Listen, I have a lot of unpopular opinions but even more things to do on my lunch break. So here are a few brief opinions, one of which is sure to get you angry at me. I could say more about each of them, but, well, screw it:
- You don’t want to know my opinions about animal medical testing. But if you’re against it, I sure hope you don’t take any medications or vaccines ever.
- I don’t care about Prince William and Kate Middleton’s newlywed trip to Canada because, whether or not they are nice kids, I don’t believe Canada should be a part of the British Commonwealth. I don’t think pre-taped Christmas TV addresses, visits every few years or hiring somebody to rubber stamp legislation that you’ll never read or know exists really counts as being a head of state. If “tradition” were enough reason to keep doing things, we wouldn’t have democracy at all. I support the Magna Carta and the Republic forever.
- No, Apple is not “stealing” from developers by taking 30% from in-app iOS purchases and still allowing out-of-app ones that it gets no cut of whatsoever. And no, developers and customers are not owed jack shit other than a device that works.
- I honestly don’t give a shit if the United States charges Canadians arriving by boat or plane $5.50 for entering the country. It’s not a new tax, just the removal of an exemption to an existing one. An exemption that we’ve only had since 1997. An exemption that costs the US government $110 MILLION in lost revenue annually (estimates by DOHS). And it’s FIVE-FIFTY. I paid that much for breakfast at Tim Hortons this morning. I can certainly afford it being added to a $400 airfare.
- No, a bad movie adaptation did not “ruin” the book, and neither did the English language adaptation of a foreign language film. The originals are still there, no worse for wear. Don’t be silly.
You’re goddamn welcome, Internet.
