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Not every argument has to be a heated debate where intellects are measured and wits are counted. Some can be a joyous occasion and loads of fun! Don’t believe us? Then what about these funny, controversial topics Redditors mentioned on this glorious Reddit thread? Take a look, and it’ll change your perspective on good conversation topics forever. 

Okay, so, what the heck are we talking about here, and why did we mention ‘controversy’ and ‘fun’ in one paragraph? Hear us out - not every controversial conversation topic is about the ground rules of human existence or strong beliefs on the world’s order. Some cool topics are just as controversial but not as challenging to human nature itself. For instance, have you ever thought that cheese is actually a loaf of milk? Or wondered whether a bowl of cereal is technically a soup? See, now you get the gist! These fun topics are inherently controversial and also terrific amusement. So much so that you might be really tempted to offer them to your date or challenge your friends with them; either way, you’ll learn tons about your opponent and amuse them with your well-picked conversation topics. 

Be warned, though - the lower you scroll on this list of controversial things, the thicker the plot gets. Remember when we gave the example of cheese being a loaf of milk? Well, that’s just the beginning, as later on, these fun topics do delve into the darkest corner of weird and wonderful. 

Anyhoo, time to check out the funny, controversial topics that people shared on this AskReddit thread, don’t you think? They are just a tad bit below, and once you get there, rank these topics any way you like!

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Do you wet your toothbrush before or after applying the paste? Spoiler, the answer is before AND after."

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I don’t. The light abrasion you feel against your teeth as you brush and your mouth produces saliva will aid well in plaque removal. My dentist actually told me dry brushing works better than wet brushing for that reason! I do also flossing use mouthwash regularly, so have had very few dental problems.

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"Which kind of crust is better for a pizza: thick or thin?"

meb909 replied: "Anything but deep dish."

Commenter replied: "This. In my mind, a deep dish pizza is actually kind of a casserole."

deathkill3000 answered: "It's lasagna with a handle."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love a thick crust! Thin crusts just seem like toppings on a cracker.

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"How much ice cream is the right amount of ice cream to have on an ice cream cone?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The perfect amount is the amount that you can eat before it melts. This amount may vary person to person.

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"If you could choose, would you rather never have to sleep, never have to breathe air, or never have to eat?"

mappydog replied: "Never have to breathe. Maybe then I'd be able to run and swim."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like eating, and there's nothing like falling asleep snuggled under the covers.

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Waffles are just grilled Pancakes."

haysoos2 replied: "What do you mean "just"? That's like saying wine is just rotten grapes."

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"How to properly play Uno?"

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#7

"Question: what kind of bear is best?"

theRingsAroundSaturn replied: "What is going on?! What are you doing?!"

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"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

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#9

"Muffins are tiny cake. There is no real difference between a muffin and a cupcake."

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Would you rather go 100 years into the future, or past? Why?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmmm 1923… roaring 20’s sure. How long do I have to stay there though?

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"How to pronounce words like: turmeric, aunt, omega, envelope, cement, basil Best if the crowd has folks who grew up in different areas."

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"Is a hotdog a sandwich? Is a bowl of cereal technically soup?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A bowl of dried cereal in milk is technically a chowder. Like other milk based bowl foods: clam chowder, fish chowder, corn chowder, and cream of wheat.

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"Toilet paper orientation. Although apparently debates about this can become pretty heated."

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Name 10 parts of the human body that are 3 letters long."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Arm, leg, rib, eye, ear, (all on right side) Arm, leg, rib, eye, ear (all on left side)

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#15

"Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses, or 1 horse-sized duck?

A classic. Never fails to amuse.

Or; You're upstairs in your house when you hear your mom ask you for help in the kitchen. Halfway down there, you hear your mom upstairs saying "don't go down there, I heard it too."

You're on the middle of the stairs though. What do you do?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jump up and down on the steps and say "Mom, I hurt myself" and see who/what comes running.

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"Best ice cream and topping flavor combination."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anything that gives contrast. One example: cold vanilla ice cream with hot fudge and peanuts. Cold, hot, sweet, salty.

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"Would you consider a block of cheese to be a loaf of milk?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oooooo, now I can skip the bread on my sandwich and just use two slices of delicious milk loaf.

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Is the hokey pokey REALLY what it’s all about?"

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#19

"Do fish have necks?"

chief_dirtypants replied: "Ever seen a fish wearing a necklace?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hereby announce, that neck is not the most essential part of the body.

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"Who would win - a gorilla or an alligator?

What we ended up with is that a gorilla is really smart compared to other animals, but would it be smart enough to trick the alligator into coming out of the water, knowing it can't beat the alligator in the water? My argument was no, that's different than just being smart, that's strategic, and I don't know that gorillas are capable of thinking strategically."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An alligator and a gorilla would never meet since they're from different continents. Yes, I'm a pedantic butthead.

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"Do penguins have knees?"

apcat91 replied: "Do birds have fingers?"

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Penguins do have knees! They're hidden behind all the floof!

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"Hot fresh is best, Cold pizza is better than reheated."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, reheating pizza makes the crust either soggy or cardboardy.

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "If a straw has one or two holes."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1 hole, because it goes all the way through edit: just realized how weird that sounded

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"How various animals would wear pants."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Recently I was advised to look up roach in pants and since then my life is complete.

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#25

"Should pineapple be on pizza?"

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"What is the best kind of pasta?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on the sauce. Except farfalle, which annoys me to no end. If you get the 'wings' al dente, the middle is uncooked. If you get the middle al dente, the 'wings' are limp and mushy.

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"Best Adam Sandler movie. Deep down, you know you have a favorite."

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "If a bar of soap falls on the floor is the soap dirty or is the floor clean?"

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"How would a giraffe wear a necktie? Would it be at the base of their neck by their torso? Or just below their head like we would wear it?"

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#30

"Which are better, cats or dogs?"

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"Day shift or night shift?"

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"Would you use a teleporter if it worked by completely disintegrating you but rearranging your atoms perfectly at another location?"

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#33

"If more cheese is more holes,
And more holes is less cheese,
Is more cheese less cheese?"

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Boneless wings are just chicken nuggets, change my mind."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're tenders, not nuggets. Tenders are pieces of chicken breast. Nuggets are ground chicken formed into miniature patties.

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"Crunchy vs. smooth peanut butter."

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"Which is easier to use - a bottle opener that requires you to pull up to lift the lid, vs one where you push down to open the lid?"

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"It's Berenstain, not Berenstein."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like, the family of bears that live in the tree-and have great stories for children at bedtime?

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Are there more people in the world or more chairs in the world? People will debate this forever, including what counts as a chair."

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It has to be chairs. Think of how many chairs are in your house vs how many people. Now add all the schools, theaters, etc. easily chairs. But maybe I’m not considering underdeveloped parts of the world? It’s not like you have to be from a first world country to be able to sit down. It has to be chairs.

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"Should you arrange books in a bookshelf alphabetically by title or alphabetically by author? If you arrange by author, should you sort alphabetically or chronologically?"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sounds like it's strictly for fiction. My books are largely non-fiction, sorted by genre, then chronological. Think of art books, mind and body, sciences, religion on their time lines.

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"Is orange named after the color orange or the fruit?"

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"Best breed of dog."

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"Asking people from different states the correct names of certain objects.

e.g.: Soda or pop, hero or sub."

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Found this U.S. dialect quiz to be eerily accurate. Pinpointed me to within about 20 mi of my birthplace: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.mobile.html?r=0011484808040060101200400100j100040k008020000l0200

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Yanny or Laurel?"

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"Rinsing your dishes in hot or cold water."

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"Whether being short or tall is better, and make the tall people argue for short and vice versa."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I'm short but I don't want to be tall, just closer to average as both have disadvantages.

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"Which leg is your favorite?"

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Is cooking harder than baking?"

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"Is the "N" in PANCAKE pronounced with the front or the back of the tongue? (I know there's no "G" in the word, so I pronounce it the same way I pronounce Dunkin as in donuts)."

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Now I've over-thought it and can't tell how I naturally say it anymore. :-)

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"Better Simpsons episode: Last Exit to Springfield or Lemon of Troy?"

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"Who would win in a galaxy-wide war: Star Trek's Next-Gen-Era Borg or Stargate SG-1's Replicators?

The Rules: Each may only use the technology native to their franchise, unless/until they acquire it through interaction with their opponent."

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Replicators. They'd be able to create more of themselves out of borg pieces, and replicators can improve forms. Borg can't make more borg out of replicators.

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"Rabbit or Duck? Which is better."

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"Is a hot dog a taco? Alternatively is an open-face sandwich a pizza?"

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Which is mightier the sword or the pen?"

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"Soup is not dinner."

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"Is rock paper scissors a sport? Is football? Is Bowling? Is poker? Is darts? Are DoTA/League/Counterstrike? Is Chess? Is checkers? Is Connect four? Are the coaches athletes, if they don't physically play? Are they still participating in the sport? Are those versus mode Tetris games sports?"

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My favourite definition of a sport is that one has to change one's shoes in order to do it properly (obviously one can play many sports in normal shoes, but one shouldn't). Hence no, yes, yes, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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"Which type of cheese is best. (We all know it’s Gouda)."

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"Soda or pop?"

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60 Funny Controversial Topics People On The Internet Loved Discussing "Could Mike Tyson, in his prime, knock out a restrained tiger?"

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"Is ice a rock? (Is this more of a stoner question?)"

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"The evolution of the market economy in the southern colonies."

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“Abraham Lincoln once said that, 'If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North.'" ~ Michael Scott

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