This thread has really cheered me up and I am delighted so many people obviously do not suffer from "Emperor's Clothes" syndrome.
Abba were always a rip-off, even back in the day. It is my theory that they would have retired around 1977, but they lost a load of money on oil investments, so continued the bandwagon for another 5-6 years. Of course, I am sure they were fab live, especially in their more "rock n roll" years...
My contribution would be "any restaurant". They are all overpriced, bad service (as if a bunch of clueless teenagers has just opened up and I am their first ever customer), always things missing from the menu... And the cost! London 10x of course. I would much rather buy a discounted ready-made meal + pudding in a supermarket for £10 a person, while strong tea is a better substitute to wine anyway.
Can I add any form of hype, especially around films? I deliberately did not go and see Oppenheimer. Was he portrayed as some sort of hero? I was reading the other day that he could very likely have been a Soviet agent, which was very nice given what Stalin was planning for us all had he lived...