Recently, Reddit's subreddit "unpopularopinion" has been filled with general opinions. I set out to find the ones that make me really go, "gross."
Someone out there enjoys wet socks?
Getting your socks wet is just awful. No further explanation.
Cereal with water instead of milk
I gagged a bit just by reading this, but at least you put the cereal first. The user also put a video of cereal with water after being requesting one by another user in disbelief.
Enjoying the restaurant staff singing Happy Birthday to them
You see, extrovert or introvert, people typically feel awkward when a random group of staff sings Happy Birthday for a whole restaurant to hear. Sure, I'm getting a little dessert to celebrate my birthday, but how am I supposed to act in this situation? But since it makes you happy, good for you and enjoy! It's still an unpopular opinion, though.
One-ply over two-ply
One-ply toilet paper tears easily. Two one-ply sheets does not have the same feeling as a two-ply sheet.
No water to brush your teeth
I put aside the "water before and/or after toothpaste" debate and assert that not putting water at all is the worst.
Body hair on everyone (including male) is gross
If hair disgusts you, I assume you also shave your head and eyebrows then (which is totally okay if someone chooses to shave those out of personal preference.) I think that the most unpopular part about this is that the user thinks that male body hair is also disgusting. Male body hair is typically seen as normal and manly. Despite the growing acceptance, female body hair is still widely seen as unacceptable.
Also, body hair is not the same as your body's waste. We don't look at someone going to the bathroom, but we also don't shame them for having to do what your body has to do. Hair naturally grows and the amount differs from person to person.
The egg shells can stay
While I am not completely disgusted or mad at this, most people try to get the little eggshell bits out of there. It's not right. Even after boiling an egg, we take off the eggshell.
Pour your milk into a cup of ice
This just brought an unpleasant taste. I have never had milk with ice, but I can already feel it being watery. Sure, you can drink it fast to prevent the ice from melting, but then it's not enjoyable to rush it.
Nightmares are better than good dreams
Maybe I'm just a big baby but nightmares scare me too much. They don't give me a good rush. They just leave me with scary thoughts in a dark room.
Bullying people with mental illness is okay
Basically, it says that instead of trying to help people, we should bully them out of their mental illness. While there are people who see mental illnesses as weakness (still quite a popular opinion), they don't blatantly agree that bullying is okay. With increasing awareness, bullying is frowned upon, mental illness or not.
Bonus: As if wet socks wasn't bad enough, we have wet sleeves being pleasant
Wet socks and wet sleeves are too similar, so this is a bonus because I just had to share it.
I truly cannot understand how some people are fine with wet fabric being stuck to their skin.