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Things that everyone raves about that are actually shite PART 2

254 replies

LovelyTheresa · 21/03/2024 19:42

Romcoms. Love Actually is the worst one, but it isn't the only one. I also loathe Notting Hill, Four Weddings, and most of the other ones as well. Pretty Woman is dire. I far prefer Old Hollywood screwball comedies. Some Like it Hot has to be the most perfect comedy ever, it is so funny and it is romantic without being schmaltzy.

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FayeGreener · 29/07/2024 22:55

The Eden Project!

Took us two trains to get there and when we finally arrived it seemed to mainly consist of restaurants and eateries. Not very impressed.

MadameMassiveSalad · 29/07/2024 22:59

MessinaBloom · 29/07/2024 06:18

Hamilton musical.

I think Lin-Manuel Miranda attempted to cram as many lyrics as he possibly could into a particular timeframe and ended up with an over bloated monster, but thought "Never mind, I'll just leave them in".

Totally it's terrible

Touty · 29/07/2024 23:03

Friends - as in the American sit com.

MadameMassiveSalad · 29/07/2024 23:06

hazandduck · 29/07/2024 22:16

Center Parcs.

Rundown, grubby facilities. Poor restaurants. Creepy Truman show vibe about the place.

Urgh makes me shudder!

God yes. Like motorway services 🙄

NellyTimes · 29/07/2024 23:07

kjv1234 · 29/07/2024 21:39

Shark hoovers. Don't feel ours has lasted any time at all

Yes, I fucking hate mine, it's a flimsy piece of shit.

MadameMassiveSalad · 29/07/2024 23:08

What is WRONG with all you coffee haters? Can you not smell/ taste?! WTAF 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

NellyTimes · 29/07/2024 23:08

MumofSpud · 29/07/2024 22:54

Spa days - find them stressful!!

I hate them too, just find them incredibly boring and everyone there is so fucking smug.

Vitriolinsanity · 29/07/2024 23:20

Weirdly just took Ds17 to see Despicable Me 4 and then Nando's tonight and had a brilliant time. The cinema was full and it was lovely to hear people really laughing. Nando's was Nando's but we had a great chat and the service was ace.

I did however turn down flat an open air screening of Mumma Mia, which in my humble opinion the worst film ever in the history of cinema. Furthermore the prospect of middle age women three sheets on warm Prosecco, wearing dungarees and feather boas and giving their best Donna was just like looking into the jaws or death by a thousand screeches.

CatchHimDerry · 29/07/2024 23:21

London
Dry robes (as a “fashion statement”)
The North Face (good but overrun by all the teens)
Greggs (DH is obsessed)
Miller & Carter
Stanley cups
Prime (when that was all the rage)
INFLUENCERS / Tik Tok / SM in general
Grey everything
Panelled everything

Not been to centre parcs in years but the prices are shocking when I had a look lately for a little break

moggerhanger · 29/07/2024 23:22

MadameMassiveSalad · 29/07/2024 23:08

What is WRONG with all you coffee haters? Can you not smell/ taste?! WTAF 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes, yes I can! And it tastes awful! Smells OK before it's brewed I guess.

Now, tea - there's a beverage that deserves raving about.

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 29/07/2024 23:27

I loved SIX, (a few people have slated it.) Also love Taylor Swift. AND I love Friends!

Defo find Adele overrated though. Also find spa days boring and overrated. Also... Hamilton. Mamma Mia. Les Mis.

Oh and Bridgerton, what a load of bollocks. The 'love story' between Nicola Coughlan and the bloke she was with (not sure of his name!) was so cringeworthy and so BAD, that I could barely watch it. 😆

Never got the fascination with Downton Abbey either!

Also, TEA, repulsive, vile, shite! 😖

GellerYeller · 29/07/2024 23:29

Toby Carvery. What sane person garnishes a roast with Mac and cheese?

Anything that exists with the sole purpose of ending up on Instagram. (Plastic) flower walls, doorways festooned with flower garlands, balloon arches, salons with neon signs that say ‘slay queen’ and such.
And the insta-cake brigade. Crap overpriced cheesecake and muffins with a Mars Bar sticking out if it. You wouldn’t plonk a pork pie on top of a quiche would you. Well I wouldn’t anyway.

The obsession with Lotus Biscoff and specifically the spread. It’s jar of puréed biscuit FGS.

WithIcePlease · 29/07/2024 23:37

Any type of pampering shite
A pamper night of face mask, pedi, fucking nail painting or whatever sounds like sheer torture.
No massages thanks. And definitely no head massage in the hairdresser.

ODFOx · 29/07/2024 23:42

FayeGreener · 29/07/2024 22:37

The trouble with sweet potato fries is they’re about 100 times less nice than ordinary fries.

Exactly. Anywhere that offers an 'upgrade' for more money to sweet potato fries is basically saying that they can't cook potato: well cooked chips are good of the gods

14Georgetown · 29/07/2024 23:46

Stanley cups
France
Avocado
Taylor Swift
Yankee Candles

GellerYeller · 29/07/2024 23:50

@WithIcePlease yeeeesss! Get out of my personal space and don’t whatever you do, touch me! 😱😂

HedgehogB · 29/07/2024 23:51

Musicals. Pandora. Hen Nights. Glitter. Taylor Swift. Box sets . Dubai. All inclusives. Bingo. Pink things. Fake tan. Male stripper type stuff. Fast food mostly. Prime drinks. Peppa Pig world. Silver glitter homeware of any sort.

GellerYeller · 29/07/2024 23:58

Strictly.

LadyLolaRuben · 30/07/2024 00:09

EasyJet

SprinkleOfSunak · 30/07/2024 01:39

Center Parcs.
ASMR
Stanley cups.
Shark vacuums.
Shapewear - All make me look pregnant.
Doughnuts.
Saltburn.
Star Wars.
Dr Who.
Influencers.
Taylor Swift.
Maya Jama.
Raye.
The beige and neutral trend in clothing and interiors.

dimsumfatsum · 30/07/2024 03:08

Food at Dishoom (and I'm Indian).

Nugg · 30/07/2024 05:08

FayeGreener · 29/07/2024 22:26

En suite bathrooms.

I fail to see the upside in being able to hear your partner having a shit.

@FayeGreener I finally found my people 🤣 i've been saying this for decades and it's another reason I despise staying in a hotel!

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 30/07/2024 05:10

Deipara · 29/07/2024 06:21

Mamma Mia!

Total shite!

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 30/07/2024 05:16

PerkyMintDeer · 29/07/2024 22:33

Turtle Doves Wrist Warmers
That Uniqlo bag
See also Longchamp La Pliage bag

The weird expensive candle obsession - "OP I'd get her a White Stuff/Jo Malone/Diptyque candle, you can't go wrong."

I ended up with 12, yes 12 of the fuckers for my 40th and 7 for Christmas. That's just shy of £1000 worth of candles. CANDLES ffs!!! The vast majority of which make me wheeze, my eyes water and I start coughing as I am quite allergic to grasses and certain flowers.

I know...what an ungrateful wretch I am.

Hate candles. Turn a fucking lamp on ffs.

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 30/07/2024 05:18

WithIcePlease · 29/07/2024 23:37

Any type of pampering shite
A pamper night of face mask, pedi, fucking nail painting or whatever sounds like sheer torture.
No massages thanks. And definitely no head massage in the hairdresser.

God yes. And especially pamper parties for little girls - ugh.

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