Things that everyone likes but you don't - and why

Florida, I can only take it in small doses for a variety of reasons. Humidity and the fact that the entire state is a tourist trap are the two main reasons.

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I forgot fire ants. How could I forget those things!

 

I think you may have those numbers reversed.

First and foremost, I'd have to say the Baptist version of Jesus
Krispy Kreme donuts - seriously guilty eating
Delivery pizza - tastes like cardboard with ketchup
Light beers - taste like piss
Dancing with the Stars - Bristol Palin and Nancy Grace.
Packaged hotdogs - they look like gag penises
All reality shows (except Hoarders. Sometimes I'd rather watch it than have sex. Or maybe it just puts me off of having sex)
Watching the Olympics - not enough violent content (except for the Luge and yes, I'm going to Hell)

 

Reproduction and all the associated bullshit. Marriage. Babies 'R Us. Pretending that giving birth is magical.

Why? This: "Hey, Earth, what's wrong?" "I've got a bad case of humans." "Is it terminal?" "Most definitely."

 

Fight Club. I've gotten to the point where I absolutely hate Fight Club. I remember watching it and thinking "well that wasn't very good" but EVERYONE seems to love it and raves about how good it is. STILL. Sorry, it's way over rated.

*and no I haven't read the book. I don't intend to either.

 

Modern Family. I like the concept, but the execution is excruciating. The humor is incredibly shallow and always seems to go for the easy and the obvious. It's like so many other sitcoms that have come and gone, the ones that are trying to be the Honeymooners or Seinfeld, but that end up just another Dharma and Greg. I'd much rather people watch Louie if they want to see a brilliant, 30 minute sitcom. And there are realistic gay characters on it.

Arcade Fire. God knows I've tried. I think I've listened to The Suburbs about a hundred times, but I don't get it. I just... don't get it. And weirdly it makes me a bit of an outsider with a lot of my peers (in my age group). We can all enjoy listening to Radiohead or what have you, but when Month of May or We Used to Wait, I just can't get into it.

Every reality tv show. If I hear another Chaz Bono joke, I'm going to fly a plane into something.

 

This might help.

 

http://powell.zenfolio.com/p976078826Lord of the Rings

I did read the three books - with gritted teeth, because my friends were, er, highly encouraging.

I am now trying to find a reason why, but I think of the books and get a mild panic attack - flashbacks to interminable odd names, then journeys to ... places where the elves go 'We Know a Song About That' ... then they go on and on in a strange language .... so I skip that ... but some of the song was in English .... so I have a quick look at that and it goes on forever. Then suddenly the plot moves on a bit, and I've forgotten what was going on before the Elf Song. In fact, I'm not sure who is doing what or why.
As I think about it, it's the way Tolkien would go on a diversion ... for ages ... until I'd forgotten everything which came before. that's why I don't like LOTR. It distracted me too much.

 

I hate coffee. I can't even eat other coffee flavoured things like ice cream. The smell alone is enough to bring on a bout of nausea.

 

Things I can't stand, but the rest appear to love:

- Promiscuity
- YO MOMMA
- Television
- Thai, Afghan, Pakistani & Indian cultures (I call them the "Retarded Kids")
- Patriotism

 

Dude, really? I respect your right to your opinion, but you don't need to insult other cultures here. I'm offended.

 

I'm Afghan, my fiancée is ethnically Thai, and my family is in love with India. Do you really think I offend you more than them?

 

Probably not, but why say it at all?

 

Because I don't like them.

They're cultures filled with nonsense, where coercion to believe a certain way is not done verbally but through violence, where the term "honor" is a perverse tool for their own convenience, where there is absolutely ZERO discipline encouraged to the people and general frivolity is celebrated.

And because I am so very, very familiar with these cultures that I take the right to call them retarded.

 

I'm just going to profess my disappointment and move on.

 

Fish.

 

I'm proud to say that I have never seen Facebook and have no desire to ever see it.
I don't like texting either and that seems to occupy a lot of time for a lot of people.

 

I agree, and the theme was too obvious. I certainly didn't need a long winded article to explain it to me. But then again, I'm getting old, and I've seen most of this many, many times before.

 

Atheism. Especially of the science-worshiping militant type that's trendy these days. God probably doesn't exist - that's as obvious as it is uninteresting and a no less absurd and insufficient means to understanding existence than that of the religious. Such beliefs are underwritten by a faith in science fairies busily chipping away at the human condition. Madness.

Vietnamese cusine. It's bland and boring and that fish sauce poured over everything doesn't help.

Scrubs, The Office, 30 Rock, etc. Totally boring surface-level drivel fashioned as comedy as if a ridiculous character belabouring inanities is the mark of comedic genius. Nothing cleverly written or relatable. Immemorable stuff. I can't understand the appeal.