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!

Prosecco
Hot tubs
Strapless tops
Gel nails
Satin sheets
Avocado
Primark
Convertibles
Sushi
Feature walls
Ikea
B&M

Music festivals. GOD I HATE THEM. (Only been to one. Never again).

I traipsed around with DS1 and two foldup B&Q deckchairs. Towards the end I turned to the much older couple next to em and said; 'Do you want these chairs/ if I have to carry them a step farther I am going to shooot msyelf'. They were delighted! That was the best bit by far.

In retrospect going to a festival miles form home with my loud-music hating ASD child who had a horror of portaloos was proabably a mistake (although he wanted to go). I spent hundreds of pounds. I was almost crying by the end of it.

@trappedsincesundaymorn

Krispy Kreme donuts bacon Glastonbury festival gin Killing Eve Game of Thrones Any song by Queen but especially Bohemian Rhapsody First Dates/Love Island/ any other fake dating show

Oh, come on, now, Bohemian Rhapsody is the perfect labour/childbirth playlist (on a loop, for 12 hours)

We Will Rock You (the musical). The first time I have ever walked out of a theatre mid-show

This is an 'Unpopular Opinions' thread isn't it?

I hate anything that everybody else likes in that case.

Macarons,
Afternoon tea,
Kids birthday parties (all types)
School nativity plays

Tom Hardy - what's the big fucking deal? He looks like any normal bloke you'd see down any pub in the country, I don't understand the fuss.

BBQ's - cooking food, but outside with the flies and wasps and a face full of smoke reek - lovely.

Yes to all the fake shit- nails/eyelashes/rainbow hair/eyebrows etc etc, everybody just ends up looking like clones of one another.

Who put The Big Bang Theory on their list? It's amazing, we're watching it all over again.
I reckon I would hate a Spa day but need to try one to find that out (shudders)!
Haircuts are no fun, and I have long hair just to avoid having them.

@Sparklingbrook I say gravy on all of them.

@MintyMabel I am somewhat bemused by your mention of Ellen's Stardust Diner. Is this what English people think you're supposed to do in NYC? I think I ate there once when I lived in NYC and it definitely wasn't anything special or particularly well-known. I think an estate agent took me there when I was viewing flats and I wondered wtf he would have chosen it.

The Sound of Music... only ever watched it once, got to a point where I thought "thank god that's nearly over", only for it to carry on for longer!

Also in the same vein, the Lord of the Rings films. Oh my god, how many times did the final one "nearly" finish before it eventually did?!

Magicians,
Karaoke,
Fake grass,
Sunbathing,
Music festivals

Definitely Bali, for the reasons PP have said above.

It's marketed as a 'Paradise Island' - it really isn't. The UK on a lovely summer's day is more of a 'Paradise Island' than that place. I think it probably did live up to its image at one time, but there has been no building control, so there are just shacks and other poorly built buildings everywhere. It's teeming with people, so there's no beautiful countryside or coastline - everywhere is just a mess and too busy.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the holiday we had there, but I wouldn't go again, there's far nicer places on our doorstep, here in Europe.

Big Bang Theory is sexist crap.

pandas
safaris
perfect nails
Pandora jewellery
Elena ferrante novels

Oh I've just thought of another

TK Maxx why.??..just why???

Perfume. You all smell disgusting.

Oh Bohemian Rhapsody for sure, I cannot stand that song.

Big false eyelashes, orange fake tan, botox face, ott nails etc, the whole TOWIE/Geordie Shores look

Clear plastic bra straps

I am somewhat bemused by your mention of Ellen's Stardust Diner. Is this what English people think you're supposed to do in NYC?

Firstly, I'm not English.

It's a pretty well advertised tourist recommendation. Walk past it at any point and the queues should give you a clue to that.

But just to clarify, there were plenty of other things that proved to us N is not as fantastic as everyone who raves about it would have you believe.

Does anyone actually claim kids birthday party are amazing, though?
All the parents I've met IEL seem to agree it's an elaborate form of torture?

Irn bru

Mrs Brown's Boys is beyond shite.

Cornwall

OK, it's not really shite, but it is totally overrated. Devon and Dorset are much nicer

Oh and

GAME OF THRONES

No I wont get into it, no I wont love, no I don't watch it all in one go.

Excessive makeup
Fake eyelashes
Fake nails that are like talons
Kids
Small dogs
Holidays abroad
Sunbathing