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What’s a controversial thing you don’t like it than everyone seems to like?

742 replies

NoGoodUsernamee · 13/10/2022 21:20

I’ll start… dogs 😬 Never goes down well & I think if I owned one I’d probably grow to love it but in my eyes they just smell and dribble and are annoying. How about you?!

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PurplRainDancer · 15/10/2022 22:01

Baked beans
celery

Ginandit288 · 15/10/2022 22:10

Custard
Power ballads
Proper ice cream (I prefer the cheap stuff except Magnums which I detest)

thisyearsuckssofar · 15/10/2022 22:13

Campfires:
Taking hours to find wood to light them. Watching as folk (usually men) try to be the fire making god and expect to praise Worrying about the poor insects in the wood burning alive. Watching children don't set themselves on fire. Eating charred mallows. Lung pain/damage. Smelly clothes. Environmental damage.

I refuse to go to campfires. Everyone else I know loves them.

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 15/10/2022 22:26

Another top vote for grief vampirism. Including - no especially - over the Queen and particularly Diana.
The monarchy and the whole out-of-date UK constitution.
Working Title Movies. Every last one of them. The tokenism and/or sheer schmaltz is nauseating.
Ditto 'Bridget Jones'.
D H Lawrence. The dialogue is excruciating. No one talks to each other like that.
Voting, in any context other than political elections or union ballots.
'Gender'. The whole bloody shitshow has caused me as a woman nothing but trouble.

Rolothecat · 15/10/2022 22:32

Elaborate gender reveal parties,
Facebook posts that ask you to “share this post this if you support mental health,autism etc”
loose women

Unforgettablefire · 15/10/2022 22:33

Mamai90 · 13/10/2022 23:34

Posting a message to your dead relative on social media. 'Love and miss you Uncle Simon, absolutely heartbroken without you but I'll be strong for granny and make you proud'.
Fuck.Right.Off

Oh god I hate this. One of the reasons I disabled my fb all this "please show me attention" shit.
Urgh 🤮
And those stupid "share if you agree" normally a load of bullshit fake misinformation statements.
Oh and the posting pics of meals. Fuck fb.

Babies/toddlers/brats on planes.
Anything toffee or banana flavoured/scented.

Unforgettablefire · 15/10/2022 22:37

KhaleesiOfChaos · 13/10/2022 21:33

Dolphins. They're so smug Hmm

Dolphins are smug? 😂😂😂

Brigante9 · 15/10/2022 22:52

Love Island. Basically a shag fest. I find it disgusting.

BlueBellsArePretty · 16/10/2022 00:49

Pink Floyd

Judijudi · 16/10/2022 00:55

Prosecco fucking hate the stuff cheap and nasty
Dogs scared of and don’t like them they smell

Buzzydent · 16/10/2022 01:00

People who don't like dogs

WorryMcGee · 16/10/2022 02:12

Friends. It’s just not funny. I thought it was cringe as a teenager when everyone was into it and I find it problematic as hell now.

Oh and tea. Bleugh 😄

DinosaurDuvet · 16/10/2022 02:40

BlackCatTabbyCat · 13/10/2022 21:24

I don't drink tea or coffee. People always look surprised.
I think Hocus Pocus is a lot of shite
I've never seen Dirty Dancing.

These are just 3 things that came straight to mind that always shock people when I admit them 😂

You could be my twin lol

XelaM · 16/10/2022 03:47

WorryMcGee · 16/10/2022 02:12

Friends. It’s just not funny. I thought it was cringe as a teenager when everyone was into it and I find it problematic as hell now.

Oh and tea. Bleugh 😄

What's so problematic about Friends?

HelloBambinos · 16/10/2022 05:39

Chocolate brownies...
Coca-Cola or anything of that variety
Alcohol
Clothes Shopping

sami2885 · 16/10/2022 06:11

Mariah Carey, Madonna and Beyonce... All highly over rated..

Friends, in fact and American 'comedy'. All so predictable and the canned laughter makes me irrationally pissed off ha!

AndTwoFilmsByFrancoisTruffaut · 16/10/2022 06:18

The Caribbean. Always cloudy, often feels a bit sketchy. Give me the Indian Ocean every time

Musicals. Tedious cringe fests

Plays. Turgid drivel. You would turn over if came one came on your TV at home

French food. Overly rich, gout inducing, affected and boring

Modern monarchy. Henry VIII was a shit but a thoroughly captivating shit. Alfred the Great, Richard I, Edward I, Elizabeth I. All fascinating characters. Our current royal family, not so much. Elizabeth II included in the list of not particularly compelling stately characters.

People that proudly proclaim that they ‘hate dogs’. Hating any animal is really nothing to be smug about. Dogs are incredible and life enriching. Those who ‘hate’ them have no soul and I pity them. You are missing out on so much.

WorryMcGee · 16/10/2022 06:23

XelaM · 16/10/2022 03:47

What's so problematic about Friends?

It’s sexist, homophobic, and all the jokes about when Monica was fat are just cruel.

charabang · 16/10/2022 06:48

I can't stamd the Pride of Britain Awards. The crying, the celebrities queuing up to have their photos taken with little Jonny in a wheelchair, Carol Vordeman. I jusr really really really can't stand it.

ZekeZeke · 16/10/2022 08:40

Meat or fish -any type
Still water.
Hugs or kisses from other people's children
Holding hands.
Pedicures.
Going to the hairdresser.

mamabear715 · 16/10/2022 09:31

@Boujisboo No slating here, the whole thing gets on my nerves. Be whatever you want to be, but don't expect the whole world to change for you..

Neverendingmindfuck · 16/10/2022 10:22

Pizza
Cats
Joanna Lumley
Other people's kids
Face(fuck)book
Eating out (I can usually cook better for far less)
Milk chocolate/white chocolate 🤢 in fact anything below 60% cocoa solids and even then I'm fussy....
Alexander Armstrong
Oh my, didn't realise how disagreeable I am 😁

VoiceOfCommonSense · 16/10/2022 10:47

Sirius3030 · 13/10/2022 21:22

Popcorn. In cinemas.

You’re a monster! 🤣

Mrsfussypants1 · 16/10/2022 11:03

Dogs in places. Before I get hate I do like dogs. But since covid dogs seem to be everywhere they normally wouldn't be allowed. John Lewis, Wilko, every bloomin pub, every bloomin place we go to for a Sunday lunch. Nippy chihuahuas in handbags pushed up next to you in the bar on a Saturday night, eyeballing you while you eat your Sunday lunch. I swear I got flea bites on Saturday 😂

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 16/10/2022 16:55

Oooh, yes! 'Friends' is a bucket of shit. I didn't compute it even at the time - or the haircut.

This thread calls to mind that old W C Fields quote: anyone who hates animals and children can't be all bad!'