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!

Mrs Browns Boys! Awful agreed
Dominoes and Nandos - agreed!
America (yes, the entire country- sorry!)
McDonalds (there are so many people dying for it to open!?!)
Gas BBQs (if it doent have wood and charcoal it's just an outdoor stove...)
Champagne - its rank. Prosecco, asti and cava all the way
Pandora (ugly, overpriced cheap silver jewellery that literally everyone has - it's no different from the sterling silver bracelets you could get at Claire's accessories, you're just paying 6x the price!)
Buying fine jewelry (like engagement rings) brand new. (Antique jewellery you get so much more for your money and it's way better made)
All Inclusice hotels. You end up feeling tied to the place and not going out exploring

Hairless six packs on men, give me a dad bod over that any day!

Anything Fancy Dress
Vodka Luges (sp?)
Vodka Jellies
Vodka
Tequila
That song "I Will Survive"
Take That
Pantomimes if you are over the age of 6
Going to London to do anything with anyone in December
Smoking Weed

defo bali - it was an absolute bin when we were there.

oreos - give me a choc digestive any day

whiskey - meh

gigs/concerts/festivals - i hate people in general so these are a big no-no for me

sunlit uplands - defo going to be sh!t

Lots of people saying Mrs Brown's Boys, but everyone thinks that's shit.
I've never met anyone who regarded it as amazing, especially not on MN!

Gin - tastes like perfume
Period dramas
Soaps
Love Island
Coffee
Autumn - in the UK is is damp and miserable

Ed Sheeran’s songs.
Skiing.
Starbucks - disgusting coffee, and the shops always reek of milk on the turn.
Hen parties.
Kale - every time I’ve tried to eat it I’ve almost choked to death on it. I thought it was supposed to be healthy.
The X Factor/BGT/The Voice - why so loud?

IKEA meatballs started tasting crap after they removed the horse meat. So, to that end, horses.

@AIMD

Firstly the meatballs are amazing!!! Secondly gel nails... I don’t get why so many people love them.... all these bright garish random designs.

Gel nails are brilliant. Garish designs aren’t obligatory. I have squoval shape in red, nude or navy blue, they’re very tasteful.

Coffee
Jaffa cakes
Blergh!!

I'm also going to say Niagara Falls. Beautiful place completely destroyed by tourism. Honestly it's so tacky.

Reality tv
Theme parks
Prosecco

Completely agree with PP who have mentioned Bali! DH and I have been lucky enough to do a lot of travelling and Bali is the ONLY place we vowed never to go back to.

The beaches were filthy, we saw rats in loads of restaurants, and the traffic is the worst I have experienced anywhere in the world. It took us almost 2 hours to get to the airport, and it should’ve taken around 20 minutes.

They also have a very aggressive taxi mafia who charge ridiculous prices for short trips, and will actually force you out of Uber/Grab taxis if they see you trying to get in one.

Also, all the beautiful sights you see on Instagram are HEAVING with tourists (most of them wearing floaty dresses for a ‘photoshoot’).

Popmaster
Prosecco
Reality Television
Anything live in a stadium

Mindfulness
Prosecco
The Roasting Tin books (we now call anything that comes out of there, the Meal of Last Resort)
Ed Sheeran

Why has no one mentioned this one: Robbie Williams. Urgh.

and also classically good-looking actors like.. Brad Pitt- I just think his arrogance shows in his face.
Sorry.

Also yes to:
Musical festivals- like pps- have only been to one- NEVER again. Actual gigs are different and better imho.
BBQs- why does summer have to smell of chargrilled - anything?
Excessive make up...
Disneyland. Here's hundreds of euros please let me and my family queue in the freezing cold for hours on end to go on one ride each.

You've got me going now- I'm thinking of some more...

To be fair to prosecco, only some of it is revolting. I've had two drinks called prosecco: one of them was hideously sweet, and the other wasn't. I suspect that the sudden Height Of Fashion status encouraged the production of the horrible sweet stuff.

The priest from Fleabag - really, the priest himself wasn't the point. It was the fact that Fleabag fancied him. (I'm not sure I can explain this properly but throw some socioliterary wank around and some of it will be what I mean.)

Cruises

Reality shite like I’m a z list celebrity or X factor.

Ant and/or Dec
Spa’s

All inclusive holidays

I have found my tribe.

Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals

David Walliams’ books

Sally Rooney books. Most sixth form English Lit students could produce better.

Madonna

Cheezyrats - i was on a consultancy panel re; those Baratz dolls, without exception we all said how horrible they were, for so many reasons, yup they went ahead !

IndiaMay

Buying fine jewelry (like engagement rings) brand new. (Antique jewellery you get so much more for your money and it's way better made).

Good value, yes probably. But why are they up for sale? Divorce, death?
Buy new every time, unless you want someone else’s vibes literally around your finger