this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
35 points (100.0% liked)

Unpopular Opinion

7478 readers
115 users here now

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.


6. Defend your opinion


This is a bit of a mix of rules 4 and 5 to help foster higher quality posts. You are expected to defend your unpopular opinion in the post body. We don't expect a whole manifesto (please, no manifestos), but you should at least provide some details as to why you hold the position you do.



Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

It's the biggest bummer when I go to a place hungry for some chips and they're the kind of chips with the skin on. I'm not not a fan of them at all, the texture is gross and it also looks ugly

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fiber.

That's the only difference between the skin and flesh of a potato.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

according to big potato about half the fiber in a medium potato is from the skin!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yes.

A 5.3oz potato has ~2g fiber with skin and only ~1g without it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Which plays into texture. The skin doesn't fluff up nearly as much as the flesh, which means the chips don't feel as satisfying to bite into. That makes a big difference for some people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea. I'm aware. OP described their issue with it already. I was specifically mentioning why that happens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago