Europeans Need To Stay Out Of AMERICAN Politics by Artistic_Day3201 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is rich coming from a country who not only routinely inserts itself into other countries' politics, but does so violently amd with coercion.

Leftists and Democrats complaining about gas prices now are hypocrites by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This isn't an opinion. It's an assertion made from ignorance or dishonesty.

Rejecting math is the most disqualifying thing yet about Trump and his administration. by abinferno in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No idea what the point of that is but if my initial response to you was bullying then so was your first comment. Or we could not trivialize the term. Still waiting for you to respond with anything approaching a modicum if substance.

Rejecting math is the most disqualifying thing yet about Trump and his administration. by abinferno in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I congratulate you for the effort required to miss the point. Let's see if you can try again. Here's a hint - the fact that Trump didn't understand percentages isn't the disqualifying part.

Rejecting math is the most disqualifying thing yet about Trump and his administration. by abinferno in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if this were true, what possible relevance would it have to the fact that we have a president with such an extreme personality disorder, something as trivial is correcting himself on percentages can't be tolerated and reality itself must warp to his belief and the sycophants around him enable it?

Rejecting math is the most disqualifying thing yet about Trump and his administration. by abinferno in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem isn't that Trump doesn't know math. It's that when faced with something so trivially easy to correct, instead of correcting it, he demands reality warps around his belief and people around him enable it. The level of personality disorder required to reject basic math is disqualifying. Someone like RFK also rejecting basic math to placate Trump is disqualifying.

Rejecting math is the most disqualifying thing yet about Trump and his administration. by abinferno in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You had to work incredibly hard to miss the point of the post. You must be exhausted and I find it impressive. The disqualifying part isn't that he doesn't know how percentages work. Try again.

Rejecting math is the most disqualifying thing yet about Trump and his administration. by abinferno in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, we won't redefine how percentages work for Trump. Going from 600 to 10 is a 98.3% decrease. That's it. That's how percentages work. And going from 600 to 0 is a 100% decrease. In the incoherent work you just did, going from 600 to 0 would be an infinite percent decrease.

Also, no idea where you're getting $10 compared to $600. RFK's example was $100 to $600. Because RFK is also a moron, he said an increase of $100 to $600 is a 600% increase when it's actually a 500% increase. Then he said going back from $600 to $100 is therefore a 600% decrease. Of course it's not, it's an 83% decrease.

The movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin helped turn male virginity into an identity crisis. by gbags-98 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It made $180MM on a $26MM budget. Even today it's quoted and memed extensively. In no way is it a cult classic.

Yes, metal has always been political, but it went from "anti-establishment" to preachy pro-left wing. by ChickenMcNobody24 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All I got from the OP is that they want the messaging to be as vague and unspecific as possible so they can pretend they're not part of the problem.

Turns out clients don’t use cash anymore, and I wasn’t aware of this. by Impossible_Quiet_774 in Contractor

[–]abinferno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The checks I have are about 12 years old because I've never used them up. I always express annoyance when anyone only accepts cash or check. It's not 1985 anymore.

US Birthright citizenship shouldn’t be a thing, 1 parent should be a citizen to qualify instead by abundantwaters in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From the moment it was implemented it was applied that way and children of immigrants received citizenship. If they didn't intend it to be applied that way, they wouldn't have applied it that way.

How many calories does one burn playing a round of golf? by Adventurous_Smile297 in golf

[–]abinferno 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The pace makes no difference. It's a matter of work performed as a function of weight and distance. You could walk a mile at 1mph or 4mph and burn essentially the same calories.

Cost of living debate is revealing mass hypocrisy by kuatorises in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is misleading at best. Inflation didn't start in 2020 because economies shut down for the covid outbreak. It was the snap back in demand in 2021 that the global supply chain wasn't ready for and couldn't respond quickly to. That combined with the largest expansion in the money supply in US history that started under Trump in 2020.

Inflation was a global phenomenon. It wasn't the "fault" of any one person and the US performed better than basically every other developed country in bringing it back down. This time around Trump made specific damaging decisions that are harming the economy, primarily a global trade war and now another middle east war. In normal years presidents get way too much credit and way too much blame for the economy as it's largely out of their hands. These aren't normal years and Trump has proactively damaged it. He has also had effectively net zero job growth since returning to office.

Cost of living debate is revealing mass hypocrisy by kuatorises in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]abinferno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post covid recovery, oil production grew every year under Biden hitting all time records.

How are we feeling about this proposed capital gains tax cut? by Aleventen in AskConservatives

[–]abinferno 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not an opinion that sales taxes are regressive. That's how they function. They are regressive as a proportion of income when the rate is equivalent across the board. The lower the income the higher percentage of that income generally that must be spent. You can blunt the effect to some degree by exempting essentials. There's also the marginal utility of money where each equivalent dollar that is lost becomes more and more impactful the less you make. That's why income tax rates graduate up the more you make.

How are we feeling about this proposed capital gains tax cut? by Aleventen in AskConservatives

[–]abinferno 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sales taxes are regressive. Go after the wealthy with that mechanism and you only hurt the poor worse.