"Give your controversial opinion" always, always just leads to to people saying the thing they know people they like will agree with and, and that they imagine

"Give your controversial opinion" always, always just leads to to people saying the thing they know people they like will agree with and, and that they imagine people they dislike will disagree with. In practice, they end up just saying things that are entirely uncontroversial and immensely boring. You, though, you're getting there.