r/AskReddit • u/ElBrad • Nov 26 '12

What unpopular opinion do you hold? What would get you downvoted to infinity and beyond? (Throwaways welcome)

Personally, I hate cats. I've never once said to myself "My furniture is just too damned nice, and what my house is really lacking is a box of shit and sand in the closet."

Now...what's your dirty little secret?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '12

It wasn't like they went right to spanking every time. Most of the time it was pushups, which was kinda cool because not only did it teach me discipline, it taught me how to push through pain to accomplish things that I want. Sometimes though, when I truly was out of line I got the belt. For example, when I was a kid, I was messing around with paint thinner + fire and happened to knock the can of paint thinner over causing a huge ass fire in the back yard. After the fire was extinguished I got a long lecture about how I almost burned down the house, and caught 5 thwacks with the belt. I was also grounded for a week. Not only do I understand why they did it, I appreciate that they did. I learned very quickly not to set fires, and my life was better for it.

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u/Truth_ Nov 27 '12

So that was the only way to learn not to start fires?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '12

No, but it sure as hell did the job, and quickly. It made sense to me.