Nah...Santa = Hogfather... ...

And the whole coal in the bottom of the stocking?...Good present that...Keep you warm will coal... ...

No, Santa Claus = Sinterklass but anglosized.

More like Illuminatized..

No, Santa Claus existed way before the original Illumanati(that we know for sure existed).

The Illuminati exist?!!... ...

Well, there's the original Templars that were rumoured to be part of the illuminati, and that's the 1100s so...Maybe you're right...I wonder if he was called Santa Claus back then though...

Booyah!...

Mine is this....

We are not alone in the universe...There are simply too many billions of stars in the Milky Way (our Galaxy), let alone in all the other billions of other Galaxies dotted about the expanse for life to only have happened on this crap pile...

And none of this, "So where are they then?"...Space is big...Impossibly so...The chances of it happening next door are so close to zero as to be not worth mentioning...

Absence of proof is not proof of absence...

Yes I believe their main purpose was separation from Church and State, when that was a very unpopular opinion.

Also I think that's only an unpopular opinion because when you say you believe we're not alone in the universe people jump to thinking you mean aliens have visited Earth and abducted people and they get a stereotypical image in their heads.

Alien life is most definitely real IMO but they've never visited Earth IMO.

Definitely not, I´d say..

Yes he was, Sinterklass was around during the middle ages while the Bavarian Illuminati(the original one we know was definitively a thing) was founded in 1776.

Also the Illuminati don't care about religion, heck they were formed to separate the State and Church.

God doesn't exist.

Edit: Unrelated opinion to the above posts.

I was watching the first season of Vikings last week, and in one episode the first Earl (played by Gabriel Byrne), asks the local seidman "Do the gods really exist?". To that the seidman just laughed. I just loved that scene.

God is in the details...

It depends what you think of as "God"...

Bloke, flowing white beard dressed in a nightie?...Doubt that very much...

Unstoppable universal forces...Yup...More than likely...

I see the bassist from U2 has arrived.

Well, that's not an opinion matey, but it is bloody unpleasant... ...

Me no like U2...Well, The Edge is awesome...But otherwise... ...

The Edge.

you get it?

Edge, edgy.

Um...Nooooo?... ...

The bassist is Adam Clayton...

The Edge is the guitarist...

Either that or I'm just getting old...Trust me, that's an unpopular opinion with me anyways... ...No...That should be unpopular fact, shouldn't it?...

...

DAMN IT MY JOKE IS RUINED.

For anyone interested, here is the opening of David Icke´s lecture The Lion Sleeps No More. Recorded at the Brixton Academy on May 15th 2010

Wow, seeing that both videos are way over an hour long, I just googled the lion sleeps no more and read the description of the book on amazon...

Please tell me you don't take that seriously, 'Rocu

Once you have woken up you cannot again go to sleep. Easy as that. Why do you think that arena was sold out? People are beginning to wake up just like I did in 2009. Well, at least it all began for me then.

It´s not easy perhaps, but dig around a bit. If nothing else, do it for a laugh just like I thought I did on that Sunday afternoon.

Besides, this is the thread for unpopular opinions, right?

Yes, yes it is...David Icke was once a well respected sports presenter over here...Then he became a joke...

Sadly...and I'm all for a good conspiracy...Everything he's said since his "Awakening" just makes me want to punch him repeatedly...It really is too much...

The moon landings weren't faked, the Chinese have proved that...And you'd think they'd be the first to discredit the Americans, wouldn't you?...But no, they've photographed the landing sites...Complete with foot trails and everything...

So no, I shan't be taking David Icke seriously at this point...Though will completely respect those that wish to...*Inclines head*...

David Icke is almost as hate-able as Jenny McCarthy.

Almost, because Icke didn't kill anyone.

Oh, as a side note...Our BBC4 channel has a programme on next week, explaining how life would have found it very difficult to evolve on our planet had The Moon™ not been there...

Including - as I mentioned - stabilising the rotation of the planet...And, another fact that I am aware of, the fact that the moon has acted as a meteor hoover...Sucking in the rocks to impact on it, rather than heading down to the Earth...

Just saying is all...

Yep, we owe a lot to the Moon. It is also slowly getting farther away with every rotation it makes around the Earth. One day it will be gone. Thanfully, is a long, long ways off though.

There's a Vsauce video about what would happen if the moon disappeared and earth was flung off in a random direction.

It's really interesting.

I like 2Chainz.

plsdontkillme

It shouldn´t even have been here in the first place. Every scientist says it´s far too big for this planet.

The Moon is the result of a collision with the Earth by a Mars sized object about 3.5 billion years ago, the resulting debris from the Earth and some of what was left of the impactor was thrown into orbit...As these things do, they coalesced again over time, forming the sphere that we know and love under the influence of gravity...Again, as these things do...

The moon is so big because of the debris thrown up by the impact...Chances are The Moon as we know it wouldn't have been there without the smash, granted...

Other scientists say this too...'Cause it's been, to a point, proved...Moon rock is mostly the same as the Earth rock...And no, the other planets are different chemically...Also proved...

Thank you thank you thank you. That was a few minutes of inane laughter. I had never heard of that guy, but now I looked him up on wikipedia and it really gave me a good laugh.

We own it -2 Chains

...Yes, it's been a source of endless humor for the Brits too...

"My GF says she'll break up with me if I don't score a touchdown next game, what should I do 2Chainz?"

"Score 2 then dump her, T.R.U." - 2Chainz responds to a fan.

Actually sound advice.

David Icke - Remember Who You Are

Recorded at Wembley arena 2012

You do relies David Icke was mentally traumatized from his career ending at such a young age.

The only thing needed to end all wars; everyone stop obeying orders!!

Would that not result in complete and total anarchy, necessitating as it does the complete removal of all governments?

You think that would be an improvement?

Why would it result in anarchy? I would still be myself and not do anyone any harm.

All I´m saying is if everyone who was told to pick up a rifle, sit in a fighter jet or simply push a button said no, we would have no wars.

Because without governments, without social structure, people will start grabbing for anything, for everything they can get. Mankind's been doing it for millennia, fighting over differences in race, religion, nation, or just for good old fashioned greed.

You say you'd not do anyone harm, but if someone tried to take what you have, would you defend yourself? Or would you just let them take everything you have, and hope they wouldn't just kill you anyway?

Because that's the choice you'd be facing.



You'd have to rewire the brain of every living human being to turn them into pacifists in order to make this happen, and at that point, isn't the cure worse than the disease?

Your arguments are why we do have wars.

And do you really see that changing anytime soon?

We're talking about fundamental aspects of human nature here. Everyone knows that wars don't really do anything but leave a lot of dead bodies behind, but we've still been doing it for longer than we've been recording history.

For all our intellect, man is far more of an animal than we like to think we are.

Unpopular opinion: I love rain. And snow. And 'bad' weather in general. I love bad weather. When the newscasters are on TV saying "it's going to be yucky out there for today's commute..." I shrug. What's so bad about it?

I dislike (or hate) summer weather. I dislike sunshine. There, that's unpopular.

Me too! When I moved to the desert, I promised myself never to complain about the rain.

That is so not unpopular with me!

Don't mean to be a necromancers, but....


I think the U.S military is over-glorified

I don´t think that´s neither an unpopular nor uncommon opinion

If you say that here you'll have common people turn vicious lol

People can be so sensitive

Every military is over-glorified.

You should hear the media here, as far as they're concerned everyone who joins the armed forces is by default a hero.

It pisses me off every time I see/hear it.

According to people here, if you don't grovel at the feet of soldiers you don't deserve freedom and are a terrorist. Like come on, they're normal people not gods



Exactly!!

The same thing is with cops too! Just because you're "serving your country" doesn't necessarily mean you are a good person.

For all the government knows some people could just be serial killers looking for a way to get away with murder. Not everyone who joins the armed forces or police is necessarily a good person with the best intent, but they're all portrayed as heroes and saviours when in reality they're just:

A.) Normal people that are just braver than most, but being brave doesn't make you a hero
B.) All the same no matter where you go. Cops and armies all serve the government now, no matter where you live
C.) Corrupt people looking for power




Just look at Grelod the kind. An old lady who owns an orphanage. She should be sweet and caring, right?

WRONG.


Your job does not define your personality

Exactly.

And what really pisses me off, is a term they use over here; "have-a-go-hero", which is used for anyone who isn't in the military who does something heroic. So someone who runs into a burning building to save a complete stranger, for instance, would be described like that in a newspaper, as if anyone who isn't in the military can't be a hero, when the reality is that those in the military aren't heroes, because unlike that person, they're being paid to do it. I'm not saying they can't be heroes, but just signing up doesn't make you one.

That term pisses me off so badly, I could literally rant for hours at the simple existence of it.

Being a hero is a good thing so of course they use that to get into people´s heads, making them do what they want them to do.

@Callidus

That's an enraging term.

It just really bother me like they treat soldiers like gods, most militaries would probably turn their guns on the people they protect so quickly

They're just normal people doing thier jobs. Yeah, thier jobs are dangerous, but they knew what they signed up for,

I'm not ungrateful, because it would be kinda hard to survive without a military but on the other hand, come on. It's not like every single soldier is a hero, to othe countries they're the terrorists, innocent people are killed too.

@rocu

That's another problem. Some people want to be praised just because and will do whatever to get that praise.

More people are selfish, greedy, and corrupt than people allow themselves to see