Unpopular Opinion
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
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Uh bro, let me share a timeless truth discovered in blood, mud, trenches, and tears by so many of our ancestors.
"War is hell"
It's not a pithy cute saying made up so badass video game characters have something cool to say before cutting down the faceless baddies. It's the man huddled in the corner weeping after the hundredth night unable to sleep from the sounds of explosions and shrieks of the dying all around.
What makes you think it's "not possible"? Do you think the war police are stepping in to make sure only combatants are getting hurt? Calling a foul and time out when a grenade gets tossed into a house that starts a fire that burns down a city block? Do you know how easy it is to accidentally kill a human being, much less a child? Imagine that COD game but only 10% of the people running around are combatants. It's not big empty buildings, it's people's houses with people living in them. Those rockets, bombs, grenades, and automatic guns don't magically avoid civilians.