Hot Takes & Unpopular Opinions

Why is “Don’t Go to Bed Angry” bad advice? We're going all in with your boldest, most controversial opinions. From why leaving your shopping cart in the parking lot should land you in jail, to whether the middle seat on an airplane is secretly the best. Hope you enjoy xx

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Hi, hello, and welcome back to another episode of the Unrelatable podcast. Usually, on Thursdays, as you know, I typically do deep dives, and we take a look into different stories and our thought processes and dive into controversial topics. Anyways, all that to say, I'm not doing that today. Life has been a roller coaster as of late and everything's fine. I've just felt a lot of stress and thinking and using my brain is not working as much as I would like it to.

And so instead of doing a deep dive today, instead of diving deep into something really thought provoking, I thought why not have another nice, fun, funny, controversial, hot take. We're gonna do unpopular opinions. We're gonna do hot takes. We're going to do the opinions that you will probably disagree with, and so will I. Because I was reading through some of these submissions, and I thought, excuse me.

Please sit down. We're we're not even going to get into that. And then other ones, I thought 100% that is diabolical that someone would think and do that. I completely agree. So we're just going to have a more lighthearted, a more fun episode today, and I hope that you are down for that.

So with that, welcome back to the Unrelatable podcast. This first submission says, the 5 day work week in the US should be abolished. 4 days is enough for the same productivity levels, probably even 3. 5 days a week causes unnecessary suffering. I don't know how we are still in this schedule because, I mean, you go to London, and they have a tea break.

You even go to specific restaurants, and they have an afternoon off for the chefs, for the employees where people can take a nap. They can have a very long lunch. They can relax. I don't know why we are still in this. Of course, because we are a capitalistic country.

I hope I'm not putting in the wrong words here. This is not where you get your news from. This is just the country of working really hard all the time and having a really hard time balancing work and family and life because we work from, I don't know, January, February, March, April, May, June. Right? Don't we work for 5 or 6 months a year for free because that's what goes to taxes?

Am I correct? It's what? 50%, 40%, 50%, depending on what state you're in. And then the rest of the year is spent working so that you can pay off your your, apartment complex or your house, food, all the other stuff. Anyways and then you hardly have any extras to play with.

And that's from working 40 hours a week, 5 times a week. Come on. I completely agree. Don't know if that's a hot take or an unpopular opinion. I think all of us are on your side.

Okay. Next one. McDonald's sausage McGriddle is the best breakfast fast food item. I haven't had one of those since, probably 2016. And now that I'm eating meat again, I don't like to say it very loudly because it makes me uncomfortable.

I might need to go try one of these because I remember in high school pulling up to good old Mickey D's and ordering one of those, and there was no consequence. There was no thought of money, of calories, of health, or anything because I was just a kid, and I miss those times. I miss it, and maybe I'll just swing by 1 later this week and take a gamble. Maybe I'll see what they've got on their menu. I truly haven't.

Okay. This is not like I haven't been to McDonald's and so on, but I actually haven't. Mostly because most of the items are meat, and so I haven't had the option. Taco Bell, though. Taco Bell's got that power bowl, or is that taco time?

One of them has a power bowl, and you can make it veggie. And, oh my goodness, it was so good, and the macros are really good. Anyways, 100% agree. So far, we're 2 for 2. So let's see if this next one we're going to agree or disagree with.

Pancakes and waffles are the same. Stop this nonsensical debate. Okay. I disagree because they're different shapes. Therefore, they can't be the same.

The surface area to volume is different. The flavor is different. The way that little waffle holes hold the syrup and gives you a single bite with syrup. I have to pour syrup on my pancake. I don't know how many times because I put on only enough syrup to cover, you know, 3 bites worth because I don't want it soaking in.

That's disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. So might have to disagree with you there, but that's okay. This one says, and making the killing of wildlife as your annual hobby is disappointing. I completely agreed with this back in the day before I learned something and this is what I learned that maybe you didn't know either, but hunters actually contribute almost all the money that goes into conservation efforts, and they're managing the wildlife populations.

And so, for example, deer and elk, they have to be hunted. I hate saying this because I hate it. I don't understand. I don't understand why people like killing animals. I really don't.

All I'm saying is that I now understand why I can nom not maybe economically isn't the right word for the ecosystem, for all of that jazz, especially with species that have been wiped out by predators and whatnot. Wasn't it a thing with coyotes or wolves? I have no idea what I'm talking about, honestly. But I just remember when a whole bunch were released because there were too many and they were killing too many animals. And then those animals couldn't eat the other animals or the plants, and it knocked everything out of whack.

So while I agree that, honestly, I probably couldn't date someone, I mean, I'm married. But, realistically, if Caden had been someone that hunted animals, I would not have any any idea why. I, yeah, I I don't understand it. I understand that it needs to be done, but I couldn't do it myself, and I just don't understand it. I don't.

So kind of, you know, agree, but also learned that it is unfortunately, needed. Didn't think I would ever say that on my podcast or out loud. But, yeah. Okay. Following this one says, the death penalty for animal abusers.

Yeah. 100% agree. I don't think there's any denying it. I think that we all agree with that one, so we can move on. Because I yeah.

People are crazy. And if you're that crazy, then goodbye. We don't need you. Okay. Maybe I shouldn't say these things out loud.

This next one says, popcorn is gross. I'm so sorry. Is it a millennial phrase for me to say, who hurt you? Is it? Because, honestly, I'm so sorry.

This seems like a very uneducated and gross overstatement. Popcorn is simply one of the most diverse food groups, as is as it is a food group, that you could ever get. You cannot tell me that you haven't made homemade popcorn where you pop your popcorn, next to it, you heat up some good old corn syrup, you dump a Jell O packet of flavoring into this corn syrup, whether it's watermelon, grape. Actually, most of you probably hate grape. I love grape.

I love the grape flavor. Maybe that's a hot take. Yeah. You can't tell me that you've never done that, and then coated it all over the popcorn and just had the most delectable sticky treat. Oh my goodness.

Or if you don't want it to be sweet, guess what? You throw a little bit of coconut oil in the microwave, pour that over, a little bit of salt. Oh, the other day, we celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary. And we primarily wanted popcorn, but we didn't have any in the house. So we did what anybody would do.

We bought movie tickets to go see a movie, and we bought a large extra large popcorn. And we were there really just for the popcorn because if I'm being honest, we saw a movie that I will never see again. It was so I I can't even tell you what it was. It was terrible. I thought it was gonna be a chick flick.

It's not a chick flick. Yep. Don't go see it if you are sensitive because I closed my eyes the entire time and just looked at the popcorn and I said, Will you marry me? Like, I've been in this 8 year long relationship, but he would probably leave me for popcorn. I would leave him for popcorn.

Okay. Moving on here. This next one says, comparing books to movies is stupid. They are different mediums, so inevitably things end up changed, added or removed. Saying a movie is bad because the book is better or because they left x y z out from the book isn't good criticism of the quality of the movie.

But the accuracy of the adaptation, which isn't a criteria of the quality of the movie on its own. Wow. This was detailed. And I completely agree. I feel like movies are such a different form of adaptation of the book that it's its own story.

And I think I've said that before, there's so many choices that have to be made while someone, while a director, producer, whatever is creating a movie, especially especially in the movies where they're fantasy or they're sci fi. The reasons they're fantasy and sci fi is because we make these things up in our mind. They will never be 100% accurate to what we imagined. Now, that's not to say that Blake Lively wasn't a terrible choice for Lily Bloom in It It Ends With Us. I think we can all agree with that.

She was a terrible choice. She couldn't relate to the character. She doesn't even like to act. She only wants to play herself, and herself isn't someone who's empathetic, it seems, to other people's situations or in touch with reality or look at me, just spewing random things. I don't know.

That's just what it seemed like from the interviews. And listen, I really, really, really have liked her her whole movie career long, but you have to I don't know. You just have to be in tune with the character that you're playing and really actually care about it in order to act well. And though I enjoyed the movie, thought it was well done, there were certainly scenes where I thought, okay, this is so cheesy and poorly done. The outfits yeah.

There will always be times where you're disappointed, or there will be times where you are extremely pleased and you're shocked and surprised at how well they did. And I think the only way to experience that is to separate it logically in your mind and think, you know what? This is just an adaptation. This is not supposed to be word by word because if it were, it would be 18 hours long. For example, Dune love Dune, as you know, but it was done, I think, in the eighties.

It is so bad. I think we watched maybe 5 minutes of it, and even the shields that they put up, you know, their shields, whatever. I can't explain that to you. It was a box, like, on the screen. Like, it was a shifting box surrounding the actors.

And, you know, a lot of times, people can only do so much with the resources that they have, with the budget that they have, with all of that jazz. But, actually, DC, I feel, personally, hot take, does not make very good movies, especially with the budget that they have. I'm thinking, okay. This is not done well. This is terrible.

Why is this so corny? I had high expectations for Aquaman. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe it's my expectations that are the problem and not the actual film. Okay.

Moving forward. Leaving a shopping cart in the parking lot should result in jail time 100%. It just shows laziness. It shows I don't care if this dings up someone else's car. I'm not thinking 5 minutes ahead to think about that.

And I understand not leaving your kids in the car by themselves, But hear me out. How did you get the cart in the 1st place? Did you bring your kids with you to the cart, or did you bring the cart with you to the car? You hear what I'm saying? So at some point, you already did that, so it's not going to hurt to do whatever you had to do as long as everyone's in a safe position, of course.

But I just feel like that's not a very good excuse. Is that a hot take? I don't know. We can vote on it. Maybe I'll put these up on the story and we can vote.

Okay. This next one says, leaving menus or flyers in people's doors and windshields should be considered trespassing and littering. Oh my goodness. 100%. Putting it on your windshield or under your windshield wiper?

Excuse me. You know how many times I almost broke my windshield wipers just from like touching them. I don't want somebody else doing that. Now, granted, I haven't had that happen a long time. So it's not a current issue that I'm very passionate about, but I do agree fully.

This next one says, celebrities publishing their ghost written garbage memoirs are cluttering up the best seller shelves, and it drives me insane. Can we have actual books from actual writers and turn those writers into celebrities rather than have to look at some actor or influencers life story or advice? Also, sci fi is not as widely available as it should be, at least where I live. Oh, this is a hot take because, listen, ghostwriters, I kind of agree. I I don't understand why it's done.

It's almost like having it's almost an artist who doesn't write their own music, and all they can do is sing. Maybe you just call that teamwork, I guess, but then they take all the credit. You know what I mean? I almost feel like they should also be giving credit. It could be this is Hannah's memoir written by Sofia, my sister.

You know what I mean? I don't think it should be written by blah, blah, blah. Maybe they do specify that. Maybe they do specify that it's a ghost writer, but I love the idea of supporting actual actual writers and people who love doing this as their passion, then, again, I love a good memoir. I do.

Does anyone know if Matthew McConaughey wrote his own book, or did he have a ghostwriter? I forget. I think he wrote his own book because I remember listening to it and really enjoying it because he spoke from, you know, I this and I that. No. Actually, I think they all do.

Right? I would say Britney Spears is one I was a little bit disappointed by. And then Julia Fox, hers was crazy. Down the Drain by Julia Fox, I didn't know very much about her beforehand, but she had a wild, wild childhood. And it was really learning her story and more about the New York City lifestyle and what people have to do to get by there sometimes and drug abuse and all these things that I have never experienced before.

So I don't know if she used a ghostwriter. Now I'm feeling really disappointed because I'll rate these books on my Goodreads account, and I'll say, excellently written. Good job, Julia Fox. And she might not even be the author, and these authors deserve more credit. Normalize putting the ghostwriter's name next to the celebrities.

You know what I mean? They're both the author. They should both be on there. Okay. This next one says, not liking something popular isn't always an attempt to be edgy.

Some people just don't wanna watch Tiger King. This show is from so long ago. Oh my goodness. But I completely agree. I was one of those people.

Didn't wanna watch Tiger King. Wasn't interested in it at all. Is it because I'm extra sensitive when it comes to animals? 110%. But I wasn't trying to be edgy.

I was definitely just extra sensitive. And I feel this a lot, but then but then, sometimes, I'll talk to my siblings and they'll say, hey, do you like this? And they'll say, yeah. But it's everywhere. Everybody's wearing it.

So I don't know. Just not my thing. And I'm, like, okay. Cool girl. Why are you so good at fashion and figuring out things for yourself when I just prefer to see it on someone else and get inspired by that?

Like, I'm so sorry that I like more basic things. Triggered, Anna? No. I'm just kidding. My siblings are really good at finding their own style and good with fashion and whatnot.

And I think sometimes we mix liking fashion with liking consumption and trends. Being on trend is not fashion, in my in my personal and humble opinion. I mean, I'm more with trends and less with fashion because it's just not something I'm very good at. But I think acknowledging that would help the fashion community feel a little bit less triggered for sure. Okay.

I don't even know how we got to that. This one says, I wholeheartedly believe that Surf's Up is the best animated movie ever. I think it's time that we have a Surf's Up watch party. Because how many years has it been since I've seen that? So many.

So many. You know, the last animated movie that I saw was sharks Shark Tale Shark's Tale? You know, the one with Lola? Oh my gosh. I had the biggest crush on her when I was a kid.

I said this, Lola is so beautiful. I just wanna be her. Does anyone know who I'm talking about? Lola from shark tail? She is the absolute most brattiest, most objectified fish on the show.

And I thought she was so beautiful, but then well, actually, I won't end up telling you what happens. You can you can look that up for yourself. And I was actually looking at the objectification of female cartoon animals in Disney and Pixar and all these different movies. And it is so interesting because, yeah, they always depict them with a bigger chest, even if they're not really distinguishing that. They always have really long lashes and long beautiful hair, and I don't know.

It kind of was making me feel weird, you know, objectifying these fish and animals. And I don't know. I don't know. We can move on from that because I don't even know I don't even know what to say about that anymore. Okay.

This next one says, companies should stand by their employees and do away with the customers always write BS. Listen to both sides and compromise. No need to crap on your workers when a Karen is being a biatch. I think having the attitude that the customer is always right is what created Karen in the first place. You gave Karen the platform that she stands on because you told her the customer is always right.

It's your fault. Take accountability, apologize to your employees, and we can move forward in harmony with less Karens in the world. Thank you. This next one says, Travis Scott is a horrible person. Yeah.

You are right. I did watch a 45 minute YouTube analysis on Travis Scott while I was doing cardio one time because, a hot take, I love to watch, what is it called, YouTube videos on celebrities or musicians and artists while I do my cardio. And one time I watched one on Travis Scott, and he I don't wanna say he cheated his way to the top because he is, in my opinion, talented, for sure. And I do listen to his music a lot, especially in the gym. But, yeah, he did that whole thing where he lied to his parents about going to college, and they were sending him money.

And he was actually using it to make music and kept lying to them until they literally came to visit him at college, and he wasn't there. But his whole thing at astroworld when all of those people died in the crowd, and he just didn't care. You know, there were ambulances driving through the crowd. Kylie Jenner casually posted a video of the ambulances and was saying how great of a time she was having there when literal children's lives were lost. Have you ever been to a concert where you've been scared for your life?

Because it is a terrifying experience. There was once a time, and I've already told you this, I'm sure, where I had to be carried out of a crowd, and I had blood on my pants. It wasn't even my own blood. I had blood on my pants. I was missing a shoe, and this security guard literally had to carry me out because I couldn't keep my head above a puff water.

It felt like I couldn't keep my head above the crowd. I kept getting pushed down to the ground. Terrifying experience. So bad. And so just imagining the crazy mosh pits and all these things that happens.

I just don't understand it. These people are so hooked on adrenaline that are in these mosh pits. How do you enjoy it? How do you enjoy it? I don't know.

Maybe it's my old age. Maybe it is. It's okay if it is, I guess, because whatever. Okay. This next submission says, artists should be allowed to grow, and they shouldn't be forced to make the same album that made them famous over and over and over again.

I understand not liking someone's later music, but there's so many artists out there who make music similar to what you like. So go seek them out instead. Don't stifle someone else's growth because you can't dig it anymore. Yes. But, also, I really want the weekend to put out an album like his first few albums.

No. I agree. And we have we've talked about this before. Sorry. I feel like I keep saying that, but not allowing an artist to grow and then hating on them for having a different style once they finally put out music is so disappointing.

That's not to say that I wasn't disappointed in Lil Yachty's album this year. I was a 150% disappointed, and he will probably never be on my top five listen to Spotify rap ever again like he was last year. But that's because he's a very experimental artist. So is Don Toliver. So are many other artists.

And you just move on and you find another artist, and it's not the end of the world, and you shouldn't post hate on their account. Imagine being an artist. Even, you know, not even musician, but watercolor artist. And people are just constantly commenting that they hate your style because you don't do the same thing you did 5 years ago. You would say, but, hey, this is growth, and this is who I am today, and this represents who I am today.

I don't know. It just makes me sad. It makes me sad to see crazy comments on people's posts, so I don't look at them. But it's you should just support someone. And if you don't support them, walk away.

Don't put out that bad energy. I don't know. It's not it's just giving immature. Okay? That's what I'm gonna call it.

Okay. This person says, oh, boy. I have a lot. A lot of what? Oh, a lot of opinions about the eras tour.

Alright. Taylor Swifties. Here we go. Opinions on the eras tour. We've got 4 here.

Number 1, people have turned the eras tour into a status symbol. The more times you go, the better fan you are. People who have gone to 5 plus states in several different countries are ridiculous. I said what I said. Number 2, ATW should not have been the 10 minute version.

RED has way too many GP faves, and I wish she had included more deep cuts instead of the 10 minute version. I would love to know what was just said, but I don't. So I'm gonna assume that anyone who's a Swifty will, and I will continue. The third one says, the friendship bracelets are wasteful. No one needs 2 arms full of bracelets just so that they can bring them back home and wear them for a week, and then forget about them in the back of the closet to spend to spend eternity in a landfill.

100%, I agree with that one. Okay. Number 4, Swifties who resell tickets they no longer can use or no longer need for 50 times face value are just as bad as scalpers who only bought the tickets to resale. 100%. I agree with this, especially because they do this with Billie Eilish and so many other artists.

It is not fair. K. Continuing. Also unpopular opinion, Swifties who do this with merch or buy merch solely to trade are pretty low on my list. And, yeah, I know it's not that deep.

I don't care what you do. You asked for a hot take, I answered. I'm nothing but a random person on the Internet. Okay. That is so funny because I agree with the friendship bracelets are wasteful, and then the reselling of tickets.

You're gonna have to explain to me the Taylor Swift era's friendship bracelet lore. I think what they're saying is that you wear a million of those little charm bracelets all over your arms and whatnot. Not charms, but the ones with beads. I think that if you have an event, there's no reason to go buy something new for it, and you should just use what you already have in your closet. Or go thrifting because 90% of what is in a thrift store will be going to the dump anyway.

So, yeah, that is I don't think, a hot take either. But, yeah, thanks for that. Because, as you know, I don't know anything about the Taylor Swift fandom. I do know that I do have a submission of a t swift hater. So we'll get to that one eventually.

Hold tight. This one says, going to bed angry is stupid advice. A lot of young couples still receive the good old don't go to bed angry advice at weddings. It's stupid advice. Arguing when you're exhausted is a recipe for disaster.

Go ahead and go to bed angry, get a good night's sleep, and tackle the issue when you've had some rest. I actually agree with this. As long as you're I think maybe the point of don't go to bed angry is to reaffirm your love for each other and the importance of understanding each other and then going to bed. Because I agree that if you think, oh, we can't go to bed angry, so we have to solve it tonight. Well, when you're talking at 11 pm or, you know, 11:30 and it's getting late and you feel like you're going in circles in your head, and you're just not understanding each other, sometimes it's good to sleep on it and think, oh, maybe I understand what they were saying.

But before, I couldn't because all I was thinking about was responding instead of active listening. Anyways, long story short, I do feel like it is important to come back together and, you know, maybe not huck it out. Maybe you don't want to do that, but reaffirm, you know, I love you, and this is important. Can we finish it tomorrow when I have more energy? I think that is a better way to go about it instead of, yes, never go to bed angry and solve everything.

Because we've all been in the middle of a conversation at some point and have just gotten mentally overwhelmed or exhausted. And then you don't even know what you're saying, or you or you can't even process how you feel or explain how you feel in a logical way. And so for me, that's very helpful is to go to bed angry sometimes. I mean, again, anger doesn't have to be a bad anger isn't a bad emotion. I guess I didn't explain this today because this is what I was going to talk about in my episode that I didn't end up doing today is the fact that sitting with your emotions and feeling anger, I used to always think that anger was this really bad emotion and I should never be angry.

But my therapist has taught me that it's not anger that is bad. It is the way that you react can be bad. And so you just have to make sure you're reacting and speaking still in a respectful way even if you are angry. But she's had me really learn how to sit, and she says, Hannah, I want you to feel your anger. You know, this isn't an emotion to push down because you feel guilty for having it.

It's not a bad emotion to have. So, anyways, long story short, you could go to bed still feeling anger or upset. But as long as you're having a respectful conversation, you can use that anger to teach you something. You know, you can use that anger to understand what is truly underneath it and what is the root cause of it. Anyways, this is not a relationship episode, but that is definitely something I've been thinking about.

So good submission. Okay. This one says, romance movies slash shows about a handsome and rich amazing guy and a plain Jane are cringe. Absolutely, no handsome guy would be in love with some plain good for nothing girl. Jeez.

I am tired of romance movies being centered on this concept because it's so unrealistic that it's cringe, and I say this as a female myself. If the girl is plain, then the dude should be plain too. And if the dude is handsome, make the girl beautiful and smart too so that I can take it seriously. And I know someone is gonna say that it's just a fantasy, but, honestly, it doesn't matter. Not to mention that a lot of these shows are toxic.

It's true. Usually, there's some sort of power dynamic or the the girl feels the need to, like, change herself and change her looks, change her appearance, change her personality to be more attractive to the guy. And I don't know if it's fair to say that this is never reality that I mean, obviously, everyone everyone is beautiful, but it's true where if this is the baseline for so many movies, you kind of get over it, and you kind of think, okay, can we get a realistic show? Can we get a realistic chick flick every now and then? I don't know.

I enjoyed the one with Sydney Sweeney and what's his face. I thought that one was pretty funny. I makes me really wanna go to Australia. So if anyone's trying to go to Australia, let me know. Okay.

This submission says it's not better to have loved than lost than to never have loved at all. I've always hated when people said this. Loving and losing someone in a way is infinitely worse than never having the chance to love that person. The anguish that comes with heartbreak is extremely difficult to get over and can be a long process. Sometimes it's constant grief and mourning.

My guess is whoever submitted this is still going through it and is still feeling these feelings and is feeling probably invalidated by that because they're, again, they're not through it yet. And, in my opinion, when you do have someone and they show you what love is and and or even if it's a friend and you get that relationship, it shows you, you know, it shows you meaning and it brings love. And if I didn't have any of that let's say dogs. Oh my gosh. When my first dog, Phoebe, passed away, I was so heartbroken in my heart.

I already knew and was sick to my stomach because I have my I have my my dog. You know, my dog that I got in my twenties, and he is my soul dog. And it just made me sick because if I was so sick over my little Phoebe who had lived a very long time and who I grew up within my childhood, I just didn't wanna go over all of that all over again with my dog, and it just made me feel so sick and scared. But to know love is to know loss, and I don't know if you can have one without the other. Because eventually, you know, nothing is permanent.

There's no permanence in this world, and that is what makes it painful yet worth living because everything's constantly changing. And so while I understand why you feel this way, I definitely feel like it's a part of life. I don't know. And I don't wanna say that to be invalidating, but it does suck. And it and it's just it is what it is at times.

And so I am sorry you're going through that because loss does suck. Okay. Here's one of my own hot takes. Seniors need to have a driver's test renewal, a driver's license renewal every 5 years starting at the age of, I don't know, should we say 60? Might seem a little bit too soon in your mind, but I think it is 100% needed because cognitive function goes down.

Memory, even using your muscles, I don't know. I when I tell you the that I'm terrified that my grandparents are on the road. And usually, whenever I come across a bad driver, and I'm thinking, what the heck are you doing? Why are you making these decisions on the road? Usually, I look at them and their hair is white or gray.

And I think to myself, you are a danger, not just to me, but to yourself. Why don't we have renewals for driver's license? And if you can't pass, I'm sorry, you have to use public transportation. I mean, I think everybody would be safer because of it. I really do.

Does this have to do with the fact that maybe today, I, literally, I was driving my car, And, you know, the front half of your car from the bumper all the way to your door. Someone was merging with or they were trying to merge not not merging. Sorry. They're trying to change lanes. They're behind a really slow truck, but I was, like, right behind a car that was in front of me.

There is traffic. And instead of, like, waiting and getting in behind me, which I'm gonna tell you, I usually let people in. I really do. But I was going faster, and I was also several cars behind this other car. Anyways, long story short, they they didn't care.

They just came into my lane, and I got so close. I was, like, honking at them. They literally drove, like, were driving into my car, but it didn't touch my car. And I was it my last straw? Yeah.

It was. Did I flip them off? No, I didn't. I didn't. And I never do that because I think that that is almost more embarrassing to flip somebody off.

What Caden has done before, which was more embarrassing for me as a passion passenger, is he'll give him a thumbs up or he'll, like, clap. And I just he actually hasn't done that in so long. I don't even I think he did that just in high school once where someone did a very terrible, dangerous thing, and he was just like, round of applause. I was so embarrassed. I said, Caden, we're never doing that again.

Okay? But, anyways, yeah, they need to just get off the road. Get off the road if you can't drive safely and securely because I honked at them, and they didn't stop. They drove completely into my lane. I had to slam on my brakes because they weren't stopping.

They weren't stopping. And you know what? I am a good and safe driver. I am. But I like, it wasn't if I could slow down, I would have slowed down and let them in.

But they were going so slow that letting them in would have meant I would have had to, you know, slam on my brakes. We were all going, I don't know, 55 and they were probably going 30. So it was just wild. It was just wild. And do not recommend driving here.

I do not recommend it. Is there public transportation available? I don't know. But that is also a problem that needs to be solved. So we can tackle those 2 at the same time.

Alright. Let's see if we have any more submissions. Okay. This one says, having social anxiety does not make you an introvert, and not all introverts have social anxiety. It is frustrating.

Not only does it create a negative view from the outside of introverts to the point where it's seen as a negative when it's not, but it can also have people who may be extroverts but have social anxiety call themselves introverts thinking that it's normal. I am an introvert. I do not have social anxiety. I have no problem talking to random strangers or coworkers or anything of that nature. I just don't wanna be around people all the time and prefer my own company.

And that's on standing on business because, honestly, that is so true. That is so true, and I completely agree. Having social anxiety doesn't mean also that you are an introvert and that you prefer to be by yourself. It just means that you're having a difficult time and you're overstimulated. And you might be going through a rough time with yourself and you're not feeling secure on the people around you.

So I don't know. It's just something where I agree. I don't know if that's a hot take because I think that's a pretty good one. Alright. Imagine Dragons is the worst band I've ever heard.

Anytime that I'm at a pool, you know, Imagine Dragons is being blasted on somebody's speaker. Also, I'm gonna say this, don't bring a speaker to the pool. It is so selfish in my opinion. If you are not the only people at the pool, you bring your speaker and you play it so loud where everybody else can hear. Just assuming that everybody has the same taste of music as you blows my mind because I don't know.

Or is that completely wild to you? Do you completely disagree? In my mind, I go to the pool because I'm excited to relax and, you know, read a book and whatnot. But, no, I can't do that. Instead, I have to bring my noise canceling headphones to even get out my book and read a book because you're playing Imagine Dragons.

Come on. You know? Come on, man. I don't know. And I even went to them, and I was a fan of them back in high school, I'm pretty sure.

And yeah. I just I just don't know. It's just not it's just not it. They've been overplayed. I did live radioactive.

I did it's just not it anymore. I don't know. Alright. Let's see if I can find the one that I was talking about before with Taylor Swift because I have to come back. Oh, okay.

Here it is. Taylor Swift is the most this is kinda mean. The most nihilistic artist event of our time, and I find it ridiculous that non fans pay the slightest attention to her as a legit pop artist. Not a single melody, not a single line of lyrics that come out of her mouth has any amount of genuine authentic emotion or intent or meaning other than satisfying the adolescent self importance she seems to live out. Can I read this, or is this too mean?

In vindictiveness towards everyone who has the audacity to praise her or cater to her wishes and providing the charts with the most tedious, predictable musical product on bar with the likes of MGK or that one industry plant who made the twinkle twinkle little bee song. Okay. We're gonna sit down and we're gonna talk about the anger here. I can feel it. And that's okay.

That's fine. I get being triggered by Taylor Swift because I'm triggered by I mean, not today, but like I have been in the past and how she will re release albums when somebody else is climbing the charts. Like, I'm pretty sure she did that to Charlie x c x. What didn't she do that to Charlie x c x when she was rising on the billboard on the billboards in the UK? She rereleased her album that she had already released, like, 5 months ago so that her album would hit 1.

And I don't know. Again, always making assumptions. But let's continue. They say her so called great performances are no better than your average voice contestant. She has neither wit nor charisma.

Even her most famous songs lack the melodic or rhythmic memorability of any pop hit. Her public persona is so carefully crafted that no amount of genuine reaction is possible to get, and every instance of so called intimacy is designed to match with the prevalent aesthetic of the time. Even when her song sounds somewhat decent, her stuck up, soulless, and planned performance ruins it. Now, it all sounds like, hey, I know, but the reason I feel so strongly about this alright. We're getting an answer here.

It's not that there are people liking her, but that people somehow pretend that she has any amount of legitimacy to be discussed. There are actual people who propose college courses on her so called lyricism. The only oh, only recently someone had asked what do they think about her album Lover, as someone considered it to be a pop masterpiece. Someone commented, it's like Starbucks music and nothing more. It's no surprise that pop music is used in popular public spaces, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But pop music that's actually good and memorable are listened outside of Starbucks or H and M, unlike Taylor Swift's music. So, yeah, it shouldn't have been, but to Tay but to say Taylor Swift sucks with no redemption at all seems to have become a controversial opinion, let alone to say she's overrated to the moon. It is somehow trendy to find some good qualities in her work, which is honestly none. Man, was that a lot to unpack? So I don't even know if we have enough time for this, because I do agree that a lot of the songs sound the same, and the production the production meaning, you know, the music and her beats and everything is it always sounds the same to me, at least.

But, again, I'm not a Swifty, so it's hard for me to understand it, and I don't have that connection. I feel as if a lot of people have a connection with her. Maybe it's just how I mean, I don't know. I feel connected with Billie Eilish. I love Billie Eilish.

Billie Eilish is number 1 in the world now. Why do I feel like I'm the only person that listens to her when she literally just surpassed the weekend? I don't know. Needs to be studied. But, yeah, I don't know if it's just people felt connected to her when they were young, and she's continued releasing music, and it was about heartbreak.

And people were going through their heartbreaks, so they would play her music along. Do I think she should have won, what was it, her 5th Grammy at this last one? Not necessarily. I think it's time to recognize other artists. And I don't know.

But, again, I'm not gonna tell you you're wrong because this is your opinion. It is a hot take, though. I think that's something that I would like to hear from you guys on what you think about that submission as well, as well as the one about the ARRIS tour because that one was also really interesting. Let me see if I have any more submissions. Oh, here.

This is the last one. The middle seat is the best seat on an airplane. I prefer the middle seat on airplanes with the assumption that the two strangers are not crazy. Pros. Having your shoulders and legs bumped by every single person that walks by.

Oh, sorry. That that said not having your shoulder and leg bumped by every single person that walks by. Getting up to use the bathroom isn't as complicated as the window seat. It actually has the most leg room after takeoff. After takeoff, you're allowed to have your personal item under your legs instead.

What? I have never heard of this. Is that real? Switching gives you more leg room than the other seats. It's actually the least awkward seat when receiving snacks.

No big reach from the attendant. You can almost always get really close to the front of the plane if you're booking closer to the flight. You by far get the best AC fan. You know, that would be my number one request is which seat has the best airflow? Which seat is going to allow me to not sweat like a dog on this plane fight.

Okay. It's so fun to sit in awkwardly when the aisle seat is a no show, but the window seat is still there. Wait. You're saying that you sit in the middle seat when the aisle seat is fully open, that is diabolical. If I was sitting on the window seat, and you were sitting in the middle seat, and the seat to the left of you was empty, I would fully expect you to move.

Give me more space, please. That is crazy. Oh my goodness. I you know? Very debatable, very hot take, very unpopular opinion of you.

I think you take the cake. I think you have won this is 10 out of 10, 10 out of 10 right there. Because, in my opinion, does the middle seat have the best AC? I feel like that might be debatable considering that each AC you're able to move. I no longer prefer the window seats unless it's an early morning or late night flight because I have my own headrest where I bring it with me.

I guess it's a head I guess it's one of those pillows, travel pillows. So if I bring that, I don't actually need the window seat to lean my head on the window. Right? So I actually prefer the aisle because I can get up and down. Because spoiler alert, I drink a lot of water, and I hate asking people to let me out to go to the bathroom.

I would rather get out as many times as they need to go to the bathroom than to feel bad for making them move because I drink a lot of liquids. I do. And I don't mind standing up on a plane. So if someone else needs to get out, I'm thinking, great. I can stand up and walk around or stay here for a second and stretch my legs.

And that's just you know, there's a special place in heaven for people like you because you find the positive in every scenario. I can promise you that. Like, tell me your opinion on anything else, and I think you just might be the most breath of fresh air I've ever heard. Someone has to take the middle seat. Someone does.

And, actually, on my last flight from, what is it called? Salt Lake City to North Carolina, I got the window seat not the window seat. Sorry. I got the aisle seat in the very back of the plane. Alright?

The very back. And they came to me, and they said, hey. We have uneven weight distribution. Do you wanna move to the front left side of the plane? And I said, absolutely, I do.

And they moved me up to, I don't know, seat number 5, and I had the entire row the entire row in comfort plus. I was shocked. I said, this is the luckiest day ever. And then on my next flight, I had the middle seat. So I go and sit in the middle fully expecting to be, you know, squished.

No one shows up. So I get the entire row once again. Anyways, got really lucky, really grateful. And that wraps it up for today's episode of hot takes and unpopular opinions. Thank you for listening.

I will be back to my regular deep dive soon. It's just been I don't know. Something something's been in the air, so I've needed to do more lighthearted more lighthearted episodes. And so I appreciate you lots. I hope you have the most wonderful rest of your week, and I'll see you later.

Bye.