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

In that case, let me mix you a cocktail...

 

Reality Television - if I want reality, I'll go outside. I turn on the television for stuff that isn't outside.

Social Networking websites - I've told so many people who asked me "why aren't you on FB" that I actually have a full blown speech, but to spare those who have no interest or short attention spans, I'll summarize: It propagates undue narcissism. It goes on with the expectation the one thinks they are so interesting that all of their friends will be willing to mine through a post filled with things that they are not interested in, to try to find something that they are (and that thing is likely part of the basis of the friendship). It's horribly impersonal, and I feel encourages negative behavior via semi-voyeuristic tendencies.

Phone "txt" messages - it's a phone. If you want to send me text, do it at a computer, and send it to my email. If you can send it to my email from your phone, you'd better use proper spelling if you actually expect me to read it. I won't go "grammar police" on someone, because I know I make grammar mistakes, but I do not use inane abbreviations for simple words.

Mushrooms - People always say 'well try this kind, cooked that way'. I have. They're all horrible.
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Though I can guess the "why" on most of these, aren't we supposed to be posting our own personsal "whys", so that people aren't guessing?
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Only if they're overcooked - at which point, I totally agree with you. Properly cooked breaded calamari should have a very similar texture to properly boiled/cooked shrimp.

Someone else posted about olives - I must agree, the only exception for me is "Greek" or Kalamata olives. However the ones that have been pitted have an odd, "tinny" taste. I get the ones with the pits still in them, usually.

 

The thought of being insanely rich. While it's fun to think about what you could do with (virtually) unlimited cash, I know it's not good for a person to have everything he thinks he wants all the time. If I actually had huge piles of cash, I'd feel a responsibility to try and fix all the problems I see around me. The more you look into it, the more problems you find, and realize that no one has enough to fix everything. Also, I would spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about managing investments, how much I've lost, who's trying to take it away, etc. It would also be difficult to trust anyone. How can you make new friends if you're always thinking they just want something?
Being famous would suck for the same reasons. Even if you're not rich, people assume you are because you're famous. Ick.

 

I have thought/said more than once that I would rather be wealthy and anonymous. No need for the billionaire club or anything like that, I would just like to be more financially independent and debt free. I would buy just an ordinary house even then, and just be paying cash for it. Same for the cars - a new car that depreciates instantly is pointless to me no matter what your bank balance when you can a used vehicle in "like new" condition.

 

I love you. And whoever said coffee makes them gag-I love them too.

Waffles-the smell of them is another gag-inducer.
Whiskey-I just don't get why anyone would drink that shit.
Big words-most of what we say can be said one syllable at a time. I am not impressed.
Larry David. wtf?
Dane Cook. double WTF?

 

hang on - young children have to eat too!
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I'm so happy I live in a city where it is super easy to get fresh seafood. That is all!

 

But they don't need to eat at a restaurant where people have presumably come to get away from their loud, obnoxious children.

 

Fear Factor - TV
Vampire movie cult in the movies

 

Baseball - boring. I thought watching the Mariners with my friends while drinking beer would make it interesting, but it didn't. I left with another friend at the end of the 7th inning. And the Mariners were winning, too.
Golf - I don't consider any sport that a 50-year-old can compete on par with a 20-year-old a sport. It's also incredibly wasteful building and maintaining the golf course.
NASCAR - driving in a circle all day long is stupid.
Drag racing - accelerating really fast in a straight line for XX length is also stupid.
Mayonaise and ketchup - bland.
White chocolate - It's not chocolate. It's a solid form of condensed milk plus one or two non-chocolate ingredients.

 

Another on the "not everyone likes category" in the food list list - Margarine. It cannot be a good sign if it takes a solid five minutes to melt into liquid form over steady applied heat, and the taste does nothing good for whatever dish it is used in.

 

I believe it's yoghurt...

 

Coffee...I love the smell of it but the taste is absolutely disgusting!
Jersey Shore and Teen Mom....Both are very inappropriate for teenagers and that seems to be their target audience.
Zoos......I abhore the mistreatment of animals. In addition, I dont think that animals should be confined. Yes, I know sometimes its for the animals benefit, but still.
Circus....Just because.

 

Agreed. Margarine is disgusting.
French fries don't taste good to me anymore. I wonder if it's because they stopped using lard to fry them?
Beer. Every beer I've ever tried. After one, I'm all done. They aren't bad, necessarily-- I just don't have the urge to continue sucking them down.

 

The F word. Don't understand why it's so popular.

 

Because the activity is quite fun and the word is exceptionally versatile.
/ Different strokes and all.
// Taking everything I have not to use it in this post right now....

 

Here, this will explain....

 

Explain.

 

Did anyone else notice all the fucking spelling errors in this! WTF?