Things that everyone raves about that are actually shite

[Letmegetoff]

I'll begin...

ABBA voyage 'concert'
The London Eye
Harry Potter Studios

Paris
The Mona Lisa
(The Louvre is incredible)
Paris Disney
Alton Towers (although accept that as I live half an hour away and did it every summer for years thanks to school, I may just be utterly sick of the place)
Costco
Wagamamas
Waitrose

Muffins
Avocado
Cheese
Truffles
Anything at Macca's that's not a McFlurry, nuggets or hash brown
Music (99% of it)
Sport (99% of it)
Bottomless brunch
Activewear
TikTok
Instagram
Shopping in person
Online shopping
Buying a house
Mules / Slides
Wild swimming

But for the person who said the opera house - I live in Sydney and I see it bringing tears to people's eyes daily, it's absolutely bloody magnificent.

ditto all chain restaurants

appalling food, all from Brakes Bros - all they do is open packets and boxes, put it in the microwave, add lettuce and laced with garlic granules to mask the taste. Zero skill in that and it tastes of what it is, Ultra Processed Food

Dreadful what has happened to UK restaurants nowadays. and very very expensive.

Cupcakes
Instagram
Yoga
Christmas
Sourdough bread
Banana bread
Designer handbags
Decking
Cocktails
Champagne & Prosecco
Fast cars

Kids 😂

Definitely the Maldives (sadly).
I was gifted a last minute holiday there last year and was very disappointed - we were bored after two days and very relieved that we hadn't saved and planned to go for years like some people do.
I'm well travelled and the Maldives was a place I thought would be be amazing but we found it very underwhelming and mediocre.

Cheese?!

Tea - it's minging and people are obsessed. Have a glass of water.

Also carrying bottles of water, it's not the Sahara.

Laminate flooring 😱

Well.. this is a bit awkward as tea is simply just infused water

I had a friend, an elderly gentleman in his 80s, who had several olive trees in his yard.
Every year he’d climb his ladder and pick them and then start the lye and salt baths - it took several weeks.
Those olives were the best things I’ve ever tasted.
Thank you for reminding me of that and of my sweet friend.

Kimchi
Kombucha
Sriracha
Kewpie mayo

As a Canadian I get to see the Northern Lights regularly and they are definitely green, not grey.

Continuing with my list - Tim Hortons

"pulled" meat is marketing genius - basically heavily flavour cheap cuts of meat and sell it at a huge premium.

For me -
Cocktails
Craft beer
Growing your own food (then photographing and putting on social media)
Baking
Nadia Hussain (might be related to the previous point)
Any gourmet burger chain
Smoothies / juice bars
Celebs like Rylan. Anyone on This Morning.
Making memories
Living your best life
The gym

That’s shocking about not being allowed a pen. Had no idea. Shades of having your left hand tied to you to force you into right handed ness. Very Victorian..

Dyson hair dryer.
Ed Sheeran and all the Poundland Ed Sheerans (James Arthur and the like)
Greggs
River Island

One thing that is worth the money is Dr Martens shoes and boots. Quality is still great and they last forever.

Relationships

Agree, I really do not understand why people spend money on tepid greasy food!

Taylor Swift
Game of Thrones
Any Reality TV

Cordless vacuums
Robot vacuums
Range Rovers
Extendable dog leads - dangerous af
Wow hair stuff
Maldives
Sweet alcoholic drinks
Chocolate with nuts in
Sourdough bread
Fresh fruit
Cooking from scratch
Online newspapers
Tik Tok
Shorts and reels
Microsoft
Coloured front doors
UPVC
Ornaments
Coloured fairy lights - a sin
Netflix

Sticky toffee pudding.

Oh an Paris - the gateway to hell and someone has left the door wide open

Because they don't have to cook maybe?

Also Ryan Gosling singing at the Oscars so rubbish, and stars on talk shows like Graham Norton, so up themselves and so scripted.

Plastic tampon applicators

They nip me, get too slippery to actually push.......total design fail.

All reality TV
Fake nails, extensions, fillers etc
Timothée Chalamet
Instagram
TikTok
Gin
Fluffy socks

I completely disagree with people saying Harry Potter, LOTR and Disneyland! They’re all worth raving about (books only with HP).