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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm communist and I don't see the AI as a villain/bad thing. And, to me, be afraid about it is the same as people in 1970s being afraid of computers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No communists see AI as the enemy. Communists see AI being used to support the ruling class and harm the working class as the enemy. But I feel like communism has always talked about automation liberating workers from labor.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (11 children)

My unpopular opinion is that too many people give way, waaaaaayyy too much attention to "correct use of gender pronouns" and they should all just stfu.

I understand why that is a big deal for trans people, because they make their gender the defining aspect of their character. Something I consider a mistake, nobody's main defining characteristic should be their gender.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"This" comments (on Reddit and Lemmy) are not a bad thing. An upvote is supposed to promote valuable content, not necessarily stuff you agree with. A "this" shows agreement. These are different things, and hunting down the "this" promotes the "upvote to agree, downvote to disagree" mentality.

(For example I said "this" to one comment on this thread, which was an unpopular opinion I agreed with. I upvoted plenty of other opinions I found interesting (and actually unpopular) while not necessarily agreeing with them.)

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Deccan Traps volcanic activity is a better explanation for the KT extinction event than Chicxulub.

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