Unpopular Opinion(s) Thread

With an addition of the easy follow through of accessible temptations that has been placed upon us now versus 1921.
 
One income used to support a family comfortably. Now both partners need to work in a more competitive job market with much more expensive housing/childcare/groceries/everything.

So how exactly did this ruin marriage?

Unless by traditional family you mean women not working.

I hate to break it to you but communist societies have a history of breaking down such gender role barriers and encouraging women to pursue labor in every industry men are involved in. So lack of capitalism aint fixing that.

I never understood men's obsession with wanting to be the only one in the house working, im over here trying to retire early. So I don't let my wife slack on her career. :lol:
 
With an addition of the easy follow through of accessible temptations that has been placed upon us now versus 1921.

I don't think there are more temptations but I do think it's easier to get caught because everything is so public. Back in the day dudes were having multiple secret families because it was easier to hide their dirt
 
Detroit style pizza >>> Chicago pizza


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Because if u learned anything about the black experience in America pre-civil rights, a thought to say something like that wouldn't even cross your mind.

This is a product of glorification of past times in history no matter how dark they were. Honestly no race of people should yearn to live in the past. I think a lot of MAGAs are walking around with the mentality that as long as you were white back then sh*t was all good, but forget about people dying of diseases we only see in textbooks during medical school or dying during child birth. Let's just stick to the present and how to improve on it.
 
This is a product of glorification of past times in history no matter how dark they were. Honestly no race of people should yearn to live in the past. I think a lot of MAGAs are walking around with the mentality that as long as you were white back then sh*t was all good, but forget about people dying of diseases we only see in textbooks during medical school or dying during child birth. Let's just stick to the present and how to improve on it.

Not to derail the thread but it didn’t seem like he was talking about reality of circumstance but rather the mentality of thought. I understood his comment to mean that black people back then had more optimism / belief / conviction / community centric mindset and were a force for positive change in the (horrific) society around them. And now reality of today’s circumstances are improved from a numbers game perspective but that intensity of mental fortitude and mental strength and conviction toward driving change has wavered.

My unpopular opinion - obesity and opioids are a plague rotting the country from the inside out.
 
Because if u learned anything about the black experience in America pre-civil rights, a thought to say something like that wouldn't even cross your mind.

I'm well aware of the black experience pre civil rights & i'm living the black experience now.... which is why i formed that opinion. Just because it doesn't resonate with your feelings about how things are going doesn't make it any less valid.

If YOU learned anything from the black experience it should be that black people aren't a monolith & different ideas & issues should be taken into account even if it goes against the popular belief of the time.
 
Black people might be worse off than we were before civil rights in terms of mindset
So, the mindset of Black people before civil rights was better.

Also, the same mindset led to the fight for civil rights, which resulted in a worse mindset.

Therefore, the mindset of the past was worse because it led to the civil rights movement, which ruined the mindset of today's Black people.

But the pre-civil rights mindset of Black people was better.

We don't need to teach math or physics of finances to K-12 students. We need to teach logic.

This is a product of glorification of past times in history no matter how dark they were. Honestly no race of people should yearn to live in the past. I think a lot of MAGAs are walking around with the mentality that as long as you were white back then sh*t was all good, but forget about people dying of diseases we only see in textbooks during medical school or dying during child birth. Let's just stick to the present and how to improve on it.
Remember when you had to dress up to take a plane? Imagine that, dressing up to have the privilege to travel faster.

When a simple tetanus infection could disable your *** and keep you from working forever? When you could die of disentery?

Remember when it was fancy to shower more than once a week?

Remember how stepping in horse poop was an accepted and expected part of living in the city?

The good ol' days is now.
 
We’re not in the “Lebron Era” in professional basketball, we’re still in the “Post-Jordan Era” . Space Jam is proof of that. Not the quality or opinions of the movie, but the fact that it was remade instead of something totally new.
 
One income used to support a family comfortably. Now both partners need to work in a more competitive job market with much more expensive housing/childcare/groceries/everything.
I hate when I see posts on social media where chicks bashing dudes who don’t cover 100% of the bills. Times have changed. This ain’t the same economy our parents and grandparents grew up in.
 
Black people might be worse off than we were before civil rights in terms of mindset
I see what you mean, however it won't be received well on this site. Can't say I fully agree but I see where you're coming from. Much more camaraderie and less competition amongst one another, of course less killing of one another in inner cities. Family unit was much tighter, everyone wasn't as self-centered. Supporting our own (such as business) now comes across as very contrived. Now there's a hollow unity only when certain situations occur (when it's time to condemn another race for something they've done to a black person).
 
Is marriage something that "needs" to be saved/salvaged?

If so, why?

(Meaning if it continues to plummet, why does it matter)

Asking all.
 
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