Yes, this had to be made because already I am a little disgruntled about how the main unpopularopinion community is ran and what content I’ve found on there. So I wanted to make a true version, the ‘true’ part being, that it’s sought for more thoughtful opinions that are beyond 2 lines and actually are more fleshed out we’ll say.

It is not meant to be a platform where bigots, racists, sexists can finally get their rocks off by being who they are. That’s what plagued the TrueUnpopularOpinion over in Reddit, it is infested with alt-right people pretending to be sophisticated and their mods are pushovers. I’m not aiming for this community to be that.

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    11 months ago

    well you can hold an unpopular belief at any intensity. they are independent variables.

    For example, I think store-brand (any store brand) potato chips are better than the same flavor/style of the national brand 100% of the time. I infer this is unpopular because the national brand costs $2-3x as much so there is no reason to ever buy them, yet they stay in business and I see people eating them.

    But I by no means feel strongly about this. It has been probably 10 years since I mentioned it to anyone. I wouldn’t turn down any potato chip no mater how expensive it is. They are all pretty good tbh.

    Maybe what you are actually trying to capture is along the lines of:
    this-is-actually-fascinating
    nobodyKnowsHowMuchofMyLifeThisTakesUp
    blooilsmyblood
    IfeelStronglyThat
    EverybodyIsDoingThisWrong
    WhyAreYouSoWrong
    ThisThingthatILove
    or simply
    StonglyHeldBeliefs… isn’t that what you want to see?

    Tho you know what you might really get a kick out of is this podcast: Trampoline Hall. RSS feed. You can find youtubes if you prefer.

    Trampoline Hall is a barroom lecture… it asks lecturers to take a vulnerable, theatrical risk and speak on a subject they’re not professionally expert in. Subjects range from absurd and arcane obsessions to heartbreakingly personal stories.

    I think you might find some good energy there.