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Things that sound nice but actually aren't

768 replies

WeeAgnes · 30/12/2025 15:15

I'm putting forward Fruit teas.
Some of the combinations sound so promising and positively delicious.

In reality, they taste what I imagine drinking pot pourri to be like.

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TheIceBear · 30/12/2025 19:35

fluffiphlox · 30/12/2025 19:31

Chips from the chip shop

No. Chips from the chip shop are one of my favourite things in life

Rainbowcat77 · 30/12/2025 19:36

Most chocolate cake looks and smells deliciously indulgent then tastes like sawdust!

I also agree with Picnics and hot baths.

Also, I’m beginning to realise a “do absolutely nothing” day always feels like my idea of heaven but the reality is that I always end up bored, have a headache and frustrated with myself for wasting time.

Ihateslugs · 30/12/2025 19:36

EchoedSilence · 30/12/2025 15:17

Goats cheese. Tastes like a goat smells.

Totally agree!

lifeonmars100 · 30/12/2025 19:41

Statsquestion1 · 30/12/2025 16:16

Fucking Camping!WTAF
Lets buy miniature (and shit) versions of all the things we need at home, put them in a small dome shape material house and spend an hour stressing over getting it in the car, drive to a field somewhere, spend an hour stressing over putting it up, live in it for a few days, get all damp and uncomfortable (while trying to keep it clean and tidy (which is fucking impossible!)and then stress about packing it all up again. NOT FUN AT ALL!!

This times 1000 . I have really given campng a fair go, once in France and twice in Derbyshire and I loathed it and each time I wanted a holiday to get over it. My worst memory is having to get up for a wee in the early hours and having to tramp to the washing/toilet block by torch light in the rain and the dark.

Mammajaz · 30/12/2025 19:46

EchoedSilence · 30/12/2025 15:17

Goats cheese. Tastes like a goat smells.

100 percent

UnhappyHobbit · 30/12/2025 19:47

Lastgig · 30/12/2025 19:15

Rhubarb crumble surely

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Ew no! It has to be apple. Rhubarb physically stings me 😆

Charmatt · 30/12/2025 19:55

Dragon Fruit - costs a fortune, but lures you in with the fancy outer skin. The inside promises you so much, but....

...literally tastes of nothing!

One of the greatest disappointments of my life!

notwavingbutdrowning1 · 30/12/2025 19:59

Nice biscuits. They're disgusting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_biscuit

Nice biscuit - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_biscuit

lifeonmars100 · 30/12/2025 20:00

Dmsatdawn · 30/12/2025 18:09

Having a haircut. I cannot bear someone washing my hair and sitting for ages in a chair whilst it’s being chopped and being told what a treat it is for someone to blowdry your hair. No, it isn’t- it’s purgatory.

I hate it too, sitting there contemplating how old I look in the cruel harsh lignting with my damp, fine frizzy hair clinging like seaweed tendrils round my saggy face. More like torture than pampering.

Pudmyboy · 30/12/2025 20:01

PyongyangKipperbang · 30/12/2025 18:20

Fish and chips
Bacon sandwiches
Takeaways

And fruit teas yes.....smell amazing but taste like boiled compost.

A bacon sandwich made with crispy bacon on white bread with a bit of brown sauce is heavenly!
Add proper fried mushrooms and I am in a state of bliss!
Agree about the fruit teas!

clamshell24 · 30/12/2025 20:02

Chocolate coins

ARunByFruiting · 30/12/2025 20:02

EchoedSilence · 30/12/2025 15:17

Goats cheese. Tastes like a goat smells.

😂😂😂

BonneMamanAbricot · 30/12/2025 20:02

Fireworks shows
Standing in the dark when it's freezing, packed in like sardines, and having to wait ages for the crowd to disperse when it's over

ocolo · 30/12/2025 20:03

Melted mozarella cheese on anything. Ugh ugh. Its like eating a fat rubber band. I feel sick every time i see it. so no pizza, or anything made with that awful rubber substitute.

LucyMonth · 30/12/2025 20:03

Paris.

OneCandidSloth · 30/12/2025 20:06

Tapas / small plates in restaurants. Having to be all 'no, you have the last tiny prawn.' Nothing goes together. I can never eat as much as I want as I don't want to look like a greedy pig so end up eating about 3 tiny spoonfuls. I want a big plate with lots of food that goes together all to myself thanks.

Gardenalia · 30/12/2025 20:07

Coffee. Smells divine, tastes like shit.

Dukekaboom · 30/12/2025 20:11

WinterCarlisle · 30/12/2025 15:48

Mindfulness podcasts - annoying

Mini golf - I hate this SO much. Total irrational hatred since I was a child. No dark trauma associated with it, I just loath it.

Agree with the comments about sour dough and goats cheese. Would add cottage cheese. I work in health care so you can make your own deductions as to why it offends me……….

I absolutely hate min golf too. It's my idea of hell. An ex suggested it as a date once and I knew there was no future there.

sueelleker · 30/12/2025 20:15

Heavy red wines. I can drink the light reds, but the ones loaded with tannin are like sucking a used teabag.

RessicaJabbit · 30/12/2025 20:16

fluffiphlox · 30/12/2025 19:31

Chips from the chip shop

Depends which fish and chip shop TBF the ones on our parade of shops are soggy and bleh
The ones in the next village are delicious.

NavigatingMyLife · 30/12/2025 20:18

Dubai

A building site / huge traffic jam in the desert with a load of diamonds stuck to it.

FunMustard · 30/12/2025 20:19

Countsounds · 30/12/2025 15:17

Salted caramel lattes

Not necessarily salted caramel, but any coffee shop coffee with syrup. It's either way too much or not nearly enough syrup, making it a disappointment.

Even worse is if I get Starbucks - the coffee is just awful. I swear it didn't used to be as bad as it is now.

Luckyingame · 30/12/2025 20:19

Readily salted or Salt and vinegar crisps.
Just plain, ridged, greasy cardboard.
Yuck.

tsmainsqueeze · 30/12/2025 20:20

Dukekaboom · 30/12/2025 20:11

I absolutely hate min golf too. It's my idea of hell. An ex suggested it as a date once and I knew there was no future there.

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I absolutely loathe mini golf too !
I thought i was the only one who did.

FragileIsAsFragileDoes · 30/12/2025 20:22

My ideal holiday is camping (backpacking) and hiking, with goats cheese most meals and a nice herbal tea to finish off the day 😂 thrilled if I get a lovely shower.

Give me a confected 'day out' (whether pumpkin picking, xmas markets, wreath-making, centre parcs, spa days, lights trails or some other commercialised nonsense) and I feel a migraine coming on.

Homemade pastry IS worth the faff. Shop-bought is convenient but just not the same.

My contribution is pizza. Just grim - all fat and no nutrition and weirdly they all taste the same. I like homemade pizza breads but if cheese is involved it has to be goat (sorry) or buffalo mozzarella.