Things that people say are amazing but are actually shit

[Horehound]

I'll start:
The food at IKEA. Especially the over hyped meatballs!
Cheap crap!

Oh and Bermuda , went there on my honeymoon and hated the place. Full of people from cruise ships , exactly the same shops in the north , south and middle full of overprice rubbish aimed at the above. Stunning scenery but you’ll need a car and lots isn’t accessible. Don’t expect a pleasant walk following the coast, you’ll be on a road where they drive like idiots and just breathe in exhaust fumes.
Everything was highly overpriced.
Many of the 5 star hotels are actually timeshares and are 3/4 star at best.

The Sopranos.

Old school I know, but, desperate for something to get into, after everyone banging on about how it is the 'best series ever made', DH and I watched the first ep the other night.

It was tedious. I think we have been spoilt with the brilliance of Ozark.

@Sonichu sorry but gravy is disgusting. Just why would you put gravy on foods that are meant to be crispy like roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding, chips (even people that like gravy are heathen for putting it on chips) and thereby making the food soggy?

Thankfully DH agrees with me.

@SurreyHillsGirl

Yes to Sopranos

I bought the boxset, never finished series 1, boring beyond words

Avocado - Tastes disgusting.
Tea - See above
Clubbing - Noise, crowds, other people's armpits in your face, no thank you.

Avocado. Like eating grassy soap. And every few years I fall for the old 'ohh you must have just never had a properly ripe one, they're lovely' line...nope. They really are just vile.

I love this thread. I frequently don't 'get' things other people think are amazing and usually think I must be the deficient one.

For me it's things like festivals, clubbing (in my youth), camping (though I don't mind the sitting with a glass of wine outside bit), and day trips to the beach with kids (unless the beach is really quiet, has parking right next to the beach, loos and preferably a cafe).

Also agree about Booker prize novels and Jane Austen, unless it's the BBC version of P&P with Colin Firth. Also gardening and family cycle rides.

Also the Rocky Horror Show and most West End musicals with followings.

Oh and also The Matrix.

@Deathraystare do you really know anyone who finds anything in your list, but especially hypocrisy, misogyny, cruelty to animals, queue jumping, allergies and price rises “amazing“?

Live music
Stand up comedy
Saturday night "entertainment" tv
Reality shows especially Love Island
Clubbing
Gin
Football
Sporting events in general
Channing Tatum ( a bit inbred looking to me just don't get it)
Ed Sheerans music (although he seems like a nice bloke)
Sam (look at me) Smith
Robbie (bell end) Williams
Fucking TikTok videos ( aka how to dumb down a generation)
Adults who make TikTok videos
Social media influencers
Fake tan
Fake anything
Hairdressers
Children
Mrs Hinch ( I've been using Zoflora for years love, jog on)

I could go on but I may be here for some time..

Friends (tv show)

Avocado
Smoked salmon
Sushi

Beyonce and all that warbling she does!

@MaryBear
Beyonce and all that warbling she does!

Yes to this and I would like to add 'Beyonce's dancing'. Stomping your feet and aggressive hair flicking does not constitute dancing. Her and Jo-Lo went to the same dance school. I'm not certain of this.

Multiplex cinemas
Soaps
Reality tv
Takeaways
Self catering holidays unless you eat out for every meal
Crap singers-often cover singers because they can't write their own stuff, destroying some perfectly brilliant original song.

Most meals out & most takeaways.

For those that hate Gin- have you tried it with something other than tonic water. I thought I hated Gin, turns out I hate tonic!

@Kangaroo1

For those that hate Gin- have you tried it with something other than tonic water. I thought I hated Gin, turns out I hate tonic!

I love tonic... and hate gin!

@NietzschePeachPearPlum
I think that's fair enough!

New build houses

Having a 'showhome' style house.

I'd much rather a cosier homely home than worrying about plumping cushions, Insta pics and not even relaxing.

Truffles, artichokes, oysters, balsamic vinegar
Stupid songs that go viral such as Gangnam Style
Footballer salaries
Jacuzzis
Cruises
Sex
Anna fucking Kendrick, Olivia fucking Coleman
Generic interiors with frames on shelves
Instagram makeup
Fudge
Continuous sunshine
Overlined lips (you ain’t fooling nobody, love)
Parties

Period houses. Cost a fortune to run and maintain. Fuck that. I’ll keep my very low cost to run and heat new build, thanks.

Kill Bill. And probably the second one, too.

Soaps and dross such as Love Island etc
Gin - think I drank too much of it in my youth - can't stand the smell now
Slow cookers, put perfectly good food in, take horrible tasting food out with an equally vile smell. Mine is now used to make scented candles.
Kartrashians - the mother has pimped out the whole family
and I doubt if they share a whole brain cell between them.
Labour Party
Fiona fucking Bruce who destroys every programme she touches
Modern comedians - unfunny
Modern singers - most can't sing.
"Influencers" whatever they are - pathetic
Social Media - I know someone will say it's SM but I don't count it as such.
Tea and coffee
Cheap meat and eggs - got to be free range
Richmond sausages - contain under 50% meat - mine contain 97%
Lots of food, too numerous to mention but include rice, pasta, foreign cuisine, beans and pulses, mushrooms, garlic, veal, duck, venison, foie gras, +++
Religion
Lips filled with filler - fish lips
Republicans not US politics - anti-Royal Family
Essex/cockney accent - somefink, nuffink etc
No-one was more shocked than me when Phillip Schofield came out - I always assumed he was gay.

I'm just getting warmed up but that's a good start.