Hyped-up activities that are actually shite.

[DarkestBerty]

Loads of my friends do yoga. It's really relaxing, they say. It's really mindful, they say. It's a good workout without realising you're working out, they say. It's a really nice community of people, they say.

So on Saturday morning I tried it.

It was bloody awful. Everything about it was bloody terrible. It wasn't remotely relaxing or mindful. I wasn't a very good workout and the people were cult-loke lunatics.

And I've felt a bit lightheaded, dizzy, and just not quite myself ever since.

Tell me about activities that everyone seems to have a wide-on for, but which you hated.

Seriously! We've been priced out of so many gigs these past months.. between the ticket tiered pricing & bots buying them up

LOVE THIS THREAD.

Christmas markets, in fact any type of market. 90% of it is overpriced useless tat made by someone using it as an excuse to get out of doing a proper job.

Horse racing. What a load of bollocks. And people waste money on betting too??

Paintballing - went as a teen and was put off by horrible staff member.

Music festivals. Went once, never again.

Anything that involves not sleeping in a proper bed.

Going abroad. I have been many times but my best holidays have been in the UK.

Competitive sport.

Any kids activity that is taken Too Seriously. Like the village football teams which are seriously competitive and seem to have forgotten that it’s a bunch of 6 year olds. Just let them kick a ball around rather than fretting about if they are “strong enough” for the competitive team????

Sports days. Need I say more.

Musical instruments. Unless the people playing them are very good I can’t stand the noise. (My parents are / were both musical - I think maybe I was overexposed as a kid 🤣🤣)

Wine tasting. What is the point?

Commuting to London (I live within commutable distance). Hell on earth.

Weight lifting. Boring as shite. I absolutely hate it.

Going to zoos and wildlife parks, I’m an animal lover and I loved it as a kid but I find it boring now. You don’t see half of the animals and I also find that once you’ve seen one lion you’ve seen them all. The last time we went to one the kids spent 80% of the time in the play area.

Advent calendars that don’t contain chocolate.

Weddings, but I would say that as I’m divorced 💅

I’m lots of fun I promise 😀

Hen do's

Pick Your Own Fruit Farms. Just sell the fruit you grow in the ridiculously oberpriced, adjacent farm shop, can't you. Name of specific venue I have in mind not included to protect the innocent.

Professional photo shoots. I hate having my picture taken at the best of times. We have done it three times now - none of it my idea. One of my cousins in Canada is obsessed with photo shoots for her kids. She has signed up to some company which organises an elaborately staged photo shoot with a different theme every month. The kids have such false smiles and wear so much make up. I think they look really creepy.

Hen-dos
weddings
lately, eating out. Too noisy. Too many people.
hot weather in the Uk - warm and sunny, yes - above 26 degrees - no thanks
clothes shopping - hell no.
bottomless brunch - also hell no.
camping - would rather be at work. I need a proper bed and a working private toilet.
music festivals or anything that involves standing in a field.
going for a drive.

not sure about afternoon tea, I like them, but they’re too expensive for what you get.

i love holidays but need to go somewhere that’s comfortable and pleasant. I used to be happy going cheap and cheerful but last few times we did this, I had to admit I didn’t enjoy much.

theatre - I’ve enjoyed many shows but even when I have, I’ve always thought that the 40£ ticker wasn’t worth it. I enjoy cinema just as much for a tenner.

Boat trips, terrifying, was holding on for dear life. Swimming in the sea. I do not get all the hype about the country, can enjoy nice scenery, but as soon as it gets uncomfortable or inconvenient I’m done. Running. Camping. Caravan holidays - why pay to live in cramped inconvenience. Watching sport. Pebble beaches, in fact I’m not keen on sand. Snow. Team building exercises. Anything involving going under water. Skiing.

Indoor swimming, especially with children. Swimming is only fun outside when it’s very hot.

Very much agree with tapas — I spend too much time thinking about whether I’ve had just the right amount of each thing to leave enough for everyone else. I don’t get enough of what I really want. I’d much rather just choose and eat what I actually want/like for the price of a meal out.

i actually love yoga/meditation so I don’t get that at all!

Camping. Sold as a holiday, more like a punishment to me.

Bottomless brunch

Probably been said on here but barbecues@ waiting ages for a plate of burnt food and cold sides, usually drinking in someone's garden, making mind numbing conversation all for a burger. I would drive round Maccies drive thru whilst going about my day if I was bothered about having a burger. I like every other social occasion and eating though!

Pilates
Yoga

Potholing (based on the assumption that I’d try most things once…) Never.Ever.Ever.Again

However, I’ve forced myself to go to strength training classes and discovered that I really like them. Like others have said, it’s cured a lot of my aches and pains.

I think some people have had some very shit BBQ’s from reading through this thread. Likewise tapas - you don’t have to share, you can just order small plates for yourself…

Eating out... Restaurant meals I mean.

Very expensive, too salty, most people barely touch their food and plates piled high with uneaten food get sent back to the kitchen. Meat portions are especially too big.

Socialising is great but the food almost never great.

Oh, also lying on a beach/ on a sun lounger anywhere. Terribly boring and hot and pointless. Hard to read as you can't get comfortable and the sun gets in your eyes. I love the sea but never lie on beaches.

Ice baths. The people who partake are often the performative type who do it for instagram only.

Camping is one step above sleeping rough in my opinion. I camped at festivals in my 20's. I enjoyed the festival itself but almost every time I either left night early or booked a nearby hotel/slept in a car as it was so unbearable.

@DinoLil The exact reason I stopped too !
Sometimes my clenching didn't work......🤣

I love yoga. And you're going to the wrong places if your afternoon teas are a couple of tiny sandwiches and a drop of prosecco I've never had one that hasn't made me feel stuffed afterwards (and I am no lightweight on the eating front).

Mine is bowling. I hate it. I'm not even sure why!
And going on any kind of holiday involving organised 'entertainment'.

I thought this too until I saw them, classic green swirl style across the sky, better then I’d ever seen in Iceland or Finland. This was northern Scotland though and most likely I’ll never see it that good again.

Abseiling. God that’s horrible
Visiting London
NYE
Bonfire night
Beer

Quite like yoga, though. And wild swimming. And burnt sausages.

Champagne breakfast. I'm not keen on champagne at any time of day and I hate having to get all dressed up and waiting ages for an overpriced breakfast I don't really want or like. Give me Marmite on toast at home any day.

I disagree with loads of these! Northern Lights? Nope, I saw them from my garden in Cumbria last year, with the naked eye. Christmas markets - yes, I'm sure lots if them are shit, but if you go to proper ones e.g. in Germany, they are wonderful and sell fantastic food and drink and beautiful gifts and decorations.

Fake pumpkin picking however - I've never done it, but it sounds rubbish!

100% this.

Camping
Running
Afternoon tea
Prosecco
Beach days on a sunbed
picnics (if I have to prepare them)
Skating
Golf
Hot tubs
Spa days
Ferris wheels
Loud rap music, house music
Nearly all sport
Musicals
Pantomimes

1000%!! It’s such utter child’s party bollox! Though in fairness you got away lightly with 25 quid…