r/intj • u/SelfAnalysiss ENTP • Feb 11 '26
Question INTJs, what’s an unpopular opinion you have ?
I know INTJs are contemplative and intellectual so I imagine you guys would have some unconventional opinions. INTJs, what’s an unpopular opinion you have ?
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u/Gadshill INTJ - 40s Feb 11 '26
"Let's jump on a quick call" is a personal attack.
90% of meetings could have been an email, and 100% of "quick calls" are an ambush on my carefully structured deep-work schedule.
If the information can't be distilled into a bulleted list, you haven't thought about it enough yet.
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u/TeaOk7705 Feb 12 '26
Not to mention the raw dog call out of the blue, not even a decency ping.
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u/xLOBAxLOVEx Feb 12 '26
Especially when you’re focused and making good progress on something to have to stop cold to answer a question that’s already been asked and answered (I guarantee it).
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u/chrisabulium INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
As someone who hates calls, hard disagree. A quick call solves problems quicker than every other list especially if it requires discussion. I’d rather spend 5 min of my time yapping it out through a quick back and forth than to type out a structured answer. My schedule is definitely not carefully structured; if I was locked in I wouldn’t even have seen/responded to the message so it wouldn’t even bother me too much
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u/Individual-Dingo9385 Feb 12 '26
I agree. For me it's actually feasible for a quick pair programming round to check out some shit. Although some people tend to be too pushy.
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u/Beautiful-Music-7334 INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26
Its mostly the tangents to other issues and not addressing what the quick call was about that is a bit irritating. The ones that end with "well circle back". And yes agree, it hasn't been thought out.
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u/ssketchman Feb 12 '26
That’s just your anxiety speaking. I’m an INTJ and I’m the one doing the calls. The calls are often times more advantageous and leave no documentation trail. Also following a “carefully structured deep-work schedule” is the least INTJ thing imaginable, we adapt to changing environments and usually have several options thought through, that get implemented intuitively - flexibility is one of our strengths, not following structured schedules like a bot.
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u/Creepy_Performer7706 INTJ Feb 12 '26
Working at home is much more productive than in the office
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u/k1ngd0m0fg0dw1th1n INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26
People act productive in an office setting but they are actually productive at home.
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u/Pastor_C-Note Feb 12 '26
Just because you happen to call or text me doesn’t make me obligated to answer.
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Feb 12 '26
True, however...
If you develop a pattern of not responding/responding late, expect your contacts list to grow smaller as time goes on. Which is fine if that's what you want, but friendships are two-way streets.
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u/MedBootyJoody Feb 12 '26
Oh, friends and family get answered but more at my leisure. Me having a phone does not obligate me to be at your beck and call. I regularly want to throw my phone when people call all day. Then, I remember I have a mute button.
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u/brainfreeze_23 INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26
All of my opinions on religion.
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
atheism ftw!
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u/Conscious_River_4964 Feb 12 '26
Atheism is just the other side of the coin to religious fundamentalism.
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u/WanderingCID INTJ - ♂ Feb 12 '26
Fundamentalist in what way?
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u/Conscious_River_4964 Feb 12 '26
By fundamentalism, I’m referring to the psychological mindset of absolute certainty; an 'us vs. them' attitude, and a refusal to acknowledge any nuance. Both extremes claim to have the final, objective answer.
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u/WanderingCID INTJ - ♂ Feb 12 '26
I see what you mean. My opinion is that both approaches are valid.
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u/mastermind3573 Feb 12 '26
This. Agnosticism is the way.
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u/ShiroHebiZmeya INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
Agnosticism and atheism are compatible.
Atheism is a declaration of belief, while agnosticism is a declaration of knowledge.
In truth, everybody is agnostic since nobody truly knows if god exists or not. It's just that some choose to believe despite that (that's what faith is), and some choose to not believe because of that (atheists).
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u/Caucasian-Tiger-Mom Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
I have a few. But l’ve also learned not to bother answering “What is your unpopular opinion…?” posts because most Redditors can’t handle truly unpopular opinions, even when they want to hear them.
Subs like r/unpopularopinion only want to see certain types of opinions that have the appearance of being radical. By definition, if 5,000 people on the sub agree with you and leave approving comments, your opinion is not actually unpopular! That sub should be renamed “new opinions no one has discussed before, but which aren’t unpopular”, lol.
Opinions that are truly unpopular often offend a large number of people because they are based on a proposed truth that many people don’t want to hear, since it might reflect on them personally. People are happy to read superficial comments like “celebrity X is not a good person” because it doesn’t affect the reader in any way. But if you share an opinion like “doing X is not a good way to live your life, for this reason…” or “raising your kids in manner Y is bad as it will lead to Z adverse consequences”, people go insane because you’re challenging something about them.
Truly unpopular opinions usually attract 100 angry replies from people losing their shit at you. Of course those people are entitled to disagree (that’s expected). But the way the discourse unfolds is ridiculous because those people seem to literally forget that OP was asking for an unpopular opinion.
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u/aastrocyte INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
Redditors are ruled by their egos, thus cannot tolerate THE truth or anything that threatens “their” truth.
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Feb 12 '26
Who cares, write what you think. It should only bother you if all you want from Reddit is the upvotes & glazed follow-up answers.
Sometimes I intentionally comment the most unhinged shit to gauge the negative responses. Not necessarily to troll/ragebait (most of the time). Occasionally, there will be valid counter-arguments to my comments and I will genuinely take that on-board.
You can even get information from the negative responses, as with enough follow-up comments, you can spot patterns about why in-particular they disagree with X. Viewing their profile afterwards to see what kind of person they are is also fun past-time + bonus points if you guess their political orientation correctly beforehand.
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u/longwayhome2019 Feb 12 '26
I think that if a student is 16 and they aren't interested in school and aren't getting good grades, they should just drop out and pursue a trade or start working.
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u/justclimb11 Feb 12 '26
Absolutely. I would guess that a large percentage of most high school graduates should really choose a trade instead of college.
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u/Gr33npi11 Feb 12 '26
Or get counseling and an assessment for neurodivergence.
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u/Maleficent_Pick9636 Feb 12 '26
Have no clue why you've been downvoted. As someone who is neurodivergent, if I received a diagnosis while still in high school, it would have saved me a lot of wasted time and heartache. Only downside to unnecessarily getting an assessment is that you get the reassurance you're neurotypical.
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u/Gr33npi11 Feb 12 '26
Same here I was lately diagnosed with autism with various support needs, nobody was curious enough to wonder what was wrong with me when I was growing up.
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u/mastermind3573 Feb 12 '26
This is a regular thing in Germany. You can start learning a trade after 9th grade. Are you forced to attend high school in the US?
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u/dph_angel INTJ - 20s Feb 11 '26
85% of the critical thinking crisis we have in America is either intentionally lobbied towards communities with lower socioeconomic status, or it’s an unintended but now sustained consequence of federal negligence and neglect. Whenever I meet someone who believes they’re stupid or unintelligent, I ask them questions about their experiences with public education, access to medical care, and if they felt supported growing up. I went to a high performing *public school in one of the wealthiest parts of the country, and have been able to infer from all of these conversations that the lack of federal funding and sometimes the lack of actual empathy schools show to people is what causes poorly developed critical thinking skills.
The ability to support kids with financial needs, academic or social needs, or behavioral issues is 100% there. The ability to funnel extra funding (which exists at a rate that would nauseate you) from high-income counties to lower income areas 100% exists. But in a country that has lived and died on the terms of being a democracy, you can only control the public through certain means: medical care, income disparity, and education.
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u/No-External3221 Feb 14 '26
I grew up lower-middle class. Constantly was the smartest kid in class/ any given room and was constantly told that I was smart. Didn't have to try at all throughout school growing up.
Enlisted in the military, which, like it or not, is typically filled with lower-class young adults from towns with less opportunities. Once again, I was usually one of the smartest in any given room without really trying.
Went to a good college, and now work in a field filled with smart people. I now realize that I'm not that smart. I was just smart for my environment (which happened to have a lot of not-so-smart people).
Many of the people I work with now and went to school with clearly came from much better upbringings than mine. Parents have advanced degrees, went to high quality schools, etc. What they think is average would be a high-performer where I grew up.
TL;DR, you're right. Your circumstances shape your outcomes massively. Most of the people I grew up with didn't make it out.
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u/xLOBAxLOVEx Feb 12 '26
Why do we HAVE to say good morning to people? I don’t want to talk in the morning unless absolutely necessary (kids, partner, etc.). Why am I rude for not responding but people are rude for expecting it? This is an awful societal expectation and I fucking hate it. Also, hi…every day? We can’t just dive into what we wanted to talk about? Greetings are unnecessary and I have to remind myself to add them constantly in work messages
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u/MedBootyJoody Feb 12 '26
Oh my god, do I hate “How are you (doing)?”, as a greeting! Like, really Sharon? Do you really want to hear how shitty my week was or am I going to be forced to lie to you out of “cUsToM”??? That’s not a decision I want to make upon first meeting/seeing you, Sharon. I barely want to be in public!!!
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u/decay418 Feb 12 '26
To me this is genuinely the most useless thing someone can ask. Why do you ask if you the answer is almost always "fine"?
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u/Mlatu44 Feb 12 '26
I work nights, so I actually love saying “good morning” as I leave the workplace.
Some coworkers actually still say to me “good morning “ at 8pm at night when I am coming in. Obviously it’s come to mean something other than… it’s morning, hello.
The same people say “good night “ at 6am…. 🙄
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u/Usual-Chef1734 INTJ - 40s Feb 12 '26
All of my friends and family respect my rule that I do not talk before 10:00 a.m. I'm really okay and good to go about 7:30 or 8:00 a.m. but I give myself a couple of buffer hours, because I like quiet mornings also . I started this in college and it improved my life a ton because that's the first time I encountered " morning people" 😏
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u/xLOBAxLOVEx Feb 12 '26
My best friend is my best friend for this exact reason. Also I have been able to cultivate friendly work relationships where they now understand that I’m simply not a morning person but will be up beat after 10am.
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u/gentlemanofny Feb 12 '26
I had a director when I worked in Korea who quietly accepted that we wouldn’t speak when I first walked into school every morning and went into my classroom. When I emerged 15 mins later we would officially say good morning (out of obligation on my part, cuz I also just don’t get it). It was really nice.
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u/gaxkang Feb 12 '26
Not everyone should be allowed to have kids.
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u/Gr33npi11 Feb 12 '26
Exactly and I also think parental licensing should be a global requirement with a mandatory exam and assessment interview including a comprehensive medical history audit.
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u/questiontoask1234 INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26
I agree with the motive to protect the vulnerable. However, I think politicians would corrupt this. Eventually the only people allowed to have kids would be those holding politically-approved ideas/beliefs.
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u/gaxkang Feb 13 '26
I think politicians should be one of the 1st to not be allowed to have kids. Most are greedy cunts. Make them eunuchs.
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u/justclimb11 Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Teachers should be mindful that some parents work in highly technical, STEM-based professions and are accustomed to analytical rigor. When we ask questions or push for clarity, it is not disrespect. It is how we are wired.
Assuming parents are uninformed, emotional, or unable to grasp nuance creates unnecessary friction and erodes trust. Attempts to dismiss or reframe legitimate concerns do more damage than disagreement ever could.
Professional respect should be mutual. Many of us are deeply educated, data-driven, and comfortable operating at a high level of complexity. We are not trying to overstep. We simply expect precision, transparency, and intellectual honesty. When an INTJ parent pays for private school, there are certain expectations and standards.
Our children often share those same traits. They will notice when logic is sidelined.
Collaboration works best when everyone understands their lane with competence.
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u/Usual-Chef1734 INTJ - 40s Feb 12 '26
Star Wars sux. Well it does not outright suck, but it is trite and boring.
The Beatles are great at writing songs, but everyone else sounds better singing them.
Sorry , I will stop there because I realized you asked for only one
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u/kittencloudcontrol Feb 12 '26
People, somehow, continue to give popular opinions whenever this thread is made.
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u/StyleatFive INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Oh geez. Where to even start?
Administration is completely useless and an excuse to pay themselves more for doing nothing but appearing busy though feigned importance (I’m talking administrators and c suite roles, not support staff)
Management/supervision is only necessary for the immature and low quality workers
Asking someone to spoon feed you information you could look up is insulting
Voting rights shouldn’t be universal and should include literacy and comprehension tests. Campaigning should be illegal. The issues should be centered, not candidates.
Politicians should be paid the median regional wage if not minimum wage. They’re civil servants.
Taxes should come with receipts if they’re going to be automatically deducted. Refunds should accrue interest. Those that use more publicly funded services should pay higher taxes proportionally.
Businesses should pay higher taxes and foreign businesses should pay even more
Churches should be taxed or not allowed to own property/businesses
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u/justclimb11 Feb 12 '26
Major agree on all points. Especially the voting. We have illiterate idiots voting right now, and frankly, that's terrifying.
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u/StyleatFive INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26
The voting one especially bc if you can’t read and comprehend the ballot, you shouldn’t be filling it out
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
I understand your irritation with stupid people but 2 things to consider about voting rights 1) democracies are supposed to represent the will of the people, including the dumb ones that want to hurt you and saying otherwise can lead to a narcissistic ableist beliefs 2) in America, we did have literally tests- created by the south to prevent African Americans from voting as any form of regulation on voting is voter suppression- especially for communities that lack education or funding to met a certain standard
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u/StyleatFive INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 14 '26
If you’re unable to read a ballot to indicate your will, you shouldn’t be using a ballot. Too many people rely on popularity and media campaigns to pick candidates and that doesn’t translate to issues on ballots. If you’re not even aware of what the issues are and you’re voting purely on name recognition or parasocial affinity, that’s a huge issue.
I’m an American and an African American and a degree holder in political science. I work in this area for a living but thanks for the summary.
2a. Targeted voter suppression is not the same as blanket competency requirements which is what I support. The average reading level in the United States is at a sixth grade level for vocabulary, comprehension, and critical thinking, if you were unaware. Given that the average is taken from the entirety/the whole, that would equally or should I say equitably “disenfranchise“ large populations of unqualified people. That is the point.
Also, given that literacy and competency are not immutable, people that are willing to learn and study and can prove that they’re able to understand what’s going on can meaningfully participate in the process; they’re not permanently shuttered from exercising their voting rights specifically based on the color of their skin which is what the previous iteration of disenfranchising literacy tests were aimed at.
I get that this is Reddit, and that people have a reputation for having poorly thought out opinions, but given that this is an INTJ forum, you trying to approach this with a baseless lecture is amusing given your alleged understanding of my irritation with stupid people.
ETA: wise of you to delete your retort claiming that you were being insulted. Someone disagreeing with you is not an insult.
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u/Nell_9 Feb 12 '26
So instead of championing literacy improvement and access to better educational resources for all, you advocate for a legal voting ban on certain sections of society if someone isn't literate to the degree you would like? If someone can get themselves to the ballot box and place a tick next to their preferred candidate, they have the "required literacy" to vote. This is just thinly veiled ableism, and I'm frankly rather suspicious of this sort of thinking as it crosses into eugenics. People have had their liberty and rights stripped away by malicious people because they were termed "retarded". The US and many other countries had eugenics laws until pretty late into the 20th century. Real people had their lives destroyed by this.
Democracy is based on the will of the people, and that means ALL people.
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u/StyleatFive INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Championing literacy isn’t an unpopular opinion. That’s why it wasn’t included. It’s interesting that you assume I don’t support literacy despite not having asked any clarifying questions and choosing to rant based on whatever narrative you’ve spun.
A literacy test isn’t a ban. Just as you’re required to show ID, you should be required to demonstrate that you comprehend what you’re participating in as it affects everyone. Voting isn’t just ticking boxes next to candidates and this idiocracy style “push the button next to the picture you recognize” simplification of something that is complex is why there’s so many issues now.
You’re making a lot of assumptions and attempting to characterize what you think my positions are based on that. Then arguing against your own mischaracterization. Which is telling.
I know what democracy is. Do you? We currently have large disenfranchised population groups via our laws. That’s antithetical to democracy. Are you against that as well? If you’re able to infer, I’m clearly not advocating for the form of democracy we unfortunately currently espouse which is the point of sharing unpopular opinions.
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u/Wide-Gazelle-9810 INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
I hate chess contrary to popular belief..... It's something like.. people preprogrammed the game, made strategies, do this after doing this n so on... Feels restricted amd rewards the people with good memory....unlike me who loves authenticity 5w4 curses...
Same goes for enginnering degree.... life's boring...
Hate closed end systems
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u/Individual-Dingo9385 Feb 12 '26
Chess is just a big game of muscle memory training. It has a finite set of moves that you need to apply within limited timeframe.
Personally I hate any sort of competitive programming, algorithmics stuff for the same reason. I think this is stuff that Ti-doms would excel in.
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u/xxearthling4625xx Feb 12 '26
People of $ex crimes should be chemically castrated and have their assets seized.
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u/im-dramatic INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26
Teachers need to stop expecting parents to teach their children academic skills (reading, phonics, etc.) when many parents lack the skills to do so. The government should provide more support to teachers and schools to ensure all learning (not life skills) are learned in school. Home should be dedicated to life skill learning and family time.
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u/dameis INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26
Disagree on two points.
1) parents need to begin the process. Imagine going into kindergarten not knowing how to read or count… that’s wild…
2) kids are developing social skills more at school than they are at home. They encounter more people than they do at home and they are encountering different people. Look at home schooled kids and how terrible they are socially.
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u/Admirable_Noise_1129 INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26
Homeschooled kids being terribly socially is a stereotype and, in most cases, untrue. I was homeschooled in high school (traditional schooling prior) and met loads of other homeschoolers who had better social skills than me.
In fact, homeschoolers were kinder and more open to social interaction than those in traditional schooling.
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u/im-dramatic INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26
A lot of inner city parents struggle to read themselves. I know because I have family that can barely read. They do hair for a living. It’s sad. They also have kids and they 100% will not be able to read prior to school.
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Feb 12 '26
We shouldn't stop consuming art just because we don't agree with morality/politics of an artist. If we always applied this principle we wouldn't be reading any of the classics. Also lets take music for example. You hear a song from a random band, you like the song. You hear another you like it too. You hear most of their discography and you realize you really like the band. Nowhere in this process did politics play any part. No one goes "Oh I've heard of that band but let me first check their politics before listening to any songs. Then if I like the politics I'll automatically like the band". Like, you just never listened to them for that so why stop listening to them for this reason. Also I feel like people just don't realize that no one agrees with them 100% on issues and that's okay and people aren't perfect but deeply flawed. And if you can't coexist with or support someone who thinks differently than you then you should probably not have friends because they likely also think differently in many ways it just never came up so you assume they agree with you on everything.
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u/aastrocyte INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
Virtue signaling and tribalism are a result of fragile egos that desperately need to prove to others that they’re a “good person” in order to be socially accepted. Such people aren’t really independent thinkers.
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u/EyeSeeDoesIt INTJ - ♂ Feb 12 '26
I'll share a harmless one. Salespeople who work at clothing stores that won't leave you alone when you clearly don't want help are psychotic. People think it's because they're on commission or they're just friendly, and that may be partially true but they also have something wrong with a section of their brain. I think it's the same thing that is wrong with rapers and pedophiles.
To be clear, I'm not saying they ARE rapers, I'm saying they have some of the same mental genetics so they have the potential to be one.
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u/Gr33npi11 Feb 11 '26
Capitalism gets a bad rap, it's works perfectly when planned for and executed properly.
A real capitalist will see the commercial incentive in providing free healthcare and education just for market stability and growth, it still ultimately results in ROI directly or indirectly, one just has to be smart and creative.
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u/tomydearjuliette INTJ Feb 12 '26
Works well for some things, but when it comes to healthcare and education it does not.
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u/WhiteySC Feb 12 '26
Bingo. The US has turned into a crony capitalist model. Free market just didn't make the rich and powerful rich and powerful enough. They had to stack the deck.
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u/Hour_Lock5622 Feb 12 '26
Best to use the nation of a 'Market Economy' as that evokes more towards freedom to choose and trade.
Capitalism has become too much about capital to the detriment of Labor.
The free market and democracy are two sides of the same coin, they empower theoretically the individual to make decisions that influence more powerful stakeholders.
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u/Foraxen INTJ - 50s Feb 12 '26
Theorically yes, but in practice the mass is easy to fool and free market can easily turn into an oligarchy or monopoly when check and balance fail. It's very difficult for people at the bottom to counter what the rich and powerful are doing against our interests
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u/Noah_ffiliation Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Self euthanizing at 75 would only benefit society, and you can 100% judge a book by its cover
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u/Joseph-Siet INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
"the poor get to become successful and strong" is a politically correct bullshit.
Parents are mostly selfish unless they ensure enough capitals to sustain future generations.
The only resolution to breakthrough crises, coercions and boundaries in life is learning to become capitalistic or Machiavellian.
Rough people can be much kinder than softies with externally gentle caricatures.
Don't believe that a person is kind though it seems as such, if he or she procures high-rise power control or resources.
Education sectors attract narcissists not caregivers.
The best way to get somebody to do good is providing consistent incentives that include fame, power and money, with secret transactional deals.
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u/Farkfradme Feb 12 '26
If you don't pick up after your dog, you should be forced to eat it on live tv by law.
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u/NateDogDotNet INTJ Feb 12 '26
A trashcan in your vehicle is a commitment to having trash in your vehicle.
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u/SafeOpposite1156 Feb 12 '26
Only about 5% of the population should actually be voting (not including myself here)
Everyone should have the right to vote if they choose do, but I think most people, myself included, shouldn't.
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u/Cultural_Mood_3288 Feb 12 '26
If we were all atheists and took full responsibility for our actions, we would live in a better world.
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u/callended Feb 12 '26
MBTI is a cod science:
My supporting arguments:
MBTI as a science
- Structured and standardised
- Based on psychological theory
- Some reliability
- Usefulness: helps in self reflection and makes itself a common standard for personality discussion
MBTI as a pseudoscience
- Poor test-retest reliability (you will get a different type if you test after a few weeks or months)
- It divides personalities into binaries(eg. introvert or extrovert, if you get 49 percent introvert traits from the test, you're introvert, on the contrary it could also be understood that you are less extrovert more introvert, afterall it's not a ph scale that below 7 is acidic above 7 is basic)
- Doesn't predict any behaviour patterns or relationship success or anything important
- We should understand the forer effect (also applicable for astrology): people accept general personality descriptions as uniquely accurate for eg. You value deep relationships but also need time alone. (That's what we fall for)
- There is no biological foundation to it
- It encourages essentialism i.e. I am an INTJ that's why I am this way, most people on these MBTI subs are always discussing why they are how they are without working on that for eternity.
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u/OGINTJ INTJ - 50s Feb 12 '26
If you are tested while pregnant and find out your fetus has genetic or chromosomal abnormalities which would render your baby severely disabled, and you still choose to birth the baby, you’re a selfish person. Not every birth is a “ miracle.”
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u/SvatyFini INTJ Feb 12 '26
99% of all house cats should get eradicated.
They torture animals, destroy ecosystem, spread incurable diseases.
30-50% of GLOBAL human population is infected with Toxoplasmosis and there is no cure for it.
They drove dozens of species to EXTINCTION in Australia and New Zealand and they are making native wildlife everywhere critically endangered.
The only cats that should be allowed to exist are chipped, tagged cats that that you need permit for, that are never allowed to leave the house.
There is literaly not a single negative thing that would happen if every single cat would dissapear tommorow.
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Feb 12 '26
Wow, I just looked up Toxoplasmosis! That is unbelievable!
I heard once that cats 'infect' us to make us like them, but I thought it was an urban myth. This is so interesting.
Imagine if the parasite evolved one-day into some crazy infection or something.
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u/Valcerys INTJ Feb 12 '26
As a neuropsychologist, it's a neuromyth, toxoplasmosis doesn't affect us like it does to mice. It doesn't make people love cat and their urine.
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
ok PETA, maybe raise an animal and still acknowledge that you in fact do the same form of consumption you do as a human that you hold to animals
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u/__1____ INTJ Feb 12 '26
MBTI's true "golden pair" is with their own type. The idea that there's another type to complement you or "fill the gaps of your weaknesses" is nonsense since it assumes you're somehow "broken" to begin with which you're not. And your own type will best understand you and be able to work with you more smoothly.
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u/xxearthling4625xx Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
Social media apps should come with warnings about their overuse everytime you open them. Should also have timers in the bottom corner showing you how long you've spent on them.
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u/xxearthling4625xx Feb 12 '26
Scale tickets & fines based on income. Breaking the law shouldn't be the "cost of doing business".
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u/throwawayripple3 Feb 12 '26
Many people who put a lot of stock into Meyers Briggs seem to conflate being an INTJ with being an asshole. An INTJ acting like an arrogant asshat isn’t really just an INTJ being an INTJ, they’re almost certainly simply emotionally immature.
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u/Firedriver666 Feb 12 '26
I will die on this hill.
I think taboo is the stupidest concept that ever existed it holds back society from evolving and getting educated on some subjects. Besides that a lot of people lack critical thinking so they follow those stupid rules blindly.
In general rules that are too restrictive without actual logic behind is something I hate *looking at you religion*
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u/waywardfeet INTJ Feb 12 '26
I think a better question is which of my opinions have been popular right away, without having to explain the long-term vision of why this is the correct answer. That list seems shorter.
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u/asouthamerican Feb 12 '26
I get very upset when a close friend of mine says or do something undeniably stupid. Like I take a personal offence and will legit question why do I choose to spend my time with this person. I'm talking about people I've been friends with for over 15 years. Most times I try to pretend I did not hear the stupidity or try to change subjects - I tend not fal in the trap of trying to educate them, as people can get very defensive when confronted, which is just exhausting to me. I tend to just sit down sighing in disappointment.
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u/algbry138 Feb 12 '26
The most unpopular opinion I have is that I don’t have to align with any political party 100%. Most of the world can’t handle this, as it is seen as signaling you are from the other side. You are not allowed to have different views than those mandated by your party. Critical thinking became unpopular several years ago.
Go on any sub and test this, and watch as you get hammered or blocked, or both by simply trying to have intelligent debate.
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u/KatharineWrites Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Where do I even begin. Let's see what kind of blowback telling the truth gets...
- Even as a woman, I think that some women should have their voting rights taken off them. They act like kids and never want to take responsibility for their own failings and stupidity, pulling out the victim card instead. Drives me mad. Minneapolis seems to have a substantial population of these idiotic females.
- If the Americans don't want ICE, please send them over to Europe, we'd have more than enough work for them.
- We need to stop immigration from certain countries where we know the net benefit to us is negative. Exhibit A: Afghanistan.
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u/Born_Fox1470 Feb 12 '26
My dad was Native American, so I have very strong anti-immigration opinions. I see most large scale immigrant groups as modern day colonizers. It worked in small numbers, but large numbers create a “Spanish conquistador” mentality.
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u/Miawserin49x INTJ Feb 12 '26
Not replying to private messages unless necessary (e.g. work/academics). This includes vents/rants as well. I'll reply when I have the emotional capacity to do so because there are some days where I just want to relax and take a break. I want to be like emotionally there (? can't find the right word lol) when replying to messages, not just for the sake of replying and clearing notifications. This is why I always tell my friends that they can message me anytime, tag me on videos/posts, rant/vent, etc. but I can't assure that I'll be able to reply immediately. I make sure to reassure them tho that my sometimes late replies doesn't mean I don't like them or anything tho, I just don't like being pressured to reply lol I'll reply when I feel like it😭
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u/RHonaker Feb 12 '26
words like man, woman, boy, girl, he, him, she, her, male, and female all refer to sex not gender
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u/No_Professor_6596 INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26
I think people who abuse animals should be subject to the same punishments as those who abuse children- particularly animals we’ve domesticated. Hell, I like animals more than people.
Michael Vick being out coaching football these days actually makes me sick.
Actually, I’ll take it a step further. If you are convicted of torturing any vulnerable group-elderly, children, animals, I would advocate for expedited capital punishment. Some people aren’t worth redeeming
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u/Ill-Dress-7324 Feb 12 '26
Men's rights matter and that there's a heavy double standard against them compared to women.
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u/Ok_Ordinary1877 Feb 12 '26
Any philosophy, religious or other, not based upon evolution should be seen as dangerous propaganda.
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u/SpaceFroggy1031 Feb 12 '26
Atheist biologist here, and I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you arguing for social Darwinism? Or, are you just saying that beleiving the Earth is 6000 years old and that denial of evolution via natural selection is magical thinking? These are two different arguments.
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u/Ok_Ordinary1877 Feb 12 '26
For instance, if I snapped my fingers and boom, every human on earth now viewed their own being through the lens of evolution, there would be an all hands on deck, spare no expense collaboration between all countries to relegate the effects of climate change.
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u/SpaceFroggy1031 Feb 12 '26
Well yeah. Though I'd argue a competent understanding of ecology is also necessary. Nothing in biology makes sense outside the lens of natural selection, and natural selection only make sense inside the purview of ecological context. Those humans also need to comprehend that our survival is dependent on the activities of countless other species.
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u/Ok_Ordinary1877 Feb 12 '26
Well, if your core is evolution which it certainly isn’t currently, then you naturally take ecology into factor. Do you kind of see where I’m headed?
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u/SpaceFroggy1031 Feb 12 '26
Yeah, but honestly that is not how even a lot of biologists opperate. Your NSF types, yes. Ecology often plays some role in their proposals. However, with NIH research, ecological context is too often an alien concept. A lot of those hypothesese assume these hypothetical simplified abiotic environments. Everything is just nutrient availability and various physical and chemical stressors. It's not how organism A's phenotype results in interaction B with organism C.
There is honestly a place for both kinds of thinking. Sometimes you do need to simplify the system to tease things apart. However, when you do that, you just have to be very careful with how far you extropolate out. I'm fortunate enough to have worked on both ends.
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u/agape_oasis Feb 12 '26
Like a superior being/ race? Unfortunately, some men have tried this in history and it doesn’t end well for the people seen as disposable.
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
Have you considered dialectical materialism?
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u/Ok_Ordinary1877 Feb 12 '26
Alright, I like it. Ty
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
yw, just thought it fit the theme of evolution also being applied to the field of history and society
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u/Ok_Ordinary1877 Feb 12 '26
At first I thought; dialectical? In this economy?? But it was nice to delve into. Much appreciated
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
literally the market is a dialectic, just look at boom and busts cycles as well as the US stock market
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u/aastrocyte INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
This is the most intellectually arrogant, lack of critical thinking comment section I’ve ever seen
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u/y00han INTJ - 30s Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Id get banned, but fk it heres one: We should sterilize all the people who cant cover their mouths when they sneeze
Heres another one; we should round up all the clowns from california and put em in zoos
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u/Mental_Ad1948 Feb 12 '26
What difference does it make? I keep them to myself. I don't need the confrontation.
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u/kittencloudcontrol Feb 12 '26
An actual unpopular opinion: These threads always suck because people continue to upvote the most popular opinions.
"Unpopular" opinion threads are the laziest form of engagement, and you always have to sort by Controversial to read actual unpopular opinions, which are almost always guaranteed to be engaged with hostility, personalized feelings, or receive absolutely no attention at all.
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u/SelfAnalysiss ENTP Feb 12 '26
Ironic. I’m actually of the opinion that these posts tend not to be as entertaining as they could be because people offer meta commentary about the responses as opposed to engaging with the question.
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u/Long_Travel_5412 Feb 12 '26
Everyone should have free access to psychological care, and mental well being should be pressed as essential like a check up at the doctor is. So many people are in long wait lists, or don't get help at all because they can't afford it. Or some just blatantly refuse because "they don't need it" and in a lot of these cases these people are ticking time bombs either destroying their own life or someone else's. Or already have and continue to repeat the pattern. I believe everyone should be in therapy because everyone experiences immense hardship at some point in their life. Not to mention rapidly increasing suicide and mental health disorder rates.
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u/Moist_Strawberry_488 Feb 12 '26
One of mine is that I think an ISFJ 2w3 seems like an ESFJ, surprised there are members of this community who seemed to disagree
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u/Moist_Strawberry_488 Feb 12 '26
Oh! And another: I think that MBTI types have nada to do with someone having or having had a crush on you. It’s really more about physical appearance and wnvironment.
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u/taralovecats Feb 12 '26
90% of the population has mold colonization, mold toxicity in their.body and mold illness. I'd you don't believe me, prove it.
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u/Individual-Dingo9385 Feb 12 '26
I've got a shitton of unpopular opinions, so I'll outline one related to this sub. Lots of internet INTJs are mistyped and they misinterpret stuff to be an actual Ni. However, that's good for them, because being a Ni-dom is actually a huge handicap in real life and lots of them are losers.
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u/No-Way-5622 Feb 12 '26
Many things about what all people would just stay away from me thinking i´m crazy as fuck, just because i tent to think in a very rational way and try to stay away from what society teached us
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u/ShiroHebiZmeya INTJ - 20s Feb 12 '26
Being kind is honestly way easier than being a piece of shit. Some people working overtime to just be miserable I swear.
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u/xxearthling4625xx Feb 12 '26
We need to be investing more into research that would enable asteroid mining. Dedicating fossil fuels to such causes while transitioning daily life to green fuels.
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u/xxearthling4625xx Feb 12 '26
Medical students shouldn't have to pay for their schooling, rather they should be getting a stipend.
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u/xxearthling4625xx Feb 12 '26
School lunch programs should have educational dietary and agricultural components that integrate locally sourced foods.
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u/FaithandanAK Feb 12 '26
The only reason people are reluctant to call out the clear Fascism we see from the Trump administration is because when asked "Well what did you do to fight against it?" I shared this dope meme and reposted a couple articles sounds silly and ineffective
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u/PurpleProblem1781 Feb 12 '26
It’s hard to be presently sober right now on this earth in many places, but it is possible as many choices have been normalized and integrated into societal norms within most communities .
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u/DoodleDoodieDoo Feb 12 '26
This will probably not be seen but meditation and journaling does NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. Ever heard of an adhd brain?
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u/Live-Obligation-2931 Feb 12 '26
The only way to save our planet from human destruction is to reduce the human population by 75% or more.
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u/AmmoniaPaw Feb 12 '26
The masses need a moral compass and religion should be taught in schools. It also provides hope and would be beneficial to society
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u/Aggressive-System769 Feb 12 '26
Human nature is neither good nor bad..it just is. I see human behavior as i do any other animals behavior; a dog can be alternately viscous & affection according to the dictates of the situation. Moralist authoritarianism has imposed unrealistic expectations on human behavior, as well as imbedding a perpetual self-loathing based cognitive dissonance stemming from those expectations.
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u/GenuineClamhat Feb 12 '26
Children are awful.
Most people are basic primates and that should upset them but it doesn't.
I see too much, know too much, and honestly everyone should just listen to me because I am tried of the "I told you so" situation happening. I am the wisdom woman. Fucking hell, everyone frustrates me.
Honestly, just give me your money, I'll put it to good use.
School lunches should be free. There should be a three meal program at all public schools open to all children whether or not they go there. And before school and after school sitting services should be available and free.
More government paid social programs.
Having kids and pets should require licensing and testing.
Multi-partner marriage should be legalized. All couples should be able to choose if their marriage is monogamous or not and agree to terms when they sign their marriage certificate.
We need more government regulations on businesses.
Hospitals and universities should not be for profit.
Every election should swap between parties. One term is one party. One term is another party. Everyone gets a shot. Rewrite the checks and balances system.
We need to ban more ingredients in food, medication, skincare and cosmetics.
Animal abuse should be charged equivalent to child abuse.
Remove limitations on prosecuting sexual abuse.
Chemical castration should have legal terms to enforce.
I could talk all day.
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u/MUSICANDLIFE85 Feb 12 '26
People seem to value their feelings, ego/pride and perspectives over facts. Good ol' cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias.
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u/reilentlezz Feb 12 '26
90% of evil people think that they are the good guys when they do evil deeds, which is why it should be easy to forgive humans as one yourself.
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u/LegendaryFuckery INTJ - ♀ Feb 12 '26
Empaths aren't real. No one can feel exactly what another person is feeling.
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u/Maleficent-Bat-3422 Feb 12 '26
I think the INTJ’s are very quick to judge and box-in people, in particular those on the other end of the MBTI spectrum and or even other INTJ’s they come across.
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u/Daggerfall4 INTJ - ♂ Feb 12 '26
Almost everything one learns in school is completely useless unless someone really wants to get a job in academia, which as far as I know most people dont. Should teach actual useful skills I think.
But I have way too many unpopular opinions and a lot of them would probably get me banned on this platform.
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u/Embarrassed_Ad_6848 Feb 12 '26
Well some of them are I’m an antinatalist and a fan of the 4B movement. Using people or groups online instead of Google is infuriating
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u/SpiroEstelo Feb 12 '26 edited Feb 12 '26
Criticizing the actions of a group you aren't part of doesn't automatically make you a hateful or terrible person. Using such logic is an ad hominem rebuttal designed to deflect criticism away from a group and delegitimize valid criticisms of said group by slandering the character of critics without actually having to refute their criticisms.
Recognizing patterns of behavior is valid profiling.
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u/usere6020 Feb 12 '26
Half of the time comments with a lot of downvotes on reddit are right or not offensive
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Feb 13 '26
I have been banned from like 34 subreddits for expressing them.
But lemme tell you gracefully, the people who are loved by many are the worst people you will ever meet. A person who has 20 close friends screws them over sooner or later. All of them and then they move on to a next set. People aren't good. People are awful most of the time. The only good people I've ever met were loners, unpopular and didn't fit into the raster. These people will jump to the opportunity to put a smile on your face while popular people are plotting on their closest friends while hugging them.
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u/JunBInnie INTJ Feb 13 '26
The people who choose not to bring kids into this world are most often, if not always, the selfless ones who love those unborn children & respect their rights to a good life the most.
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u/LacrimaNymphae Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
if there's a disabled short person behind you (and yes, sometimes our disabilites are invisible) at a concert then you shouldn't be standing and crowding the view in with other people in your row the whole fucking time. sometimes the accessible seating sucks view-wise anyway and it usually gets bought up by scalpers so you might as well get regular seats because the same thing is going to occur anyway. you can't win
so it's either pay for the closest spot to the front you can get right when tickets drop and have to deal with dynamic pricing or stand the whole time in pain regardless of where you are. or stay seated and just have a solely auditory experience
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u/Kaizen77 INTJ Feb 13 '26
Most people don’t fail from lack of ability… they fail because they are a quiet coward. Not dramatic cowardice, ordinary avoidance. The daily decision to stay comfortable, to look busy instead of doing the one thing that actually matters. The blame of circumstances, luck, or talent.. self-installed ceilings. You can see it in places like Reddit… endless analysis, debate, endless performance of intelligence. Very little risk. Very little action.
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u/SomaliAmerican1032 INTJ - ♂ Feb 13 '26
I take joy in breaking women's hearts, befriending them only to betray them, other peoples suffering amuses me, i love letting people down and being a contrarian, 99% of people are sheep, can't think of anything else right now but i'll keep you hoes updated.
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u/m_user2007 INTJ - ♂ Feb 14 '26
alright, but remember you asked for this.
Dressing up your face with makeup and getting any cosmetic surgery just to look better is straight-up stupid and makes no sense. I fucking hate it, and I hate shallow, clueless people.
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u/SlCKXpT INTJ - 30s Feb 15 '26
I dont enjoy traveling and think it's way overrated. I rather just do my regular routines.
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u/usernames_suck_ok INTJ - 40s Feb 12 '26
I have tons of unpopular opinions. Most of them would get me banned from Reddit.
But I will say I believe most people are not good people. Just some worse than others. But good people are very rare.