Things that everyone raves about that are actually shite

[Letmegetoff]

I'll begin...

ABBA voyage 'concert'
The London Eye
Harry Potter Studios

Scotland! WTF. Where have you been to in Scotland?! Aberdeen?

You'll change your mind if you visit the Highlands and Islands.

Strictly. It was good when it first started (when Kaplinsky won) but it's been just dire for years - too much wittering on.

Percy pigs 🤢

Coconut in everything.

and I know I'm in a minority, but Henry vacuum.
I can only guess that the people who like it have hard floors as the suction is so strong on my carpets that I can't move the working end!

Soho Farmhouse.
Just being able to say "I'm a member😁" instead of "what an overpriced dump🤮".

American chocolate - tastes like vomit

Oooh no, Henry all the way. Had a battery hoover for about two months which was actually much more expensive than my lovely Henry and I don't understand who the f these things are designed for, unless it's bald men living in stairless homes with hard floors and no pets. It was useless.

As an old, now alone, person who doesn't go in for gadgets, I love my cheap air fryer which avoids having to use the over for things like a couple of croissants this morning and so on.

LOVE ISLAND

As a former Abbey Wood-er (from both before & after the new station) I enjoyed seeing this randomly pop up. I don’t disagree. But do people really “rave about” Abbey Wood station? I thought everyone knows it’s shite.

Tattoos
Piercings other than in earlobes

Agree. The highlands and Islands in the mountainous areas are very like Switzerland,mesmerising. I've also visited friends who moved to a place just outside of Edinburgh. They took me to see the city & various attractions, the castle etc. I fell in love with it. The bars, the sites, the buildings, the people, amazing. There were loads of tourists though cause it was during the summer but it made the atmosphere.

Never heard of Soho Farmhouse before now.
(Looks pretentious, but then I'd never fit in at a place like that anyway)
I've never heard anyone ' rave' about stations especially these days! Long gone are pretty flower arrangements and any helpful staff.
Tattoos and beards are also things I dislike
People love them though!

Crispy creme 🤢 should have been first on my list.

It is an amazing city - although I'm biased, living just outside Edinburgh myself. Right pain in the tits during August (yep, the ultimate cliche) but there's something for everyone.
I'd still rate the Highlands and Islands even higher. Goals for retirement.

Glad to see so many for Shark hoovers. I bought one and it's shit. Going back to a Henry asap.

My list is:
Avocados
Grazing tables
Weddings
Hen nights
Gender reveal
Hot tubs
Spa days
The races
Those crossbody Camera bags
Gimmicky food or anything 'elevated'
Food markets / restaurant that are full of Instagram wankers. Ruined!
Holidays. More exhausted when I get back.

Hamilton
Les Miserables
Greatest Showman

Films during which I have actually fallen asleep when my family wanted to watch them and were adamant that 'You'll love this!'.

I think the only musical I've enjoyed was West Side Story, the proper version from the '60s.

Shark hoovers 😩

Hen dos
Baby showers
Spa days
Whispering Angel rose (overpriced, overhyped and not even decent)
Beaches (the places, not the film)

Red velvet cake

YES. What the hell is that all about? When I first saw it I thought ooh, is that some kind of delicious raspberry cake or something - no! It's just a boring-tasting cake stuffed with food colouring! What's the point?

Tent-pole coccyx made me rofl.

My granddaughter works in a well known purveyor of sausage rolls that also does take away coffee, one man asked for his to be hotter than boiling and he was quite annoyed when she said she couldn't do it.

Fantasy TV like Game of Thrones
Beach resorts
Most musicals (but I did love the Abba show sorry! Maybe its my age!)
A lot of modern art
Dogs
Rome

Greatest Showman

OMG this as well. When I saw it I just could not believe how craply written and vacuous it was - the plot, the characters everything just seemed so two-dimensional, phoned in and cheesily obvious. There are some good songs but that's all.

Sex and the City

1. Hugh Jackman - we're meant to believe he's about 35 years younger than he actually is.
2. "A million dreams are keeping me awake" - call me an old pedant, but if you're dreaming, you must be asleep.