The Thoughts of a Progressive Madman

These are some of the blurbs that I think of that I’m pretty sure not a lot of others think of. They always precede with “Unpopular opinion time:” on my Tumblr. No links, they’re not long enough for that.

Hope they make youlaughthink a bit.

I don’t think it’s cute when someone is jealous over the little things. You’re upset over a fucking hug? Grow the fuck up.

I don’t think that Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, or Ke$ha suck. I just don’t like their music. And while I don’t like their music, I still respect them as artists, and will never say a word against them.

I may be for psychedelic drugs, but it pisses me off when someone says that’s what Alice in Wonderland is about. No, it’s not. Fuck you, it’s about imagination. And a little about screwy math.

Marijuana, ecstasy, acid, and shrooms are actually less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco. What is dangerous, however, is dealing with the paranoid, harsh, probably schizo, bad at math, insist-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-syncs-up-with-Wizard-of-Oz dealers.

We are all ignorant and stupid, and we’ll never be perfectly enlightened. The most we can hope for is to be slightly less ignorant and stupid as time goes on.

I have never believed in the Zodiac. Either of them.

Just because I like sexist and racist jokes doesn’t make me a sexist or a racist. Yeah, I even like jokes making fun of men and Asians.

I don’t think there are any sluts or whores or skanks out there. I believe a girl can ACT “slutty,” or “skanky,” but that is their own damn decision and it shouldn’t piss off anyone else.

It should be a requirement in school to study and memorize the Wikipedia List of Common Misconceptions by middle school, so I wouldn’t have to deal with people so clearly wrong all the time.

I think hypocrisy is merely human nature. We don’t mean to be. It’s just harder to see the flaws in ourselves than it is to see the flaws in other people.

I personally don’t care what religion you follow. I do, however, care if you start preaching the Bible at me and I know more about it than you do. Educate yourself instead of blindly following the herd.

I think the greatest Linkin Park albums are Reanimation and Collision Course, the mash up album with Jay-Z.

I can recognize and appreciate when men are sexy or attractive in any way. This doesn’t mean I’m sexually attracted to them.

People think that because intolerance is a sign of ignorance and leads to hate crimes, the obvious solution is stuff like the Museum of Tolerance. Wrong. Tolerance isn’t what we should we working for. Neither is cooperation. Synergy and acceptance is what our aim should be.

There’s a difference between psychopath and sociopath, and I think people need to learn that difference.

The problem is never that you’re too nice. It’s that the world is too mean to appreciate that.

I fucking love psytrance music.

I think celebrities do cute, adorable, awesome, or funny things during interviews because they know someone on Tumblr is watching and they want a bunch of gifs made of them.

I don’t believe in the idea of destiny. It completely defeats the purpose of free will.

I will never judge someone on their personal choices, addictions, habits, or lifestyle UNLESS they affect others, particularly in a negative way.

I watched Beastly, and the only lesson I got was “It’s okay if you’re horribly scarred and bald. As long as you have badass tattoos and a six-pack, you’ll still get a hot girl.”

I hate posts stating “I’m so different from everyone else.” Guess what. So is everyone else.

If you say something like “I listen/do/play this, but not because everyone else does,” then yeah, you probably do. It’s called “justification of a lie.” If you were telling the truth, you wouldn’t need it.

Success is 15% hard work, 15% perseverance, 20% intelligence/natural talent, and 50% sheer dumb luck.

I think the more important a field is, the more controversy it attracts, no matter how well they’re doing.

The soundtrack to Avenue Q should be played in every high school, because they’ve seriously had the most agreeable life lessons anyone could learn.

I think judging someone based on what type of music they listen to is the dumbest form of prejudice ever.

It actually kind of annoyed me when Dave Karofsky turned out to be gay. Yes, it gave his character depth and motivation, but at the same time, the “he’s such a homophobe, I bet he’s secretly gay” twist has been so played out that many actually see it as psychological fact. It’s not. A lot of the time, homophobes are just ignorant jackasses.

It actually really aggravates me when someone claims to be “awkward.” No. You’re not awkward. Awkward are the kids too shy to speak up in class, who are clumsy and accidentally make fools of themselves and think things and say things most anyone else wouldn’t think. Stop trying to cash in on the market opened by Smosh, Shane Dawson, Des and Nate, and other YouTube stars.

I don’t get why people have to try and bully celebrities. But at the same time, I don’t get why people have to defend celebrities. They’re big kids, they can handle it.

It annoys me when people tell me that Dane Cook is the funniest stand-up comedian out there and it turns out he’s the only stand-up act they’ve heard. Really? What about Louis CK, Jo Koy, Christopher Titus, Mitch Hedberg, Louis Black?

More people should try to broaden their musical tastes, because I’m tired of hearing “Country music sucks!” or “Rap is so stupid!” They don’t, and it’s not, you just don’t like it. Try listening to some and finding artists you like instead of hating the entire genre.

Fan signs? Really? We’re, what, adopting that from MySpace now?

Memes belong to the Internet. Not 4chan. Not Tumblr. Not Facebook. It’s like they’re a lifeform in and of themselves, constantly growing and evolving.

Yes, there are male feminists. To all the idiot males, no, they’re not whipped pussies. To all the “hardcore” feminists, no, they’re not trying to belittle you or take back the power.

Sweatpants are sexy.

There are literally thousands of issues out there that the general populace will be split right down the middle in terms of how they feel. And the sooner everyone understands that, the sooner we can all get along.

I hear whining that the word “love” is tossed around too much. Isn’t that how it should be? Better than tossing around the word “hate” carelessly.

I can’t help but think that my anon crushes are just a different breed of trolls who are laughing at how I respond to people claiming to be crushing on me.

As horrible as some of the Sonic games have been recently (seriously, the 2006 game? What the fuck?), I can’t help but absolutely love the music.

I honestly don’t care what your opinion is on touchy subjects such as abortion, war, the spirit world, and even history. As long as you can back your own opinion up in a logical and calm manner and are willing to listen to the other side with an open mind, then I’ll respect it.

Whenever I see someone reblog a picture of Caylee Anthony with the caption “I’ll always remember you,” I can’t help but shake my head. You’ll always remember her? Really? I’m betting 75% of you didn’t even know about the Anthony case until the verdict was released, and at the very least didn’t follow the trial all the way through like some of us.

To anyone who states “I play video games, I’m a girl,” “I hate watermelon, I’m black,” “I’m bad at math, and I’m Asian,” and the like, then congratulations for enforcing the stereotype by claiming to defy it.

I hate when people use the phrase, “I don’t understand what all the hype is about [enter celebrity/show/band here].” Well, of fucking course you don’t understand. You don’t like them yourself. Doesn’t mean they’re bad or anyone who’s a fan is stupid.

I seriously dislike whenever someone refers to their significant other as their “boo.” The fuck does that even mean?

I absolutely despise the film Remember Me.

I love them on-screen. But if I actually went to school with any of the characters from Glee, I’d possibly end up hating all of them.

How sexy a cast is of any TV show or film should never go towards a personal rating of how good the show or film actually is.

Yes, everyone is beautiful. No, not everyone is healthy.

I still believe in love, but I stopped believing in relationships a long time ago.

I’d like to interview a pornstar one day. Both a male and female pornstar, separately.

I don’t understand how half the shit I see with over a hundred thousand notes even makes it to five.

I have absolutely no problem with any sexual orientation or gender association. I do have a problem if you call yourself pansexual and have no idea what the fuck it means and are just saying it because someone said you were.

I like LMFAO, Foo Fighters, Silverstein, System of a Down, The Used, and Rihanna. I refuse to apologize for having a broad appreciation for music.

I’ve never understood why people think they will never change. They will. It’s almost guaranteed. And I don’t just mean personalities, but general thoughts and opinions on things. They’ll change as well.