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This is one of those small advantages of being a lefty. I have the perfect excuse to say no if someone hands me over some random guitar at a party. 😂
"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you." >

Thanks. Now I got this stuck in my head >

Unless someone doesn't know any of the songs being sung, or doesn't like to sing, or was trying to actually talk to people and now they can't because some schmuck dragged out a guitar and inflicted it upon the whole party. It definitely doesn't pull those people closer to anyone. >

No >

It's a nah from me. Most my friends are musicians, I go to pretty much every gig they play, but one thing that makes me cringe is if we're at a party and someone (normally the guitar players) see a guitar in the room and beeline to it.
Specifically if they start playin a slow song in the middle of a party, there's a time and place for it. Turning down fast paced music to start playin wonderwall or black bird is just awkward and I feel like it's just them stroking their ego while people are trying to be polite and listen.
Again there's a time and place, at the end of the night when things are winding down? Or when you're out camping? Go for it, but some people just can't read a room. >

Definitely an unpopular opinion for me. I hate when someone does that. Have an upvote. >

I've never been able to get over my self consciousness over that.   Like the kids in high-school who brought their guitar in with them.   Yay look at you jamming for 2 minutes in homeroom before the teachers take it away again.  
One place we used to party at they would actually ask me to play and I still felt lame and stupid doing it because everyone would just stop and focus on me for the next five minutes and I'm not that good lol
The only time its really acceptable is if you're just quietly picking out some melodies that aren't too loud and annoying. >

i'll be honest, i dig it, too! but i love music and instruments.
my friends? not so much. they will instantly mock and make fun of someone who has an instrument at a party.
my friends can be lame some times. >

I think this is one of those opinions that's unpopular when you're sitting at your computer but not as much in the moment. 
The guy with a guitar at the party is a meme, but it's a meme because it works. 
When everyone's drunk and singing along to a guy with a guitar going down the list of "top 10 songs that get white people turnt". It's fun, and helps people enjoy themselves. 
My friends used to run a lot of open mic nights so there was always at least one "guy with a guitar" at most of our parties. As long as they knew how to read a room it was a good time. 
(Also of course has to be the right kind of parties, we didn't throw raves or dance parties with massive drum and bass) >

it's like telling a story. if you try to tell a story in the middle of a large party while everyone is having other conversations, nobody is going to listen and you're going to seem weird. but if the vibe is right it's good. >

Definitely unpopular. Even as a person who's been playing guitar for many, many years, the thought of 'that guy' at a party makes me wince inwardly.