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Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:46 am
by gremlin
A great deal of motorcyclists ride like inconsiderate twats.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:07 am
by Horse
gremlin wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:46 am
A great deal of motorcyclists ride like inconsiderate twats.
Some of them appear almost suicidal.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:38 am
by Saga Lout
Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bugattis and other so-called supercars are ridiculous.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:53 am
by Jody
Pricey art is just money laundering
Greggs is just an average bakery that doesn't deserve the hype it's some how gained.
If in the late 90's. Coldplay, Radiohead and Eastenders had stopped, there would be a lot less depressed people about today.
Private schools should not be allowed charitable status.
Being injured while in the armed forces, does not (necessarily) make you a hero.
Women's sanitary products should be free of charge.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:16 pm
by Count Steer
Jody wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:53 am
Pricey art is just money laundering
It's better than that. Often your money shrinks when you launder it (arf!) because people take a cut every step of the way.
The modern art market is like printing money if you're at the top of it. Decide who you're going to make famous, create a false market where you decide how much, say, a shark in formaldehyde, or a messy bed is worth, agree a cut with the artist and away you go. For a typical painting - preferably 'abstract' - £20 worth of materials and a few bob for a frame you can pocket '£000s. Then it just becomes a sort of large denomination physical cryptocurrency token. Move it around a few times between the players, push the price up - saleroom gets a cut, 'living artist' gets a cut, taxman gets a cut but meanwhile, you and your pet artist have another one and lo! the price is set by the sale of the last one. With a bit of luck the National Gallery will want one and the taxpayer can stump up the money.
Worked a treat for the likes of the Saatchis.
(Most of it is toss too.
).
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:03 pm
by cheb
Not everyone in the NHS is a hero.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:10 pm
by gremlin
Most healthcare professionals are morbidly obese.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:19 pm
by Saga Lout
Jody wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:53 am...
If in the late 90's. Coldplay, Radiohead and Eastenders had stopped, there would be a lot
less depressed people about today.
...
Fewer.
(Well, proper grammar's unpopular, innit?
)
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:50 pm
by Horse
Saga Lout wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:19 pm
Jody wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:53 am...
If in the late 90's. Coldplay, Radiohead and Eastenders had stopped, there would be a lot
of less-depressed people about today.
...
Fewer.
(Well, proper grammar's unpopular, innit?
)
Or ... ?
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:06 pm
by Wossname
Horse wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:07 am
gremlin wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:46 am
A great deal of motorcyclists ride like inconsiderate twats.
Some of them appear almost suicidal.
…and some succeed.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:50 pm
by ChrisW
Count Steer wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:16 pm
Jody wrote: Mon Aug 12, 2024 11:53 am
Pricey art is just money laundering
It's better than that. Often your money shrinks when you launder it (arf!) because people take a cut every step of the way.
The modern art market is like printing money if you're at the top of it. Decide who you're going to make famous, create a false market where you decide how much, say, a shark in formaldehyde, or a messy bed is worth, agree a cut with the artist and away you go. For a typical painting - preferably 'abstract' - £20 worth of materials and a few bob for a frame you can pocket '£000s. Then it just becomes a sort of large denomination physical cryptocurrency token. Move it around a few times between the players, push the price up - saleroom gets a cut, 'living artist' gets a cut, taxman gets a cut but meanwhile, you and your pet artist have another one and lo! the price is set by the sale of the last one. With a bit of luck the National Gallery will want one and the taxpayer can stump up the money.
Worked a treat for the likes of the Saatchis.
(Most of it is toss too.
).
There’s a short book Steve Martin wrote around this very subject. Can’t remember the title. Worth a short holiday read.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 5:42 pm
by Saga Lout
A beige cardigan is the epitome of fashionable menswear.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 9:27 pm
by Cousin Jack
Socks with sandals are a OK.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2024 12:21 pm
by Jody
Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Aug 16, 2024 9:27 pm
Socks with sandals are a OK.
Only If you're over 40, a parent, have given up and say "that's not going anywhere" after strapping something to a trailer.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:06 pm
by gremlin
Coldplay are alright.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:44 pm
by Timmy
The politics board is missed by more than those who don't.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:00 pm
by Pirahna
David Bowie was a talentless wanker.
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:22 pm
by JamJar
Pirahna wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:00 pm
David Bowie was a talentless wanker.
Spot on!
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:08 pm
by Taipan
Pirahna wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:00 pm
David Bowie was a talentless wanker.
I started a thread saying that on Visordown. IIRC I caught hell from FA about it!
Re: Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:20 pm
by Yorick
Taipan wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 7:08 pm
Pirahna wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:00 pm
David Bowie was a talentless wanker.
I started a thread saying that on Visordown. IIRC I caught hell from FA about it!
They should have banned you and done us all a favour
