More hot takes for a table that likes to argue.
Cars should be banned from city centers, and drivers would get over it within a year.
The second Unpopular Opinions deck is sharper than the first. Chronic lateness is a way of saying your time is worth more. Myers-Briggs is astrology for people with jobs. Unlimited vacation exists so companies never have to pay out the days you didn't take.
Some of these will land close to home for someone at the table, and that's where the best arguments come from. Agree before you start that anyone can pass on a card.
Chronic lateness is not a personality quirk. It is a way of saying your time is worth more.
Keeping a big dog in a small city apartment is closer to selfishness than to love.
Most managers only call meetings to justify their own existence.
Putting your kids on a strict vegan diet is an experiment on someone who can't consent.
Voting should be compulsory. Democracy is a duty, not a hobby you opt into.
"Happy wife, happy life" is a toxic concept that encourages emotional manipulation.
If you don't wash your legs and feet in the shower, you aren't actually clean.
Tablets and iPads are raising a generation of children with zero attention span.
Minimalism is just a wealthy person's aesthetic; poor people can't afford to be minimalists.
The Oscars and other award shows are just wealthy people congratulating each other for playing pretend.
Tipping culture is a scam that allows employers to underpay staff, and customers are enabling it.
Posting videos of yourself doing charity work negates the act; it's just narcissism.
University degrees are becoming the new high school diploma and are largely a scam for the price.
Long-distance relationships are usually just two people politely delaying a breakup.
People who look down on fast fashion have never had to dress well on $40 a month.
Most people only travel to take photos for Instagram, not to experience the culture.
People who listen to music on public speakers deserve to have their devices confiscated.
Body positivity has swung too far; we are now glorifying unhealthy lifestyles.
Your "dream job" is a lie used to exploit your labor for less money.
Destination weddings are selfish and impose a financial fine on your friends.
Cars should be banned from city centers, and drivers would get over it within a year.
Doomscrolling the news is not staying informed. It is entertainment with extra guilt.
Children should be banned from breweries, nice restaurants, and business class flights.
Politicians over the age of 70 should be forced to retire.
Cosplay, fantasy football, and wine tasting are the same hobby. Only one of them gets mocked.
Staying friends with an ex is a red flag and usually disrespectful to your current partner.
If you can't afford to buy it twice, you can't afford it.
Compliments about someone's weight are never neutral, no matter how kindly you mean them.
Zoos are prisons and we should stop supporting them.
Every game should ship with an easy mode, and difficulty purists need to get over it.
Whoever is stuck in the middle seat gets both armrests. Anyone who disagrees has never sat there.
Therapy speak (gaslighting, toxic, boundary) is being weaponized by people to avoid accountability.
Oat milk is expensive cloudy water with a very good marketing team.
Your 20s are not for having fun; they are for setting up your life so you don't suffer in your 40s.
Cryptocurrency and NFTs were just Multi-Level Marketing schemes for tech bros.
Diamond engagement rings are a marketing scam and have no intrinsic value.
Personality tests like Myers-Briggs are astrology for people with jobs.
Wine culture is just alcoholism wrapped in a fancy label.
eSports will never be "real" sports because they lack physical athleticism.
HOAs (Home Owners Associations) are unconstitutional and run by power-tripping tyrants.
Using filters on dating app photos should be considered false advertising.
Boomers had it easier economically than any generation before or after them.
Truffle oil tastes like gasoline and ruins everything it touches.
Asking someone "When are you having kids?" is invasive and rude.
Unlimited vacation exists so companies never have to pay out the days you didn't take.
Paper straws are useless performative activism that solves nothing.
Filming in public gyms should be completely banned.
Most people with a wall of books have read about a third of them. The rest is decoration.
Being related to someone earns them nothing. You are allowed to cut off family.
Every driver should have to re-take the road test once a decade, no exceptions.
Sending a friend a payment request for anything under $5 is petty and cheap.
Valentine's Day is a corporate holiday designed to make single people feel bad.
Tattoos stopped meaning anything the moment everyone had one.
Charcuterie boards are just expensive Lunchables for adults.
Couples sleep better in separate beds, and admitting it would save more marriages.
Gift registries are tacky; you are essentially handing your friends an invoice.
Private schools perpetuate class inequality and should be abolished.
Live music is usually worse than the recording, and you paid $150 to stand up.
The internet was a mistake and humanity was happier before it.
Most people are not special, they are average, and that is a hard pill to swallow.
Going through every card takes about 25–40 min, but there's no need to finish in one sitting. The deck runs in your browser with nothing to install, and your place is saved on this device, so you can stop and pick it up later.