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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Why would I post it here? I'd get mass downvoted, only mild unpopular opinions are popular.

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[–] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What are the "unpopular opinion" rules on Lemmy?

My original understanding from outside Lemmy is you should upvote the truly interesting unpopular opinions for visibility.

For example:

  • "I think potato chips are gross" - that is an unpopular opinion and I am truly interested in why you would say that...upvote.
  • "Elon Musk makes some good points" - not interesting at all and probably political bullshit trolling...no upvote and a downvote if enabled.
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[–] Contemporarium@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OMG IM SO SHOCKED A BUNCH OF SUPER POPULAR OPINIONS ON LEMMY!!

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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

A small but notable percentage of low income, low education people are just fuckwits who make terrible decisions. They had access to opportunities, they could have overcome their circumstances with just a little effort but smoking cones and stealing shit was less effort so they did that and these people are a comparable drain on society as the uber rich.

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