Things that everyone raves about that are actually shite

[Letmegetoff]

I'll begin...

ABBA voyage 'concert'
The London Eye
Harry Potter Studios

Gender Critical ideology.

Damn those pesky women (and men) standing up for women's rights and to keep sport fair. Sooo shite.

I have loved our many road trips round the US, even the trips to Disney were enjoyable because the grandchildren were so happy. Las Vegas tended to be our starting point for trips round the lovely South West. Unreasonable to dismiss an entire country, especially such a large and varied country. Totally agree about Yosemite too, another amazing place to see is the Canyon de Chelly.

*All small dogs - especially if they're wearing coats.
*Ice cream.
*Our NHS - the people who work there are fantastic (in my experience) but we need to pay higher taxes for a better service. My brother lives in Spain and doesn't pay for health care. Monday - goes to the doctor. "You need a scan. How about Thursday?" Results come in a few says. Shoulder operation a few weeks later.
*Michael Gove - went off him the moment fronted adverbials were included in primary school.
*Trains - I love them when they work well, but when they don't 😝
*Whitening Toothpaste - it doesn't do anything.
*Face cream - no. It won't keep the years at bay. Grrr!

Christmas should have been told of my list. I despise it more with each year that passes

Designer dogs (I love terriers though - and Heinz 57 varieties)
Most video games
As a recent graduate, Freshers' Week
IPAs
Sally Rooney novels
Most forms of elaborate skin care and cosmetic procedures
Holidays where British people get extremely drunk and sunburnt
Beards
The keto diet
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Being a workaholic
Recreational hiking and marathon running
Texting instead of phone calls

Battersea power station (just a collection of expensive bland shops)
air up bottles
air fryers
dogs (had to with my profile)

People wanting to take photos - every event, every activity

Worse still, the self-centred idiots who want everyone else to move while they compose their wonderful shot, usually with just a phone or point and press camera, they're no David Baileys!

Cyclists, I don't mean people who pop to the shop wearing bicycle clips and just pootle along.

Lycra louts.

Cats.

Grey interiors

Tom Hardy

FAKE GRASS

I had a bad experience with a chickpea dish 50 years ago, I'm getting over my aversion to even their name slowly.

Oasis
Peter Kay
Paris

Blimey. How bad can a chickpea be?

Yes - beige mops is a great description!

I’m glad someone said CBT - what a croc.

Also weddings for me, great when I was young and I knew people. Last one was sitting in a room with the worlds loudest disco with dozens of strangers, bored off my tits. Couldn’t even speak to DH.
Also wedding websites or whatever, we’ve been sent one where we are meant to upload photos and information about ourselves. Fuck that.

Meal subscriptions- just tried an Eat Fresh. All those packets and waste and one of the meals was really disgusting.

I've thought of another

Snow. It's the Devil's dandruff IMO.

@JudgeJ I must admit I love California- been a fair few times and it's one of my favourite holidays

I'd hardly say 'everyone' 'raves' about this either

@DoYouSmokePaul i actually did this !

The ones I know are a bit thick and overweight, literally just eat the whole time. And the owners are cooing over them! Whereas I would never do that about my kid. I don’t get it.

Maxi dresses.

The only dogs that have ever tried to attack our retriever, both in supervised dog parks and during on lead walks have all been various breeds of terrier. It’s an alarmingly regular occurrence when all we’re doing is walking along and minding our own business. Horrible, nippy buggers. They’re rat catchers for a reason

Yes, people knowing your sex cannot be changed - mad, eh?!

I thught of another one

Tom Ford Lost Cherry perfume. Smells like the cheap version of Mr Sheen furniture polish

I know, they can be like that. I think it’s (like all dog issues really) largely down to owners though. One of my favourite dogs ever was my neighbour’s Parsons terrier; as a ratter he had that temperament, but she trained and handled him so well that he was a delightful individual.
I’ve also known horrible nippy dogs of other breeds and types; it’s nurture as much as nature, if not more so.