#IT IS NOT UNPOPULAR

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

liking south park (and having a BLOG or other account for it thereby engaging in fan art and fanfic) and then acting like you’re on a moral high ground for openly proclaiming your hatred of kyman and its shippers is like being in hell and saying well im better than that guy because he did something worse than me to get here!! like. who gives a shit we’re all in the same hellscape can we please play NICE with each other??? good god i know our favs are fourth graders but that doesn’t mean we have to act like literal children too

#like!!! #you’re just lame and sad :( #and lowkey a loser because why do people keep wanting to start kyman discourse on tumblr dot net #like YES it’s an iffy ship for a lot of people NO kyman shippers are not inherently antisemitic or racist?? #get a life pls #kyman discourse is a horse beaten well beyond death can we please just accept it’s not for everyone and stop shaming those who like it #pls #kymans get behind me #kyman #south park #kyman is not my fav ship #u guys know im a style girlie through and through #but i ain’t gonna lie i look at some kyman art and enjoy it from time to time!! #also ive been this lately and it’s been driving me mad: #KYMAN HATERS ARE NOT OPPRESSED #HATING KYMAN IS THE MOST POPULAR OPINION IN THIS FANDOM #IT IS NOT UNPOPULAR #if u hate it so much either only use the following tab or just block kyman. #u are not woke u like South Park. Please remember this.

[somewhatvellum]

this will sureily convince the people that the royal family are not out of touch moneywasters and that we should be happy keeping them around for sure

#charles is already so unpopular why the fuck does he think this is a good idea 😭 #uk politics #uk monarchy #op #popular

[valmillion]

really funny that every website is in an arms race to make itself as bad as possible and immediately someone makes a firefox extension to fix it

#its not a real solution obviously like they should work properly in the first place #but it shows how all these changes are not for the benefit of the user and are always unpopular

[deep-space-netwerk]

So Venus is my favorite planet in the solar system - everything about it is just so weird.

It has this extraordinarily dense atmosphere that by all accounts shouldn't exist - Venus is close enough to the sun (and therefore hot enough) that the atmosphere should have literally evaporated away, just like Mercury's. We think Earth manages to keep its atmosphere by virtue of our magnetic field, but Venus doesn't even have that going for it. While Venus is probably volcanically active, it definitely doesn't have an internal magnetic dynamo, so whatever form of volcanism it has going on is very different from ours. And, it spins backwards! For some reason!!

But, for as many mysteries as Venus has, the United States really hasn't spent much time investigating it. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, sent no less than 16 probes to Venus between 1961 and 1984 as part of the Venera program - most of them looked like this!

The Soviet Union had a very different approach to space than the United States. NASA missions are typically extremely risk averse, and the spacecraft we launch are generally very expensive one-offs that have only one chance to succeed or fail.

It's lead to some really amazing science, but to put it into perspective, the Mars Opportunity rover only had to survive on Mars for 90 days for the mission to be declared a complete success. That thing lasted 15 years. I love the Opportunity rover as much as any self-respecting NASA engineer, but how much extra time and money did we spend that we didn't technically "need" to for it to last 60x longer than required?

Anyway, all to say, the Soviet Union took a more incremental approach, where failures were far less devastating. The Venera 9 through 14 probes were designed to land on the surface of Venus, and survive long enough to take a picture with two cameras - not an easy task, but a fairly straightforward goal compared to NASA standards. They had…mixed results.

Venera 9 managed to take a picture with one camera, but the other one's lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 10 also managed to take a picture with one camera, but again the other lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 11 took no pictures - neither lens cap deployed this time.

Venera 12 also took no pictures - because again, neither lens cap deployed.

Lotta problems with lens caps.

For Venera 13 and 14, in addition to the cameras they sent a device to sample the Venusian "soil". Upon landing, the arm was supposed to swing down and analyze the surface it touched - it was a simple mechanism that couldn't be re-deployed or adjusted after the first go.

This time, both lens caps FINALLY ejected perfectly, and we were treated to these marvelous, eerie pictures of the Venus landscape:

However, when the Venera 14 soil sampler arm deployed, instead of sampling the Venus surface, it managed to swing down and land perfectly on….an ejected lens cap.

#space #space history #venus #NASA #Venera #spost #I will talk all day about venus #ask me about venus floating sky cities #unpopular opinion venus > mars #this is probably my favorite space history story #the surface of venus is made of lens caps #don't try to tell me the universe doesn't have a sense of humor #well #I guess its more that people have a sense of humor and we happen to live in the universe

[maryhall]

Unpopular (?) opinion:

When I was young and wondering why I hadn't experienced a crush yet, the internet said I was probably just a late bloomer. They urged me not to identify as aroace because I could change my mind later on.

And looking back, like… so?

If I had been a late bloomer, who cares?

I was 13. I felt comfort in the aroace community. I didn’t feel like a weirdo for once in my life, surrounded by people who were like me. But I was urged to not join these communities until I became an adult in case I changed my mind about being ace. So I didn’t. And I paid for that.

Who cares? If you’re young and feel like you’re aroace, then you’re aroace. If you “change your mind” later, it’s okay. No one is going to be born and know themselves 100%. I genuinely thought I was alloromantic once, but now know I’m not.

Speaking from experience, I would rather have kids be “wrong” about their sexuality than feel like they have no place of belonging.

We shouldn’t gatekeep aroace folk because of their age. It hurts. It makes kids feel like they are the freaks society tells them they are.

#aro #arospec #aroace #aromantic #aromantism #ace #acespec #ace pride #aspec pride #aspec #unpopular(?) opinion #pride

[virmire]

statistics from the opening weekend for bg3

#baldur’s gate #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 #very interesting! #I didn’t think druid would be that unpopular but oh well #I’m having fun with it lol

[bourneblack]

i’d rather have rainbow capitalism then living in constant fear of discovery. the woman in the pride flag disney t-shirt might be missing the nuance, but at least i know i can be myself. a street full of rainbow flags makes me more comfortable holding a mans hand. look. corporations aren’t your friend. they will sell to whoever will buy. but kids seeing gay everything every year is only ever a good thing, and a massive improvement in history

#unpopular opinion #lgbt #pride month #rainbow capitalism #queer things #bb unpopular opinion #notice how i never said i love capitalism #its the people who buy the flags that are the benefit #notice how i said it makes me more comfortable #and not everyone #because it's not true for everyone #but it's becoming more and more true over time #because despite the fearmongering #things are better than they were #if you can't recognize the fact that we are better off with corporate pride #than with being burned at the stake or being run behind trucks or getting mass fired and murdered and kicked out of home #then you don't need to be on this post #and don't talk to me about how corps and politicians are paying for those behaviors to continue #they've always done that #and now they are digging themselves into a hole #because we call them out and the public listens #the point #is to say there is value to having a seat at the capitialist table #having public opinoin on our side #it means we have more power to call out politicians and corporations for their hypocrisy #it means we have an audience who is listening #so shut the fuck up #trying to explain on this post what rainbow capitalism #the people on this post and I already know #and i'd rather use it

[alpacacare-archive]

day twoe ah haha

#repostober #alphys #gaster #undertale #sorry i was busy the last few days and missed day 2&3 #but i love her so #unpopular opinion but i like it better when alphys and gasters dynamic is more like this than alphys has a crush on another person that #everyone thinks is out of her league and will never choose her #cus you never see people genuinely shipping them its always just her pining and him being cold and stoic. like why. isnt them being silly #stupid work buddies so much better #isnt him taking one look at her and being like. ALRIGHT NEW CHILD. PAPYRUS. SANS. YOU NOW HAVE A SISTER. so much better than tormenting her #anyway #i love this animal. the ah fees. #i love drawing her like a real lizard i think thats cool i think she deserves it #hug an alphys and tell her you love her today

[self-centeredsweetheart]

Im sick of people trashing the 'damsel in distress. That simply means a girl who can't save herself. If you want to write a story about a girl who saves the day do so, but don't stomp on those who can't help themselves that's not what heroes do.

#cinderella #cinderelly #early disney princesses deserve better #its okay to be soft #do it yourself #do it you cowards #i like being girly #huffypuff #unpopular opinion #wholesmememes

[banjo-bugs]

I truly genuinely believe they would get along so well

#columbo #benoit blanc #knives out glass onion #just watched it tonight …. so good dude I loved it #unpopular opinion maybe but way better than the firsr #first movie !! idk I like that benoit got to show his personality a little more : ) #columbo vc your partners a chef? well that’s just wonderful.. I could probably burn water if my wife ever let me in the kitchen #digital art #twizz scribs

[winepresswrath]

one thing I like about tazmuir as an author is that at any given time she will be like "here is a character," and I will think "that's nice, but I don't care. please return me to my beautiful Gideon" and then she'll be like "no. look at this other character under a microscope. they are so fucked up and full of love in such specific ways. probably they are bad at sex also." and I make a shocked face and welcome them into the pantheon in my heart, still waiting to hear from my beautiful gideon, at which point tazmuir will show me another character. and then.

#who is forcing me to care about Babs like this #jrr tolkien #that's who #not a lot of overlap between them as writers but they do love their Catholic references and tbh I can easily see jrrt getting distracted #writing a massive adventure for an unpopular minor character's implied relatives

[soosoosoup]

sunset serenade

#dreamworks trolls #trolls #trolls poppy #trolls branch #broppy #moss must feel real comfy when you only weigh a couple of ounces #it's been awhile since i've drawn broppy #and poppy too for that matter!! #oh poppy how I’ve missed you #tried some stuff out for the shading/lighting #it was fun #hopefully it looks nice lol #also tried out giving them more paw like hands!! #seen some super cute art pieces w/ them and had to give it a try <3 #might be an unpopular opinion but sometimes I prefer branch’s twt color palette #though preferably less saturated lol #(just realized i somehow forgot his vest lol) #trolls fanart #excuse the messiness #my art <3

[gil-estel]

#this post inspired by the thought that the two ''good'' bathrooms might be occupied and I'd have to used the unpopular third toilet #theres literally nothing wrong with it but for some reason no one wants to use it

[yekokataa]

🔥 Kim

did you know that it's possible to play as a fascist, end the game with kim defending you, invite him to join the 41st and he'll accept? that's not an unpopular opinion but it is an uncomfortable bit of canon that no one wants to engage with.

#ask #unpopular opinions #fayde

[ryllen]

I was just THINKING OF HOW ANNOYING Sebek is, H O N E S T .

#and something just FLIPPED in me fshdsh I JUST LOVE SHIP DYNAMIC WHERE BOTH ENDS CAN JUST YELL AT EACH OTHER NONSTOP FHSDHSD IT'S TOO FUN tO #DRAW and then EVERYTHING JUST WENT SO FAST AFTER THAT FHSHSDHS just when she said she was gonna be a spectator only fssh gomen everyone fhs #twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #twst yuu #twst mc #malleus draconia #deuce spade #twst grim #ace trappola #mozus trein #fanart #glorious masquerade #FSDHS I EVEN CONSIDERED SEBEK THE MOST UNPOPULAR ONE FROM EVERY BOIS ON TWST FSHDSDH #AND HERE I AM BECAUSE HE FITS MY YUU IF HE JJUST SNAPPED OUT HIS MALLEUS OBSESSION FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT #I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FUN THIS IS TO DRAW FHSDHSD #I am not kidding WHEN SEBEK IS ASSIGNED AS MANDATORY PARTNER ON MATERIAL BATTLE #i was like N O HE IS SO UNPOPULAR NO ONE IS SETTING HIM AS MAIN FHSDH #I'M DYING #WHY DID I END UP WITH SEBEK #FSHDSHD #THE UNPOPULAR ONE is just TOO FUN TO MESS UP SOMETIMES #BUT SERIOUSLY #HOW DARE HE KEEPS SAYING HUMAN THIS HUMAN THAT IT'S PUSHING MY NERVE THIS GUY FFHSD HDSDSJ #in waht way is he evil #HE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY HIGH IS ALL #STOP HIM FSHD #HE IS EVEN WORSE THAN IDIA IN TERM OF OTAKUNESS FSJDSHDHS

[nofomogirl]

Good Omens (possibly) unpopular opinion

Do you know what is a peak irony in this fandom?

When a person vehemently condemns Aziraphale's black-and-white approach to morality and rhapsodizes how sage Crowley is for his nuanced shades-of-grey outlook when the evident reason this person sympathizes with Crowley so much more is because he and his circumstances are more black-and-white and easy to judge while Aziraphale's case is far more complex and challenging to evaluate, with blurred lines everywhere.

This was supposed to be a paragraph in a longer meta but I decided to post it separately anyway.

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #good omens meta #unpopular opinion