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Do you find that you really dislike some very popular things ? (Original Post) olddots Apr 2013 OP
Oh yes! Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #1
somebody told me it was class shock olddots Apr 2013 #2
Religion, the military, professional sports ... Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #3
The utter crap that passes for music these days. Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2013 #4
I think there is some very good stuff coming out on alternative radio. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #7
Retro/timeless stuff, made fresh now - take heart Mopar151 Apr 2013 #14
Oh yes... pipi_k Apr 2013 #25
That is exactly how I feel. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2013 #29
That's what people have been saying for decades. :) Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #34
You kids.....Get Off My Lawn sharp_stick Apr 2013 #32
There's some good dubstep, imo, but it's an annoying fad. Dash87 Apr 2013 #57
+1 sakabatou Apr 2013 #36
There's plenty of good music out there, BUT hifiguy Apr 2013 #39
Sturgeon's Law - 90% of everything is crap csziggy Apr 2013 #88
music is a hard one olddots Apr 2013 #5
Every day I'm thankful that I was born in '56 and came of age when music was righteous. Boomerproud Apr 2013 #85
Flavored coffee...... Wounded Bear Apr 2013 #6
I'm sorry, but you must leave the Lounge now. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #8
I don't need no stinkin' badge. Wounded Bear Apr 2013 #9
Oh dear ... In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #12
I'm with you. HappyMe Apr 2013 #19
I love cats, but I don't like flavored coffee. Arkansas Granny Apr 2013 #61
i really like some old freinds of ours but they serve flavored coffee olddots Apr 2013 #10
In the words of the immortal Leroy Jethro Gibbs..... Wounded Bear Apr 2013 #11
Yep! That's what makes it so easy to dislike moi. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #13
The wannabe food cops are everywhere Mopar151 Apr 2013 #15
Yes, LeftofObama Apr 2013 #16
I stopped trying to be 'cool' a long time ago Buffalo Bull Apr 2013 #17
Yes. I dislike some things simply because they ARE popular alarimer Apr 2013 #18
That's me too Populist_Prole Apr 2013 #58
Cell phones. EvilAL Apr 2013 #20
this undeterred Apr 2013 #21
Pretty much everything on TV, 'pop music', food trends (Starbux etc) Myrina Apr 2013 #22
Malls. RiffRandell Apr 2013 #23
Malls seem to be going the way of the dodo. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #54
Arundel Mills and Tyson's Corner are in NE Ohio? kwassa Apr 2013 #65
Oh no, those are in Maryland and VA. I'm just saying there are no malls like that here. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #78
Reality television. Loryn Apr 2013 #24
Hate most of the reality shows. RebelOne Apr 2013 #37
This 'toon is for you ... one of my faves. :) eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #91
Dave Matthews... bamacrat Apr 2013 #26
Me too! n/t RiffRandell Apr 2013 #35
Bingo! geardaddy Apr 2013 #60
Just about everything on TV. femmocrat Apr 2013 #27
I tend to oblivious to what is "popular"..and I don't even care anymore. LeftinOH Apr 2013 #28
Yeah, country music. Aristus Apr 2013 #30
Plus most of it is just plain fucking stupid. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #38
OTOH, there are some incredible rock songs that Aristus Apr 2013 #40
There's difference between not liking a popular thing… MrScorpio Apr 2013 #31
Leave Brittney Alone!!! progressoid Apr 2013 #33
All of today's mainstream rap and R&B. Jamaal510 Apr 2013 #41
Yes. And yes again. n/t Moondog Apr 2013 #42
Yes, and... Wait Wut Apr 2013 #43
Yes, absolutely. IrishEyes Apr 2013 #44
Especially the Wizard of Oz. vanlassie Apr 2013 #77
Facebook, church, beer, small children. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #45
All of the above + truegrit44 Apr 2013 #52
Hey hey hey don't knock beer. Initech Apr 2013 #70
Don't like the taste. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #79
There's hundreds of thousands of beer styles out there. Initech Apr 2013 #80
A few years ago I was taken pub-crawling in Amsterdam The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #82
Religion, marriage, small children*, television LadyHawkAZ Apr 2013 #46
American Idol Shrek Apr 2013 #47
Never owned or wanted a cell phone...Won't do facebook. Boxerfan Apr 2013 #48
a lot of things. all the time. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2013 #49
Pro sports, Twitter, Survivor, American Idol, Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2013 #50
I hate all MSM news networks and I hate most holidays The Flaming Red Head Apr 2013 #51
Yeah, freaking Christmas. Grrrrrr. Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #73
I do not like sword fight movies olddots Apr 2013 #53
Olive Garden Beearewhyain Apr 2013 #55
yes, a food that most people are obsessed wtih tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #56
All modern TV, Sports, Electronic gadgets, Trends ( facebook etc ) Populist_Prole Apr 2013 #59
Yes, reality TV shows....all of them! sinkingfeeling Apr 2013 #62
Disney Enrique Apr 2013 #63
I've got a list discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #64
hehehe hibbing Apr 2013 #66
Thanks for saying so discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #75
These days there's a lot of popular things I don't like mythology Apr 2013 #67
I'm like this with books. Used to drive me nuts when Oprah had a new "book club pick" DearHeart Apr 2013 #68
Two words: fucking autotune. Initech Apr 2013 #69
I am not, never have, nor ever will be interested in the Masters tournament. Initech Apr 2013 #71
i can't mention the popular bands that have sickened me olddots Apr 2013 #72
Sports ConcernedCanuk Apr 2013 #74
I find that I dislike SOME THINGS that I thought I liked! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #76
things people my age should be excited about tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #81
Justin Bieber? Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #83
I really dislike Jennifer Lawrence. Nt a la izquierda Apr 2013 #84
I'm finally able to partake in things from the 70s that I thought were uncool olddots Apr 2013 #86
Always ismnotwasm Apr 2013 #87
Yeah.. But I don't usually need to keep them secret mvd Apr 2013 #89
The Grateful Dead kurtzapril4 Apr 2013 #90
Traditional holidays. Quantess Apr 2013 #92

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts)
1. Oh yes!
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:57 AM
Apr 2013

Some of the music of the day, some of the popular drinks, the list goes on.

We can't like everything popular, it would make the world dull.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
3. Religion, the military, professional sports ...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:06 AM
Apr 2013

Last edited Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:05 PM - Edit history (1)

the list goes on ...



Also I consider myself a huge animal person, but I just can't get into the dog-mania that I see around me. I wish them well and I contribute to animal shelters, etc., but I have to admit I find most of my friends' dogs sort of ... annoying .... I'm way too much of a cat person, I guess.

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
4. The utter crap that passes for music these days.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:08 AM
Apr 2013


No pitch, no melody, no chords, no understandable words, other than B's and ho's.
 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
7. I think there is some very good stuff coming out on alternative radio.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:38 AM
Apr 2013

I'm a couple years from 50 and I'm loving all sorts of new music -- too many bands to name. I'm not into the popular Kesha/Beyonce/Rhianna kind of stuff, or hardcore rap.

I will admit I love the famous "Thrift Shop" song and video. It's irresistible.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
25. Oh yes...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:03 AM
Apr 2013

Very little of it is anything I want to listen to more than once, let alone the first time.

And for years I've been telling Mr Pipi that I hate Country music. Well, I don't really. Just the shit that passes for "country" these days.

I was listening to some older Country music the other day and pointed out the difference between then and now...one of those things being that it was fairly easy to tell the band/artist. Not like today where they all sound the same.

One of my favorite C & W singers was Charlie Rich. What a voice. It reminds me so much of the mellowness of a clarinet. Like Aker Bilk playing "Stranger On The Shore".

Anyway, my two cents...

leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
29. That is exactly how I feel.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:30 AM
Apr 2013

I doubt that any of the current "music" will be remembered for any time at all - let alone for years.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
34. That's what people have been saying for decades. :)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:27 AM
Apr 2013

Me, I find it a bit depressing to keep listening to the same old stuff over and over. There's good stuff coming out all the time, IMO. I try hard to not get stuck in the past, musically. And now, with the Internet, it is so easy to find all sorts of music.

But, hey, music is subjective, soooo ... to each her own.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
32. You kids.....Get Off My Lawn
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:55 AM
Apr 2013

but I hear you. I can't stand some of it, especially dub step it drives me up the wall how much I hate that wub wub sounding crap.

I'm starting to sound more like my old man every day damnit.

Dash87

(3,220 posts)
57. There's some good dubstep, imo, but it's an annoying fad.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:46 PM
Apr 2013

When something becomes popular (profitable), all of the hacks rush in to try and cash in with mediocre music.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
39. There's plenty of good music out there, BUT
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:35 PM
Apr 2013

it's almost impossible to find without a ton of digging. What passes for popular "music" on the radio these days is worse than at any time save for the awful period between Elvis going into the Army and the arrival of The Beatles. (Yes, there were the Beach Boys and some cool girl groups. But they did not begin to hold the tsunami of awful at bay during those years) Formulaic, processed, lowest-common denominator swill. Popular music has been dumbed down to a point that was unimaginable even 25 years ago.

During the 1960s and 1970s if you listened to commercial radio for 40 minutes you were sure to hear two or three really good songs. These days you could listen for months and hear only things that make you want to stick an icepick in your ear.

On the other hand, the intertubes have made it possible to widely disseminate weird and cool little alternative cultures like Bronydom, in which I am a very enthusiastic participant

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
88. Sturgeon's Law - 90% of everything is crap
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:07 PM
Apr 2013

Been true forever, nothing has changed. It's just that so much more is out on the internet and available. Think of the millions of pieces of music that were created before the internet that never made it into the public knowledge. Now thousands of times the music than before is out there, able to be located - and still only 10% of it is worth listening to.

Commercial radio is an entirely different thing today than it was in the 60s and 70s. Then, the DJs could filter out the worst of the music and try to put the best on the air. Depending on the ability and taste of the local DJs the stuff that went out over the air could be excellent or could be crap. I grew up with crap until I left my hometown for college so I missed most good music of the 1970s.

Today the corporate driven radio puts on whatever the higher ups demand. Decisions are made for the entire country by a very few people whose main drive is not quality music but what will sell ads. They will take no risks on edgy music, they go for the lowest common denominator. Voila! CRAP.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
5. music is a hard one
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:14 AM
Apr 2013

the more you appreciate the good the more you hate the banal ,fake and just plain shitty.

Boomerproud

(7,888 posts)
85. Every day I'm thankful that I was born in '56 and came of age when music was righteous.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:35 PM
Apr 2013

That pretty much goes for all of popular culture these days-suckalious.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
8. I'm sorry, but you must leave the Lounge now.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:39 AM
Apr 2013

Gather your things and turn your badge in at the security desk.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
19. I'm with you.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 08:01 AM
Apr 2013

I like a good, strong, unflavored, make with real milk cappuccino.

Don't care much for cats or food police either.

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
61. I love cats, but I don't like flavored coffee.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:56 PM
Apr 2013

Friends and family know that I love coffee, so I usually get a crapload of flavored coffees for gifts, even from people who know I prefer coffee flavored coffee. Maybe they think they'll find a flavor that I do like. I usually wind up giving it away.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
10. i really like some old freinds of ours but they serve flavored coffee
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 02:43 AM
Apr 2013

we don't touch the stuff and then they say " but I thought you both love coffee " this went on for years

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
15. The wannabe food cops are everywhere
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:01 AM
Apr 2013

The "sugar is always poison" ones are on my last frickin' nerve.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
18. Yes. I dislike some things simply because they ARE popular
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:37 AM
Apr 2013

I'm a bit of a contrarian. But when it comes to popular culture, things are that popular tend to play to the lowest common denominator and, for that reason, tend to be bland and dull.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
58. That's me too
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:50 PM
Apr 2013

Sometimes I end up cutting off my nose to spite my face, but not often.

For example, I didn't watch and get into 'The Sopranos' until well into the 3rd season, solely because due to the "buzz" it created and the fact that so many talked about it; I figured it just had to suck.

EvilAL

(1,437 posts)
20. Cell phones.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 08:12 AM
Apr 2013

I challenge people to leave them off for a day or 2 and they always come up with reasons they NEED them..
heheh

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
22. Pretty much everything on TV, 'pop music', food trends (Starbux etc)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:22 AM
Apr 2013

... the list goes on. And on ...

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
54. Malls seem to be going the way of the dodo.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:02 AM
Apr 2013

Most of the ones in NE Ohio are like places where you'd go spelunking. Really cavernous and no shoppers. Only place that has any action is the food court.

Granted, there are some that have redefined the game, like Arundle Mills and Tyson's Corner.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
78. Oh no, those are in Maryland and VA. I'm just saying there are no malls like that here.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:32 AM
Apr 2013

Unless you count Crocker Park and Legacy Village, which are pretty much outdoor malls . . . in freezing NE Ohio, where it snowed this morning.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
27. Just about everything on TV.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:17 AM
Apr 2013

And those crazy shoes that "they" are trying to foist off on American women with the 3 - inch soles and 7- inch stiletto heels!
Are they trying to break women's ankles?

Aristus

(66,075 posts)
30. Yeah, country music.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:34 AM
Apr 2013

When I mention my dislike for country music, the reactions people register are probably equal to what they would be if I pissed on the flag.

They call it "real American music', as if jazz and rock and roll didn't exist.

You have guys wearing cowboy hats who have never sat on a horse in their lives. (George Strait excepted; he's the real thing. still don't like the music.)

They sing about traditional, conservative values like cheatin', drinkin', shootin' & fightin'.

And for a genre that sells itself with a heavy slug of violent masculinity, the male singers all sound like adenoidal eunuchs.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
38. Plus most of it is just plain fucking stupid.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:26 PM
Apr 2013

Case in point -- this very popular, very inane song which include the brilliant lyrics: "I can take you for a ride on my big green tractor."

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I hear a slide-y guitar and an annoying "country" accent ... my skin starts to crawl.

Aristus

(66,075 posts)
40. OTOH, there are some incredible rock songs that
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:39 PM
Apr 2013

have astonishing pedal-steel guitar work.

"Tomorrow, Wendy", by Concrete Blonde, for example.

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
31. There's difference between not liking a popular thing…
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:49 AM
Apr 2013

(There's a lot of popular things that I don't like and say as much), and insulting someone else's tastes for for liking what I don't like.

I try my best to not do the latter.

progressoid

(49,824 posts)
33. Leave Brittney Alone!!!
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:14 AM
Apr 2013

Actually, most things that are "popular", I can live without.

To quote a line from Repoman, " ordinary fuckin' people, I hate 'em".




Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
41. All of today's mainstream rap and R&B.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 04:43 PM
Apr 2013

Music has gotten so bad in those two genres nowadays that I have had to either listen to old school rap and R&B, or search for underground artists. With today's rap, it's basically about getting drunk and high and how big somebody's rims are on their ride. And with today's R&B, it's just about hitting the clubs and basically being a male whore. When I listen to old songs, at least there is a story involved, in addition to having catchy beats.
Because of today's watered-down music, I find myself listening to genres I never thought I'd be listening to, such as Metal and Jazz.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
43. Yes, and...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 05:08 PM
Apr 2013

...I don't give a damn whom I offend. I don't like some stuff and don't care if others do.

So there.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
44. Yes, absolutely.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 05:09 PM
Apr 2013

I really dislike a few movies, songs, books and TV shows that everyone seems to love. They include:

Twilight
50 Shades of Grey
E.T.
The Wizard of Oz
Titanic
Game of Thrones
The song "Take my Breath Away" which was the theme song to Top Gun.
Top Gun

I tried to read, watch or listen to them but I really don't like them. There are probably more that I'm forgetting. Kind of therapeutic to admit my dislike of them.

Initech

(99,909 posts)
80. There's hundreds of thousands of beer styles out there.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:12 PM
Apr 2013

Bud Light and every light beer sucks, I'll give you that. But surely you could find something you like if you searched for it.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,268 posts)
82. A few years ago I was taken pub-crawling in Amsterdam
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:16 PM
Apr 2013

and sampled a Belgian beer called Kwak. That wasn't bad. Mostly, though, I just don't care for beer.

Boxerfan

(2,531 posts)
48. Never owned or wanted a cell phone...Won't do facebook.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 05:27 PM
Apr 2013

And I don't feel I'm missing anything important.

Land line & 2 e-mail addy's if I need to be reached. And facebook is a high school mentality personified-lookie me what I did oh boy oh boy...

When cell phones 1st came out I took a friend striped bass fishing off the Marin county coastline-surf fishing.

Have to hike to the beach & timing is everything. We got there & I was pumped-I could smell the fish in the surf & started casting...

My friend yanks out his cell phone & started chatting about where he was & how nice it was-Really??

I told him he was going to get to fishing or I was going to fling the thing in the surf...
And it hasn't gotten any better with people & their cell ettiquite...

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
50. Pro sports, Twitter, Survivor, American Idol,
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:45 AM
Apr 2013

pregnant women wearing skintight tops, noisy restaurants, helicopter parents, people talking loudly on cell phones in public, movies that consist mostly of car chases and explosions, vampires and zombies (I don't GET the fascination with either and find them boring, except for humorous approaches like "Buffy&quot , men who look as if they spend all their leisure hours weightlifting, popular writers who crank out a book a year and produce prose that sounds as if it was produced by a committee of 12-year-olds, contemporary Christian music.

The Flaming Red Head

(1,805 posts)
51. I hate all MSM news networks and I hate most holidays
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:05 AM
Apr 2013

I hate Christmas, then Thanksgiving, Valentines day, Mother's and Father's day New Years, and Easter. I wish that we celebrated stuff every 3-5 years instead of once a year. The stores and merchants make Christmas slip up on you around the begining of September and you remember how sick you were of it only last year.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
53. I do not like sword fight movies
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:45 AM
Apr 2013

they never go away and they're bigger now than ever and digitally bloodier .

vampire movies ---come on enough is enough

"rock operas " or rock musicals

Beearewhyain

(600 posts)
55. Olive Garden
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 11:52 AM
Apr 2013

It is an affront to food much less what is disguised as "Italian". And no, the soup, salad and breadsticks don't make it worth going to.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
59. All modern TV, Sports, Electronic gadgets, Trends ( facebook etc )
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:58 PM
Apr 2013

I haven't changed: I've become an aloof snob simply because seemingly everybody else has morphed into shallow philistines.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
64. I've got a list
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 07:21 PM
Apr 2013

I want nothing to do with broccoli or spinach.
I like coffee but not coffee ice cream.
Reality TV isn't real and is probably further from reality than the scripted stuff. Trust me; I live in Jersey and I've been to the shore. It's not on that show.

I don't like yogurt, regular, frozen, blended in a drink or with fruit from any country or style.
I agree with Ted Danson's character who said "Hate Danish cheese, love cheese Danish."

Some music really grates but I'm not going there.

I find it really annoying that airplanes are made with as many as 8 doors but everyone is stuck using only 1 or 2 to enter and exit.

How the airlines determine the price for any given flight is decidedly beyond any logic whatever. On several occasions I've priced a flight (let's say $380 for Chicago to Philly) and discovered that there's a nearby cheaper flight leaving Milwaukee and landing in Chicago which connects to the Chicago to Philly flight that is $280 for both flights. Is there a guy with dice and chicken bones huffing glue that decides this stuff?

Oh well, sorry to rant.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
75. Thanks for saying so
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:54 AM
Apr 2013

I like the idea that people have likes and dislikes. Many types of art give us the option to chose that which makes us happy. Some foods are enjoyed by many but not all. Our odd combinations of likes and dislikes along with their continual evolution is an attribute of humanity in which to rejoice and find identity and happiness.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
67. These days there's a lot of popular things I don't like
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 11:09 PM
Apr 2013

Although thankfully I'm less Ignatius J. Reilly these days and don't feel the need to expound upon how horrid I find Justin Bieber for example.

DearHeart

(692 posts)
68. I'm like this with books. Used to drive me nuts when Oprah had a new "book club pick"
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 01:51 AM
Apr 2013

I worked in a bookstore and it totally pissed me off that people would only buy what Oprah suggested. I could give them a list of 20 different books, fabulous mid-list authors that were so much better than the "popular" shit and they wouldn't even look at them. I still have not read some very popular authors (Grisham, Patterson, etc.) I'm sure that some of these authors are good writers, but I refuse to go along with the crowd on most things, especially books.

Initech

(99,909 posts)
71. I am not, never have, nor ever will be interested in the Masters tournament.
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:17 AM
Apr 2013

Golf is a game for rich conservatives. You even have to be rich to be a spectator in golf.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
72. i can't mention the popular bands that have sickened me
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:33 AM
Apr 2013

and the bands and musicians I love that nobody has heard or will hear (blues & R&B and funk jazz)

 

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)
74. Sports
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 04:59 AM
Apr 2013

.
.
.

Just can't get excited about following sports shows.

As a kid, I played baseball, football, hockey in informal neighborhood rinks, fields, etc.,

But following professional sports? - no interest at all.

Alienates me from many I know, because when they ask me "did you see that game last night?" -

I don't have a clue as to whether they are talking hockey, baseball, football etc.,

So I'm out of the conversation right off the get-go.

"Dislike" is really not the right description for me, I just ain't interested.

CC



tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
81. things people my age should be excited about
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 05:16 PM
Apr 2013

That I am not

Bacon-- I am a carnivore but I despise bacon (and the smell). Meet the one carnivore on the internet that does not obsess over it

Home design/remodeling/decor--- I don't give a shit if you are redoing your bathroom and what it looks like. To be honest, I lost my childhood to home renovations (as soon as one was done my parents would move onto the next) and have zero interest in it. I don't care that you painted your walls. Whoopty doo, brag about something else on FB. To me, any conversation about home design is about as exciting as watching that fresh coat of paint that you keep bragging about dry.

Another FB one-- I do not give a shit what you had for dinner and what it looks like through Instagram. There, I said it. I'm tempted to post pics of moldy food from time to time, but I'm not bitchy enough to do it.

Apple products--- I do not drink the iKoolAid. I don't have an iPhone and I don't want one. Stop trying to sell me on yours and the latest apps. I downloaded a bunch of (free as I refuse to pay for them) when I first got my Android and ended up deleting most of them as I found them to be clutter.

Edit-- Another one-- Starbucks. I don't see the appeal. I love me some coffee, but I can get it at Wawa for $1.55 for an XL. And I'd prefer to put the milk (none of that non dairy creamer shit, gross) and sugar in it myself. And I don't need some fancy iced beverage, just give me the hot coffee.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
86. I'm finally able to partake in things from the 70s that I thought were uncool
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 07:45 PM
Apr 2013

We were so tragically hip that anything successful or popular was rubbish .


still can't do the polyester waffle tone leisure suit with the white stitching , white shoes and belt .

the smile tee shirt

ismnotwasm

(41,917 posts)
87. Always
Sat Apr 20, 2013, 08:06 PM
Apr 2013

Actually, "Dislike" is probably too strong a word. I tend to avoid potential irritants, occasionally to my regret.

mvd

(65,148 posts)
89. Yeah.. But I don't usually need to keep them secret
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:44 PM
Apr 2013

I don't like fast food much anymore. Like a lot of current music but others are also not Bieber fans.

kurtzapril4

(1,353 posts)
90. The Grateful Dead
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:36 PM
Apr 2013

and any other jam band, like Phish or Widespread Panic. If you can't say it in less than 3 minutes....edit.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
92. Traditional holidays.
Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:59 PM
Apr 2013

I don't really like them that much. But I participate only because it's better than sitting at home alone.

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