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I don't disagree, and I'm here because I enjoy the culture and comments. But if you are specifically looking for unusual opinions I don't think this is the plac

• dang 6y ago
  "Unusual opinions" can mean a lot of things. It's not hard to express unusual opinions without breaking the site guidelines, but often people can't resist ranting, lashing out at the mainstream and so on, at the same time. That approach is guaranteed to get downvoted, and typically the commenter does not think "perhaps I could have expressed myself more thoughtfully". Instead they think, "I am being downvoted for my unpopular opinions". It always feels like the fault lies with others. (Edit: of course that applies to what I'm saying here, too...fair's fair.) https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html