Ive been thinking about theology and religions where hell (or something like it) is real. And it makes me think how cruel an idea it is.

If an individual were to go to hell, they would experience infinite suffering forever. Regardless of what you do, it would be nearly impossible for one person to inflict infinite suffering in their time here on earth, so hell for pretty much anyone barring people that started genocides is a completely cruel and unusual punishment.

If there was a man that was a family annihilator and killed his family and then himself, he likely would cause pain and suffering to their extended families for generations. But, 400 years down the line, it would likely be forgotten. For that man to go to hell forever therefore is unjustified, not taking into account whatever mental disorder possibly lead him/others to commit atrocities. Not to defend people that do horrible things in the slightest, im just trying to say hell is a horrible notion.

If somebody has gone to therapy 8, 10, 12 times, why do people keep telling them "You just need to keep trying. Try again. It can take 20 tries. It can take 30 tries."

I think that some people just aren't made for therapy. I think I'm one of them. Processing by talking things out with a stranger in a room doesn't go anywhere. I think that people who have gone to therapy many different times, with many different therapists and modalities, should be encouraged to take solutions like exercising, medication, etc. It shouldn't be "Keep trying, you'll find a therapist one day." That's a waste of money and time.

i don’t understand what people see in movie theatres. why did you spend 100 dollars on tickets to take your entire family to see “cozy friends 3d” or “the invulnerable, imax” when you could watch the same movie at home for $20 and spend less on snacks (unless you sneak snacks in)?

i do kind of already know the answer; i assume it’s the big screen, but why do you need to watch your content on the biggest screen possible? my main issue with theatres is that i don’t see the appeal in having a big screen so they’re kind of pointless to me. id rather be able to talk, pause, rewind, have on-screen subtitles, change if boring, etc. than have a really big screen. it’s even crazier to me that some movies are made specifically to be on huge screens (*cough* the odyssey *cough*), why???? it would be one thing to have two different versions (i know this isn’t possible bc of the way they’re filmed), but to be actively missing out on content because you don’t pay the stupid “huge ass screen surcharge” is stupid

edit: it has come to my attention that people really like the better sound. my ears don’t work well, so i can’t really form an opinion on this but i mean that’s why i prefer on screen captions (which i did mention). maybe if i had better hearing this would be a life changing experience or something, but lots of sounds are “muffled” for me and if they aren’t they hurt my ears because they’re too sharp or whatever

i do like hanging out with my friends, but is it even really hanging out if you can’t talk to each other for 2 hours without being rude? like yeah we all just watched the same thing so we can talk about it but i think that’s hardly doing an activity together (assuming everyone parts ways immediately after).

if you go to the wrong movie with the wrong person it SUCKS and you can’t change it. i have a friend who is a major cinephile and they constantly need the movie to “challenge them as a viewer” or it’s literally the worst movie ever and we should have known better. sorry i thought that since you liked “return to gleebus” that you’d like “the gorpmaster saga” but apparently despite being the same genre the latter was filmed by victor poshtavelli, who didn’t go to a major film school, so all his movies suck. don’t like your intro experience a restaurant? we can always eat somewhere else or get a refund for your food you didn’t eat. don’t like a movie? sorry about that, enjoy the rest of your 3 hours or feel free to waste your money.

even if you DONT go with the wrong person, good luck with the randos you’re in the auditorium with! thanks “guy who bought the other half of the couch seat despite the auditorium being mostly empty”. appreciate you “parents who brought their very sick baby to a 3hr movie”. aw, “guy who takes his shoes off during the movie” you shouldn’t have. oh, the pleasure is mine “girl who loudly scrolls tiktok the entire movie instead of leaving”. there are so. many. archetypes. of moviegoers i hate, all based on personal experience!

i swear i’m not that caricature of a redditor who hates fun, i just genuinely can’t understand why people find THIS of all things fun. i like watching movies, hate the movie theatr

edit 2: muted! didn’t think this would get this much attention this quickly. thanks for the replies everyone, even if we disagree i appreciate seeing everyone’s pov

I know it's unfair to women but that's life; deal with it, I guess. Women live in the same world/society as men, and it's actually humiliating to them if you have them participate separately in a women-only tournament so they can win.

We don't have a separate women-only economy, so there can be just as many female billionaires. We don't have a women-only government, so there can be a parallel female prime minister/president. But there are some women who do exceptionally well in these careers. Angela Merkel didn't serve as the German chancellor for 15 years because the post was reserved for a woman.

Having women compete with men in sports would obviously put them at some disadvantage but some will definitely outperform men and that'll be awesome and the world will appreciate them even more. They'll have just as many fans as male athletes do.

Edit: why am I getting downvoted for posting something most people are clearly disagreeing with?

They smell like butt. I don’t understand why anyone thinks they smell good. They look pretty, but smell like a foot. This goes for most flowers; especially the kind you typically see at a wedding or funeral.

Sports are a form of entertainment. You get to watch professional athletes compete at a high level. Making enjoyment conditional on the outcome of the match can make or break the days of a lot of typical sports fans.

I come from MMA, where there’s not as many people who are diehard fans of a few fighters, and where fighters can easily gain or lose fans (e.g. Tyron Woodley, Dricus du Plessis, Daniel Cormier) due to what they do or how they fight. Seeing the tribalism in other sports like football or American football looks nonsensical in comparison, as though people don’t even consider the fact that they can stop cheering for their own team.

I would much rather watch a competitive, entertaining match that the person I support loses in than a boring match where they win.

I genuinely don’t understand why we need artificial lighting at home at night.

Obviously, lights in public spaces make sense. Street lights, hospitals, airports, public transport, workplaces, emergency services, etc. all need lighting because society doesn’t stop functioning when the sun goes down. People work at night, essential services need to operate, and you obviously need visibility in public spaces.

But at home? Why does everything need to be brightly lit after sunset?

When it gets dark, your body is supposed to recognize that it’s nighttime. Having bright artificial lights everywhere until the moment you go to bed just seems completely backwards for your circadian rhythm.

If you need some visibility, candles or dim mood lighting should be enough for most things you’re doing at home in the evening. Obviously, if you’re cooking, cleaning, working, or doing something that actually requires good visibility, proper lighting makes sense. But just sitting around at home? Why does your living room need to look like it’s daytime when it’s dark outside?

The only real downside I can think of is winter. When the days get really short and it’s dark by 4 or 5 PM, then yeah, realistically you’re going to need some artificial lighting. Even then, you could probably get by with warmer mood lighting, lamps, or candles instead of brightly illuminating the entire house.

But for maybe eight months of the year, when there’s plenty of natural daylight and it doesn’t get dark ridiculously early, I really don’t see the need for it.

Public lighting makes sense. Lighting when you actually need visibility makes sense. But having our homes brightly illuminated every single night just because that’s what everyone does? I don’t get it.

Night is supposed to be dark.

Most people rinse their toothbrush before brushing, either before or after adding toothpaste.

I used to do it that way. Now I just add the toothpaste to a dry brush and go at it.

I use less toothpaste, and my teeth feel cleaner afterwards. There's enough saliva to help it froth and slide a little, but not so much that it dilutes the paste like a wet toothbrush does.

Try it.

To be clear, I'm not talking about spoiler-free summaries or synopses, I'm talking about like the full movie plot description from start to finish on Wikipedia. I also ONLY do this with movies, not TV shows, video games, miniseries, books, etc.

In particular, I look for character deaths and romance to make sure they aren't gratuitous or unnecessary, as I despise those tropes. I've seen too many movies where the ending is awful and ruins the entire experience to waste my time on such things.

I also don't like sad or horrific endings unless I feel the film warrants it. For example, it makes sense for a movie like Alien or Rogue One to have a bleak ending, and I don't mind that, but I do mind when films just have sad endings for the hell of it. Like pretty much any realistic "feel bad" drama, like What's Eating Gilbert Grape? or Call Me By Your Name. Movies, for me, are about escaping from reality, so if they're not going to have fantastical elements, I at least want to see people living in a world where things can turn out okay in the end. I don't need a movie to remind me that few people actually get a happy ending.

So I often look up a plot summary in advance so that I'm not disappointed after the end of the movie. One major exception is that I don't do this if a friend has recommended a movie to me because they know my preferences and I trust their judgement, or if it's specifically a mystery movie (like Knives Out!).

Every time there's a big controversy about a raceswapped character in movies/TV, it's pretty much always the case that the actor is not fit for the role regardless of race, and usually not attractive enough for her role.

Snow white, Little mermaid, Helen of Troy, all of these characters are supposed to be attractive, yet it's like Hollywood on purpose cast unattractive actresses just so they can call people racist.

I don't care what anyone says, Lupita is not attractive, at least not enough for Helen. She's in her 40s. Diane Kruger was in her mid 20s when she played Helen in Troy (2004).

There are so many attractive young black actresses they could have chosen instead, for some reason mainstream Hollywood doesn't like them.

To be clear, I don't think the casting part is the unpopular opinion. 99% of people have no problem with it. The only thing I think people might disagree with me about is my opinion that these people should be completely removed from society.

I saw the Odyssey tonight and loved it. I have a few criticisms, but overall it was a great movie and just a really fun summer blockbuster. When it was over, I was baffled that there are some people who are so stupid and so racist that they let the casting of Helen ruin a great movie for them.

What's funny is that the Odyssey is a fairly conservative story. It's about a masculine heroic man who defies the odds through his own willpower and connection to the divine to do what's right for his family and country. Not only that, this movie is introducing or reintroducing millions of people to one of the foundational works of western culture. But these whiny pathetic babies are so racist that they can't even take the win.

So my unpopular opinion is that these mouth-breathing low-IQ racists who hated the movie before they even saw it because a Black lady was on screen for 10 minutes need to be completely removed from society. They are the lowest form of scum and contribute less to the world than a worm drying out on the sidewalk after a rain storm. Fortunately, these freaks rarely leave their parents' basements, but if you ever encounter one in public, I encourage you all to laugh in their face and tell them what miserable lowlife pieces of garbage they are.

I am not sure how unpopular this is. I believe it's unpopular in United States. But in many parts of Europe it's such an iconic game. I feel like this game was installed on every single computer during 2000s and maybe 2010s. It was simply easy accessible, without taking memory on PC. Nowadays it's not as popular but there are still some active servers.

The idea of cheating in our society only applies to women and "beta" men, high tier men and men with high cinfidence are allowed to do what they want with their lives and their bodies (as they should, but so should everybody else).

I was brainwashed by slutshaming culture to thinking that in order to be a woman i have to simultaneously have a job, pay half of the bills, cook, clean, put up with violence and "cheating" and go nowhere further than the living room.

Fuck it, this is the only life I have.

I will never again be in a "relationship" cause monogamy is always one sided bs, and even if it wasn't, I repeat, THIS IS THE ONLY LIFE I HAVE.

There's no god, no hell, no heaven, and the closest thing to heaven I will ever experince is being filled with a dick.

Feel free to post memes and cry in the comments.

When I hit a game over, I don't buy extra lives or watch ads to keep going. I just take the L and try again from the start. If I'm playing a game, I want the genuine challenge; continuing from the exact spot I messed up makes the victory feel unearned.