Hot, Bad & Unpopular Takes

[DavidB.]

I strongly support Israel and believe Palestine is run by a group of terrorizing manipulators.

Very good that there are still Democrats like you.

[DavidB.]

-Mayonnaise is the most revolting condiment in existence

Amen.  If the Dutch really do dip their fries in it, they are disgusting.

#NotAllDutch

[DavidB.]

I didn't realize this was an unpopular opinion until recently. but if I had to name something positive about slavery, it would be that without it my girlfriend's ancestors would never have been in the US and as such we wouldn't be together right now.

Part of why this opinion might be unpopular is because it is worded rather badly. This isn't "something positive about slavery". It is something positive about the fact that your girlfriend exists, and she would probably not have existed without slavery, but that does not mean slavery itself has any positive aspects.

Similarly, I would definitely not have been born if the Nazis had not taken power in Germany and subsequently annexed Austria, as the latter event led my grandfather to flee to the Netherlands and, later on, to meet my grandmother. This isn't something "positive" about Nazism or the Anschluß, though, and it would be in extraordinarily poor taste to formulate it as such.

[DavidB.]

Anime sucks.

Your ideology says otherwise.

I was gonna say that his was a pretty ironic comment.

I do have the yellow fever, but for real women and not cartoons. Cosplay is also weird to me. My best friend from middle school, who I’ve grown apart from over the years, is really into it but I just think it’s flat out strange.

>pretending "Girls und Panzer" isn't your thing

There is nothing dangerous or unhealthy about GMO foods.

Not inherently, but the spread of GMO technology will put big multinationals and big farmers at an advantage over smaller farmers. This is acceptable in regions with hunger and food insecurity (though I could think of drawbacks here too: how will small farmers make a living?), but not necessarily a positive development in the Western world where high-quality food is abundant anyway, as it contributes to the increasing gap between mankind and nature that modernity has caused, which has turned us into completely dependent serfs and urban zombies. I am happy that the EU is cautious in accepting GMOs.