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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!

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JoysOfString · 05/06/2020 13:34

Yes cupcakes with a tiny bit of unimpressive, dry cake and a mountain of pure sugar on top covered in decorations and glitter spray. Usually presented on a pretentious cake stand and cost £4. I actually physically can't eat that much icing, it makes my mouth start to feel weird and achy.

Fairy cakes used to have a thin layer of icing or a bit of buttercream and were mostly cake

Candoolili · 05/06/2020 13:37

Not a huge fan of cupcakes or those gourmet donuts- three quid for a dry, fake-tasting calorie bomb. The ones four for a £1 in Tesco much nicer.

Smallgoon · 05/06/2020 13:40

Wine.

Disgusting.

thisisfarfromideal · 05/06/2020 15:21

Robbie fucking Williams. Can't bear him or his shite music.

AuntImmortelle · 05/06/2020 15:44

Most cheesecakes (except mine, which is amazing)
Fleabag (I really tried but had to give up)
Hot tubs, absolutely = Sex Ponds
Mrs Brown's boys - can't stand it
Football
Clubbing
Dublin

AuntImmortelle · 05/06/2020 15:48

And how can I forget - Centre Parcs - bloody bloody awful place which you mega bucks for. The whole experience is just awful - the human soup called the pool. The eateries. The extra expenses for any activity. Urgh.

WotnoPasta · 05/06/2020 15:51

I totally agree on the centre parcs thing. It was dirty and boring. We always laugh at the adverts showing the ‘forest walks’.

Localocal · 05/06/2020 16:50

@horehound, I said it was shit, but I didn't say I didn't watch every episode. It's terrible, but somehow very more-ish... ;)

Horehound · 05/06/2020 16:53

Haha. Yeh it was a bit cheesy. Lady Mary was a biatch too

I've never been to center parks and I doubt I ever will. Looks like hell!

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lilgreen · 05/06/2020 17:16

Cupcakes are rank. Give me a fairy cake any day.

macaroniandpizza · 05/06/2020 18:45

All my dislikes are already stated already so i wont repeat them Grin

BillBaileysBum · 05/06/2020 18:48

Dominoes pizzas
Fleabag
Tiger King
HD brows
Sushi

inlimboland · 05/06/2020 18:51

Escape rooms

Zhuleva · 05/06/2020 18:51

Killing Eve
Star Wars
The Killers
Lewis Capaldi
Brighton
Banksy - ugh. Juvenile, obvious, pathetic. Argh!
Strictly Come Dancing
Grayson Perry - creepy twat

Zhuleva · 05/06/2020 18:52

Oh yes, Fleabag and Tiger King!

Zhuleva · 05/06/2020 18:54

"Preferred prounouns" - piss off!

Zhuleva · 05/06/2020 18:55

Pronouns even

Pandoraslastchance · 05/06/2020 19:30

Avocado
Towie,big brother, love island
Velour anything,
50 shades of shite

Lordfrontpaw · 06/06/2020 10:24

I love avocados but don’t ‘get’ reality tv.
I have Velcro (evil stuff) and coat hangers.

AngeloMysterioso · 06/06/2020 10:52

All the people saying Glastonbury have clearly never been!!

trappedsincesundaymorn · 06/06/2020 11:08

@AngeloMysterioso

All the people saying Glastonbury have clearly never been!!
Or live near the site. Not having between 15 -30 helicopters going over my house every 2 hours (from 10 am until 1am every day during the festival weekend), this year is something I'm looking forward to.
WotnoPasta · 06/06/2020 11:44

I haven’t been to Glastonbury and I know I would hate everything about it.

Candoolili · 06/06/2020 11:49

@Zhuleva lol at tiger king, I watched one episode and was baffled at its popularity

airedailleurs · 06/06/2020 12:53

Brexit

MarinePsychiatrist · 06/06/2020 14:14

All the people saying Glastonbury have clearly never been!!

That's like saying anyone who claims that eating shit is gross has obviously never eaten it.