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!

Running

@PasserbyEffect not all whisky is smoky!

Cheese.

Anything made by dyson.. I just don't get it

Bali's a shithole. Much nicer places to go in Indonesia.

Music festivals. Went to one once, hated it, didn't do it again.

Guinness.

People.

Interestingly, people saying they hate London/Paris/Venice - I've lived in all three cities and, contrary to popular opinion, they're not tourist cities: you have to spend quite a lot of time there to learn to love them.

The Cotswolds

Robbie Williams
Pizza
Cruises
Lanzarote
East Enders
Puy du Fou

Omg - yes Robbie William's, why didn't l think of that one? So arrogant,l can't bear him!!!

Yes to everyone who said Bali
Yes to Harry Potter (so derivative) and Killing Eve.
Yes to yoga- it’s just stretching. Also gratitude meditations and similar fluff
Also-
Nutella
Netflix
Venice
U2
So many Man Booker winners

In defence of a few of these...

he just seems grim faced and arsey throughout.

It's a while since I read P&P but isn't that what Mr Darcy is supposed to be like?

Re. Harry Potter. It's not really my cup of tea but every 9 year old I know loves it more than anything they have ever read. They don't really care if something is derivative.

Also, I have personally never looked back since getting my Dyson handheld Hoover!

Oh yea, there’s a generational element to it for sure, I’d have loved the Harry Potter books as a kid. It’s the mania some adults I know have that I don’t get, but they’re more likely to have read the books in childhood I guess. I was just too old.

Picklypickles. My Cat would have one of those little dogs for lunch!!

Ah I see. Yes, I was too old for the mania too, so agree with that part. I see adults reading it on their lunch break at work and feel a strong urge to lend them an Anne Tyler novel!

Ohwhatfuckeryisthisnow. I am with you on the Marzipan thing . I have Christmas cake without the icing and Marzipan and don't even start me on Battenburg cake!!

Marzipan is yuck! Accidentally ate Battenberg cake as a student and immediately retched.

Centre Parcs - we were really disappointed. We paid a fortune to go, then everything we did also cost a fortune. Everywhere was busy, and we could have visited most of the restaurants on offer on any high street. The pool was nice, but I just didn’t get the hype.

Kylie Minogue
Madonna Both have Talentless screechy voices all hype and no discernible talent whatsoever.
Lady gaga same category , that follow up to a star is born was awful ! She is no Barbara Streisand that’s for sure!
Tattoos Never seen one I liked and no your not being wild and racy getting one, they just look a mess!
Drinking culture why is so great to get drunk? . Why can’t we be like the Europeans and make one drink last and enjoy it ?

Why go to beautiful countries on holiday then just sit and drink ffs you get one life go see the world ( once CV is over)

@WitchWife ah you mean a caprese salad. I fucking love them! But it's best sitting outside an Italian restaurant in Italy :)

@SurreyHillsGirl
The Sopranos. It picks up speed a lot from the 2nd season if I remember, first season is probably introducing the cast to an extent . I’d rank in my top 5 ever and I’ve watched a good 100+ series. At minimum it is very good.

@Horehound I love caprese salads too, but it's all about the quality. Has to be the best mozzarella and juicy, flavorsome on-the-vine tomatoes. If you used cheap mozzarella and economy tomatoes, it'd be rubbish. Definitely best at a restaurant in Italy like, you say. Oh my, this conversation is making me hungry now!

Singers.
I love a great singer and some are simultanously great musicians. But it posses me off when some kid on YouTube has people falling over themselves like they were bloody Mozart “wow SO Talented! just because they were born with a nice sounding voice and have practiced carrying a few tunes.

School.
It has its uses but the subject subject subject approach is horribly outdated. They are exam factories meant to produce compliant workers, not clued up and inspired citizens. We’d be much better off spending more time informing kids about society, citizenship, the media, and advertising to name a few. Teaching children how to learn and why thinking, questioning and analyzing is important. Learning about democracy and our rssposbilites as citizens.Teaching how to daily tasks - cook pasta, fix household devices, etc Yes I know this is done a tiny bit but it should be the focus - not just a bit on the side.
Reading and writing is essential - most of the other stuff could be largely dumped for most students to little ill effect for the mass of individuals.

Yes, deffo agree with that @scotchbonnits!

Most (not all) Restaurants in Britain. There’s a good reason Nandos is so popular....

@Emmapeeler1 “ It's a while since I read P&P but isn't that what Mr Darcy is supposed to be like?”

I think he’s supposed to be misanthropic but quite funny, kind of like ...Jack Dee? He is witty, that’s why he and Lizzy work as a couple because they’re both incisive about how people behave.

Sorry @Horehound! You’re probably right that it can be nice but the Tesco value version definitely isn’t. 🇮🇹