenses, suggesting that age-related changes in ability might require stricter oversight.
Yes, one host shares an unpopular opinion that they like to wear their clothes in the shower for a few seconds before taking them off, describing it as a sensory pleasure and a satisfying ritual.
Yes, one host claims they dislike massages because they find pressure painful and stressful, especially the idea of being touched or manipulated, and instead prefers soft, gentle contact.
The video argues that not all hobbies are equal — activities like playing an instrument or learning a skill are valued more than passive ones like watching movies or videos, as they involve effort and skill development.
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