Tagged by my unrequited, self-proclaimed online crush MysticalTactician

So basically, give fifteen "unpopular" opinions you support. I doubt I'll make it to fifteen -&-

What is the purpose of this, you ask? It's people who just agree with the minority opinion(s). With all things considered, anyone who has ever been deemed weird is only weird to the masses. It's a huge comparison to everyone else. If you really think about it, if Villager A calls you weird, imagine if the rest of the village were you. Then Villager A would be the weird one by my explanation.

If that doesn't make much sense, let's just move forward into the (unpopular) opinions.

1.) My Stories Are Good
Wow self-deprecating humor right off the bat. Let's move on before I trigger a bunch of people.

2.) Rock Music is Supreme
I seriously can't rap (pun intended) my head around why this isn't true. Rock changed the world back in the 60s. The Beatles. The Doors. The Monkees. Creedence Clearwater Revival. And many others! These people pioneered music. They made lyrics easy to sing along to, made beats easy to tap your foot to, and displayed powerful messages on Pleasant Valley Sundays Eight Days a Week.

Moving forward with that topic...

3.) The Gaslight Anthem is a Spectacular Band (and Brian Fallon, the frontman, is basically a lyric genius)

If anyone knows me, they know TGA is my favorite band.

One, they manage to freshen something that doesn't really have a lot of room for freshness. There are only so many sounds you can make with three guitars and drums, and they did it 70+ times.

Two, their albums are so similar yet different. Each sound is different. Take the cover songs from some of their albums: Señor and the Queen, The '59 Sound, American Slang, Handwritten, and Get Hurt. If you listen to them, they don't sound like the same band. That makes them unique.

But at the same time, they're all similar.

They're all different. They're all unique. They all tell a story. They all have an acoustic or two in their album. There's always something for someone out there. What? You like pianos? Handwritten has pianos. You like upbeat? Howl is upbeat. You like something clever? How about something like Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?

Anyway that's just me forcing my music on my minimal readers. It's cool. No need to listen per se. It's up to you.

4.) Sleep Early, Get Up Early

I've never been much of a late night person. Maybe it's because I was raised like that.

But I've been seeing a lot of people around me (in an undisclosed location of the world) that just aren't morning people. They're lazy. They sleep in until 12 p.m.

That's cool though. They have that choice. Their sleeping habits, not mine.

But seriously. You can get up early, knock out everything you need to do in that time. Then you can enjoy the rest of the day.

Yknow the saying goes seize the day. Not seize the late evening.

5.) A Challenge of Wits is More Appropriate Than a Challenge of Actual Skill

Yknow I've never been good at FPS games.

(FPS stands for first person shooters...for all you non-gamers that may exist.)

I never had a decent trigger finger. I always aimed too low and never took into account trajectory. I'd always end up last. I seriously get one 3 kill streak in CoD in an hour of playing Team Deathmatch. That's how much I suck.

Now let's say you challenge me to something a bit more reliant on wits than actual skill. Something like...Tetris? The game Russian Alexey Pajitnoj created, pioneering gaming at that time.

I'd be more of a challenge.

Maybe that's why I enjoy Fire Emblem. It's more reliant on predicting movements and calculation instead of a constant hack-and-slash (oh wait, Warriors is that, isn't it?)

Not to disparage Hack-and-Slash. I happen to like the Tales series. It's a "free roam" Hack-and-Slash contained in a small arena, and I find that small restriction of a third person a little easier to deal with.

So if you can put yourself on even grounds and use your mind to come out on top, isn't that more appropriate? Versus someone who has more skill beating someone who has less skill?

That's probably just me though.

7.) My Puns are Funny

Okay back to self-deprecation.

Look, for all those I've PMed, I have most likely given at least one pun. And they're usually good. Don't deny it.

If you don't believe me, here's a huge pun I'm revealing right now. This is a letter I wrote to autocorrect once:

Dear Autocorrect,

Autocorrect, you sick. Sometimes I wish you'd go straight to he'll. I wish I didn't have to speak I'll of you. But, frankly, I'm tired of your shirt.

Let me give you an example. Sprig is my favorite time of the year. Why? Well, because I get so exited, I end up wetting my plants.

See? They are good. I'm trying to build up from this. Why? Why would I build from this? A friend of mine proposed making a comedy duo. So I obviously agreed.

Watch out on YouTube guys. You might see me there.

8.) Sacrifices Must Be Made...and Sometimes It's You

There's a concept I tend to use a lot. Probably a bit too much. It's a bad outlook to most people. Even worse than my bland descriptions and third grader vocabulary.

It's the concept of sacrifice.

The way I see it, the world is suffering. It's suffering, yes. But it's also happiness. Everyone has both? Why? Because the world has a way of balancing stuff out like that (discussed later).

Imagine though. Imagine if we could concentrate suffering.

Sounds ideal, right? Imagine if we could build a wall around suffering. A wall that wouldn't let any of it seep out.

Here's an example: we have five people. Imagine if we could take 90% of the suffering those five people have and concentrate it all onto one person—leaving the other four almost suffer-free.

It's called taking the fall. The short end of the stick. Dictator-Chan knows what I mean. She has done group projects before.

You have to think of something like it positively. Sure, you have all the suffering. But think of it a little less selfishly and a little more...altruistically. You're suffering, sure. But that means others are suffering less. It's like when you do something for someone else. Whether it be your mom's laundry or helping someone carry stuff or just being nice.

Imagine if we could concentrate all the suffering somewhere (like on me, for example)

Twisted logic, I know.

9.) Hold On...There's Something Up Here...

I have no idea what you're talking about. We'll just transition into the next rant.

The world lives on balance.

If anyone has ever heard my rants, this is something I stress. Balance makes the world go round. Yin needs a yang. There's always the alter ego out there for everything.

Without sadness, there's no happiness.

Without hate, there's no love.

Without suffering, there's no bliss.

If you think your life sucks, you're probably right. And if you think your life is spectacular, you're also probably right. There are people who have it better and worse.

It's the world trying to remain balanced.

That's why things that go out of whack break. All of the balance they're designed with is changed and things go wrong. There's too much or too little of something. And it all doesn't work out.

So what point am I making? Well your life sucks/is awesome. But I doubt it'll last. The world tends to balance out itself. It does it's best to balance the balance and displace it evenly. Some get more or less of something than others.

But just sit tight. You'll get your balance one day. I don't guarantee it...but that's just what I believe.

10.) There Is Something Definitely Fishy Going On...

The only thing fishy is seafood.

Whale then.

Puns lmao.

Ehem sorry. Couldn't kelp myself.

XD

11.) I've Figured it Out!

Wtf do you mean? You're just delusional. Like GT. He's delusional (that's an unpopular opinion right there)

12.) You Skipped #6!

...

I did?

Lies.

13.) Stop Trying to Wrap This Up By Skipping Numbers!

I'm not. Seriously.

14.) You Went and Checked, Didn't You?

Gottem. Lol.

15.) You're Spacing Out Your Rants Because You Have No More Ideas

Okay, fine. I have one more.

If you have a problem with a harem, then I suggest you find a place where polygamy is legal.

What? You can't tell if that's a joke?

Well if on the off chance you do have a harem, you only have three choices.

One, pick someone. If you do, this ends the harem. And then you live happily ever after.

Two, don't pick someone. This keeps the harem alive and those in it will continuously love you more until you ultimately selfdestruct and either pick someone or...

Three, go where polygamy is legal. Viva the harem life. If you can't pick, pick everyone. And hope they don't try to eliminate everyone else.

16.) That Last Few Were Bullsh*t So We Deserve One More

Fine. Whatever.

People have too high of standards.

Lower your standards and everything will work out better.

Take me for example. I'm living a semi-comfortable life. I have no syndromes, disorders, diseases, or missing/extra limbs. Sure, my eyesight, puns, and vocabulary are bad, but those are fixable.

I work. I make money. I don't hate my job. I try to enjoy it. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don't. I tend to lean towards liking it though, which is good. It keeps my spirit from dying.

Sure, it's not the most prestigious thing to do. But I'm moving forward. I'm not just sitting there. I'm not in massive debt. I'm not depressed (I think).

I wish I could find eternal bliss in love. I'm just waiting on the lady that will be the other half of the true gentleman yours truly.

I'm doing my best being a "herbivore man" which has no interest in "flesh" (just look up the term online, it's hard to explain). I wouldn't mind meeting a few people I've chatted with here. Just to see their face, learn their name, get to know them as people...

You don't need to be the very best like no one ever was. You don't need to be this or that or whatever. In fact, it's better to not. There's a place that everyone can be in.

Maybe it's my anti-college mindset I've had. Anti-college? No, more like anti-school. It bored me. It didn't challenge me. I stopped. I don't want to pay for something that didn't challenge me like that.

I spent 11 years in the school system and got tired in year 9. Senioritis in tenth grade.

"What is this all for? So I can graduate, have a job, make money, live comfortable, make offspring? Get married? Live in a house in the suburbs with a dog and 2 1/2 kids? Goddamn it!"

I took APs because everything is was boring. Not for college. I didn't plan on attending college. Maybe if it ends up being free. But until then...

There are all these people I know. They have huge prospects. They're gonna do this or that. They're gonna get this degree and be this and enjoy the he'll (this was on purpose) out of it.

How can they say that? How can they guarantee that? I don't understand it. They're guaranteeing success, passion, and the future. Which leads me to the last thing...

17.) Experience Beats School

There's a reason why American Idol or America's Got Talent exists.

It's to give people chances.

Lets say you're getting a surgery done. Are you trusting that doctor with 8 successes under his belt? Or are you trusting that guy with 8 years of schooling who hasn't picked up a scalpel yet?

Yknow, to be almost anything in this world, experience is needed. It's hard to start sometimes. You need someone to give you that chance. And then that one chance turns into two. Into three. Into four. Into four-hundred.

In my opinion, experience beats that guy with the fresh education. No disparaging those pursuing education. But I guess I'm more of a hands-on person.

That's just me though. An opinion. Something I'm expecting flames from. Probably college students 😂

Anyway that's the end of that. Time to tag people, right?

Everyone, have fun:

Dictator-Chan (interested how political this ends up)
RedPandaWorld (take your hiatus first)
ImberLapis (BoTW is great, but Ocarina of Time is much too iconic. Highest rated narrative game of all time is hard to top)
_Pepper_Sprinkles_ (apparently I'm enough of a friend to be included. Hope your exams are doing well)
GingerAndy (are you back yet? Seriously how's the trip w/ the husband?)
MMHunter (I think Misora already tagged you. But do it please. Your writing tips are fun to read, and I think it'll be fun to read this too)
Rosa950 (other than your OTP)
glitterandasphalt (86(?) followers and counting!)
sploof (you're not too busy running a group, are you?)
UnisonRaider (how's Marshalls?)
Synshadow (thanks for the vote and comment on the one-shot. It means a lot)

EDIT:

blue___22 (I knew I was forgetting someone, sorry Nicole)
StreetRacer-Sam (I just want to see how many cars you mention)

Anyway, over and out. I have to make sure that the account I founded isn't on fire and burning to the ground (doubt it. But I'm too responsible)

-GT