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Things that people say are amazing but are actually shit

705 replies

Horehound · 01/06/2020 14:28

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

OP posts:
mel71 · 02/06/2020 17:34

Portishead. There was a thing on Facebook in recent weeks where people posted their top ten most influential albums. Portishead appeared a few times.

expatinspain · 02/06/2020 17:39

Crispy Creme doughnuts

crochetandshit · 02/06/2020 17:52

Zoflora

Ifeelsuchafool · 02/06/2020 17:54

Any fast food or food chains such as Nando's, Pizza Express, Ask, Zizzi etc.
Avocado
Quinoa
Jane Austen
Public Gyms
Spa Days
Prosecco
Package Holidays

Wincarnis · 02/06/2020 17:59

Riverdance
Katherine Jenkins
Barbecues
Line of Duty
Normal People
Love Island
Miami

Sonichu · 02/06/2020 18:00

The much loved MN "healthy home cooked meals (prepared from scratch, ofc) with the HUuUuUuUuUuGE salad".

Yawn. Eat a KFC and take a day off.

Mmpip · 02/06/2020 18:09

MARRIAGE.....

TruthTwisters · 02/06/2020 18:13

olives
presseco
humus
gastro pubs
Lego land

Longpinknails · 02/06/2020 18:28

Mrs Brown’s boys
Ed Sheeran
Nutella
Pizzas
Summer ( too hot and full of gnats)

CrisisCrunchie · 02/06/2020 18:30

@Oneforrover

Definitely Dubai! Also Miami
This!

I didn’t feel safe in Miami & if you venture out of the main tourist bits in Dubai you can really feel the oppression

AnneKipanki · 02/06/2020 18:30

Pringles
Milk Chocolate

CallmeBadJanet · 02/06/2020 18:33

@elQuintoConyo Yes, feckin' La La Land.

SurfnTerfFantasticmissfoxy · 02/06/2020 18:35

The beach. Don't get me wrong, I love a walk along the beach with the dog on a windy day and home for a cuppa. But fuck sitting in sand with sticky food and sticky sun cream and other people and shit

Lottielouc · 02/06/2020 18:43

I don’t get the Nando’s fascination or in particular ikea meatballs.

I hate how there is so much fake hair, nails, lashes, lips, boobs etc it worries me greatly about the false world I’m bringing my daughter up in! I don’t not get why this is great at all.

Lots of people say New York is great, I don’t get it. London is awesome (history, architecture)!

Agree about Vegas.. okay worth a visit for a day or two but I know of people who’ve been for 2 weeks and not even managed to get the Grand Canyon or Hoover damn in that time!

Much a do about nothing... absolute bollocks.
Soaps = depressing

thesnailandthewhale · 02/06/2020 18:48

Haven't rtft but my thoughts ...

Clinique dramatically different moisturiser ... nothing dramatic about it whatsoever
Paris .. like London but with grumpier people
Steam cleaners ... far too much faff
Friday Night Dinner ... just not funny
BBQ's ... never live up to the idea, too much faff, burnt food, flies ...

DagenhamRoundhouse · 02/06/2020 18:49

Nando's. BIL got food poisoning from the chicken.

JRUIN · 02/06/2020 18:52

Paris.

Nearly47 · 02/06/2020 18:58

022828MAN
How can you not like BBT? Last series not
so good but before that was brilliant. Much better than Friends for example imo

Nearly47 · 02/06/2020 19:00

Agree about Paris and Venice. But is the overcrowding that made my visit awful. It'd be nice to go now that the coronavirus scared the tourists away

Horehound · 02/06/2020 19:04

I went to Venice at April time and it was absolutely lovely. My mum and dad took me on their holiday after my ex cheated on me.
They organised the speedboat to take us to the hotel when we arrived and it was awesome. Then we sat outside most evenings drinking April spritz. I loved it!

OP posts:
MollyMinniesMum · 02/06/2020 19:06

Having children

toffeeghirl · 02/06/2020 19:09

Musicals. All the musicals. Perhaps, with the exception of Grease.

frumpety · 02/06/2020 19:10

Have to take back de-constructed food as I remembered I love Eton mess Blush

Mikki69 · 02/06/2020 19:31

Gravy on chips is just so right!

Scotland32 · 02/06/2020 19:34

Agree on The Matrix!
Joanna Lumley
The Office
Samsung Galaxy phones
But Benidorm - who ever said that was amazing in the first place?!