OT: Confess your unpopular opinions
A couple days ago a hashtag made the rounds on twitter that implored users to share opinions they have that aren't the most popular. We've had some quality confession threads in these parts before:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-creepy-stories-featuring-story-turned-short
(That one about songs you like but are embarrased about that I can't find)
so let's hear it. What do you believe despite knowing that it's not a popular opinion? Team related or otherwise (yes, many people will want to retain Borges. Be creative).
I'll go first: I really enjoy a good black bean burger and frequently order them rather than beef burgers.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:45 PM ^
I've never seen a single episode of Breaking Bad, Dexter, Boardwalk Empire, Walking Dead, or True Blood. Not a single one.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:46 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
Seconded. Want him to. In my deepest heart of hearts. But I do not think abandoning the spread is the future of college football.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
board. Also I love Hallmark Channel Christmas movies. (Stupid phone)
December 11th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
My lady and I alternate between Hallmark and Lifetime pretty much everynight for the month of December. Am I ashamed? Sure. Do I love watching them with her? Yep.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:47 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
This is not unpopular.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:58 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
If someone is annoyingly tailgating me for a long time and then goes to pass me, I'll speed up.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
Move out of their way. It's your responsibility as a motorist to move over and let faster drivers pass. Don't get me wrong, I know what you're saying, tailgaters suck but you have to remember one thing. If the person leaves a safe distance, people like you assume all is good. The person behind you appears to be content with the speed you are driving therefore, why speed up or move over? Getting up close to you is simply to get your attention. Hey bud, I want to drive faster than 78. Please move over and let me pass. As soon as I pass, you can move right back over to the left lane and make someone else's drive miserable.
I call them road cops. People who police the left lane and force everyone behind them to drive their speed. I've always thought of it this way, you can drive as slow as you want up there but when I get an opportunity to pass you, don't get pissed and speed up. You make yourself look bad. Not to mention, think of the other drivers other than the one person. There's likely a whole gang of people behind the tailgater wondering why the guy up in the left lane won't get his head out of his ass.
December 11th, 2013 at 6:32 PM ^
I cannot possibly upvote this enough. I am guilty of tailgating at times - BUT - when, and only when, there are two people going the same speed in two different lanes and I can't get by, and nor can the people behind.
I recently saw an online poll: what driving behavior irritates you the most? I'll wager that half the people that picked tailgating are that sort of person. Lanes are for driving at the same speed as the guy in front or behind. There are extra lanes so that people can go faster or slower. Do NOT fly in formation. It is extremely rude and is the cause of a lot of traffic slowdowns. I completely agree: tailgating is the only way there is, aside from flashing the lights which people also find rude, to convey "please stop holding up traffic."
December 11th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
I don't care if advertising ends up in Michigan Stadium and I think Dave Brandon is doing a fine job as AD.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
I second this, Bob Barker.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
If they erected a giant noodle outside the stadium, I'd make a special trip to take my kids to see it.
December 11th, 2013 at 5:53 PM ^
If advertising keeps ticket and PSD's down then I am all for it.
December 13th, 2013 at 5:26 PM ^
I agree, but it won't. DB's goal is not to raise money through A so he can raise less through B. His goal is to raise maximum money from any letter he can find.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
I think Wilton Speight is and will be much better than Shane Morris....
December 11th, 2013 at 1:49 PM ^
Also, I have never seen Scarface, Casino, or Good Fellas.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
I hate the whole "don't buy foreign" meme.
I drive a Honda and love it.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
Give me a year and model. Odds are it was (at least somewhat/components/assembled) made in America.
Also, most of Chrysler's "Imported From Detroit" vehicles ARE actually imported from Canada.
December 11th, 2013 at 5:10 PM ^
A large portion of its parts were made in America and the car was assembled by American workers in Marysville, OH.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:37 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
Michigan is a pretty good school with a strong football tradition, but the cult that surrounds us with things like "this is Michigan!" and "Harvard of the West" is way over the top.
The state of Michigan kind of sucks. Lots of outdoor activities to be had, but my ability to utilize those are limited because Ann Arbor's lack of parking means I can't have a car.
Michiganders DO have an accent that differs from Standard American and it fucking grates at my sanity.
I have a billion of these.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:52 PM ^
The accent is awful.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:59 PM ^
No offense to people, but there are some vowel sounds that come out of Michigan that are...not my favorite.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
I'd like to know which words are grating. I can't hear it and have lived out East with people from upstate NY and Pennsylvania who all sounded the same. I'm really bad with accents.
December 11th, 2013 at 3:36 PM ^
Below is the wikipedia page on "Upper Midwest American English." ...What I'm thinking of that I've heard from some Michiganders is a relatively subtle version of the vowel sounds you get in Wisconsin and Minnesota - for example, slight but noticeably pronounciation of something like "We were gonna go to the store, but it wasn't open" as "We were gonna goo to the stoo-re, but it wasn't oopen."
December 11th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
It's all varying degrees of Rick Snyder's accent. His is the best example I can think of.
December 11th, 2013 at 3:33 PM ^
I've lived here my whole life so was curious about the "Northern vowel shift" or whatever it's called. But it was difficult to understand what was meant by reading about it and the only supposed sound example of it I could find online sounded nothing like anyone speaks here, at least not to my ears. If I recall, it insisted that people with this accent pronounce "block" as "black," but I'm totally befuddled by that assertion.
December 11th, 2013 at 3:40 PM ^
I know it doesn't sound like it to people from Michigan, but it does sound A LOT like 'black' to me when you say 'block.' Not exactly, but very close. It's like when Canadians insist that none of them say aboot (I think it sounds more like a-boat, but whatever) when they clearly do.
December 11th, 2013 at 3:46 PM ^
Maybe the people in the clip were extreme examples or exaggerating... I don't know anyone who says "I'm going to take a walk around the blaaaack."
Totally agree that the Canadian pronunciation sounds like "a-boat" not "a-boot."
December 11th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
Nope. Not even from that region.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
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December 11th, 2013 at 2:45 PM ^
You can get off my Pure Michigan lawn, because I cry a little inside every time I hear the majestic voice of Tim Allen come across the air waves.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
Vernors and pasties are overrated
December 11th, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
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December 11th, 2013 at 2:08 PM ^
Thank you! Ever since Nas "Ether"-ed him, I've thought the same exact thing.
December 11th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
/Late70'sJerseyShoreHipster'd
December 11th, 2013 at 1:52 PM ^
was better than Top Gun
December 11th, 2013 at 2:23 PM ^
December 13th, 2013 at 5:37 PM ^
The Color of Money was considerably better than either of them.
December 11th, 2013 at 2:27 PM ^
/iceman-teeth-knashes in your direction
December 11th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
NASCAR is just pitiful, but Days of Thunder is awesome.
December 11th, 2013 at 4:33 PM ^
December 11th, 2013 at 1:53 PM ^
95% of "craft" beer, microbrew, home brew, what have you is just disgusting garbage.