The unpopular opinions thread.

Nolan Batman movies forever!!!!! *runs at the detractors brandishing a sword* 

Also Christian Bale was a kickass batman IMO, the best batman. 

Most people don't care about whether a character is fat or skinny or tall or what have you, they care that the character makes sense and they don't want the devs to try to force some sort of political statement down their throats in relation to the character. 

I tried to tell countless people that trophy hunting isn't really evil, could only convince a single person.
Most people, especially women, are so stuck in their opinion that killing cute little animals is evil and the people doing it are the reincarnation of Satan they lost their ability to think straight or keep an open mind. They'd rather want it banned which would lead to the downfall of entire species.
Its sad, really.

I love animals and I would only shoot them for meat because thats a natural human way to feed yourself. Hunting them for trophies is really...weird, but I totally get that it does way more good than harm. So I'm good with it. To those who think killing animals = bad - think harder.

Also normal hunting is less evil than buying food. Most of the cow meat you eat comes from animals that were tortured their entire life, and then killed in an ugly, disgusting factory. If you think you're a better person than someone who hunts his meat you're a hypocrite. Last but not least,  the shrunk natural habitats of animals in densely populated areas and the lack of natural predators has lead to dramatic overpopulations of certain species. Overpopulation leads to all kinds of nasty problems, damage to the forest, pandemics, parasites, animals immigrating into the cities.   Thanks to humans nature no longer works like it was intended to. Unless we can make the natural habitats grow to their original size and  repopulate the area with natural predators like bears and wolves etc. its not going to work without hunting. 

Hunting animals to keep the animal population in check is a good thing.

Agree on DBZ but OP I see as too polished honestly, it almost feels like corporate to me. DBZ was ragged and over the top when it first came out, OP repeats similar themes and ideas with no innovation X number of years later. 

That said I also find DBZ to be sort of overrated slightly as well. 

The video encapsulates the issue of trophy hunting really, in my opinion. It's a tremendously douchy thing to do, but if it serves as a way to help with conservation efforts, then by all means--let's make the douchebags pay out the nose for the privilege.

Trophy hunting for animals... depends on the species, and I don't really get the notion of calling it 'trophy hunting', which is something I put a negative connotation towards.

I think it's wrong to kill a lion or tiger for sport, but say some kind of pest or vermin? It's just population control. Same goes for deer and whatnot.

Moderation is key in our hunting practices. Ideally, you're eating what you hunt, but if not, it'd better be for some kind of ecologically sound purpose and not because it simply fancies you. I think it's sick when you see some spoiled teenage girl and her rich dad boasting about the lion they just killed in a wildlife preserve.

I think we need an island where we can practice hunting the most dangerous game. Recidivists and psychos mostly.

Also, that said, I can appreciate the sentiment of a skilled tracker or hunter performing such a feat, and know that more often than not, they have a very healthy respect for nature.

But on that token, there are also a crap-ton of people who pay guides to take them into grounds where the animals inhabit (sometimes illegally in preserves where poaching is banned) and kill them from close range with much more security than the bush-whacker would normally have (I know in one case, there was a teenage girl who shot a lion from the safety of the van her father had chartered.)

The problem with the flora/fauna approach is that a lot of unethical groups exist that more or less smuggle you into a preservation area so that you can kill the animals that you're allegedly paying to protect. Meanwhile, you've payed a fuck-ton of money into a mercenary group that obviously doesn't use the money for beneficial means.

Absolutely not for endangered or vulnerable species like elephants, tigers, and rhinos. Not only hunted for sport but for their horns, tusks, and fur. Fuck poachers.

At the same time humans have driven away many natural predators from their habitats, allowing prey (like deer) to flourish in numbers. Which left unbalanced can led to starvation, car accidents, etc... Then hunting these animals to control their numbers is a necessity. A quick death by a bullet is more humane than starvation or massive trauma from being hit by vehicles.

Yeah, I agree that's absolutely retarded. I think it's stupid no matter what, but I can actually respect some 1870 looking motherfucker stalking through the safari with an elephant gun on his shoulder looking to blow a hole in some dangerous animal. The situation you're talking about (which I think specifically the one you're likely referring to was the Cecil the lion "controversy") is a different story, and while I still don't particularly care about it, it's definitely fucking retarded.