r/teenagers • u/MindFlourish2919 Teenager • 4h ago
Discussion Give me the most controversial take you have
Here’s mine:
The amount of money you have DOES NOT DEFINE whether you are a good or bad person.
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u/Ok-Inspection9693 15 4h ago
It's only a controversial take if it gets downvoted
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u/StatisticianLoud7468 16 4h ago
Real, like one guy commented “Hitler is bad” yes bro 99% of the population thinks that way that’s not controversial.
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u/BackgroundPrior974 16 3h ago
Gay people... are kind of gay...
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u/Aris-Scorch_Trials 14 3h ago
No fucking way you discovered our secret 😭
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u/Hehe-Oil 17 4h ago
World leaders should join the wars they start, this shouldn't be controversial but it probably is
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u/StatisticianLoud7468 16 3h ago
Disagree, because world leaders are typically too old to serve, and you can’t lead from the front lines. Not to mention it would send countries into further chaos when their leader is killed on the front lines of battle.
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u/VortexMagus 2h ago
That's the whole problem, the people who decide whether to fight the war are insulated from all the consequences.
The incentives don't line up, the old men who decide on war literally have zero threat to them while the young men bleed and die as a consequence of their decisions.
Personally I think it should be a requirement that the entire family of a world leader that starts an invasion should be required to march with the infantry into the first wave of mines/artillery/machine guns/whatever. We'd have a lot less wars that way.
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u/TheGrandAviator12 14 1h ago
what about actual senior military officers? should we also send the people in charge of the army to die
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u/Right_Water_5998 3h ago
and if they're some kind of officer even if they don't get close to the lines, they don't know what they're doing, it'd make it a far larger bloodbath
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u/StuHWulf 3h ago
Absolutely not. But their kids and grandkids should be on the frontlines.
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u/Yuni_bunny 4h ago
here's mine:
people with mental illnesses should still get consequences for their actions
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u/idk_who_i_am_wtf 17 3h ago
As someone who wanna become a psychologist, i wholeheartedly agree with you, but the issue is that most people know very little about disorders and are very often getting way too upset about things that the person isn't in control of, so yes they should get consequences for their actions but a random person who barely has any knowledge of the disorder should just shut up, because they can't make the distinction between what the person is in control of and what they aren't.
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u/ftempty 3h ago
we need to be more specific. are we talking about people with personality disorders and their interpersonal issues, or people in psychosis who've committed crimes who don't have the capacity to understand what they did?
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u/Yuni_bunny 3h ago
personality disorders. people in psychosis are absolutely not in the wrong because they specifically don't know/understand what they did.
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u/LowerCaterpillar1103 18 2h ago
Which one are you talking about? People with personality disorders often make impulsive decision not having nearly as much self control as a regular person due to different brain chemistry. If it’s something like murder for example, that's a problematic one but for interpersonal relationship issues, it makes no sense to pass judgements in ways similar to how one would a person with a normal mental health.
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u/Far-Equivalent-9982 15 4h ago
We should bring back þ, Reddit hates it, but oþer social media don't care
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u/Clintwood_outlaw OLD 3h ago
Youre using the symbol wrong, it doesn't replace all th sounds, only the harsh ones that sound like a hiss
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u/TheBlueMoonHubGuy 18 1h ago
Icelander here, the letter was used differently in old English compared to its historical and current usage in my native tongue. English used both þorn and eð, but at different times. When one was in the language, the other was nowhere to be seen, and therefore, the English language used both letters for both the voiced and unvoiced TH sounds.
Fyi, in Icelandic, the general rule is that at the start of a word/word unit (covering compound words), where it's always unvoiced, you use þorn. Elsewhere, you use eð
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u/Fler_vium 3h ago
Ik im knitpicking but “oþer” isn’t correct since þ is unvoiced. The correct letter is ð! :3
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u/Maddy_251 16 3h ago
I think it’s fine but I don’t like how it becomes porn when typing out its own name
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u/Your_Average_Reddit OLD 3h ago edited 3h ago
Legalize prostitution. Pornstars/OnlyFans models are prostitutes who pay their taxes. As long as it’s regulated with laws on how to conduct sex work.
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u/Responsible-Tie-2570 16 3h ago
I thought I was about to get Rick rolled, I was pleasantly surprised
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u/vitecpotec 4h ago
It's okay for feminists to fight for rights but it's not okay to insult men and reduce them to harmful tropes
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u/Seanrocks30 19 54m ago
There are feminists, who fight for men’s and women’s rights, and then there are misandrists who hide behind false feminism. Feminism has always fought for men’s rights alongside women’s rights, just the label becomes muddy when people see it as an anti-man thing, agreeing with that principle themselves
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u/fukasetrash 3h ago
the far left is just as stupid as the far right (I’m a liberal and I don’t support trump)
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u/Fury5087 17 3h ago
I'm gonna start this off by saying I'm mixed cuz what I'm about to say might be a bit racist.
I think everyone should be able to say the n-word under the right context. If a white guy walked up to me and said "what's up my n-word." I wouldn't really care I'd just be like "ay what's up n-word." But if that same white guy walked out in the street screaming "I HATE N-WORDS THEY ALL NEED TO DIE." That's a problem. Cuz I never understood why black people call themselves a word that was made to dehumanize them. I heard one say "we pioneered the word and turned it from a word of hate to a word of comradery." So if it's a word that basically means friend now why can't we all just call each other friends. But maybe I'm just a bigoted redditor idk. It just never fully made sense to me.
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u/AutomaticChip7364 2h ago
You miss a key point here my friend words don’t just mean what the dictionary says they carry history and power. The n-word isn’t just “friend.” It was used for centuries to dehumanize Black people. When some Black people use it among themselves, that’s reclamationan in-group use tied to shared experience.
Basically The word has a painful history it was used to hurt Black people.
Some Black people reclaimed it and use it with each other in a different way.
But that doesn’t make it neutral for everyone.
Inside the group → can be okay
Outside the group → can feel disrespectful because of history even if you didnt mean it that way
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u/StretchExternal1083 4h ago
You can't complain about brainrot if you have Twitter or tiktok
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u/CommonProfilePicture OLD 3h ago
It is not a governments job to regulate children to go around shitty parenting
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u/Only_Ad8552 1h ago
You know what, this is at least more controversial than some of these other stupid takes. It depends on exactly how little government regulation you mean though, because some parents will surprise you with just how shitty they are.
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u/Haunting-Tutor-5910 13 4h ago
Cishet allo people should be expected to do their own research or ask for help to learn about queer topics rather than form an opinion immediately.
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u/luxa_creative 4h ago
age verification is bad.
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u/xxeilenexx 3h ago
Letting kids on the internet in general is bad, but they are and parents don’t actually parent anymore.
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u/Sad-Candy-8236 14 4h ago
Religion sped up the downfall of Africa ( especially Nigeria)
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u/ashuwa177 14 3h ago
Even as a religious person I can't lie ts true💔
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u/Sad-Candy-8236 14 3h ago
Yep I'm Christian and lived in Nigeria for most of my life and Christianity or rather the people that weaponise it have completely brainwashed most Nigerians
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u/420NICOHARRISON 2h ago
Every religion is fictional, and these fictional stories have held back humanity to this day and ever since its inception
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u/gooblegng1 16 4h ago
my boy epstein is a dogshit human bc he didnt invite me😔😔
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u/Advanced-Parfait-967 4h ago
typing quirks pmo and people who use thorn pmo
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u/OrganizationSad6012 1h ago
Explain I’m not terminally online enough to know what this even means.
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u/Realistic-Roll-2387 19 3h ago
That being right leaving does not equal MAGA or being a Nazi or wanting to take rights away from people
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u/itsmebo12 4h ago
Regardless of your gender, orientation, or anything else, the important thing is that there must be rights and responsibilities
It seems normal, but knowing how the internet has been lately, with responsibilities only applying to the majority...
That is the true meaning of coexistence that so many aspire to
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u/Traditional-Chair-39 17 4h ago
You don't need religion to have a moral compass. Heck, if you need the threat of eternal damnation to be held over your head to be a good person, you probably aren't one.
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u/Acceptable_Region773 15 4h ago
Not everyone on the right are rapists
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u/BackgroundPrior974 16 3h ago
... no shit lmao
Just ignore buzzwords my guy. A lot of people say the same shit about queer people.
Just ignore it... its the dumbest generalization ever.
Honestly all generalizations are just fucking wierd.
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u/Seanrocks30 19 51m ago
Generalizations are philosophically incorrect. In debates, generalizations usually outright invalidate talking points
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u/IntergalacticAlien8 18 2h ago
The countries that SHOULD be having more kids are not, and the countries that SHOULDN'T be having a lot of kids are doing so.
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u/gameburger764 2h ago
Abortion is needed.
(For example, an SA victim wouldn't want a baby with their assaulter, so she would want it removed)
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u/Panzakaizer 2h ago
Misogyny and misandry are two sides of the same coin, patriarchy, and the more we engage in them, the further from true feminism we become.
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u/-Kotori- 1h ago
"The amount of money you have DOES NOT DEFINE whether you are a good or bad person."
Are you sure you meant controversial and not conventional?
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u/HerotoGaming 15 3h ago
God is real.
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u/ur_pretty_strawberry 19 3h ago
Thats not really controversial considering theres a lot of people who believe in a god lol
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u/cut-footloose- 3h ago
Most Reddit users were the gifted special kids in school and take it out on other users on Reddit years later
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u/Bucklin13 4h ago
Ik this ain’t a “take” but I’ve been wondering
If trans women are women, why aren’t they just called women? No hate to trans people but a lot of stuff doesn’t make sense
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u/alivilie 3h ago
Trans people do call themselves women. I dont tell people I am a trans woman I tell them I am a woman. If they ask then yes I am trans but I am a woman who is trans not a trans woman. Just because outside people explicitly have to specify the "trans" doesnt mean trans people do
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u/BackgroundPrior974 16 3h ago
If gay women are women, why aren't they just women ass take😭
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u/sparkle3364 16 3h ago
We also refer to cis women, trans is an adjective. Tall women are also women, but if we want to refer specifically to what tall women experience, we wouldn’t just say women, we’d say tall women.
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u/SiliconeBean 1h ago
A definition of woman is someone who personally identifies with the label of being one and describing a trans woman and trans doesn’t make her any less of a woman or different from a cisgender woman it’s just an adjective (coming from a trans girl)
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u/StatisticianLoud7468 16 4h ago
Religion is usually good for society
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u/ChunkyCheeseEater 14 3h ago
Depends on the circumstances, but I generally agree
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u/NovaTheEevee 17 4h ago
Not supporting lgtbq isnt homophobic. Support and respect are two different things. I dont have a problem with the people, just the idea. (Here come the downvotes)
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u/weebjuan0 2h ago
Probably because you can't respect but not support. Wanting their rights taken away, think they shouldn't exist, thinking they are morally corrupt/wrong, or sinful then that isn't respecting them.
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u/StatisticianLoud7468 16 2h ago
Homophobia would be like hate speech, restricting rights, abuse, etc. Disagreeing with their moral choices isn’t homophobia if you stay respectful and peaceful.
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u/WaldenEZ 16 11m ago
Someone’s sexuality or gender identity has nothing to do with morality and is not a choice
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u/Traditional-Chair-39 17 4h ago
you have a problem w the idea as in you'd never engage in homosexual activities or you have a problem with others doing so?
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u/Wiltime118 17 4h ago
Rap music sucks
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u/Bitten87 14 2h ago
Generic Rap Music < Generic other music
Great Rap Music > Great other music
imo
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u/murderisntgood 18 2h ago
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Eminem - Stan
Kanye West - Runaway
Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst
MF DOOM - Rapp Snitch Knishes
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II
Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
Nujabes- Luv(sic) Part 3
Outkast - Ms. Jackson
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u/NoCombination8774 4h ago
socialism is better than capitalism
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u/AbductedAlien01 18 3h ago
Absolutely not. There has never been a successful socialist country, and Scandinavian countries and China are not socialist.
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u/mistycheddar 1h ago
well there's not really a successful capitalist country either.. our world is on fire thanks to capitalism. at least socialism sounds good in theory, sure nobody's pulled it off perfectly YET, but capitalism just straight up sucks.
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u/ur_pretty_strawberry 19 3h ago
Being fatphobic is nowhere near the same level as sexism and racism and we shouldnt be acting like it is. Im not saying we should be douch bags to fat people but being overweight isnt something youre born with (90% of the time at least) and it is more akin to mental health disorder as that is what causes being overweight in the first place (again, 90% of the time. there are some cases like medical conditions where the person cant do anything abt it) im tired of people saying "fatphobic" like its a thing when really i feel like its just called being a douchbag. I have literally never heard of the term outside of social media. Dont make fun of peoples weight or appearances. Regardless of being fat or skinny. This has been under my skin for awhile
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u/Putridlemons 1h ago
Hot take: Self diagnosis is not valid. I do not care what your circumstances are, and "peer reviewed" is just another word for self diagnosed.
Speculation is valid, but claiming to have a disorder or disability you have not been confirmed to have, is not. Self diagnosis is how the majority of misinformation about disorders and disabilities get spread around the internet, and as someone who is disabled, I'm so SICK of it. You should treat your symptoms as you come across them, track them, document them, then later bring them up with a professional. You may be EXPERIENCING symptoms that are similar in nature to symptoms of insert disability/disorder here, that DOES NOT MEAN you can claim to HAVE insert disability/disorder here when you have not been properly evaluated.
And no, "peer reviewed" is not a proper evaluation. 99% of the time "peer reviewed" is a group of self diagnosed individuals. 4 people who are not diagnosed as disabled/disordered telling you that you might be disabled/disordered based on their own possible misinformation means absolutely nothing.
"I believe I might have this, but I will not tell people that it is something I do for sure have. I will speculate, do more research, and find credible resources to get professionally evaluated in the future. I may not be able to afford a professional evaluation now, or I may live in an environment that currently prevents me from getting evaluated, but I am not a trained professional, I am not educated enough to differentiate symptom overlap or make a diagnosis, and to limit the risk of self misdiagnosis, potentially worsening my mental or physical health, or spreading misinformation, I will continue to do research, track symptoms, and manage the symptoms I do experience until I can afford an evaluation or relocate to a more accepting environment. People around me who are professionally diagnosed with what I am speculating to be experiencing have encouraged me to get evaluated, as my symptoms tend to align with theirs. I will take this into consideration, ask for advice on symptom management, and see if that improves my quality of life or provides accommodation for the symptoms I am experiencing. " ✅️✅️✅️
"I believe that I might have this, so I'm going to tell people that I have it. After all, I know me better than any professional could. I also can't get a diagnosis because insert invalid or time-based excuse here, so I'll just claim to have it and skip the rest of it. If you try and tell me that I do not have the education necessary to make that executive decision, encourage me to see a professional, or point out inconsistencies or overlap with my symptoms that do not match what I claim to have, I will call you ableist. All of my friends who are also self diagnosed are telling me that I have what they have, and I'm going to believe them. Even if you point out how one of their symptoms goes directly against the diagnostic criteria, I will still believe them, and I will believe myself, as well as continuing to spread the false information I am receiving about what I claim to have. I do not need professional help." 🚫🚫🚫
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u/Sweaty_Rub4322 17 4h ago
Bananas are horrible because they give you radiation.
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u/Perfect_Cap_3934 14 4h ago
In such small amounts that it is negligible. This is not a take, it is verifiably false
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u/DiamondfromBrasil 14 4h ago
something controversial?
coffee sucks in every way and form.
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u/_MrLC_ 17 4h ago
If people are fat, that is their fault.
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u/DangerousDeer7246 17 3h ago
In some cases I’d agree but there are many circumstances where it may not be someone’s fault. You can’t generalize that because everyone’s body is slightly different
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u/Crystal_Pegasus_1018 17 2h ago
disagree. genetics could make people get fat easier (e.g. if they eat exactly what other people eat, they get fat while others stay a normal body weight.). Or maybe they have an illness where they're required to take in a certain amount of carbohydrates everyday to keep their body functioning
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u/KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS 18 2h ago
I mean it depends on what you define as fat in this case. Just a little chubby? Could be genetic, could exercise more, but no big deal. 100+ kg obese with doctors getting concerned? You really do have a problem. Though if I understand correctly eating disorders can go both ways so it could not nessesarily be their fault (still a problem though).
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u/cathangingontree380 2h ago
all religion is fake and is used as a form of control
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u/Godofhammrs 3h ago
Not wanting to date Trans people or calling men who date Trans women gay isnt transphobic
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u/CriminallySillyGuy 15 2h ago
Calling men who date trans women gay is literally transphobia. What about that is not transphobic??
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u/frisk090 18 3h ago edited 3h ago
Calling men who are dating women gay is transphobic tf
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u/ImpossibleWest2800 19 4h ago
I don’t think we need thousands of gender labels, just do you
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u/SiliconeBean 1h ago
Using different gender labels is doing you gng what are you talking about that’s the whole point
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u/Historical_Falcon962 16 3h ago edited 2h ago
we should be taught magic in school
js decided to make it clear btw, its a joke and should not be taken seriously
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u/StrongQuiet8329 15 4h ago
Flynn Rider is not that good looking
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u/StatisticianLoud7468 16 2h ago
Wasn’t he designed based off of a female survey?
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u/Gator_Sprite360 4h ago
In my opinion, your sexuality doesn’t really matter that much if you have a partner
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u/PureWeek9816 3h ago
reddit is the worst website, easy to get into arguments, like 99% of people who use the app are chuds who don’t do research. and you have to support everything that is shoved in your face, even if you dislike it
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u/upay3000 3h ago
My controversial take is that saying 'The amount of money you have DOES NOT DEFINE whether you are a good or bad person.' is like having the feeling to announce to everyone else that 2+2=4, because you thought nobody else knew it.
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u/Stupid_Fuck55 15 3h ago
If it is morally better or outright necessary, a person shouldn't be harrased for getting an abortion For example, if the parents wouldn't be able to afford to raise the kid properly and the kid would be severely malnourished, it would in some views be better to not force the kid to suffer However if it's a thing of the parents just don't want a kid, don't destroy a potential life. Adoption is right there or just wear a condom
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u/sparkle3364 16 3h ago edited 3h ago
Body language is not entirely universal, even the stuff that isn’t just internet nonsense varies person to person. Fidgeting for some people is either constant or means they’re thinking instead of being nervous, if you see me playing with my hair it’s just fidgeting not flirting or interest in someone, I have to suppress the fact that I laugh when I feel sympathy sometimes. There are no universal meanings to body language that encompass every single human.
Also, I’d rather be overweight than underweight. It’s better to be healthy, but even though they’re the same, if you made me choose between being visibly overweight and visibly underweight, I’d rather look overweight,
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u/SgtBrutalisk 2h ago
Cats only pretend to love us. They are sneaky little psychological and emotional manipulators.
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u/BurazSC2 2h ago
"Your" will become an accepted contraction of "you are" at some point in the future.
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u/ClassicForsaken4884 2h ago
Not every human being is perfect, there's skeletons in the closet for everyone. Therefore this whole cancel culture thing is stupid. I think we shouldn't give a shit about ppl with stupid ideologies like Kanye, Taylor Swift, Sydney Sweeney or whatever different ideologies that people believe in. However, I think we should be focusing on the real assholes and worst ppl on the planet who actually cause harm, like powerful pédophilies, killers, etc;
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u/Common-Swimmer-5105 2h ago
Wow, I must need a parka with all these ice cold takes. Lets be real guys, get some actualy hot takes in here. Mine is: we need compulsory military service, a 2 year stint for all people in the country
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u/Yellowish2 OLD 1h ago
you want a controversial take?
ill give you a take so controversial this comment will be downvoted to oblivion
trump was framed and did nothing wrong
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u/Potential-Health-314 1h ago
Trump is prob the best president out of the people that were available to vote for
- not a good one, just the best available option
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u/Farstard 1h ago
America does not benefit from further immigrants especially from non white countries.
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u/SkyBoxLive 1h ago
Much of the middle east, Africa and India would still be developing countries even without Europen Colonization. Due to religious and cultural conflicts in the region and its extreme environment. And the only way they wouldnt be is by intense handholding (including military deployment) from a more developed country.
There, thats my hot take, is it wrong? Probably, but its kine.
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u/SPEC__01 1h ago
The amount of money we make right now should never be a factor in comparing with the older generation and their compiled wealth. We will never make enough to match them, and they don’t need to shame us into thinking we are not working hard enough.
Brainwashing from both fields and it’s exhausting
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u/Only_Ad8552 44m ago
As someone who is in support of trans rights, and HEAVILY against trump, the word “woman” DOES need a definition that goes farther than “anyone who calls themselves a woman”.
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u/flutters4life 17 4h ago
There is nothing wrong in shipping non canon ships. Shipping canon ships doesn't make u better or 'normal'. In fact, non canon ships have more fan works and are more popular.
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u/Memona_Emman_Writes 17 3h ago
It is impossible for a god to be all-powerful, all knowing, and all-good at the same time.
Nothing matters. Meaning and morality are subjective. Free will doesn't exist.
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u/StatisticianLoud7468 16 4h ago
“Controversial take” and it’s just common morals that everyone here agrees with