The Unpopular Opinion Thread.

Ever feel like everyone likes something and you don't?

This is the place to vent.

I'll start: I really don't care for podcasts.

They remind me of talk radio, which I also don't like. If I'm going to be listening to something, it's going to be music. Music lights my fire. Hearing people jabber on about topics, even subjects I enjoy, simply bores me.

I don't want to endure someone else's inside jokes or pacing in which whatever they're discussing could have been written out in a document I could have taken a few minutes to read instead of being a captive audience for 30+ minutes.

 

Great topic.
I'm with you on the podcasts. I've listened to exactly 2 in my life, both done by one of my best buddies who is a financial planner.

Risotto.
Why is this a popular dish?
I just find it boring beyond belief.
I get excited about going to nice restaurants because we don't get to do it that often. Then I see someone there order risotto......

 

The only time I get excited about a rice dish is rice pilaf, which I like loaded with the ingredients that aren't rice. Some rice casserole dishes are good...when they're loaded with other ingredients.

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Sci-Fi. It doesn't hold my interest reading it. When I watch it, & read it, the plot needs to move quickly and I don't want to have to keeps notes of too many characters & sub-plots.

 

Grits. They might be a Southern staple for some, but not in the Texas household I grew up in.

Hominy. Bloated corn as far as I'm concerned.

 

Yankee here, and I've never understood the love for both.
I figured you had to grow up eating those two things to like them.

 

I hope I don't make too many enemies with this list...

Dogs; chihuahuas, Jack Russells, yellow labs, and oodle dogs of any kind in particular
Primates
Harry Potter
Barbecue sauce
Influencers
Anti-aging cosmetics and procedures
John Williams (the composer)
Spin classes
Zwift
Microsoft Office products
Grammarly
Commercially sold single-use water bottles
Social media accounts for children controlled by their parents

...there may be more.

 

I have to admit, I don't care for the Lord of the Rings, in either book or film form.

To qualify this statement, I adored The Hobbit as a child and still have my paperback copy which I still re-read to this day. It took me a while to get to Fellowship of the Ring (about 6 or 7 years, I must have been about 15) and when I finally did, I was bored out of my mind.

The Hobbit was a rip-roaring adventure full of danger, battles and suspenseful sequences; Fellowship was a lot of walking & talking. Such was my experience that I didn't bother with the next book for 30 years.

When they announced a film version of Fellowship, I was puzzled as to why they'd choose such a yawnfest to start a franchise, but I am in the minority here. When I saw the film, it was as dull as the book.

I skipped the rest of the trilogy for a few years until someone insisted I watch Two Towers. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed it... but when the film ended, I felt satisfied with no desire to go on to the last movie. Someone upgraded their disc collection to Blu-Ray and gave me their DVD of Return of the King, which I let collect dust for about 15 years until I finally realized I wasn't ever going to watch it, so I sold it.

A few years back I picked up a paperback copy of Two Towers, expecting great things since the book is usually better than the movie.

I was impressed at how unimpressive it was. This solidified my decision to not ever bother with the third book.

 

I'm deeply offended , but I can't bring myself to think of you as my enemy .

Seriously, infuencers bother me immensely. I prefer the old term shills. Many people forget how Bill Gates once tried to control all/most of PC software.

 

I was also struck by how boring the second book was (compared to anything, not just the exciting first book). And Tolkien definitely introduced way too many characters for my weak public school system mind.